144 Blushing

Jiang Xu's voice made Hui Yin return back to her senses.

They were in a public space! Being so close like this, it would be very easy for people to misunderstand them.

Blushing, Hui Yin rolled away from him and sat up. They had been friends for years, but Hui Yin had never felt uncomfortable with Jiang Xu until now.

"I'll go to the nearest convenience store and buy a pack of band-aids. Will you be okay waiting for me here?"

Hui Yin didn't look at him as she spoke, and there was an air of awkwardness between them that wasn't there before.

"Wifey, I'll go with you."

Jiang Xu didn't really mind his scraped knees anymore. As a matter of fact, he was even a bit happy about them. If he hadn't fallen, would that kind of springtime scenery happen with his Wifey? It was a blessing in disguise.

He stood up and winced a little at the pain. Hui Yin saw his reaction and said, "Just stay here, I'll be back soon."

"No." Jiang Xu raised his chin with a stubborn look. "I'll go with you."

The park was large and crowded, so he didn't want her to get lost. It was too dangerous for a girl to be alone out here.

There were plenty of convenience stores nearby, so Hui Yin easily got a small pack of band-aids and a bottle of iodine. Hui Yin's heart was big, but she was stingy with money. She made Jiang Xu pay for it, as it was his own fault that he got wounded.

The northwestern section of the park included a lake, flowerbeds, and wide grassy expanses. After buying what she needed, Hui Yin pulled out a checkered blanket and put down her basket of desserts. She made Jiang Xu sit down and carefully tended to his knees.

She was applying some iodine to a piece of cotton when a shadow fell over them. Hui Yin looked up and saw two boys who were wearing their middle school uniform hold out a notebook flipped open to a blank page towards her.

Their faces were flushed a deep red. One of them nudged his companion, and the boy stuttered, "B—Beautiful older sister, can we get an autograph?"

Hui Yin blinked in surprise. She didn't expect for anyone to recognize her. Because Sister Su had been managing her account, she only checked it once in a while and didn't trouble herself over it.

Hui Yin made Jiang Xu press the cotton on his wound and accepted the pen they handed her. As she was writing her signature, the other boy fidgeted with his phone before blurting out, "Can we take a picture with you too?"

"No!" Jiang Xu was the one who answered. He folded his arms across his chest. What if they do something illegal with her picture? He didn't want anyone to take advantage of his Wifey, especially since the internet could be so scary nowadays and it would be only too easy for anyone to download his Wifey's picture and share it online...

While Jiang Xu was deeply thinking about this, Hui Yin had already posed for the camera with the two boys. The shutter clicked, and they thanked her profusely before walking away.

The ignored Jiang Xu was left floundering like a fish out of water as he realized what had happened.

"Wifey, you shouldn't have!"

"I shouldn't have what?" Hui Yin raised an eyebrow as she returned tending to his wound. Because the abrasion wasn't that bad, it would probably scab over after a few weeks.

"You shouldn't have let them!"

"Shouldn't have left them what?"

She was deliberately playing her usual trick on Jiang Xu to make him speak more. Hui Yin knew a few quiet people, but none of them were as mute as Jiang Xu. Was he trying to make an investment with his saliva?

"Shouldn't," Jiang Xu swallowed, "Shouldn't let them take pictures!"

"Why shouldn't I? I'm an actress, I should be glad when a person becomes my fan."

The band aids Hui Yin had picked were cute, with little hearts all over it. She gazed at Jiang Xu's feminized knees with a satisfied expression.

"But what if they post it online?" Jiang Xu still felt nervous.

Hui Yin counted. Seven words. Hmph, still unacceptable.

She opened her basket and took out the desserts she baked the night before. "So what if they post it? So what if they don't? What's it got to do with you?"

Jiang Xu had a momentary impulse to grab her hand, but just as he reached for it, Hui Yin picked another plastic container of dessert from the basket. Jiang Xu pretended to scratch the back of his neck instead.

"But Wifey, your privacy..." He was blushing at his failure just now, so he avoided her eyes while talking.

"My agency has its own data protection policy, so you don't need to worry about that."

Hui Yin pointed at the spread of delicacies in front of him. "What do you want to eat first?"

He was still not looking at her. "Anything."

"Why aren't you looking at me?" Hui Yin found out that he was acting strange so she tilted her head to make him meet her eyes.

Embarrassed, Jiang Xu leaned to his left, to the point of pivoting his body completely.

"Jiang Xu!" Hui Yin was exasperated. What was wrong with him today? At her wit's end, she grasped his chin and made him face her.

Looking at the face in close proximity to his, the blush that he wanted to hide spread over his cheeks completely. Hui Yin wasn't a dense girl. When she realized the reason for his blush, as if she was being infected, her cheeks flushed a deep red too.