Armor Guardians

Chapter 22 Not in Condition

Click-clack~
Hearing the door open, Xia Qianmeng assumed a customer had arrived, so she groggily woke up, only to find that it was Ding Jing who had come.

"Qianmeng, you're awake. Would you like to rest here a little longer?"

Seeing that Xia Qianmeng had been woken up by her, Ding Jing asked a little embarrassedly, because she now knew that Xia Qianmeng was seriously ill.

Upon hearing this, Xia Qianmeng glanced at the clock beside her, then shook her head with a wry smile: "No, I have to go to work somewhere else now."

"What? You're going to work somewhere else? Aren't you going home to rest?" Ding Jing thought Xia Qianmeng had really gone crazy. Money is important, but you don't have to work this hard.

"I... have a twin sister who is still in school. I want to leave something for her before I die. This is the last thing I, as her unworthy older brother, can do for her." Xia Qianmeng said weakly as she stood up and gave the counter to Ding Jing.

Ding Jing understood Xia Qianmeng very well; she probably would have done the same. So, she patted Xia Qianmeng on the shoulder and said, "In that case, Qianmeng, keep going, and don't... leave too soon."

"Hmm~"

After responding, Xia Qianmeng went straight out. She didn't want to talk right now because she felt like coughing whenever she spoke, which was not good.

As usual, Xia Qianmeng bought two steamed buns from a roadside breakfast stall before continuing to work at Duan Dao Martial Arts School.

"My God, this is the third day already. Xia Qianxue's brother is incredibly resilient," exclaimed a member of the Dragon Group who was monitoring Xia Qianmeng. If they investigated Xia Qianmeng more thoroughly, they would find that she had been like this for a long time.

Since learning of her illness, Xia Qianmeng has been living in constant fear, terrified that she might suddenly fall ill and die. As a result, she is not in a good state of mind at work. For example, she often misunderstands the instructions given by the director and students, and she is not as proactive at work as before because she feels that she gets tired more easily.

In addition, in order not to affect the training of the director and students, Xia Qianmeng had to try her best to suppress her cough. When she really couldn't hold it in anymore, she covered her mouth with a tissue and coughed hard, then put the bloody tissue into her pocket to deal with after get off work.

Unsurprisingly, the curator was very displeased with Xia Qianmeng's work attitude. If it weren't for the low price she was paid, he would have fired her long ago.

Therefore, the curator only warned Xia Qianmeng: "If you're sick, go to the hospital. I hired you to work, and look at the state you're in now. Believe me or not, I'll make you leave right now."

The curator's warning was very effective. Xia Qianmeng tried her best to get back to her original working state, but unfortunately, she was not getting enough nutrition and sleep, and she was too weak to continue due to her serious illness.

The curator turned a blind eye to Xia Qianmeng's behavior, since he really couldn't fire her, otherwise he wouldn't be so lucky to hire such a cheap employee next time.

And so, Xia Qianmeng continued working for another month. During this month, Xia Qianmeng's physical condition visibly deteriorated, and she became even thinner than before.

Meanwhile, the weather was getting colder and colder, but Xia Qianmeng didn't dare to spend money recklessly to buy herself any warm clothes. Besides, the clothes her parents had bought for her in the past had all been torn to shreds when she was in school.

The reason it's described as being torn apart is because her classmates liked to bully her when she was in school, and since she was physically weak, she couldn't fight them off at all. Over time, she lost all her thicker clothes.

(End of this chapter)