"Is that so? That's really nice," Bai Ningning grabbed Nainai's ankle, "By the way, are there only the two of you in the dormitory?"
"Yes, just the two of us, so I decided to take on the role of the older sister."
Xiao Yi found her original intention and suddenly turned to see Bai Ningning's actions, shocked: "What are you doing?"
What are you doing, kneading and rubbing?
"Massaging, promoting blood circulation, reducing swelling and pain," Bai Ningning kneaded Nainai's little foot, "loosening her muscles and bones so she can recover quickly."
"Is that so?"
Xiao Yi couldn't understand, but she was slightly shocked.
"Of course it is." Bai Ningning glanced at her.
These little girls, really, they don't even know our traditional Chinese medicine culture, it's truly heartbreaking.
"I, I am the older sister," Xiao Yi said, blushing and rubbing her small hands, "of course I would be more nervous about my younger sister's matters."
Bai Ningning tilted her head and suddenly had an idea: "Xiao Yi, if, I mean if, if I were not doing a proper massage right now, but was... doing something bad instead, how would you, as the older sister, protect your younger sister?"
"Eh?"
Xiao Yi was stunned.
If, she meant if, she were to do something bad to her younger sister, how should she, as the older sister, protect her?
"This question," Xiao Yi was conflicted, "this question, I... I..."
Oh no, this question stumped her.
But yes, if her younger sister encountered something bad, the older sister should do everything to rescue her, right?
"I, I would," Xiao Yi mustered her courage, "do my best..."
"If you couldn't win no matter what, would you choose to take the place of your younger sister," Bai Ningning suddenly interjected, "to bear those things for her?"
Xiao Yi almost jumped up: "What?"
"It's normal for the older sister to take the blame for the younger sister, especially since the younger sister is injured," Bai Ningning said matter-of-factly, "otherwise, what if she gets hurt even more?"
Yes, Nainai is already injured, and if she suffers inhuman treatment again, it might leave her with hidden ailments.
Xiao Yi touched her single ponytail, which was the coolness that belonged to the older sister.
"I would be willing," she bit her small silver teeth hard, "if that kind of thing really happened, I would be willing to take Nainai's place!"
Bai Ningning raised an eyebrow: "Well, you're quite brave, that's good, you have a sense of responsibility. But to be honest, getting hit is very painful."
Xiao Yi was slightly taken aback: "Getting hit?"
"Yeah, if it's a bad person, seeing a little girl with an injured foot, they would definitely corner her and bully her, punching and kicking and all that," Bai Ningning looked at her seriously and said, "like shoving a mop against her and pouring the dirty mop water on her."
Don't underestimate bad people.
But her words left Xiao Yi confused: "Just... just like that?"
Bai Ningning's mouth twitched: "Isn't that enough?"
Wow, your ability to handle pressure is much stronger than I imagined.
"That's not it, I thought it was," Xiao Yi's face turned red, "I thought it was..."
Bai Ningning was puzzled: "Thought it was what?"
Bad people doing bad things must involve punching and kicking; that's what bullying the weak is all about. Not to mention, before her rebirth, she had experienced it herself in middle school, just not as severely as she said.
Sigh, before her rebirth, she got hit because of her mouth. After her rebirth, she got hit because of this little mouth.
At that moment, Nainai suddenly made a couple of sounds.
"What's wrong with her?" Xiao Yi asked nervously.
"Nothing, she's just feeling comfortable from the massage, my treatment is working," Bai Ningning said, "for the next period of time, just keep a certain amount of slow walking every day, avoid running or jumping like frog jumps, and rest well."
"Oh."
Xiao Yi nodded, remembering to take note. She suddenly recalled something from the past: "By the way, Sister Xue, did you say something in the group during military training that was about Nainai?"
Bai Ningning's face stiffened: "What did I say? I didn't say anything."
"It was that sentence, saying you met a super cute little girl today..."
"I didn't say that, you remembered it wrong. If you don't believe me, check the group chat records."
Xiao Yi was dumbfounded: "But didn't you retract it?"
"If it doesn't exist, it means it never happened, don't look for excuses," Bai Ningning said confidently, "besides, I was indeed a bit happy when I met Nainai before, but not for that reason."
Whether she was cute or not didn't matter; she mainly wanted to connect with the two-dimensional artist.
Thinking of this, she casually asked: "Wasn't Nainai getting a lot of commissions before? Why did she say recently that she can't get any commercial work?"
Xiao Yi sighed upon hearing this: "She was providing materials for a mobile game production team, but the other party was recently acquired by a company."
Hmm, I know this; I only asked to show that I was indeed following her because of the artist, not for any other reason.
Bai Ningning continued her movements, massaging while saying: "Why would they not want her after the acquisition? They still need to make games, right?"
"Because Nainai was too cheap, of course, her qualifications only allowed her to get that level of work; she has no fame," Xiao Yi replied.
"What?" Bai Ningning was shocked, "They don't want someone good and cheap?"
"You don't know, the company that acquired them is very wealthy," Xiao Yi said, "Nainai tried to apply, but they replied that the new owner wanted well-known and expensive artists, not newcomers like Nainai."
"Isn't that a waste of money?" Bai Ningning laughed, "What company is it? Let me see?"
"It's the biggest one in our city, what was it called again?"
Xiao Yi took out her phone, searched for it, and showed it to her: "Here, it's this one."
What came into view was a somewhat familiar building with four big characters written on it—Qin's Group.
Oh, it's the company I work for, then it's no big deal...
What a surprise, things have escalated!
The company is not in the gaming industry; the only game project is the one that the big sister said she was doing to "practice." Both the scale and funding are minimal. For such a project, how could it possibly be "not choosing the right one, just choosing the expensive one"?
Where did the problem arise? Not good; I need to ask Qin Yue when I get back.
The president's secretary should be of some use now.
"Um, big sister," Xiao Yi tentatively asked, "didn't you just say the treatment was over?"
"Yes, it's over."
"Then why," Xiao Yi's expression was complicated, "are you still holding on?"
There were even movements.
What, still holding on?
Bai Ningning looked down and saw that her view was blocked by a large pillow. But it didn't matter; the sensation from her hand indicated that she was indeed still holding on.
The feeling was too good; she forgot to let go.
"Don't worry, I'll let go soon."
Bai Ningning released her hand and even pretended to cover Nainai with a blanket.