I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 499. (Crying)

After finishing his phone call, Xu Qingfan went inside to see the doctor bandaging Lin Wanning's wounds.

"Stretch your legs out and hold them in place without moving."

The doctor brought a porous sponge-like soft board and attached it to Lin Wanning's foot. Lin Wanning clenched his fist and stretched his right leg. He was about to cry out in pain, but when he saw Xu Qingfan come in, he gritted his teeth and endured it.

Xu Qingfan was worried that it would affect the doctor's performance, so he just stood aside and watched after he came in. He watched the doctor use scissors to cut the soft board into a shape that fits the leg, fix it in place, and then apply kinesiology tape to the instep of Lin Wanning's foot.

"Okay, try to keep lying flat as much as possible, and come back for a follow-up check-up in a week." She said after tidying up and taking off her rubber gloves.

"Hey, Xu, come with me for a moment."

Xu Qingfan gave Lin Wanning a reassuring look and then obediently followed the doctor away.

Soon, he had a surgical report in his hand, which detailed everything that Lin Wanning could not do recently.

It's so detailed that it even indicates to use a seated toilet whenever possible.

To prevent losing it, Xu Qingfan took a picture with his phone before folding it up and putting it in his pocket. When he returned, Lin Wanning was lying back on the stroller.

"Brother Qingfan," she whispered Xu Qingfan's name.

"how?"

"Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"

Xu Qingfan quickly ran to her side, bowed slightly, and asked.

Lin Wanning immediately shook her head, glanced shyly at the nurse still outside the door, and said in a low voice, "I want to go to the toilet."

"I'll go get the nurse right away."

"Farewell, Brother Qingfan"

Xu Qingfan was about to leave after he finished speaking, but Lin Wanning reached out and grabbed him.

"I... Brother Qingfan, will you come with me?"

Lin Wanning felt extremely ashamed to have a stranger accompany him to the toilet. Although it would also be ashamed to have Qingfan accompany him, it was somewhat more acceptable.

"Then I'll carry you there?" Xu Qingfan looked around the room but didn't find any wheelchairs or crutches.

"Mmm!" Lin Wanning nodded with her big, bright eyes.

"I'd better go ask the nurse first to see if there's anything I should be careful about."

Xu Qingfan was worried that he wouldn't be able to move after being bandaged, so he turned around and went out first.

Lin Wanning wanted to call out to Xu Qingfan, but knowing he wouldn't listen, she had no choice but to put her hand down again.

After declining the nurse's request for help, Xu Qingfan quickly returned and said, "Let me help you up first. Be careful not to put any weight on your right foot."

"Ok!"

Lin Wanning stayed on the bed obediently waiting for Qingfan's service. First, he removed the soft cushion under her feet, and then slowly helped her sit up.

After finding the right angle, he had Lin Wanning put his arms around his neck and lift him up.

"Brother Qingfan is the best!" Lin Wanning rested her head on his right shoulder, her mouth right next to his ear.

Xu Qingfan simply smiled and carried her away.

As Lin Wanning passed the two nurses at the door, he felt that they were secretly laughing at him. The laughter never stopped, and they even followed him!
However, she was too shy to complain or whine to her brother Qingfan.

After Xu Qingfan carried her to the accessible toilet, one of the two nurses who had been whispering behind her quickly stepped forward to open the door, went in to change the disposable toilet seat cover, and then came out again.

"Alright, if you have any questions, go find your sister over there. I won't bother you here anymore."

Lin Wanning's ears turned bright red instantly, and she buried her face in Xu Qingfan's body, not daring to look at anyone.

Xu Qingfan seemed fine. After saying "thank you," he carried her into the restroom.

After hearing the two nurses' footsteps disappear, Lin Wanning said in a barely audible voice, "Brother Qingfan, hurry up, I, I'm in a real hurry."

Her expression was like this: (＞﹏＜)

The dog-man instinctively wanted to shush, but even a rabbit will bite when cornered, so he ultimately didn't.

"Okay, do you need any more help?" Xu Qingfan asked after placing Lin Wanning on the toilet.

"No, no need. Brother Qingfan, you wait for me outside."

Although the two had already been completely honest with each other, Lin Wanning still couldn't bring himself to let Xu Qingfan watch him urinate.

"Okay, I'll wait for you outside. Call me when you're done, Wan Ning." Xu Qingfan handed the tissues he was holding to the girl, then closed the door after leaving the restroom.

After Xu Qingfan disappeared, Lin Wanning hurriedly moved left and right, and soon, the intermittent sound of running water reached Xu Qingfan's ears.

After the sound became completely inaudible, Xu Qingfan stood at the door for a minute or two before Lin Wanning's voice came from inside: "Brother Qingfan, I, I'm all better."

Xu Qingfan pushed open the door and entered. Apart from the crumpled paper in his hand being gone, Lin Wanning looked exactly the same as when he left.

"I just called Wan Ning's parents. They should be here soon," he said as Lin Wan Ning helped him up from his squatting position.

"Mmm!" Lin Wanning nestled obediently on his back.

When the two returned to their resting place, the hospital director had been waiting for them for a long time.

Xu Qingfan had met the other party a few times before. After putting Lin Wanning back on the bed, he warmly shook hands and exchanged pleasantries with the other party.

"Uncle Li, thank you so much. I originally planned to visit you after I finished my work, but you are an elder, so why did you come in person?"

"Oh, it's alright, it's alright. I knew you couldn't leave right now, but I happened to be nearby, so I came to check on you."

Whether it was truly a "coincidence" or not, the two of them kept quiet about it.

"Is your injury serious, sister?" He glanced at Lin Wanning's right foot, which was wrapped up like a dumpling, and asked with concern.

"The doctor said there's nothing serious, just a grade II ligament injury, and I need to rest at home for a month or two."

"It's good that you're alright. Health is the foundation of everything. You should also pay attention to safety when exercising."

"Who says she isn't? She's just mischievous."

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Dean Li left quickly after a brief chat, as the other party had work to do.

"I wasn't being naughty!" Lin Wanning pouted unhappily after everyone left.

Xu Qingfan shaped his fingers into the shape of a clothes hanger and hung them on it, saying, "See? You can even hang clothes on it now."

Lin Wanning immediately pursed her lips, smiled sweetly at him, and only after seeing Xu Qingfan smile as well did she ask, "Brother Qingfan, who was that uncle just now?"

"This is the hospital director; otherwise, how could he perform surgery on you so quickly?" Xu Qingfan was treating the girl's feet, which were wrapped up like a dumpling, as if it were "surgery."

Having known Zhang Yiyi for so many years, and not being a complete naiveté, Lin Wanning didn't press the matter further. "Brother Qingfan, are we going back to school this afternoon?"

The two spent more than two hours traveling and seeing a doctor in the morning, and it was almost 11 a.m. by now.

"Rest well at home this afternoon. Are you thirsty?"

Lin Wanning shook her head and looked at him pitifully, saying, "Brother Qingfan, can I borrow your phone to play with? My phone is in my backpack."

"Go ahead and play, I'll go get you some water." Xu Qingfan handed her the phone without thinking.

"Uh-huh."

Lin Wanning took the phone, entered the password to unlock it, and eagerly opened WeChat.

Xu Qingfan had just reported that he was safe in the group chat, and the messages were all urging him to take good care of 'Lin Wanning'.

Lin Wanning felt a warm feeling in his heart after reading it, and he recalled the scene that morning when Xiao Xiao carried him to the infirmary and Ruan Wen rushed to see him anxiously.

She suddenly had a new idea.

[If only, if everyone could be like this in the future]
Lin Wanning knew his brain wasn't working well, so he didn't continue thinking about it. He decided to discuss the specific issues one by one.

She opened the camera to take a picture, and the screen showed her incredibly striking good looks. Even from a bad angle and with the Apple front camera, the girl's beauty could not be erased.

Lin Wanning smiled sweetly, took a selfie with a peace sign, and then flipped the camera to give a close-up of her injured leg.

She opened the picture, admired her selfie for a while, then swiped her finger to the right and quickly saw the "pig's trotter" that Xu Qingfan had just taken a picture of for her.

"Hmph~ Brother Qingfan is bad." Lin Wanning muttered to herself. She originally wanted to delete the photo, but in the end she didn't click the delete button.

Whether beautiful or ugly, these are all memories she shared with her brother Qingfan. Five or ten years later, when they look back at them, they will be able to recall a past event and smile knowingly at each other.

She switched back to WeChat, posted the two photos she had just taken, and then opened the emoji pack, selected a crying puppy emoji, and clicked send.

However, it was during school hours, and no one replied for quite a while.

Lin Wanning left the group chat, and the profile pictures of the five of them were pinned to the top of her WeChat screen.

She opened the chat between Qingfan and herself, and after reminiscing about their previous conversations, Xu Qingfan quickly returned.

"Drink some water first."

"Yes, thank you, Brother Qingfan."

Xu Qingfan gently helped Lin Wanning up and fed her water little by little with a cup.

After drinking half of it, Lin Wanning moistened her lips and said, "Brother Qingfan, drink this."

Xu Qingfan finished the remaining half glass of water in one gulp, gently put her down, and asked, "Did your aunt and uncle call?"

As if his words were law, Lin Wanning's phone rang as soon as Xu Qingfan finished speaking.

Lin Wanning picked it up and saw it was a call from her father: "I have it now."

Xu Qingfan picked up the phone and answered, "Hello, Uncle, have you arrived at the hospital? We're at the entrance."

"Xiao Fan is me. How is Wan Ning?" Although she had learned from her husband that her daughter was alright, Wen Wanqing's voice still trembled with tears.

“Auntie Wanning is fine. She just finished getting bandaged up. The driver is at the hospital entrance, holding up a very eye-catching sign. I asked Wanning to answer the phone.”

Wen Wanqing had the phone on speakerphone. After Lin Qiaoshan got out of the car, he took his wife's hand and walked towards the person Xu Qingfan had mentioned. He handed the phone to Lin Wanning, and the mother and daughter started chatting.

Lin Wanning had held back all morning, but when she heard her mother's anxious voice on the verge of tears, tears welled up in her eyes in an instant.

"It doesn't hurt, it's just a sprained ankle, Mom, don't cry."

Xu Qingfan couldn't hear what Wen Wanqing said on the other end of the phone, but seeing Lin Wanning's tearful face, he couldn't help but choke up.

The two talked until Wen Wanqing entered the elevator before the call was forced to end. Xu Qingfan took a tissue to wipe away Lin Wanning's tears, gently pinched her nose and said, "Silly girl, why are you still crying?"

"I didn't cry." Lin Wanning closed her eyes, as if trying to hold back the tears that were about to flow.

"Okay, okay, Wan Ning didn't cry." Xu Qingfan coaxed her in a doting tone, folding a tissue and placing it on her nose. "Is there any snot?"

Lin Wanning took a deep sniff and only realized he had given himself away after he finished. If he hadn't cried, how could he have had snot?

Xu Qingfan folded the tissue again and threw it into the trash can. After realizing that her brother Qingfan was not looking at her, she still weakly explained, "Yes, I have a cold and my nose is runny."

"Yes, Wan Ning has a cold, that's why she has a runny nose." Xu Qingfan patted her head gently to encourage her.

Before long, hurried footsteps echoed down the corridor. When she opened her eyes again, Lin Qiaoshan and Wen Wanqing were already standing in front of her.

"Mom and Dad, it's okay!" Lin Wanning didn't want her parents to worry, so she winked playfully and shook her head, looking adorable.

Seeing their little darling's quirky side, Lin Qiaoshan and Wen Wanqing, who were originally anxious, couldn't help but smile.

"Your feet are all wrapped up like this, and you're still fine." Wen Wanqing sat down in the spot Xu Qingfan had given her.

"Was it an accident? In PE class this morning, we played badminton. Mom, I was really good at it and eliminated a lot of people."

"That's how I jumped up for a dunk, but oh dear, I twisted my ankle when I landed."

Lin Wanning made a pitiful expression to gain sympathy.

Wen Wanqing was amused by her, gave her a reproachful look, and then turned to Xu Qingfan and said, "It's good that Xiaofan is here. It's really a blessing for Wanning to know you."

"No way, Wan Ning's greatest blessing is having uncles and aunts as her parents!"

The others initially thought he was being modest, but Xu Qingfan continued, "Knowing me is at most the second greatest blessing."

"Hahaha!"

After the laughter subsided, everyone felt much better. Lin Qiaoshan stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder without saying a word, but that was the greatest recognition a man could receive.

"The hospital isn't a lucky place either, so let's go home now, Uncle and Auntie," Xu Qingfan said, seeing that they had finished talking.

"Go home, go home!" Lin Wanning couldn't wait to wave her little pink fist. Life without a cell phone was too hard to bear.

"Okay, let's go back first. Dad will carry our daughter on his back."

Before Lin Qiaoshan could finish speaking, Lin Wanning blurted out, "Brother Qingfan will carry it!"

Lin Qiaoshan's second half of the sentence, "Sitting in a wheelchair," stuck in his throat. Why did he suddenly find Xu Qingfan so disagreeable?

Okay, it was just a joke. Uncle Lin is very generous. He smiled and said, "Okay, then let Xiao Fan carry it."

Wen Wanqing glared at the child's father, then covered her mouth and chuckled, "Thank you for your hard work, Xiao Fan."

"Wanning is my sister, what's so hard about it? Come on." Xu Qingfan patted his back, and Lin Wanning happily lay down on him with her mother's help.

(End of this chapter)