Chapter 49: She's Not Only Black-Hearted But Also A Tea Master
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Gu Jinrong wanted to get up but found that her legs were numb after sitting for a long time, so she could only hold on to the stone slab under her with both hands, keeping as still as a pine tree.
The stone slab was very spacious, Shen Qingzhi found a seat next to it and sat down, imitating Gu Jinrong's posture and looking up at the sky, "Mm, the night here is really nice, you are quite good at finding a place."
She didn't ask her why she suddenly came here alone.
Gu Jinrong secretly breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, she really couldn't make up a decent reason.
Shen Qingzhi sat and stared at the sky for a long time, surrounded by silence.
She took out two lollipops from her pocket and handed one to Gu Jinrong, "Want to eat?"
The tone was very ordinary as if she came here late at night just to enjoy the moon and chat together. Alaska's lollipop is the most basic one and has been very popular for more than ten years.
Gu Jinrong had given lots of lollipops to Shen Qingzhi before, as encouragement, reward, or comfort, but it was the first time she got one from Shen Qingzhi's hand.
In fact, when she was worried in the past, the young girl would take the initiative to coax her, drag her around to play, and chatter with her a lot, but she rarely stayed with her quietly as she does now.
Gu Jinrong held the lollipop in her hand and did not open it for a long time.
Shen Qingzhi had already peeled off her candy and put it into her mouth. While sipping the candy, she whispered, "Having a nice mouth, neither talking nor eating, how is it any different from a decoration?
"Qingqing." Gu Jinrong held the candy in one hand and held Shen Qingzhi in the other, "Can you accompany me for a walk nearby?"
"Okay." Shen Qingzhi stood up quickly and took some effort to pull up Gu Jinrong who was sitting on the stone slab.
She almost suspected that this person was doing it on purpose, clearly, she said she wanted to go for a walk but then sat there without moving.
The two walked for a short distance in the woods, holding hands and never letting go.
Shen Qingzhi only just realized that earlier, Gu Jinrong was probably not deliberately pulling her, but her movements had indeed become somewhat sluggish.
"Put your hand here." Shen Qingzhi said, taking the other person's hand and putting it on her shoulder, taking the initiative to use it as a crutch.
Miss Shen had never lowered herself like this before, but who could blame her when someone was feeling down, and who could blame her for being naturally kind?
Shen Qingzhi was now only half a head shorter than Gu Jinrong, and to act as a support, she had to crouch a bit.
Gu Jinrong originally hesitated, about to retract her hand, but Shen Qingzhi forcefully held it, "So, where do you want to go?"
Gu Jinrong pointed in a direction, and Shen Qingzhi didn't ask any more questions. Without a word, she supported her and moved forward.
However, the way she was providing support didn't seem like they were taking a leisurely walk together. It looked more like she was accompanying her through rehabilitation training after a fracture.
Gu Jinrong allowed Shen Qingzhi to support her, with her thin shoulders under her palms. Although the night wind was still cool, her palms were burning.
She thought about it several times in her heart and whispered, "Qingqing."
"Mm."
"Qingqing."
"Mm."
"Qingqing."
"I'm here." Shen Qingzhi seemed to be particularly good-tempered tonight. She responded three times in a row without getting angry.
"I..." Gu Jinrong took advantage of Shen Qingzhi's ease of talking and silently held her tighter.
Shen Qingzhi turned sideways so that she could be supported more comfortably, "Do you have something to say to me?
"Mm."
"Is it difficult for you?
"Mm."
"Then wait until you no longer find it difficult. I won't run away."
"Okay." Gu Jinrong breathed a sigh of relief, her eyebrows relaxed, and her smile became a little more sincere than before.
The two of them continued to walk in the woods for more than ten minutes, saying very few words, but they had a rare tacit understanding.
They reached a cliff unknowingly. Shen Qingzhi was holding Gu Jinrong with one hand and the stone wall beside her with the other.
"We're going to be filming here in two days, and the shape of this stone wall looks quite unusual."
She said, reaching out to touch the stones on the wall. "This doesn't seem stable... Ah!"
Before Shen Qingzhi could finish her sentence, everything suddenly spun in a blur. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself pinned down by Gu Jinrong.
The person on top of her had a cold expression, completely devoid of any emotion. If it weren't for the sweat beads on her forehead glistening in the moonlight, it would seem like nothing more than a simple fall.
Feeling the weight on top of her, Shen Qingzhi didn't rush to push Gu Jinrong away. Instead, she held onto Gu Jinrong's shoulders with both hands, nervously asking, "Are you hurt?"
"Mm, I accidentally got hit by a stone just now," Gu Jinrong said casually, but her body remained motionless, still pressing against Shen Qingzhi.
"Where did it hit?"
Shen Qingzhi didn't dare to move recklessly and carefully propped herself up from the ground. She gently laid Gu Jinrong down and then examined her injuries.
"My calf."
As soon as Gu Jinrong finished speaking, Shen Qingzhi saw a dazzling stain of blood on her right calf, mixed with traces of dust.
Nearby, a small, sharp-edged, bloodied stone lay on the ground. It looked like it had fallen from the stone wall.
Shen Qingzhi connected the fragments in her mind and clarified the cause and effect in one go.
She took out a tissue and covered Gu Jinrong's bleeding wound. Her tears couldn't stop falling, "I'm sorry, if I hadn't pressed my hand against the stone wall just now, you would have..."
"Qingqing." Gu Jinrong interrupted Shen Qingzhi's self-blame and stood up with one hand on the floor, "Let's go back first, okay?"
"Yes," Shen Qingzhi squatted beside Gu Jinrong, patting her shoulder. "Climb on my back, and I'll carry you back."
She was now filled with self-blame and only thinking about making amends. However, after waiting for a while, there was no movement behind her.
She turned around to hold Gu Jinrong's hand but found it firmly held.
Gu Jinrong's smile was somewhat weak. "Qingqing, I'm actually okay right now, but if we have another fall, it's hard to say."
Shen Qingzhi:...
"Did you bring your phone?"
***
It was almost ten o'clock in the evening when the two were sent to the medical station by the paramedics.
The doctor treated Gu Jinrong's wound, put a splint on it, and then gave a series of precautions.
She stood up and looked at Shen Qingzhi, who looked even more distressed than the injured person and emphasized again, "It's just a slight fracture. You can just lie down for a month at most."
"A month?!" When Shen Qingzhi heard this, her little face was about to cry again.
The doctor frowned: They say it takes a hundred days to mend an injured bone, and you're not satisfied with just one month?
"Thank you, doctor. We can handle the rest ourselves. You should go and rest."
Anyone would be unhappy about being called in for work late at night. Gu Jinrong persuaded the doctor to leave, and the ward became quiet, with only the two of them remaining. It was suddenly much quieter.
With no one else around, Shen Qingzhi wiped away the tears from her face with the back of her hand, nearly turning herself into a crying kitten. "I'm sorry."
This was what she said the most tonight.
Gu Jinrong sighed, she still preferred the arrogant and cheeky demeanor of her little girl.
"Qingqing, you have said 'I'm sorry' seven times tonight. It was me who asked you to accompany me and you had no prior knowledge of the problem with that stone wall."
Shen Qingzhi bit her lip and shook her head, "But you did it to protect me... and if I hadn't come to find you, you might not have gone there in the first place."
"Qingqing." Gu Jinrong squeezed Shen Qingzhi's hand to prevent her from continuing her random thoughts.
"I'm very happy that you came to see me tonight. If it weren't for you, I might have been hurt even more seriously than I am now."
"Huh?" Shen Qingzhi raised her head for no apparent reason. Through the incandescent light in the room, she finally noticed that Gu Jinrong's nails were somewhat unusual.
She firmly held Gu Jinrong's hand, her voice trembling with a slight, almost imperceptible shake, "Why are your nails all chipped and bleeding?"
Gu Jinrong smiled, this time without any attempt to hide it. "I was picking at the stone slab before you found me."
Shen Qingzhi remembered Gu Jinrong's hesitation earlier and bit her lip, swallowing back her words.
She turned around and rummaged in the medicine box, complaining: "The doctor was here just now, but you didn't let her dress it for you. Give me your hands."
Gu Jinrong extended her hands in cooperation and let Shen Qingzhi take a cotton swab to disinfect them.
In fact, this small injury does not need to be bandaged at all, and it will heal naturally in a short time.
But it was rare for her to see her little girl showing such unabashed affection, and she felt so happy to the point where she even had the urge to tease.
"I just found out today that Qingqing cares so much about...my fingers."
Shen Qingzhi, who was about to bandage: Huh?
Gu Jinrong placed her fingers on the gauze in Shen Qingzhi's hand, looking as if she was extremely serious.
"Be honest, if my fingers are as ugly as they are now, or if they become disfigured, will you dislike me?"
"Bah, bah, bah, you have such a good hand. How could your fingers become disfigured? Besides, why would I dislike you!"
Shen Qingzhi couldn't stand Gu Jinrong slandering herself like this and responded quickly. She raised her head in irritation, only to meet Gu Jinrong's smiling eyes.
Why do I feel like... I'm being teased?
"Rogue!" Shen Qingzhi tied the gauze in her hand into a knot and cursed in a low voice with a red face.
The corners of Gu Jinrong's mouth curled up even more, but her tone seemed to be very aggrieved.
"I know Qingqing has always liked good-looking people and things. I just asked because I was worried that if I became ugly, it would bother you. Why do you call me rogue? Is Qingqing thinking of something else?"
Shen Qingzhi:...
If she still couldn't see that Gu Jinrong was teasing her at this point, she would be a complete fool.
How did she not realize before that someone was not only black-hearted but also had the talent of a tea master*?
*Someone good at being a green tea, with green tea meaning pretending to be pure and innocent
"Then you're worrying too much, you don't look good now anyway, there's no room to get ugly."
As she spoke, Shen Qingzhi angrily tied the gauze into the final knot firmly, wrapping Gu Jinrong's ten fingers like ten white radishes.
"I'm so ugly, but Qingqing still likes me so much, I'm very happy."
Shen Qingzhi:?
Did this person eat a hundred local pick-up lines today?
She was about to retort when she saw Gu Jinrong take out a slightly flattened lollipop from her pocket. The white radish began to peel the wrapper off the lollipop stick, looking both ridiculous and pitiful.
Shen Qingzhi looked at her, feeling both annoyed and amused. "You didn't want it when I gave that to you earlier, and now that you're injured like this, you're eating candy."
While speaking, Gu Jinrong had already peeled off the candy wrapper, holding the lollipop with a look of enjoyment on her face, "Qingqing gave this to me, so I naturally want to savor it when my heart is at its sweetest. That way, it's twice as sweet."
Shen Qingzhi:!
She distinctly remembered that this person was hit by a stone on the leg, not the head, right?