Damn it, I'm surrounded by childhood sweethearts-Chapter 369 - 268. How old can it be?_2

"It’s a small matter, you all are traveling from inland, right? Medical expenses aren’t cheap over here," the middle-aged driver nodded before starting the car.

"Yes, I’ve already informed my family," he replied with a slight nod, speaking in a tactful manner.

The car sped along the road and soon arrived at the hospital entrance. Before getting out, Xu Qingfan pulled out a few thousand yuan from his wallet and placed it in the recess next to the gear stick, "It’s been a hard trip for you, Master. We may trouble you again later tonight."

The middle-aged man was startled, clearly not expecting this young man to be so on the ball. He searched in the car seat for a moment and then handed over a business card with a hearty laugh, "No case lah, you call this number when you are ready later."

Xu Qingfan nodded as he took the card, got out of the car, and picked up Lin Wanning, who was being supported by several girls, and ran towards the hospital.

Fortunately, there weren’t many people at night, so they bypassed the registration process and directly found the on-call doctor, led by a nurse.

The person was a middle-aged woman in her forties or fifties. Her resume at the door stated she was a PhD graduate from Stanford University with over twenty years of medical experience, and so on.

She first scanned Lin Wanning’s forehead with a thermometer, and the originally black and white screen suddenly lit up in red, showing the number 38.9°C.

Since the girl was already delirious, Xu Qingfan had to relay the symptoms on her behalf, "She slept without a blanket last night, and the air conditioning was set to 16 degrees; I suspect she has caught a cold. Also, we ate a lot of hot food at Disney today, and we had dim sum for dinner."

Xia Xiaoxiao glanced at Xu Qingfan, who was speaking, from the corner of her eye and thought: [He said he was just coming to wake us up, but he knows perfectly well that she didn’t cover herself with a blanket all night!]

[Hmph! Always trying to smooth things over, look where that got us!]

The girl felt a mix of blame and concern in her heart. If everyone had just stayed in their rooms and slept well, would this have happened?

However, with Lin Wanning already being sick, of course she couldn’t voice her thoughts and could only glare at Xu Qingfan’s back with disdain.

"Do you have any drug allergies? Get a skin test first, and a drip should do the trick; no need to be too anxious," the doctor said in a calm tone after using the stethoscope to check around Lin Wanning’s belly.

"No drug allergies, thank you, doctor," Xu Qingfan said, taking the scribbled medical record from her hand before hurrying to the next step, carrying the girl.

They were busy until past one in the morning when Lin Wanning finally got her IV started.

The girls were all exhausted by then, slumping over the chairs, dozing off.

Xu Qingfan made the final payment and returned to the IV area. Only after he saw all five girls were safe and sound did he let out a heavy sigh of relief.

Looking at the bill in his hand, Xu Qingfan finally understood why the driver had specifically reminded them earlier—medical care at private hospitals in Hong Kong is damn expensive.

Take circumcision as an example, you wouldn’t spend more than three thousand for the surgery and a few days of hospital stay in the best public hospital in Hong Kong, but here it could cost over a hundred thousand.

The five girls’ heads were touching each other, lined up like a row of toppled dominoes.

Xu Qingfan took a picture of them with his mobile phone and then sat down next to Lin Wanning.

The hospital was empty in the early hours, silent as the scenes from a Hong Kong horror movie at midnight. A chill breeze blew through, making the girls shiver involuntarily.

He got up again to close the doors and windows before sitting back down.

Xu Qingfan was also overwhelmed with drowsiness by that time but he had to stay awake to keep watch. After pinching his thigh meat as Xia Xiaoxiao often did, his eyes became clear again.

There were three IV bottles hanging above, and he estimated that they wouldn’t finish until after three in the morning.

Xu Qingfan was somewhat grateful that he had given the driver a few thousand yuan for the late-night trouble before getting out of the car; otherwise, they would have had no way to return to the hotel after the IV treatment late at night.

By the time the first bottle was finished, it was past two in the morning. Xu Qingfan called the on-duty nurse to change Lin Wanning’s IV. The motion of changing the medication presumably disturbed the girl, who tried to open her eyes but could only squint because of the piercing incandescent light.

"Brother Qing Fan..." She squinted her eyes, searching left and right, and once she vaguely recognized the person before her as Xu Qingfan, her heart settled down.

"Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere else? We are in the hospital," he asked softly.

The girl first shook her head, then nodded, "Hungry." she said, accompanied by the sound of her stomach rumbling.

"You wait, I’ll go ask the nurse for you," Xu Qingfan said with a light laugh, fondly rubbing the top of her head.

"Then I won’t eat, Brother Qingfan, don’t go!" Seeing Xu Qingfan about to leave, Lin Wanning weakly reached out and grabbed his wrist.

"It will be quick, be good, obey," he gently pried the girl’s hand off his own.

"Then Brother Qingfan, you come back quickly... Ningning is scared..." Lin Wanning’s face showed a weak and helpless expression.

"Okay."

Fortunately, private hospitals have various ways to generate revenue, and after Xu Qingfan communicated his request to the nurse, she actually handed him a menu. From the simplest white porridge to the more complex "San Bu Tang," it seemed anything could be bought.

He ordered a portion of white porridge for Lin Wanning and some other dishes for the four girls, handing over his card to the nurse and then hurried back to Lin Wanning’s side.

Seeing Brother Qingfan return, the girl showed a tired smile. Once Xu Qingfan sat down again, she said, "Brother Qingfan, I’m sorry, it’s all my fault... cough cough cough..."

"Indeed it’s your fault, I’m really at a loss with you, not getting under the covers is not the same as diving into bed, how did you even come up with such a twisted logic?" Xu Qingfan glared at her with annoyance.

Lin Wanning could only weakly tuck her head into her neck, "Not getting under the covers... was really not the same as getting into bed..." she whispered.

"So you just don’t care about your body, huh? If your brain isn’t smart to begin with, what if it gets fried from the fever?" Xu Qingfan sighed, letting the girl lean on his shoulder.

"I’m sorry..."

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"What’s the use of apologizing to me, apologize to your own body."

"Body... I’m sorry..." Indeed, Lin Wanning’s brain must have been cooked silly, as she actually did as told.

"Pfft~"

After adjusting his facial expression, he spoke seriously, "You should never do this again, you know? It really hurts my heart."

"I know," Lin Wanning felt a warm feeling inside her heart.

Xu Qingfan then said, "I know that Wanning might like me, but you’re still young. Whether it’s just a little sister’s affection for her brother, or something else, you can’t even tell yourself, can you? So let’s not do this again, we can think about those things after high school."

[So Brother Qingfan knows I like him, Yiyi likes Brother Qingfan too... I wonder if Brother knows...]

"It’s not just like... it’s re-re-re-really like... I like Brother Qingfan the most." As she said this, she felt her heart race.

Xu Qingfan clearly hadn’t expected the girl to confess like this. After all, it was the same as a personal admission of her feelings.

He lifted his hand and knocked on Lin Wanning’s head, saying, "Whether it’s liking or really liking, at your current age, neither is suitable, you know?"

"Then when will it be suitable?" Lin Wanning suddenly looked at his face very earnestly.

"Um..." Xu Qingfan tilted his head, blinked, and thought. The legal age for a girl to get married is twenty, so they would have to be at least seventeen or eighteen to date, right?

He said, "You have to be at least seventeen or eighteen to be about right, what do middle schoolers know about love and affection!" He poked Lin Wanning’s forehead with his index finger.

"Mhm!" Lin Wanning closed her eyes again, silently counting the days until her seventeenth birthday.

She really wanted to be with Brother Qingfan, she couldn’t wait a moment longer!

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