Chapter 1927: Chapter 1922: Can I Make a Request?
"You only know how to climb trees to catch birds and go into the river to catch fish all day. You don’t play with me, it really makes me mad. It drives me crazy!"
"Then come with me to catch fish and climb trees! It’s a lot of fun. Once you try it a few times, you’ll get hooked."
"I’m a girl, I don’t want to do those things."
"Then don’t blame me. I just love catching fish and birds."
Under the setting sun, the young boy with a dirty fish basket was chatting with a young girl.
The boy’s face was covered in mud, while the girl had her hair tied into two cute ponytails.
When she got angry, two shallow dimples would appear at the corners of her mouth.
Conversations like these happened almost every day.
Because the boy’s daily activities were always the same...
Later one day, when this dirty boy came back with his fish basket again, the girl who should have come out pouting with anger didn’t appear under the swaying willow tree.
He asked around and found out that the ponytail girl who bickers with him every day had moved away.
After learning this news, the boy felt particularly regretful.
Because he really liked quarreling with her.
Later, he came back here to look for the cute ponytail girl again, but he never found any trace of her.
Now he has found her again, which fills him with emotion.
...
That’s right!
The boy who only knew how to catch birds and fish all day was Hu Xiaobei.
And the cute ponytail girl was the woman who is now unconscious.
Hu Xiaobei didn’t know exactly what had happened to her, but he knew she probably hadn’t had an easy life over the years.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have fainted from low blood sugar.
Honestly, if it were a regular doctor, it would take a lot of complicated steps to find out why she was unconscious.
But Hu Xiaobei didn’t need to. Just by observing, he could tell that the reason for her fainting was low blood sugar.
Hu Xiaobei knew there were many reasons for low blood sugar, but the main one was still malnutrition.
...
"Although I don’t know what she’s gone through all these years, it’s clear life hasn’t been kind to her."
Thinking this, Hu Xiaobei held her warm little hand and injected a bit of Nine Wood True Qi into her body.
After injecting, Hu Xiaobei stood up and looked out the window.
At this moment, Hu Xiaobei hoped she would wake up soon, but he was also a little afraid she would wake up.
Because Hu Xiaobei was worried she wouldn’t recognize him anymore.
He knew they had been separated for many, many years, so she really might not recognize him.
Just as he was feeling anxious, he heard a tentative voice.
"Where is this place? Who are you?"
"Looks like she’s awake!"
With a light smile, Hu Xiaobei quickly turned his head.
Although he was prepared, seeing her sit up and look at him warily, Hu Xiaobei felt a little speechless.
"She shouldn’t be completely unable to recognize me, right!"
As he wondered, he heard her speak again.
"You... you look a bit familiar! I remember now, you’re that fisherman who only knows how to catch fish all day."
Hearing that familiar nickname, some good memories flashed in Hu Xiaobei’s mind.
"All you know is how to catch fish every day, from now on I won’t call you Xiaobei brother, I’ll call you Fisherman."
The boy frowned silently, protesting, "That name doesn’t sound good!"
The girl laughed lightly, explaining with sound logic, "But you catch fish every day, I think this name suits you perfectly!"
"Well... okay then."
From that time, Hu Xiaobei was called by this name.
Before, it had been a long time since anyone had used that name, so Hu Xiaobei had almost forgotten it.
Now, hearing this old name again, the long-buried memories lifted their mysterious veil once more.
...
Looking at her with some nostalgia, Hu Xiaobei teased softly, "I thought you needed reminding to remember who I was."
"No way! Do you think I’m as dumb as you are?"
Looking at her speechlessly, Hu Xiaobei murmured, "Am I really that dumb?"
"In my mind, you are that dumb! Why are you here? Also, where is this place, I remember being in a park earlier."
Hearing her curious question, Hu Xiaobei smiled lightly and carefully recounted what had happened before.
"So that’s how it is! Thank you so much then."
"No need to be so formal with me! I noticed earlier, your health doesn’t seem very good, is something wrong?"
"Oh dear! You can tell my health is poor?"
Nodding earnestly, Hu Xiaobei explained seriously, "I’m now quite a qualified Chinese Medicine practitioner."
"Oh my, even the fisherman who used to only catch fish and birds has started doing something proper. That’s really good."
"I..."
Hu Xiaobei didn’t know what to say.
"I’m happy to see you today, but I have to leave now!"
Speaking, she prepared to put on her shoes, but because she moved too fast, she felt her vision go dark.
"Oh no!"
Seeing her start to fall, Hu Xiaobei rushed over quickly and carefully steadied her.
"Are you okay?"
"I’m fine, just a little dizzy."
"Your health isn’t great right now, you need to rest. I’ve already had the kitchen prepare some soup, drink a bit later, it will help."
"But I don’t have time, I have an interview today."
"Interview?"
"Yes! I was preparing to interview for a waitress position here. Since there was still time, I was wandering outside but ended up fainting. Now I’m almost recovered, so I can continue the interview."
"So that’s what happened! Then let’s start the interview."
"Let’s start the interview? What do you mean?"
"You called me dumb, but I think you’re the dumb one! I’m the interviewer, so now you can tell me about yourself."
"You’re not joking with me?"
"Of course not, alright, if you recover well, I’ll approve your interview, how about that?"
"Does that mean I passed the interview?"
"Yes! You’ve passed, once you’ve recovered, I’ll show you around and you can do whatever job suits you, okay?"
"Okay!"
Nodding lightly, she hesitantly spoke, "Can I ask for a request now?"
"Speak up!"
"I want to ask for an advance on my salary!"
"How much advance?"
"I know it’s a bit much to ask, but I really need the money right now. I promise I’ll work hard and repay it."
Hearing her nervous explanation, Hu Xiaobei waved his hand and quickly said, "Don’t be nervous, I’m not questioning you, I just want to know how much you want to advance."
