The pan-fried buns were filled with veggies, but the taste was really quite good, the bottom was fried until it was crispy, the skin was thin and there were a lot of fillings.
The filling was made with leeks, vermicelli and eggs. Shrimp skin was added too, giving it a fragrant flavour of leeks and the freshness of shrimp skin.
Jasmine opened the lid of the congee and brought it to him, “You’ll choke if you eat this, right? Eat it with the congee.”
Boyce looked at her and asked, “You have given everything for me to eat, what about you?”
Jasmine smiled and said, “I’m not hungry yet, if I am, I’ll go buy some, I’m not an injured person, I can walk around anytime.”
Boyce did not take it, “I don’t like congee, you eat it.”
Jasmine put the congee down, “I’ll pour you a glass of water…”
“You don’t need to take care of me, eat the congee first.” Boyce interrupted her.
She suddenly realised that she was too enthusiastic and made him uncomfortable. She quickly withdrew her hands, held the congee and took a sip of it.
Boyce handed her the pan-fried bun, “You eat it.” Later, he explained, “I don’t have an appetite.”
“But how can you not eat?” Jasmine did not understand his intention and said, “You have to eat even if you don’t have an appetite.”
She took a pan-fried bun and handed it to his mouth. Boyce froze for a moment. Soon, Jasmine realized that her action was a bit inappropriate. When she was about to withdraw her hand, Boyce took it. In that process, he touched Jasmine’s hand accidentally. They withdrew their hands almost at the same time.
It was as if they had gotten an electric shock.
Keith could see that they seemed to know each other very well.
Moreover, Jasmine was very nice to him, so he took the initiative to say, “Jasmine, you must not have had a good night’s rest in the hospital, you shall go back to sleep after eating, I will stay here.”
“I don’t need someone to look after me.” Before Jasmine could say anything, Boyce spoke first. He swallowed the pan-fried bun that Jasmine handed over to him and lifted the blanket to get out of bed. Jasmine put down the congee and said, “You can’t get out of bed, the doctor said that you need to be observed for 48 hours.”
“It’s okay, I know my own body well.” Boyce insisted. He poured himself a glass of water and drank it.
“Do you want to leave? Let me call a taxi for you,” Keith said.
Boyce lifted his head and looked at Keith, who seemed to chase him away.
‘Why does he want to chase me away?’
Boyce looked at Jasmine.
‘Is it because of her?’
‘Is she in love?’
However, she said that she liked him, had she changed her mind so quickly?
He could not help but felt depressed.
“I can’t leave yet.” Boyce looked at Keith and said, “Her mother had entrusted me to take care of her. I have to know if she is living well now before I can leave without worrying.”
Keith was confused in an instant. ‘What kind of relationship does he have with Jasmine? He has even met Jasmine’s mother?’ He thought to himself.
Since he had known Jasmine, Jasmine had never talked about her situation. She simply said that she had no more relatives. She didn’t say anything about the reason why her relatives were gone. He knew nothing about the specific situation.
At the moment, it seemed that Boyce knew everything.
Although they knew each other well, Boyce was not the same age as Jasmine and him.
Perhaps he was overthinking things.
Moreover, since he had met Jasmine’s mother before, he definitely knew Jasmine’s family well.
That way, he could understand Jasmine’s past.
“You are Jasmine’s friend. It is understandable that you want to understand her current living situation. However, the doctor said that your health condition should be observed for 48 hours so you cannot leave now.”
“I am fine. I am familiar with my own body.” Boyce didn’t seek Jasmine’s advice and made his decision.
Jasmine took a look at Keith and then looked at Boyce, “What are the two of you doing?”
“He is your friend. There is nothing wrong with him wanting to see where you live…”
“It is true that he is my friend, but…” Jasmine clearly didn’t want Boyce to intervene in her life again.
She didn’t want that to happen again.
‘It is already embarrassing enough.’
‘If I didn’t write the letter to him and didn’t confess my feelings, I don’t mind it. How am I going to face him in this situation?’
“Can’t I go and see where you live?” Boyce stood up, “Bring me there. I will have a look at it.”
Jasmine stood there motionless. Keith touched her arm, “Let’s go.”
Jasmine was unwilling to do it and looked at Boyce, “You are not my relative, so you don’t have the right to interfere with the quality of my life. Don’t use what my mother entrusted to you as a reason. She is already dead. You don’t need to keep the promise. Since you are fine, you should go back now. There should be many people who are worried about you.”
After she had finished her sentence, she pulled Keith’s hand, “We should go.”
Keith looked at her hand that was pulling his hand and froze. He totally forgot to react to the situation and didn’t struggle to break free. He could feel his accelerated heartbeat.
Boyce stood on the same spot. It seemed that he didn’t expect her to reject his request.
Looking at their backs that disappeared at the door, Boyce forgot about his current situation and didn’t know what he should do at that moment.
After they had walked out of the door, Jasmine let go of Keith’s hand and quickly walked away from the ward. Keith lowered his head, glanced at his hand that had been clutched by Jasmine and held it tightly. He chased after her, “Jasmine.”
“Why do you dislike him so much?”
Jasmine stopped in her tracks, turned around and looked at him, “Who says that I dislike him?”
“Since you don’t dislike him, why did you leave him, who is still an injured patient, in the hospital unattended?” Keith questioned.
Jasmine was instantly at a loss for words, ‘What he said is true. Boyce is an injured patient now. How could I leave him here unattended?’
She turned around and walked back. Keith continued to follow her, “Jasmine, are you going back?”
Keith noticed that his actions were contradictory. On the one hand he wanted Boyce to stay so that he could pry into Jasmine’s past out of him, but on the other hand he didn’t want Jasmine to keep in contact with Boyce.
“Since he and I know each other, it will be inappropriate for me to leave him here alone. It is better to wait for him to get better. I will then send him home.” After she had thought it through, Jasmine walked even more quickly.
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.