Chapter 76: I want to walk beside you

Chapter 76: I want to walk beside you

Chapter 76: I want to walk beside you

In a typical diner, a sharp-looking policewoman in uniform was sitting across from a mature beauty dressed in business attire. Their unusual pairing caught the eyes of passersby, who couldn’t help but give them a second glance.

“I can’t bring myself to go to the hospital anymore,” Scarlett sighed softly, her hand on her forehead, her expression troubled.

“Oh? Is it because of your ‘well-endowed’ nephew?” Jessica chuckled, her tone teasing.

“Stop giving my nephew weird nicknames!” Scarlett looked helpless. “I feel like he’s always staring at my backside. It’s a strange look.”

“Isn’t that pretty normal?” Jessica glanced at Scarlett’s form-fitting skirt. “He’s probably just thinking about... you know, from behind. After all, he’s at that age where he’s curious about everything.”

“No, it’s not like that,” Scarlett, now immune to her friend’s crude jokes, shook her head. “It’s hard to explain the feeling.”

“Thinking about it won’t help,” Jessica shifted her gaze away. “The real question is how you feel about him. Besides, you agreed to date him but still treat him like a child. Isn’t that weird?”Th.ê most uptod/ate novels a/re published on n(0)velbj)n(.)c/o/m

“But... he is a child,” Scarlett covered her forehead again.

“Try seeing him as your boyfriend. Even if you really can’t accept it, you should at least make it clear to him,” Jessica suggested, resting her chin on her hand and licking her lips playfully.

“If you turn him down, you won’t mind if I go after him, right? He’s totally my type.”

“You!” Scarlett, visibly upset, looked up to see her friend wasn’t joking, reacting like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. “Is that really liking him, or are you just lusting after him?”

In the hospital room.

Ethan was planning to complete a mission, similar to the ones Ryan had, which were never easy.

He thought about wandering outside the rooms of those close to death to complete tasks.

But such opportunities were rare and hard to come by. Without knowing each other, it was difficult to gain trust, let alone fulfill someone’s last wishes.

He decided to focus on his aunt first.

But getting close to her, in that way, was easier said than done.

He hadn’t come up with a plan yet when Ryan came to visit that afternoon.

“Ethan, thanks for looking after me these past few days,” Ryan said, his eyes smiling, looking much healthier than before.

“What do you mean by that?” Ethan asked, puzzled.

“I’m planning to go to the US for surgery,” Ryan explained with a sincere smile. “It’s a relatively new medical technique with only a 30% success rate. I’ve always opted for conservative treatment because I couldn’t leave my mom.”

“And?” Ethan opened his mouth to speak but the words stuck in his throat.

His attributes were now average, with strength at four points.

The average attributes for a healthy adult male were six points, and for a female, five points.

His current attributes were comparable to a fourteen-year-old girl in the midst of growth, average in stamina, but capable of taking care of himself given his disproportionate physique.

Scarlett stared in disbelief as he stood up like any healthy person.

She closed her eyes, rubbed her nose, then pinched her thigh hard enough to feel a sharp pain.

“What?! How are you standing up?”

“Oh, I’ve been doing a lot of rehab exercises,” Ethan smiled at her. “I promised you, Auntie, that I’d stand up again.”

“Wait.” Scarlett covered her forehead with one hand, trying to organize her jumbled thoughts.

“I can stand, but walking is still a bit of a struggle,” Ethan admitted, taking a few shaky steps.

Scarlett breathed a sigh of relief. “You really don’t have to push yourself.”

“It’s okay.” Ethan shook his head. “I want to walk beside you.”

“...” Scarlett was silent for a long moment before nodding.

Although it was strange, people tend to believe what they want to believe.

She chose to believe it was some kind of medical miracle.

They took turns changing clothes.

Scarlett slipped out of her uniform and into a light, short-sleeved knit top that covered her ample chest, a pleated skirt, and tied a wide black belt around her waist, accentuating her hourglass figure.

Ethan opted for a simple T-shirt and sweatpants.

Instead of making him squeeze into a bus, Scarlett hailed a taxi and took him to the fireworks festival.

“Wow, so many people!” Scarlett shaded her eyes with her hand as she looked at the dense crowd ahead, quickly reaching out to grab Ethan’s hand tightly.

“Be careful, don’t get lost.”

“Hmm.” Ethan chuckled, admiring Scarlett’s graceful figure and her natural reactions.

Subconsciously, she still treated him like a little brother.