Peerless Martial Expert in the City
Chapter 53 -s 52-53 Twisted Ankle

Chapter 53: Chapters 52-53 Twisted Ankle

Xiao Yi didn’t quite know how to respond. He deeply agreed with her previous statement; wasn’t it true that even in school, when he was being beaten up by Gao Junjie and his group, no one had stood up for him? In the end, it was Fatty Tang who bravely stepped forward, albeit in a somewhat embarrassing manner.

But he couldn’t say that he agreed with her because, if he did, wouldn’t he be arrogantly praising his own nobility?

"By the way, handsome, I still don’t know your name?"

Shen Xiaoxiao pondered for a moment, then came back to her senses, looked at Xiao Yi with a smile, and said.

"Xiao Yi, the Xiao from X-I-A-O, and Yi from ’The Book of Changes’."

Xiao Yi felt the electrifying allure of Shen Xiaoxiao’s eyes as she smiled, and he quickly turned his head to answer.

Huh?

Not surnamed Chen?

Shen Xiaoxiao slightly startled, but then she understood immediately. It seemed that this illegitimate child hadn’t fully accepted Chen Jianguo and continued to use his mother’s surname instead. That was quite normal; following his mother, he must have endured a lot of hardships. Just by looking at his clothes and his cooking skills, one could tell. The emotional trauma of growing up without a father’s love wasn’t something that could be easily accepted in a short time.

Thinking this, Shen Xiaoxiao suddenly felt a pang of sympathy for Xiao Yi in front of her. The natural craftiness and charm in her eyes faded, replaced with a gentler light. She spoke warmly, "Sister Shen is my name, and I live in B2-4. When you’re free, feel free to come over to my place and hang out."

"Huh?"

B2-4, isn’t that right next to me? What a coincidence?

Xiao Yi was slightly taken aback.

"What’s up?"

Shen Xiaoxiao’s heart tightened with anxiety. Ah, he hasn’t noticed something, has he?

Well, even if he did notice something, what of it? I haven’t done anything wrong.

"Nothing, Sister Shen, I just didn’t expect it to be such a coincidence. I live in B2-3."

Xiao Yi shook his head and smiled as he responded.

"Ah? Really? That’s such a coincidence. We’ll definitely have to visit each other often then."

Shen Xiaoxiao, seeing that Xiao Yi didn’t seem to have discerned anything, instantly breathed a sigh of relief. Although she had consoled herself with the thought that it didn’t matter, she still had an ulterior motive for approaching him and couldn’t help feeling a bit guilty.

"Hehe, yes, it really is a coincidence. We’ll definitely have to keep in touch."

Xiao Yi also smiled, then pointing at her foot, he said, "Sister Shen, is your foot okay? I’ve learned some Chinese medicine massage techniques. If you trust me, I could help you with it?"

Xiao Yi had been planning to take his leave, but upon learning she was his next-door neighbor, he couldn’t help feeling a sense of kinship and decided to offer his help.

"You can do massages? Really? That’s great, then please do me a favor and massage it for me. It’s killing me."

Upon hearing Xiao Yi’s offer, Shen Xiaoxiao’s eyes immediately lit up with a bright gleam, and she expressed her surprise and delight.

As he spoke, he hurriedly stretched out his injured foot.

"Sister Shen, this foot of yours has been sprained before, hasn’t it? When your ankle first got injured, it wasn’t properly treated, which resulted in the entire tendon getting twisted. It’s very easy for you to sprain it like this," Xiao Yi said with a clear and sincere gaze.

"Yes, yes, how did you know? I’ve sprained it several times already!"

Shen Xiaoxiao, who had been preparing to teach Xiao Yi a lesson, was suddenly taken aback by his words, and after a moment, she nodded continuously, "I was wondering what was going on. So it’s because of that reason, huh? That damned quack, he clearly said it was all healed, and I even gave him a generous red packet for it."

"Sister Shen, you really can’t blame the doctor. In cases like this, many doctors treat it the same way. Plus, a minor sprain like this isn’t considered a big deal, so not many people look into it too deeply. How about this, I’ll correct it for you, and it won’t happen again in the future. But it might hurt a bit, so bear with it," Xiao Yi said gently with a smile.

"Okay, no problem. As long as it can be fixed and I don’t keep spraining it, a little pain is nothing."

Xiaoxiao, hearing that Xiao Yi could completely fix her injury, quickly nodded her head in surprise and delight.

No sooner had her words settled than she felt a sharp pain from her foot, and involuntarily closed her eyes and let out a pained cry of "Ah."

"Okay, Sister Shen, stand up and take a walk," Xiao Yi said.

"It’s healed already?"

Xiaoxiao opened her eyes, looked at Xiao Yi, who had already let go of her foot and stood up, and said with disbelief. But after she finished speaking, she suddenly realized that her foot really didn’t hurt at all anymore, and she looked down in amazement.

"Sister Shen, you’ll know if you try," Xiao Yi said, his face wearing a confident smile. Fixing a tendon sprain like this was a piece of cake for him. If he couldn’t handle this, he wouldn’t have been able to keep going; the old man would have drowned him in a vat of medicinal wine long ago, or at the very least, he would have died from the old man’s disdain.

However, he hadn’t brought his medical bag today, and he didn’t have his homemade medicinal wine on hand, so he had to use Carefree True Qi to achieve such rapid healing, which felt a bit wasteful to him.

Inspired by Xiao Yi’s encouraging smile, Xiaoxiao put on her shoes with some doubt, stood up, and took a few steps. To her astonishment, there really was no sign of the sprain, not a trace of pain. She could not contain her joy and rushed over, cupped Xiao Yi’s face in her hands, and pecked him on the cheek. Then she exclaimed in surprise and delight, "Wow, it’s really healed, Brother Xiao, you are incredible! I’m so thankful!"

She was truly excited. It wasn’t the first time she had such a sprain; each time had been agonizing, not because of the immediate pain but the subsequent inconvenience in walking—particularly for someone like her who loved to wear high heels and couldn’t. It would take at least a week to fully recover, greatly inconveniencing her work and life.

Xiao Yi had never expected that Xiaoxiao would react in such a way.

"Well, Sister Shen, I have something else to do, so I’ll be going. See you next time," he said.

Seeing Xiaoxiao’s quivering smile, Xiao Yi, who had never experienced anything like this, finally couldn’t take it anymore. Beat a retreat—this was the best strategy. Without waiting for Xiaoxiao’s reaction, he quickly ran off.

"Hey, wait, I’m not laughing at you anymore, hey, Brother Xiao, you haven’t given me your cell phone number yet..."

Xiaoxiao hadn’t expected Xiao Yi to suddenly make a break for it. She stood up hastily, foregoing her laughter, and called out to his retreating figure. But Xiao Yi was already scared of her, so he wasn’t about to stick around. As he continued to run fast, he left behind a phone number, "My cell number is 13XXXXXXX."

Really, why run off so fast? Am I that scary?

Xiaoxiao watched Xiao Yi’s figure getting farther away, stamping her foot in vexation and murmuring a complaint to herself.

But soon, a smug expression appeared on Xiaoxiao’s face. Brother Xiao, you might escape from the monk, but not the temple. Now that I have your number, and I know where you live, can you really escape from my clutches?