Looking outside, it was pitch black. Lin Minjun felt scared even when she was lying on the bed. She always felt that there was a Lu Deping hiding in every dark corner.

She felt a little dizzy, and she tugged at Yan Li's clothes tightly, saying childishly, "Can you stay with me? I'm scared."

Lin Minjun knew she was sleepy and couldn't even open her eyes, but as soon as she closed her eyes the scenes of tonight would resurface in her mind. She only felt better when Brother Yan Li was around, so she childishly begged him to stay.

But if an unmarried man and an unmarried woman stay in the same room late at night, people will gossip about them, not to mention now, even in a few decades.

Especially when living in a large compound, you are separated from many neighbors by a wall. For example, Mrs. Xu and her daughter next door had already fallen asleep, but when they heard the rustling noises next door, they turned on the light and would definitely come out to see after a while.

The girl on the bed held him tightly and wouldn't let him leave, with complete trust in her eyes. She seldom showed such a vulnerable side. At this moment, she lay quietly on the bed, her eyes full of pleading.

After a while, Yan Li said, "Then wait a moment."

After saying that, he went out.

Lin Minjun opened her eyes, grabbed in the air, but found nothing. She immediately shrank back into the quilt and wrapped herself tightly.

She felt more and more scared, but she stopped making noises like a child, because making noises would only be useful if someone cared for her. If no one cared for her, she should stop making noises and take care of herself. Lin Minjun understood this principle when she was very young.

It would be a lie to say she wasn't disappointed, but she didn't say anything and didn't call for help. She just curled up on the bed, just curled up like that, wrapping herself tightly like a cocoon.

Just when Lin Minjun was about to fall asleep, she suddenly felt the door creak open again. She opened her eyes alertly, trembling subconsciously, and asked with all her might, "Who is it?"

"It's me, don't be afraid." Yan Li's voice sounded from outside.

Lin Minjun breathed a sigh of relief and said groggily, "What's wrong?"

Unexpectedly, another person came into the room, and from the voice it was Aunt Cao.

"Let me take a look. Ouch, his face is so pale with fear. I don't know what happened to this child." Aunt Cao, who is always a chatterbox, started to talk as soon as she came in. "Don't be afraid, Xiaolin, I'm here. Xiaoli just called me and said that you were scared on the way back from school and you were afraid to sleep. I didn't wait for you to come back in the store today, so I knew something might have happened. I'm glad that you are fine. I've closed the store door and turned off the stove. You can sleep peacefully. I'm here."

Lin Minjun asked again: "Where is Brother Yan Li?"

Aunt Cao glanced outside and lowered her voice, "He's outside too, sitting in front of the table. This child is very considerate. He didn't close the door and brought a screen from his own home. This way he can block the wind and not give people anything to talk about. You can sleep well. I'll be here to watch over you."

When Lin Minjun heard that Yan Lige was still in the room, her heart immediately dropped to her stomach. She closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep. She felt her body was hot and she was sweating.

Lin Minjun still had a restless sleep. She had nightmares and was constantly woken up. In the middle of the night, she suddenly opened her eyes and saw Aunt Cao sleeping on the bed. There was a screen beside the bed, and the figure of a person outside could be seen through the screen. Brother Yan Li was sitting at the table, and he seemed to be reading a book.

As soon as Lin Minjun moved, Aunt Cao woke up, "What's wrong with you? Can't sleep?"

"I feel dizzy and have no strength at all." Lin Minjun said weakly. As soon as she opened her mouth, she found that her voice was hoarse.

Aunt Cao came up to check and exclaimed, "Why is the temperature on your forehead so high? You have a high fever. This is really scary. Xiao Li, what should we do? The hospital is closed now."

"Let's lower the temperature first, and then see how the situation is tomorrow morning. If the fever still doesn't go down, I'll take you to the hospital." Yan Li said decisively.

As expected, she had a high fever. Lin Minjun felt her head was as confused as eight-treasure porridge and she couldn't remember anything. She lay on the bed, feeling drowsy but unable to fall asleep. She didn't know if it was because of the fever, but her whole body felt like it was falling apart. Every joint was aching and she didn't even have the strength to lift her hands.

"Xiao Lin, don't move, don't be nervous. You were frightened and exposed to the cold wind, so you have a fever when you come back. It's normal. Don't be too scared. The fever will go away. Don't move. Xiao Li has boiled some water for you. I'll give it to you to drink after it cools down." Aunt Cao said, taking the wrung cold towel from Yan Li's hand and putting it on Lin Minjun's head.

The brief chill made Lin Minjun shiver. She cursed Lu Deping many times in her heart, and then spat it all out. Lin Minjun thought vaguely that from now on, she would kick Lu Deping out of her world, never think about this person again, never see this person again, and whether he was dead or alive had nothing to do with her.

Thinking of this, Lin Minjun fell asleep again after a while. In a trance, she felt two people taking turns to take care of her, changing her cold towel and putting it on her forehead to measure her temperature.

A pair of soft and small hands, holding an old rope, belonged to Aunt Cao.

The other pair of hands have distinct joints. When you press them, you can clearly feel the palms are hot, and there is a thick layer of silk at the base of the thumb. These are Yan Lige's hands.

In the first half of the night, Aunt Cao was still awake, but she could not hold on due to her old age. In the second half of the night, Lin Minjun found that it was Brother Yan Li who had been taking care of her. She felt relieved immediately and fell asleep again after closing her eyes.

The next morning, Aunt Cao woke up and yawned. The first thing she did was to press Lin Minjun's forehead and announced with satisfaction, "The fever is gone."

Lin Minjun opened her eyes and tried to raise her hands, but she still had no strength and was covered in sweat.

Although she didn't have a cleanliness fetish, she loved to be clean. She couldn't stand the stickiness all over her body, so she wanted to get up.

Aunt Cao said, "Xiao Lin, what are you doing?"

"I just want to wash myself. I feel uncomfortable all over." Lin Minjun still sounded a little weak when she spoke.

I looked outside and saw that it was already completely light. The roosters of other people's homes in the alley had begun to crow.

She looked at the table again, but Yan Lige was not there.

Aunt Cao said, "Xiao Li has passed away. He was taking care of you last night. Before he left, he told me that he had gone to work."

There was a gleam of gossip in Aunt Cao's eyes, but she didn't ask in the end.

Seeing that Lin Minjun was still trying to get up, Aunt Cao pushed her back down, covered her with a blanket and said, "If you have a fever, you will sweat. This is normal. Just bear with it for now and take a shower after you recover. If you wash yourself now and get blown by the wind, you will still have a fever."

As the old saying goes, when someone advises you to eat a full meal, Lin Minjun lay down immediately. The feeling of having a fever was so uncomfortable, with alternating hot and cold. She didn't want to experience it again.

Aunt Cao said, "What a sick person needs most is a good rest. I've made you some millet porridge. After you drink it and take a nap, you should be fine."

"Then let's all have a good rest. The store will be closed today. It will open after I get better. Take two days off first. You should also take a rest, mom. You will be paid during the holidays." Lin Minjun said, yawned, and closed her eyes again.

From setting up a stall to running a shop now, except for the snowstorm when everyone stays at home, Lin Minjun is almost always there regardless of weather conditions.

Now that she is sick, she doesn't want to make things difficult for herself, so she takes this time to have a good rest and then open the store after she has rested.

After resting in the store for three days, Lin Minjun lay down at home to rest and slowly recover her strength. She also took a leave from school.

I had a high fever at night and didn't sleep well. I slept all day in bed. When I opened my eyes again, it was already night. I was still a little sleepy. Fortunately, my spirits had almost recovered and I had strength again.

Lin Minjun got up and cooked herself a bowl of porridge. While she was eating, Yan Li came back from get off work and came over to take a look.

Lin Minjun smiled and said, "I'm almost done. Thank you for taking care of me."

"It should be." Yan Li said.

He stood at the door, not coming in, and was calm and composed.

Seeing that Lin Minjun was almost recovered, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Lu Deping has woken up this morning and is now temporarily detained. We have examined him and he has confessed what happened last night. He said he went to see you because he was drunk."

Lin Minjun listened quietly while Lu Deping confessed everything at the police station. He said that he was drunk and acted crazy because he was unwilling to accept the fact that he could not get the love he wanted. However, he did not mean to be a hooligan. He just wanted to ask Lin Minjun to change her mind.

Because he did not act like a hooligan and there was no witness to prove that he intended to act like a hooligan, he was not charged with hooliganism. Lu Deping is now facing detention and a fine. For a proud man like Lu Deping, being detained for this reason is truly more painful than death.

After listening to it, Lin Minjun nodded and said calmly: "Brother Yan Li, this person has nothing to do with me from now on. You don't need to tell me about his news. I don't want to hear it."

Yan Li nodded without hesitation, "Okay."

The next evening, Erwa came to visit. When he came in, he asked, "Sister, are you okay?"

He wrinkled his nose and explained unhappily, "I wanted to come here yesterday, but my brother said you were too weak and I was out all day, so I couldn't come in contact with you."

"Your brother is right." Lin Minjun's voice was still a little hoarse, and she sat up from the bed, "Don't worry, I'm almost well, I was just scared."

Erwa breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed his hands suddenly, took the schoolbag, unzipped it, and carefully took something out of it.

As the food was taken out, Erwa was still swallowing his saliva. This made him very happy.

Lin Minjun took a closer look and found that it was actually a bunch of grapes, big and purple.

"Sister, try it." Erwa handed the grapes over with an expression as if he was presenting a treasure.

The author has something to say:

There were a lot of things to do at home during the Chinese New Year, so I took leave again the past two days. I'm sorry, I thought about it and decided not to update for the time being. I will first ensure that I update twice a day steadily.