Pampered By My Fake Boyfriend's Brother
Chapter 47 Escaping Reality

Chapter 47: Chapter 47 Escaping Reality

Bao Shaojin looked at the word "Bao Xun" on his phone and dialed back.

The silence in the car was broken by the "doot doot doot..." sound, startlingly abrupt.

After four rings, seeing that the call wasn’t picked up, Bao Shaojin directly ended it.

If Bao Xun had something urgent to discuss, he would proactively reach out to him.

What puzzled him was why someone who had been avoiding reality for years would suddenly call?

On the other side.

When An Yin returned to the dormitory, she hurriedly took out the damp clothes from the bag and hung them up, then washed the soaked shoes.

After completing these tasks, An Yin finally dragged her weary body back to bed and lay down to rest.

She didn’t know how long she slept this time.

When she woke up, she opened her sleepy eyes and realized it was dark around her.

It seemed that night had already fallen.

She actually slept for such a long time.

An Yin propped herself up to sit, feeling a burning pain hitting various injured parts of her body.

"Hiss..." she gasped from the pain.

The room was pitch black, and as someone afraid of the dark, she felt a creeping fear in her heart.

Dragging her pained body, she got out of bed and turned on the lights.

Rolling up her sleeves and pants, she was stunned for a moment as she saw her skin covered in bruises, staring in disbelief.

No wonder Aunt Zhang was surprised when applying the medicine!

Thinking of the medicine box given by the man, An Yin hesitated but still took it out, applying it again to areas she could reach.

This medicine was interesting; the places where it was applied felt cool and soothing, easing much of the sore pain.

The pity was that she couldn’t reach her back...

As she was feeling dejected, the dormitory door opened, and Shi Qing walked in gracefully.

With just one glance, Shi Qing noticed the bruises on her limbs, her face changing slightly before quickly returning to normal, asking nothing.

An Yin awkwardly pulled down her sleeves and the legs of her pants.

"I..." An Yin tried to explain something.

"It’s fine if you don’t want to talk about it," Shi Qing interrupted her, her gaze calm.

An Yin felt extremely frustrated. Although she knew Shi Qing didn’t like to interact with others, her distant attitude still made An Yin a bit uncomfortable.

Perhaps because she was injured, she was particularly sensitive at the moment.

"Okay." An Yin nodded.

Her awkward emotion was quickly replaced by another problem; her stomach was growling since she hadn’t eaten dinner, should she go out to get food? An Yin was caught in a dilemma.

While An Yin was in this conundrum, Shi Qing, who was bent over the desk, was lost in thought.

Shi Qing’s mind flashed back to the image of the bruises on An Yin’s limbs. Instantly, she associated it with some unpleasant scenes. The reason she understood such matters was because of her work environment. She often encountered people of all kinds, and even though she hadn’t experienced certain things herself, she knew a thing or two.

The marks on An Yin looked somewhat like...

Shi Qing didn’t continue to delve into her imagination, after all, it was someone else’s private matter and had nothing to do with her.

In fact, she didn’t have a bad impression of An Yin. Even if others privately had entanglements with men, it wouldn’t affect her view of An Yin. Everyone has their choices!

Soon, Shi Qing shook off these thoughts and focused solely on her studies.

Lately, the overtime hours have been too long; she was returning to the dormitory later and later. Shi Qing knew this wasn’t a long-term solution, but to earn money at the moment, she had no choice.

Sitting on her bed, An Yin was unaware of Shi Qing’s misunderstanding of her, lost in a battle with herself.

She wanted to eat but didn’t want to go and buy food, really conflicted!

"Gurgle..." As An Yin wore a worried expression, her stomach grumbled inopportunely.

Even Shi Qing, who was engrossed in her studies, heard it.

"Hungry?" Shi Qing turned her head, a tired face beneath the large glasses frame!

Hearing her roommate’s words, An Yin raised a hand to tuck her hair behind her ear, trying to hide her internal embarrassment, "A bit."

"I have some bread here." Shi Qing turned her head, opened the cabinet beside her desk, took out two packets of baguettes, walked over to An Yin and handed them to her.

An Yin looked at the baguettes in front of her, paused for a moment, hesitant to accept someone else’s food easily.

"This is the only food I have. If you don’t like it, that’s okay," Shi Qing saw her daze and thought she didn’t like this kind of traditional bread, preparing to withdraw her hand.

"I’ll eat, thank you!" Seeing Shi Qing’s eyes gradually dim, An Yin hurriedly reached out to take the bread.

"You’re welcome, last time you shared your cake with me!" Shi Qing replied, returning to her desk.

Compared to the soft and delicious cakes she brought last time, Shi Qing felt her baguettes were hardly worth mentioning!

Given her financial condition, she was very satisfied just to have something to fill her stomach.

Indeed, people can’t be compared to others!

After receiving the baguette, An Yin gave a friendly smile towards Shi Qing.

She was really hungry, tore open the package, and started eating.

When An Yin was a child, she often ate this kind of bread because her mom liked it, and she would occasionally stock some at home. There was a period when she really liked it.

In recent years, as various delicacies kept emerging, she seldom ate these traditional baguettes. To her surprise, today it tasted nostalgic, the more she ate, the more she liked it!

Beside her, Shi Qing took a sip of water, watching her eat with relish, puzzled, "Is it really that good?" Clearly, it’s just regular bread, how could she make it taste like a delicacy?

"Mm." An Yin smiled broadly, seemingly lost in her memories, starting to talk gently, "When I was little, mom often bought this bread. I used to get choked eating it, all dry, so I’d fuss about wanting mom to buy popsicles to eat with it..." To this day, thinking about it, An Yin still feels that time was wonderful!

Shi Qing saw the happiness on her face, finding herself momentarily speechless!

In the next second, Shi Qing got up expressionless, "If it’s not enough, let me know, I still have some."

"Enough, enough." An Yin nodded repeatedly.

Her appetite was small; she couldn’t eat much.

Even before An Yin finished speaking, Shi Qing was already heading towards the bathroom.

A door closing sound isolated the two.

Shi Qing stood in front of the washbasin, looking at her reflection in the mirror, her figure thin, devoid of expression, like a lifeless shell of a body!

She didn’t know when it started, but there were no longer any smiles on her face, her life’s path becoming exceptionally difficult. Yet she was just in her early twenties, still feeling as if life was so long!

Inside the dormitory, An Yin felt dry in the mouth, got up, went to her desk, picked up her cup, and took a sip of water, feeling a bit better.

For some reason, An Yin thought of Shi Qing’s expression when she turned to go to the bathroom; her mood seemed low. Perhaps, this was just her imagination!

This kind of subjective suspicion, An Yin dared not to verify, if she misunderstood, wouldn’t it be awkward.