I Fall Every Time I Meet an Alpha [Transmigrated into a Book] - Chapter 26

In the infirmary.

The school doctor examined her and found nothing serious just a sprained left ankle.

Zhong Xiaoxiao found it miraculous. Falling from such a high staircase should have resulted in a fracture, yet she only suffered a sprained ankle. Who would believe that? She checked her entire body but felt no pain. She seriously wondered if her nerves were numb and she simply couldn’t feel the pain anymore.

The excruciating sensation of bones breaking during the fall was still vivid in Zhong Xiaoxiao’s memory, yet now she felt nothing. It was truly baffling.

Was she just a disposable character in a story? Were her injuries even real? Zhong Xiaoxiao let her imagination run wild. Perhaps some authors had never actually fallen from a height, so their depictions of such incidents felt unrealistic. That made sense, personal experience would lend authenticity, while lack thereof would result in less convincing descriptions.

She convinced herself with this reasoning.

Meng Yuzhou brought over a bottle of medicinal liquid to apply to Zhong Xiaoxiao’s injury. At the sight of this, alarm bells rang in her head. Oh no, he was actually going to do it!

The thought of a boy removing her shoes and socks to apply medicine to her smelly feet was beyond awkward!

Zhong Xiaoxiao wanted to say she could do it herself, but she couldn’t. The pain was too intense, her leg couldn’t even bend.

“Uh, I—” Zhong Xiaoxiao began to speak, but then she caught sight of Meng Yuqing entering the infirmary from the corner of her eye.

Seeing her, Zhong Xiaoxiao immediately flared up. “What are you doing here? Come to laugh at me?” Meng Yuzhou followed her gaze and frowned, speaking coldly to his sister, “Get out.”

Meng Yuqing looked at the two of them one standing, one sitting, a perfect match, so perfect it was infuriating. She smirked at Zhong Xiaoxiao. “Just checking if you’d died from the fall.”

“You!” Zhong Xiaoxiao was livid. If not for her sprained foot, she would have lunged at her right then. Damn Meng Yuqing! What a despicable jerk!

Unable to retaliate physically, Zhong Xiaoxiao could only look pitifully at Meng Yuzhou, her eyes reddening as she played the victim. “Meng Yuzhou, look at her! She dares to treat me like this right in front of you. I think we should break up… Waaah…”

System 666: What are you doing?! This was supposed to be a great moment for the leads’ relationship to deepen. Why did you have to interfere?

Meng Yuqing: Don’t forget, I have a twisted possessive streak when it comes to my brother. How could I not come in a situation like this?

System 666: … (That kind of makes sense.)

Meng Yuzhou strode over and forcefully dragged his sister out.

“Meng Yuqing, don’t say I didn’t warn you!” Meng Yuzhou was beyond furious. Right now, he genuinely wanted to strangle his sister. He couldn’t understand why she had become like this. Where was the sweet, adorable little sister he once knew? Why had she turned so vicious and unreasonable?

“Do you really want to kill her? Huh? Meng Yuqing, do you realize you’re committing a crime?!”

“I know exactly what I’m doing.”

“You know? You’re out of your mind!”

Meng Yuqing wasn’t insane, she seemed perfectly calm. “Brother, break up with her. I can’t stand seeing you two together.”

“You’re insane!” Meng Yuzhou gritted his teeth, his mind roaring. He might have glimpsed a sliver of the truth, but he refused to acknowledge it. “Meng Yuqing, you’re my sister always will be! Nothing more. You’d better think carefully about your actions!”

After yelling at her, Meng Yuzhou stormed off into the infirmary, leaving Meng Yuqing behind. This time, Meng Yuqing didn’t follow him inside and simply waited outside.

Zhong Xiaoxiao listened to the argument from inside the infirmary. Though she was too far away to hear clearly, it was obvious they were quarreling. She didn’t want to escalate the conflict between the siblings, but if she didn’t do this, Meng Yuqing would have been the death of her. Sigh.

When Meng Yuzhou returned, his expression was grim. Zhong Xiaoxiao pretended to be frail and delicate as she said, “I’m sorry, it’s all my fault…”

“It’s not your fault,” Meng Yuzhou replied curtly before kneeling down to remove her shoes and socks to apply the medicine.

“Ah!” Zhong Xiaoxiao couldn’t help but gasp in pain when he touched her foot.

“Sorry,” Meng Yuzhou said softly, his movements gentler now. “Bear with it a little longer.”

“Mmm,” Zhong Xiaoxiao responded, watching as the male lead massaged the female lead’s fair and delicate foot with a complicated feeling.

Oh god, what should she do now? Since they were the main couple, physical intimacy was inevitable. Zhong Xiaoxiao still couldn’t quite accept the idea of being physically close to the male lead. What if they ended up doing… that later on?

She deeply regretted not finishing the novel. If she hadn’t been so furious at the villainess, she might have read further. What good was knowing only that the ending was happy? She had no idea how it became happy! Did it end at their marriage, or did it continue into their married life?

Oh no… There was still the married life part…

Zhong Xiaoxiao grew increasingly anxious from her own imagination.

Meng Yuzhou gently massaged her foot as the medicine took effect. The sprained area felt warm, and the pain gradually subsided.

Staring at her injured foot, Zhong Xiaoxiao thought she might as well milk the injury. She was hurt now surely Meng Yuzhou wouldn’t be so perverse as to do anything to an injured person…

She resolved to fake a limp for a while.

By the time they left the infirmary, it was nearly dark.

Meng Yuqing was still waiting outside. When she saw them, she raised an eyebrow.

Zhong Xiaoxiao was irritated at the sight of her, but she didn’t have the energy or time to deal with her now. The school doctor had given her a crutch, which she used to hobble along.

Meng Yuzhou stayed by her side, ignoring his sister. Meng Yuqing trailed behind them silently.

Their bags were still in the classroom, so Meng Yuzhou told Zhong Xiaoxiao to wait while he went to retrieve them, warning Meng Yuqing to stay away from her.

After Meng Yuzhou left, Meng Yuqing stood about two meters away, watching Zhong Xiaoxiao, who had no intention of engaging with her.

Night had fallen, and the school was nearly empty, appearing vast and desolate. Occasionally, a few black birds or maybe bats flapped overhead, their sudden movements slightly eerie.

Zhong Xiaoxiao glanced around at the old school building with its crimson walls, the gloomy tree-lined paths, and the dim streetlights, it was practically a horror movie set! The unsettling unknown seemed to lurk in the surrounding shadows. Her heart pounded nervously, but at least Meng Yuqing was nearby. Though the villainess was harmful, she wasn’t scary.

Meng Yuqing stood there silently, but Zhong Xiaoxiao found an odd sense of comfort in having another living person beside her.

Not long after, Meng Yuzhou came downstairs.

He grabbed Zhong Xiaoxiao’s backpack, his own, and Meng Yuqing’s. Meng Yuzhou tossed Meng Yuqing’s bag back to her, slung his and Zhong Xiaoxiao’s over his shoulder, and helped Zhong Xiaoxiao walk out of the school.

“I’ll take you home,” Meng Yuzhou said to Zhong Xiaoxiao.

This time, Zhong Xiaoxiao didn’t think of refusing. Given her condition, it really wasn’t convenient, and besides, riding in a luxury car was quite comfortable. If only Meng Yuqing weren’t here… Wait, no if Meng Yuqing weren’t here, being alone with a guy in a car might not be great either…

For a moment, Zhong Xiaoxiao couldn’t decide whether Meng Yuqing’s presence was a good or bad thing.

Regardless of her thoughts, Meng Yuqing still got into the car. Of course, it was her family’s car, so Zhong Xiaoxiao had no right to stop her.

The atmosphere in the car was awkward.

Meng Yuzhou still urged Zhong Xiaoxiao to eat something, but she wasn’t hungry and only sipped some juice.

Meng Yuqing didn’t say a word the entire time, her gaze shifting between them.

System 666: What a glaring third wheel.

Meng Yuqing: “…”

System 666: I know your mission is to hinder their relationship and torment the female lead, but you should give them some breathing room once in a while.

Meng Yuqing: This is my family’s car. Am I not allowed to sit in it?

System 666: Of course you can, but you could at least make things a little easier for them.

Meng Yuqing: I don’t want to make things easier.

The system was speechless. It kind of wanted to whip this disobedient character with a tiny lash. But then again, Meng Yuqing had a point, strictly speaking, she hadn’t done anything wrong.

The car stopped outside Zhong Xiaoxiao’s neighborhood, and Meng Yuzhou helped her out. Coincidentally, Zhong Yuanyuan returned just then and spotted them from a distance. Her shrill voice rang out, “Oh! Is that Xiaoxiao? Why are you back so late?”

The moment Zhong Xiaoxiao heard her voice, her entire body stiffened. Panicked, she pushed Meng Yuzhou away. “Y-you, get back in the car! My mom’s here!”

“…” Meng Yuzhou hesitated but ultimately got back in. He could tell Zhong Xiaoxiao was terrified at the sight of her mother.

Once Meng Yuzhou was inside, the car drove off.

Zhong Yuanyuan watched the luxury car pass by and clicked her tongue. “Xiaoqing’s family must be pretty well-off.”

As she approached, she noticed Zhong Xiaoxiao and the crutch in her hand. “What happened?”

“I… fell,” Zhong Xiaoxiao replied weakly.

“How could you be so careless?” Zhong Yuanyuan scolded. “Honestly, when will you ever learn to be more careful? And to think Xiaoqing had to bring you home…”

Relieved that her mother assumed it was Meng Yuqing, Zhong Xiaoxiao quickly changed the subject. “Mom, I’m hungry…” she said pitifully.

Seeing her like this, Zhong Yuanyuan couldn’t bring herself to keep lecturing her. “Alright, let’s go home and eat.”

“The rice is already cooked. I just went out to buy a few things.”

Zhong Xiaoxiao glanced at the bag in her mother’s hand but didn’t ask what was inside. She hobbled along with her crutch, though her foot didn’t hurt much anymore, she could probably walk normally. Still, she figured she should keep up the act for a while longer.

Seeing Zhong Xiaoxiao injured, Zhong Yuanyuan became extra careful with her, speaking softly as if afraid that raising her voice might startle her into another fall.

Zhong Xiaoxiao really wasn’t used to seeing her mother acting so cautiously. She couldn’t help saying, “Mom, I’m fine…”

“I know, you’re just comforting me because you don’t want me to worry…” Zhong Yuanyuan suddenly got emotional again. “It’s all my fault for not taking good care of you…”

“Mom, this has absolutely nothing to do with you. Please don’t be like this.” Xiaoxiao was genuinely at a loss, why did it feel like everything she did was wrong?

She’d only been focused on dealing with the villainess, forgetting she also had a mother to contend with.

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