Chapter 134：I Can't Promise You That

"Babe.. I'm fine. I just trapped in the subway, that's all."

Takeshi doesn't get any reply for about five minutes. "Babe.. are you crying ?" Xiao Ping is crying. She tries not to make a sound but her shoulder is shaking hard.

"Don't do it again !" Xiao Ping types with one hand while her other hand is wiping her tears and snot.

"Do what ?" Takeshi still clueless. He lies his tired body on the couch. He squints as some parts of his body in pain while he does it.

"Yes!! I was about to give you lesson of how bad it felt. But..it turned out that you had earthquake and you worried me like hell!" Xiao Ping types emotionally. Tears is streaming down her cheeks again.

"Babe, I'm sorry. Don't cry.." Takeshi waits for another five minutes. Hiroshi comes out of the bathroom. He gestures to order Takeshi to take a shower. Takeshi shakes his head slightly to refuse.

"Just promise me not to do it again," Xiao Ping asks. Takeshi sighs. "I can't promise you that. You see.. It is better for you to have me go offline to subside my emotion. You don't want to face my bad temper," Takeshi answers as he refuses her request.

"It would still better than to be left alone," Xiao Ping insists. "I always go online after, right ? It's not like I go offline forever. Believe me, it's better this way." Takeshi tries to give her understanding. Another silence moment comes between them.

"My ribs hurt so bad when I move," Takeshi types, letting another squints when he straights up his body. "Are you hurt ? Do you have fracture? Have you gone to hospital?" Xiao Ping asks in worry. Takeshi smiles to see he successfully distracts her anger.

"I'm going to check it up tomorrow," Takeshi tells her his plan. "Why not now ?" Xiao Ping urges. "It is still a chaos. Hospitals must be super busy. Beside, to make sure my love knows I was fine is my priority," Takeshi explains with a little coax.

"I still prefer to resolve our arguments with communicate them rather than suddenly go off," Xiao Ping still insists her thought. Sometimes Takeshi forgets how stubborn his girl is.

"Okay.. how about this.. when we argue I will try my best to communicate it. But when I feel like I'm about to blow, I will say Time Out. Please understand that it is my limit. I need to cool down my self before we can talk again," Takeshi offers her a win win solution.

"Okay.." Xiao Ping finally agrees. "But you have to go to the hospital tomorrow," Xiao Ping utters her condition. Takeshi chuckles. "I will," he says gently.

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Yu Jin stares at the black background monitor in front of him. Upon the background there is dozens of small green lines of code. From the outside he looks busy with his work, but his mind actually can not focus at all. For almost two hours all he's done is staring blankly to the monitor. His eyes glances to the right bottom corner to check for notification for every five minutes. Yet, there is no notification appears. Yu Jin exhales long and deep, deliberately lets his smile to camouflage his disappointment.

"Yu Jin"

"Yes, Ma'am!" Yu Jin immediately stands up and raises his hand to salute his supervisor.

"Aren't you going home ?" His supervisor asks after replied his salute.

"In a minute, Ma'am" Yu Jin answers. His supervisor is clicking her tongue. "It's just two of us alone. You don't need to be so formal," she utters her reluctance. "But.. we're in the office, Ma'am.. I mean.. A Mei," Yu Jin immediately changes his calling when his supervisor glares at him. Turns out his supervisor is his elementary classmate, Wang Xian Mei. While they keep their formality at work, Wang Xian Mei insists to let it loose when they are out of office.

"Have you eaten ?" A Mei asks. Yu Jin shakes his head. "Would you accompany me to have dinner ?" A Mei bluntly asks him. Yu Jin actually doesn't want to, but she is still his supervisor. "Okay," he agrees, eventually. A spark of joy immediately raises into A Mei's eyes. "Let's go!" A Mei slips her hand in his arm and pulls him. Yu Jin awkwardly follows her. Not long after he is gone, a message pops up on his monitor, "It's okay. How are you ?"

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"Konnichiwa (Good day)," Xiao Ping greets once she saw Takeshi is online. "Konnichiwa," Takeshi replies. "Have you gone to hospital ?" Xiao Ping asks immediately. "Nope," Takeshi answers short. "Why ? You promised me," Xiao Ping types with a sulky expression. "Don't be mad," Takeshi tries to coax. Xiao Ping doesn't reply. "A doctor came to my apartment this morning," Takeshi explains. "Could he do X-ray at home ?" Xiao Ping asks again. Takeshi chuckles. "He didn't have to do it. It is only bruise," Takeshi gives her a reasoning. "How could he be so sure ?" Xiao Ping pursues.

"Babe.. he's a doctor. He knows better than us," Takeshi types. "I still prefer you go to hospital. You can't be careless," Xiao Ping insists. "Baaabee.. I'm fine, okay ?" Takeshi sighs. Xiao Ping doesn't reply anything. "I'm afraid it may be used as a bad publication," He then utters the real reason. Xiao Ping is still in silent. "Don't sulk, please.."

"I'm not. I'm just worry about you," Xiao Ping types. "I'm okay, Babe. The doctor gave me medicine. I drank it. Now it is less hurt drastically than last night," Takeshi types then rubs his waist. He's not lying. There is a big blueish reddish mark on his waist, but the pain is much less than last night. Two minutes later there is still no reply from Xiao Ping. "Babe.."

"Yes," Xiao Ping answers. "What are you doing ?" Takeshi asks. "Hmm.. nothing. Just replying Yu Jin's message," Xiao Ping answers with honest. To hear that, Takeshi heart becomes unease.