Chapter 1797: Just Got Scolded

Xu Tingting muttered under her breath, “So I just didn’t manage to dodge it in time…”

“You sure sound reasonable!”

There was clearly a smile in Xu Shu’s tone, but for some reason she just felt a chill all over.

It scared Xu Tingting enough that she snuck a careful look at his expression.

He almost never lost his temper, but once he kept his face blank he was way scarier than Second Brother.

“Your hand.” Xu Shu lifted her arm a little. “Hold it up higher yourself.”

She hurriedly raised her hand high, almost poking it right under his eyelids.

Xu Shu shot her an annoyed look, tapped her wrist with two fingers pressed together, and as Xu Tingting’s arm dropped down he slipped his hand under to support it, adjusted it to a proper position, then started applying medicine.

“No bandage?”

Xu Shu’s brow twitched for a second, but his tone was as calm as a still lake. “You didn’t get your bones broken. No need for now.”

Xu Tingting: …

He went back into the break room, and when he came out again he had two neatly folded pieces of clothing in his hands.

“Go in and change into these.”

Xu Tingting looked down at herself, pinched her skirt and swayed it a little. “What’s wrong with me? I look pretty good like this. So pretty.”

“Yeah, you do look pretty, but it’s not appropriate for going out to eat.” Xu Shu handed the clothes to her. “Go change. Be good.”

Xu Tingting scrunched her nose and said sulkily, “Got it.”

She told Nan Jiaojiao, “Jiaojiao, wait for me a bit, okay? I’ll be quick.”

Nan Jiaojiao was already on her third piece of candy. She asked, “Need a hand?”

“Nope, I can handle it.”

Except Xu Tingting hadn’t been inside long before she called out guiltily, “Jiaojiao, maybe you should come in for a sec?”

Nan Jiaojiao stuffed the candy into her pocket, and as she walked past Xu Shu, he said, “Sorry to trouble you, Jiaojiao. Help me keep an eye on her. I’m going on rounds. When I get back I’ll take you two out to eat.”

Nan Jiaojiao: “Brother Shu, are you off work already?”

“It’s about time. I’m knocking off early today.” He pulled open a drawer. “There’s fruit and snacks in here. Take whatever you want.”

Nan Jiaojiao answered okay, and Xu Shu left with the medical chart. Before opening the door, he habitually buttoned his white coat all the way up, neat and proper.

Xu Tingting’s dress had a zipper in the back. Her hand couldn’t reach around, and there was still medicine on the wound; she was afraid of rubbing it, so she turned her back and asked Nan Jiaojiao for help. Once she’d smoothly changed clothes, Xu Tingting folded the dress she’d taken off and put it on the bed.

Nan Jiaojiao took a quick measure with her eyes; the bed was at most one meter twenty wide, a single bed. The break room had originally been separated by a blue curtain, for Xu Shu to nap during lunch. After Xu Tingting started coming by more often, he applied to the hospital and paid out of pocket to have a proper break room built.

The room wasn’t big, but it had everything it needed.

“You’re not taking the dress?”

Xu Tingting shook her head. “No. Brother Shu will send it off to be handled. I only wear things once anyway. Brother Shu will sell it and donate the money to charity. I bought this dress just to piss off Song Jin; the whole experience wasn’t great, so I don’t want to keep it.”

Nan Jiaojiao clicked her tongue inwardly. As a poor village girl, she really couldn’t quite wrap her head around the world of rich little princesses.

Xu Shu came back quickly. He drove and took them to Shengyue Mansion.

Bo Yanching was right at the door, a cigarette held between his fingers but unlit, his suit jacket taken off and draped over his arm. When he saw the license plate, he automatically slipped the cigarette back into the pack.

Nan Jiaojiao ran over, and before she even got close he had already walked up to meet her, spreading his arms to catch her, and at the same time flipped open the suit jacket and draped it over her shoulders.

“I just got an earful from Grandma.”

Nan Jiaojiao looked up. “What for?”