Bai Yao tried to shift her body, wanting to change positions, but the moment she tried to lift her hips, a sharp pain shot through her pelvis, and she fell back onto the bed.
“Don’t move around. The doctor said you need to rest.”
She was in so much pain that she almost wanted to cry, but with her mother right there, she could only grit her teeth and endure it.
If she cried, her mother would just say something like “Men don’t cry,” and it wasn’t like she’d get any comfort anyway.
Seriously, she just wanted to find Qiu Ye and have a good cry.
It might worry Qiu Ye, but Qiu Ye would definitely comfort her properly.
Bai Yao suddenly realized that since the traffic accident the System had warned about really did come true, would the future her also be abandoned by a man and sink into self-destruction?
No, no, no. Qiu Ye wasn’t that kind of person, right?
Instead of worrying about that, she should worry about Qiu Ye coming back.
Just as she thought that, Qiu Ye’s voice came from outside.
Bai Yao looked up and saw that in the hallway, Uncle Qiu was holding clothes and daily necessities, while Qiu Ye spoke in a friendly tone, his face full of smiles as he talked to her father.
“I’m Bai Yao’s classmate. I brought her clothes and daily necessities.”
That guy was born with the face of a villain, with a fierce look in his eyes, and his fawning smile still made him look like a bad guy.
Her father was taken aback, wondering how his well-behaved daughter could have a friend like this.
Though he wasn’t bad-looking.
“Oh, thanks for the trouble.”
“No problem, no problem. I’ll just bring these in.”
Qiu Ye carried the bags and parcels into the hospital room.
“Hello, Auntie. I’m Bai Yao’s classmate.”
“Just put those down, put them down.”
Her mother quickly stood up and took the bags of hospital luggage.
While she wasn’t paying attention, Qiu Ye shot Bai Yao a look, checking on her condition.
Bai Yao, who had just been expressionless, made a crying face and looked at Qiu Ye with pitiful eyes, which broke Qiu Ye’s heart.
When her mother turned back around, Bai Yao immediately put her expression away, pursed her lips, and continued playing with her phone.
“Classmate, what’s your name?”
Her mother packed up the luggage, organizing everything neatly into the bedside cabinet.
“Qiu Ye. Just call me Xiao Ye.”
“Qiu Ye?”
Her mother didn’t dwell on the strange name and nodded with a smile.
“I heard from the doctor that you were the one who accompanied Bai Yao to the hospital, right?”
“Yeah, we’re classmates, so I just happened to run into her.”
Qiu Ye chatted with his future mother-in-law while continuing to exchange silent communication with Bai Yao through their looks.
Though Bai Yao didn’t understand any of it and just kept staring at Qiu Ye with those pitiful eyes.
“Judging by your accent, are you from Dongbei?”
“You can tell that too?”
Qiu Ye was stunned. He thought his accent was pretty subtle.
“From Harbin.”
“Oh~ I know that.”
Her mother racked her brain before finally remembering something about Harbin.
“Winter tourism has been really popular these past couple years?”
“Yeah, it’s pretty popular.”
Qiu Ye felt a bit nervous and awkward, his forced smile making him look like a total yes-man.
“Um… okay, well, you should head home first?”
Qiu Ye wanted to say more, but since it was their first meeting, he couldn’t exactly reveal that he was Bai Yao’s boyfriend.
What if his future in-laws couldn’t accept that their daughter had a boyfriend?
That would just pour fuel on the fire.
Bai Yao watched Qiu Ye preparing to leave and let out a hopeless sigh.
“Oh right, the laptop is in this bag!”
“Laptop?”
For watching dramas, playing games, and stuff?
Her mother’s face darkened.
“You’re hospitalized and you still want to play games?”
“All you ever do is play games.”
“Were you thinking about games when you crossed the street and got hit?”
“Bai Yao just didn’t sleep well last night.”
Qiu Ye tried to explain as best he could, and besides, she had nothing else to do in the hospital anyway.
“She was up all night playing games again, wasn’t she?”
Qiu Ye finally understood why Bai Yao didn’t have much contact with her parents.
All he could do was shoot Bai Yao a look that said, “I can’t help you here.”
There was just no communicating with them.
But Bai Yao was already used to it, her eyes filled with helplessness.
“Well then, I’ll get going?”
Bai Yao raised her arm and waved her hand.
She had wanted to chat with Qiu Ye and say a few words, but with her mother present, she couldn’t act too familiar, afraid of being found out that she already had a boyfriend.
Watching Qiu Ye leave and close the hospital room door behind him, her mother turned to Bai Yao with a hint of suspicion.
She had noticed that Qiu Ye kept making eye contact with Bai Yao.
“A classmate?”
“Yeah, just a regular classmate.”
Bai Yao answered with a cold expression, her eyes fixed on her phone.
The moment Qiu Ye left, she couldn’t wait to send him a message complaining.
“My mom is so annoying~ It’s like she can’t understand what people say.”
“My dad too. He couldn’t even cough up the money for my hospital stay. Good thing the driver covered some of it.”
“Never mind about you, though. The way you were acting all groveling and ingratiating, it was so embarrassing to watch…”
She hadn’t typed more than a few lines when she saw her mother answer a phone call and step away.
Curiosity made her look up.
“Doctor, could you take a look? Should my son go to the provincial hospital?”
“Would a bigger hospital have better technology?”
“How much would it cost for a transfer and surgery?”
Honestly, that was completely unnecessary, right?
Sure, the hospital was a bit out of the way, but it was still a city-level Grade-A Tertiary Hospital.
Treating a fracture from a car accident was nothing.
Qiu Ye had his arm fracture treated at this same hospital before.
Bai Yao might even run into a few young orthopedic doctors she’d flirted with and gotten contact information from.
Besides, Bai Yao wanted Qiu Ye to be able to visit her easily.
“The doctors here say there’s nothing they can do and that she can only live as a woman from now on.”
“Would a bigger hospital have better technology?”
“Ah? That’s what you’re talking about!”
Bai Yao suddenly panicked.
She couldn’t have her mother arranging surgery to bring back her little runaway.
But even bringing back just the little guy wouldn’t help.
She still had a uterus!
“The detailed exam won’t be done until tomorrow. I’ll send you the results on WeChat when they come out. Thank you, thank you~”
Her mother hung up the phone and let out a worried sigh.
She noticed Bai Yao staring at her and asked, “Want some water?”
“No…”
Bai Yao didn’t want to drink too much water and have to pee.
She continued texting Qiu Ye, and the System finally sent its belated notification.
[Although you ended up in the emergency room back then because you partied too hard, shaming your parents and causing you all to cut ties completely, they still came to visit you the moment you got into another car accident. Perhaps this is a chance to mend your relationship with your family?]
[Mend family relationships. Cash reward: 100]
“I didn’t party too damn hard!”
“And just how extreme and elaborate would the play have to be to break someone and send them to the emergency room?”
“Isn’t this a bit ridiculous?”
Bai Yao, the innocent, pure-hearted girl who had only ever played with herself, cursed inwardly.
‘Isn’t that Chinyu’s XP a bit too stupid?’
She was a little curious.
[Task complete! Thanks to your efforts, after years of silence, you finally had a conversation with your family. Cash reward: 100.]
[Bonus task complete! Your relationship with your family has been restored, even if there are still gaps between you. The thirty-something you has finally learned to communicate. Social skills increased!]
Bai Yao silently rolled her eyes.
She hadn’t even done anything yet, so how did her social skills increase?