Li Xian looked past the Head Nurse's shoulder and saw his roommate turn his head, forcing two words through his lips:
His voice was as quiet as ever. Neither the orderly nor the Head Nurse, both entirely focused on Li Xian, even noticed it. Li Xian only deciphered what he said by reading his lips:
"It's me..."
Only then did Li Xian understand why his roommate had hidden the candy jar-
He had meant to take the blame for him at a moment like this.
Seeing that no one had heard him, 303B trembled slightly and opened his mouth to repeat "It's me." Li Xian quickly spoke before he could:
"The candy is mine."
"But I didn't steal it."
The Head Nurse clearly did not believe Li Xian's explanation and pressed him:
"This kind of candy is only available in the Patient Room. If you didn't steal it, where did you get it?"
"Let me warn you now-lying will make your punishment worse."
Faced with the Head Nurse's threat, Li Xian answered without wavering:
"Doctor Ji gave it to me."
No sooner had he spoken than the door opened again, and Doctor Ji once more "happened" to appear before them.
Finding everyone looking at him, Ji Xie smiled and asked, "What happened?"
The Head Nurse handed Ji Xie the candy jar and asked, "Do you know where this came from?"
Rather than directly asking whether he had given Li Xian the candy, she chose to phrase her question vaguely.
Ji Xie took the candy jar, glanced around, then stood beside Li Xian. "I gave it to him. What's wrong?"
Ji Xie's shamelessly matter-of-fact tone nearly left the Head Nurse choking.
Ji Xie continued, "It's just a few little things that don't matter anyway. He didn't ask me for them, and