Chen Shouyi, who had been looking smug just moments ago, awkwardly shut his mouth.
My front tooth hadn't bothered anyone or done anything wrong. I brushed morning and night and rinsed after meals. How it had fallen out, I wanted to know that myself!
Unfortunately, Chen Xingyue had no intention of letting him off so easily. Suppressing a laugh, she feigned concern and asked, "Big brother, did someone hit you?"
His mouth twitched at her words, and his chest felt a little tight. "Will you quit pestering me? Just eat your breakfast!"
He forced down a few bites, then couldn't eat another. Getting to his feet, he said, "I'm done."
He walked out the front door, wheeled his bicycle out of the garage, and prepared to go to the hospital to have his fallen tooth implanted again.
This kind of minor procedure would take only half an hour. With his healing ability on top of that, once the surgery was over, his teeth would look exactly as they had before.
Chen Xingyue chased him to the doorway. Looking at her brother's disgruntled face, she called loudly after him, "Big brother, you still haven't told me how you lost your front tooth!"
Chen Shouyi's face darkened. Ignoring his gleeful little sister, he pushed off and rode his bicycle swiftly toward the hospital.
A few minutes later, he parked his bicycle in the hospital bike shed, registered at the service desk, then asked a nurse and learned he'd arrived too early. The dentist wouldn't be in until eight, and it was only half past six.
But all he could do was wait patiently.
The minutes ticked by, and at last the dentist came in.
"What's the problem? A cavity?" asked a female doctor who looked to be around thirty.
Chen Shouyi immediately