Although it was just a minor adjustment, his speed increased significantly.
In about sixteen minutes, Li Changlin finished his IV.
Zeng Yi helped him remove the IV needle, then pressed a cotton swab to Li Changlin’s wound, "Hmm, you’re recovering quite well. Hang in there for another day, and you should be healed."
"I understand, thank you, Zeng Yi." Now, Li Changlin didn’t have the same worries about the pretty nurse as he did before.
Having interacted with Zeng Yi twice, Li Changlin knew that this girl was completely normal.
As for her sudden marriage proposal yesterday, it was just a normal reaction of a girl with a crush, and not something to take too seriously.
Afterward, Li Changlin bid farewell and left. Zeng Yi walked him out of the observation room, "Li Changlin, please wait a moment, I, I have something I want to give you."
In the corridor, Zeng Yi suddenly remembered something and called out to Li Changlin.
Li Changlin paused, somewhat surprised, and asked, "Zeng Yi, what kind of gift do you want to give me?"
Having only met twice, Li Changlin was genuinely curious about why Zeng Yi would give him a gift.
This pretty nurse isn’t planning to give me a ring, is she? Li Changlin chuckled to himself with self-deprecating humor.
The thought didn’t seem funny at all.
But considering Zeng Yi’s bold proposal the day before, Li Changlin wouldn’t be surprised if she really did give him a ring this time.
"Please wait for me, I’ll be right back," Zeng Yi instructed Li Changlin, then hurriedly turned and ran toward the nurses’ room.
She returned quickly, now holding a small rectangular box in her hand.
"What is this?" Li Changlin looked at Zeng Yi with curiosity. Judging by the length of the box, it obviously couldn’t be for a ring.
Could it be that Zeng Yi is planning to give me a gold necklace?
Lines of perplexity appeared on Li Changlin’s forehead. Wasn’t this a little too extravagant?
"Li Changlin, this is for you," Zeng Yi said, her face flushed, looking somewhat shy.
"Could it really be?" Li Changlin’s heart fluttered slightly, hesitating over whether to accept such a valuable gift.
But Zeng Yi didn’t give him a chance to refuse; she directly handed the long box to Li Changlin.
Then she turned and ran off swiftly.
"That works?" Li Changlin held the box in one hand and instinctively scratched his head with the other.
"Who cares, let’s see what it actually is, making it all so mysterious!" Li Changlin quickly recovered from his hesitation, no longer dwelling on it.
So, he put down his hand and prepared to untie the small string on the box.
The decorative knot was designed to come loose easily with a light tug, allowing him to quickly unravel the string.
Once the string was undone, Li Changlin opened the box; naturally, he would then find out what kind of gift Zeng Yi had given him.
But just at that moment, Li Changlin’s phone suddenly rang.
"Brother Grape should have arrived by now, forget it, I’ll check when I get back." Li Changlin immediately stopped what he was doing and took out his phone from his pocket.
As expected, it was a call from Brother Grape, and Li Changlin hastily answered.
"Changlin, I’ve already driven into the hospital. Where are you? We’ll come to find you," came the loud voice of Brother Grape over the phone,
"Brother Grape, I’ve just finished my IV, I’ll be out in no time." Hearing that Brother Grape had already driven into the hospital, Li Changlin knew he couldn’t delay any longer. He quickly said a word and hastily ran toward the hospital entrance.
"Yeah, I see you, Changlin. My car is parked right at the entrance." From a distance, Brother Grape saw Li Changlin running over, and while speaking hurriedly, he opened the driver’s side door and climbed out of the car.
"Brother Grape?" Li Changlin ended the call and waved his hand with a smile.
The two had known each other for nearly four months and had had numerous video chats; Li Changlin naturally recognized Xiaobudian Under the Grapevine.
"Get in the car." Grapevine Little Dot tilted his head and then re-entered the driver’s seat.
"Alrighty." Li Changlin replied and quickly opened the back door of the car and climbed in.
But to his surprise, there was a young man sitting in the back of the car, a man who looked to be about twenty-seven or twenty-eight. When he saw Li Changlin getting in, he shifted his body silently further inside.
"Hello." Li Changlin smiled and nodded to the other person, then settled in and closed the car door.
"Hmm!" The man seemed taciturn and was somewhat cold in his response to Li Changlin’s greeting.
Li Changlin suddenly felt a bit awkward. While driving, Xiaobudian Under the Grapevine laughed heartily and said, "Changlin, this is my brother, his name is Zhou Xingxing, you can just call him Xingxing."
"Xingxing?" Upon hearing this, Zhou Xingxing’s face involuntarily twitched, and then he turned to look at Li Changlin, "If you dare to call me that, I’ll break your legs!"
"I wouldn’t dare, I wouldn’t dare!" Li Changlin gave a forced laugh, thinking that while this guy was cool, he actually had such a comical name.
"You can call me Brother Xing." Seemingly pleased with Li Changlin’s response, Zhou Xingxing nodded slightly.
"Come on, are you seriously going to show off , Xingzi!" At this point, Brother Grape had already driven out of the hospital, "Changlin, don’t listen to him, this guy is just trying to take advantage of you."
"Pfft, a little brat, like I’d want to take advantage of him!" Zhou Xingxing shrugged indifferently, considering himself far above paying any attention to a minor character like Li Changlin.
"He’s my brother. How can he call you Brother Xing? Enough already, Xingzi, you can’t act like you used to," Brother Grape, clearly having a good relationship with Zhou Xingxing, said it straight without beating around the bush.
"Got it." Believe it or not, Zhou Xingxing might appear cool on the surface, but he actually responded to this approach.
After Brother Grape’s warning, he didn’t bring up the matter of Li Changlin calling him Brother Xing again.
"How about I call you Brother Zhou instead?" Li Changlin said with an awkward smile, feeling somewhat apologetic.
After all, the relationship between Brother Grape and Zhou Xingxing was obviously closer than his own.
But realizing that Brother Grape had gone so far as to protect him, Li Changlin simultaneously felt a wave of warmth.
He truly was Diamond Guardian, looking out for him even in real life, Li Changlin thought to himself.
"Doesn’t matter." Hearing Li Changlin’s words, Zhou Xingxing’s expression finally eased, becoming much more expressive.
"Changlin, it’s already noon. Let’s find a place to eat. We’ll be staying in Jincheng today and get a close-up look at how you live stream," Brother Grape suggested with a hearty laugh while driving.