Volume 3 Chapter 51: Let’s Go Visit a Patient~
Time goes back to this morning.
Well, to be honest, weekends for high school students can really be a little boring.
First, you need to catch up on sleep and make up for all the tiredness from waking up early and sleeping late on school days.
Of course, that is only possible if someone can lie in bed all day during the holiday and not play with their phone.
If you wake up early, your brain still feels empty and sleepy. Lazy people will then push homework and other troublesome things to later…
Until the very last moment before school starts again.
It seems like an unsolvable problem. Because of this, many people cannot even enjoy their weekend, since they keep thinking about homework and other annoying tasks.
So how can you solve this?
Unless…
Unless you give yourself a goal. Then you force yourself to finish all the things you must do, and after that, you reward yourself by doing that goal.
As for what the goal is, that is not so important. Anyway, after setting a simple goal—“I’ll do this after I finish my homework”—Gao Ye spent the whole day fighting with her homework.
Of course, she also wasted some time in the middle.
Finally, at night, the girl finished all her weekend homework. She put down her pen, placed it on the desk, and tilted her head.
Hmm~
Night life, huh?
She looked out the window. The troublesome things were done. Now it was time to think about what to do next.
How about… live streaming all night?
Ahem… ah, forget it. Singing on a live stream all night was not worth finishing her homework so early.
Then what should she do?
While Gao Ye was thinking, suddenly her phone rang. The screen lit up, showing her cute cat-girl wallpaper. She was startled and quickly picked up the phone, wondering…
Who could it be, calling at this time? Her older brother? Or… her parents?
But when she saw the phone number and the name saved in her contacts, she suddenly felt like her heart stopped.
Hiss—
She immediately threw the phone aside and quietly waited for the call to end by itself. After that, she turned on airplane mode.
Phew~
After smoothly finishing this set of actions, she finally let out a breath. She was still a little scared.
Why was it that guy?
The situation was very awkward. Gao Ye was even worried that turning on airplane mode so quickly was too obvious. Would that guy complain about it later?
Ah, so troublesome—
She should have saved the number as a scam call.
Forget it. I won’t stay at home. I’ll go out for a walk.
She changed her clothes, said hello to her grandparents, and then went out.
The streetlights were already on.
Since there was nothing she really wanted to buy, the girl walked around the streets without any goal. After walking for a long time, she was suddenly attracted by some fruit baskets at a fruit stand near a hospital.
Without thinking, she walked closer and looked at the fruit baskets for a while. She was about to wonder why there were fruits she had never seen before in the basket, when the aunt who owned the stand thought she had a customer. The aunt quickly smiled and spoke to her.
“Pretty girl, do you want to buy a fruit basket? I’m about to close, so it’s very cheap. Take a look and choose one~”
“Ah, I… I’m just looking.” Gao Ye shook her head awkwardly. Why would she buy a fruit basket for no reason? She did not even like eating fruit that much.
“Come on, buy one. It’s very thoughtful to bring this when visiting a patient. Aren’t you going to the hospital to visit someone, pretty girl?”
“I don’t have anyone to visit… huh? Wait.”
Gao Ye had not thought about this before. But while speaking, she suddenly remembered something.
Oh… right. Sister Lin Lin’s younger brother, Lin Yu, seems to be resting at home because he is sick.
Ah… should she go visit him? Just… a normal visit between friends?
Emmm.
Decision made!
So the girl who was still hesitating just now immediately put money into the fruit seller auntie’s hand, grabbed a fruit basket, and ran off.
The fruit seller auntie was stunned.
She… she had not given the change yet.
………………
Hmm~
After placing the fruit basket properly, the girl rode a shared electric bike. Only after starting did she begin to think about where Sister Lin Lin’s home was.
Actually, she was quite familiar with that neighborhood. After all, she had gone there several times with her brother. But she was not very sure about the exact apartment number, since she had never visited personally. She had always let her brother go instead.
Luckily, after those visits, she had once asked Gao Liang for Sister Lin Lin’s apartment number. At first, her brother did not want to tell her. But after she kept asking again and again, he finally told her and even warned her not to bother Sister Lin Lin.
Good thing she had asked. Otherwise, finding the right door today would have been troublesome.
As for whether this counted as bothering someone… hmm… she was going to see Lin Yu, not Sister Lin Lin. So what did it have to do with her?
But when she thought about visiting their home, especially to visit Lin Yu because he was sick, Gao Ye still felt a little nervous.
Not to mention what kind of expression Sister Lin Lin would have. Lin Yu’s parents would probably also wonder about her relationship with him, right?
And Lin Yu… what would he think about her coming to visit him? After all, they were not that close.
Ahh~
The girl kept worrying while riding all the way to Lin Lin’s neighborhood. After getting off the bike, she walked toward the building number that she only remembered vaguely.
Finally, standing at the door, Gao Ye prayed that she had not remembered the wrong apartment number and would not knock on the wrong door, such an embarrassing situation.
Then she slowly knocked on the door.
Knock, knock—
The door slowly opened, and a woman who looked quite young stood there. She looked surprised and curious at the girl standing outside.
“Huh?”
Lin’s mother tilted her head in confusion. When she saw the girl, she had first thought that Lin Lin, who had just gone out, had come back.
Facing an adult, Gao Ye suddenly felt nervous. Her face turned red. In her excitement, she bowed quickly and then raised her head, speaking even more shyly.
“A-Auntie, hello!”
“Um, little girl, who are you looking for?”
The shy attitude made Lin’s mother think the girl was cute, and she relaxed a little. Gao Ye panicked slightly and hurriedly asked,
“Um… is this Lin Lin and Lin Yu’s home? I… I’m their friend!”
“Oh? Are you Xiao Lin’s friend?”
Lin’s mother looked surprised and quickly said, “Did you make plans to go out with Xiao Lin?”
She continued, “Oh dear, she already went out. You should ask her where she is now. That child left in such a hurry. Didn’t you see her? She just left…”
“N-No… we didn’t meet.” Gao Ye shook her head awkwardly. Clearly, Auntie thought she had come to see Sister Lin Lin.
Wait, Sister Lin Lin went out tonight? And with someone?
Ahem.
But right now, Gao Ye quickly brought the topic back and said to Lin Lin’s mother.
“Um, sorry, Auntie. Actually, I came to… visit Lin Yu.”
“Huh?”