“Okay.” The housekeeper immediately and skillfully found the first aid kit, and while Tao Yu was opening it, he asked worriedly, “Dr. Tao, do you need my help?”
Tao Yu was about to say she needed help when Yue Linze spoke first: “Get out.”
“Dr. Tao is an excellent doctor, I believe she doesn’t need my help, so I’ll take my leave.” The housekeeper decisively left, even thoughtfully closing the door on his way out.
Tao Yu’s mouth twitched, and she looked up to meet Yue Linze’s ink-black eyes.
Suddenly feeling a bit guilty. She coughed lightly and pointed towards the door, asking: “Does this ‘get out’ include me too?”
Yue Linze stared at her motionlessly, like a lifeless, beautiful sculpture.
Tao Yu awkwardly closed the first aid kit and stood up: “Okay, I’ll leave now.”
As soon as she took two steps, she heard the person behind her say: “Come back.”
Tao Yu laughed, turning back and squatting down next to Yue Linze’s leg: “Mr. Yue, can you help me? I might have some difficulty on my own.”
“Serves you right.” At this moment with no one else around, Yue Linze’s face finally darkened.
Tao Yu wanted to kill this brat, but based on her professional ethics, she wouldn’t harm a patient. Definitely not because she couldn’t beat him.
Yue Linze clearly had no intention of helping, so Tao Yu lowered her head and found what she needed in the first aid kit, glanced at the floor full of glass shards, and decided to handle it somewhere cleaner.
She picked up alcohol, tweezers, cotton balls, and gauze and was about to stand up. But after squatting for a long time, and having skipped two meals, she suddenly stood up and went dizzy, her head spinning. When she struggled out of her low blood sugar state, she found herself sitting on Yue Linze’s lap.
“…Mr. Yue, I feel I should explain myself,” Tao Yu said with difficulty, holding her items. She tried to move but couldn’t stand up, instead looking like she was making some ambiguous, flirtatious move.
She gradually began to despair, all her heroic rescue and selfless acts ruined by this one sit, her ear pointlessly stabbed.
Yue Linze expressionlessly took the items from her hand. Tao Yu hesitated: “Mr. Yue…” He wouldn’t refuse to let her bandage herself out of resentment, would he?
“Shut up,” Yue Linze said impatiently.
Tao Yu immediately closed her mouth, and when strength returned to her feet and she was about to leave, she suddenly felt a coolness on her ear and turned in surprise, facing Yue Linze’s hand holding the gauze.
“No glass shards,” Yue Linze said coldly.
Tao Yu laughed awkwardly and no longer rushed to get up. She watched Yue Linze throw the blood-stained gauze in the trash, gather all the cotton balls, and pour alcohol on them like it cost nothing, forming a massive alcohol cotton ball.
…A bad feeling arose. Tao Yu tensed her body, secretly sliding her right foot outward while calmly reminding: “Mr. Yue, cotton balls should be used with tweezers. Holding them directly can introduce bacteria, and I probably don’t need such a large cotton ball.”
“Don’t move,” Yue Linze said expressionlessly.
Ha, how could she not move? As soon as Tao Yu’s foot touched the ground, she tried to get up, but Yue Linze discovered her plan first, restraining her waist with one hand and covering her ear with the cotton ball.
“Eek…” The wound was suddenly covered with alcohol, and Tao Yu involuntarily let out a sound before falling silent. When the stinging pain from the alcohol gradually subsided, she slightly relaxed her body and weakly protested, “This wound was from saving you. Can’t Mr. Yue be gentler?”
“Not necessary,” Yue Linze efficiently cleaned the blood from her ear and then unsympathetically pushed her away. “Put on the band-aid yourself.”
Tao Yu landed smoothly on the ground, momentarily speechless, unsure if he meant he didn’t need her rescue or didn’t need to be gentle.
She looked at Yue Linze’s stern face and sighed after a while: “I’m not trying to be a hero, but that cup was about to hit your face. If I blocked it, I wouldn’t be seriously hurt. If I let you get hit, Mr. Yue might be disfigured. I was just worried.”
Yue Linze listened to her calmly, his expression unchanged: “What’s that got to do with you?”
…A great question, you little brat. She smiled, took a band-aid, went to the bathroom to apply it in the mirror, and returned to see Yue Linze still in the same position she left him.
Tao Yu hesitated to approach, about to say something when her stomach growled. Yue Linze frowned and looked at her. Tao Yu laughed awkwardly: “I’m a bit hungry.”
10 minutes later, the glass shards were cleaned up, and they sat facing each other with a rich breakfast on the table between them.
Tao Yu hadn’t eaten since last night, and although she maintained her elegance, her movements were swift and neat as she quickly and cleanly finished her meal, then smiled at Yue Linze.
“Mr. Yue, your coffee is getting cold,” she reminded.
Yue Linze glanced at her, took a couple sips of coffee, and showed no intention of eating anything else. Tao Yu appropriately showed a bit of concern: “Won’t you eat something? Your stomach won’t feel good otherwise.
I’m not hungry.” Yue Linze said with annoyance. Since the car accident, he had lost interest in many things, including eating. If not to maintain basic physical strength, he wouldn’t even want to drink a sip of coffee.
Tao Yu sighed, her gaze falling on his plate, which was untouched – the toast, sausage, eggs, and vegetables looked fresh and appetizing.
“Since Mr. Yue is not hungry, there’s nothing I can do. Just eat when you’re hungry,” she silently reached toward the plate, “but these things will be wasted. Although I’m not hungry, I can…”
“Stop.” Yue Linze said coldly.
The plate that had risen three centimeters returned to the table, and Tao Yu innocently withdrew her hand: “I just wanted to help you…”
Before she could finish, she saw Yue Linze expressionlessly pick up his knife and fork, slowly beginning to eat.
Tao Yu: “…” How annoying, she wanted to punch him.
Although watching an elegant beauty eat was enjoyable, the premise was that one was already full. Tao Yu’s stomach was only half full, and every cell was screaming “I’m hungry!” Yue Linze’s slow-motion eating was a mental and visual torture.
“Mr. Yue, wouldn’t you eat a bit faster?” It was like being forced to eat with an eating disorder. Heaven knows how much she wanted to help him.
Yue Linze glanced at her: “No.”
Tao Yu: “…” Fine.
Yue Linze ate slowly, not stopping even when his stomach began to feel full. After finishing the main course, he slowly put the decorative cherry tomatoes into his mouth under Tao Yu’s desperate gaze. He didn’t like eating, but he enjoyed tormenting people. Comparing the two, he felt the pleasure of tormenting someone would outweigh the annoyance of eating.
Tao Yu: “…” She had just eaten, and they were deliciously sweet and sour.
Miss Tao, this dress suits you very well.” The butler broke the silence with satisfaction. Initially, he had planned to choose clothes according to her usual style, but for some reason, the image of her lively self when alone kept appearing in his mind, so he took the liberty of selecting this dress.
Now, looking at her, he was not disappointed. He rarely saw a girl who could combine cuteness and elegance so perfectly, but Dr. Tao had done it.
Tao Yu heard this and breathed a sigh of relief, smiling as she walked towards Yue Linze and asked, “Mr. Yue, how do I look today?”
“Ugly.” Yue Linze glanced at her, then returned his gaze to his book.
… She just had to run her mouth. Tao Yu was momentarily speechless and was about to change the subject when she saw several people in white coats rushing into the mansion. She exclaimed, “Oh, by the way, Mr. Gu just got injured. Does Mr. Yue know?”
