Chen Yuxin's delicate hand trembled and stopped suddenly. She was pampered all her life, how could she have ever seen such a wound? Ye Shikai could not turn his head around to see Chen Yuxin's expression at this moment, but he could imagine it in his mind.

"Xin, forget it, I'll bandage it myself." Ye Shikai forced a bitter smile. At this time, he would never have thought that in less than a year, such wounds would become a common occurrence for him. Of course, this is a story for another time.

"No, don't worry, I'm fine." Chen Yuxin looked at the bloody wound, terrifying to the point that even her complexion was trembling. Ye Shikai remembered the first time he went to the battlefield and witnessed real warfare—severed limbs, amputations, nearly made him vomit. It was somewhat like post-traumatic stress, but after psychological counseling, he got better.

Chen Yuxin first wiped all the bloodstains on his back with a clean gauze, making it look less frightening. Then she gently cleaned the wound with cotton soaked in alcohol.

Sss, Ye Shikai took a sharp breath. With such a large wound, disinfecting it with alcohol was inevitably painful.

"Kai, are you... alright?"

"I'm alright, keep disinfecting." Ye Shikai gritted his teeth and, while Chen Yuxin wasn't looking, bit down on a towel.

After disinfecting the wound, Chen Yuxin took out a bandage, wrapping it around from his left shoulder to his right underarm. When the bandage came around Ye Shikai's chest, Chen Yuxin's hand instantly stopped; she... was still quite shy. Ye Shikai, realizing this, quickly took over the bandage, wrapped it over his chest, and around his back. Chen Yuxin took it from there, and so together, they tacitly finished bandaging. Most of the injuries in the boxing arena were surface wounds, easy to deal with. If it were a gunshot or a cold weapon wound, it wouldn't be so simple to treat.

"Xin, thank you so much." Ye Shikai changed into clean clothes, turned around, and saw that Chen Yuxin's face was covered in sweat, her whole face glowing red...

In fact, during today's boxing match, Ye Shikai also sustained many internal injuries, one punch even made him cough up blood. But fortunately, none of the internal organs were severely injured; a few days of good rest should suffice. He looked up at the clock, and it was almost nine.

"Xin, it's so late, why don't I take you home?" Ye Shikai coughed lightly and said to Chen Yuxin.

"Actually... my parents aren't home today, so... there's no need for me to go home today." Chen Yuxin spoke these words almost summoning all her courage; she wanted to stay by Ye Shikai's side. Even a fool could hear her meaning. Ye Shikai's face instantly flushed; Chen Yuxin wanted to spend the night at his house tonight.

"Well... alright then."

.......................................

"Wait, you slept together." At this moment, Su Qingyu suddenly interrupted Ye Shikai. When he heard that Chen Yuxin had voluntarily stayed over, Su Qingyu's expression immediately changed, glaring coldly at Ye Shikai. He had no doubt that if he said "yes," Su Qingyu would immediately pull out an ice pick from under the pillow and stab him...

"Of course not. We were high school students at that time, what are you thinking?" Ye Shikai rolled his eyes, his face lined with frustration.

"Then what did you do?" Su Qingyu's tone was a bit jealous.

"Nonsense, of course, we just slept." Ye Shikai realized the flaw in his words, quickly adding, "We didn't sleep together."

"Really?"

"Cough cough, Qingyu, do you want to keep listening?" Ye Shikai was quite helpless and could only quickly end the topic.

"Alright, go on."

............

Eight years ago.

"Cough cough, well... alright, I'll tidy up a bit. You sleep in my room; I'll sleep on the sofa." Ye Shikai was so nervous that he couldn't string his words together. Little scraps and quarrels happened between them, but letting Chen Yuxin sleep at his house was a first. The weather was a bit cold, so Ye Shikai turned on the heater in the room. Honestly, Chen Yuxin sleeping in his room made him a bit nervous, but luckily there was a door between the living room and the room, keeping a bit of "privacy."

At ten-thirty, Ye Shikai lay on the sofa, unable to fall asleep for a long time; his back was full of wounds, too painful to lie down, so he chose to lie on his stomach.

Eleven-thirty.

"Why can't I fall asleep yet?" Ye Shikai suddenly opened his eyes. Meditation and counting sheep were useless. His mind was full of thoughts about Chen Yuxin. This morning, the conversation they had started replaying in his mind. Chen Yuxin wanted to get into Yanjing University and even more wanted Ye Shikai to get in too. But with his grades, it would be very hard to get in.

"No way, even if it kills me, I have to get in." Ye Shikai seemed instantly energized, suddenly jumping up from the sofa.

"Kai, haven't you... slept yet?" Suddenly, a voice came from the room. Ye Shikai turned his head, and the room door opened slowly. Chen Yuxin, wrapped in the blanket, walked out.

"Sorry, Xin, did I wake you?" Ye Shikai thought he might have woken Chen Yuxin with his muttering just now.

"Actually... I hadn't been able to sleep either." Chen Yuxin sat on the other end of the sofa, wrapped in the blanket.

"It seems you're not sleepy then."

"Kai, let's have a chat." Chen Yuxin said softly. Ye Shikai initially wanted to persuade her otherwise, but after thinking it through, he nodded in agreement. They both had things in mind but just didn't mention them.

"Alright, since I can't sleep anyway."

"Kai, does your wound still hurt?" Chen Yuxin asked with some concern.

"It's fine, disinfecting it made it much better, don't worry." Ye Shikai said softly. His physical condition was excellent; even as a high schooler, he could defeat a boxer, and his wound recovery was extraordinary.

"Kai, please don't participate in these boxing matches anymore, okay?" Chen Yuxin said softly.

"Xin, once my mother's illness is cured, I'll promise you that." Ye Shikai hesitated and said.

"Hmph, next time if you get beaten to death, no one will shout 'police are coming'." Chen Yuxin snorted unhappily.

"What? Xin, what did you say?" Ye Shikai was shocked. Today's boxing match became chaotic because someone in the audience shouted, "The police are coming," giving Ye Shikai a chance to counterattack Huo Bao.

"Was it... you?" Ye Shikai couldn't help but exclaim.

"Who else would it be?" Chen Yuxin said coldly but felt quite proud internally. She really wanted to help Ye Shikai, and this time her help was incredibly timely.

"You... how did you get to the boxing ring?" Ye Shikai was stunned. How could Chen Yuxin, such a good girl, go to such a place?

"Of course... I followed you there."

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