Seeing the man so angry that he stopped talking, Ah Cai gave him a bright smile. "Besides, I'm a doctor. In my eyes, there is no distinction between men and women, only patients."
Ah Cai unbuckled the man's belt. Just as she was about to pull his pants down, the man reached out and grabbed her hand.
"What are you doing? If you keep acting like this, I won't help you."
On Ji Chi's bruised and swollen face, a trace of frantic awkwardness appeared. "I'm wearing ice-silk underwear."
Ah Cai blinked her watery almond eyes. "You mean the really thin and see-through kind? Wow, Mr. Ji, I didn't expect you to be so secretly wild."
It was a good thing Ji Chi's face was already red and swollen; otherwise, the flush of heat surging up would have burned him up.
He glared at Ah Cai in annoyance. "You're not even twenty yet. Have you no shame talking like this?"
Ah Cai looked at him, looking like he was so mad he could pass out at any moment. She took out a sleep mask. "I'll blindfold myself while I help you take off your pants. Once they're off, you can just cover yourself with a blanket. Will that work?"
Ji Chi was speechless.
Ah Cai hated it most when patients delayed treatment. She handed Ji Chi a blanket and then blindfolded herself.
She unbuckled his belt and pulled his pants down to his thighs.
"The blanket is covering your ice-silk underwear now, right?"
Ji Chi's mouth twitched. "You don't have to speak."
"It's my mouth, why can't I speak?" Ah Cai counted down from three. "Three, two, one..."
The moment she took off the sleep mask, Ji Chi quickly covered himself with the blanket.
His injury was located two inches above his knee, where the flesh was already a bloody, mangled mess.
The fabric of his pants had stuck to the wound. If she forcefully pulled his pants down, it would enlarge the wound area.
Ah Cai took out a small pair of scissors and carefully cut away the fabric around the wound piece by piece.
While Ah Cai focused on treating his wound, Ji Chi observed her with weak eyes.
Compared to five months ago, she seemed to have grown paler and lost her baby fat. With her red lips and white teeth, she possessed a dazzling, vibrant charm.
Her long eyelashes drooped. She had classic almond eyes, with irises as black as grapes soaked in water, making her look incredibly lively, youthful, and energetic.
Ji Chi realized that every time he met her, she was like a little sun, seemingly without a care in the world.
Ah Cai noticed Ji Chi staring at her. She looked up at him. "What's wrong? Do I have sleep in my eyes?"
Ji Chi was speechless.
"Even if I do, I'll have to wait to wipe it away. I'm treating your wound right now, so stop staring at my eye crust."
Ji Chi was speechless again. How could this girl's thought process be so bizarre?
After nearly an hour, Ah Cai finally finished treating Ji Chi's wounds.
When she looked up at him again, she found that he had fallen asleep.
His white T-shirt was stained with blood. She nudged him. "Mr. Ji, why don't you change your clothes before you sleep?"
No matter how much she called him, he wouldn't wake up.
Perhaps it had been a long time since he had a good night's sleep, as he was sleeping very deeply.
Ah Cai went to her own wardrobe, found some clothes, and changed him into them.
Ji Chi woke up at noon the next day.
He opened his eyes and looked at the simply decorated little room, his mind blank for a moment.
After a long while, his thoughts gradually returned.
He looked down at himself, and his peach-blossom eyes suddenly narrowed.
A monstrous anger flared up on his still somewhat red and swollen face.
That damn girl had actually put him in her nightgown.
And it was a remarkably ugly nightgown at that.
Ji Chi's chest heaved violently a few times. "Ni Cai, Ni Cai!"
He called out several times, but no one answered.
It wasn't until around one in the afternoon that Ah Cai came over. "You're awake. I just finished working. I'm going to make some noodles, do you want some?"
Ji Chi narrowed his peach-blossom eyes and said haughtily, "No."
Ah Cai had been busy all morning and was starving. Too lazy to bother with Ji Chi, she ran to the kitchen and made a bowl of tomato and egg noodles.
She brought the noodles into the bedroom, sat at the desk, and turned on her tablet to watch a variety show.
She wasn't ladylike at all. While eating her noodles, she rested her bare feet on the chair, laughing out loud at the variety show as she ate.
Ji Chi had never seen such a carefree and unpretentious girl.
However...
The noodles she made actually smelled pretty good.
Ji Chi's stomach embarrassingly let out a loud rumble.
Ah Cai rubbed her ear. "My, my, is it thundering outside? I think I just heard thunder."
Ji Chi's ears burned with heat.
That damn girl, she was definitely mocking him on purpose.
"There's still some tomato and egg left in the kitchen. If you really aren't going to eat, I'll go give it to Duoduo."
Ji Chi frowned. "Who is Duoduo?"
"Duoduo is the dog my neighbor feeds."
Ji Chi was speechless.
If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't walk right now, he really would have strangled this brat.
Gritting his teeth, he said awkwardly, "Since you've asked me over and over, I suppose I can force myself to eat a bowl."
Ah Cai got up nimbly. Before long, she brought over a bowl of tomato and egg noodles for him.
The colors of the tomato and egg were bright and distinct, the eggs scrambled tenderly, and there were two pieces of green vegetables in the noodles. Although it wasn't a top-tier delicacy, it looked very appetizing.
Ji Chi took a bite, and his hand holding the chopsticks couldn't help but tighten slightly.
"The noodles you make taste like my grandmother's."
Ah Cai paused for a moment, then smiled brightly. "Then you can call me Grandma from now on."
Ji Chi clenched his jaw. "Ni Cai, do you have a death wish?"
Looking at the instantly furious man, Ah Cai stuck her little tongue out at him. "If I hadn't saved you last night, the one who'd be dead is you!"
Ji Chi's chest heaved slightly; he was clearly infuriated by the little girl.
Time passed like this for nearly half a month.
Every day, Ji Chi was so angered by Ah Cai that the veins on his forehead throbbed. Yet, perhaps even he didn't realize that the half-month he spent staying at Ah Cai's place was the most peaceful time he had slept since his older brother's accident.
Ah Cai bickered with him every day, leaving him no time to wallow in sorrow, and he hadn't even thought about his brother again.
Although the damn girl had a sharp tongue, she was very proactive in treating his injuries.
After half a month, he could walk normally, and the bruises on his face had completely disappeared.
During his stay here, he had even gained a bit of weight.
Ji Chi walked out of the courtyard and into the front hall.
Ah Cai was busy seeing patients. Ji Chi silently observed her for a good while.
Whether they were elderly or young, she always wore a bright smile, like a vibrant little sun, warming everyone who came to see her.
It wasn't until an hour later that Ji Chi realized he had been staring at that damn girl for a long time.
He turned and went back to the small courtyard. Catching sight of a tiny piece of fabric on the clothesline, he couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Ah Cai had just finished her work. As she walked over, she happened to hear Ji Chi's laughter and frowned. "What are you laughing at?"
Ji Chi pointed at the underwear Ah Cai had hung up to dry. "How old are you, and you still wear Peppa Pig panties? Childish!"
As soon as Ji Chi spoke, Ah Cai's small face instantly burned with a fiery heat.
She glared at Ji Chi, flushed with embarrassment and anger. "What I wear is none of your business! What gives you the right to call me childish? You really are impossible to like!"
