Right Here Waiting For You

The chauffeur had arrived and was outside the preschool even before the conversation was over.

Sitting in the car, Ning Tiantian couldn’t help but sigh, with her hands covering her face. How embarrassing… she had no idea how she’d face Inky…

After they reached the hospital, the chauffeur assisted her in registration, then kept her company as she received intravenous fluids in the hall.

What was more awkward, was that she also had to receive an injection.

“I don’t want an injection on my bottom!” Ning Tiantian shouted as she stared at the syringe in the nurse’s hand. She was scared out of her wits.

No matter how the chauffeur uncle tried to coax her into receiving the injection, she wouldn’t cooperate, and, instead, retreated farther and farther.

“I don’t want the injection! It hurts so much. I’ll just do the drip,” said Tiantian. Funnily enough, she was brave enough for the drip, but not a simple injection.

The nurse was used to such behavior. Hence, she told the chauffeur uncle, “Hold her down. I’ll be done in a jiffy.”

The chauffeur uncle shook his head and declined. Had he dared to do so, he would have done so from the start. Just as he was trying to figure out what to do, Li Yanmo appeared in the nick of time.

The boy walked in with his school bag, looking tall and lanky, like a pine tree. However, his face was pale, and he stared at Ning Tiantian angrily.

Ning Tiantian felt a little guilty, and called out to him feebly, “Inky…”

Just that morning, he had coldly told her that he wouldn’t accompany her to the hospital if she had fallen sick, but now… Sigh. She had disrupted his schedule once again.

“Get the injection,” is all Li Yanmo deigned to say. Tiantian pouted in response. “I don’t want it on my butt.”

After fixing his gaze on her for a couple of seconds, he immediately pulled her over and placed her over his lap. He then proceeded to pull down her pants a little. Both the nurse and the chauffeur were startled at his sudden actions.

“Inky!” Ning Tiantian squealed at the exposure. She struggled to get out of his grip, but, being held so tightly by him, it wasn’t long before she gave up.

She felt the syringe being injected.

“It hurts…” Her tears came falling on cue. It didn’t even take an extra second.

“It’s not even in yet. Why are you crying? Looks like the Academy owes you an Oscar,” mocked Li Yanmo. Just like that, Tiantian finally succumbed to the injection.

Li Yanmo pressed down on her wound gently, only pulling up her pants after he had ensured that she was no longer bleeding.

Ning Tiantian wailed on his lap. “You’re bad, Inky! I’m not going to talk to you anymore…”

“It would be perfect if that were the case!” A smile spread on his youthful face. That’s exactly what he desired!

Wah!

Ning Tiantian’s wails got louder. What a bully!

The nurse re-inserted the tube in Tiantian’s hand, so that she may continue receiving fluids. Pressing down on her numb bottom, she beseeched Li Yanmo, “Inky, could you carry me there? I can’t walk…”

“Shall I carry her on my back?” The driver kindly volunteered, after reading Li Yanmo’s facial expression.

“That isn’t necessary,” Li Yanmo stared blankly at the chauffeur. He then walked over to Ning Tiantian, and carried her in his arms, despite being visibly annoyed.

Tiantian was on the drip for over an hour, and, outside the hospital windows, the sun was already beginning to set. By the time Li Yanmo and Ning Tiantian made their way out of the hospital, the sun had already set, and the two of them were bathed in the glow of twilight.

“Inky, I want a smartwatch,” said Tiantian, as they passed by a shop selling smartwatches for children. She couldn’t help looking out the car window and was practically salivating at sight of the watches. Everyone in her class owned a watch like this, from which they could make phone calls.