Chapter 99: Ma'am, You're Putting Me in a Difficult Position!
"Dad, don't move yet. Let the doctors examine you first," Yukinoshita Yukino told her father in as gentle a tone as she could manage.
"I know." Mr. Yukinoshita's voice trembled, and his forehead was covered in sweat. He was clearly enduring considerable pain.
Several medical personnel crouched beside Mr. Yukinoshita, checking his condition. Every now and then, a light touch to his body made him suck in a sharp breath.
Before long, one of the medical personnel stood up and addressed Mrs. Yukinoshita beside him.
"Ma'am, our preliminary assessment is that he has fractured ribs. His condition isn't too serious at present, but we need to take him to the hospital for treatment first."
"Just fractures? Thank goodness." Hearing that her father had only suffered fractures after falling from the second floor, Yukinoshita Yukino immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Yukino knew very well that if her rash actions had caused her father any irreversible harm, she would never have been able to forgive herself.
Although the fractures were already a serious consequence, not to mention... Yukinoshita Yukino stole a glance at her father, then hurriedly looked away.
What Yukino did not know, however, was that Mr. Yukinoshita was rather sensitive at the moment and had noticed her gaze immediately.
"Yukino, nothing actually happened just now." Mr. Yukinoshita did his best to defend himself.
"I understand, Dad. Nothing happened just now." Yukinoshita Yukino comforted him calmly and rationally.
Yukinoshita Yukino did not like lying, because lies always meant deception and represented something bad.
But now, she suddenly felt that lies were not necessarily born entirely of malice. There were also well-intentioned lies in this world.
As for whether nothing had really happened, the truth had already dawned on Yukino when