The Injured Duo

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"Riiiip—" The sound of the bandage being unrolled was particularly harsh in the quiet room.

The white bandage was wrapped around the slender calf loop after loop. The girl's fresh scent mixed with the smell of the medicinal ointment on the bandage until the entire lower leg was tightly bound.

Feeling the pain, the short-haired girl frowned. With her head slightly lowered, she continued to pull the bandage tight. The platinum fish charm on her wrist slightly shimmered under the light, and even the broken hand string had been rewoven and repaired.

"Riiiip—"

The short-haired girl looked at the other girl leaning against the headboard, who was also wrapped in bandages. "Do you want some?"

"No need, I wasn't hurt that badly." The other girl shook her head, though the bandages all over her body failed to prove her point.

"You're really stubborn. You got sent flying by a single punch from that gorilla, didn't you?"

"Tch, why do you think things turned out this way?"

The two girls bickered until An Shiyu suddenly spoke up. "My bad."

"Hmph." Hearing this, Chao Yiyu waved her hand. "Well, whatever, as long as we're fine... We got the stuff back anyway."

"I didn't expect that gorilla to hide in the dark and ambush us."

Thinking of their combat record from last night, both fishes fell a bit silent. Perhaps this was the most humiliating defeat for the two of them...

No...

"Actually, we shouldn't have clashed head-on with that big lug in the first place, right?" Chao Yiyu said. "Weapons and stuff were useless. That big lug is Uncle's friend, after all. Otherwise, we could have just poisoned him in advance."

"True." An Shiyu was well aware of this. After all, they had held back. Neither weapons nor anything else was used; it was pure hand-to-hand combat with that Bobo.

Last night, that Bobo was simply a maniac—high defense, high attack, and a massive health bar. They had absolutely no way to deal with him.

They pretty much bolted together the moment they found the hand string. Fortunately, the two of them had the home-field advantage at night, and since the opponent also had to protect that Blondie, they managed to shake him off quite easily.

After simply treating the wounds on their bodies, the two fishes leaned against the headboard together.

At this time, An Shiyu picked up her phone, only to find several unread messages on it, all sent by Ye Shuang.

"Oh, Uncle is looking for you." The fish beside her spoke up, but in the next second, her face was pushed away by a hand. "Mmph."

An Shiyu pinched Chao Yiyu's cheek with one hand while typing single-handedly on her phone with the other. After tap-tapping a reply to him, she made up a random excuse and was done with it.

"Not going to explain it clearly to him?"

"No need. It was my unauthorized action to begin with. I don't like giving people the feeling that they owe me," An Shiyu said lightly.

After finishing all this, the girl stood up and walked toward the door.

"Where are you going?"

"Playing games to recuperate," An Shiyu said lazily. She was in so much pain today that she definitely wouldn't go to work.

"Oh." Hearing this, Chao Yiyu also got out of bed, but in the next second, a sense of powerlessness coming from her legs made her fall straight to her knees on the floor.

Chao Yiyu: "..."

She suddenly realized that her legs seemed to have lost all sensation.

"No way?"

She touched her legs; even pinching them so hard elicited no feeling.

But fortunately, this feeling only lasted for a little while before Chao Yiyu slowly stood up. An awful expression appeared on her face as she leaned against the table next to her for quite a while before walking out to the living room.

"I heard a noise just now. What were you doing?" An Shiyu was opening the fridge to grab a drink and asked when she saw Chao Yiyu come out.

"Nothing. Toss me a bottle of juice." Chao Yiyu pretended that nothing was wrong.

"Oh."

"Duo queue today?"

"Whatever works."

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...

On the other side, Ye Shuang was also telling Chen Hai about the new department. Hearing this, Chen Hai thought for a moment. "If I join that department, does it count as a promotion?"

"I guess so," Ye Shuang said. After all, Chen Hai was still doing grassroots-level work right now, and joining the department under Ye Shuang's command would definitely offer much better benefits than before. Although Chen Hai didn't really need so-called benefits, considering the entire corporate group belonged to his family anyway.

"I'm in." Chen Hai immediately beamed. As long as it was a promotion, nothing else mattered.

He was determined to climb up step by step.

At this time, Ye Shuang also noticed his phone vibrating. He took a glance and found that this time it was a message from An Shiyu.

An Shiyu: Woke up late, slacking off for the day.

An Shiyu: Dot eyes.jpg

"She really did wake up late." After seeing the message she sent, Ye Shuang revealed an I knew it expression. But since she had replied, Ye Shuang didn't bother asking anything more.

After simply replying with a rest well, Ye Shuang continued eating his lunch.

An Shiyu: So nagging, are you a mama-san?

Hmm...

What a sharp-tongued girl.

There wasn't anything special in the afternoon, except that Chen Qin came over once. After asking for some seeds and acting spoiled for a while, she left. This girl had completely squeezed out half an hour during work hours just to run over here. Ye Shuang couldn't help but wonder if she was focusing on her work at all.

...

At night, Ye Shuang got off work early and returned home.

As soon as he opened the door, he noticed the chubby Yi Wan coming over from not far away, strutting with an arrogant gait, and finally lying on its back with its belly exposed by his feet.

"Meow-nega."

He had to admit that coming home after a busy day and seeing this scene was quite heartwarming.

Ye Shuang bent down and rubbed Yi Wan's belly, then noticed a scent drifting to his nose.

Looking toward the kitchen, Bai Yuyou and Tang Keke were busy preparing dinner. The two girls cooperated perfectly, and there were already two dishes on the dining table.

Tang Keke's waist had also gotten much better, though she just couldn't do any strenuous exercise.

At this time, Ye Shuang closed the door. Perhaps hearing the sound of the door lock, Bai Yuyou and Tang Keke poked their heads out. "Ye Shuang, you're back."

"Cooking so early?" Ye Shuang asked with a smile.

"Hehe, we finished school a bit early today."

Just as Ye Shuang put down his briefcase, he felt a softness in his arms. Bai Yuyou had trotted over and tightly hugged his waist.

"What's wrong? Hugging me so tightly." Feeling the strength and softness, Ye Shuang asked.

"In the morning, no hugs," Bai Yuyou let out a muffled voice.

After all, she had been lectured by Ye Shuang in the morning, so she hadn't managed to replenish her energy.

But after a minute, the girl still showed no intention of letting go; instead, she clung even tighter. Seeing this, Ye Shuang patted the back of her head. "What is it? Still not letting go?"

It was as if she had something on her mind.

"..." Bai Yuyou rubbed her cheek against Ye Shuang's chest.

Left with no choice, Ye Shuang had to walk like a crab all the way to the dining table with Bai Yuyou attached to him.