Chapter 13

Chapter 13

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Li Jia had long and exquisite nails, a style her agent had arranged for her previously. They accentuated her already slender hands, making them even more beautiful. However, it was precisely because of this that the wounds left by her digging her nails into her palm were deeper.

Ye Chengxing looked at the Omega's bloodied palm, the vivid red causing her to pause for a moment or two.

She still held Li Jia's wrist and could feel the stiffness and wariness in the other's body with absolute clarity.

And, there was an almost imperceptible trembling.

Ye Chengxing didn't release Li Jia's wrist but instead slightly turned her body to let Xiaobai bring over the basic first aid kit.

The Omega's palm had been forcibly pinched until it bled, and blood droplets continued to well up from the wound.

How much force must she have used to inflict such damage on her own hand?

Ye Chengxing couldn't help but ask, "Jia, does it hurt?"

Most questions that already have answers when asked usually carry some other meaning.

Like now.

It wasn't like a question; it conveyed almost overflowing concern and empathy.

Hearing Ye Chengxing say this, Li Jia remained silent.

It seemed no one ever asked her if she was in pain; they only called her crazy and then retreated in fear.

...Such a strange feeling.

She had experienced this unprecedented unfamiliar feeling several times from this "Ye Chengxing."

Xiaobai brought over the first aid kit and, following Ye Chengxing's instructions, opened it and placed it within her reach.

Ye Chengxing took out a cotton swab, intending to wipe away the blood droplets before disinfecting the wound.

As the blood droplets were wiped away, the cotton swab dipped in hydrogen peroxide gently touched the wound.

Although Li Jia's expression didn't change, Ye Chengxing clearly sensed that the moment the cotton swab touched the wound, Li Jia's body tensed up.

"Indeed, it hurts, doesn't it?" Not receiving an answer from Li Jia, Ye Chengxing sighed and made her disinfection motions even gentler as she spoke.

Li Jia had pinched so hard that the wounds were truly shocking to behold.

Ye Chengxing had a feeling since just now, and the more she looked at Li Jia, the more she felt that she might be experiencing a trauma-induced episode.

While the plot description wasn't detailed enough, from the few words Linque mentioned that morning, she could understand the general situation back then.

To a certain extent, Linque, who hadn't removed his mask, indeed pulled Li Jia out of the mire back then, pretending not to expect anything in return.

Not expecting anything in return...

Thinking about this, Ye Chengxing recalled that Li Jia started acting strangely after her previous words, which made her feel guilty.

She had been too careless, thinking too simply about the whole matter.

Due to this sudden situation, the discussion about filing a lawsuit and terminating the contract, which she had planned to have after lunch, was reconsidered and swallowed back down.

If she couldn't guarantee that the final outcome would be good news, she preferred not to mention it until she could be sure.

After all, disappointment after anticipation is the most devastating.

And those photos...

They were clearly taken without Li Jia's knowledge. If she mentioned them rashly, she feared it would cause even greater harm.

Ye Chengxing pursed her lips.

The wounds on Li Jia's palm were scattered and not small.

After disinfecting them, Ye Chengxing applied medicine and carefully wrapped them with gauze.

The Omega looked somewhat dazed at her palm. The bloodstains had been wiped away, and the wounds had been medicated. At a glance, what had been a bloody palm was now covered only with pure white gauze.

Ye Chengxing put the various medicines and gauze she had taken out back into the first aid kit and organized it, then instructed, "Don't get these wet for the next couple of days, but don't worry, they'll heal quickly."

Both hands were wrapped in gauze.

Li Jia raised the tip of one hand to touch the gauze wrapped around the other hand.

The texture of the gauze was naturally not smooth.

She rarely got bandaged up in the past. Many times, her wounds were left alone, and she would only apply medicine haphazardly when necessary. The feeling of pain, after getting used to it, became bearable.

But at this moment, she realized that she wasn't as accustomed to it as she thought.

Compared to enduring pain and being worried about and cared for by someone else...she preferred the latter.

Her fingertips lingered for a moment, and Li Jia looked at Ye Chengxing. "Sister, thank you."

Her voice was a little low.

But compared to the forced intimacy of a few days ago, it carried a rare touch of genuine emotion.

Ye Chengxing didn't notice the subtle difference.

She responded, her eyes curving into a beautiful arc.

In recent days, she had become accustomed to Li Jia calling her sister. Not hearing it just now was indeed a bit unusual, but now hearing it again sounded so pleasant.

The first aid kit was packed up, and Ye Chengxing casually tidied up her clothes and stood up.

Just then, her assistant sent her a message.

Ye Chengxing opened it and found that her assistant had arranged a meeting with the lawyer for her. If she was available, they could meet in the afternoon to discuss matters.

After reading it, Ye Chengxing replied briefly, thinking that her assistant was quite efficient. She turned off the phone screen while contemplating when to tell Li Jia about this.

She looked at Li Jia, who was still somewhat dazed, and decided to wait until after meeting the lawyer in the afternoon before deciding what to do.

The contract definitely needed to be terminated, but thinking about Linque threatening people brazenly with those photos made her feel sick.

What she wanted was for those people to pay for their evil deeds, for Li Jia to stand in the light surrounded by vibrant flowers, not for them to drag Li Jia down with them as they fell.

But how to handle the lawsuit would require careful deliberation.

However, the assistant's message reminded Ye Chengxing of something else.

"Li Jia." Ye Chengxing lit up the dimmed phone screen again.

The Omega whose name had been called lifted her eyes.

Ye Chengxing looked at her, turning the phone screen towards Li Jia, and smiled, "I suddenly remembered, haven't we added each other's contact information yet?"

Without waiting for Li Jia to speak, she tapped on the screen again, feeling that this position wasn't very convenient, so she turned around and sat next to Li Jia. "How is that phone? Have you used it?"

Li Jia raised her eyes and met Ye Chengxing's bright and gentle smile.

They were a bit too close.

She seemed to smell that faint scent of oolong tea again.

After looking for two seconds, she lowered her eyelashes and reached out to enter a string of numbers on the contact page that Ye Chengxing had opened for her. "The phone... is very useful."

It wasn't an illusion.

The faint scent of oolong tea in the air almost enveloped her.

Although it wasn't the first time she smelled it, unlike her previous disgust, at this moment, she strangely found the tea fragrance pleasant.

Seeing Li Jia type in the number, Ye Chengxing tapped on the "Remark" section.

Sitting next to Li Jia, Li Jia only needed to glance sideways to see the content on the screen.

"Why did you add 'A'?" Li Jia was puzzled by the letter A in front of her name.

Wasn't it enough to just write the name?

As she spoke, Ye Chengxing finished typing the last character, "Jia."

She raised her head to meet Li Jia's gaze, still smiling, and said naturally, "Because with the A, your name will be the first one I see."

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Author's note:

Thank you to the following angels for your support, hugs~

Thanks to the angel who threw a grenade: Lemon Tea Guardian Stream Year 1;

Thanks to the angels who threw mines: Kou Er Shan 2; Zhou Zhou 1;

Thank you all so much for your support, I will continue to work hard!