He rested early that night.
Though it was raining heavily when he awoke, Gerald rushed to school anyway. After all, his homework review was important as well.
As per usual, his driver dropped him off at the school gates and Gerald walked into the school with an umbrella in hand.
All of a sudden, Gerald heard a loud scream.
When he turned to look at the source of the sound, he saw a girl in a white dress who seemed to have sprained her ankle. She held an umbrella in one hand while her other held onto her ankle. Gerald deduced that she must have sprained her ankle while she was opening her umbrella.
Since she could hardly walk properly at that moment, it seemed that the sprain was a severe one.
Gerald found himself walking toward her under his umbrella. “Are you alright?”
“It hurts!” cried the girl as she raised her head to look at him. Her eyes were all teary.
Gerald was slightly taken aback when he saw her face. “It’s you?”
The girl showed obvious surprise on her face as well.
This wasn’t just any random person. She was the good-natured girl who had previously sat next to Gerald when he was studying in the library a while back.
The memory of the event embarrassed Gerald.
Not only did he have a nosebleed back then, but he had also sneezed. What an embarrassing thing to remember!
It was unexpected, to say the least, for him to encounter her today while returning to school this early in the morning!
“Yes, it’s been a while… I had initially planned to call a cab to go out and get some materials. Thinking back, perhaps I was walking a bit too hastily!” said the girl as her cheeks flushed slightly red. It was an obvious sign that she remembered what had previously happened in the library.
“With this heavy rain, it would be best if you postponed that plan for now. I’ll help you get to the infirmary,” replied Gerald.
He hadn’t forgotten the fact that she had handed him a tissue during his embarrassing plight back then.
Even though they were still pretty much strangers at this point, he still felt obligated to help her.
After all, the girl was someone good-natured and was beautiful to boot.
If he were to ignore and just leave her there, his guilt would surely come back to bite later.
Though she hesitated at first, she eventually nodded. The pain was too overbearing for her.
Even with Gerald’s help, she still found difficulty walking.
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