Bao Er asked him with a smile, “Now it’s your turn, introduce yourself.”
The small lad couldn’t stop kicking his leg left and right, looking bored. After he heard Bao Er’s words, he quickly sat up decently.
“My name is Lu Xi Jie, I’m seven years old this year, and I’m in the second year of primary school.” This was a sound only typical to a child, both gentle and babyish. It sounded really cute.
Later on, Bao Er tried to understand the extent of his mathematics knowledge. He cooperatively answered her questions one by one. At this sight, Bao Er felt strange. Wasn’t he a naughty child? But ever since she entered, he’d been very obedient and nothing like what she’d heard.
“Jie Jie, I want to go to the washroom.” The small lad said softly. There was a light blush on his face. Bao Er was surprised that even a seven-year-old child knew how to blush.
“Okay, go on.”
He went out for a while before he returned. The two of them continued their previous topic. After a long chat, Bao Er already had a basic understanding about his results.
From her observation, this small child was unlike someone who couldn’t do mathematics well. He should be a maths prodigy instead. During their conversation, Bao Er secretly added some elements of mathematics calculation in it, and he reacted almost immediately. The reaction speed was quite unbelievable for a second-year student.
But she heard that he always failed his exams. What could be the problem?
“Xiao Jie, let me address you like this from now on. Take out your examination sheets for me to see.” Bao Er wanted to confirm her thoughts if he was truly what she imagined, a hidden genius.
He nodded, and began to look for it at the corner of his study room.
He found it after a while. That exam sheet was a test for one section. He got 60+ marks, which was quite low. The writing on the sheet was clear and clean. His words were written neatly unlike the words of a seven-year-old child.
For the past twenty years, Bao Er was always a good girl. She was never rebellious in her youth and had no dissatisfaction, so she didn’t understand the actions of an arrogant teen who had conflict with his family and resentment towards his parents. Naturally she couldn’t figure out the aim of this young lad in front of her.
She looked at the sheet with a worried expression. She didn’t know what was wrong with Lu Xi Jie, and why did his parents only notice this serious problem after so much time had passed.
“Xiao Jie, where are your parents?” If his parents didn’t even notice such a serious problem, this could have a very big effect on this child’s future.
Lu Xi Jie gently lowered his head after he heard Bao Er’s words. His lips were sealed tightly, feeling a little down. “My father is sick, so my mum has to take care of him and also work.”
When Bao Er was about to ask a few more questions, the auntie from before walked in with two drinks in her hands. “I figured Miss Bai would feel thirsty after talking for so long, so I brought in some drinks for you to quench your thirst.”
Bao Er’s clean face was filled with smiles. She waved her hand to let her know that she was being too polite. “Auntie, it’s okay, just call me Bao Er.” You are reading on g.com, the official source.
“Ai, alright.” The auntie dropped the honorific after she heard her.
She then put down the fruit juice in front of Bao Er, and gave the young lad a glass of milk.
Milk was great. It was nutritious, good for the skin, and it could even provide calcium. No wonder the small lad was so good-looking.
After the auntie left, Bao Er and Lu Xi Jie continued their conversation. She saw that the small lad grabbed the glass at the side and finished all the milk with one swig. At the end, he even licked the corners of his lip lightly, like he wanted more.
Bao Er also felt thirsty after talking for so long, so she didn’t think much as she grabbed the cup and drank a few gulps of fruit juice. The cold fruit juice could ease her thirst very well in the summer, and it was very tasty too. Before long, only half was left in the cup.
“Xiao Jie, how did you get these wrong? Did you not know how to do it? Or are there other reasons?” She pointed at some of the obvious faults on the sheet as she asked him.
His eyes avoided her slightly, as he turned his head away. His eyes didn’t meet Bao Er’s sight.
This small lad looked cuter when he was awkward, Bao Er thought in her heart. “Why? Are you embarrassed to say it? It’s okay, I always fail my exams when I’m young too!” Bao Er exposed herself to try to comfort him as she asked for his answer.
She was very patient with small children. It was related to her course, and also had something to do with some unkind childhood memories she had when she was young.
While waiting for Lu Xi Jie’s answer, Bao Er suddenly felt that her whole body was uncomfortable and itchy.
Subconsciously, she glanced at Lu Xi Jie, and saw that the small lad didn’t have the ‘good boy’ look any longer. He was smiling so cunningly without an obedient look on his face. He looked very haughty instead. Perhaps he was really a little devil.
Chapter 24. Big trouble
Bao Er shrunk her body. She didn’t know how a seven-year-old small child could plan such a ploy. He disguised himself so well from the beginning to the end, fooling her completely. His acting was especially commendable like that of a movie star.
But Bao Er didn’t have the heart to compliment him now. Feeling of discomfort spread all over her body. Her whole body became itchy and even started to turn red slightly, gradually growing into rashes.
“What did you put into the glass?” She asked.
“Hmph, I added a diarrhea-inducing medicine. Who asks you to stick your nose into someone else’s business.” Lu Xi Jie looked delightful when he said that, like he did a very incredible thing. Indeed, Bao Er was someone woeful in his eyes, minding someone else’s business. What he wanted was his parents’ attention, not her counseling.
Bao Er gritted her teeth and said nothing. She stumbled out of the study room, surprising the auntie who was outside doing some cleaning. This chapter was copied from novelping.com without permission.
“Miss Bai, oh, Bao Er, what’s wrong?” She quickly came over to hold her.
Bao Er couldn’t stop panting, as cold sweat rolled down from her forehead. Her body became itchier, and it started to get painful. “Faster, send me to the hospital.” After she said that, Bao Er lost consciousness. The sound of her phone seemed to come from her bag when she was about to faint, but it was too fuzzy and unreal.
Lu Xi Jie followed behind her to watch the show. He was initially not worried at all, but when he saw that Bao Er fainted directly instead of rushing into the toilet, he was shocked until his face turned pale. He initially thought that he was just making a small prank on her, but now that he saw her turn out this way, he knew that he was in big trouble.
When she was awake, she was in the hospital. White walls, white bedsheets. Everything she saw were white. Bao Er lowered her head, and saw that her hand was connected to an IV drip. The slight painful feeling was sent towards her brain.
“Babe, you’re finally awake.” The familiar voice came to her. She turned her head to see Tan Jingmo sitting in front of her hospital bed with a heartfelt concern in his eyes.
Bao Er was a little dazed. The redness and swelling on her body had faded a lot, but she could still see some of it remaining.
This was the second time in her life that she got admitted into the hospital because of her allergy to medicines. The first time was when she was thirteen years old, and it was a lot more serious at that time.
Bao Er still remembered that time. Her parents only thought of it as a normal allergic reaction and did not care too much about it. They got some medicines from the small clinic in the village and let her take it. But those medicines did not relieve her symptoms at all, it made Bao Er become more serious instead. When her parents found her, Bao Er was lying on the floor, her whole body was having a seizure. It almost shocked them to death.
After she was admitted to the hospital, they also got scolded by the doctor terribly. He said that the doctor of that clinic prescribed the wrong medicine, giving Bao Er the medicine that could cause serious harm to her body. If they were late by an hour, she might already be dead.
That time, her parents’ face looked truly fearful. Her body was quite special. She didn’t know which specific kind of medicine she was allergic to, and didn’t dare to simply take medicines. So Bao Er usually took very good care of her health, because she didn’t dare to get sick.
“Come back, what are you thinking about so deeply? Don’t worry, these rashes on your body would disappear after a few more days.” His voice was gentle, low and sexy. It made her eyes feel sour.
It felt really good to be cared for, and having someone who cared for her.
“Nothing, I’m just thinking about the past. I was also admitted into the hospital because of this similar condition.” Bao Er lowered her eyes, feeling speechless about having such a weird body constitution.
“I thought you’re only talking about it casually, I don’t know that it’s so serious. Take extra precaution when you want to take any medicine in the future. The doctor said that your body constitution is very special.” Tan Jingmo rubbed her head lightly as he said that. When he heard her words at first, he thought that Bao Er was exaggerating about this small issue as an excuse to avoid taking the contraception pill. As medicines could cause a definite harm on a woman’s body, so not all women were willing to take it. But now that he saw how serious her condition was, he naturally wouldn’t do what he wanted anymore.
“Yeah, why are you here?” Bao Er remembered that she fainted at Lu Xi Jie’s house last. Why was Tan Jingmo already by her side when she woke up?
“If not because I coincidentally called you that time, how would I know this had happened.” When he said this, glimpses of anger flashed across Tan Jingmo’s eyes, making a normally gentle person like him look more vicious.