Chapter 91: Chapter 91: Lu Fan: Yixia, I’m Bleeding, Come With Me to the Hospital

Lu Fan came to the pastry shop earlier than usual today.

Just as he saw Jiang Yixia opening her flower shop’s door and was about to go over and tease her a bit, he saw the roller shutter come clattering down again.

And from inside, he could hear the sound of the shutter rattling.

Seeing this, Lu Fan immediately understood that the roller shutter was broken.

Chen He immediately said, "Boss, I’ll go!"

But Lu Fan grabbed Chen He to stop him.

’How could I let my subordinate steal the spotlight at a time like this?’

And that’s what led to the line from just a moment ago: "Yixia, don’t be afraid! I’m here to help!"

At that moment, hearing Lu Fan was outside, Jiang Yixia instinctively replied, "I don’t need your help. I’m calling the fire department."

"If you call the fire department, wouldn’t that be a waste of public resources?" Lu Fan explained.

After hearing this, Jiang Yixia paused for a moment before continuing, "Then I’ll get Sister Li to come help."

"Sister Li is just one woman; how much strength could she have?" Lu Fan replied.

Meanwhile, in the dry-cleaning shop next door, Sister Li, who was at that very moment carrying a bucket weighing dozens of pounds, suddenly sneezed...

Without giving Jiang Yixia a chance to react, Lu Fan said, "Take a step back. I’ll pull the door up."

Seeing no other choice, Jiang Yixia took a step back.

Lu Fan pretended to be using all his strength, shouting, "One, two, three!"

But the roller shutter didn’t budge an inch.

Watching the scene unfold, Jiang Yixia grew a little worried. "Stop messing around with it. I’m calling the fire department right now. They have tools."

"No need, Yixia, trust me! Up!" Lu Fan said, deliberately straining with all his might.

This time, the roller shutter loosened slightly.

It seemed to be stuck somewhere.

Jiang Yixia immediately stepped forward, intending to help him pull.

Just then, the roller shutter suddenly gave way.

She instinctively helped lift it with the momentum.

After the roller shutter was rolled all the way back up, Jiang Yixia finally noticed that Lu Fan’s palm was bleeding.

She frowned. "You’re bleeding!"

Lu Fan looked down at his hand and smiled. "It’s fine, nothing serious."

But judging by the amount of blood, it looked like he had been cut by the shutter’s metal edge.

Seeing this, Jiang Yixia immediately ran back into her shop to grab a towel. She handed it to Lu Fan and said, "Quick, press down on it to stop the bleeding."

Lu Fan took the towel and pressed it to his wound. "Yixia, looks like you do care about me after all."

"Cut the crap." Jiang Yixia looked up at the rust on the shutter, thought for two seconds, and said to Lu Fan, "Go get a tetanus shot."

"Is that really necessary? It’s just a small cut. I’ll just clean it with some hydrogen peroxide later," Lu Fan said, feigning nonchalance.

But Jiang Yixia replied angrily, "I don’t want anything bad to happen to you because you were helping me. Don’t even think about making me feel guilty."

Seeing his chance, Lu Fan smiled. "All right, then. I’ll go, but you have to come with me. Otherwise, I’ll be scared when I get the shot."

"You...!" Jiang Yixia was about to say that a man nearly forty years old shouldn’t be afraid of a little shot, but then she realized he was saying it on purpose.

Seeing that he really had gotten injured helping her, she had no choice but to agree. "This roller shutter is done for. I’ll call Sister Li and ask her to come over and watch the shop."

With that, Jiang Yixia turned to get her phone and make the call.

At that moment, Chen He couldn’t help but give Lu Fan a thumbs-up in admiration. "Boss, that move was ruthless."

He had personally seen Lu Fan deliberately swipe his palm across a sharp, pried-up edge of the metal shutter.

Lu Fan calmly instructed, "We’re going to Donghua Hospital. Give the director a heads-up in advance."

"Understood!"

Donghua Hospital was a private hospital under the Lu Fan Group.

Chen He naturally understood what was going on.

Soon, Sister Li came rushing over.

When she saw Lu Fan’s hand wrapped in a towel and the specks of blood on the ground, she was instantly shocked. "Oh my heavens! How did this happen? Brother Lu, are you all right?"

’Brother Lu was her God of Wealth.’

’Nothing could happen to him!’

Lu Fan smiled. "Sister Li, look how worried you are. It’s just a small cut, no need to be so nervous. I wasn’t even planning on going to the hospital—just figured I’d wash it with some hydrogen peroxide. But Yixia was so concerned about me, she insisted on dragging me to the hospital."

Hearing this, Jiang Yixia was speechless for a moment before retorting, "Stop embellishing things! I’m not concerned about you, I just don’t want this to cause a whole series of problems because you were helping me!"

She looked at Sister Li and said, "Sister Li, I’ll have to trouble you to watch my shop for a bit. Don’t touch the roller shutter. I’ll find someone to dismantle it when I get back."

"Yes, yes, of course. You should hurry and take Brother Lu to the hospital. You can’t delay; I can see it’s still bleeding," Sister Li urged.

Jiang Yixia then looked at Lu Fan with a sense of resignation. "Let’s go. To the hospital."

’She knew this was Lu Fan’s self-injury ploy.’

’But there was nothing she could do.’

’After all, he had gotten hurt helping her.’

’If she acted cold-blooded and ignored him now, it would be too heartless.’

’But she made a decision: no matter what Lu Fan said later, she wouldn’t fall for it!’

「A short while later.」

Chen He pulled the car around.

When Sister Li saw the Maybach, her eyes filled with envy. "Oh my god, what a beautiful luxury car."

Jiang Yixia saw that Lu Fan didn’t take the front passenger seat, choosing to sit in the back instead.

After glancing at the stares of the people around them, she finally got into the car as well.

Chen He started the car, following the navigation route to Donghua Hospital.

Jiang Yixia was suddenly puzzled. "I remember the People’s Hospital is much closer. Why are we going out of our way?"

Lu Fan explained, "I know a doctor at Donghua Hospital. It’s only a few more kilometers anyway, no big deal."

After speaking, he pretended to suck in a sharp breath of cold air as he looked at his hand.

Seeing this, Jiang Yixia frowned and asked, "How is it? Does it hurt a lot?"

"It does hurt a bit. The adrenaline was probably pumping earlier, but now it’s starting to hurt more and more," Lu Fan said, looking pained.

Jiang Yixia initially thought he was just playing the victim, but he didn’t seem to be faking it. She urged Chen He, "Hey, handsome, can you drive a little faster? Before your boss kicks the bucket back here."

"Yixia, do me a favor."

"What is it?" Jiang Yixia assumed Lu Fan wanted some water or needed something handed to him.

She never expected Lu Fan to say, "How about you blow on it? If you blow on it, it won’t hurt as much."

Jiang Yixia froze for a second, then flushed with anger and embarrassment. "Are you looking to die?!"

As she spoke, she smacked Lu Fan’s hand.

"HISS!~" This time, Lu Fan felt a real jolt of pain.

"Serves you right!" Jiang Yixia angrily turned her head away, ignoring the jerk.

Seeing this, Lu Fan started groaning softly, "Ouch... ow..."

After hearing a few of these groans, Jiang Yixia finally turned back to him, frowned, and asked, "Are you dead yet?" 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

"Not yet. I’m waiting for you to save me," Lu Fan said with a wry smile.

"That’s what you get for being a smart-mouth!" Seeing the car had stopped, Jiang Yixia urged, "Hurry, get out! Go see the doctor!"

With that, she got out of the car and headed toward the hospital’s reception desk.

Chen He also got out and asked in a low voice, "Boss, do you need me to have the director come out to greet you?"

"Why would I call the director out? Right now, I’m just an ordinary patient," Lu Fan said calmly.

He then walked over to Jiang Yixia’s side and saw she was filling out a medical registration form.

Watching Jiang Yixia write down his name and age, Lu Fan felt a sense of gratification.

Just then, Jiang Yixia looked back at him and asked, "Phone number."

"It hasn’t changed. It’s still the same one as before," Lu Fan replied.

"It hasn’t changed?" Jiang Yixia grew suspicious. "A rich guy like you has never changed his phone number?"

"Back then, you left without a word. I was afraid you might have a change of heart and try to find me, so I never changed my number. Besides, I’m a sentimental person by nature, so I just kept using that old 134 number," Lu Fan explained.

Jiang Yixia shot him a look. "What do you think, do I believe you or not?"

But in the end, she looked back down at the registration form, thought for two seconds, and then familiarly wrote out the string of numbers.