Chapter 89 Feed Me

When Zhou Chong returned to the infirmary, Jiang Wan was still asleep, and there was still a quarter of the liquid in the IV drip.

The school nurse was sitting on the other side of the chair. When she saw Zhou Chong return, she got up and took the takeout box from his hand. "How much?"

Zhou Chong waved his hand, deliberately lowering his voice so as not to wake Jiang Wan, "No need, it was paid by meal card, it wasn't much money."

"That won't do. How can we take advantage of students?" The school doctor said sternly, but insisted on taking out ten yuan from his pocket and stuffing it into Zhou Chong's hand.

Zhou Chong held the ten-yuan bill, his smile a little helpless.

The food in the cafeteria is cheap; two vegetarian dishes and one meat dish cost less than ten yuan. Besides, he didn't have any change on him, and he had just swiped his meal card for several meals together, so he didn't know the exact price.

I could only try to hand the money back, saying, "I didn't ask for that much."

"I don't have any change." The school doctor patted the pocket of her white coat. "Here's ten yuan, take it."

After saying that, she picked up her lunchbox and headed back to her office.

Before leaving, he turned his head to look at the IV drip again and told Zhou Chong, "This bottle will be finished in about ten minutes. Remember to call me in advance so I can change to another bottle."

“Okay.” Zhou Chong nodded and sat back down by the hospital bed.

Holding the lunchbox, he looked around, then moved the chair that the school doctor had been sitting on over and put the lunchbox on it to temporarily serve as a small square table.

After tidying everything up, Jiang Wan was still not awake. Zhou Chong looked up at the IV drip again, then took out a workbook from his bag and started writing.

After getting his food at the cafeteria, he went back to the classroom to pick up a few books and also filled Jiang Wan's thermos with hot water.

There were only paper cups in the clinic, and it wasn't convenient to feed her hot water earlier, so he brought her thermos as well.

After doing a few problems, Zhou Chong looked up at the last minute and saw that the IV drip above his head was almost empty. He put away his workbook and got up to call the school doctor to change the dressing.

When I walked back with the school doctor, I had just lifted the curtain when I saw the person on the hospital bed with their eyes open and their brows slightly furrowed. They seemed to have just woken up and were still a little dazed. They turned their heads and blinked blankly.

Zhou Chong strode over, "Awake?"

"Mmm." Jiang Wan nodded, trying to sit up by supporting herself on the bed, but as she touched the edge, she suddenly realized there was still a needle in the back of her hand, and her face contorted in pain, "Ouch—"

"Be careful." Zhou Chong quickly grabbed her hand, supported her back with his other hand, and helped her sit up. "Tell me if you want to get up."

Jiang Wan sniffed, and when she spoke, her muffled nasal voice still carried the grogginess of someone who had just woken up, "Where did you go? I didn't see you when I woke up."

Zhou Chong's heart softened immediately.

Considering the school doctor was still present, he refrained from pulling her into his arms, but instead raised his hand and gently rubbed her head. "I'll go get the school doctor to change your dressing. This bottle is finished, so we'll have to change it again."

Jiang Wan looked up at the IV drip, nodded, then turned to the school doctor and extended her hand. "Thank you, school doctor."

Zhou Chong also turned to look at the school doctor, let go of Jiang Wan's hand, and moved aside to make it easier for the school doctor to walk over and change the dressing.

The school doctor smiled, walked over, and quickly changed the IV bag and readjusted the needle. "Okay, you'll have to stay here a little longer."

After saying that, she turned around, lifted the curtain, and went to the inner room to dispose of the discarded IV drip.

After the school doctor left, Zhou Chong sat back down on the bedside. "Are you hungry?"

Jiang Wan touched her stomach. She had a poor appetite because she was sick, but her stomach was indeed empty. "A little bit."

Zhou Chong picked up a lunchbox from the side, checked the temperature of the bowl, and found it was still warm. He then opened the lunchbox, scooped out a spoonful of porridge, and held it to Jiang Wan's lips. "The cafeteria only has plain porridge. It's best to eat something light right now."

Jiang Wan hummed in agreement, opened her mouth, and swallowed the spoonful of porridge.

I have a cold and my sense of taste is a bit impaired. Plain porridge or other foods taste pretty much the same. Porridge is easier to swallow.

After swallowing a spoonful of soft, warm porridge, Jiang Wan felt very comfortable in her stomach. She wasn't particularly hungry before, but her appetite was whetted.

She opened her mouth, and another spoonful of porridge was brought to her lips.

After swallowing it as she wished, she smiled at Zhou Chong and said, "It feels so good to be sick."

"What's better?" Zhou Chong frowned. "Aren't you feeling unwell?"

“It’s uncomfortable, but…” Jiang Wan’s eyes crinkled into a smile, “I can eat without having to lift a finger.”

Zhou Chong chuckled at her words and scooped up another spoonful of porridge, handing it to her, but not bringing it to her lips. Instead, he stopped it an inch in front of her. "Why don't you do it yourself?"

"No." Jiang Wan pouted, gave him a coquettish glare, then lowered her head, brought the spoon to her lips, and swallowed the spoonful of porridge. "I'm sick and don't have the strength, so you have to feed me."

Just as he finished speaking, the curtain beside the hospital bed was lifted, and the school doctor came out from the inner room.

Zhou Chong was still holding a spoon in his hand, which was pressed against Jiang Wan's lips. Jiang Wan looked up and met the school doctor's gaze, and wisely shut her mouth.

The school doctor looked at the two people in front of him, unable to suppress his laughter, and waved his hand, "Hey, hey, I didn't see anything."

Jiang Wan hadn't thought much of it at first, but after the school doctor teased her like that, she felt a little embarrassed.

It wasn't that she was embarrassed by the school doctor's teasing, but rather that she was worried Zhou Chong was too sensitive to be teased so directly.

She raised her hand, trying to take the spoon from Zhou Chong's hand, "I can do it myself."

Zhou Chong didn't let go, looking down at her, "Didn't you say you had no strength?"

“…Now I have it.” Jiang Wan lowered her head and awkwardly tugged at the corner of the blanket.

The school doctor chuckled and glanced at her, then put his hands behind his back and turned to walk towards his office. "Don't worry, I'm not your grade head. I've taken a bribe from this young man, so of course I'll turn a blind eye."

Zhou Chong: "..."

Jiang Wan: "...?"

After the school doctor disappeared behind the curtain, and the faint click of a sliding door closing could be heard, Jiang Wan came to her senses and tugged at Zhou Chong's sleeve, "What kind of favor did you give the school doctor?"

"No." Zhou Chong looked away, both amused and exasperated. He scooped up another spoonful of porridge and brought it to Jiang Wan's lips. "When I went to buy you some porridge earlier, I also got a meal for the school doctor. She just... joked about it."

"Oh, I see." Jiang Wan opened her mouth and drank the porridge. "It's not a joke, is it? The school doctor should keep her word and not tell our grade head."

Zhou Chong pursed his lips, unsure how to respond.

It's as if they're being implicitly accepted that the two of them are dating in their early teens, but they clearly aren't.

"I'm done eating, have another spoonful." Jiang Wan suddenly tugged at Zhou Chong's sleeve, "And add some mixed vegetables."

Zhou Chong snapped out of his daze, scooped the porridge back into the bowl, and then used his chopsticks to add some mixed vegetables to the porridge. "Didn't you say you were going to do it yourself?"

Jiang Wan smiled and shook her head at him. "The school nurse already said that you should continue feeding me."

Zhou Chong smiled and scooped up a spoonful of porridge with side dishes, bringing it to her lips again.