Forced into a romantic relationship

Chapter 391 Going Home
The sky became increasingly darker, the crimson color in the sky gradually faded, and the sun gradually disappeared into the horizon, stretching the shadow on the ground very long.

As evening approached, the street lights on both sides of the road lit up early. In the afterglow of the setting sun, you could see a few pigeons flapping their wings and chasing the setting sun, flying farther and farther until they turned into a few blurry black dots.

Although it is a weekday, the streets seem a little deserted today. Perhaps it is because it is not yet time to get off work or get out of school. There are not many pedestrians on the road. The cold wind blows the yellow fallen leaves everywhere, making the street look a bit depressed.

Han Zhou held the wheelchair with one hand, took out his mobile phone from his pocket with the other hand and answered the call.

"Hello, hello. Yes, Xiaoxiao is with me now. She is doing well. Is that so... I see. We will be back soon. Thank you for your help."

After hanging up the phone, Han Zhou sighed slightly. Just as he was about to continue pushing the wheelchair, he heard Xiao Xiaoxiao in the wheelchair suddenly speak.

"Are you going back?"

Perhaps because she had just woken up, her voice sounded a little hoarse.

"you're awake?"

"I woke up a long time ago." Xiao Xiaoxiao lowered her head and complained unhappily, "You pushed the wheelchair like a tractor, it would be strange if he didn't wake up."

Han Zhou smiled helplessly: "It's such a steep slope, you have to at least understand me."

"I didn't say I didn't understand you..."

Xiao Xiaoxiao curled her lips and raised the mineral water bottle on her lap high above her head, "Here, take it."

This was the water she had bought specially before coming back, and she hadn't drunk it yet.

Han Zhou knew that Xiao Xiaoxiao's hand had not recovered yet and it was a bit difficult for her to unscrew the bottle cap, so he took the bottle, unscrewed the cap and handed it back.

"I don't want to drink." Xiao Xiaoxiao pushed his hand away.

"Why did you give me the bottle if you weren't going to drink it?"

The girl closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and said impatiently: "You are so stupid, I asked you to drink!"

"But I'm not thirsty." Han Zhou asked curiously.

Xiao Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, and said in disbelief: "You've been pushing the wheelchair for so long and you're not thirsty?"

"I'm not thirsty."

"Aren't you tired?"

"I'm tired, but I'm not thirsty."

"You have to drink even if you're not thirsty!" Xiao Xiaoxiao said angrily.

"Drinking too much water is harmful to the body."

"Stop talking nonsense, if you don't want to drink it, give it back to me!"

Xiao Xiaoxiao felt that her kindness was taken for granted and tried to snatch the water bottle back.

"No, I feel a little thirsty after chatting with you for a while."

Han Zhou couldn't help laughing. He avoided the girl's extended hand, stopped teasing her, and tilted his head back to take a big gulp of water.

The temperature is low now, and the water in the bottle is slightly cold, with a refreshing coolness that makes him cough uncontrollably.

"I can't choke you to death..."

Xiao Xiaoxiao muttered something in a low voice, looked up and saw the bright sign of the hospital in the distance, which was particularly conspicuous in the darkening city at dusk.

She felt that the brightness of these signs was very similar to the setting sun that was about to sink into the horizon, yellow and dark, not pretty at all, and also unlucky. She didn't know why the hospital used lights of this color.

But no matter how ugly these lights are, they are better than a ward with only four pale walls.

Staying outside the hospital was beautiful even at the unlucky dusk, and she never wanted to go back to the ward again.

Thinking of this, the girl gently tapped the head of the piggy bank in her arms, making a "bang bang" sound, and asked, "Hey, when can I be discharged from the hospital?"

"When do you want to be discharged from the hospital?" Han Zhou asked curiously.

"Of course the sooner the better. I told you I don't like hospitals."

"You haven't fully recovered yet. You'll have to continue doing rehabilitation training in the future to get back on your feet. There's no need to rush to be discharged from the hospital."

"Rehabilitation training can be done anywhere." Xiao Xiaoxiao said dissatisfiedly, "I don't want to stay in the hospital any longer. I can only lie in bed every day and can't do anything. It's so boring."

"Didn't I leave my phone for you to play with?"

"Your phone is so broken, what's the fun in it? And there are always some messed up messages popping up from time to time..."

"Well, I also bought you a ball of yarn and taught you how to knit a scarf. You can knit to kill time when you have nothing to do."

"How dare you say that! The scarf you knitted is so ugly, and you made the nurse laugh at me!"

"impossible."

Han Zhou looked unconvinced. "You must not have listened to me carefully, so your knitting is not good looking. But I was wondering why all the balls of yarn disappeared. You said before that you accidentally lost them. In fact, you hid them all, right?"

"It's obvious that the way you taught was wrong!"

"You didn't learn well."

"Then do you dare to take the time to knit a scarf and see what it looks like?"

"I'll talk to you when I have time."

Xiao Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes and insisted, "Tell me quickly, when can I be discharged from the hospital?"

Han Zhou smiled and pushed the wheelchair towards the hospital: "Answer me first, where do you want to go after leaving the hospital?"

"As long as you don't stay in the hospital, you can go anywhere..." Xiao Xiaoxiao was a little impatient. Suddenly, she felt a sinking sensation behind her. She immediately said unhappily, "What did you put in my hat? Take it out!"

She turned around and glared at Han Zhou.

Han Zhou coughed dryly and took the water bottle out of the girl's hat without changing his expression: "It's more convenient to get water this way."

Then he raised his head and took another sip.

"How childish."

Xiao Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes, snatched the water bottle and put it on her lap, and said unhappily, "Don't drink it unless you answer my question first."

I think you are the childish one...

Han Zhou complained in his heart, and said helplessly: "It's okay if you want to be discharged from the hospital in a hurry, but you have to wait until I figure out how to arrange for you after completing the discharge procedures, right?"

"I can go anywhere." Xiao Xiaoxiao seemed a little unhappy, "Don't worry about it."

"You can go anywhere?" Han Zhou laughed. "The wheelchair you are sitting in now is rented from the hospital. After you are discharged from the hospital, you won't have a wheelchair to sit in. You won't even be able to walk. Where can you go?"

Xiao Xiaoxiao looked unconvinced: "I can walk with my hands!"

"But your hand hasn't recovered yet." Han Zhou shrugged.

Xiao Xiaoxiao's expression froze, and she lowered her head, unable to speak.

From the first moment Han Zhou helped her wash her face, she felt that she had become a useless person.

I can't do anything but cause trouble to others.

And now, this idea seems to be getting stronger.

Although she didn't want to admit it, Han Zhou was right. She couldn't even sneak out of the hospital.

This world is really not satisfactory. Every time she was trafficked to a new family, she thought that if one day she could not even walk, she would become a real defective product and no one would be willing to pay for her.

But now that I am so close to freedom, I have become an annoying defective product.

Xiao Xiaoxiao cannot predict the future, but she can remember the past.

Therefore, she knew very well that compared to the past when she was always sick and hospitalized, she was more disgusting now that she could not even take care of herself.

How annoying is it?
She hates it herself.

In the past, she was at least a well-behaved child, but today, she has lost even this last advantage.

After so long, she had almost forgotten how to be a good child, and now she has become a complete defective product.

"If I had known this would happen, I would have died when I jumped out of the car..."

Looking at the increasingly bright sign of the hospital in the distance, Xiao Xiaoxiao couldn't help but have this thought in her mind.

She lowered her head and could vaguely see Han Zhou's face in the reflection of the wheelchair armrest.

Pale, tired, but smiling.

She suddenly remembered the conversation between the doctor and the nurse she heard in the hospital that night.

From what they said, it seemed that this guy had some incurable disease and would not live for more than a few months.

He can still laugh even in this situation... this guy has a really big heart.

Xiao Xiaoxiao originally wanted to laugh at the other person in her heart, but she couldn't laugh at all. Instead, she felt more and more sad.

It is said that good people do not live long, but disasters last for thousands of years.

This guy is a good person, so does he deserve a short life?

She felt that she could not die. Even if she had to die, she had to wait until she had repaid this guy's kindness before dying. Otherwise, she would not be able to rest in peace even after death, and she would definitely not be able to help but crawl out of the coffin in the future.

"I heard that the temperature will drop again in the next few days."

At this moment, the wheelchair suddenly stopped. Han Zhou let go of the wheelchair, rubbed his hands and said, "Although the winter in Lincheng is not too cold, it is definitely not enough to wear only one or two pieces of clothing. There is a clothing store in front. Come with me to buy two down jackets."

Of course he didn't know what Xiao Xiaoxiao was thinking, and there was still a relaxed smile on his face.

"Whatever you want, but don't even think about putting anything in my lap."

Xiao Xiaoxiao didn't care. It was this guy's freedom to buy clothes or not. She was just a little worried that he would use her wheelchair as a shopping cart, so she immediately looked alert.

Han Zhou smiled without saying a word and pushed his wheelchair into the clothing store.

Xiao Xiaoxiao originally thought that Han Zhou was only talking about buying clothes for himself, but who knew that he actually asked the clerk to help her pick out two down jackets. No matter what she said, it was useless.

She really wanted to tell this guy not to spend money recklessly, but when she put on the soft down jacket, looking at herself in the mirror who was completely different from before, and Han Zhou who was bargaining with the clerk behind her as if he was facing a great enemy, she felt speechless and even wanted to laugh.

She had never worn anything that fitted her so well.

After leaving the clothing store, the only remaining dusk in the sky slipped away, and the world was occupied by the night. The evening breeze was cool and kept getting into people's collars like a gangster.

All kinds of lights were lit up in the city, and each one was more beautiful than the hospital sign.

Han Zhou was immersed in the joy of successfully bargaining and ignored Xiao Xiaoxiao's previous warning. He put all the bags of clothes on the girl's legs.

These clothes were not heavy enough to crush the opponent's legs, otherwise he would not dare to do so.

To his surprise, Xiao Xiaoxiao surprisingly did not complain. Instead, she gathered all the clothes in her arms like a hen protecting her chicks.

It seemed that it was time to go home from school. Suddenly, there were more pedestrians on the street. Many of them were children in school uniforms, jumping around with fried skewers bought on the street.

Han Zhou felt that being a primary school student was the most comfortable thing. He had little homework every day and no worries. Unlike high school students, not only did they have a lot of homework, but it also took nearly an hour at night for them to finish school.

"That's great." He said with envy.

Xiao Xiaoxiao was also staring at the laughing children in a daze, but unlike Han Zhou, her attention was more focused on the parents behind the children who had loving yet helpless smiles on their faces.

"Well, that's great."

She tightened her loose coat around herself - Han Zhou had just suggested that she change into her newly bought down jacket, but she felt that this coat was warmer, so she didn't change.

Seeing the girl staring at the children, Han Zhou smiled and said, "Why, do you want to try the fried skewers they have?"

"No."

Xiao Xiaoxiao shook his head, was silent for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Can I ask you a question?"

"You ask."

"Why are you so nice to me today?"

Han Zhou was stunned: "What do you mean I'm so nice to you today?"

Xiao Xiaoxiao lowered her head and looked at the piggy bank in her hand: "You skipped classes today to take me out to play, bought me clothes, and gave me delicious food... My parents did these things the day before they sold me."

After a pause, she continued, "I still don't know whether they did this to compensate me or to make me more valuable when I sell it."

A gust of night wind blew, and the old trees above my head rustled.

Han Zhou was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "Why, do you think I want to sell you out too?"

"No." Xiao Xiaoxiao shook her head. "I mean, if you don't want to care about me anymore, you don't have to make any compensation to me. I owe you this in the first place. I wish you would stop caring about me."

"Why do I feel like you are saying one thing and thinking another?" Han Zhou laughed.

"This is your illusion." Xiao Xiaoxiao pouted, "Send me back to the hospital, and don't come to see me again. I don't want to see you again."

Rather than waiting until the day when this guy can no longer tolerate the condemnation of his conscience and abandons you, it is better to help him make a choice first.

Han Zhou didn't say anything for a long time. He just fixed the wheelchair, squatted down and looked at her suspiciously.

"What are you doing!" She turned her head away guiltily.

"Are you worried that I will abandon you like your parents did?"

After a brief hesitation, Han Zhou pointed out her thoughts with a strange look on his face.

"No!" she denied it hastily.

"Really?"

"no!"

"Not the best."

Han Zhou seemed to be relieved. He stood up and sighed, "I don't know why, but you always give me the illusion of a cranky child."

"You are the child!" Xiao Xiaoxiao said angrily.

What this guy said clearly put an end to the possibility of her saying those words again!
Han Zhou didn't comment, as if he suddenly thought of something, and asked, "By the way, are you really in such a hurry to be discharged from the hospital?"

Xiao Xiaoxiao was stunned: "Yes, what's wrong?"

"Let's go then."

Han Zhou sighed, "Go and complete the discharge procedures, and then go home."

(End of this chapter)