CHAPTER 23: CHAPTER 23: THE ACCIDENT CAME TOO SUDDENLY

Nurse Li rolled her eyes at Xinyan: "What do you take the hospital for? If everyone behaved like you, how could the hospital function?"

Xinyan didn’t expect the nurse to speak like that: "I’m not lying to you, the child’s uncle is hospitalized upstairs, he can pay the fee very soon."

Nurse Li sneered at Xinyan: "Then wait until the fee is paid before giving the shot."

Xinyan became anxious: "Can’t you see how high the child’s fever is?"

Nurse Li smirked: "You’re the parent and you’re not worried, why should I be?"

Xinyan wanted to lose her temper but considering it was the hospital and late at night, she was also worried something might happen to the child. She said in a fit of pique, "I’ll go pay right now, just give the child the injection first."

After saying that, she ran out, but only when she got outside did she realize she didn’t even know the child’s name or how much to pay.

Holding the money she earned from selling fish today, unsure of what to do, she heard Ye Silai’s voice: "Uncle, slow down."

He Jinxuan didn’t expect that his little nephew, who was fine yesterday, would fall ill today. He was extremely worried but due to his leg injury, he couldn’t do as he wished and the more anxious he was, the more likely he was to mess up.

He missed a step and the whole person fell forward.

Seeing this, Xinyan’s first reaction was to catch him, but she didn’t realize how unlikely it was that her small frame could hold him up.

She belatedly realized how ridiculous her mistake was, but it was too late.

The first to react was Ye Silai, with a look of regret; if only he had held on to his uncle, this wouldn’t have happened: "Uncle, sister, are you okay?"

His voice was almost breaking with urgency.

Xinyan wished the ground would swallow her whole; being a human cushion was one thing, but who could tell her how it was so coincidental that they ended up kissing? The scene was exceedingly awkward.

Fortunately, after a brief moment of shock, both of them came to their senses.

But with this fall, even with Xinyan breaking it, He Jinxuan’s leg was still hurt again, and his face changed from the pain.

However, having been in the military, he managed to endure the pain, using his uninjured leg as support to sit up sideways.

His heart was pounding and his face felt flushed, yet he still managed to apologize to Xinyan in guilty voice: "I’m really sorry, were you hurt?"

Previously, both of them had instinctively kept from making too much noise, but the sound of the fall still startled those in the treatment room.

Hearing footsteps, Xinyan jolted, ignoring the earlier awkwardness and her pain, she scrambled up from the ground.

She didn’t want any more gossip spreading before she cleared things up with Lyu Juncheng, especially since nowadays, gossip could be lethal.

Ye Silai had already come down from the stairs and ran to He Jinxuan, crouching his small body in front of him: "Uncle, how are you, are you hurt?"

The doctor from the treatment room was the first to rush over: "Director He, what happened to you?"

Xinyan didn’t want to waste time, helping to explain: "He was coming down the stairs too quickly, missed a step, and fell."

He Jinxuan gritted his teeth, forced himself to endure the pain, took out some money from his pocket, and managed to pull out one yuan: "Sili, go pay the fee first, don’t delay your brother’s fever-reducing injection."