"Huh?.." she said shyly.
"There's a dryer at home. When the time comes, we can wash the clothes while we're at it, and they'll dry very quickly."
Little He Qing slowly nodded. Her attention was on the second half of that sentence. Lin Zhengran turned to leave, and she wanted to follow, but before she had even taken a step, her expression suddenly twisted in pain. She cried out and nearly fell, but luckily she reached out and grabbed the bench beside her.
Lin Zhengran looked back. "What's wrong?"
Little He Qing lowered her head and looked at her ankle. "It suddenly hurts so much. I don't know what happened either."
Lin Zhengran had her sit down so he could check. He crouched and pulled her sock down a little. Little He Qing looked at him shyly.
In the end, he discovered that the spot she had injured last time had actually become red and swollen again. Lin Zhengran looked up and asked what was going on. "How did you sprain your ankle again today? And in the same place."
Little He Qing didn't know what was going on either. It clearly hadn't hurt before.
She stammered, "I-I don't know. Maybe I twisted it when I fell while saving Puppy just now?? But it really didn't hurt just now."
Seeing Lin Zhengran's expression darken, she quickly apologized. "I-I'm sorry... Don't be mad. I'm already kind of dumb, okay? If you want, you can scold me a little too."
Someone remembered how, when she was little, she had scolded herself for having no brain.
He crouched with his back to Little He Qing. "I'll carry you. I'll take you home and put medicine on it."
Little He Qing was flattered and alarmed. Seeing his clean clothes, she quickly waved her little