Chapter 386: In Cahoots
"Brother Jian, are you working overtime tonight?" Qin Xiangnuan asked Jian Zhiqing, already concerned about his stomach issues—if he had to work overtime, wouldn’t he go hungry without a meal?
"I’ll have to work a bit," Jian Zhiqing’s expression seemed rather helpless, "I’ll probably need to do overtime for a while. Oh, here, take this." Jian Zhiqing took out a medical record from his person. "Give this to your teacher, and you won’t have to do military training."
Qin Xiangnuan took it and glanced through it; doctors’ handwriting is always so hard to read. She wasn’t sure what ailment the doctor had concocted for her, but it seemed like she could make it out: probably hypoglycemia, prone to fainting or something like that, shouldn’t exercise too much, nor should she be exposed to too much sunlight.
Just that was enough for Qin Xiangnuan to skip the military training.
Qin Xiangnuan had taken a few bites of the wild vegetable pancakes, and eventually gathered the rest from her plate.
"What, you’re not eating anymore?" Jian Zhiqing broke off another piece of the wild vegetable pancake, dipped it in garlic sauce, and put it in his mouth.
"No more," Qin Xiangnuan picked up the plate with the wild vegetable pancakes and stood up to walk toward the kitchen, "I’ll put them in the pot for you. These won’t keep you full for long, I’ll save them for your late-night snack."
Jian Zhiqing’s fingers paused ever so slightly, his usually cool and distant eyes seemed to soften with a hint of warmth, rippling gently through the cool summer breeze.
Qin Xiangnuan went into the kitchen, placed her portion of the vegetable pancakes in the pot, just three pieces—not too many. There was also some pumpkin porridge in the pot, which she could heat up later in the evening. Eating that would be enough to fend off hunger. She had even saved her own rations for Jian Zhiqing.