Chapter 288 Method
Bai Lu fainted as soon as she walked to the end of the street.
The final scene shows him coming out of the rain with an umbrella, entering the whole world.
He is Xiao Cheng.
Xiao Cheng was worried that Bai Lu would get sick from the rain. Her high fever last time had left him with lingering fears. He carried her back to the hotel, changed her clothes, and immediately took her to the hospital. After the check-up showed that she was fine, they went back to the hotel, packed their things, and bought tickets to return to Nanshi that night.
Throughout the journey, Bai Lu was in a daze, half-asleep and half-awake, her mind wandering and she remained silent.
She couldn't eat anything, and would vomit as soon as she ate. When she got home, she had visibly lost a lot of weight. Her frail body was so weak that she could be blown away by the wind, and she was almost weightless when held.
Her face was even paler and more haggard than when she had her last high fever. Her eyes were dull and vacant, like an abandoned little animal, lying on the bed staring at the ceiling without moving.
He developed a high fever that very night.
39.8 degrees Celsius, even worse than last time.
The doctor prescribed a different Chinese medicine formula than last time and instructed Xiao Cheng to keep a close watch on Bailu at all times, as Bailu's condition was not optimistic and she would most likely have recurring fevers.
It is also said that Bai Lu's emotions are not unstable, but rather that her emotions have entered a state of stagnation, and her perception is in a completely closed state, completely rejecting external information.
The body's functions are also in a forced dormant state, unaware of what it is doing or what it should be doing.
The doctor advised Xiao Cheng to have Bai Lu hospitalized for observation.
Xiao Cheng didn't want to be hospitalized for observation so that he could get medical attention immediately in case of any emergencies. However, Bai Lu resisted and struggled as soon as she arrived at the hospital. She didn't even want to lie down on the hospital bed and curled up in his arms, trembling.
It was as if the hospital and the hospital bed held very bad or frightening memories for her.
Under the doctor's worried and puzzled gaze, Xiao Cheng could only carry Bai Lu, who was curled up in a ball, home.
Xiao Wei, who was following behind, was in charge of getting the medicine.
After the medicine was decocted, Bailu couldn't drink it. She would vomit as soon as she smelled the medicine. Xiao Cheng could only use the same method as last time, putting the medicine in a juice bottle and coaxing her to drink it.
Bai Lu drank half a can.
Xiao Wei had never seen this method of administering medicine before. The medicine was transferred to a juice bottle, but wasn't it still medicine? Only the container had changed. Bai Lu couldn't even smell it.
Could it be that he's delirious from illness?
In order for Bai Lu to recover quickly, Xiao Wei decided not to tell Bai Lu this cruel truth.
That evening, my older brother fed Bailu her medicine, and she drank half a can again, still using the same juice bottle to hold the medicine.
The fever subsided during the White Dew season.
Her face was no longer pale, but bluish, because she hadn't eaten much in the past few days, and her face was very thin and bluish.
She was even thinner, barely able to get out of bed, and walking was difficult; it seemed as if she would collapse from exhaustion at any moment.
The fever doesn't completely subside; it subsides during the day but then recurs at night.
For several days in a row, things were unpredictable and erratic.
Intravenous drips and oral medications were ineffective; the fever would subside during the day but return at night.
It had become Xiao Cheng's habit to prepare fever-reducing medicine in advance every night, leaving the charcoal at the bottom of the pot to simmer slowly.
Being constantly worried and unable to sleep at night has become the norm.
Fortunately, Bai Lu did not reject Xiao Cheng's behavior of sleeping with her and taking care of her. After falling asleep, she would habitually snuggle into his arms, and in the middle of the night, she would wake him up to give him medicine.
finally.
While Xiao Cheng and Xiao Wei were worried day and night, unable to eat or sleep, and on the verge of death, Bai Lu recovered.
She no longer has a fever, either day or night.
My appetite has returned to half of what it used to be. I have the energy to walk, and I can occasionally go to the vegetable garden to weed. In the evening, I sit in the yard to bask in the moonlight, read books, and admire the stars.
His complexion was no longer bluish or pale, and he occasionally chatted and laughed, although his smile was no longer as bright as the sun.
My mood wasn't as happy or joyful as it used to be; instead, it felt heavy, as if shrouded in dark clouds.
She doesn't like watching TV anymore, and sometimes she stares blankly in one direction. She even makes mistakes when keeping accounts.
This would never have been possible before.
Xiao Cheng and Xiao Wei knew that Bai Lu had not fully recovered, or rather, that Bai Lu was not happy.
Luo Shiliu, Xiao Dazhuang, and Wang Hao also realized that Bai Lu had not fully recovered from her serious illness.
Avoiding Bai Lu's gaze, the group secretly asked Xiao Cheng, "What's wrong with sister-in-law?"
In fact, they didn't need to avoid her at all, because Bai Lu didn't see them at all from beginning to end. Even when Xiao Wei, who was sitting next to her, chatted with her, he only got her gentle and normal replies, and he didn't get a single emotional look from her.
Xiao Cheng was worried, but his face remained expressionless: "He's sick."
"..." Luo Shiliu, Wang Hao, Xiao Dazhuang: "..."
So they were blind before?
Is someone who can't see the White Dew solar term getting sick?
Luo Shiliu decided not to argue with the man who was rambling incoherently due to excessive worry. She glanced at Bai Lu, who was peeling eggplants, and asked, "Is sister-in-law unhappy?"
Isn't that even more obvious!?
Xiao Dazhuang and Wang Hao felt that Luo Shiliu was also sick, and that his way of asking nonsense was exactly the same as Xiao Cheng's.
Xiao Cheng replied, "Yes."
Okay, they got it.
Their reading comprehension has deteriorated.
Wang Hao and Xiao Dazhuang decided to remain silent until they needed help.
Xiao Cheng seemed to indeed need some help. Looking at the three friends across the table, a phrase suddenly popped into his mind: "Three cobblers are equal to one Zhuge Liang."
He cleared his throat: "Is there any way?"
"What method?" The three cobblers didn't understand for a moment. What did the boss mean by saying something so abruptly?
A volley of cold blades swept over, and the cobblers instinctively dodged, only to see the sullen Bailu.
I finally understand: "How to make my sister-in-law happy."
The three cobblers immediately began to rack their brains.
After a moment, Luo Shiliu suggested, "Why don't you cook a nice meal for your sister-in-law? Your cooking is so delicious, she'll definitely be happy to eat it."
Xiao Cheng wanted to stab Luo Shiliu with a cold knife after hearing the first part of the story, but he put the knife away after hearing the second part.
"It's already been done."
"One meal or two meals?" Luo Shiliu pressed, "Or every meal?"
Xiao Cheng didn't want to talk to him.
Wang Hao and Xiao Dazhuang discovered that Luo Shiliu had a knack for getting beaten up.
Knowing that his elder brother was concerned about his reputation, he had preferred to watch them make swill and pig feed rather than eat or cook for them all these years. Now, he not only cooked for Bailu, but also admitted it himself.
Anyone who has followed the boss for more than a year knows that this is already the limit of his expression. Not to mention those who have followed him for so many years, Luo Shiliu is definitely a player who's asking for a beating.
“My sister-in-law has been seriously ill lately, so she doesn’t have the strength to cook. If it’s not Brother Cheng who’s cooking, then who else would do it?”
Luo Shiliu sighed with a look of distress, as if he had been defeated by the honest man: "Then what do you suggest we do?"
"I've never been in a relationship, never tried to please a girl, how would I know how to win her over? If you know how, teach me, I'll teach Cheng-ge."
Xiao Cheng gave him a cold look: "Do I need you to teach me?"
"You don't need it?"
Three cobblers pose a profound question.
Xiao Cheng: "..."
Bai Lu's absent-minded and melancholy appearance clearly indicates that she has a problem on her mind. Even the three of them couldn't come up with a good solution, so they could only rack their brains and keep thinking.
(End of this chapter)
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