Chapter 779: Collecting Blood Samples

"Liberation Army... Brother Shi Qian, I haven’t married you yet!" Hearing Huo Shiqian’s words, Xia Chuyi immediately shook her head seriously, "You can’t be so autocratic in making decisions for me."

For Xia Chuyi, the matter at hand wasn’t actually important.

But why had Uncle Liberation Army, who was clearly becoming more and more respectful of her, listening to her more and more, suddenly reverted to chauvinism?

That wasn’t good!

At that moment, Huo Shiqian gently caressed her hand that he was holding and said, "You don’t need to overthink it, it’s just a matter of convenience."

Huo Shiqian’s expression was calm and natural.

Xia Chuyi glanced at him, then looked again, unable to detect any flaws, and finally said, "Alright, I trust you."

She would trust him for now and see how things turned out.

If Uncle Liberation Army really slipped back into sexism, she could always "train" him back slowly in the future.

Xia Chuyi made up her mind in her heart.

"Let’s go," Huo Shiqian said.

"Okay," Xia Chuyi nodded, offering no objection.

Following that, Huo Shiqian led her to fill out the forms.

Because they had already made contact in advance, the registration process went quite quickly.

After filling out the form, a nurse lead Chuyi to have her blood drawn.

"Don’t be afraid," as Xia Chuyi was about to follow the nurse, Huo Shiqian’s unusually tender voice whispered in her ear, "it won’t hurt much."

Afraid?

It was just a blood draw, Xia Chuyi didn’t feel afraid.

She turned to look at Huo Shiqian.

Huo Shiqian’s eyebrows were slightly furrowed, his face stern, looking much more nervous than she felt—was he the one who was actually more anxious?

Seeing him like this, Xia Chuyi couldn’t help but smile slightly and said, "I’m not scared, don’t worry."

Xia Chuyi comforted him in return, "It’s just a blood draw, it won’t hurt."

As she spoke, she reached out to smooth his brow.

But before she could, Huo Shiqian caught her hand.

"I’m not worried, and you shouldn’t be afraid either, I’ll be right by your side," Huo Shiqian said.

Hearing this, Xia Chuyi felt a warmth in her heart and smiled, "Okay."

At this moment, the nurse who was ready to draw blood from Xia Chuyi couldn’t help but cover her mouth and laugh, saying, "You two have such a loving relationship!"

A couple?

Upon hearing this, both Xia Chuyi and Huo Shiqian fell silent.

However, neither of them objected.

Very soon, perhaps with a large needle, they pierced Xia Chuyi’s arm and began to draw blood.

Hmm, after being pricked by the needle, Xia Chuyi had to admit that the equipment here wasn’t as good as in the future.

Even though the nurse’s technique was very good, it still hurt a bit when the needle went in.

Seeing Xia Chuyi’s slight frown during the blood draw, Huo Shiqian immediately gently squeezed her other hand that wasn’t being used for the blood draw.

It wasn’t long before the blood was drawn.

The nurse instructed her to press down on the cotton ball for a while to prevent bleeding.

"Okay, I understand, thank you, nurse," Xia Chuyi thanked the departing nurse.

"Don’t mention it," the nurse said, then took the blood sample, affixed a label, and left.

After the nurse left, Huo Shiqian looked at her with concern and asked, "Does it still hurt?"

Seeing his worry, Xia Chuyi immediately smiled and said, "It doesn’t hurt, not at all."

As she spoke, she even deliberately raised her arm.

This action from Xia Chuyi made Huo Shiqian furrow his brow, "Stop being naughty!"

Huo Shiqian chided her gently and simply took her arm, took the cotton swab, and pressed down on it for her.

Seeing Huo Shiqian do this, Xia Chuyi quietly stuck out her tongue.