"How did I end up sitting on the floor?"
Xi Xinxin carefully moved her injured foot.
"One second, I was at the first step."
"The next, I was sitting by the last step."
"I was so confused."
Xi Xinxin looked up at the ceiling.
"But my foot didn't really feel like anything at the time."
"It didn't look like anything was wrong, either."
"I was worried I'd be late for school."
"So I didn't pay much attention to the fall."
"I just went to school as usual."
Xi Xinrui frowned.
"What happened after that?"
"...A classmate asked me why my ankle was so swollen..."
"That was when I realized I really was injured."
Xi Xinxin puffed out her cheeks.
"Brother, my foot was swollen like a pig's trotter."
She had no idea when it had swelled up. If someone hadn't asked her, she wouldn't have noticed at all.
"It looked so ugly."
"It wasn't ugly at all."
Xi Xinrui instinctively comforted his sister.
His sister was beautiful no matter what.
"Does it hurt?"
Xi Xinrui felt a little sorry for his sister.
"Have you put any medicine on it?"
"Have you been to the hospital?"
"Did you hurt any bones?"
"Can you—"
"Brother!"
The barrage of questions from her brother over the phone left Xi Xinxin a little dazed.
"Don't ask so many questions all at once."
The girl complained, but her face was beaming.
She knew her brother was worried about her.
She'd told him about it because she wanted to act a little spoiled with him.
Actually...
"My foot's fine."
Xi Xinxin smiled brightly.
She really was lucky.
If someone as energetic as her had hurt her foot and couldn't move around, she would have been miserable.
"Even though it's swollen like a