Rebirth from the Ashes

425-426

Chapter 425: As Long as You Like It

After Shen Xi did the acupuncture for Li Yuan, she carefully instructed him about how to care for his wound, then carried Toffeecito home.

Li Yuan sent her to the door and watched her leave. His eyes gradually turned cold and desolate. He lowered his gaze and looked at his legs. The feeling of powerlessness again engulfed him.

Shen Xi arrived at the living room door and could hear the word “neighbor”. She perked up her ears immediately and eavesdropped nervously.

‘Was I so unlucky that Mom found out I went next door?’

A moment later, she breathed a sigh of relief.

The conversation in the living room was audible.

Du Juan came out of the kitchen together with Yun Jinping. She was carrying a dish and suddenly thought of something, so she said, “Jinping, I saw your neighbor today.”

Yesterday, Yun Jinping and Shen Zhangqing had mentioned their neighbor and she coincidentally saw him today.

“Oh, what’s he like?” Yun Jinping was stunned for a moment before she asked with a smile. She was truly interested because she had not seen him since he moved here a long time ago.

Recently, Shen Xi had not climbed the wall as diligently as before. She would just look for Toffeecito and shout at the wall occasionally.

Shen Zhangqing had his doubts dispelled and was no longer suspicious of the neighbor.

“I didn’t see what he looked like, but he’s sitting in a wheelchair. I bought groceries and turned the corner, just in time to see someone pushing him in.” Du Juan sighed and said with some sympathy, “He looked quite young too.”

Yun Jinping said, “Xixi said that he’s an uncle.”

Du Juan added, “Maybe he just looks young!”

Shen Tang was helping to set the table. Even if she was blind, her hearing and senses were very sensitive. She heard the sound of the door opening and footsteps stopping at the living room door.

The light footsteps definitely belonged to Xixi, and not her uncle or father.

Shen Xi heard the conversation take a turn before she entered the house with Toffeecito in her arms. After a cheerful greeting, Shen Xi threw her school bag aside and helped Shen Tang.

When Shen Tang got close to Shen Xi, she paused in her action and knitted her brows slightly. She lowered her voice and asked with concern, “Are you injured?”

‘Why, did she smell of blood?’

Shen Xi did not think she would be discovered after taking a shower and changing her clothes. She smiled and said, “It’s not mine. My deskmate was sharpening pencils and accidentally cut his hand and got some on me.”

Shen Tang listened to Shen Xi’s overstretched lie and did not say anything. The smell of blood was quite strong, so it was certainly not a light injury. However, Xixi was no longer a child, so she should not probe further if Xixi was not willing to tell her.

Shen Xi said, “Sister, I’ll go get changed first.”

Yun Jinping already shouted at Shen Xi. “Hurry down and wash your hands before dinner!”

It was already April and there were only two months left before the college entrance exams. Shen Xi’s studies were getting more intense by the day, so she said she would come back an hour later every day for the next two months.