Push Me Away When I Come, Don't Hold Me Back When I Leave - Chapter 79

Chapter 79: Gentle Persuasion

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After coming out, Xu Fengwu also made a trip to the pharmacy, bringing another box of fever medicine for Xia Ruoming, along with a box of ginger tea powder.

“Miss, are you buying this for your family? If it’s for elderly people at home, this ginger tea would be milder,” saying this, the pharmacy staff handed another box of ginger tea to Xu Fengwu.

“No need, it’s for my girlfriend. Let’s check out,” Xu Fengwu tossed the medicine box in her hand and gave it to the staff.

Only after completing the transaction and leaving did the bewildered pharmacy staff react.

“What? Girlfriend?? Such a beautiful miss is dating a woman?”

After Xu Fengwu brought the medicine and breakfast home, she watched Xia Ruoming finish breakfast, then made a cup of ginger tea and had her take the fever medicine.

“Ruoming, get some more sleep, maybe you’ll feel better when you wake up.” Xu Fengwu felt Xia Ruoming’s forehead and placed a wet towel on it.

“Okay…” Xia Ruoming replied softly before closing her eyes, her foggy mind quickly letting her drift back to sleep.

Looking at Xia Ruoming’s sleeping face, Xu Fengwu was lost in thought for a moment. After her complexion recovered, Xia Ruoming always had a plain face, those gentle features might not be as beautiful as her own naturally cold appearance, but somehow, it could make everyone feel their heartstrings being pulled. If she wasn’t a genius girl, perhaps with this figure and face, being a model would have been more suitable.

Xu Fengwu lay down beside Xia Ruoming, gently blowing her bangs, at that moment, Xu Fengwu admitted that in this life she hadn’t met anyone more stunning than Xia Ruoming, it’s just that back then, Xia Ruoming’s constant haggard appearance had concealed her own radiance.

Every day was spent busy running around, delivering medicine, buying food, changing towels, taking care of Xia Ruoming for three consecutive days. It seems people really easily become attached to those who take care of them, and Xia Ruoming’s attitude towards Xu Fengwu improved quite a bit.

After bringing water for Xia Ruoming again one morning, Xu Fengwu felt her forehead, the temperature seemed to have dropped considerably, no longer feeling that burning sensation.

“Take two more fever pills, and you should be fine. Ruoming, you’ve been having a fever for three days even after taking medicine, I was starting to doubt if the fever medicine was working. If you were still having a fever today, I was prepared to take you to the hospital.” Xu Fengwu handed over the pills and water cup, then passed the thermometer to Xia Ruoming. Although her words seemed like complaints, her tone was full of concern.

“Thank you… Fengwu.” After softly saying thanks, Xia Ruoming took the water cup and swallowed the medicine. She no longer had that feeling of weakness in her limbs, and her mind was much clearer, rarely experiencing that dizzy sensation anymore.

“I don’t want you to say thank you, if you really want to thank me, add me back as your friend.” After saying this, Xu Fengwu eagerly handed her phone to Xia Ruoming. Xia Ruoming hesitated for a moment but still used Xu Fengwu’s phone to add herself as a friend, then accepted the friend request on her end.

“So, Ruoming, are we reconciled now~” Xu Fengwu asked playfully, her otherworldly beauty as gorgeous as when they first met.

“Think what you want…” After coughing twice, Xia Ruoming gazed out the window helplessly, lost in thought.

“Then you can’t avoid me anymore, let’s start over as friends, okay…” Hearing Xia Ruoming’s response, Xu Fengwu directly ran up and held onto Xia Ruoming’s arm, squinting her eyes while leaning on Xia Ruoming’s shoulder.

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After recovering from her illness, Xia Ruoming calculated the remaining time and figured she could still get a driver’s license, so she went directly to find her father’s old friend who was an instructor and enrolled in the driving school.

In her previous life, those luxury cars that Jiang Ruhua bought for her weren’t just collecting dust in the garage. Driving these training cars was no different from playing with remote control cars for her. Seeing how proficient Xia Ruoming was, the instructor just said a few simple words before heading to a shady spot to play mahjong.

Unexpectedly, just after one day, another person appeared in that training car — Xu Fengwu.

Who knows how she tracked her down, but Xia Ruoming knew she definitely had ulterior motives. In her previous life, Xu Fengwu had never even touched a car, how could she possibly be interested in getting a driver’s license?

“Wait, Fengwu, why are you here to get a driver’s license too?” Xia Ruoming felt her face starting to scrunch up like a little cat again. She finally had some time to be alone, but was found again.

“What, I’m not allowed to learn how to drive?” Although Xu Fengwu appeared righteous, she was quite nervous inside.

When Xu Fengwu returned home, Xu Yihan analyzed the situation for her daughter. Based on her daughter’s description of these past few days, Xia Ruoming was still that extremely sensitive girl from back then, and she still had lingering feelings for her daughter. Someone who is easily moved can also be easily moved by others.

So to win Xia Ruoming back, the best method was to stick to her persistently, waiting for the moment when her inner softness would be exposed.

Xia Ruoming wanted to ask why Xu Fengwu was under the same instructor as her, with identical practice times, but thinking about it, she wouldn’t get an answer anyway, so she gave up.

Actually, Liu Ruoxue had told Xu Fengwu about this. This mother had earlier been worried that her daughter juggling two relationships might result in losing both, but discovered that her daughter’s charm seemed much greater than she had imagined. Besides Chu Suhe and Xu Fengwu, it seemed Xiao Qinghan also had some unclear relationship with her daughter…

As a result, she became someone who enjoyed stirring up drama and watching the show unfold, and when Xu Yihan came to ask about Xia Ruoming’s whereabouts to help her daughter, she told Xu Yihan which instructor she was practicing with, and even had Xia Jingsong help register Xu Fengwu who wanted to practice together.

Xia Ruoming didn’t really mind though. Having a beauty by her side made the driving practice days less boring, at least this Xu Fengwu wasn’t the young lady from her previous life.

If it really was the Xu Fengwu from her previous life, Xia Ruoming would probably have run away with the car.

“Ruoming, are you thirsty? I brought you water~ It’s your favorite brand of sports drink.”

“Ruoming, let’s go eat together today, I heard there’s a new restaurant that opened over there, it’s really good.”

“Ruoming, look at this Western restaurant, they give a 30% discount if you kiss like a couple, why don’t you give me a kiss~”

During this period of learning to drive, Xu Fengwu even learned how to cook from Xu Yihan, and brought many of her home-cooked meals to Xia Ruoming, including various main dishes and small things like heart-shaped baked cookies.

Undeniably, Xu Fengwu’s gentle persuasion strategy was very effective. During their time together, it made Xia Ruoming somewhat nostalgic for that brief tenderness.

If she hadn’t taken advantage of Xia Ruoming when she was sick, if Xia Ruoming’s mental issues hadn’t suddenly affected her that night, if Xu Yihan hadn’t been constantly teaching her what to do, if she hadn’t coincidentally met Liu Ruoxue that day when first walking in the heavy rain, she might not have been able to stay by Xia Ruoming’s side so smoothly.

Xu Fengwu herself also felt as if something mysterious was helping her.

The mist rising beside the moon will eventually dissipate, and the gears of fate begin to turn slowly.