Once Fang Fang's IV was hooked up, Sun Jiahui looked around to make sure no one was nearby before lowering her voice.
"Xiao Fang, are you all right? Your face didn't look like you were pretending just now."
"I'm fine, Maternal Cousin-Aunt!" Fang Fang said. "The family's been in an uproar for days over my oldest younger brother. I haven't been able to get any proper rest! I already have low blood sugar, and I haven't been eating properly these past few days either. It doesn't take much to set it off!"
As she spoke, she held out the finger she had bound so tightly that it had turned bluish.
"I just wrapped thread around my finger and dampened my hair with tea to make it look worse."
"But Xiao Fang, Gu Zheng didn't come along. Did we mess this up?"
Fang Fang shook her head and smiled.
"I just wanted to catch his attention in a different way. A man like him probably wouldn't give me a second glance on an ordinary blind date. At least this way, he'll remember me!"
"Maternal Cousin-Aunt, go on home! I can go home by myself once the IV's finished!"
"How could I do that? It's late already! It isn't safe for you to go home alone!"
"It's fine! The doctor said I could stay here until tomorrow morning. I'll go home then! Don't you still have to make breakfast for my cousin?"
Sun Jiahui thought it over. "All right, then! I'll head home first. Make sure you wait until tomorrow morning to leave. Don't go wandering around tonight!"
Fang Fang nodded in agreement.
After Sun Jiahui left, Fang Fang lay in the hospital bed, staring at the IV bottle above her for a long time.
When a little over half the fluid