“Wait, I’ll go, you just stay here.” Keith pulled her.
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Jasmine did not want to bother him too much, but he was determined, so she said, “Thank you.”
Keith smiled at her gently, “You’re welcome.”
Soon, Boyce was sent into the ward. There were three other beds in the ward, all occupied by patients. There were also places for the companions to stay, changed clothes and boxed meals. They were put all over the place. The ward was not tidy. There was also a smell of disinfectant. Such a ward was already considered good here.
After all, the conditions were limited.
After the arrangements were made, Jasmine asked them to go back, “I’ll stay here alone, you all go back first, the students are still in school. We can’t leave them alone.”
“Let the headmaster go back, I’ll stay here with you,” Keith said.
Jasmine still felt bad, “You can go back. I can stay here alone. Furthermore, there was no place for you to rest.”
There was really no place here, he thought about it, “Then it’s okay, call me anytime if there is anything.”
Jasmine said, “Okay.”
Each bed was equipped with a chair, but there was no bed. Jasmine saw that the wound on Boyce’s head had been bandaged up but there was still dried blood on his neck that had not been cleaned up. She bought a basin and a towel. Then, she filled in some warm water in the basin and helped him to clean up his face and hands.
After that, she stayed in the ward and did not go out anymore.
She was not hungry at night. After she bought water, she continued to sit by his bedside to look after him.
In late midnight, she fell asleep by the side of the bed.
In the morning, the streets were quiet. The first rays of morning light broke through the clouds. It seemed to wake up the sleeping people. One by one, the streets were filled with people. The business of the breakfast hawkers became better.
Boyce slowly opened his eyes. All that came into his view was the unfamiliar environment.
He had just opened his eyes and was not used to the light. He closed them and opened them again. It took a few iterations before he was completely awake. He remembered that he fell into a river. Then, he was almost hit by a small wooden boat. After that, he was beaten. He could still feel the pain at the back of his head when he thought about it now.
He moved his body. He tried to sit up to see his surroundings. He remembered that the man who knocked him was worrying that he would blackmail him, that was why he hit him. However, how could he take him to the hospital? It did not make sense.
He found that he was pressed when he tried to move his legs. He lowered his head and looked over. It was a familiar face.
‘Jasmine?’
‘Why is she here?’
Perhaps it was because he saw her out of the blue, so his heart was beating fast.
Jasmine also woke up slowly. She saw someone looking at her. She rubbed her eyes and said in surprise, “You’re awake?”
Boyce looked at her for a long time before he said, “You … why are you here?”
“You fainted and were seen by my students, I brought you to the hospital, I shall be the one to ask you, why are you here?” Jasmine sat up and rubbed her arms which were numb as she pillowed them all night, “Does your head still hurt? Are you hungry?”
Boyce did not say anything. He just looked at her and gave an irrelevant answer, “Why did you quit school?”
Jasmine lowered her eyes, “I don’t want to study anymore.”
She used to work hard for her mother and to become a woman who could be a match for him, but then, her mother had passed away and after listening to Officer Miller’s words, she understood that she could not become someone who could help him no matter how hard she tried.
She did not know who else she could work for. She suddenly lost all motivation and direction in life.
After her bewilderment, she hoped that what she had learnt was not in vain, so she came to work as a teacher here. She did not charge any tuition fees. She had some savings that she saved before. While she was working as a teacher, she also worked part-time online, giving online lessons to middle and high school students to earn money, which she used to buy books and exercise books for her students, and partly to live on.
Although she was not very rich, she was good at calculating. She did not spend money indiscriminately. Furthermore, living expenses in the countryside were not that much. If she taught more classes, there would still be extra money.
“It’s a pity to give up on such a good university like that.” Boyce could not understand her thoughts.
Jasmine smiled, “You’re not my parent, just leave me alone, now what about you?”
After she left City B, she changed her phone card and even cut off all connections with the classmates she got along well with.
She thought that since she had decided to leave, she would leave anything.
She thought she would never see him again in her life.
“Your …”
“Jasmine.” Keith walked in while carrying breakfast.
Keith was 21 years old, a sophomore, tall and thin, wearing a very casual white T-shirt, with white skin and full of vitality.
Boyce wanted to ask Jasmine to borrow him mobile phone so that he could call Cormac to inform him, but he was interrupted by Keith and then he forgot about it.
Seeing Keith bring breakfast to Jasmine and also seeing that he smiled tenderly at Jasmine, countless question marks were raised in his heart.
‘Who is this man?’
“Why do you come over so early?” Jasmine did not expect him to come to the hospital so early, how early did he have to get up to come here so early from the village? Keith smiled, “Let me guess, you did not eat anything yesterday, am I right?”
Jasmine did not say anything.
“If you don’t say anything, then I have guessed correctly. Knowing that you will not eat properly, so I bring breakfast over early for you to eat.” Keith put the breakfast on the table. Seeing that Boyce had woken up, he said, “Hello.”
Boyce responded.
“I bought breakfast for you guys to eat, it won’t taste good when it gets cold later.” He opened the box of the breakfast he bought. There were congee and pan-fried buns. He handed the pan-fried buns to Jasmine, “This is delicious. When I was in high school in the county, I ate this every morning.”
Keith was a big sunny boy, clean and comfortable to look at, especially when he smiled, he was gentle and kind. Jasmine unconsciously raised the corner of her lips and said, “Thank you.”
Boyce looked at Jasmine’s smile at Keith and frowned.
“Don’t always say thank you to me.” Keith did not like her being detached from him.
‘The word thank you is as if she’s treating me like a stranger.’
Jasmine smiled lightly, “I won’t say anymore, have you eaten?”
“I ate when I bought it,” Keith replied.
Jasmine walked inside and handed the pan-fried bun to Boyce, “Keith said that this is delicious, try it.”
Originally, Boyce did not want to eat it and wanted her to eat it, but looking at Keith’s expression, he reached out and took one. He was not sure of what the intention of this action was, but he had done it.
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.