Chapter 78

Li Cheng’s eyes were deep and unfathomable, and he sighed heavily.

“Get up.”

He couldn’t bother to argue with a young girl like this.

Ye Yao was covered in cold sweat. She wanted to stand up, but she simply couldn’t.

“Why should I listen to you? Are you so free that you don’t need to go to work?”

That annoying man must have realized she had a cramp, which is why he stayed behind to watch her make a fool of herself.

At that moment, Li Cheng suddenly bent down. Ye Yao screamed, “Hey, what are you doing?”

Li Cheng was irritated by her yelling, and if she wasn’t lying there like an embarrassment, he really wouldn’t bother with her.

“Can’t you stand up? I’ll pull you up.”

He explained with a look of disdain and reached out to grab her arm.

Ye Yao was about to refuse when he spoke again. “Do you want to continue lying here?”

The words she was about to say were swallowed back down.

She really couldn’t take it anymore; she was in so much pain.

Although Li Cheng had mentally prepared himself and was using all his strength—just like last time—it still didn’t immediately help her stand up.

Ye Yao’s face was burning, but she absolutely wouldn’t admit that it was because she was embarrassed.

“How can a big man have such little strength…”

She mumbled to herself, comforting herself that it wasn’t because of her weight.

After some “effort” from both of them, she finally managed to stand up. But such a simple action had already left her sweating profusely.

“Can you walk?”

Li Cheng’s expression became serious; it seemed her condition was more serious than he had imagined.

Ye Yao tried to move her leg that had cramped up, pushing through the pain to take a step.

She stumbled and would have fallen if Li Cheng wasn’t there to support her.

“I can’t walk by myself…”

Ye Yao, realizing the “reality,” immediately changed her attitude.

She was too exhausted and in too much pain to argue with him.

“Please help me and take me home.”

With his help, walking back was still possible.

Li Cheng looked at her trembling arm and pale lips, not wanting to say anything too harsh to her.

The neighbors, who were supposed to be heading home, all stared wide-eyed at them, watching in amazement.

It was as if the sun had risen from the west.

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“Mom, come out and help me.”

Finally, they reached her doorstep. Ye Yao used the last bit of her strength to hold herself up.

Zhang Qiufeng ran out from inside, more surprised to see Li Cheng than noticing her current condition.

“Yao Yao, what happened?”

“I ran too hard and my leg cramped up. Help me inside.”

Ye Yao spoke while pulling her arm from Li Cheng’s support.

“You child…”

Zhang Qiufeng grumbled, quickly supporting her, and then glanced at Li Cheng awkwardly.

“Li Cheng, why don’t you come in and have some water?”

Li Cheng shook his head. He felt he had already done all he could. “I still need to work. Aunt, take care of her.”

After saying that, he turned and left.

“Mom, stop staring! Can you just take care of me?”

Ye Yao, completely speechless, looked at Zhang Qiufeng, who was still staring at Li Cheng’s retreating figure.

Zhang Qiufeng snapped back to reality and helped Ye Yao inside.

“Everything was fine when you left, but now you come back like this. Couldn’t you be more careful?”

“Mom, please help me massage my leg. It hurts so much…”

With only the two of them left, Ye Yao collapsed onto the bed, crying out in pain.

Those two bastards—if she ever found them, she would make them pay!