Chapter 57: Rainy Day
After the abuse in the bathroom that day, Leng Qing Qiu didn’t bother Lu Zhiyin anymore. Instead, she took good care of Lu Zhiyin, bought her anti-inflammatory medicine, changed her bandages on time, and ensured that the girl’s leg wounds were fine.
Most of the bruises on the girl’s body had also disappeared, only the right shoulder and right wrist had not completely faded.
On Saturday, after coming out of the bathroom, Lu Zhiyin focused on continuing to input data, and soon completed the client’s request.
Since Lu Zhiyin didn’t seem to have a bank card, Leng Qing Qiu bound one of her useless bank cards to Lu Zhiyin’s Qiuqiu account, which allowed Lu Zhiyin to accept the hard-earned hundred yuan.
As for Sunday, Lu Zhiyin slept on the sofa all night. The excessive blood loss had made her too weak and listless.
When it came to Leng Qing Qiu’s toys, it was really unbearable.
“Yawn…”
Lu Zhiyin slowly got up from the sofa, yawning.
Her previous school uniform was quite severely damaged. Although she had washed it clean, it was still not very suitable for wearing to school.
Fortunately, Leng Qing Qiu took out her old school uniform and lent it to Lu Zhiyin.
Compared to Lu Zhiyin’s own, Leng Qing Qiu’s school uniform was looser. It was a bit baggy on Lu Zhiyin, making her appear even more petite.
“I have to go to school again today.”
Rubbing her sleepy eyes, Lu Zhiyin remembered that it was Monday.
Of course, she also remembered that Qin An was going to ask her for money today.
Although she had wanted to avoid Qin An for a while, after hesitating, Lu Zhiyin decided to carry some money with her.
If she was caught, she could at least use money to avert disaster and not be beaten too badly.
Well… perhaps?
Sitting up, Lu Zhiyin pulled up her pant leg.
On her calf were the intricate bandages left by Leng Qing Qiu. On Saturday, Leng Qing Qiu had cut more than one gash, and had left marks on more than one leg.
Those cuts were now covered with white bandages.
Pressing the cuts covered by the bandages, an indescribable pain surged into her heart.
Lu Zhiyin hugged her knees, quietly waiting for Leng Qing Qiu to wake up.
Her wheelchair was placed on a table outside the storage room. It was impossible for her to wake Leng Qing Qiu.
Fortunately, Leng Qing Qiu was not a lazy person, and she woke up soon.
With a rustling sound, Leng Qing Qiu put on her school uniform and walked out of the bedroom.
For some reason, Leng Qing Qiu did not close her bedroom door when she fell asleep last night. Perhaps it was because of Lu Zhiyin?
After Saturday, Lu Zhiyin really stopped resisting anything Leng Qing Qiu did, but for some reason, Leng Qing Qiu always felt a little uneasy.
Looking at the girl curled up on the sofa, hugging herself, Leng Qing Qiu shook her head.
“Zhiyin, you’re awake so early.”
“Mmm…”
Lu Zhiyin gave a soft hum and looked at Leng Qing Qiu.
“I’ll make breakfast. We have to go to school soon. This weekend ended too quickly.”
Not wanting to meet Lu Zhiyin’s eyes, Leng Qing Qiu put her hands in her pockets and quickly went into the kitchen.
Soon, she had prepared breakfast.
She simply made fried rice with the leftover rice from the previous night, and then ate breakfast calmly with Lu Zhiyin. Of course, if Lu Zhiyin could be more lively, Leng Qing Qiu might have been happier.
However, when she thought about how she had just cut her childhood friend on Saturday, it seemed unlikely for her to become lively now.
Realizing this, Leng Qing Qiu pursed her lips and remained silent.
After breakfast, Lu Zhiyin took out the six hundred yuan bills that Leng Qing Qiu had given her a few days ago from her pocket.
She handed four of them to Leng Qing Qiu, keeping only two for herself.
“Please keep this money for me.”
She only needed to keep enough money with her to get by, as keeping too much would be a big loss if Qin An took it all.
Thinking about what might happen today, Lu Zhiyin didn’t pay attention to Leng Qing Qiu for the time being.
“Okay.”
Nodding, Leng Qing Qiu accepted the four hundred yuan and then went to bring the wheelchair to the sofa.
Unlike Lu Zhiyin, Leng Qing Qiu was thinking about the exam that day. She didn’t know what expression her childhood friend would have when she found out about the exam at school.
“Let’s go, it’s time for school, or we’ll be late.”
Leng Qing Qiu pulled Lu Zhiyin, who was still lost in thought, up from the sofa, placed her in the wheelchair, and pushed her out of the house.
In fact, it was still early. By the time they slowly arrived at school, there would still be a long time before class, so there was no risk of being late.
Of course, neither Lu Zhiyin nor Leng Qing Qiu paid attention to this.
“Huu…”
Leaving the house, Lu Zhiyin exhaled a breath of stale air.
The air today was a bit humid and not dry, but it was much fresher than the air inside the house.
Lu Zhiyin raised her head. The sky was much darker than it usually was at this time.
