Xiaojie was stunned and full of resistance.

But Ningxia really didn't care about him. He just lay down when told to, and Lin Yi followed suit.

She really didn't want to argue with him. She was afraid of sleeping alone but didn't say it. There were three grown people around her and she didn't know what he was thinking.

Ningxia also understood that a rift had formed between them during their last conversation. She actually felt guilty about it later, as she couldn't control her emotions when it came to the matter of their two children. If she had talked it out with Xiaojie later, his injuries wouldn't have taken so long to heal.

"Brother Xiaojie, go to sleep quickly! I'll sleep by myself! Because I'm not afraid." Sangsang lay on the iron bed next to him and turned his head to look at the three people on the big bed.

The two-meter-wide bed didn't seem crowded at all.

Xiao Jie pursed his lips tightly, his eyes full of resistance, "Sister Xia, you don't have to be like this..."

Ningxia had turned over and closed her eyes. "Look at your face, it's as white as a ghost. If you really can't accept it, just sit here all night. You won't sleep after we leave anyway." After saying that, she ignored everyone, closed her mouth and went to sleep.

Lin Yi was also lying flat next to Xiao Jie. Xiao Jie didn't dare to push Ning Xia. He pushed him twice but he didn't respond.

Xiao Jie looked up at Sangsang. Sangsang smiled sweetly at him, then stood up and reached for the light bulb. Her little hand twisted it mercilessly, and the room fell into darkness.

Xiaojie blinked several times, obviously unable to adapt to the sudden darkness.

He sat there for a long while, no one knew what he was thinking. After a while, he sighed softly and slid slowly into the quilt.

Ningxia also breathed a sigh of relief. He was already seriously injured. How could he recover if he didn't sleep for a long time?

Except for Sangsang and Lin Yi who really fell asleep, Ningxia hardly slept. She kept an eye on Xiaojie's sleeping state all night.

It was not until the second half of the night that the breathing of the people around him gradually became regular, and Ningxia dared to turn around and look at him quietly. Even though he stayed up for half the night before falling asleep, Xiaojie did not sleep well.

Before he fell asleep, he lay flat on his back, but after falling asleep, he curled up in a very insecure position, mumbling from time to time.

Ningxia stared at him vaguely for a long time, but finally couldn't bear it anymore, so she reached out and patted his shoulder gently to comfort him.

Xiaojie, who was sleeping, seemed to feel this warmth. He leaned towards Ningxia and his mumbling stopped.

Ningxia watched him sleep with mixed feelings. Within two hours, Xiaojie showed signs of waking up, and Ningxia quickly withdrew her hand from his shoulder and closed her eyes to pretend to sleep.

Ningxia stayed with him all night, and finally at dawn, Xiaojie wanted to sleep again. When his breathing finally stabilized again, Ningxia opened her sore eyes with willpower.

I didn't expect his sleep state to have reached this point. It seems I need to go find the master. Ningxia only had time to leave this sentence in his mind. His head tilted, and he fell into a dream of ups and downs.

What Ningxia didn't know was that this was the first time in more than ten days that Xiaojie had slept for more than an hour at night. Although it was still bad, it was much better than before.

When Ningxia came out yawning, Lin Yi had already brought the food to the table, including multi-grain rice mixed with a lot of white rice, scrambled eggs with leeks, and chicken stewed with American ginseng.

Ningxia had to set traps several times before finally catching this chicken. It was very skinny.

"Sure, your cooking skills are excellent." Ningxia swallowed a mouthful of egg and praised Lin Yi generously. Lin Yi smiled. He had to cook at least one meal every day. Ningxia was happy to teach him, so of course his cooking skills improved rapidly.

Ningxia reflected on herself silently. To be fair, she had become a lot lazier since the beginning of winter. She slept most of the time and ate a lot of hospital meals with Xiaojie, gaining more than ten pounds.

Fortunately, she was originally thin and had a lot of muscles on her body. After gaining ten pounds, she looked better than before.

She herself didn't care too much about it. During this period, except for Xiaojie, everyone else in the family had gained a lot of weight to varying degrees.

Look, after dinner, Lin Yi was reading a book seriously. He was already reading a famous classical Chinese work without annotations.

Ningxia fell onto the bed and was about to fall asleep again.

"Sister Xia...you won't be able to sleep well even if you sleep with me...I really don't need anyone to accompany me." Xiao Jie took the opportunity to speak.

Ningxia opened her eyes and glanced at him without answering. She closed her eyes again, acting as if she would not listen to anything.

Xiao Jie looked at the 'bustling' bedroom, somewhat puzzled. For the past ten days or so, he had been basically alone in the bedroom, while his three siblings had been hanging out in the living room, preferring to light three or four fire pits rather than spend time with him. Why...

Sangsang leaned over to Ningxia's ear and whispered, "Xia Xia... I can't write this character. Can I ask Brother Xiaojie?"

Ningxia's eyelids were still tightly closed, and she said mercilessly, "There are so many words you can't write. Your brother can write, go find him."

"I don't want to look for my brother~"

Lin Yi rolled his eyes quietly while holding the book, then turned around and read more seriously. It would be better not to look for him. Xiao Jie hadn't taken care of Sangsang's homework these days, which really made him suffer.

He doesn't understand why there are such stupid people in the world. He can't speak and will get angry if he speaks. It's so annoying!

"Before you said not to come in and disturb Brother Xiaojie, and let him think about it carefully. Now we are all in! Can we go and disturb Brother Xiaojie?" Sangsang's voice was neither loud nor soft, and it just reached Xiaojie's ears.

So... that's how it is... Xiaojie felt complicated. He looked at Ningxia, wanting to ask something but holding back.

"Xia Xia? Xia Xia~ Can I~ Can I!"

Ningxia frowned. She was really fed up with Sangsang's relentless pursuit of her goals. "Go, go!"

Sangsang giggled twice and ran away happily.

Lin Yi glanced at Ningxia. It was because Sister Xia Xia was annoying and always had to compromise that Sangsang became more and more annoying.

Sangsang ran to Xiaojie and said, "Brother Xiaojie, teach me!"

Xiaojie touched her head, his eyes soft, "Okay."

Mu Yuanqing looked at the man who was wrapped up like a bear and asked, "Why did you come out when it's so cold and you're not staying at home?"

Ningxia took off his cloak and stood by the fire barrel, unwilling to leave.

Mu Yuanqing's family moved to the living room to sleep. There were fire barrels on all sides, burning brightly.

"Something's not right, Xiaojie. I'll ask the master."

"What's wrong?"

"It's been more than ten days, and I haven't gained any weight. Instead, I've become thinner and thinner. My diet is very ordinary. I hardly sleep at night and only sleep for three or four hours during the day."

"Why can't you sleep?" Liu Ximu frowned slightly. This shouldn't be the case. "How is your wound healing?"

"It's just that it hasn't gotten worse. He...has some things in his mind that he can't figure out...and he's not in a good mood." Ningxia felt a little guilty.

Liu Ximu nodded in understanding. "I can't help him with his diet. I don't have any medicine on hand, but I can give him some tranquilizers. They should help him sleep better at night."

Ningxia nodded quickly, "Thank you, Master."