I still haven’t taken my medicine.
Seeing the commercial vehicle that had been turned off and the group of people opening the doors to get out, Bai Yurou complained inwardly.
She uneasily touched the bag in front of her, which contained her medicine box.
She had originally planned to buy the things and then return to school for lunch at noon, finding a chance then to secretly take the medicine.
Who would have thought that they wouldn’t go back at noon at all, and Senior Du had simply randomly found a roadside shop for lunch.
Bai Yurou could only brace herself and get out of the car, planning to find an opportunity to take the medicine later.
The proprietress was sitting at the front desk playing on her phone.
Seeing six young women walk in, she knew it was a big order and hurriedly put down her phone with a smile to greet them.
“You all take a look at what you want to order.”
Du Yuxuan glanced at the menu posted on the wall, confirmed it was the normal price for a noodle shop, and said, “This meal’s on me. Consider it thanks for accompanying me out to buy things.”
“But Senior, we also escaped a whole morning of training because of this, so we should thank you too.” Ning Mu said.
“That’s true, but without you all I really couldn’t have bought so many things.” Du Yuxuan spoke honestly.
“Thank you, Senior. Then I won’t hold back.” Cai Xiaotong said as she ordered from the proprietress.
“I’ll have a bowl of beef noodles, one liang, no extra spice.”
Bai Yurou also ordered from the proprietress at the front desk.
Her appetite was small, and they would be eating barbecue at night, so one liang was enough.
Then she turned to her companions behind her and said, “I’m going out to buy some drinks.”
Conveniently, the ones they had bought at the mall earlier were all large bottles.
She would go buy some medium bottles for them to drink themselves.
“Ah, miss, we have…”
The proprietress hadn’t even finished saying the word “drinks” when Bai Yurou directly ran out of the shop.
Buying water was just an excuse.
Bai Yurou only wanted to find a place to secretly take her medicine.
“Boss lady, does this place not allow outside drinks?”
Ning Mu knew that many shops didn’t allow bringing in outside drinks.
“No, we allow it. It’s just that looking at that little girl running out to buy is so tiring. We sell them in our shop ourselves, same price as the convenience stores outside.”
After Ning Mu also ordered her own dish, she glanced outside and seemed a little worried, saying to her companions, “I’ll go help Rourou carry the water.”
She knew Bai Yurou’s strength had never been good.
Last time, just carrying two rackets had left her panting.
Now carrying six bottles of drinks would probably also be quite strenuous, so it would be better for her to go help.
Bai Yurou jogged all the way past the traffic light and ran to the convenience store across the street.
As soon as she entered, she heard the fixed broadcast of “Welcome.” accompanied by the clerk girl’s business-like smile.
“Welcome, what would you like?”
Bai Yurou stayed in place and caught her breath for a while before saying, “I’m buying some water.”
“Alright, the water is over there.”
“Thank you.”
After responding, Bai Yurou took a shopping basket and stood up to head in the direction the clerk had pointed.
MuMu drank Wanglaoji.
She had known that long ago.
The Ning parents liked drinking Wanglaoji, and the house often stocked several cases of it, making the two Ning children like it as well.
Cai Xiaotong drank cola, while Ye Hui preferred coconut milk.
They had been living together for some days, so Bai Yurou still knew her roommates’ habits.
As for Senior Du and the class monitor?
She really didn’t know much, as they hadn’t had much contact.
Forget it, just take normal cola.
Bai Yurou felt that although she didn’t know what they liked, there shouldn’t be anyone who hated cola, so taking cola couldn’t go wrong.
Then she took out three bottles of cola and one bottle of coconut milk from the freezer, and then took a regular bottle of mineral water from the shelf beside it.
She had taken the drinks from the freezer for her companions because it was still relatively hot in late August, so drinking something iced was just right.
As for herself, her body wasn’t very good, so it was best to drink room-temperature ones.
The reason she hadn’t chosen Wanglaoji and instead chosen mineral water was because mineral water paired best with medicine.
“Eighteen yuan.” The clerk girl said after scanning all the water.
Bai Yurou paid with her phone, then hurriedly picked up the mineral water.
Unfortunately, her strength was small, and she twisted it several times before managing to open it.
Right after that, she took out the medicine box from her bag, took out the medicine, and swallowed it all down with the water right in front of the clerk girl.
Anyway, the clerk girl was a stranger and they would most likely never meet again, so Bai Yurou felt at ease taking the medicine in front of her.
The clerk girl only looked at the young woman in front of her, with some curiosity in her eyes, but she didn’t say anything either.
The clerk girl simply thought the girl had some illness and was just normally taking medicine.
From the looks of it, she also didn’t seem to need help.
After finishing the medicine, Bai Yurou closed the medicine box, put it back into her bag, then took the plastic bag the clerk girl handed over and packed all the drinks she had bought into it.
***
Rourou ran really fast.
When Ning Mu chased out, Bai Yurou had just crossed the road.
The red light immediately lit up right after, so she had to stop in place and wait for one cycle, watching from afar as Bai Yurou entered the convenience store across the street.
When the green light lit up again, she crossed the street.
By the time she reached the entrance, Bai Yurou was already paying at the counter.
Ning Mu had originally planned to directly push the door open and go in to help Rourou carry the water.
Just as she lifted her foot, she saw through the glass that Bai Yurou had taken out a medicine box from her small bag.
The medicine box was ivory white, with dark patterns carved on the surface and a fine gold plating around the edges.
One look and you could tell it was expensive.
More importantly, she had never seen it before.
These past few days of living together, they had been quite close.
They had gone into each other’s rooms to play and had shared some of their little secrets with each other.
They could really be considered very good best friends.
But Rourou had never shown her this medicine box.
Ning Mu felt some curiosity, but she didn’t go in.
Instead, she stopped the motion of pushing the door and stood outside.
Then, through the glass door, she saw Bai Yurou take out the medicine from the box and swallow it down with the mineral water she had just bought.
So this was the reason Rourou had come out to buy drinks?
To take the medicine alone.
Ning Mu then recalled that these past few days when she ate with Bai Yurou, there were always some moments when Bai Yurou would find a reason to stay alone for a while, each time about half a minute.
Looking at it now, those times she had also been taking medicine.
So Rourou didn’t want her, or the others, to know about her taking medicine?
This medicine should also be related to her weak body, so she really wasn’t simply lacking in physical strength?
She should have some illness that required taking medicine on time, but Rourou didn’t want them to know the specific illness, so she had been hiding it all along.
Ning Mu guessed the specific reason in just a few moments.
After all, Bai Yurou really did often show a sickly and weak state, and these things couldn’t be completely hidden.
Although Bai Yurou often explained it as her body not being very good, everyone in 401 had vaguely guessed that Bai Yurou should have some illness.
But since Bai Yurou hadn’t said it, they also hadn’t asked, all tacitly not exposing it.
This time Ning Mu was only more certain of this matter.
She also didn’t want to directly ask Bai Yurou what specific illness she had.
After all, even good best friends should have some secrets.
If Rourou didn’t want her to know, then she decided to pretend she didn’t know, waiting until Rourou was willing to tell her herself.
On the other side, Bai Yurou had already put the medicine box back into her bag and packed the drinks into the plastic bag.
Ning Mu saw that Bai Yurou was about to come out and knew it was time for her to go in.
So Ning Mu pushed open the door, walked in, and pretended she had just arrived, saying, “Rourou, I’m here to help you carry the water.”