The table was covered with all kinds of food, so much that it overflowed onto the three stools beside it.
Having gone hungry for thirty-five days, Xie Mi wolfed it down, wishing she could sweep every last bite off the table.
"Delicious! This one's delicious too! This is pretty good too. So good, so good!"
Liu Woxing sat beside her, watching her feast, and couldn't help lowering her head with a soft laugh.
"Pfft-"
Xie Mi looked up, slurping a mouthful of noodles. "What?"
Liu Woxing shook her head with a smile. "It's just been so long since I've seen you this full of life, Teacher Xie. It makes me happy."
Her eyes were half lowered. Though she was smiling, a faint trace of loneliness slipped into her voice as she spoke.
"That day..."
When the accident happened that day, she actually hadn't been standing far from Xie Mi.
Over those thirty-five days and nights, she had often thought: if only she had reacted a little faster, if only she hadn't been afraid of that vehicle suddenly charging out, if only she could have rushed forward...
"Liu Woxing."
Xie Mi suddenly took her hand and looked at her with sparkling eyes. "Tell me what happened this past month."
Liu Woxing paused briefly and raised her eyes, meeting Xie Mi's sincere, lively gaze.
She couldn't help smiling.
"All right."
From Liu Woxing, Xie Mi learned roughly what had happened over the past month.
After she was taken to the hospital following the car accident, everyone had fallen into chaos. The show went off the air, and her hospital room had been packed with people every day for those first few days.
Only after the doctor said all that noise was bad for her recovery did they agree to take turns visiting