As the wind blew, the trees on both sides of the road rustled. Their branches and leaves were just like a net that couldn't block all the sunlight. Some lights still shone through the gaps and even fell on Michelle's somewhat pale face.
Michelle held out her hand to hail a taxi. "Leon, I'm going to the hospital. I'm sick."
Before long, a taxi stopped in front of them. Michelle turned around and stepped towards the taxi. Leon, who was following behind her, couldn't help but frown when he saw how she walked.
At this moment, he finally noticed that she seemed to have sprained her ankle.
After the two of them got into the back seats, Leon said, "The nearest hospital, please."
The back seat windows were fully down. Gentle breezes blew in, causing Michelle's hair to flutter all over the place and practically block her sight. It wasn't until she properly tucked them behind her ears that she could see again.
For some reason, the breezes seemed to also blow away her sickness. Her heart gradually calmed down and no longer thumped wildly.
She put her palm on her chest and said in surprise, "Leon, I'm fine. We don't need to go to the hospital anymore."
"Your sprained ankle won't magically recover," Leon, who thought she was talking about her ankle, reminded.
"My sprained ankle? Have I sprained my ankle?" Michelle lightly swayed her feet. A frown was instantly formed on her brows. Sure enough, she felt a sharp twinge in her right ankle.
Just now, she was focused on the racing heart, so she didn't notice the pain in her ankle. Now that her heartbeats were stable and she'd calm down, the pain finally sank in.
"Don't move." Leon held out his hands and held her shoulders to stop her from moving around. "Why didn't you tell me when you sprained your ankle?"
Michelle blinked naively. "Had you not mentioned it, I probably wouldn't have realized I've sprained my ankle."
"Then why did you want to go to the hospital?"
"I want to get my heart examined. It was beating abnormally fast, so I thought I must have some sort of a heart attack." Michelle put both her hands on her chest as if she was still trying to stabilize her heart.
Her befuddled look was driving Leon crazy. He spoke sternly for once, "Don't say nonsense! A heart attack? You were just frightened! You should've told me right after you sprained your ankle. Instead of doing that, you were actually busy covering your mouth to prevent your heart from jumping out. Do you really think what you were doing was effective?"
"Yes." Michelle nodded seriously. "My mouth is the only passage from where my heart can leap out. By blocking it, my heart could only go back to its place."
She unconsciously batted her long, curly eyelashes. The big, lively eyes shaded under them seemed like they could speak. Faced with such a cute, naive face, Leon really didn't have the heart to continue his scolding.
He took a deep breath and closed his eyes resignedly. By the time he opened his eyes again, there was nothing but tenderness in them. "Alright, whatever you say. I can't out-argue you anyway."
"That's because what I said is right." Michelle grinned as if her sprained ankle was fine.
It wasn't, though. It was aching, but she pretended not to feel it because didn't want Leon to worry about her.
They soon arrived at the hospital. After getting out of the taxi, Leon squatted down and said, "Get on my back."
Michelle climbed on his back obediently. "Leon, you're really kind! You're even willing to piggyback me!"
"You said the same thing as Nini did. She always says that I'm kind and that I'm the best brother in the world. Well, since you also think so, it seems that she isn't just flattering me." When Leon got on his feet, he finally knew how light she was.
Even though she loved eating sweet food and didn't like to exercise, she was as light as a feather.
When he was in school, there was this female classmate he was quite close with, who, for the sake of maintaining her figure, didn't dare to touch any desserts at all.
She'd probably go mad if she knew that there was a girl who didn't gain any weight no matter how much sweets she ate.
Leon suddenly chuckled. If he could, he really wanted to introduce them to each other.
Michelle asked, "Leon, what are you laughing about?"
"I suddenly remember one of my classmates," Leon said. "You like sweet food, but you've practically never gained any weight no matter how many sweets you eat. She also liked sweet food, but she gained weight easily. Back then, she struggled against sweets almost every day. I wish you two could meet. She could ask you how you did it."
"You want me to meet your classmate?" Michelle looked excited. She didn't know why she was so happy. Maybe it was because Leon wanted his friend to meet her.
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