Chapter 8 The a.s.sistant to the Health Teacher Lu Mengmeng was staring at her fiancee.
From her childhood, she"d had no understanding of the word caring. Her parents left her alone to grow up by herself, and she had not relied on anyone else.
But now, there was someone who showed her the real meaning of caring—caring about her safety and caring about her feelings when she walked back alone at night, even if that one was indeed a fish.
“Thanks!” she said to him honestly, looking into his red eyes. The latter’s face suddenly turned red. He felt his heart beat faster, and coughed to cover his awkwardness. He joked, “It"s nothing. . . I was planning to find someone suitable for eating on the way. . .”
Her appreciation suddenly dissolved, and she said to him, “Oh, I am safe indeed. The security of this block is quite good. You have no need to pick me up.”
He pretended that he did not hear her att.i.tude change, and walked silently by her side.
She went to school at five a.m. and went back home at night at nine. She had no time to spend with him at all.
It was gym cla.s.s.
Lu Mengmeng sat in the audience, watching the boys playing basketball. Her eyes focused on the boy named Lin Ruize. Today he was wearing a new pair of Nike shoes, jumping up to slam-dunk the ball. His young and handsome face held the pride and confidence that would attract any girl.
This was the boy she liked, the one she set her heart on.
But when she thought of another face, one with a wild, charming smile, she could not help but cry. She was engaged already, robbed of the chance to keep the boy she liked in heart. How could she become a married woman when she was just a teenage girl?
“Mengmeng!” She heard someone call her name and she picked up her head to find the source of the shout. Before she could figure out what was happening, a basketball smacked her face.
She covered her face with her hand and bent down immediately. How painful! She bet her eyes must be in black and blue, and her nose was numb.
“Mengmeng, are you okay?” Lin Ruize anxiously hurried to her. He found her face swollen, even when she was trying to cover up with her hands, and she was bleeding.
“I am sorry I hurt you.” Lin Ruize was nervous, and he leaned down to offer her his back. “Let me take you to the infirmary.”
“I am fine, don’t worry.” Lu Mengmeng was afraid the boy might be too anxious and regretful, and she tried to comfort him with a smile, but the smile tore her wounded lips wider. More blood bled out, and she whimpered bitterly.
“I am terribly sorry! I tried to warn you, but the ball still hit you. It is all my fault.”
“Never mind. The worst is the disfigurement.”
“If your face was ruined by me, I will . . . I will marry you,” he promised seriously.
She could feel her heart pounding hard as she climbed onto his back.
“Are you serious?” She buried her face in his neck as he carried her to the school hospital.
Let the law of the Creature Circle a.s.sociation go to h.e.l.l.
She had never fought for her life for freedom and love, and now was the right time.
The hospital was several hundred meters from the stadium, but she still felt that the way was too short. She had not had much time to talk with him yet by the time they arrived.
Today the small infirmary was full of people. Usually it was empty or at least had only a few people. What had happened?
Lu Mengmeng was curious and she pushed some students aside to look into the circle of onlookers. There stood a doctor, with long hair that reached to the waist. When he turned his face to her, she found who he was.
How could Danjinos come to the school hospital?
“The new a.s.sistant to the health teacher is so cute! I have put his photo on the campus net. Guess what? In just half an hour, I received more than one thousand likes,” a boy was boasting to his friend.
New a.s.sistant to the health teacher? The health teacher almost had nothing to do; did he need an a.s.sistant?
No doubt, it was the work of staffers of the a.s.sociation. They arranged for him to come here to have more opportunities to live with his fiancée.
Did they have any idea he could eat the students if he was p.i.s.sed off?
The teachers and students did not understand all her worries. They were staring at Danjinos’ good-looking face.
“How could he be so handsome? Even more handsome than Idol KimYongHee.” One girl was totally amazed by him.
A boy yelled to her, “Get away, you idiot! Handsome? The a.s.sistant is a beauty.”
“A beauty? Look at his chest; it is flat, so not a woman.”
“Have you read too many j.a.panese comic books and fell into a storyline of boy love? Our campus queen had a rather flat bosom. It did not take away from her beauty.”
Lu Mengmeng was frightened by their crazy discussion.
“Are they losing minds?” she asked Lin Ruize.
“Actually, the a.s.sistant teacher is more than beautiful.” Lin Ruize nodded.
When he found Lu Mengmeng’s unbelievable gaze, he lowered his head with shame.
“Are you injured?” Danjinos found Lu Mengmeng in the audience, and he crooked his finger. "Come forward".
The audience got out of the way for her.
Then he found that she was on Lin Ruize’s back.
He said to him slowly, “Is she your girlfriend?”
Lu Mengmeng suddenly realized that Lin Ruize was in danger.