Chapter 1149: Night

“This isn’t about how serious the injury is.

Even if I’m paralyzed, I have to get up to take a shower!”

Bo Yanching frowned, “Kid, don’t let your mouth run wild, quickly spit twice to ward it off.”

“You, you actually believe in this?”

“I do.” Bo Yanching’s expression was particularly earnest.

Sure enough, when people reach a certain age, they start to have some old-fogey tendencies.

Grandpa loved this too; when she spoke wrongly, he would have her spit twice.

Nan Jiaojiao actually felt quite sympathetic for him; at such an age, his thinking was starting to get old-fashioned.

Forget it, better humor him.

She symbolically slapped her mouth twice.

“Anyway, I want to shower, otherwise I’ll have a smell.

I can die from pain, but I can’t die from stink.”

Bo Yanching was too lazy to argue with her anymore, one moment talking about being paralyzed, the next about dying.

“I’ll help you shower tomorrow.”

Nan Jiaojiao lifted her eyelids slightly, holding back from looking at him.

He was injured in both hands and feet, yet he was offering to help her shower.

Who’s actually being stubborn here?

She didn’t say anything else, just responded, “Okay.”

Bo Yanching patted her, “Go to sleep.”

Nan Jiaojiao turned over, curled up onto him, with her leg pressing on his good leg, and her arms wrapping around his waist, slowly closing her eyes.

In the middle of the night, she felt thirsty and wanted some water.

Unwilling to budge herself, she mumbled half-asleep, “Bo Yanching, I want water.”

After waiting without hearing any response, she reached out to the side, but didn’t touch anyone.

Nan Jiaojiao was half-awake from her sleep, opening her eyes, just about to sit up, she noticed the man sitting outside on the balcony.

He was sitting on a recliner, with a blanket covering his legs.

Perhaps afraid that the wind would blow onto her, he had closed the glass door leading to the balcony.

His crutch was placed on the railing, and he was leaning back, with his side profile touched by a layer of pale moonlight, flickering vividly.

His nose and forehead appeared somewhat sharp.

There was a waning moon hanging at the edge of the sky.

From the angle Nan Jiaojiao was lying, the moon seemed to be resting on his hair tips, like a sickle, ready to fall any moment.

For some reason, seeing him like this, Nan Jiaojiao’s heart suddenly felt empty, leaving no time to think as she walked over barefoot.

Just when she was about to touch the sliding door, Bo Yanching suddenly looked her way, his gaze fixed on her bare feet.

Nan Jiaojiao immediately went back, put on slippers, and grabbed a jacket to wrap around herself.

Bo Yanching straightened up slightly, opening the sliding door to the balcony just enough for her to go through.

“Why are you awake?”

“Why are you sitting here?”

Both spoke simultaneously, but Nan Jiaojiao reacted quickly, answering first, “I woke up feeling thirsty, wanted you to get me some water, but didn’t see you, so I came out to find you.”

“I’ll go get it for you.”

Bo Yanching really started to get up.

Nan Jiaojiao hurried over, pressing his shoulder back into the recliner, “Just stay seated.

I’m not thirsty now; I’ll get it myself when I want to drink.”

Bo Yanching reached out to her, “Come.”

“What for?”

He made room on the recliner for her to sit, “Sit with me for a while.”

Nan Jiaojiao hesitated, deliberately standing behind Bo Yanching to check how wide the recliner was.

After mentally gauging that lying down wouldn’t crowd him, she finally placed her hand in his.

She sat down beside him, dragging the blanket back up to cover their stomachs.

“What about you, why aren’t you sleeping?”

Bo Yanching slightly lowered his head, glanced at her, “I slept for a while, but it wasn’t restful.

Once awake, it’s hard to go back to sleep, so I figured I’d come out and sit for a while.”

“You could also sit in the living room, why let the cold wind blow on the balcony?”

Nan Jiaojiao blurted out, and as soon as the words left her mouth, she suddenly saw Bo Yanching’s face turn slightly saddened.