Chapter 4.3 (2/2)
I grabbed the hand he was using to inspecting my wounds, causing him to tilt his head back up at me. In his eyes swirled some dark emotion. I had only wanted to mock him so I quickly withdrew my hand and meekly lowered my gaze: “More gently, it hurts.”
Afterwards, Yin Li and I no longer spoke. The private physician started treating my cuts and bruises, and the physical therapist, orthopedic specialist, and general practice doctor all crowded around my bed. When they’d confirmed that I had no major issues, they followed Yin Li out the door in a synchronized exodus. As I lay in bed I could hear the sounds
the sounds of them pa.s.sionately arguing over something outside my room, and from time to time I could hear someone shout: “Absolutely not, this program is too extreme.” Despite hearing sentences like this again and again, I couldn’t be bothered to piece together the topic of their conversation.
There wasn’t a single muscle in my body that wasn’t loudly proclaiming its distress, yet I felt satisfied and relieved. Turns out that pus.h.i.+ng a rusty machine to its limit could eventually return it to its normal operation.
I closed my eyes, curling up the corners of my mouth.
When Yin Li stepped back into the room I vigilantly popped my eyes back open, but was unable to fully relax my facial muscles. Probably distracted by the sight of me grinning foolishly at the ceiling, he stared blankly for a second.
Then as expected, he instantly restored his aloof composure.
“Yan Xiao, I’ll give you two months. During those two months I’ll be in Europe, and if by the time I return you can stand, I’ll prepare the paperwork to enroll you in H University this fall.”
Before I could reveal my ecstatic expression, Yin Li left the room. I only caught a momentary glimpse of the side of his face. Elegant, and truly a thousand miles away.
Ai, I’ll never know what Yin Li is thinking about.
Author Note:
Weakly want to say…. Everyone, have you all forgotten, forgotten that our Yan Xiao is handicapped! Even though she’s very happy and carefree, in reality she’s a very happy and carefree handicapped person TT
Ok then, happy happy handicapped child~ this chapter is very sufficient! I’ll be more
I’ll be more diligent, rolling around begging for praise~~persisting another day~
1 The original Chinese text used 声音瓮瓮地 (sheng yin weng weng de). I’m a bit unclear about the meaning of 瓮 when attached to sound but found on Baidu people asking about the phrase 瓮声瓮气 (weng sheng weng qi) which apparently means sounding hoa.r.s.e, deep and low, and/or m.u.f.fled. Therefore I’m a.s.suming the author was referencing that…
2 Jing Ke was the famous would-be a.s.sa.s.sin of the King Ying Zheng, aka the future Qin s.h.i.+ Huang, first emperor of China. Prince Dan was the one who commissioned the a.s.sa.s.sination attempt. Jing Ke not only failed to kill his guy but also died in the scuffle. You can read more about Jing Ke at this Wikipedia page.
Candle: ALSO EVERYONE, I hope you enjoyed the author note!! What a cutie hardworking author we have. I debated whether I should bother to translate it too or not but personally I love reading author notes, gives you a lil insight into their perspective on the story, so maybe I’ll continue… rolling around begging for your praise to persist another day~~
Niang Niang: we finally meet THE KING OF THE DOORWAY!
In the mirror, I saw Yin Li standing in the doorway. His face was obscured by the shadows, so I couldn’t make out any expression on it, and I didn’t know how long he had been silently standing there and how much he had seen.
Imagine Yun Li being swole af and filling up a solid 80% of the doorway and just standing there for eons. If that ain’t King of the Doorway, I don’t know what is.
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