Chapter 8

"This watermelon is poisonous!" Xiaobai said with certainty in a crying voice.

Jiang Jiang, "..." She was a little amused and helpless. Seeing Xiaobai was about to run out to call for help, Jiang Jiang hurriedly grabbed him.

"I'm fine. It's probably my period pain." Jiang Jiang sighed.

"My period is here?" Xiaobai was a little surprised.

Jiang Jiang was about to nod when he saw Xiaobai turning his head to look around.

"What are you doing?" Jiang Jiang asked.

Xiaobai was terrified. "Jiang Jiang, where is your aunt? Why can't I see her? Why did she make you hurt? Why did she poison you?"

Jiang Jiang had heard the joke about "Where is your period?" before, but she never expected to see this scene in real life one day. It really made her speechless.

She pressed down the anxious Xiaobai and said weakly, "I have menstrual pain."

Xiaobai obviously didn't quite understand, but she tried hard to understand.

Seeing Jiang Jiang staggering into the bathroom while holding her belly, Xiaobai patted his head and said, "Ah, Jiang Jiang's period has come!"

Thinking of how Jiang Jiang’s face turned pale in pain just now, Xiaobai’s heart ached. He ran to open the door and knocked hard on the door of the aunt next door.

The aunt next door thought there was an earthquake. When she opened the door, she saw Xiaobai almost crying.

Knowing that it was menstrual pain, the aunt patiently taught Xiaobai how to make brown sugar ginger and jujube tea. Jiang Jiang's family didn't have jujubes, so the aunt also gave Xiaobai some red dates.

When Jiang Jiang came out of the bathroom, he saw Xiaobai running back from the door with red dates in his hands and running straight into the kitchen.

The pain made Jiang Jiang not care about what Xiaobai was doing. She just wanted to lie in bed.

She even forgot about her period, otherwise she wouldn't have eaten the cold watermelon.

Alas, she got her period right after eating the cold watermelon, so she might have to suffer a little this time.

Jiang Jiang felt cold all over as she lay in bed. It was the first day of her period, and whenever she felt pain, she would feel cold no matter how hot the weather was.

But the pain will go away after the first day, and there will be no pain in the next few days.

Jiang Jiang lay in bed, feeling dazed and in pain, wishing there was a hot water bottle under the quilt.

"Jiang Jiang." A low voice sounded beside my ears, and I smelled the faint sweet scent of red dates and brown sugar on the tip of my nose.

When Jiang Jiang opened her eyes, she saw Xiaobai had placed a bowl of brown sugar, ginger and jujube tea on the bedside.

"Auntie said this won't hurt." Xiaobai looked at Jiang Jiang, his eyes filled with worry.

Xiaobai carefully scooped a spoonful of brown sugar, ginger and jujube tea, blew on it, and brought it to Jiang Jiang.

People are always most vulnerable when they are sick.

Jiang Jiang suddenly felt his eyes getting hot and his nose getting a little sore.

This is the first time someone has taken care of her like this since she became an adult!

Jiang Jiang opened his mouth and drank the brown sugar ginger and jujube tea...

I almost vomited.

How much brown sugar and ginger are put in this!!!

The sweetness was so cloying that her entire mouth felt bitter, and the spiciness of the ginger made her entire tongue numb.

"Xiaobai, do me a favor." Jiang Jiang swallowed it with difficulty, and seeing that Xiaobai wanted to give him a second bite, he spoke in a hoarse voice.

Her voice was made hoarse by the sweetness of brown sugar and the spiciness of ginger!

"Jiang Jiang, you say!" Xiaobai opened his eyes wide, looking serious.

"Go to the living room coffee table. There's an orange-white medicine. Bring it here."

After hearing this, Xiaobai quickly got up and ran out, quickly bringing the medicine.

That's ibuprofen. Jiang Jiang usually takes one pill when she feels pain on the first day. She has asked a doctor, and he said that taking one painkiller a month doesn't have too many side effects.

"Jiang Jiang." Xiaobai continued to hold the bowl and wanted to feed Jiang Jiang, "Drink it, and the pain will go away."

Jiang Jiang took a look at the black liquid in the bowl and almost lost his expression.

This was Xiaobai's hard work, and she couldn't just refuse and hurt the child's self-esteem. After all, this was Xiaobai's intention.

In fact, if she had put too much brown sugar, she could still force herself to drink it, but if she put too much ginger, it would make her feel so horny!

How can I possibly drink this!

But looking at Xiaobai's wet eyes and the worry in his eyes, Jiang Jiang couldn't say anything.

Finally, he sighed, "Could you get me a glass of water?"

Xiaobai quickly got up and poured a glass of water.

Jiang Jiang diluted the thick brown sugar ginger and jujube tea with a lot of water and only managed to drink half of it. He really couldn't bear it anymore.

"I can't drink anymore." Jiang Jiang grimaced because of the spiciness.

Xiaobai was worried, his bright eyes misted with moisture, "Jiang Jiang, Auntie said it won't hurt if you drink it."

Jiang Jiang sighed, "I don't feel any pain now."

She used her lifelong acting skills to suppress the pain in her lower abdomen.

But because I took the medicine and went through some trouble, the pain is indeed not as severe as before.

Seeing that Jiang Jiang seemed to be much better, Xiaobai was relieved.

Jiang Jiang lay on the bed, breathed a sigh of relief, relaxed himself and gradually fell asleep.

Before going to bed, she thought vaguely that Xiaobai's brown sugar, ginger and jujube tea was actually useful. At least she was not cold anymore.

…

The next day, Jiang Jiang got up in high spirits.

Although it was uncomfortable to feel a hot current flowing from her lower body from time to time, the lack of pain made her feel physically and mentally relaxed.

More importantly, she went to bed early yesterday and didn't stay up late!

Xiaobai specially cooked red dates and wolfberry porridge. No one knew where the wolfberries came from. Jiang Jiang even forgot where he put them.

She looked at the porridge carefully. Fortunately, the wolfberries did not seem to be moldy, so it should be okay to eat.

The temperature rose suddenly today. The sudden temperature rise made people feel sticky and uncomfortable.

After a day of work and a crowded subway ride, Jiang Jiang felt stuffy and irritable.

So she thought of the half watermelon in the refrigerator.

When I think of watermelon, I recall the refreshing sweetness of watermelon in my mouth, not to mention ice watermelon, which is even more delicious!

Jiang Jiang felt much more relaxed as he walked home.

Xiaobai has been behaving well these past two days and has not acted up anymore. He followed Jiang Jiang's instructions and played chess with his grandfather in the small garden.

As a result, because his skills were so good, the old men were all impressed and stopped playing with Xiaobai.

Xiaobai could only sit alone and watch the old men play chess.

As a result, because she couldn't help herself and reminded them again and again, the old men were so angry that they drove her away and asked her not to watch anymore.

Xiaobai curled his lips and had to squat at the intersection waiting for Jiang Jiang to get off work.

She didn't dare go anywhere further. Jiang Jiang had told her not to go too far!

When Xiaobai met Jiang Jiang who was coming home from get off work, his spirits perked up.

"Jiang Jiang!" A sweet voice like a silver bell rang out, reflecting the fiery red sunset in the sky.

The girl waved her hands and smiled excitedly at Jiang Jiang who was not far away.

Bathing in the sunset, feeling so eager to see him coming back, Jiang Jiang instantly felt all his fatigue dissipate.

"Look what I brought today." Jiang Jiang frowned, subconsciously took two quick steps, and shook the bag in his hand slightly twice.

"What is it?" Xiaobai circled around Jiang Jiang energetically, his eyes full of curiosity and anticipation.

When she saw what was inside, she raised the corners of her lips with joy, "It's a cupcake!" She had seen cupcakes on TV!

The triangular mousse cake is decorated with a piece of chocolate bear, which looks beautiful and cute.

The cake was given to Jiang Jiang by a colleague, and Jiang Jiang brought it back because Xiaobai had never eaten it.

Xiaobai had indeed never eaten mousse cake, but she carefully picked up a piece with a fork and placed it in front of Jiang Jiang, indicating that Jiang Jiang should eat it first.

Jiang Jiang took a bite and squinted his eyes in enjoyment, "It's delicious!"

In fact, it is a bit too sweet, and Jiang Jiang feels it is just average.

Xiaobai ate the food contentedly and fed Jiang Jiang from time to time.

Jiang Jiang shook her head and refused. She saw that Xiaobai liked the cake very much and thought that she could buy it for Xiaobai next time.

After I went back and took a shower and changed my clothes, I could still feel the heat in the air and urgently needed something cool and refreshing to relieve it!

So Jiang Jiang got up and prepared to go to the refrigerator to take out the watermelon she had been longing for all day.

Seeing Jiang Jiang was about to take the watermelon, Xiaobai jumped up from the sofa and rushed over.

"Jiang Jiang! No!" Xiaobai waved his hands to stop Jiang Jiang's actions.

She had specifically asked her aunt during the day what she should not eat during menstruation, and the first thing her aunt said was that she should not eat raw or cold food!

Watermelon is a cooling fruit, and it's been in the refrigerator all day! What if the pain gets worse after eating Jiang Jiang?

Jiang Jiang’s appearance yesterday scared her!

"You can't eat it!" Xiaobai hugged the refrigerator like a calf, staring at Jiang Jiang closely, "It's cold, it will hurt!"

Jiang Jiang felt helpless, yet also warmed. "I don't feel any pain today, really! I can eat a bite, it won't affect anything..."

"No!" Xiaobai was determined.

In the past, Xiaobai would agree to whatever Jiang Jiang said, regardless of whether he understood it or not. But now, this behavior made Jiang Jiang very surprised.

Jiang Jiang pursed his lips and sighed, "But if I don't eat it today, it will go bad."

What a pity it is broken!

Xiaobai hesitated for a few seconds, but finally shook his head firmly.

"Okay then." Jiang Jiang knew that Xiaobai was doing this for his own good, and he also knew that it was because he couldn't control himself and didn't restrict his diet that he was having menstrual pain.

She didn't insist too much and prepared to go back to her room to finish some work.

Seeing Jiang Jiang busy with work, Xiaobai first vigilantly guarded the refrigerator for a while before slowly relaxing and doing other things.

After finishing his work and sending the email, Jiang Jiang tugged at his collar and unbuttoned one of his buttons.

This weather is really weird. It suddenly got so hot. It seems I need to bring out the electric fan.

Jiang Jiang felt sticky and uncomfortable all over, and his mind unconsciously started to think about watermelon again.

The room was quiet. I looked at the time and it was already past ten o'clock. The TV in the living room was turned off. It seemed that Xiaobai had fallen asleep.

Jiang Jiang opened the door and looked out, only to see a blurry shadow lying motionless on the sofa in the dim living room.

It seems that Xiaobai fell asleep.

Jiang Jiang tiptoed to the kitchen.

It should be okay to cut two pieces of watermelon for yourself!

She walked to the refrigerator and turned her head to look towards the living room.

It was pitch black and I couldn't see anything.

Jiang Jiang was secretly delighted and slowly opened the refrigerator.

She looked at the watermelon in the refrigerator, but saw two...

Eyeballs?!

The two eyeballs rolled around, and the dark pupils were fixed on Jiang Jiang and twitched.

Jiang Jiang's breath hitched, and he subconsciously slammed the refrigerator door shut.

"Jiang~Jiang~I~knew~that~you~would~cheat~on~your~heart!"

Xiaobai's faint voice came from behind.

Jiang Jiang turned around and saw Xiaobai's dark eyes without eyeballs looking at her under the dim light...

Her eyes rolled back and she fainted.