Chapter 55 Lingering Sickness

He was told to pay, but when Su Pu arrived at the counter with his bank card, the salesperson told him...

"Mr. Li always signs the bills; you can sign here."

Su Pu, who had been prepared to bleed her husband dry, returned to Li Jichuan's side in a daze, clutching a receipt.

Cong Shu has already passed away.

Li Jichuan, with a solemn expression, walked out of the mall with Su Pu.

They then realized that while they were shopping, a snowfall had already fallen in Yuncheng.

The first snow of the year.

The snowflakes were thick and dense, quickly turning the entire city white.

Two people, each preoccupied with their own thoughts, were also drawn to the snowy scenery and couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

Winter is coming...

Li Jichuan nodded.

Su Pu suddenly squatted down, and when he stood up again, there was a round snowball in his palm.

"Hey—don't!" Li Jichuan warned with a smile.

As he spoke, the chubby snowball landed safely on his shoulder.

Su Pu laughed silently, her eyes crinkling with laughter.

"You!" Li Jichuan scolded him, leaning down and laboriously making a snowball. "You wait!"

Seeing that things were not going well, Su Pu quickly squatted down on the ground and made new snowballs.

The two stood up at the same time and stared at each other at the two snowballs facing them.

Then, they laughed together.

"I request a truce..." Li Jichuan surrendered.

Su Pu, meanwhile, was still enjoying the snowball.

“Give me your snowball…” Li Jichuan stretched out a hand.

Su Pu obediently handed over the snowballs, and Li Jichuan stacked the two snowballs together to create a chubby little snowman.

“That’s more like it!” Li Jichuan said.

Su Pu stared at the chubby snowman and grinned foolishly.

"Xiao Pu, did you and I go to the same high school?"

Li Jichuan suppressed his smile and asked seriously.

Upon hearing this, Su Pu stopped smiling and nodded.

Why didn't you tell me?

Li Jichuan bent down, leaving the snowman on the snow, and remotely controlled the wheelchair to Su Pu's side.

"You've known me for a long time, haven't you?"

But you've long forgotten me. Su Pu answered in her heart.

Those precious memories to me may be insignificant to you, so why should I make you remember them?

"Su Pu?"

After waiting for a long time without receiving a response, Li Jichuan's mood was in turmoil.

It's like finding a crucial piece of the puzzle; or like a trapped beast, trying its best but only spinning in circles, making no progress...

Su Pu suddenly frowned, paused for a moment, and then sneezed loudly.

It was a very soft yawn—

Su Pu caught a cold...

...

The sudden drop in temperature marks the beginning of the flu season.

Su Pu had a persistent high fever and lay curled up in bed with tears streaming down his face.

Because he was worried, Li Jichuan has been working from home for three consecutive days.

Without him, Su Pu couldn't sleep soundly, so Li Jichuan simply moved his office to his bed so that Su Pu could sleep better.

Su was temporarily ordered to come and deliver a document to Li Jichuan.

Actually, this job shouldn't have been his responsibility, but he used a little trick to arrange a new job for the secretary who was originally supposed to come to the door, and thus he ended up doing it instead.

Su Hui changed into slippers, carried the documents inside, and secretly peeked into Li Jichuan's living space.

Everything was well-organized, restrained and detached. I really don't know how Su Pu managed to live with someone like that.

The butler pointed Su Hui in the right direction, telling him, "Mr. Li is in the study right now. Just knock on the door and give him the documents."

Su waved her hand impatiently, indicating that she knew, and strode inside.

We'll have to see how Li Jichuan behaves normally. If he's really like he is at the company, then he probably doesn't have any feelings for Su Pu.

She was just putting on a loving act in front of him and his father.

Honestly, is there really anyone in this world who likes Su Pu?

But when Su Hui arrived at the study door, she saw Li Jichuan working at his desk and was about to knock on the door.

Suddenly, the door next door opened, and Su Pu, her face flushed and her steps unsteady, stumbled past him and entered the study.

Forehead……

Su Hui's habit of making things awkward for others resurfaced. Everyone knew that President Li would become exceptionally sensitive when he was focused on his work.

If you disturb him without knocking, you will surely be pierced by his cold eyes and then given a sharp warning.

In her line of sight, Su Pu swayed to Li Jichuan's table and wrapped her arms around his neck without a care.

Hiss... Su Hui was sweating for him.

I heard that Su Pu is sick, but judging from the way she looks, does she plan to get a divorce as soon as she recovers?

Why are you so eager to die?

But……

The anticipated storm did not materialize.

Li Jichuan showed no sign of being bothered; on the contrary, he seemed to be enjoying himself.

Um?

When Su Pu entered, he instinctively closed the door, leaving only a crack.

Su Hui peered through the crack in the door.

Once Su Pu wrapped his arms around Li Jichuan's neck, the other man actually put down his work and pulled him onto his lap.

Su Pu kept her eyes half-closed the whole time, and only closed them comfortably once she was settled.

Because of a cold, Su Pu's breathing was heavy, and the sounds of his breathing filled Su Hui's ears.

Has Li Jichuan gone mad?

Why allow someone with a cold to hug him so intimately?

Aren't you afraid of getting infected and thus disrupting your work? Isn't this person always the most efficiency-oriented?

Su Hui moved even closer, pressing half of her face against the gap between the door panel and the door frame, constantly peering inside.

He wanted to find even the slightest evidence that the two people did not love each other.

He didn't understand why he cared so much, why he was so unwilling to accept it...

But the next second, his pupils froze.

Li Jichuan, who had been looking down at Su Pu, suddenly raised his eyes and met Su Hui's gaze through the crack in the door.

Su Hui's hair stood on end; the aggression in Li Jichuan's eyes was too strong.

Like a fierce beast guarding its hard-won prey.

Su Hui: "..."

Hesitating between turning around and leaving or knocking and entering, he exchanged perfunctory pleasantries with Li Jichuan.

The next second, Li Jichuan suddenly gave him a faint smile.

Um?

Just as I was about to delve deeper, I saw Li Jichuan lower his eyes again and slowly lower his head.

His lips landed on Su Pu's forehead.

A protective kiss landed on him.

Su Hui's throat went dry. She wanted to look away, but she couldn't tear her eyes away.

Then, Li Jichuan continued downwards, kissing Su Pu's eye sockets, the tip of her nose...

Their lips were inches apart. Su couldn't tell if they were really kissing.

Knock knock—

The person outside the door had already panicked and knocked haphazardly twice.

For some reason, he wanted to break the spring light in the room.

However, the two people inside seemed not to hear anything. One continued to lower himself, while the other had his chin pinched and his head raised.

This time, it was an undeniable touch.

Su Hui was startled and stumbled back half a step.