Chapter 18
For all the time, he had taken the words of those bodyguards with a pinch of salt. But now, he completely bought it.
Well, he had no other choice. Have you ever seen anyone who could spot your shoulder joint dislocation at first glance and cure it with a pat?
“Brother, how did you achieve that?”
Asked Tang Heng involuntarily, who was looking at Fang Qiu expectantly.
Fang Qiu did not reply. He just pated Tang Heng on his shoulder and took off with a smile.
Gazing at Fang Qiu’s back, a rush of awe suddenly washed over Tang Heng.
He felt like he had utterly wasted the past eighteen years. Apart from the wealth of his father, he had nothing to show.
“But look at Fang Qiu. He is powerful and mysterious.”
“Great!”
Sounds of praise echoed among those who were off the rostrum.
Jiang Miaoyu was not disrupted by those sounds and continued her speech. “I’m honored to represent this year’s freshmen of the University of Jiangjing Chinese Medicine to stand here and make this speech.”
“The ten-day long military training is about to end. Looking back at every moment in those days, we know that our drill masters, who seemed to be harsh and selfless on the training grounds but were quite friendly in normal life, and our teachers, who accompanied us during the training and relinquished their resting time to be on duty, as well as our school officials, who always manage the university stringently and constantly strive for perfection, are all working hard for our growth…”
Although what Jiang Miaoyu said were all high-sounding words, the audience was still intoxicated.
They were intoxicated only by looking at her…
What was more, the audience sitting in front of the rostrum constantly made responses as Jiang Miaoyu made her speech. When she paused, applause would immediately break out, which was quite appropriate.
After the speech, the palms of the audience all turned red due to the applauding.
Fang Qiu merely looked at all that under the rostrum, not being so frenetic as those around him.
“The youngest, what do say if we develop a fellowship with campus belle Jiang’s dormitory?”
Asked Sun Hao, who elbowed Fang Qiu eagerly.
“Not so nice.”
Fang Qiu objected it straightforwardly.
“Come on! With the connection between you and the campus belle, if we don’t use that connection, we’re wasting a good resource, aren’t we? As I’ve perceived, the girls in the campus belle’s dormitory are all very pretty.”
Sun Hao giggled.
“How do you know the other girls in her dormitory are pretty?”
Fang Qiu became sincerely curious now.
Sun Hao darted him a defiant look before saying, “At the gala the day before yesterday, the campus belle came with her roommates. The four girls around her all looked gorgeous.”
Staring at the shameless Sun Hao, Fang Qiu reckoned that if he had put the efforts that he used on studying women on academic study, he would certainly become an awesome Chinese Medicine scholar.
As the two were bickering whether they should develop a fellowship with the campus belle Jiang’s dormitory, Jiang Miaoyu’s speech drew to an end.
“Military training taught us soldiers’ toughness and collectivism spirit, which says ‘We would rather shed blood and sweat than tears; we would rather lose skin or flesh than your team’. Also, it taught us the peerless proud and the sense of honorable calling as being a soldier…”
“Last, please allow me to represent all the students doing the military training to extend our highest respect and the most sincere gratitude towards all the officials, drill masters, and teachers!”
“Thanks, everyone!”
Jiang Miaoyu gave a deep bow at the audience.
Another round of applause sounded.
Accompanied by the applause, Jiang Miaoyu stepped down the rostrum with a smile. Precisely at this point, an accident occurred.
She missed one step!
Everyone let out a shriek.
“Watch out!”
Although the stairs were not high from the ground, it would hurt very much if she fell down.
Just as Jiang Miaoyu was about to tumble down from the stairs, Fang Qiu dashed forward like a flash.
Before others could see what had happened, Fang Qiu already arrived at the side of the stairs and caught Jiang Miaoyu.
That prevented her from falling.
“Phew…”
Everyone heaved a long sigh of relief.
It was quite lucky.
As to how Fang Qiu made there in time, they had no time to investigate.
But at this time, some people with sharp eyes spotted the painful look of Jiang Miaoyu.
“What’s wrong?”
Asked Fang Qiu anxiously, who was still supporting Jiang Miaoyu.
“I’ve sprained my ankle.”
Said Jiang Miaoyu in agony.
“Sit down first!”
Fang Qiu hurriedly helped Jiang Miaoyu to sit down on the step.
“Which foot?”
Biting her lips and furrowing her eyebrows in pain, Jiang Miaoyu pointed to her right foot.
Without another word, Fang Qiu directly rolled up the bottom of her right trouser leg and saw a large scarlet bruise around her right ankle.
Fang Qiu pressed a finger gently onto the bruise, and then asked in a soft voice, “Does it hurt?”
Jiang Miaoyu bit her lips even harder. Staring at her foot, she nodded, her eyes brimming with tears.
Scowling, Fang Qiu said, “Now I’ll first take your shoes off. Please bear with the pain for a sec.”
Jiang Miaoyu nodded slightly, as helpless as an injured deer.
Fang Qiu reached out for Jiang Miaoyu’s shoelaces. His movements were quite soft and gentle.
“Crap!”
“Our goddess got hurt!”
The crowd in the surroundings instantly burst into a heated discussion.
What was the meaning of campus belle Jiang getting injured?
It meant that it was high time for them to demonstrate their chivalry and rescue the beauty.
They hastened to provide solutions.
“I’ll go to the university hospital to call in a doctor!”
Said a student, who scuttled away after saying those words.
“I’ll buy some icy water!”
Another student held his hand up. He also broke into a run when he finished his words.
“I’ll go to the university hospital to fetch a stretcher!”
“I’ll go to find an official!”
…
The crowd was in hysteria. Many went away to look for something that might come in handy.
At this point, Li Qingshi, who came to inspect the military training as the president of student union, walked towards them from afar. As a result, he saw a fluster of people gathering there, while others were bustling towards the gate of the sports ground.
“Is something wrong?”
Li Qingshi quickly pulled a student over and asked, “Excuse me, what happened over there?”
“Jiang Miaoyu sprained her ankle! I’m going to buy some icy water. Don’t stand in my way!”
The student simply shook off Li Qingshi’s hand, and then, hurtled towards the supermarket that was located outside the sports ground.
“What?”
Li Qingshi’s expression altered dramatically. His heart hammered.
“Miaoyu is hurt!”
He scooted hastily in the direction of the rostrum.
When he forcefully wedged his way to the front, Fang Qiu just took off Jiang Miaoyu’s right shoe gingerly.
“Miaoyu, how are you holding up? Does it hurt?”
Li Qingshi strode over to Jiang Miaoyu, bent down and asked so with a deeply concerned look.
“Sprained my ankle. Hurts a bit.”
Under the pain, Jiang Miaoyu’s furrowed brows still could not flatten.
“Wait for a sec, I’ll find some help!”
As Li Qingshi was going out to make a phone call, he saw Fang Qiu who was at the side of the stairs, which made his brows instantly furrowed.
“What’s he doing here?”
“Next, I’ll take off your sock. It might hurt a bit. Please brace yourself.”
Fang Qiu looked up at Jiang Miaoyu and said so.
Jiang Miaoyu nodded.
At this scene, Li Qingshi felt rather jealous. His brows furrowed even harder.
“Why are you everywhere?”
“You were there at the gala when the power failed!”
“You are also at the scene when Miaoyu sprained her ankle!”
“Are you a ghost? Haunting the university?”
Seeing Fang Qiu reach for Jiang Miaoyu’s foot, Li Qingshi instantly felt his goddess was about to be tarnished. It was something he could not bear!
“This student, stay put! If you move her foot and make the injury worse, what shall we do? Don’t do it even though you just want to help!”
As if he were an esteemed official, Li Qingshi ordered, “Don’t move, all of you! Wait here. I’ll find some help!”
Then, he hurried to make the phone call.
“We can’t move?”
Everyone knew Li Qingshi was a celebrity on campus. As the president of student union of the School of Chinese Medicine, he was already some kind of official in the eyes of those freshmen.
They always felt the weight of officials’ words.
No one else dared to move.
They looked Fang Qiu’s way, assuming he would stop taking action.
But they found that as if he had not heard the order of Li Qingshi, he continued to take off Jiang Miaoyu’s sock. His movements were extremely soft, as though he was trying his best to not affect the injured area.
“Phew…”
Finally, when the sock was off, Fang Qiu exhaled gently.
Jiang Miaoyu looked at Fang Qiu with her gleaming eyes.
“His movements were quite gentle, which almost caused no pain for me.”
“Seems that he is a very gentle and careful person.”
That was the third impression Fang Qiu had left Jiang Miaoyu.
Before it, she only knew he was a person with various talents but no sense for romance. But now, “gentle” and “careful” were added.
“For the treatment, I need to take off your left shoe and the sock as well.”
Said Fang Qiu as he stared at Jiang Miaoyu.
“You can do the treatment?”
Jiang Miaoyu googled at Fang Qiu in amazement. Then, when it suddenly occurred to her that he had cured her arm at the library, she froze for a moment.
Fang Qiu also thought what Jiang Miaoyu was thinking. Their eyes bore into each other’s and they smiled.
The smile baffled the surrounding students.
“There is something going on between them!”
Muttered Sun Hao, who was also among the crowd.
Fang Qiu stuck out a hand and quickly pulled off Jiang Miaoyu’s left shoe and sock. Then, he said solemnly, “Next, please pardon me for doing this.”