Chapter 19 Hug Me

I don’t know if it was an illusion or the capacity of the infusion bottle was too large, but Xu Nuoben was bored and counted the remaining doses with his eyes open. While counting, he actually fell asleep in a daze.

When I woke up again at night, the needle in my hand had stopped the bleeding and was removed, and a thin blanket was covering my wrist.

"It's time to eat." Jiang Chen pushed open the door and carefully placed the tray on the table. "Hurry up, the temperature difference between day and night in the desert is huge, it will get cold soon."

Song Ke put down the knife he was using to peel the apple, walked to the sink to wash his hands and began to massage Fu Xue's limbs.

Seeing Xu Nuo looking around curiously, Jiang Chen said, "Lying still for a long time can cause muscle atrophy and blood clots. Song Ke helps the minister with massage and stretching every day before meals."

Xu Nuo raised his arm and looked at it: "I don't seem to have any changes. Did someone press it for me?"

"You—" Jiang Chen said, "you were the one who took turns pressing it."

Xu Nuo was suspicious: "Why are you stuttering?"

"Eat, eat first." Jiang Chen said vaguely.

He went forward and adjusted the bed to a sitting position, and put a small table on it: "You just woke up and don't have much strength, so don't move around. We can deal with other things after you recover." After saying that, he brought a bowl of noodles from the tray to the small table.

Xu Nuo looked at the noodles in front of him sprinkled with chopped green onions and minced meat: "Did you make this? It looks good."

Jiang Chen: “…No.”

"Gu Feihai did it?"

"……no."

Xu Nuo: "It can't be Wei Yan who did it, right?"

“…”

He pushed his face towards her in despair: "You have been in a coma for five days, and your stomach has not eaten for a long time. You can't eat food that is difficult to digest. Try it quickly."

Xu Nuo curled up the corners of his mouth and raised his soft arms to pick up the noodles. The noodles that were usually delicious and obedient were tangled into a ball with the soup, but now they seemed to weigh a thousand pounds and could not be picked up at all.

She tried hard for a long time, then sighed and said, "Forget it, I don't have much energy now, I'll eat later."

"This..." Jiang Chen said in embarrassment, "You have to eat. My task today is to make sure you eat on time. How about... I feed you?"

Suddenly there was a noise outside the door.

Xu Nuo wondered: "Is there anyone outside?"

Jiang Chen said with a guilty conscience: "...There's no one there. Outside is the kitchen and the cab. The driver is driving in the cab."

Xu Nuo nodded in understanding: "If there is no one here, I'll have to trouble you to feed me. Thank you."

Jiang Chen seemed hesitant at the noise. Under Xu Nuo's urging gaze, he took the bowl and chopsticks, a rare hint of struggle in his light gray eyes. He picked up a chopstick of noodles and suddenly said loudly, "Well, I'll feed you! If you don't like it, you can stop at any time!"

Xu Nuo said helplessly: "Okay, feed me quickly, I'm hungry."

There was no more sound outside the door. Jiang Chen carefully put the noodles into her mouth. He was a little clumsy and his movements were very restrained, which revealed a sense of stealing.

Xu Nuo finished a mouthful of noodles and said casually, "The soup spilled over the corner of my mouth."

Jiang Chen took out a piece of paper, but forgot to hand it to her. He wiped her face with his hand. After wiping, he suddenly realized something, threw down the paper ball as if he had been electrocuted, and looked around.

"What's wrong?"

Jiang Chen said nothing, but picked up the noodles faster and faster, as if his hands were on fire. Xu Nuo choked a few times, but he finally finished eating after some persuasion.

He almost jumped up from his seat and put away the dishes and tabletop: "I'll go wash the dishes."

"Wait." Xu Nuo said hurriedly.

Jiang Chen looked at her with a frown: "What's wrong?"

"I," Xu Nuo hesitated for a moment and said embarrassedly, "I want to go to the bathroom."

Jiang Chen also hesitated: "Then... shall I help you?"

Seeing that he seemed to be in a dilemma, Xu Nuo put down his hand and said, "Forget it, wait a moment."

After Jiang Chen left, Song Ke finished the massage, lowered the curtain blocking Fu Xue's bed, picked up the tray and walked out.

The ward became very quiet. Xu Nuo sat for a moment, looking at the bathroom not far away.

Maybe because she moved too much when climbing the skylight when she just woke up, her legs are particularly weak now, but she is a little anxious. Fortunately, the bathroom is in the ward, just a few steps away from the bed.

She pressed her thighs and exerted force secretly. After a while, with unremitting efforts, she finally succeeded in moving her legs from the bed to under the bed.

Xu Nuo stepped barefoot on the floor, holding onto the bed and slowly stood up. This took a lot of effort, and he even felt a little dizzy when he stood up, but he managed to keep his composure.

"I'll go ahead." She said to herself, then her legs went weak and she took two steps forward and bumped into the dining table. The ceramic teacups on the table made a crisp clash sound.

There was a sound outside the door in sync with her sudden movement.

Xu Nuo turned his gaze to the door.

"Is anyone there?" she asked.

It was quiet.

"Well, no one." Xu Nuo said.

She looked at her legs, which were shaking and about to give out, and suddenly smiled, then she let go of the table, avoiding anything to hold on to, and strode straight to the bathroom. Her legs, weakened, could not take more than a few steps. Amidst a series of clanging sounds, she closed her eyes in anger and fell backward without a care in the world.

Then, he fell into a warm embrace.

Someone caught her steadily. A familiar, faint scent of laundry detergent wafted through her nose. Xu Nuo opened her eyes and saw Wei Yan, dressed in a black windbreaker, his brows lowered, his lips slightly pursed. He restrainedly held her shoulders, his other hand even behind his back. After straightening her, he turned and was about to leave.

"Wait." Xu Nuo grabbed the corner of his clothes, not using much force, but still asked him to stop.

"I need to go to the bathroom, carry me there," she whispered, a little coquettishly, "If you don't help me, there will be no one here."

Wei Yan said nothing, but turned and walked towards her. Xu Nuo opened her arms and put them around his neck, holding him firmly, burying her head in his neck: "Why don't you talk to me?"

When she didn't get an answer, she kept asking, "Why don't you cook noodles for me and bring them to me yourself? Why bother others?"

"Why are you secretly listening to me? Don't you want to ignore me?"

"You're the one who gave me the massage, and you don't want me to know?"

When they reached the bathroom door, Xu Nuo folded his arms tightly and said shamelessly, "If you don't speak, I won't come down, and you can't leave."

Wei Yan tilted his head back, looking at the girl in his arms, pouting and mumbling. She appeared confident and assertive, questioning him repeatedly, but in reality, the tips of her ears were red, and she lowered her voice as she spoke, glancing at him shyly.

This was a side of the girl he had never seen before. The girl's round eyes were stained with a hazy water color, her small nose twitched slightly in uncertainty about his reaction, her bright red lips trembled, and finally, even her porcelain-white face was flushed.

The girl's shyness is more addictive than any other spring beauty, and this outstanding spring beauty belongs to Wei Yan, her strong, gentle and cheerful "senior".

Does not belong to "younger brother" Qi Qian.

It could never belong to Qi Qian.