In fact, because it was a pedestrian street, there were a lot of people walking on this road and cars basically wouldn't enter it. Even if they did, they'd inch along at a snail's pace, slower than walking.
Therefore, Lin Jin's previous act of running across the road was actually not dangerous on this pedestrian street because the street was technically for the pedestrians and diners. This wasn't something decided by the pedestrians themselves, but the county government. It was said that it would even be transformed into a food street specializing in snacks and delicacies in the future.
But then an unreasonable car showed up…
The driver must either have a screw loose or be drunk as hell.
Lin Jin looked nervously at Liu Shengqi standing in front of him, feeling extremely guilty. Due to his guilt, Lin Jin's eyes even had some tears.
"Where are you hurt?" Lin Jin swallowed nervously, looking at the pained expression on Liu Shengqi's face. He directly grabbed Liu Shengqi's hand to examine his arm.
"I'm fine." Liu Shengqi had initially had a look of pain, but the moment his hand was grabbed, his expression instantly changed to one of embarrassment. He awkwardly touched his own head with his other hand. "I was faking it."
"What?" Before Lin Jin could express his displeasure, Yuli beat him to it and hit Liu Shengqi on the head. With her hands on her hips, she glared at Liu Shengqi like a shrew and shouted, "Are you hurt or not? If you are, say it. If not, stop pretending to be pitiful!"
Liu Shengqi wore an innocent look. He said with a tearless cry, "I twisted my ankle running too fast. It does hurt a lot, I wasn't faking it."
Twisting an ankle really does hurt, but it was much less severe compared to the broken bones that Lin Jin had imagined.
As a result, the expressions of the three people around Liu Shengqi immediately relaxed. Lin Jin wiped away the tears that almost came out. While complaining inwardly that the black cat made his tear ducts too sensitive, he snorted and thanked Liu Shengqi for saving him.
"There's a pharmacy nearby. Let the staff there help you check it." Lin Jin put both hands in his pockets, acting indifferent as he turned his head to Liu Shengqi. "If it hurts, I might reluctantly consider taking you there."
Lin Jin was definitely tsundere.
Upon hearing Lin Jin's words, Liu Shengqi lifted the twisted foot and kicked it a couple of times. He found that although it still hurt quite a bit, at least it wasn't affecting his movements. He shook his head and said to Lin Jin, someone who placed utmost importance on eating "It only hurts a bit now, it's no big deal, you go and eat first."
"It's still hurting?" Yuli interjected. She furrowed her brows and said ominously, "You might not be in pain now, but you twisted your foot and still ran so fast. I bet it's going to hurt like hell tonight. Who knows, you might even become disabled in a few days."
Liu Shengqi's face turned pale, he immediately stopped insisting and kept nodding his head.
So the group lost their appetite for eating and, instead, took Liu Shengqi to a pharmacy about a hundred meters away from the pedestrian street. The pharmacy looked quite large and professional. The employees all wore white lab coats, looking very much like professional doctors.
Of course, even if they weren't highly skilled doctors, the medical expertise of these pharmacy employees was certainly higher than that of Lin Jin's group, who were just young people with an average age of no more than twenty.
Liu Shengqi limped into the pharmacy supported by two people.
"Miss, could you take a look at my friend?" Lin Jin hurriedly walked up to the counter and anxiously addressed a middle aged woman sitting in front of a computer. "He twisted his ankle, and it might be serious."
Upon hearing Lin Jin's address, the middle-aged woman in a white lab coat immediately stood up with a warm smile and came out from behind the counter. "Come, sit down and show me the twisted ankle."
Liu Shengqi obediently sat in the chair and rolled up his pant leg, exposing his red and swollen ankle.
"Can you walk?" The middle-aged woman squatted down to observe while lightly applying pressure with her hands. The corners of Liu Shengqi’s mouth twitched in pain and his handsome face contorted slightly.
"It's fine" Liu Shengqi managed to say, although his voice was somewhat shaky.
"Lin Jin, look what you've done! If it weren't for you, how would Liu Shengqi be like this?" Yuli, looking a little distressed when she saw Liu Shengqi’s appearance, said to Lin Jin "You were distracted when you got off the bus today, you bumped into people recklessly and didn't even care. Now, you're fine, but Liu Shengqi is the one who's hurt!"
Lin Jin was taken aback and looked at Yuli.
Why did it suddenly feel like Yuli liked Liu Shengqi?
It wasn't just because Yuli was reprimanding Lin Jin that he thought this. Rather, it was because Yuli's tone, entangled with various emotions like anxiety and tension, was full of defense for Liu Shengqi.
But if Yuli liked Liu Shengqi, then it doesn’t seem like she was just pranking Lin Jin whenever she invited Liu Shengqi along, right?
"I'm sorry" Lin Jin simply apologized. "I won’t do it again."
However, Lin Chen, seeing that Lin Jin was being scolded, became a bit displeased and muttered, "Who knows if that driver was drunk, carelessly rushing around even on a pedestrian street."
Just as he was muttering, he suddenly heard the crowd outside the pharmacy start to exclaim. One by one, they began running towards the direction of the pedestrian street. At the same time, the sirens of emergency services grew closer from the distance.
"What's going on?" Lin Jin was also drawn by the noise outside and turned his head to look towards the door.
Lin Chen proactively ran out and grabbed a passerby to ask, "Why is everyone running in that direction?"
"There's was a car accident, it crashed right into a store!" The passerby hastily explained before rushing off to watch the excitement.
A car accident? Lin Jin also heard the passerby's words and exchanged a glance with Yuli beside him. They were both stunned.
Wasn't it very likely the same car that almost hit Lin Jin earlier?
"Shengqi." Lin Jin suddenly looked with unusual tenderness at Liu Shengqi, who was sitting in the chair and constantly being treated by the middle-aged female staff. At this moment, Liu Shengqi's expression was terrible, his face pale, and beads of sweat had appeared on his forehead. Clearly, he was in extreme pain. However, Lin Jin still leaned over with a cheerful smile and asked, "How about I go check on the car that twisted your ankle?"
Just a moment ago, Yuli was acting protective of Liu Shengqi. But when she heard there was some excitement to be had, she immediately began nodding alongside Lin Jin.
"Let's just go and see what happened to that guy. We'll come back and tell you all about it to cheer you up" Lin Jin continued cheerfully.
Before Liu Shengqi, who was gritting his teeth in pain, could even speak, Lin Jin pulled Yuli and ran out of the pharmacy. As soon as Lin Chen who was standing outside the door saw the two running out, he immediately started leading the way to the scene of the accident, leaving the pharmacy behind them. The pale faced Liu Shengqi who was being treated wanted to cry but had no tears.
It's not like it's a big deal to go where there's excitement, but couldn't at least one of you have stayed behind to keep me company?
In fact, because it was a pedestrian street, there were a lot of people walking on this road and cars basically wouldn't enter it. Even if they did, they'd inch along at a snail's pace, slower than walking.
Therefore, Lin Jin's previous act of running across the road was actually not dangerous on this pedestrian street because the street was technically for the pedestrians and diners. This wasn't something decided by the pedestrians themselves, but the county government. It was said that it would even be transformed into a food street specializing in snacks and delicacies in the future.
But then an unreasonable car showed up…
The driver must either have a screw loose or be drunk as hell.
Lin Jin looked nervously at Liu Shengqi standing in front of him, feeling extremely guilty. Due to his guilt, Lin Jin's eyes even had some tears.
"Where are you hurt?" Lin Jin swallowed nervously, looking at the pained expression on Liu Shengqi's face. He directly grabbed Liu Shengqi's hand to examine his arm.
"I'm fine." Liu Shengqi had initially had a look of pain, but the moment his hand was grabbed, his expression instantly changed to one of embarrassment. He awkwardly touched his own head with his other hand. "I was faking it."
"What?" Before Lin Jin could express his displeasure, Yuli beat him to it and hit Liu Shengqi on the head. With her hands on her hips, she glared at Liu Shengqi like a shrew and shouted, "Are you hurt or not? If you are, say it. If not, stop pretending to be pitiful!"
Liu Shengqi wore an innocent look. He said with a tearless cry, "I twisted my ankle running too fast. It does hurt a lot, I wasn't faking it."
Twisting an ankle really does hurt, but it was much less severe compared to the broken bones that Lin Jin had imagined.
As a result, the expressions of the three people around Liu Shengqi immediately relaxed. Lin Jin wiped away the tears that almost came out. While complaining inwardly that the black cat made his tear ducts too sensitive, he snorted and thanked Liu Shengqi for saving him.
"There's a pharmacy nearby. Let the staff there help you check it." Lin Jin put both hands in his pockets, acting indifferent as he turned his head to Liu Shengqi. "If it hurts, I might reluctantly consider taking you there."
Lin Jin was definitely tsundere.
Upon hearing Lin Jin's words, Liu Shengqi lifted the twisted foot and kicked it a couple of times. He found that although it still hurt quite a bit, at least it wasn't affecting his movements. He shook his head and said to Lin Jin, someone who placed utmost importance on eating "It only hurts a bit now, it's no big deal, you go and eat first."
"It's still hurting?" Yuli interjected. She furrowed her brows and said ominously, "You might not be in pain now, but you twisted your foot and still ran so fast. I bet it's going to hurt like hell tonight. Who knows, you might even become disabled in a few days."
Liu Shengqi's face turned pale, he immediately stopped insisting and kept nodding his head.
So the group lost their appetite for eating and, instead, took Liu Shengqi to a pharmacy about a hundred meters away from the pedestrian street. The pharmacy looked quite large and professional. The employees all wore white lab coats, looking very much like professional doctors.
Of course, even if they weren't highly skilled doctors, the medical expertise of these pharmacy employees was certainly higher than that of Lin Jin's group, who were just young people with an average age of no more than twenty.
Liu Shengqi limped into the pharmacy supported by two people.
"Miss, could you take a look at my friend?" Lin Jin hurriedly walked up to the counter and anxiously addressed a middle aged woman sitting in front of a computer. "He twisted his ankle, and it might be serious."
Upon hearing Lin Jin's address, the middle-aged woman in a white lab coat immediately stood up with a warm smile and came out from behind the counter. "Come, sit down and show me the twisted ankle."
Liu Shengqi obediently sat in the chair and rolled up his pant leg, exposing his red and swollen ankle.
"Can you walk?" The middle-aged woman squatted down to observe while lightly applying pressure with her hands. The corners of Liu Shengqi’s mouth twitched in pain and his handsome face contorted slightly.
"It's fine" Liu Shengqi managed to say, although his voice was somewhat shaky.
"Lin Jin, look what you've done! If it weren't for you, how would Liu Shengqi be like this?" Yuli, looking a little distressed when she saw Liu Shengqi’s appearance, said to Lin Jin "You were distracted when you got off the bus today, you bumped into people recklessly and didn't even care. Now, you're fine, but Liu Shengqi is the one who's hurt!"
Lin Jin was taken aback and looked at Yuli.
Why did it suddenly feel like Yuli liked Liu Shengqi?
It wasn't just because Yuli was reprimanding Lin Jin that he thought this. Rather, it was because Yuli's tone, entangled with various emotions like anxiety and tension, was full of defense for Liu Shengqi.
But if Yuli liked Liu Shengqi, then it doesn’t seem like she was just pranking Lin Jin whenever she invited Liu Shengqi along, right?
"I'm sorry" Lin Jin simply apologized. "I won’t do it again."
However, Lin Chen, seeing that Lin Jin was being scolded, became a bit displeased and muttered, "Who knows if that driver was drunk, carelessly rushing around even on a pedestrian street."
Just as he was muttering, he suddenly heard the crowd outside the pharmacy start to exclaim. One by one, they began running towards the direction of the pedestrian street. At the same time, the sirens of emergency services grew closer from the distance.
"What's going on?" Lin Jin was also drawn by the noise outside and turned his head to look towards the door.
Lin Chen proactively ran out and grabbed a passerby to ask, "Why is everyone running in that direction?"
"There's was a car accident, it crashed right into a store!" The passerby hastily explained before rushing off to watch the excitement.
A car accident? Lin Jin also heard the passerby's words and exchanged a glance with Yuli beside him. They were both stunned.
Wasn't it very likely the same car that almost hit Lin Jin earlier?
"Shengqi." Lin Jin suddenly looked with unusual tenderness at Liu Shengqi, who was sitting in the chair and constantly being treated by the middle-aged female staff. At this moment, Liu Shengqi's expression was terrible, his face pale, and beads of sweat had appeared on his forehead. Clearly, he was in extreme pain. However, Lin Jin still leaned over with a cheerful smile and asked, "How about I go check on the car that twisted your ankle?"
Just a moment ago, Yuli was acting protective of Liu Shengqi. But when she heard there was some excitement to be had, she immediately began nodding alongside Lin Jin.
"Let's just go and see what happened to that guy. We'll come back and tell you all about it to cheer you up" Lin Jin continued cheerfully.
Before Liu Shengqi, who was gritting his teeth in pain, could even speak, Lin Jin pulled Yuli and ran out of the pharmacy. As soon as Lin Chen who was standing outside the door saw the two running out, he immediately started leading the way to the scene of the accident, leaving the pharmacy behind them. The pale faced Liu Shengqi who was being treated wanted to cry but had no tears.
It's not like it's a big deal to go where there's excitement, but couldn't at least one of you have stayed behind to keep me company?
