69novels Chapter 162 Is there any scent of mine around you?
Chapter 162 Is there any scent of mine around you?
Zhou Chunmei had planned to deliver lunch herself, but just as she received the food, her superiors suddenly announced that there would be an emergency meeting, which would begin in fifteen minutes.
There wasn't enough time to deliver the food, but there was a basketball court right next door, just a few minutes away. She checked the time, then hurried over there with her net bag.
During the lunch break, the factory's basketball court is especially lively.
The basketball slammed against the concrete with a resounding thud, mingled with the squeaking of rubber shoes against the pavement, and excited shouts could be heard from afar—
"Pass the ball!"
"Defense! Defense!"
There were five or six people on the field, playing half the court.
One of them, the tallest, stood out particularly.
He was wearing a white vest, revealing his muscular shoulders and arms, his skin tanned to a wheat color, and sweat dripping down his neck.
His dribbling was wild, he dribbled left and right, and the defenders couldn't stop him at all. He took three steps to lay up, flicked his wrist, and the ball went into the net with a crisp swish.
"Yuanzhou! Great shot!" his teammates cheered from the sidelines.
When Lin Yuanzhou landed, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, with a hint of nonchalance.
He reached up and wiped the sweat from his face. In the sunlight, his angular face had thick, dark eyebrows, a high nose, and a wild, arrogant look in his eyes.
Zhou Chunmei arrived at the basketball court, stood on the sidelines, and called out, "Yuanzhou! Come here for a second!"
Lin Yuanzhou turned his head and saw that it was Zhou Chunmei. He spun the basketball on his fingertips, then tossed it into his teammate's arms and strode over with his long legs.
"Mom, what brings you here?"
He looked down at Zhou Chunmei, who was a full head taller than him.
"I can't leave, can you go to the hospital and bring me some food?" Zhou Chunmei handed over the net bag in her hand and instructed, "Be careful, it contains steamed egg custard and meat porridge, don't spill it."
Lin Yuanzhou took the net bag, picked it up, and glanced at it: "Who is it for?"
"Here's your god-sister!" Zhou Chunmei's voice was quite loud, and her teammates nearby all heard it and turned to look. Zhou Chunmei then lowered her voice and instructed, "It's the little girl I told you about, the one who saved me on the train. She's about your age. She's in room 306 on the third floor of the Workers' Hospital. Go there quickly, don't let the food get cold."
After giving her instructions, Zhou Chunmei hurriedly returned to her office.
As soon as she left, several of Lin Yuanzhou's teammates gathered around.
The group had been listening intently for a while, and now they couldn't contain their curiosity any longer.
"Zhou-ge, when did your mom give you a god-sister?"
"I don't know." Lin Yuanzhou remembered that Zhou Chunmei had repeatedly told him at home not to reveal anything about what happened on the train, so he didn't say anything more.
"I know!" another teammate chimed in with a mischievous grin. "I heard from my mom that Aunt Zhou is taking care of a girl at the hospital. She's said to be incredibly beautiful, the kind of girl who's unparalleled in beauty. She's probably Zhou Ge's god-sister!"
"Brother Zhou, have you seen her before? She's really this beautiful?"
"Never seen it before." Lin Yuanzhou looked indifferent and uninterested.
Liu Dayong walked over from beyond the three-point line, basketball tucked between his fingers. He sized Lin Yuanzhou up and down, grinning, "What 'adopted sister'? I think your aunt picked out a daughter-in-law for you. It's because you never date anyone, your mom's getting impatient!"
"Get lost. I'm not interested in dating." Lin Yuanzhou said without hesitation.
Dating is nothing compared to basketball.
Those women are all incredibly difficult; they often get angry for no reason, and you have to coax them. He simply doesn't have the patience for that.
Knowing his temperament, Liu Dayong joked, "Fine, fine, if you won't date, you might as well marry a basketball."
The other teammates burst into laughter.
Lin Yuanzhou didn't seem to care much, and picked up the net bag to leave: "I'm going to deliver the food, you guys can take it yourselves."
Liu Dayong, holding the ball, winked at the others: "Hey, we've got nothing to do at noon anyway, why don't we go with Brother Zhou to see what kind of beautiful girl she is that Aunt Zhou praised her so much, and even my mom mentioned her to me twice when she got home."
"Let's go, let's go together!" Everyone responded enthusiastically.
Lin Yuanzhou frowned, but didn't stop walking: "What's so interesting about her? No matter how pretty she is, she still just has two eyes and a nose."
"Hey, that's different. Some have big eyes, some have small eyes, and some have high noses, some have low noses." Liu Dayong caught up with him and put his arm around his shoulder. "Let the brothers take a look for you! Come on, come on."
……
Ward 306.
Lin Shuyao was leaning against the bed in a daze when she suddenly heard footsteps in the corridor, as if there were quite a few people.
Then several figures appeared at the ward door, all of them tall, over 1.8 meters, blocking the doorway like a wall.
The group of people, with expressions of curiosity and anticipation, peered inside.
Lin Shuyao instinctively pulled the blanket up to her chin, shrinking completely under it, with only her head showing: "Who are you looking for?"
When those men met her gaze, the expectant expressions on their faces vanished instantly.
Is this the stunning beauty that Zhou Chunmei described as "unparalleled in heaven and earth"?
His face was covered in soot, as if it had been smeared with the bottom of a pot, making his features unrecognizable. His head was wrapped in gauze, and he was wearing a large hospital gown. He was huddled under the blankets, looking thin and small.
The group's lips twitched, they exchanged glances, and with expressions of utter disbelief, they turned and ran as if a ghost were chasing them.
In the hallway, you could still hear a few people exclaiming in surprise: "Zhou Ge's mother has terrible taste! How can she call someone a great beauty when she looks like that!"
"That really scared me to death! I've never seen a girl with such dark skin before!"
"Liu Dayong, keep your voice down! They can hear you in there!"
The voices and footsteps gradually faded into the distance.
Lin Yuanzhou was left standing alone at the door.
He walked into the ward, glanced lazily at Lin Shuyao, showing no disappointment, no surprise, and not even much expression.
He walked to the foot of the bed, took out the enamel mugs one by one from the net bag, and placed them on the small table.
"They're all my teammates on the basketball team. They're usually carefree, so don't take what they say to heart."
Lin Shuyao didn't really care about the reactions of those men, since they weren't good-looking anyway.
She only cares about what handsome guys think.
For example, the person in front of us.
She suddenly felt like acting, lowered her eyes, and said softly, with a hint of grievance, "Were you just comforting me? I know I look ugly, and I didn't want to be like this. But I was born with darker skin than others, and I have these dark spots. The doctor said it's called a birthmark, something I was born with, and it can't be cured..."
Lin Yuanzhou looked at her lowered head and thought of the bright, sparkling eyes she had revealed when she pulled the blanket up earlier, her eyelashes fluttering like two small fans.
He blurted out, out of nowhere, "Actually, your eyes are quite beautiful."