“Ugh—!”
After experiencing confusion, fear, tension, worry, relief, and even heartbreak, betrayal, being kicked out, and consuming a large amount of alcohol the night before, Qv Si Nan’s body finally gave out after intense exertion.
She knelt beside a pillar in the hotel lobby and vomited a rainbow-colored torrent in front of the Police Officer, the Front Desk Girl, a white-haired beautiful girl she kind of liked, and a group of ordinary citizens who had been called up to evacuate one by one.
“Are you okay?”
Jiang Yin opened a bottle of mineral water and handed it to her ear, still holding a pack of tissues in his hand.
Thinking about it, this sister was really pitiful.
No matter how unavoidable accidents are in life, isn’t this too many accidents all at once?
The fact that she managed to hold on until now, only throwing up but not emotionally breaking down, was already considered strong.
It felt almost the same as Jiang Yin’s own thirty-year-old midlife crisis, waking up as a Magical Girl and almost self-pollinating.
After all, Jiang Yin only suffered social death at most, while Qv Si Nan was truly targeted by a weirdo for her life.
“No…Ugh!”
Some say people are at their most vulnerable when sick, easily breaking down emotionally.
But those who’ve experienced it know that illness is nothing.
The real vulnerability comes when violently vomiting.
The stomach churns, the brain becomes a mess, even the fingertips can’t be controlled, and one can barely hold themselves up, unable to even finish a sentence.
The sour, foul taste rises in the mouth, snot and tears flow out together, the sound of vomiting is loud and uncontrollable, as rough as a beast’s dying howl.
This is a person’s most wretched and ugly state, and if someone is watching, it feels like life is completely over.
But Qv Si Nan seemed used to it.
After vomiting for ten minutes until her stomach was empty and yellow-green, bitter bile was all over the floor, she slowly supported herself against the pillar, rinsed her mouth with the mineral water Jiang Yin handed her, and wiped her mouth with a tissue.
She tucked her hair behind her ear and politely asked the staff, “Sorry, can I compensate for dirtying the carpet?”
“No…no problem.”
‘Still pretending to be strong.’
Jiang Yin stood behind her, silently complaining in his heart, and quietly greeted the pink Magical Girl who appeared on the second floor.
The pink Magical Girl only glanced at him, said nothing, and didn’t use telepathy either.
She just looked faintly for a second, then turned and left.
Jiang Yin didn’t mind.
After all, as colleagues, he’d seen all kinds of extreme personalities in his past life.
This one was just cold but did her job.
Already pretty good as a work partner.
It’s fine if everyone minds their own business.
And who knows, maybe she’s just really socially anxious?
He had a big heart and always managed to cheer himself up quickly.
“Alright, the Bureau will cover the economic losses from the weirdo incident, so stop forcing yourself here.”
Jiang Yin looked at Qv Si Nan, who could barely stand, stepped forward to support her, giving her something to lean on, and smiled at the Front Desk Girl.
“She’s not feeling well. I’ll take her out first. If the Police Officer asks about the victim, just say we’ll go record a statement tomorrow.”
“Mm, okay.”
The Front Desk Girl couldn’t say much now.
With the Boss absent, she was the only one on site who could describe the situation.
She naturally didn’t have the energy to care about any yuri gossip.
She bid farewell to the two officially.
Jiang Yin led Qv Si Nan to his car, helped her into the passenger seat, and then got in himself.
He fastened his seatbelt and started the car.
“Do you need to go to the hospital for some glucose?”
“Take me to get some porridge.”
“Impressive. You can still eat at a time like this.”
Jiang Yin drove out of the parking lot, eyes straight ahead, but joked with a smile.
“If it were me, I couldn’t eat anything at all.”
Qv Si Nan lay on the passenger seat, her right arm over her eyes, her voice still hoarse.
“I’m not an Heiress. If I don’t eat now, I won’t have the strength to work tonight.”
“Says it like someone else is.”
Jiang Yin rolled his eyes and reflexively retorted.
“At least you have me to take care of you.”
“This car must be worth six or seven hundred thousand, right?”
Qv Si Nan turned her head and looked at her with a smile.
“At your age, you couldn’t have bought it yourself.”
Jiang Yin choked.
Thinking of how he really wasn’t the solitary thirty-year-old uncle he used to be, with his new identity having a guardian, he was momentarily speechless, but still stubborn.
“It’s not even my car.”
“Your father’s?”
“Don’t have one of those.”
“Then your mother must be a very impressive career woman?”
“She passed away fifteen years ago.”
Qv Si Nan: “….”
She wanted to slap herself right now.
Damn it, why did you have to talk nonsense!
“Alright, look at you.”
Jiang Yin found it a bit funny.
Three years ago, when they drank and talked about being orphans without parents, this person said not having a family was pretty good.
Now you’re feeling guilty?
Your sense of sympathy really picks its targets, huh?
“I’m used to it. Get out of the car. After eating porridge, don’t go to work tonight.”
“If I don’t work, are you going to support me?”
Qv Si Nan recovered quickly, bantering with her as usual.
This was an old topic.
She originally meant to use the excuse she made up last night for Lu Zhizhi to tease this white-haired girl.
In her imagination, Jiang Yin should have rolled her eyes or punched her, scolding her for being shameless.
A laugh, and it would be over.
But the white-haired girl took off her sunglasses, her eyes inexplicable but smiling.
“Sure, I’ll support you for two days.”
“…What are you doing?”
Qv Si Nan didn’t think Jiang Yin would suddenly develop feelings for her.
After all, she’d shown her worst side these two days.
If she could still like her after that, she’d suspect the girl was a saint.
“Suddenly feeling charitable?”
“Want to harvest my kidney?”
“Want to sell you off as someone’s wife!”
Jiang Yin rolled her eyes, gave her a punch in annoyance, and patted the car as she spoke her improvised reason.
“See? The Boss provided it.”
“The job is to investigate the environment and business model of Rara Bar and organize it as a reference for her. I’m not familiar with the local scene, so you help guide the way. Room and board included, daily wage three hundred.”
“You don’t want to go back and get entangled by that Heiress, right? From my observation, she’s not someone who gives up easily…”
“Ugh, stop talking.”
Qv Si Nan ate millet porridge and pickles, feeling much better and regaining some strength.
She finally remembered she still had that trouble.
She couldn’t do her previous job anymore and did want to clear her head.
This temporary gig seemed pretty nice.
“But let me say first, I don’t drink.”
“If there’s alcohol, I’ll block it for you.”
“Deal.”
“Oh, right. What’s your name?”
Qv Si Nan finished the porridge, and when Jiang Yin came back after paying, she suddenly asked.
The white-haired girl froze.
“Why are you asking?”
Qv Si Nan was confused.
“It’s just a name, why so wary? I can’t keep calling you ‘hey’ forever, right?”
“Then call me ‘Wei.'”
Jiang Yin spoke flatly, emotions subtly low.
“After all, a name is just a code.”