It wasn't until she took a hot shower that her body temperature returned to normal.

However, she kept sniffing, looking wilted and listless like a frostbitten eggplant.

Before long, Lin Ziyan felt that the person in her arms was as hot as a furnace.

She thought to herself, "He must have a fever."

"Jiaojiao," Lin Ziyan called out a few times. She struggled to lift her eyelids but didn't respond; her lips were dry.

It was very hot, but Jiaojiao wasn't sweating and was still shivering.

Lin Ziyan was very flustered. She quickly wrapped her in a blanket and rushed to the village clinic.

Upon arriving at the clinic,

The old doctor took out a mercury thermometer, placed it under Jiaojiao's armpit, and asked some questions.

Has she had a cold recently?

When did it start to burn?

Lin Ziyan gave a brief explanation, but had a bad feeling about it.

Jiaojiao has been feeling listless for several days with a cold, and she hasn't been eating much lately.

She thought it was because of the hot weather and that she wasn't eating much, so she didn't take it seriously.

"39.8℃, high fever!" The old doctor looked at the thermometer, his pupils contracted, and he hurriedly went inside to prepare to give an injection.

Lin Ziyan's heart tightened. A four-year-old child with a high fever is prone to convulsions, and her hands trembled slightly.

boom…

A loud clap of thunder was heard, and soon a torrential downpour began.

The old doctor gave Jiaojiao an injection to reduce her fever and then put her on an IV drip.

He didn't leave; he would take his temperature every now and then, his brow furrowing more and more.

"Ayan, I'm afraid we'll have to take her to the county hospital; her high fever won't go down..."

Lin Ziyan could no longer hear what he said after that.