First Time

Liu Xinyu retched as soon as she got off the public bus that she had taken home that evening. She held the trunk of the tree and bent down to vomit but nothing really came out. She could only stand there and dry heave uncomfortably.

"Remind me to never ever take the public transport," said Liu Xinyu to Yiyi who seemed to be enjoying her misery at the moment but Liu Xinyu had no energy left in her to berate her either. She was feeling so queasy and weird inside right now. 

"Don't you always keep sour candies with you?" asked Yiyi after she was done watching Liu Xinyu's pale face and weak condition. "Eat a sour plum candy and it'll help with the nausea."

Liu Xinyu hurriedly took out the sour plum candy, unwrapped it, and put one in her mouth. The sour taste instantly spread in her mouth making her sigh in relief.