The Female Lead Wants Me to Take My Medicine [Quick Transmigration] 26p1

Chapter 26p1: The Young Miss in the Wheelchair 26

Since that day, neither of them had mentioned what had happened.

Cheng Zhishu naively thought that she had disguised it well, that she had forgotten about it after waking up, and hadn’t heard Xi Congshuang’s whispers in her ear.

It wasn’t until the end of the term that Cheng Zhishu, with her head full of key points, ran into someone moving out. At first, she didn’t realize who it was. She sidestepped the busy servants, not noticing the gazes directed at her.

She stepped onto the familiar path and walked deeper.

On the way back to Wenhai, Cheng Zhishu rarely got lost.

She imagined herself as a warrior in a fairy tale, her schoolbag her heavy sword. By hacking through thorns and brambles, she could be reunited with the princess in the high tower.

Before dinner, Xi Congshuang asked, “You’re in a good mood today.”

No student would refuse the summer vacation. After the final exams, it was summer vacation. Cheng Zhishu was indeed in a good mood.

Cheng Zhishu nodded. “Yes.”

A smile appeared on Xi Congshuang’s lips. “That’s good.”

On the first weekend of the summer vacation, Xi Hanran, who had been a frequent flyer for nearly a month, appeared at Wenhai, insisting on staying for a free meal to express her gratitude.

Xi Congshuang asked, “Didn’t they save you a meal at Wencan?”

Xi Hanran replied, “There’s no one there anymore. Who would save me a meal?”

Finally remembering what she had done, Xi Congshuang said, “That’s true.”

Xi Hanran had had a little to drink and was a bit drunk, her face flushed. “There are some things I can’t do myself. It would always look bad.”

“But I thank you. I finally don’t have to see him wandering around in front of me… This glass of wine is to celebrate my embarrassing father finally moving out with his doubly embarrassing precious son!”

Xi Congshuang toasted with juice. “You’re welcome. It wasn’t because of you anyway.”

Xi Hanran’s eyes were hazy with drink. She pointed, “You’re becoming more and more tsundere. Tsundere is out of fashion.”

“…” Xi Congshuang raised her voice. “Little Liu! Someone’s drunk. Take her to the guest room.”

Little Liu replied, “Yes, coming, coming!”

Only then did Cheng Zhishu understand the true meaning of the question Xi Congshuang had asked that day.

—Are you happy because the person who annoyed you is gone?

Cheng Zhishu lowered her head and drank her juice, revealing her red ear tips. She was afraid that if she didn’t lower her head, her too-obvious smile would be discovered.

She clearly hadn’t had any alcohol, but her mood was already slightly tipsy.

“Collapse value -1.”

A familiar voice sounded in Xi Congshuang’s ear. A ruby-red figure spun before her eyes, reporting truthfully, “Current collapse value: 21. Please continue your efforts, host.”

Xi Congshuang: “…”

For the first time, she felt that this system’s notification sound was a real mood killer.

***

In the past, whenever the seasons changed, Xi Congshuang would always suffer a little.

As a long-time patient, she had thought she had enough experience, had prepared in advance, and had been diligent in her rehabilitation without any slack.

And things had gone as she wished. The condition of her legs had recovered well, and the phantom pain had greatly reduced.

But Xi Congshuang had let her guard down for a moment, not continuing her great slacking-off enterprise, and had accidentally caught a cold during the change of seasons.

Wenhai Hall fell silent due to its owner’s illness. Chairman Xi had also come over once, leaving in the middle of the night.

Everyone moved about lightly, afraid of waking the patient in the room.

Xi Congshuang felt that she had slept for a long time, and her bones were about to fall apart. When she first woke up, she had forgotten where she was and had habitually called out, “Nurse Yang…”

The figure slumped by the bed moved, reaching out drowsily to touch Xi Congshuang’s hand. “Sister, you’re awake?”

Nurse Yang wouldn’t touch her casually, and Nurse Yang certainly wouldn’t call her “Sister.”

Xi Congshuang was instantly awake, remembering where she was. “Zhishu? What are you doing here?”

Having slept for too long, her hoarse voice startled even Xi Congshuang. She coughed a few times to clear her throat.

Cheng Zhishu rubbed her eyes. “You’ve been asleep all day. I’m taking over Sister Liu’s shift for a while. Are you uncomfortable anywhere?”

She didn’t know how long she had been slumped over the bed. The soft mattress was indented, and the sheet was wrinkled, like the mark left by a small animal sleeping in a nest.

Xi Congshuang was dazed for a moment in the dim light. At that moment, she couldn’t say what she was thinking. A beat later, she answered, “I don’t think so.”

This reaction didn’t sound like “I don’t think so.”

Cheng Zhishu was not at ease. She finally understood why Sister Liu was always so nervous about this and that, and she couldn’t help but treat her with the same attitude.

Xi Congshuang did indeed have a stronger will than ordinary people, but in contrast, her body was extremely fragile.

She often didn’t care, and before she knew it, she would find herself sick, and still not care.

This was a classic case of the emperor not being anxious, but the eunuchs being anxious.

Cheng Zhishu asked, “Doctor Qi is staying in the guest room upstairs. Should I call her?”

“No need.” Xi Congshuang asked, “What time is it now? What time is it?”

Cheng Zhishu took the phone from the bedside table and showed the screen to Xi Congshuang. “It’s eleven at night. You’ve been asleep all day.”

She put away the phone. “Sister, are you hungry? Do you want something to eat? I’ll go downstairs…”

The current Xi Congshuang had no appetite at all. She grabbed her hand. “It’s getting late. You must be tired. Do you want to sleep?”

She had just seen the time on the phone. It was Sunday. Cheng Zhishu still had school tomorrow, so she didn’t need to stay up with her, a patient.

In fact, she was fine, just had forgotten to restrain herself. She would be fine in a while.

“…?”

Cheng Zhishu paused. Her numb brain was tied in knots by Xi Congshuang’s gaze. She stammered, “…Th-that’s so embarrassing.”

Xi Congshuang was puzzled. “What’s so embarrassing about it? It’s just sleeping.”

Could it be that Cheng Zhishu still hadn’t let go of the idea of repaying her and was stubbornly refusing to go back to her room to sleep, to take care of her, a patient?

She wasn’t so bad as to exploit a high school student.

Cheng Zhishu: “…”

Her expression gradually went blank under Xi Congshuang’s gaze. After a moment of daze, it gradually became firm, as if she had made up her mind. She stood up with her hands on the bed.

Xi Congshuang’s gaze moved up. She didn’t know if it was her imagination, or if it was too dark in the room, but she felt that Cheng Zhishu’s ears were red.

She raised her hand to remove her hair tie, her eyes lowered. Her long hair fell over her shoulders and back, her ears hidden in her hair, making it even harder to see clearly.

Then a corner of Xi Congshuang’s blanket was lifted, and another body with a fresh citrus scent lay down, taking the other pillow on her bed.

Xi Congshuang: “………”

Hmm?

Xi Congshuang, who had finally realized something, was stunned for a few seconds. She turned to look beside her.

Who knew that Cheng Zhishu beside her had already closed her eyes, her long eyelashes drooping, the shadows under her eyes obvious.

Not just shadows, but dark circles.

When her eyes were open, she was always attracted by those bright, tea-colored eyes. Only when they were closed did she realize the obvious fatigue on her young face.

It made sense. Her studies were already complicated, and after the summer vacation and entering her final year of high school, it would only get worse.

In order to maintain her first-place result and get the scholarship, Cheng Zhishu had been trying her best to study secretly in the middle of the night every day, thinking she could hide it from the person in the next room.

She finally had a break on the weekend, but she had spent her hard-earned free time on her. How could she not be tired?

Xi Congshuang suddenly lost the thought of waking her up and telling her to go back to her own room. Instead of going through all that trouble, it was better to let her continue sleeping. Anyway, her bed was very big.

But.

Her assessing gaze slowly fell, quietly becoming deeper.

The light and shadow cast a shadow on Cheng Zhishu’s profile, hazy and delicate like glazed porcelain. She could vaguely see what she would look like when she grew up.

What did that system say again?

High and mighty, cold and unparalleled, standing alone at the top, lonely at the top.

It sounded quite bitter and hateful, but the current Cheng Zhishu had nothing to do with these descriptions. She was rather clingy.

Forget it, so be it.

Gradually feeling tired, Xi Congshuang also closed her eyes to sleep. In a daze, she wondered if she had said something that had caused a misunderstanding.

She probably had, otherwise, how could Cheng Zhishu have misunderstood…

After she closed her eyes, Cheng Zhishu on the side opened her eyes a crack. Only after seeing Xi Congshuang’s closed eyes did she let out a sigh of relief, opened her eyes, and took a deep breath carefully.

She hugged the blanket and looked beside her. Her outstretched hand hesitated several times before she silently pulled it back and hugged the blanket.

Although they were lying on the same bed, because Xi Congshuang’s sleeping posture was very proper, she wouldn’t move around even in her sleep, so there was always a distance between them.

But Cheng Zhishu was already very satisfied. She lowered her head, her nose touching the blanket as she breathed, and slowly closed her eyes.

She had thought she would have insomnia because she was sharing a bed with Xi Congshuang and had already prepared to drink coffee to stay awake tomorrow. Unexpectedly, she felt so at ease surrounded by Xi Congshuang’s scent that she slept very soundly, all the way until dawn.

It was always easy to be vulnerable when sick. Xi Congshuang rarely dreamed of the past.

These dreams were fragmented, and she didn’t know where they came from.

Many of them were things Xi Congshuang thought she had long forgotten, suppressed deep in her mind for a long time, and now they were surging up like lingering ghosts while she was weak, disturbing her sweet dreams.

“You are our only child. Mom and Dad have high hopes for you.”

“Congshuang, we are very disappointed in you. You have always been outstanding. Why are you in second place?”

“You can’t keep standing still. Although you got first place this time, don’t you think you’ve regressed overall compared to before?”

“Developing unnecessary feelings for insignificant people and asking the nanny for a hug is a very weak thing to do.”

“What are you doing? Xi Congshuang, you’ve disappointed us so much!”

“…”

Although she had long since stopped caring about these things and was indifferent to them, Xi Congshuang would still be startled awake, slowly feeling her heart tighten in her chest, struggling to beat.

It was already dawn. The space beside her was already empty. She reached out to touch it, and the temperature was already cold.

Xi Congshuang pulled her hand back from the cold bed and pressed it to her forehead, her thin eyelids drooping.

“Monday. I’ll just take a leave of absence.”

***