Chapter 07 The secret is getting harder to hide 5
"The day Grandpa Li from the scrap yard found me, I seemed to be frightened by something. I couldn't tell my name, where I lived, or where my parents were from. That day happened to be the 17th, so he called me Seventeen."
Seventeen fainted suddenly because she was too frightened. This seemed to be the root of her illness since she was a child. When she woke up, it was already past three in the afternoon. At that time, Chi Yanze went out to help us take out the garbage, and I sat by Seventeen's bed and chatted with her happily.
"So you are also an orphan." I said sadly.
Seventeen opened his eyes wide and asked me in astonishment: "Are you an orphan too?"
Actually, yes.
But when I was about to answer, Chi Yanze came back, and I hurriedly corrected my mistake: "No, I used to be, but not now. I found my parents. Uh... My name is Yao Haiyan, you can call me Xiaoyan."
Until now I am not used to introducing myself like this.
My name is Yao Haiyan...
Alas, this sentence feels so awkward to say, my name is clearly Ruo Qiqi.
"Well, Yao Haiyan, it's a nice name. But why does it sound familiar? I seem to have heard it somewhere ." Seventeen thought with his head tilted.
But he seemed to have a headache from thinking about it, and shook his head again.
"Have you heard it? When you saved me last time, I forgot to tell you my name. This should be the first time I told you my name!" I also recalled it and it seemed that I really forgot to introduce myself last time.
Seventeen nodded and said, "Well, it might be my illusion!"
Suddenly remembering something, she struggled to get up from the bed, looking very nervous.
"What do you want to get? I'll help you get it."
I quickly calmed the restless Seventeen down. The doctor gave her an anti-inflammatory drip, fearing that the wounds on her body would become inflamed. She is still on the drip and cannot move.
"My waste paper bag. There's waste paper in there that I've been collecting for most of the day. I'm going to take it back to the waste station."
Seventeen spoke to me anxiously, as if those waste papers were precious things and he was afraid of losing .
But Chi Yanze and I were busy sending her to the hospital and didn't take her waste paper bag.
"Seventeen, don't get excited. This is the money given to you by the woman who beat you up before. We haven't touched it. Don't worry about the waste paper. Just take this money."
I pushed the excited Seventeen back to sit on the bed, took out the wrapped money from my pocket and put it into Seventeen's hand.
Seventeen looked at me and wanted to return the medical expenses to me. He said embarrassedly: "You sent me to the hospital and paid for my medical expenses. These are considered as repayment to you."
"The medical expenses are not much, so you don't need to pay it back. Here is a total of 2,000 yuan, all left by that woman." Chi Yanze, who had been silent all the time, suddenly spoke.
"Two thousand yuan?" Seventeen opened his eyes wide in shock and said in disbelief.
Obviously she didn't expect that the unruly and annoying woman would throw so much money to her.
But I think it would be useless even if I gave her more money. The damage she caused to Seventeen's body and mind cannot be compensated by any amount of money.
"No matter what, I still have to give you the medical expenses." Seventeen said stubbornly.
"You really don't have to give it back to us. You saved me last time, and I didn't have time to thank you. This time I'll just consider it as paying you back."
Although the money was paid by Chi Yanze, this time it was not because I was reluctant to pay, but because Chi Yanze had already arranged everything in advance.
It made me unable to do anything for Seventeen.
"By the way, you haven't had lunch yet. When we ordered takeout just now, we also ordered one for you. It's still hot now, so you should eat it quickly."
I took out a box of steak rice from the plastic bag on the table, broke open the disposable chopsticks, and handed them both to Seventeen.
Seventeen said "thank you" to me gratefully, then took the lunch box and started eating in small bites.
I sat beside her and watched her eat. Afraid that she might be thirsty, I took a bottle of juice from my bag and placed it beside her bed.
"This ward is a single room that Yan Ze applied for you, so you don't have to worry about being disturbed. The doctor said that your injury is not serious, but you still need to be careful to prevent infection. Also, your blood sugar is relatively low, and you look very tired, so you probably didn't get enough rest. If you encounter any difficulties and need help, be sure to find me! This is my contact number. We have been out for a long time and we have to go home, so we can't continue to accompany you. But don't worry, we have already talked to the doctor, and if you have any problems, just press the call bell. You can stay here tonight and have a good rest before going home. If you are worried that your grandfather will worry, you can give him a call."
The clock on the wall showed four o'clock in the afternoon, and it was time for us to go back, so I said goodbye to Seventeen with regret.
I was afraid that she would be like last time and not contact us even if she got the number, so before leaving, I told her several times that if she encountered any trouble, she must contact me.
Seventeen smiled and waved goodbye to us, saying that he would definitely look for me.
However, I always felt that she would not really look for me, because she was a kind girl and did not want to trouble others.
A girl like this should be pampered, but fate is too harsh on her.
