Chapter 86: Sunny after Rain
Held tightly by Long Qinxin, Lu Zhiyin didn’t know when she fell asleep. She only knew that when she opened her eyes again, it was already the next day.
Long Qinxin, who was behind her, was long gone. Lu Zhiyin reached out and touched the bedsheet behind her.
The bedsheet still retained some warmth. Long Qinxin should have woken up not long ago.
Lu Zhiyin slowly lifted the quilt off herself, changed into her pajamas and school uniform, and got into her wheelchair.
She maneuvered the wheelchair out of the bedroom and into the living room. She slowly moved to the balcony. The sky outside was no longer covered by dark clouds, revealing a boundless azure sky and occasional flocks of birds.
Pushing open the floor-to-ceiling window, the humid air rushed towards her. It seemed the rain had stopped not long ago?
Perhaps.
Turning her head, the coffee table in front of the sofa still held the somewhat explicit magazine from yesterday and an unopened bottle of red wine.
It was still unclear what Long Qinxin was doing.
Blinking her eyes, Lu Zhiyin sat quietly in her wheelchair. Long Qinxin would return eventually, so she wasn’t in a hurry.
Long Qinxin wouldn’t do something like abandon her and leave alone, at least not now.
She was different from Leng Qing Qiu.
After sitting in the wheelchair for a long time, the door finally opened, and as expected, Long Qinxin appeared.
She was holding two steaming hot breakfasts in her hands.
Well… perhaps breakfast? Lu Zhiyin didn’t know how long she had slept and hadn’t checked the time after waking up, so she wasn’t sure which time period it was.
“Classmate Zhiyin? Are you awake?”
Seeing Lu Zhiyin sitting in the living room, Long Qinxin seemed a little surprised.
She had originally intended to wake Lu Zhiyin after she bought breakfast, but she didn’t expect Lu Zhiyin to wake up on her own.
“Yes, I slept well last night. Thank you, Classmate Qinxin. If it weren’t for you, I probably would have had to spend the night on the roof.”
Actually, without someone’s help, Lu Zhiyin would likely have been submerged in water for a long time.
“You’re welcome… Um, come and eat.”
Long Qinxin opened her mouth, wanting to say something but stopping herself. She wanted to ask Lu Zhiyin if what she said about liking her last night was true, but she ultimately chose to skirt the topic.
Lu Zhiyin also had no intention of bringing up anything about last night. She chose to play dumb.
Even if Long Qinxin had asked the question, Lu Zhiyin would likely have had no answers.
“Mmm…”
Coming back to her senses, Lu Zhiyin let out a soft hum. She maneuvered her wheelchair to the coffee table and finished breakfast with Long Qinxin.
“Uncle Wu said the rain stopped this morning, and it’s already three in the afternoon. In a while, the water should also recede.”
After eating, sitting on the same sofa as Lu Zhiyin, Long Qinxin’s hand subconsciously reached out to touch Lu Zhiyin’s hand again.
Looking at the girl who had changed back into her school uniform, Long Qinxin’s mind was still filled with her wearing a bathrobe last night.
She kind of wanted to hug her again.
“Mmm…”
Hearing Long Qinxin’s words, Lu Zhiyin nodded.
She was a bit surprised that she had slept for so long. Was it because she was held by Long Qinxin?
It must be.
“…”
Slightly turning her head, Lu Zhiyin glanced at Long Qinxin, then slowly lay down, resting her head on Long Qinxin’s thigh.
Based on Long Qinxin’s behavior last night, doing this shouldn’t incur her dislike.
Thinking this, Lu Zhiyin rubbed her face against Long Qinxin’s thigh.
“Classmate Qinxin, can you find me some bandages and then send me home?”
Too much time had passed, and Lu Zhiyin couldn’t help but worry about Leng Qing Qiu.
After not replying to her for so long, her anger meter must be almost full. She didn’t know what kind of treatment she would receive when she returned this time.
Closing her eyes, Lu Zhiyin tightened her lips. No matter what, she had to face it. She couldn’t be so weak anymore.
If she kept retreating, she didn’t know when she would be able to go home.
If she were alone, it would be one thing; she could live like this for a lifetime, but her parents were still at home…
“Bandages? Is Classmate Zhiyin injured?”
Long Qinxin’s face blushed a little due to Lu Zhiyin’s sudden affectionate gesture, but she was quickly drawn to the keywords in Lu Zhiyin’s words.
She didn’t want Lu Zhiyin to be hurt.
In her memory, when she helped Lu Zhiyin bathe last night, the girl had no wounds. Why would she suddenly need bandages? Did she bump into something when she wasn’t there?
Before the matter was settled, Long Qinxin had already started blaming herself.
Her heart was truly sensitive and needed to be cared for.
Lu Zhiyin felt she couldn’t do that, and her guilt intensified. Perhaps she would be crushed by this guilt one day.
“No… I’m not injured. It’s just that bandages can protect me better.”
Well… protect herself.
Wrapping bandages around the places where she had wounds before would conceal the fact that she had healed.
Perhaps next week, she wouldn’t have to live in fear and concealment?
“Protect yourself?”
Long Qinxin seemed a bit confused, but she didn’t ask further. She disliked being pried into, so she figured Classmate Zhiyin was probably the same.
Thinking this, Long Qinxin gently supported Lu Zhiyin’s head, got up from the sofa, and retrieved an emergency medical kit from the bedroom.
The medical kit contained not only bandages but also painkillers, anti-inflammatories, and other items.
Afterward, Lu Zhiyin directed Long Qinxin to wrap the bandages around the specified locations on her body. Once everything was handled, she and Long Qinxin went downstairs together.
When they went downstairs, Long Qinxin was still carrying a bottle of red wine.
“Uncle Wu.”
At the hotel entrance, Long Qinxin’s family driver was standing on the steps.
Long Qinxin nodded to the driver and went to the hotel front desk to check out.
Lu Zhiyin, meanwhile, surveyed the first-floor furnishings.
It was certain that the hotel’s first floor had also been flooded last night, with water stains on the walls. However, the hotel staff were efficient. As soon as the water receded, they had already cleaned the lobby, restoring the furnishings as much as possible to their original state.
“Let’s go.”
After checking out, Long Qinxin pushed Lu Zhiyin out of the hotel.
The road surface below the steps was still covered by standing water, but it was no longer deep compared to how it was when they arrived yesterday afternoon.
Uncle Wu had returned to the driver’s seat at some point. The car engine’s sound was too noticeable on the somewhat quiet street.
Long Qinxin went down first to open the car door, then carried Lu Zhiyin into the back seat, and finally put the wheelchair into the trunk.
“Let’s go.”
Once everything was ready, Long Qinxin gave the order, and the car slowly began to move forward.
Long Qinxin, like when she arrived, continued to look out the window, but her thoughts were different now.
She didn’t really want to part with Lu Zhiyin like this, especially since Lu Zhiyin lived opposite that annoying Leng Qing Qiu.
However, she was ultimately considerate and wouldn’t force anyone, so she could only feel depressed alone.
