It was around five or six in the afternoon, when Grandma Wang was getting ready to cook.
Although she had been living alone since her husband left, she was still willing to spend some energy on cooking.
She could only sleep for six to seven hours a day, and she really did not know how to pass the rest of the time.
She hummed a tune as she heated up some hot oil in one pot and stewed soup in the pressure cooker.
Perhaps she had forgotten to take something, so the old lady decided to go to her room to take a look. His memory was getting worse by the day.
For some reason, just as she squatted down to pick up something in the room, the old lady suddenly fainted and lay on the ground unconscious.
The oil in the pot slowly heated up and boiled over, setting the kitchen on fire due to being unattended.
Cheng Xu knew everything that happened after that.
This time, it was all thanks to Cheng Xu. If he had not rushed into the fire in time to save her, Grandma Wang would have really been beyond saving.
In these two days of recovery, he got to eat plenty of fruits. Most importantly, he did not have to use his own hands to eat them.
Looking at Li Mengqing, who was peeling an apple at his bedside, Cheng Xu felt a happiness he had once forgotten.
He had only just realized how precious it was to have someone to rely on and accompany him after his grandfather passed away.
"Here, it's peeled. Eat up," Li Mengqing said as she handed a large peeled apple to Cheng Xu.
"Uh, can you cut it into pieces? It's more convenient to eat it that way."
Li Mengqing raised her little fist and waved it twice, trying to scare him.
Bop...
When she saw Cheng Xu's bruised face, she could not help but laugh.
Cheng Xu was helpless. 'It's not that I'm being pretentious, but my face hurts, and I can't open my mouth.'
Li Mengqing cut a small piece of apple and gave it to Cheng Xu, who reached out to take it.
As soon as he touched Li Mengqing's hand, neither of them held it properly, and the apple slipped onto the floor.
"There's electricity in your hand," they both said in unison.
Then, one of them blushed, while the other's face was still purple.
"Forget it, I'll feed you. Don't move," Li Mengqing scolded with a smile.
"This apple is really delicious."
"You won't be able to eat it anymore in the future."
"Why?"
"What's? Do you want to be hospitalized a few more times?"
Beside them, Grandma Wang smiled and shook her head. A diabetic like her could not stand the sweet interaction.
During the two days of Cheng Xu's recovery, Li Mengqing would come over to visit him whenever she was free. Even Huang Junjie had winked several times at Cheng Xu.
"Let's go, I'll treat you to a big meal," Huang Junjie said as he put his arm around Cheng Xu's shoulder.
"What big meal? The doctor said I should have light meals." Cheng Xu put on a helpless expression.
Huang Junjie only pouted in response to Cheng Xu's words. Nothing could bring more happiness than eating and drinking. This was what he believed in.
"Then let's go to Yuji Porridge?"
"Whatever you say, big brother."
Cheng Xu smiled. He had no choice. In this day and age, whoever treated him to a meal was his "big brother."
Huang Junjie grinned evilly and began his interrogation. "By the way, who's that girl who often comes to see you? Why haven't I hear you mention her before?"
"She's just a high school classmate of mine," said Cheng Xu exasperatedly. "We're good friends. There's nothing else between us."
Huang Junjie laughed even more wildly when he heard this. "Is she your girlfriend or female friend? Think clearly about the difference between the two before you answer."
Cheng Xu understood what he meant, but he was at a loss, and could only change the topic.
"Do you still remember the girl who added me on WeChat when we bought the car?"
Huang Junjie's eyes glanced at the upper-right corner of his phone screen as he pondered. "The one that you said had good chest muscles?"
Cheng Xu was speechless.
"That's the one. She sent me a WeChat message today, asking me to go with her to see a car."
"Bro, you're really lucky with women! You have a wife at home who takes care of you in the hospital every day, and a rich woman outside who wants you to pick out a car for her on your first encounter."
Huang Junjie looked into the distance and said, "To be honest, I'm a little jealous of your looks."
"I look like someone bashed my face in. I'm a side character, man."
"You said it, not me. But looking at you now, of course I'm not jealous anymore."
Only then did Cheng Xu remember that the swelling on his face had not completely subsided. "Where's my knife? I might just stab you to death."
Cheng Xu had not actually suffered any serious injuries. The main reason for his unconsciousness was that he had lost all his strength and had also overexerted himself mentally. Most of his injuries were all on his face.
Fortunately, he did not knock any of his teeth out, which could be considered the upside of his stumble.
As the two of them walked out of the hospital side by side, a person by the flower beds outside was pouting and stomping her feet.
"Rotten little orange! Why didn't you tell me you were discharged? Men are all pigs!"
Cheng Xu also recalled that he had not told Li Mengqing that he had been discharged, so he sent her a WeChat message then and there.
[Young missy, I got discharged.]
It was obvious that the message would not receive a reply for a while.
After he had dinner and returned home, the first thing Cheng Xu did was take his watch and post it through an express courier.
In the past few days, he had sold four of the watches he listed on Salted Fish.
This was an income of a few thousand. It was a pity that he could not make repeated sales like this.
When he got home from posting his package, Cheng Xu received a call from a different courier, saying that an express delivery had been delivered to the village council hall.
"It seems that the watch sent by Gentle Breeze has arrived. He's quite efficient."
Before Cheng Xu even got off his three-wheeled motorcycle, he stomped on the engine lever with all his might to turn it off.
When he reached home again, Cheng Xu opened the box and saw another box inside.
When he opened that box, he noticed that the items were wrapped in an inflatable plastic bag. After removing several layers of the plastic, Cheng Xu finally got a good look at the watches.
As expected, Cheng Xu had never seen either of these watches before. He had not even heard of the brand. He searched online and found that it was indeed a niche brand. He could not even find a price for them.
One of the watches was clearly quite old. The colors of the dial and glass had changed, but the design was very bold. One look and you could tell that it was not a common product.
The other piece looked almost looked brand new, but it did not move. The pattern on the dial was very complicated. There was a hollow part in the middle, and some of the internal structure could be seen.
To be honest, Cheng Xu did not know how to open the watch after looking at it for a long time. Fortunately, he did not need to physically disassemble it. He only needed to use his mind to mobilize the system's Breakdown function, and the watch's interior and exterior were perfectly presented in his mind.
"There's definitely a problem with the gears in the movement. But can I repair this without using my hands?
Cheng Xu tried it out to see for himself, and skilfully made the watch work again.
The other old watch needed a little more work—one of the joints had been broken. Fortunately, he could use his mind to connect and repair it.
After removing part of the oxidized layer, Cheng Xu let out a long breath.
"All done."
Although the two watches were repaired in less than an hour, Cheng Xu did not intend to send them back to Gentle Breeze immediately. After all, he had to make others feel that their money was well spent.
This was what Cheng Xu's university lecturer had taught them.