At 10:40 p.m., lightning and thunder were roaring.

The sparse light rain fell all night, and the hot summer ushered in a rare coolness.

When I woke up in the morning, the raindrops falling from the clear sky gradually faded away. I changed into a long-sleeved T-shirt and slightly thicker trousers. I took the iron pot to the breakfast stall and ordered three bowls of tofu brain, two fried dough sticks, and a piece of oil cake. After having breakfast with my parents, I grabbed an antique book and saw it at around 9:30, so I took the bus to Jiangong Hospital, went up the second floor, and walked towards the orthopedic inpatient department.

In the corridor, several nurses were busy carrying white disks. I sideways away from a doctor holding a blood pressure gauge, turned around and pushed open the door of Ward 208. The middle-aged man with a knee-breaking knee in the outer bed was not sure whether he was going for a check-up or something. He was not in the room, and only Xi Mansha was alone in the room. She was leaning against the head of the bed and looking at me helplessly, "Look at you, why bother to travel far away? Let's sit down."

I nodded and was about to sit down on the hospital bed in the middle, but I was stunned and looked at Teacher Xi's hand with a glance.

At this moment, Xi Mansha not only had her right arm plastered on her neck, but she even had her left arm wrapped in white gauze and hung on her chest.

I was a little dumbfounded: "Are you?"

Xi Mansha sighed a little embarrassedly, "I didn't see the road when I was walking in the hospital garden last night. I fell on a stone. My right hand couldn't move. I supported it with my left hand before I landed on the ground. Well, my bones were cracked." I sweat, you are too fragile, right? But after thinking about it, I also stood and talked without a back pain. If I fell off guard, I would probably be injured by the weight of supporting my whole body with one arm, let alone Xi Mansha, who has always been thin, it is a good thing to have no fractures.

"Can you still be discharged from the hospital today?"

"Yes, my brother-in-law and the others will arrive in a while. Oh, it makes you laugh. I don't know I'll be so useless."

"Don't say that, is it better now?"

"It's basically okay, the doctor said that it's almost done if you keep it for a month."

It is difficult for the teacher and the students to share the same language. We chatted all over the place, staring at the TV while waiting for the arrival of Jiang Yan and his daughter. It has to be said that the facilities of Jiangong Hospital are very complete, with the ward having a bathroom, shower head, 24-hour hot water, and LCD TV, which is many times stronger than the bare ward of Xuanwu Hospital.

I went to a toilet. When I washed my hands, I noticed that the lunch box on the bedside table was filled with rice porridge. The lunch box cover was dragging an egg, a small flower roll and a lump of pickles. "Didn't you eat it in the morning?" After saying this, I realized it and patted my forehead. I asked a little unnecessary, "You have your hand hurt, will I feed you?"

Xi Mansha looked at the cold porridge, hesitated for a moment, shook her head, "...Forget it, the teacher is not hungry."

I glanced at the expression on her face, picked up the lunch box and walked out, "Wait a minute, I'll go and heat the porridge."

When I asked the nurse, she said that there was no microwave at the nurse station. After someone's guidance, I came to the surveillance room of the neurology department. I pressed the bell at the door and persuaded the nurse who opened the door for a while. Then the lunch box was unhappy and handed it back to me five minutes later. Thank you, I went back to Ward 208, peeled the eggs that the microwave could not heat, put them in the rice porridge and heated them, "... Have a flower roll first?"

Teacher Xi was really hungry, so he refused a few times, but he nodded after all, "Oh, I'll bother you."

Seeing her legs wrapped in the hospital gown moved in, I sat next to her, picked up the flower roll and sent it to her slightly pale lips. She hesitated and opened her mouth, bit her white little front teeth, and chewed it in small mouth. Soon, the painting roll and rice porridge entered Teacher Xi's stomach.

At 10:40, I was feeding her the last egg. When the door rang, the middle-aged man I had seen yesterday and his lover both entered the house. His lover pushed the wheelchair and looked at me, laughing and said, "Xiao Xi, look how nice your boyfriend is to you, and he is still feeding you." Her husband arched her with his elbow, "...Don't talk nonsense, that's Xiao Xi's student."

Ximansha and I both turned red.

In my heart, I have some kind of affection for her or Jiang Yan, but I can't say I like her. Well, how to describe it specifically? I'm very shameless. I'll probably accept it if they chase me, but if they don't take action, I won't take the initiative to chase them. After all, I think a woman as beautiful as Teacher Xi cannot stand up to her.

After eating eggs, Ximansha asked me to call Jiang Yan's cell phone.

After dialing, I put my phone in front of her ear and held it, and she heard her say, "Hey, Yanyan, when will you and your dad come here...what? The shoes are broken? I said I asked you to go to a regular mall to buy shoes, but you didn't listen... Then you take a taxi to your brother-in-law's company? Okay, how long will it take...oh, an hour and a half...well, don't worry, Gu Jing is accompanying me in the hospital...yes, he has been here almost an hour...why are you asking him for...oh..." Xi Mansha's eyes signaled me to listen to the phone.

I blinked, "Hey?"

"Mirror, please let me know. My shoes are glued. It will take half an hour to get to my dad's place. My dad seems to be in a meeting. I just called but no one answered. Well, if you have time, just send my aunt to the one-bedroom rented at the north entrance of Heping Street. You know the road, so you can get there by taking a taxi. My dad will reimburse you for the travel expenses."

"Go to the north entrance of Heping Street?" Doesn't Ximansha's house live in the four roads?

"Yes, she didn't dare to tell my grandparents about her injury, and she planned to recover from her illness at my house before going back."

"Oh, that's OK, leave it to me."

"Okay, good guy, I'll treat you to dinner another day, hehe, then after I find my dad, I'll go back to Peace?"

"Okay, see you later."

It was very close to us, and Teacher Xi also heard our conversation and quickly interrupted, "Don't, don't bother."

I had already hung up my phone, "Don't be polite to me. Uncle Jiang's company may have something to do. He is in a meeting and may not be able to get through for a while. Well, then let's pack up and prepare to be discharged from the hospital?"

In desperation, Xi Mansha had to nod her head slowly.

I went to the bathroom to clean the lunch box, took a thermos cup and put some cool white in the electric kettle, "You drink a sip of water first, then give me your ID card and medical insurance card, and I will go through the discharge procedures for you."

Send the stainless steel water cup to Ximansha's lips and raise it slightly.

Teacher Xi pulled her neck and took a few sips. Seeing that there was water leaking from the corner of her mouth, I quickly grabbed a piece of napkin and wiped it. However, as soon as I put my attention on the paper, the strength of my left hand was not controlled well. The cup was raised a little, and the water overflowed from the corner of the other lips and flowed to my neck.

"Sorry, sorry."

"It's okay."

I quickly pinched the napkin and wiped it along the water flow line on my neck, lips, cheeks, chin, neck, collarbone...

But my speed was not as fast as water. When I blocked her collarbone with a tissue, the water flowed into the dark cleavage. I quickly braked quickly, so I didn't continue to stretch my hands down under inertial thinking. The hospital gown was very wide and very large, not very suitable for her thin body. Naturally, from the perspective of my condescending height, I could clearly see the color in Teacher Xi's collar.

Her neck turned red, "…the cases and medical insurance cards are in the drawer."

I quickly withdrew my gaze that fell into the gap in her chest and coughed.

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Chapter completed!