In no time, Xiao Mei emerges from the bathroom with wet hair.
Yan Yuchen grabs a towel, covers her head, and casually helps dry it a bit. He then turns to his bewildered sister, saying, "You come and help her blow-dry. I need to do the dishes."
Yan Xiaoxi rolling her eyes, she quickly walked into the bathroom to wash the dishes, muttering: "You have to pay for the sins you have done, and the devil will help you."
Yan Yuchen, resigned, goes over, grabs a hairdryer, and starts drying Xiao Mei's hair.
Seated in a chair, Xiao Mei tilts her head, a joyful smile on her face. Yan Yuchen's fingers gently move through her hair, soothing her as if comforting a wounded soul, nearly putting her to sleep.
Father Yan and Mother Yan watched quietly from the side, with smiles in their eyes and joy in their hearts.
Although their son is in poor health, he is kind-hearted.
After drying her hair, Xiao Mei takes out a black cartoon cat hairpin from her pocket, handing it to Yan Yuchen, saying softly, "Brother Yan, help me put it on."
Her silky hair, reaching her waist, is neatly arranged after the wash. Coupled with her cute face and the black cartoon outfit, she looks adorable, like a beautiful girl in the dark.
Yan Yuchen puts the hairpin on for her, pats her head, and says, "Okay, I washed your hair, put on the hairpin. You can go back to your room now. I'll be going home with my sister later, can't play with you."
The girl stands up, shoulders her small backpack, and with sparkling eyes, says, "Going home? Great! I brought some clothes to play at your home."
Yan Yuchen was stunned when he heard this, then reached out and grabbed her small schoolbag, opened it and saw that there were indeed some clothes inside, and they were all black, including underwear.
"This..."
He's a bit dumbfounded. When his sister comes out of the bathroom, he quickly zips up the bag and returns it to Xiao Mei, saying, "No, you're a patient. You can't leave the hospital, or your mom will worry."
The girl re-shoulders the backpack, seemingly ignoring him, saying, "Let's go, Brother Yan. It's time to go home."
Seeing her seriousness, Yan Yuchen looks helplessly at his parents.
Father Yan moves his lips to speak, but the girl immediately waves at him and mother Yan, her eyes curved sweetly, saying, "Goodbye, Uncle and Auntie. Xiao Mei is going home. I'll come to play with you next time. Xiao Mei is so happy today; I finally have a home, and Mom doesn't need to worry about me living in the hospital forever."
With those words, silence fell in the hospital room.
Mother Yan felt a bit bitter, saying, "But your mom won't agree."
Xiao Mei didn't answer. Instead, she affectionately held Yan Yuchen's hand, looking up with a naive face, her clear eyes filled with anticipation, and said, "Brother Yan, let's go home, okay?"
Yan Yuchen's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he turned to look at his younger sister.
Sympathetic, Yan Xiaoxi whispered, "Brother, let's take her with us. When we reach the hospital entrance, her mom will definitely come out and stop her, and she won't leave."
Yan Yuchen nodded, saying, "You're right."
The two siblings then left the hospital room with Xiao Mei.
In the corridor, when they encountered a nurse, Yan Yuchen pointed hopefully to the girl beside him, asking the nurse, "Xiao Mei wants to come with us. Do you want to take her back to her room?"
Taking a girl who seemed mentally confused out of the hospital might look like kidnapping, and he couldn't afford such consequences. So, he wanted to inform the nurse in advance.
Unexpectedly, the nurse, upon hearing his words, just smiled faintly, patted Xiao Mei's head, and said, "It's okay. If she wants to go out, let her go. Her mom has informed us. As long as it's not the scheduled examination day, she can go wherever she wants."
Yan Yuchen frowned and asked, "Aren't you afraid we might sell her? She's so pretty. Aren't you worried?"
The nurse burst into laughter, looking at him strangely, and said, "If someone else took her out, like the son of that major shareholder earlier, we'd be concerned and immediately inform her mom. But you... hehe..."
Confused, Yan Yuchen asked, "What's wrong with me?"
The nurse looked around, saw no other patients, and with a strange smile, said, "As for you, all the nurses in the hospital know. Xiao Mei actively wanted to sleep with you, and you wouldn't agree. You even punched her off the bed. A proud young man like you, thinking of kidnapping her or having ill intentions? Who would believe that?"
Yan Yuchen opened his mouth, dumbfounded, and asked, "How do you... know about that?"
The nurse smiled without answering, glanced at Xiao Mei, winked at her, and then left.
Xiao Mei tightly held Yan Yuchen's hand, her eyes filled with grievances, evidently still upset about that night.
Yan Xiaoxi angrily asked, "Brother, what did the nurse mean just now? When did Xiao Mei secretly climb onto your bed?"
Yan Yuchen ruffled her hair, saying, "She was just joking. Don't take it seriously."
Yan Xiaoxi naturally didn't believe it, but with Xiao Mei present, she didn't want to make this poor girl too embarrassed. She secretly decided to interrogate Yan Yuchen thoroughly when they got back at night.
The two, along with Xiao Mei, took the elevator down.
As they walked out of the hospital, Yan Yuchen, still hopeful, looked towards the small shop opposite, intentionally pausing with Xiao Mei for a while.
However, there was no movement from the shop across the street, and Xiao Mei's mother didn't come out at all.
"Xiao Mei, how about we go to your mom's shop and sit for a while?"
Yan Yuchen, having no other choice, prepared to deceive the girl into her mom's shop and then leave her behind.
Xiao Mei, completely unaware of his cunning plan, nodded innocently, saying, "Sure, I'll have my mom cook something delicious for you."
Yan Yuchen, feeling a bit triumphant, led her across the street.
Just as they reached the entrance of the small shop, before saying anything, the beautiful lady boss walked out, glanced at Xiao Mei with a smiling face, and then with satisfaction addressed him, "Yuchen, good boy. You finally agreed to take Xiao Mei home. Very good, very good. I didn't misjudge you. You're not the kind of young man who just eats and runs. Seeing you two holding hands so affectionately, Auntie feels very relieved. By the way, when you sleep at night, remember to hold Xiao Mei tight. This child is afraid of the cold, don't let her catch a cold."
Yan Yuchen's expression on his face instantly froze.
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