After Jiang Chen was done wiping away my tears, he helplessly looked at the large shoal of tear traces on front lapel of his own clothes, "Chen Xiaoxi, are you born in the year of the water tap?"
I sniffled as I replied, "There's no water tap in the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals."
It appeared that he had already been worn down by me till he had no temper, he forced a laugh and said, "You just stay in this ward and rest, I've already helped you apply for leave, I have to go to work, I'll come over and find you when I get off work."
As he was exiting, he even pulled that three latex glove balloons on the ceiling out with a sour face, his explanation was, "I have to get rid of it, it won't be good if other people see them." I even heard him mumble to himself in a low voice, "Romantic, what's so great about being romantic."
I still slept intermittently throughout the afternoon, I had many dreams, including those type of dreams where I would wake up in tears. But there was one that was especially terrifying, because I couldn't remember it already, (a dream) which you couldn't remember surely was the most terrifying, because your memory automatically covered it up.
Here, I have to mention something, Doctor Su came to see me as I was midway through my sleep, she came in very hurriedly, as if she had a ghost chasing after her from behind.
"Hurry up and listen to my voice," she said.
I sprung up from the bed, her voice was sharp and thin, like the dubbing of an evil woman in an animated film.
"Hahaha, how fascinating is my voice," she said, "Just a moment ago, I used a needle to puncture Jiang Chen's glove balloons, I especially like to experience the feeling of the stream of air blowing into my nostrils from the needle-sized hole, I didn't expect that Jiang Chen had pumped helium gas into them, hahahaha."
Even though I too felt like her voice was very hilarious, but I still didn't understand, "Why would your voice become like this?"
"When humans suck in helium gas, their voices will become high pitched, because the medium by which the sound is propagated changes, and the frequency at which the sound vibrates at has also changed, hahaha, my voice is really funny." She herself split her sides laughing as she explained, "Aiyo, I'm about to die from laughter, I ran over here specially to share this with you for you to listen, I treat you so well, hahahahaâŚâŚ"
The corner of my mouth twitched, "Yeah, thank you."
Even long after she left, her sharp and thin laughter still lingered on by my ears, it was as if Snow White's stepmother had run into my ears and was laughing sinisterly as if her life depended on it.
Jiang Chen roughly came before 5pm, his jacket was thrown over his arm, his surreptitious appearance was very cute, he said let's sneak back home stealthily, the director said he wants to hold a very boring meeting.
I asked him blankly, "Can we go home?"
He spoke as he took off his white coat, "We can, it's just a meeting about the New Year's Day celebrations or something like that, it's not important."
"But, I don't have to be hospitalised?" I asked.
He paused his actions of taking off his clothes, and glanced at me in puzzlement, "Why do you have to be hospitalised?"
I too looked back (at him) in puzzlement, "Am I not sick?"
"It's just a small cold that you can recover from by drinking more water, you too want to be hospitalised?" He said, "You like the hospital that much?"
I blinked my eyes with great physical exertion, and strived to turn to cogs of my brain that had become especially stupid due to me sleeping too much, then I suddenly grabbed hold of his clothes and said, "Doctor Su! Has Doctor Su gotten off work yet?"
"I don't know, it's not like she's in the same department as I am." He swatted away my hand, and took off his white coat.
Without saying anything further, I broke into a run and ran out (of the ward), and barged and shoved my way around till I found the orthopaedics department, Doctor Su just so happened to be leaning forward on the table as she fiddled with a few bones, upon seeing me come, she waved a bone and called out to me, "Xiaoxi, you see, this is the tibia, the bone in your calf, I don't know how long this person has been dead for, come over here, I'll let you touch it."
I silently took two steps back, "I have something to ask you."
"What's the matter?" She crooked her index finger and rapped against that piece of bone, "I'm not sure if there will still be flavour if I stew this in a soup."
I again silently took two steps back, though I know that this action would definitely bring about her bursting into loud laughter and saying, "I'm joking", but I really couldn't help but do soâŚâŚ
Indeed, she burst out into laughter and said, "Aiya, this is made of synthetic plastic, how could I possibly take it to stew soup."
I accommodatingly pulled at the corner of my mouth and decided to get straight to the point to ask her, "At noontime, I heard you calling your father on the phone in the toilet, talking about the matter of sending Su Rui overseas."
"Yeah." She scratched her head, "What's going on?"
"Why do you want to send him overseas?"
"Because Xiaoxi is almost going to die, we're afraid that he will be sad."
Aha! The key point was right here.
"Who is Xiaoxi?" I questioned closely. As the speed at which I was talking was too fast, I nearly almost sprained my tongue.
Doctor Su appeared to be very perplexed, "The pet lizard that Su Rui was rearing, Su Xiaoxi, didn't you meet it before? Su Rui even said you and Xiaoxi got along very well."
Ah! Yah! Wah! Oh! Ha! Heh!
I hugged her with great force, then turned around and rushed back to the ward (I was in) just recently, Jiang Chen had already put on his jacket, he was just sitting cross-legged on the bed and eating something.
I shrieked and pounced on him, "Jiang Chen Jiang Chen -â
He let out a smothered groan as he was pushed down by me, in order to prop himself up so that he wouldn't fall over backwards, the things in his hand spilled all over the floor.
âWhat are you doing?â He said, âThe red dates have all dropped.â
I hooked my arms around his neck, wanting to laugh and wanting to shout, in the end I really didnât  know how to express that sort of excitement I had at rising back to life after death, I could only viciously bite his neckâŚâŚ
On the taxi.
I hummed a song as I ate the red dates, the red dates were given by Jiang Chenâs patient, she said that her family had grown and fermented by themselves.
Jiang Chen covered his neck with his hand and stayed a far distance away from me, he even shot me resentful looks from time to time. I apologised to him in embarrassment, âAiya, I didnât do it on purpose, you sit a little closer, I wonât bite you again.â
He ignored me, covered his neck and turned his head away. I shifted over and hugged his arm, âIâm sorry, how about I let you bite me back?â
Jiang Chen rolled his eyes at me, âYouâre born in the year of the dog.â
After we returned home, I self-deprecatingly told Jiang Chen about my blunder, after he finished listening, he didnât scold me for being an idiot or mock me like I had predicted him to, he only went silent for a while before pushing away the arm I had hooked around his neck while saying, âIâm going to shower.â
After he finished showering and came out, he also didnât pay attention to me, he sat in front of the computer and tapped away at the keyboard as it made pitter-patter noises, I said, âDonât tap at my keyboard till it disintegrates,â and was returned by him giving me a look that was like a sharp knife.
After I finished showering and returned back, Jiang Chen was sitting at the bedside, with an expression like he was thinking about something very deeply, that expression in his eyes as he was looking at God-knows what, with him appearing to be thinking about something was so beautiful that it was like a scene designed with utmost care from some movie. But if this sort of expression were to occur to me, there would be a more easily understood phrase to describe it â being in a daze.
I climbed onto the bed, and wrapped my arms around his neck from behind his back, âWhat are you thinking about?â
He turned his head sideways and glanced at me, âIâm thinking, what if I didnât have you.â
I stared blankly, then forced myself to pretend and put on a cheeky, grinning appearance, âThen you can look for a girl that is a little taller than me, a little slimmer than me, a little prettier than me, a little smarter than me, a little more gentle than me, and a little more sensible than me.â
After I finished speaking, I felt very regretful, this seriously made it seem that I had too much room for improvement.
Jiang Chen raised his hand and patted my head that I had pressed against his shoulder, âThatâs right.â
These two words of his again completely destroyed my tear glands, I felt like I had been in a state of anxiety and fear the entire day, afraid that I wouldnât be able to accompany him till old age, afraid that I wouldnât be able to love him anymore, afraid that he would be lonely on this earthâŚâŚ But to him, it was instead only a case of âwithout you, I can find someone betterâ.
âWhy are you crying again?â His tone of voice was very helpless.
I leaned my upper body on his back, wiping my tears and snot on his clothes, as I wiped them I scolded, âYouâre a bastard with no conscience, even if I become a ghost, I will also pester you for an entire lifetime, bastard.â
He wanted to stand up, I strapped his neck tightly and refused to let go, he didnât care, and caused me to stick to his back with the posture of an octopus, half hanging, half clamped.
âWhere do you want to go?â I whimpered as I asked him, striving hard to not fall off from his back.
He ignored me, and half-piggybacked-half-dragged-me as he made a beeline towards the washroom, he squeezed toothpaste onto the toothbrush, and invited me, âDo you want to brush your teeth?â
I hung from his back, and rejected him in all righteousness and justness, âI donât want to, you bastard.â
He lifted his eyes from the mirror and glanced at me, âHave you scolded enough yet?â
âI havenât.â As I spoke, I wanted to cry again. I cried as I scolded and used my head to hit against his back, âYou have no conscience, you arenât human, if you want to look for someone better, you go and look for her now, you go and look, go and look, go and look, thereâs no need to wait till I die.â
Jiang Chen dangled the toothbrush from his mouth, and spoke with unclear enunciation, his mouth full of foam, âIâm about to have an internal injury, this madam.â
âYou bastard, Iâm already crying.â As I spoke, I subconsciously relaxed one of my hands, wanting to rub my eyes, the moment that hand relaxed, the strength of one arm was insufficient to hold up my entire body weight, hence I again scrambled and rushed to rein in Jiang Chenâs neck.
In order to avoid being strangled to death by me or me causing myself to fall to my death, Jiang Chen could only throw the toothbrush aside to hold me up, after a time period of hurrying and scrambling frantically, other than him being strangled by me till he had a red mark, our lives were both no longer in danger.
After causing such a ruckus, I was a little afraid that I had provoked and annoyed him, hence I obediently got off onto the floor, and discovered that because I had come over just now by hanging off Jiang Chenâs body, I was barefoot, stepping on the ceramic floor tiles in winter was extremely cold, I got onto tiptoe, gave a shout, fled back to the room and jumped onto the bed. I wrapped myself in the blanket and rolled around once on the bed, wrapping myself up till I was like a dumpling caused me to have great peace of mind.
When Jiang Chen entered the room, he held a wet towel in his hand, he insisted on drawing out my head from the blanket wrap, and covered my face with the towel and rubbed it with great force for a while, âYouâre happy now that youâve cried till your eyes are like walnuts, are you.â
I was wrapped in the middle of the blanket and couldnât move at all, I could only let him help me wipe my face with a vigour that could rub my face till my features were flattened.
After he finished using the towel, he threw the towel easily away, and the towel ended up hanging from the back of the chair. I held my face that had been rubbed by him till it was painful and complained, âMy skin is about to break, you donât have to disfigure me even if you want to look for someone new.â
Jiang Chen drew the blanket out, following the blanket, I rolled a few rounds, having lost the blanket, the cold air immediately surrounded me from head to toe, I couldnât help but curl up into a ball, just in time for Jiang Chen to shove me as a ball into the blanket that he had shaken out properly.
I wasnât done lying down properly when he turned the lights off, I said I hadnât brushed my teeth yet, he said you often forget to brush your teeth. I protested and said, but I didnât forget now.â
He said, then why do you always forget that I love you very much? I love you very much, so even though itâs indeed true that there are girls who are taller than you, slimmer than you, prettier than you, more clever, gentle and sensible than you in this world, but they are all none of my business.
In the darkness, I exerted great force as I blinked my eyes, to force back the tears that were already brimming in my eyes, I said, fellow student Jiang Chen, next time, can you place the most important point at the beginning when you speak? Having cried for such a long time, I too am tired. Also, there arenât any girls who are taller than me, slimmer than me, prettier than me, more clever, gentle and sensible than me in this world, there arenât.
CHAPTER 50
Jiang Chenâs dad still didnât like me, his mum didnât like me even more than his dad, also Li Wei was still staying in his house and was preparing to take the entrance exams for graduate studies, Jiang Chen was also vexed about the matter of applying for his PHD studies, I too had to go to work and rush my manhwa drawings every day, life sometimes was so frustrating that it made me want to jump up and down and scold vulgarities, but I was Mrs. Jiang!
âŚâŚ It actually said that I canât post this chapter if I didnât meet a certain word limit, but I just want to post this chapter alone as it is! âŚâŚ
Chen Xiaoxi: You say, should we have a boy or a girl for our child in the future.
Jiang Chen: Itâs not me who has the final say, from a medical point of viewâŚâŚ
Chen Xiaoxi: Stop right there, if you nag anymore about medicine Iâll give birth to an androgynous (child) for you.
Jiang Chen: Then this child would take after its mother.
Chen Xiaoxi: âŚâŚ
Chen Xiaoxi: What to do if I am infertile.
Jiang Chen: From a medical point of view, the chances of curing it are very high.
Chen Xiaoxi: What if it canât be cured?
Jiang Chen: Then so be it.
Chen Xiaoxi: Would you divorce me?
Jiang Chen: Idiot, why would I divorce you?
Chen Xiaoxi: Wuwuwu, you really love me, donât you?
Jiang Chen: No, I hate children.
Chen Xiaoxi: âŚâŚ
Translator's Corner:
Sorry this was so late!!!! D: A two chapter update, because chapter 50 honestly canât be considered a chapter lol đ
AND WE ARE DONE WITH THE MAIN NOVEL!!!
On with the side stories! Thanks so much guys for sticking around đ