Chapter 272 Illness
Looking at Xiao Cheng's expressionless face, tightly pursed lips, and calm, still eyes, Bai Lu decisively sat up and quickly leaned in to kiss him.
I don't know if my mind was too heavy, or my body was too heavy, or I didn't find the right angle, but the first time I took the initiative, I didn't control the strength well and accidentally bumped into someone when I kissed them.
Xiao Cheng, who was in a state of disbelief and expectation, suddenly felt a sharp pain in his lip and his brain went blank.
Xiao Cheng stared blankly for a moment, his pupils contracted slightly, and his eyes instantly filled with an overwhelming, uncontrollable joy.
The girl's charming smile magnified in his eyes. Her long, curled eyelashes blinked playfully, and her delicate eyebrows curved like a crescent moon in the sky. Her sweet breath fell and covered his lips, exploding like fireworks in his mouth.
Like an electric current, it spread from my lips to every part of my body, from my restless heart to the nerve endings.
His mind, which had stopped thinking, was suddenly jolted awake as if by a bullet. Surprise, joy, delight, and happiness all danced in his still mind, and Xiao Cheng snapped back to reality in an instant.
However, the white dew receded the next second.
Under Xiao Cheng's expectant yet disappointed gaze, she naturally snuggled back into his arms.
She wrapped her arms around his waist and pressed her face against his chest: "It's so warm here, I love it."
Xiao Cheng suddenly suppressed his urge to continue, his eyes narrowed, and he calmed his burning passion.
He held her tightly in his arms, his voice rising from the depths of his throat, growing softer and softer: "What's your name?"
Bai Lu suddenly looked up at him, a smile spreading from her heart to her face: "Bai Lu".
"White as in white, dew as in morning dew."
“Bai Lu…” Xiao Cheng murmured softly, the name that leaped in his heart.
Bai Lu smiled and said, "Acheng."
Xiao Cheng chuckled: "Lulu."
“Acheng…”
"Lulu..."
...
As dawn broke, Xiao Cheng was awakened by the burning heat in his arms. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the girl's face was pale, her lips were white, her smooth forehead was covered with fine cold sweat, her brows were furrowed, and an abnormal blush appeared on her pale cheeks.
Her body was alternating between cold and heat, and she writhed uncomfortably, saying "cold" one moment and "hot" the next.
Xiao Cheng reached out and touched her forehead; it was abnormally hot, clearly indicating a fever.
He immediately got up and carried her to the hospital.
Xiao Wei, who had just gotten up and opened the door, saw this and his face tightened. He hurriedly chased after her.
"What's wrong with my sister-in-law?"
Xiao Cheng strode out the door and said sternly, "You're sick, make yourself breakfast before you go to school."
Xiao Wei wanted to ask something more, but the tall figure outside the courtyard had already walked away and quickly disappeared around the street corner.
Why did my sister-in-law suddenly get sick? Was it because she drank alcohol last night and argued and fought with my brother?
But before he went back, his older brother was normal, not like he had been when he was drunk.
He doesn't always expect his sister-in-law to help him find clothes or do this or that, and he gets angry if she doesn't.
After he went back to his room and closed the door, he didn't go to sleep. He listened behind the door for a long time, and only went back to bed when he didn't hear his older brother and sister-in-law arguing.
Did they have an argument after he went to sleep?
Xiao Wei stood frozen at the door, overwhelmed with guilt.
It's all his fault for going to bed too early. If he were like his older brother used to do when he was drunk, secretly opening the door to eavesdrop and watch until all the noise disappeared before going back to his room.
That way, such a thing wouldn't happen.
My brother looked so tense just now; my sister-in-law must be very ill, and her life might be in danger.
Xiao Wei felt so guilty that he lost his appetite and couldn't even make breakfast, let alone go to school.
But then she remembered that her older brother and sister-in-law hadn't had breakfast yet, so she immediately ran back to the kitchen without thinking.
Many doctors at the hospital had seen Xiao Cheng before. When they saw him carrying someone in with an anxious expression, they immediately arranged for him to undergo examinations.
After a series of examinations, Bailu's condition was determined to be a high fever of 39.5 degrees Celsius, and alcohol poisoning was initially ruled out.
The doctor said that Bai Lu has a special constitution and is extremely sensitive to alcohol, but she does not react to all kinds of alcohol. Different kinds of alcohol will have different reactions when they enter Bai Lu's body. Some will not cause any reaction, while others will cause her to get drunk normally.
Some will cause her to fall into a deep sleep, some will cause her to become extremely excited, some will cause her to lose her memory with an uncertain recovery time, and there is this one, a sudden high fever.
Such as these, multiple reactions.
It could be described as an alcohol allergy, or it could not; the reaction is specific.
After the fever subsided following the injection, Xiao Cheng took Bai Lu home with the medicine, as she disliked hospitals.
Even before she woke up, she started frowning as soon as she entered the hospital, struggling in his arms and on the hospital bed, until she left the hospital and gradually calmed down.
Back in her bed at home, she finally relaxed her furrowed brows and drifted off to sleep.
Xiao Cheng carried a basin of water back to the room, soaked a towel, and used it to wipe Bai Lu's forehead, face, and neck...
Perhaps she was too focused, her attention was entirely on Bailu, and she didn't notice her surroundings. After wiping herself down, she got up to change the water and only then did she see a small figure standing at the door holding a bowl of porridge.
Xiao Cheng frowned: "Why aren't you going to school yet?"
What time is it now? If I don't go out soon, I'll be late. Even if I don't run, I'll still be late.
Xiao Wei didn't go into the room. He stood by the door with a bowl of porridge in his hand, looking at Bai Lu lying motionless on the bed and Xiao Cheng with a cold expression. He replied softly, "I've made breakfast."
"Put it on the table, go to school." Xiao Cheng walked past the small figure at the door to go out and change the water.
Xiao Wei didn't leave.
She continued to stand motionless at the door, holding her bowl, until Xiao Cheng returned before saying, "I want to go in and see my sister-in-law."
His still-childish voice held worry and tension, and his little face showed a resolute determination as if he were facing certain death.
Xiao Cheng frowned and responded with an "Mm".
Xiao Wei followed him in and stood by the bed, watching Xiao Cheng use a towel to wipe the small water droplets from Bai Lu's forehead. Not long after he finished wiping, more water droplets appeared, so he continued wiping.
She moved back and forth very gently, her eyes tightly closed, her usually rosy complexion slightly pale.
"When will your sister-in-law be well?" Xiao Wei asked, gripping the bottom of the bowl tightly, his voice trembling slightly.
Xiao Cheng said, "It's good that you've woken up."
Xiao Wei asked again, "When will you wake up?"
Xiao Cheng frowned and gave him a cold glance: "You'll wake up when you wake up. Go to school."
Xiao Wei was used to his older brother's cold-bloodedness, and despite the chills and fear, he had to refuse.
"I'll stay home and wait for my sister-in-law to wake up."
Xiao Cheng didn't even bother with the cold knife anymore. He threw the towel into the basin and snatched the bowl of porridge from Xiao Wei's hand.
She stared at him coldly.
The imposing and oppressive aura was like a mountain, pressing down on Xiao Wei, making it hard for him to breathe, and causing his small body to tremble uncontrollably.
After hesitating for a long time, I finally had to say what was on my mind: "I'm afraid I won't be able to see my sister-in-law when I come back."
The sense of oppression abruptly stopped.
Xiao Cheng placed the bowl on the bedside table and said calmly, "She'll wake up later."
Xiao Wei had never seen his older brother so easy to talk to and even explain things to him, which made him bolder.
"Then I'll wait for my sister-in-law to wake up before I go to school."
(End of this chapter)
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