Sleeping Pills
Translated by newbienoona
Edited and proofread by anks
An Chuxia smiles unconsciously. She was about to say she’s okay and that she should go back to sleep when her eyes suddenly light up. “May I bother you to come over?”
The nurse opens the door and walks in. She stops about a meter away from her and bows. “What are your orders?”
“You’re a nurse, right?” An Chuxia blinks her eyes innocently.
The nurse nods respectfully and replies, “Yes, Miss Chuxia. You may look at my nursing license.”
“No, no!” An Chuxia raises her hand and waves. “Since you’re a nurse, it is your job to take care of your patient’s
needs, right?”
The nurse looks at her strangely as she continues to talk. “So I want to ask you, do you have any drug that can induce amnesia? I, ah, don’t mean to lose all the memories. Just a particular person or… a word.”
An Chuxia looks at the nurse’s face, watching her expression unfold. The nurse’s mouth twitches. She smiles awkwardly before adjusting her expression. “Miss Chuxia, are you teasing me?”
“I’m not joking! I’m serious!” An Chuxia replies firmly. The nurse still stares at her like she’s an idiot. So, An Chuxia lowers her head and says, “Then give me a sleeping pill for my insomnia, please.”
A few
few minutes later, the nurse comes back with a sedative tea. As for sleeping pills, the nurse says, she won’t give it to her because she needs to eat before she can take them.
Fortunately, the sedative in the tea worked well, she fell asleep quickly; and without dreams.
The following day, she leaves for school, and with immense pressure from Lao Ling, in the Ling car. She didn’t finish the exams the day before, so she doesn’t know what the consequences are for the group. While she’s confident the class average would certainly win them first place, her heart is troubled. She, herself, and three other low scores, can
scores, can pull the class average down.
Ling Hanyu announces he is going to buy a new manhua, and leaves her. It’s still early, and she doesn’t go directly to the classroom. Instead, she goes to the student cafe and sits down.
Of course, the coffee is free, as Fei Lixiya told her. She comes here every morning and drinks a cup of coffee before attending class.
There aren’t too many people in the cafe, sitting in twos and threes. Two girls are her classmates. They didn’t know she was missing. They greet her and continue with their conversation. They were talking about a new clothing store.
“An Chuxia!” Fei Lixiya calls out Lixiya calls out after seeing her sitting near a window at the corner of the cafe, looking melancholic. She sits across from An Chuxia, and asks with concern. “Last night… .”
“Hush!” An Chuxia’s right forefinger rests on Lixiya’s lips, making a motion to be silent. She lowers her voice, and says, “Listen, don’t say anything about last night. It might lead to more trouble.”
Fei Lixiya doesn’t understand why, but she agrees. It doesn’t matter if they don’t talk about last night. She has a thousand questions to ask An Chuxia, but she holds all of them back.
They both fall silent when two people walk into the cafe.