Ch. 137
To be honest, although Lin Nan had indeed thought about whether Chen Yao would give him a princess carry if he used being injured and unable to stand as an excuse.
So even though his fall wasn't serious, he still said he couldn't stand up.
But he really hadn't expected Chen Yao to pick him up without hesitation like this.
He had no psychological preparation at all.
When he came to his senses, he was already being held in Chen Yao's arms.
Almost instantly, his cheeks began to burn, redden, and heat up. His eyes closed tightly, his mind went completely blank, he lost all ability to think, only knowing to grip Chen Yao's phone tightly while his body went rigid and stiff.
"Hurry up and call the school doctor, my hands aren't free." Chen Yao's voice was low and deep, carrying anxious emotion.
Lin Nan's crashed brain finally managed to start up again, but his first reaction wasn't to make a phone call, but rather to notice that Chen Yao's large hands seemed to be positioned somewhat inappropriately.
He slightly lowered his head and glanced at the area below his armpit, where Chen Yao's palm was supporting and covering.
Could you please not touch my chest? Although it's just flesh, it feels very strange.
Lin Nan's mouth twitched, but he couldn't bring himself to say these words out loud. He just closed his eyes to check if the magic had been unlocked.
Only after being picked up did he discover that the princess carry needed to last more than ten minutes.
Fortunately his weight was relatively light. If he weighed two hundred pounds, forget about a princess carry, Chen Yao would probably have to drag him along by his feet.
He noticed that the remaining students on the athletic field were casting glances toward him, which made him, already embarrassed, feel even more ashamed. He simply turned his head and buried his face against Chen Yao's body, so at least others couldn't see his face.
This stimulating feeling was so familiar...
"What are you doing?"
Chen Yao stopped walking toward the medical office and looked down at the red-faced Lin Nan. He thought Lin Nan had really fractured his leg, so he sternly scolded: "Don't move around, just focus on making the phone call!"
"That, that..." Lin Nan weakly protested, "Move your hand away a little..."
Only then did Chen Yao realize his left hand had touched something it shouldn't have. His face reddened, and he moved his hand up to wrap around Lin Nan's shoulder, then coughed lightly to cover his embarrassment while trying to maintain a serious expression: "Hurry up and make the call! You're very heavy, okay?"
How could he make a phone call? At most he had just scraped some skin. If he called the medical office doctor to come to work, he'd probably get scolded.
But calculating the time, the princess carry needed at least seven or eight more minutes.
Although Chen Yao was trying his best to make the atmosphere serious, the ambiance between them still became somewhat romantic and ambiguous.
Chen Yao didn't dare think too much, and Lin Nan didn't dare move around carelessly, afraid that Chen Yao's hand might touch somewhere strange again.
The school's medical office was also in the academic building. At this time, the large and small doors of the academic building had long been tightly closed. He could only carry Lin Nan to the entrance, then carefully try to put Lin Nan down.
This won't do! This definitely hasn't been ten minutes!
He'd already carried him! At least let him unlock the magic!
Just as Chen Yao made a motion to put Lin Nan down, Lin Nan suddenly frowned and cried out: "It hurts! Don't move around!"
"It's okay, I'll be gentle." Chen Yao was startled and quickly comforted him. "Take it slow and it won't hurt."
"Don't, it hurts..." Lin Nan deliberately used a nasal tone, making his voice carry a slight crying quality.
Now Chen Yao completely didn't dare move, standing awkwardly in front of the academic building's iron gate. He had no free hands to make a phone call, and there was no one around to ask for help.
He looked down at Lin Nan in his arms. In his view, this was just ordinary mutual help between friends. If it were other female classmates from class who had fallen and couldn't walk, he would do the same... except for those few who might be too heavy to carry.
He had done this kind of thing in high school. At that time, a classmate had accidentally stepped on an iron nail while passing by the school construction site, so he had carried him on his back without a second thought. But when it came to Lin Nan, why did it feel so strange?
However, so soft, hmm.
Even softer than the girl he had carried on his back in high school.
Chen Yao stood frozen in front of the academic building. He wanted to put Lin Nan down but was afraid of causing secondary injury. He wanted to call the medical office doctor, but his hands were occupied holding Lin Nan and couldn't move.
"Make a phone call." He felt like he looked like an idiot standing in front of the iron gate.
"I..." Lin Nan didn't know how to explain why he wasn't calling the doctor. He paused, then continued burying his face in Chen Yao's chest, stammering an explanation: "I dropped the phone."
He felt like there was a flame burning inside his body, and shame, embarrassment, and guilt from lying were all fuel for this flame. The longer it went on, the hotter his body became, and the more dizzy his head felt.
This stimulating feeling of repeatedly dancing on the edge of courting death was simply intoxicating.
"Huh? Didn't I just see you holding my phone?" Chen Yao was confused.
As he spoke, Lin Nan casually tossed the phone toward the bushes behind him.
It probably wouldn't break. Hmm, now it was really lost.
Chen Yao's phone wasn't particularly valuable anyway. It was a Xiaomi phone that cost two thousand yuan a few years ago. Its second-hand value now was probably only three to five hundred, and it was getting laggy. He had been wanting to replace it anyway, so losing it wasn't a big deal.
But the problem was, Lin Nan's phone didn't have the medical office doctor's number, and he couldn't remember that phone number at all.
He didn't have time to scold Lin Nan. Anxiously wanting to retrieve his phone, he turned around and saw it lying quietly in the bushes.
"When you tried to put me down just now, I accidentally dropped it..." Lin Nan explained with a flushed face.
Chen Yao felt there was something off about his explanation. Even Lin Nan's entire behavior tonight seemed strange, as if he were drunk. But in Chen Yao's mind, Lin Nan had no reason to lie to him. It couldn't be that he was coveting his embrace, right?
Without much suspicion in his mind, after feeling slightly puzzled, he was stuck by the bushes again.
He couldn't free his hands, couldn't squat down, and Lin Nan would cry out in pain at the slightest large movement.
This was really fucking ridiculous. It would be better to find a passerby to help.
"Look at this mess." He sighed deeply. "We'll have to make up attendance when we get back, and you'll probably have to go to the hospital. Why didn't you just stay in the dorm instead of tricking me into coming out to run?"
"Wasn't I trying to exercise?" Lin Nan felt extremely guilty and was too embarrassed to lift his head.
Chen Yao rolled his eyes and walked outward carrying Lin Nan: "Let's find someone to help. There should be security guards patrolling at this time, right?"
"Don't..."
"What's wrong now?" Chen Yao looked down at Lin Nan's profile. Even in the dim light, he could notice Lin Nan's completely red ears. At this moment, he also noticed Lin Nan's abnormal body temperature. "Do you have a fever?"
It was just from being too shy...
Lin Nan took a deep breath and said quietly: "Put me down. My foot doesn't seem to hurt much anymore."
"???"
"Just now my foot hurt terribly when I put even a little pressure on it, but now... it doesn't seem to hurt at all..."
Although he wasn't sure if it was a fracture, it should at least be soft tissue contusion. You recovered this quickly?
Chen Yao placed Lin Nan down in bewilderment, discovering that this guy was standing on the ground bouncing around as if nothing was wrong with him at all.
Lin Nan noticed his surprised gaze and suddenly cried "Ow!" as he crouched down: "I think I sprained my ankle."
"???" Chen Yao looked completely confused.