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The moment he saw it, Kodama Hikaru nodded his little head excitedly: "This is it! This is it!"
"If Kodama-kun wants it, you can have it!"
With a faint smile, Lin Chuan handed it over.
With trembling hands, Kodama Hikaru took the item and gently raised his head, asking again, "Dr. Lin Chuan, do you have any more?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Chuan's originally gentle expression suddenly darkened slightly.
At the same time, Kodama Hikaru, realizing he had said the wrong thing, quickly tried to salvage the situation: "I don't want it for free, I can buy it with money."
As he spoke, he opened his handbag, revealing stacks of ten thousand yuan bills inside.
These were the compensation payments her company made after her parents died in the line of duty, and she took them all out.
She didn't want too many, just ten would be fine.
The doctor had said that just ten doses of his sister's medicine could completely cure her illness.
Without looking at the money, Lin Chuan shook his head slightly: "This kind of medicine is still in the research stage, and I don't have much in stock. Kodama, you should go back."
Although Lin Chuan didn't say it explicitly, Kodama Hikaru still sensed the hidden meaning—this is not enough!
Her psychological defenses crumbled instantly, and Kodama Hikaru's eyes gradually reddened, with glistening tears welling up in them.
This is the greatest sincerity she can offer; there's really nothing more.
But she didn't want to give up. Her sister had been tormented by illness for so many years, and now the chance for a cure was right in front of her. How could she give up?!
Driven by this thought, Kodama Hikaru suddenly knelt down in front of Lin Chuan with a "plop": "Dr. Lin Chuan, I beg you..."
Seeing her tear-streaked face and brimming with tears, Lin Chuan finally softened...
He gently wiped away the tears on her beautiful face and said softly, "I can give you some."
After saying that, before he could even express his happiness, he abruptly changed the subject: "However, I don't want money."
Hearing this, I was stunned at first.
The next moment, upon noticing Lin Chuan's gaze, Kodama Hikari's delicate body suddenly trembled.
"No, no, you're Lian's boyfriend, I can't do that."
Looking at the girl shaking her head like a rattle-drum, Lin Chuan's tone suddenly turned cold: "Then you can leave now."
"The door's right there. Goodbye, and don't bother coming back!"
Having said that, he was about to leave.
Seeing this, Kodama Hikaru quickly got up and hugged Lin Chuan from behind: "No! I... I promise!"
Between her sister's life and her best friend, she ultimately chose the former.
After saying "I agree," Kodama Hikaru felt as if all his strength had been drained away, and tears streamed down his face like a burst dam.
Turning around, Lin Chuan wrapped his right arm around the girl's slender waist, his index finger lightly lifting her delicate chin. A smile played on his lips. "You don't need to feel sorry for Lian. It's just a transaction between us, like going to the market..."
Under his silver tongue, Kodama Hikaru's guilt lessened slightly, and he nodded with somewhat vacant eyes...
After a long while, a pleasant transaction was successfully completed.
Looking at the girl with slightly furrowed brows, Lin Chuan took out a healing potion and handed it to her: "Drink it, it will be good for your injuries."
She reached out her snow-white, delicate hand and took it from him. Eryu Guang shook her little head a few times and said, "I...I'm fine!"
Each dose of medicine represents one in ten chance of curing her sister; how could she possibly waste it on something like this?
"You can also choose not to use it, and that will be considered as payment for your next transaction."
Upon hearing this, Kodama Hikaru glared angrily at Lin Chuan, his voice slightly hoarse: "How...how could you do this?!"
But Lin Chuan didn't care at all: "I am the dominant party in the transaction, I have the right..."
Chapter 514 Sayuri's Half-Hesitant Response
“I am the dominant party in the transaction, and I have the right to decide how the transaction is conducted.”
Hearing Lin Chuan's hateful words, Kodama Hikaru's chest heaved with anger.
Faced with this situation, her choice was to pull out the cork and drink the dark purple potion in one gulp.
Just kidding, if we really followed their advice, wouldn't we be getting ripped off next time?
She's not stupid; why would she do something that loses money?
As the medicine flowed down his esophagus into his stomach, Kodama Hikaru felt a surge of cool energy explode from his lower abdomen.
Immediately afterwards, the energy transformed into strands that spread throughout the body.
Under its comforting touch, the burning wound was instantly soothed.
Having personally experienced the immediate and remarkable effects, Kodama Hikaru's large, expressive eyes immediately sparkled with a brilliant light.
He felt more confident that he could cure his sister.
As the moon rose above the willow branches, savoring the egg fried rice made by Kodama Hikaru, Lin Chuan gently stroked the girl's silky smooth hair and said with a faint smile, "I never expected Hikaru to have such amazing cooking skills. It's truly a pleasant surprise~"
Kodama Hikaru, who was eating stir-fried bamboo fungus and tiger-skin eggs with his head down, raised his head slightly as if to say something.
Unexpectedly, she choked on her food, her fair face turning bright red, and she clenched her fists and kept pounding her chest.
Seeing this, Lin Chuan quickly reached out and gently patted his back a few times: "Are you alright? Are you feeling any better?"
After a while, Kodama Hikaru, who had finally caught his breath, showed a sense of relief on his face.
Just now, she really felt like she saw her great-grandmother.
It seems I really can't talk while eating anymore; it's too dangerous.
Around eight or nine o'clock in the evening, in front of St. Caterpillar General Hospital, Kodama Hikaru rested his right hand on the car door, his voice slightly hoarse: "I...I'm leaving."
As he spoke, he pushed open the car door and prepared to get out.
But then, Lin Chuan's deep and magnetic voice suddenly rang out again: "Wait a minute!"
After a moment, Lin Chuan wiped the oil from the girl's lips and said with a faint smile, "Alright! Oh, and remember to say hello to Ai for me."
After giving a hasty reply, Kodama Hikaru immediately flapped his two short, fair legs and hurried towards the hospital.
Looking at his back, it seems like he is fleeing in panic.
Only after his figure had completely disappeared did Lin Chuan withdraw his gaze.
Then, humming an unknown tune, he stepped on the gas...
The next day, after changing his clothes with the help of Jin Cheng Liuli, Lin Chuan ate a simple bowl of abalone and seafood porridge that the beauty had carefully stewed before driving away.
Just as they were about to go find Kazama Ai, they unexpectedly ran into Kirishima Sayuri walking out of the bookstore.
Today, the girl was no longer wearing that red and black sailor uniform, but instead wore a light purple long dress.
A gentle breeze blew by, softly swaying her skirt, making her look like a violet swaying in the wind.
With a slight raise of his eyebrows, Lin Chuan drove the car to a secluded spot.
Then, after throwing it into his personal space, he pretended not to know anything and had a "chance encounter" with the other party.
"Manami, didn't you say you were going to a classmate's house? What are you doing here?!"
On the other side, Kirishima Sayuri, who never expected to run into Lin Chuan here, had a faint blush on her cheeks and her mind went blank.
Just then, she suddenly felt her hand being grabbed.
Then, the voice that always appeared in his dreams rang out again: "Never mind! Let's not talk about this!"
"Since we've run into each other, let's go see a movie."
"You already rejected me once last time, so you can't reject me again this time~"
Upon hearing this, he gradually emerged from his daze.
When she tried to twitch her little hand a few times but couldn't break free, Sayuri Kirishima raised her head as if to say something.
But when she met that warm gaze, as gentle as the spring sun, the words that were on the tip of her tongue turned into a soft, coquettish murmur.
With a faint smile playing on his lips, Lin Chuan then pulled the girl toward the nearest movie theater.
On the way, feeling the heat from that large hand and gazing at Lin Chuan's handsome profile, which appeared even more striking in the sunlight, Kirishima Sayuri felt her heart pounding wildly.
A few more streaks of blush uncontrollably appeared on her jade-like face.
A dozen minutes later, in front of the movie theater.
Having bought the tickets, Lin Chuan, familiar with the routine, once again took that gentle, soft hand.
This time, apart from blinking her eyelashes a few times, Sayuri Kirishima made no other movements.
Since I'm taking a girl to the movies, it's natural that we should watch a romance film.
The combination of a weekend and a romance film is enough to prove that this movie-going experience won't be peaceful.
Sure enough, as soon as they entered the screening room, the two saw several couples hugging and kissing each other.
Upon seeing this, Sayuri Kirishima's already rosy cheeks instantly turned as red as a boiled lobster, with a faint steam rising from her head.
She wanted to turn around and leave immediately, but Lin Chuan pulled her to a corner.
Soon after, as the movie officially began, the once brightly lit screening room went dark in an instant...
More than an hour later, the light once again dispelled the darkness.
As Lin Chuan walked out of the theater with his arm around Kirishima Sayuri's slender yet voluptuous waist, he smiled faintly and said, "...Manami, this movie was really good~"
Upon hearing this, a hint of shyness and annoyance appeared in the girl's beautiful eyes, which were as clear as a mountain spring.
She then gave Lin Chuan a charming eye roll and turned her head to the side.
Seeing this, Lin Chuan lowered his head and gently kissed her glistening lips, then pointed to a couples' restaurant not far away: "Manami, you must be hungry now, how about we go eat there?"
She hadn't thought much of it at first, but after the other person mentioned it, Sayuri Kirishima actually felt a little hungry.
Adhering to the principle that one should never go hungry, she decided to forgive Lin Chuan first and then vent her frustrations on him after she had eaten her fill.
However, this beautiful vision was ultimately shattered by Lin Chuan during lunch.