Chapter 101 - Why Not? (2/2)
”Aren't you going to take out your shirt?”
”WHAT?!”
”Your wounds.”
”You are a girl. Aren't you shy at all when you say such stuff? Moreover, you want me to take out my shirt in front of you?”
”I am a doctor. To me, you are all the same.”
”Doctor? Aren't you only in middle school?” The boy questioned as he looked at Mo Xi who was in XX Middle School's uniform.
”I am in middle school, but I am also a doctor. I graduated from university three years ago. Take out your shirt now, if not it would hurt more when your shirt gets stuck to the wounds.”
”You sure are from a rich family to be able to go to university at such a young age,” The boy said as he took out his shirt.
”I am an orphan,” Mo Xi replied calmly as she took out the antiseptic solution to clean up the boy's wounds.
As expected, there were many wounds all over the boy's body. Be it old wounds or new wounds, the wounds were slightly swollen, perhaps due to inflammation.
”How could you be an orphan and be able to get a university degree?”
”My adoptive father died when I was around eleven to twelve years old. In that year, I helped the president and principal of a university by accident, and they realized that I was extremely gifted. We went into an agreement that I would stay in the university for ten years be it for research or teaching, and in return, I get a pay. I was very lucky to have met the people that I helped, if not I would really be homeless.”
The boy's back stiffened when he heard what Mo Xi said.
”You asked me why I want to help you two, right? I just wanted to help people just like how I was given a chance to be not homeless.”
”So, you are a doctor at such a young age because you went to a university when you were twelve?”
”Mm.”
”Then, why are you studying in middle school now?”
”... My university isn't in this country, it is in Country Y. This is where I supposed my birth parents were born. I came back so that I could find out who and where they are. I am in middle school because I don't want people to know about me having graduated from university and I wanted to experience high school life.”
”Then, why are you telling me?”
”The fact that you allowed yourself to be injured all over just to protect your sister, is enough for me to trust you. If all it takes for you to trust me is to tell you about myself, then why not? I just have to tell you more about myself, and you would be able to trust me and trust that there are still good people in this world. You will also know that you and your sister are not alone, and you would have the courage to live on.”