Chapter 71: The Wandering Korean (1)

  After staying in the hospital for three days, I could finally walk with my head held high and without feeling any significant pain from the wound. It was as if I had regained my confidence and was reborn.

  So, I presented Qin Ke with a multiple-choice question: "A) Let me continue to stay in the hospital, but the consequence might be that I'll become hoarse from shouting and eventually go crazy; B) Process my discharge as quickly as possible."

  For someone like me, who is impatient and hot-headed, lying on a cold hospital bed every day, staring at the ceiling or reading newspapers that are even more boring than the ceiling, was truly a form of torture.

  Although Qin Ke hoped I would fully recover before being discharged, under my constant persuasion and coercion, he finally gave in. We successfully completed the discharge procedures in the afternoon and quickly returned to my home, which I had left not long ago, and comfortably lay on my bed, which I had been thinking about day and night...

  Qin Keyi has taken good care of me for the past few days, which is already a high demand for a spoiled and pampered young lady who has been used to being served since childhood. From her recent mental state, it can be seen that she is very excited and looking forward to the trip to Korea in a few days, and from time to time, she chats with me about what she saw and heard when she went to Korea last year, which also makes me look forward to the trip to Korea...

  Finally, the day I've been waiting for to remove my stitches has arrived, and it's also our last day in China before heading to Korea. Early in the morning, Qin Ke Yi eagerly waited for me to take a taxi to the hospital, and after completing the necessary procedures, she let the doctor start removing my stitches. When the doctor used his trembling hands to carefully remove the last stitch from my wound, my heart finally felt at ease, and with this final removal of the stitches, it also meant that the last obstacle for our trip to Korea had been removed.

  After returning home with Qin Ke Yi, she collapsed onto the sofa in relief, while I rested for a bit before heading into the bathroom to take a shower. After coming out of the bathroom, Qin Ke Yi had already started packing her things in her room, and I watched some boring TV in the living room for a while before going back to my own room to go online and check out some Korean tourist attractions and precautions.

  Out of habit, I opened QQ and started searching for relevant web pages on Baidu. The familiar avatar appeared again, making me wonder if she was idle every day and just hanging out online.

  "Is he/she coming?"

  "Uh-huh!" I replied while browsing the webpage.

  "I've been busy for the past few days and haven't been online much, didn't expect to run into you again as soon as I got on, haha!"

  "I've been busy too! Just got online today!" I replied.

  "Oh? Really? What are you busy with?"

  "Busy in hospital! Hehe!"

  "Admitted to hospital!? Are you ill?" came a slightly tense inquiry from the other end.

  "You might not believe it! Appendicitis surgery!"

  "It's really hard to believe! A bit too sudden, haha! How is it now? Is it better?"

  "Alright! Today's already over! What have you been busy with lately? I remember you're always free!"

  "Hehe! Busy with some personal matters!"

  "Are you dating? Hehe! Rarely hear you talk about things between you and your boyfriend?"

  "Not... haha, I don't have as many emotional experiences as you, let's just drop it..."

  "Hehe, don't force you!" My main energy is currently focused on browsing the web, so I'm not prepared to listen to her talk about her emotional experiences.

  "Are you busy? Why aren't you talking!?" She sent me a message after seeing that I hadn't spoken for half a day.

  "No! I'm looking up some information about traveling to Korea."

  "What? You're going to travel in Korea? With your girlfriend?"

  Yes!

  "Then your girlfriend must be very happy. Korea is a country that many girls dream of, especially those who like to watch Korean dramas..."

  She was indeed very happy and also brought up my mood, haha!

  "Your girlfriend must be very happy, right!?"

  "This... my words aren't authoritative enough... you should ask her, haha!"

  "I can feel it, haha!"

  "She doesn't think so, maybe she's afraid I'll be proud of myself, haha!"

  "I may not be online often from now on..." Suddenly appeared on the screen after a few seconds.

  "Why?" I asked curiously.

  "For some personal reasons, in short, you may hardly see me online from now on..."

  "Is that so? What a pity... From now on, I'll have one less good friend to talk to!"

  "Will you miss me?" She suddenly threw out a sentence that made me feel very awkward.

  "Hehe, after all, we've chatted for so long, and you also accompanied me through the most difficult period of my life, so... I think I'll miss you..." I organized my words a bit, trying to cut out any ambiguous language, then said it to her.

  "Really? I actually wanted to say a few words to you online today, and I thought you weren't around, so I was going to leave a message for you. Didn't expect to run into you..."

  "Huh? What do you want to say to me? You're acting really strange today?" I asked in puzzlement.

  "Haha! Didn't scare you, did I?!"

  "Guess what! Hehe! What did you want to tell me?" I asked impatiently.

  "Never mind, I haven't figured out what to say yet...I'll give it to you in a few days..." Unexpectedly, after waiting for half a day, it was this sentence that made me feel even more strange while being disappointed.

  "You're really weird today!"

  "Haha! Is that so? Maybe! I have something to attend to, 88, pay attention to your email at any time!" After she sent this message, her avatar quickly turned gray, which is also one of the few times in my impression that she actively went offline. I started staring blankly at the computer, thinking about what she would say to me? Why make it so mysterious? But fortunately, I won't see her online again from now on, otherwise, following this development, she may become an unfavorable factor between Qin Ke and me.

  Qin Keyi suddenly shouted my name from next door, interrupting my thoughts. So I got up from the chair and walked towards her room. When I stood at the door of her room, she was packing clothes into two large leather suitcases on the bed. After seeing me come in, she asked me to help her pack together.

  "We're going on a trip, not opening a fashion show in Korea, no need to bring so many clothes!"

  "Of course, I did! This time we're not just going on a simple tour, but also to show the Korean people the earth-shaking changes in the spiritual outlook of Chinese people after reform and opening up. Many people say that Korea has many beautiful women, this time I want to fulfill my obligations, dress up nicely, or else they'll laugh at me for being an ugly Chinese!" Qin Kaiyi said with a smile while packing up.

  "Relax a bit...! We travel to relax our minds, why be suffocated by patriotism and honor? Besides, after so many years of reform and opening up, the Korean people have already understood our spiritual outlook through various channels, don't worry about it!"

  "How can I say it, it's like revisiting an old place, can't be too shabby!" Qin Ke said stubbornly.

  "The Korean people are warm and hospitable! They won't care about your weird behavior! Besides, which of your clothes is too shabby?! It's just a matter of changing into a few less outfits! We're only going for seven days, it's such a hassle to bring so many clothes. If all else fails, we can always buy some there. Korean fashion is quite famous after all." I patiently advised Qin Ke.

  "That's right! You can buy it! Hehe, then you don't have to bring so much!" Qin Ke's eyes suddenly shone with a dazzling light after hearing my words, making me wonder if what I just said was appropriate.

  "Aren't you going to pack anything?" she asked me after helping Qin Ke put away a lot fewer clothes than before.

  "I didn't bring many clothes, and I just finished packing when I got back."

  "Let's go to bed early then! We still have to get up very early tomorrow!" Qin Ke said, and hastily pulled me onto her bed, as if hoping the sky would light up immediately.

  Maybe both of us were too excited about going to Korea tomorrow and couldn't sleep, so we just lay in bed hugging each other and talking about some boring topics.

  "Could one... didn't you need to tell your dad before going to Korea?" I suddenly thought of this question, so I asked Qin Ke Yi.

  "No need! I'm used to being independent... He doesn't have time to take care of me either!" Qin Ke said with a slightly downcast tone after a moment of silence.

  "I feel like you and your dad don't get along very well... how come I've never heard you mention him before?" I thought for a moment, then asked cautiously.

  "Goodnight... I'm sleepy... let's sleep!" Qin Ke didn't answer my question, she closed her eyes and turned over, this action even more proved my guess, perhaps there must be some reason in it, with this doubt I soon fell asleep too.

  The next morning, Qin Kaiyi got me up from bed very early. After washing and having a simple meal, we rushed to the designated place by taxi. All personnel had almost arrived. After the tour guide finished calling the roll and announced several notes, we boarded the travel agency's bus with our luggage. As the bus slowly started heading towards the airport, it marked the countdown of our trip to Korea...