Chapter 141 — Old Buffon's Origins
Years of Heartflutter · Page 158 of 214
"What is it?" Yang Ce was puzzled and turned to look at Chen Shutang. "Is there something else?"
"I'm thirsty. Go buy me something to drink," Chen Shutang said after a moment's hesitation.
"Isn't there bottled water in the ward? I'll pour you a cup," Yang Ce said, baffled, pointing at the water dispenser.
"I want—mm—honey green tea. Go buy that for me," Chen Shutang said.
"Honey green tea?" Yang Xu shook his head helplessly. "All right, then stay here a while. I'll go downstairs and buy it for you."
"Mm, hurry up. Oh, right—the green tea has a prize promotion now. After you buy it, open it at the shop first and see if there's a prize. You might win another bottle," Chen Shutang said, seizing on an excuse to delay him further.
"All right." Yang Ce went out, though he could not quite make sense of it. Chen Shutang's behavior today was truly bizarre; her tone just now had clearly sounded as if she were trying to send him away.
Only after Chen Shutang saw Yang Ce leave the ward did she tiptoe back into Zhou Yanning's room.
Sitting beside Zhou Yanning, she took Zhou Yanning's hand, a little nervous. Yet when she saw Zhou Yanning's tightly closed eyes and bloodless face, Chen Shutang gritted her teeth and wore an expression of utter determination.
"Zhou Yanning, this is Chen Shutang. Can you hear me?" Chen Shutang said softly, gazing at Zhou Yanning.
"Jiajia, if you can hear me, then listen to what I have to say." Chen Shutang hesitated a moment. "I know you love Yang Ce. The sacrifice you were willing to make for him makes that plain enough.
Jiajia, to be honest, my first impression of you wasn't very good. But now, I'm truly moved. If you don't mind, I think the two of us could become very good friends."
Seeing that Zhou Yanning still showed no response, Chen Shutang grew anxious. "Jiajia, can you hear me? What I mean is, the kind of really close friends—close sisters, you know? Do you understand what I mean?"
When Chen Shutang said this, she felt as though her heart might leap out of her chest. After speaking, she watched Zhou Yanning nervously, but unfortunately Zhou Yanning's face remained calm. "Ah." Chen Shutang sighed, at a loss for what to do. Originally, after hearing what the doctor said, a bold idea had formed in her mind, because she suspected that Zhou Yanning's knot was very likely Yang Ce—or rather, herself.
As long as she and Yandu accepted her, wouldn't she be able to wake up? That was why Chen Shutang had gritted her teeth and said what she had just said.
If Yang Juehuan had been present, she could never have brought herself to say it. She had had no choice but to send Yang Ce away, and then have a heart-to-heart with Zhou Yanning.
Still, Chen Shutang hadn't expected to succeed on the first try. Since she had already resolved to accept Zhou Yanning, she let her mind open up. If there was time in the future, she would come keep her company more often, talk with her, chat with her, bring up more topics related to Yandu—that ought to have some effect.
Zhou Yanning showed no reaction, but one person was deeply shaken—and that person was Yang Ce.
Yang Ce had suspected earlier that Chen Shutang was hiding something from him, so after leaving the room he had found a random place to hide and peered through to observe the situation in the ward.
When he "saw" what Chen Shutang said, he was instantly overcome with excitement and astonishment. What excited him was that Chen Shutang had actually taken the initiative to accept another girl; what astonished him was that Zhou Yanning possessed such personal magnetism that even Chen Shutang, a girl with a jealous streak, had been won over by her.
Still, things seemed to be developing in a good direction. That Chen Shutang could actively accept Zhou Yanning showed that her own character was quietly changing as well.