Free Web NovelChapter 1034: Chapter 13: What Kind of Man Can’t Handle a Little Pain?
Nie Xiaoxing saw those men running wildly in the opposite direction of the police car, let out a long sigh, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and walked quickly toward the man still crouching on the ground.
"Are you... alright?"
Nie Xiaoxing crouched beside the man, stretched out his hand to hold his arm, intending to help him up.
"Mm-hmm." The man hummed again.
Nie Xiaoxing stopped, furrowing his brows at him, "Shall I take you to the hospital?"
The man frowned deeply, looked up at Nie Xiaoxing with a face twisted in pain, groaning, "Teacher Nie, I’ve embarrassed you, haven’t I?"
Nie Xiaoxing stared at Lu Zhiquan’s pain-paled face, "Thank you."
Lu Zhiquan’s gaze tightened, suddenly flashing a toothy grin at Nie Xiaoxing, "It’s an honor, beautiful lady."
Beautiful...
Nie Xiaoxing tightened her grip on his arm, "Let me help you up."
Lu Zhiquan nodded.
Nie Xiaoxing applied a bit of force, and Lu Zhiquan cooperated.
But just as she got him up, Lu Zhiquan suddenly groaned again and leaned against Nie Xiaoxing.
Nie Xiaoxing widened her eyes and, unexpectedly, stepped back two steps.
Lu Zhiquan suddenly reached out and embraced her back, resting his chin on Nie Xiaoxing’s bony shoulder, "It hurts so much! Those guys hit really hard. I can’t imagine if those punches had landed on you..."
Nie Xiaoxing’s hand on his shoulder, ready to push him away, paused momentarily and then slowly pushed him off, looking at his upper body, "Where are you hurt?"
Lu Zhiquan grasped one of her hands, "Here..."
"Sir, ma’am, did you two just report the incident?"
At this moment, a plainclothes police officer walked over, interrupting Nie Xiaoxing and Lu Zhiquan’s conversation.
Nie Xiaoxing looked at Lu Zhiquan.
Lu Zhiquan gave Nie Xiaoxing a weak smile, held her hand tightly without letting go, and looked politely at the officer, "I was the one who called the police."
The officer nodded, eyeing Lu Zhiquan and Nie Xiaoxing in turn, "I need you two to come with me to the station. We need to understand the situation in detail."
"Officer, have you caught those men?" Nie Xiaoxing asked.
The officer pressed his lips together and regretfully shook his head at Nie Xiaoxing, "Those men scattered in different directions as soon as they left the street. Our people split up to chase them... but they disappeared."
Hearing this, Nie Xiaoxing wasn’t surprised at all.
Those men were well-trained; there was no way they could be caught so easily by the police.
Afterwards, Lu Zhiquan and Nie Xiaoxing got into a car with the police and went to the station.
From start to finish, no one noticed on the opposite side of the road, standing at the curb with a tense face and clenched fists, gasping for breath, was a certain young master.
Gu Yan’s eyes were red at the corners, fiercely staring in the direction where the police cars departed, then glancing a few times at where the men who fought with Nie Xiaoxing had gone, gritting his teeth, unable to hold back, and kicked hard at the car he usually took great care not to touch.
...
After completing the report, Nie Xiaoxing supported Lu Zhiquan as they left the police station.
Lu Zhiquan looked shyly at Nie Xiaoxing, "Teacher Nie..."
"Just call me by my name," Nie Xiaoxing glanced at the steps underfoot, "Watch your step."
"..." Lu Zhiquan stared at Nie Xiaoxing in surprise, probably not expecting such a woman, usually as cold as ice, to be so... considerate.
Nie Xiaoxing sensed his gaze, turned her head to look at him, and when her eyes met his fervent gaze, she blinked lightly, "I’ll take you to the hospital first. You seem to be quite seriously injured."
"You should be more injured than I am," Lu Zhiquan said, glancing at the bruises on Nie Xiaoxing’s collarbone, his voice slightly lowering.
"This isn’t a big deal," Nie Xiaoxing said, stretching out her hand to hail a taxi and helping Lu Zhiquan inside, "Driver, to the hospital."
"Alright," the driver agreed, and started driving to the nearest hospital.
Lu Zhiquan seemed to be in a lot of pain, hunched slightly, looking at Nie Xiaoxing through the soft light inside the car, embarrassed, "You’re a girl and took such a beating without a sound, while I, a grown man, groaned all the way from just two punches..."
Lu Zhiquan said this, showing a deeply ashamed expression to Nie Xiaoxing, "Xiao Xing, you won’t laugh at me, will you?"
Xiao Xing?
Nie Xiaoxing glanced at him.
Lu Zhiquan actually had a slender and graceful build, looking scholarly and refined, like a weak scholar who couldn’t lift or carry anything.
At first glance, he’s not someone with stunning looks, but he has distinctive features that stand out in a crowd, and the more one looks, the more appealing he becomes.
Nie Xiaoxing narrowed her eyes slightly, withdrew her gaze, "If you hadn’t taken those punches for me, I don’t know if I could have withstood them. You got injured saving me, how could I laugh at you."
"That’s good to know," Lu Zhiquan said with a breath of relief.
Nie Xiaoxing pursed her lips.
...
Doctor’s office.
Nie Xiaoxing wanted to avoid it, but it was too late; the doctor had already lifted Lu Zhiquan’s white shirt.
The bare skin was suddenly exposed to Nie Xiaoxing’s eyes.
Nie Xiaoxing’s mouth twitched slightly and she wanted to avert her gaze.
While shifting her gaze, she inadvertently glanced at the two bruises on Lu Zhiquan’s chest.
Nie Xiaoxing’s eyes widened, pressing her lips tightly together.
Those two men sure threw punches with incredible... precision!
They hit directly on the two... points on Lu Zhiquan’s chest.
Moreover, both points seemed swollen.
The sight was just...
Nie Xiaoxing reached out to touch her forehead.
"...Don’t laugh at me." Lu Zhiquan felt so ashamed seeing his injuries that he nearly wanted to grab a knife and end it.
Seeing Nie Xiaoxing holding her forehead, he couldn’t stand it, gritted his teeth, and with a reddened handsome face, he groaned softly.
Had he not spoken, Nie Xiaoxing might have held it in.
But as soon as he did, Nie Xiaoxing lowered her guard and chuckled softly.
Lu Zhiquan, "..." It was not just a little bit embarrassing.
Nie Xiaoxing actually felt she was being unkind.
After all, Lu Zhiquan got injured because of her, so she tried hard to cover her mouth with the back of her hand and turned away, trying to suppress her laughter.
Yet, she couldn’t quite hold it in.
An eccentric voice suddenly drifted in from the doorway.
"Oh dear, who is this Mother King Kong wailing here?"
No need to suppress it anymore.
The smile on Nie Xiaoxing’s face vanished instantly and without a trace.
She furrowed her brows and looked at the particular young man appearing at the doctor’s office door, with his hands casually in his pockets.
Gu Yan was dressed in a black T-shirt and matching pants, with black casual leather shoes on his feet.
This attire lent him an air less reckless and unruly, making him appear deeper and more cool.
Seeing Gu Yan, Lu Zhiquan did not want to be seen like this by anyone other than Nie Xiaoxing and the doctor, so he reached out to block the doctor’s hand examining his injuries, as he saw his shirt was put back down.
"What are you doing here?" Nie Xiaoxing stared at Gu Yan.
Gu Yan leaned his tall frame against the door frame, glanced at Lu Zhiquan, and said, "Are you very familiar with me? Why should I tell you why I’m here?"
Nie Xiaoxing looked Gu Yan up and down, seeing him looking energetic and seemingly fine, she turned around.
Seeing Lu Zhiquan had lowered his shirt, her clear eyes showed confusion as she looked at the doctor, "Is it all healed now?"
"Pretty much, Mr. Lu’s injuries are just superficial. Apply some ointment, rest for a few days, and it’ll be fine," the doctor said, not bothering to lift Lu Zhiquan’s shirt again, he walked to his desk to prescribe medication.
"But he said it hurts?" Nie Xiaoxing frowned, expressing concern.
Gu Yan rolled his eyes at Nie Xiaoxing at that moment!
The doctor said it’s just a surface wound, why ask further?
A grown man can’t bear this bit of pain, what’s he worth?
If it were him, he wouldn’t even bother coming to the hospital!
Gu Yan’s face was full of mockery, yet Lu Zhiquan was all smiles, his eyes gentle as he looked at Nie Xiaoxing.
Nie Xiaoxing didn’t notice him, she only looked at the doctor.
"Who says surface wounds don’t hurt?"
The doctor printed out the prescription and handed it to Nie Xiaoxing, "There’s both external and internal medication. The external one is to be applied twice a day, once in the morning and once at night."
Nie Xiaoxing took the prescription.
She hadn’t even steadied it.
Then the doctor said, "You’re his girlfriend, right?"
Nie Xiaoxing’s face slightly stiffened, she immediately clutched the prescription, about to deny it.
A passionate male voice suddenly interjected, "What nonsense! How could she possibly be his girlfriend?!"
Nie Xiaoxing, Lu Zhiquan, the doctor, "....".
