Reborn as a woman in a superpowered society: My father remarried and gained an older sister.

"You're fine the way you are."

Gu Qing thought for a moment and then answered.

……

(This book is set in a fictional world; all events are fictional and should not be applied to reality!)

36. Gu Qing, who was injured one after another

Even until school was over, Su Xiyue had an uncontrollable smile on her face.

Gu Qing assumed that Su Xiyue was in a good mood.

I took the bus home as usual, but today was different.

Due to municipal road construction, the streets that were originally passable have been blocked off by corrugated iron walls.

The bus had to take a long detour to get back to its original route.

However, this long detour was interrupted by traffic jams, which doubled the original 20-minute drive time.

Gu Qing, who was sitting in the back of the bus, felt dizzy from the smell of car exhaust fumes, especially since the old-fashioned bus didn't have air conditioning.

Upon arriving at the next stop, Gu Qing, who had reached her limit, quickly got off the bus.

"Are you OK?"

Su Xiyue looked at Gu Qing, who was squatting by the roadside, with a worried expression.

The latter appeared to be gagging.

Full of anxiety, Su Xiyue immediately took out the unfinished bottle of mineral water from her schoolbag.

"Have some water first!"

Su Xiyue unscrewed the bottle cap and handed over her water.

At this moment, Gu Qing, whose face was pale, took the water and drank a few mouthfuls, which relieved the discomfort in her stomach slightly.

Gu Qing's motion sickness was actually not severe.

But the hot weather today, combined with car exhaust, made him feel unwell.

After drinking several sips of water and taking a few deep breaths of fresh air, Gu Qing finally returned to normal.

"It's all alright now, I'm sorry to have worried you."

Gu Qing smiled at Su Xiyue to express his gratitude.

Su Xiyue still looked concerned.

The girl could clearly see that Gu Qing's face was somewhat pale, and even though he had just drunk water, his lips were still dry.

Even her smile gives the impression of a frail beauty forcing herself to look strong.

"Let's rest for a while first, then take a taxi home," Su Xiyue suggested.

"Need not."

Gu Qing shook his head and threw the empty mineral water bottle into the roadside trash can.

"It's not far now, let's walk back slowly."

"Listen to you."

Su Xiyue nodded, slowing her pace as she walked to Gu Qing's left, while occasionally keeping an eye on Gu Qing's condition.

It wasn't until she had walked down a street and a downhill slope with steps came into view that Su Xiyue suddenly remembered.

It seems that Gu Qing just drank the water that she had drunk from.

This indirect nature... rounded up, wouldn't that be her second kiss with Gu Qing?

As Su Xiyue was lost in thought, she was completely unaware of the sudden change in terrain beneath her feet.

The next moment, Su Xiyue, who was raising her leg normally, suddenly felt something was wrong.

The instinct arising from the crisis made her want to retract the actions she had already taken.

It was this subconscious behavior that caused the body, which was already supported by one leg, to lose its balance instantly.

"careful!"

Seeing that something was wrong, Gu Qing hurriedly spoke up and tried to reach out to support Su Xiyue.

Losing her balance, Su Xiyue saw Gu Qing at that moment and clung to him desperately as if he were her lifeline.

The girl's panicked expression was still frozen on her face.

But the next second, she became even more panicked and desperate.

Gu Qing, who was instinctively entangled by her in her panic, seemed to be frightened by her actions, or perhaps she had just been carsick and had not yet recovered.

In short, Su Xiyue's entire body weight suddenly pressed down on Gu Qing.

Completely unprepared for this situation, Gu Qing felt a sudden, immense force surge towards him.

"Pfft!"

Under the pressure of Su Xiyue's weight, Gu Qing also lost his balance. Gravity began to take effect, and the two of them fell down together.

Luckily enough.

Although the downhill steps were steep, the two had already traversed most of them.

The remaining levels are only three.

Unfortunately.

The two of them tumbled down the three steps, entangled together.

The sharp edges of the concrete steps bumped against my body, and my thin summer school uniform offered no effective protection.

In that instant, Gu Qing finally understood why, when rescuing someone who has fallen into the water, one must always attempt to rescue them from behind.

After feeling dizzy for a few seconds, Gu Qing felt the strange sensation in her body and opened her eyes again.

There was no dramatic scene of them falling down and then kissing.

There was no ridiculous hand placed in an inappropriate place.

I accidentally tripped and fell down three steps, that's all.

—If only that were true!

As Su Xiyue's mind returned to normal from the panic, she felt the softness beneath her.

Although there wasn't much skin-to-skin contact, the strange sensation from the friction was so intense that it made one want to indulge in it.

"Well……"

It wasn't until she heard Gu Qing's voice that Su Xiyue immediately reacted, quickly propping herself up and climbing off Gu Qing.

"Gu Qing, are you alright?"

Su Xiyue looked at Gu Qing and noticed a row of fine beads of sweat on his smooth forehead.

She bit her pale lower lip tightly with her pearly teeth, and her two delicate eyebrows furrowed together.

"It's not a big problem."

Gu Qing's voice was different from usual; it was somewhat low and hoarse.

He could feel a series of sharp pains coming from his right ankle.

If he's not mistaken, it's probably a sprain.

Su Xiyue wasn't stupid; she could naturally see that something was wrong with Gu Qing's expression.

She quickly searched Gu Qing's body with her eyes, and breathed a slight sigh of relief after confirming that she had not found any obvious bumps or bruises.

"Can you stand up?"

Su Xiyue asked cautiously.

Seeing the look of forbearance on Gu Qing's beautiful face, Su Xiyue felt endless regret.

She was the one who wasn't watching where she was going, but now it's Gu Qing who's injured.

But now is not the time to dwell on these issues.

Su Xiyue tried her best to suppress her feelings of guilt and search for the root of the problem.

"Don't worry, it's probably just a slight twist. Let me rest for a bit."

Gu Qing was sweating profusely, but gradually calmed down.

For sprains like this, as long as they don't break any bones or tendons, they'll just swell up for a day or two.

Having lived for decades, Gu Qing wouldn't lose his composure over such a minor injury.

Perhaps it was Gu Qing's calm response that had an effect, as Su Xiyue also began to think more calmly.