At this moment, Zheng Lin had been reading modern history all night, and the more he read, the more awake he became. Suffering from insomnia, he decided to go out to get a glass of water. When he opened the door, he saw Su Jin walking unsteadily.
He stepped forward, took her arm, and realized something was wrong when he noticed that her body was soft and hot.
Zheng Lin disregarded everything else, put his arm around her waist, and carried her back to her bed.
"You have a fever." Zheng Lin glanced at the medicine on the table again, but didn't say anything else. He pulled the blanket over Su Jin and said, "Get some rest."
In her dazed state, Su Jin felt her trouser leg being rolled up. She parted her lips slightly and said, "What are you doing? Taking advantage of someone in distress is not gentlemanly!"
Zheng Lin tested the water temperature in the foot bath basin and then glanced at the delicate woman on the bed.
Her usually fair face was flushed red from the fever, and he couldn't help but touch her face again, giving it a gentle pinch.
Su Jin turned her head away in strong resistance and snorted angrily, "Don't touch my face."
But because of her illness, her voice was very soft, almost like a coquettish tone.
The voice seemed to strike his heart. Zheng Lin looked at her face lying on the pillow, slightly dazed. He really wanted to pinch it again.
The moment this thought crossed Zheng Lin's mind, his Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily.
Zheng Lin helped Su Jin sit on the edge of the bed. "Let me soak your feet so your fever will come down quickly."
Su Jin stared blankly at the foot basin, and only after confirming that it was clean did she nod and put her feet in.
"Your feet didn't even get wet." Seeing that Su Jin wasn't moving, Zheng Lin said helplessly, "Sit still."
Zheng Lin placed a pillow behind her back before removing his arm that was supporting him.
I squatted down by the bed and pressed her toes into the water.
But less than two seconds later, the person on the bed suddenly fell backward, hugging the blanket and talking nonsense.
"Bai Qingchi has his own life, and you have yours. Don't be obsessed with Bai Qingchi. If you like Bai Qingchi, you might as well like Gao Zixin."
"Gao Zixin is so good. He is considerate to you and absolutely obedient. You are a perfect match."
Zheng Lin: "..." He's gone mad.
Zheng Lin shook the water off his hands, still annoyed, and reached out to pinch Su Jin's fair and rosy face again, causing Su Jin to whimper and bury her head under the covers.
Zheng Lin sighed, then poured out the water from the foot bath, and brought over the quilt from his room to make a makeshift bed on the floor.
That night, Zheng Lin couldn't sleep at all. He listened to Su Jin's delirious mutterings all night, constantly raving about how suitable Gao Zixin was for him. His ears were practically calloused.
So, as dawn approached, Zheng Lin could no longer bear it and took out his phone to call Assistant Gao.
Assistant Gao was still asleep when he saw that it was his boss calling. He suddenly jumped out of bed like a zombie, his first thought being that he was late.
Assistant Gao put on his clothes with one hand and brought out the excuse he used to feign illness: "I'm going to the company now. I had a bit of diarrhea yesterday, which is why I was delayed."
Zheng Lin never believed this reason, but Assistant Gao was unaware of it and was smugly pleased with his own wisdom.
Zheng Lin had seen him by his side for many years, as a friend and old classmate, and didn't care what time he arrived at the company, so he never exposed him.
Now, Zheng Lin clenched his fist and pressed his brow with his bent index finger. "Gao Zixin, after you get up, don't go to the company. Go to the police station and change your name."
Assistant Gao: "What name? The law firm is changing its name? I told you the name was too arbitrary, and I've been urging you to change it. Now you finally want to change it. My goodness."
Zheng Lin pressed his fist against the bridge of his nose. "Change your name."
"What's wrong?" Assistant Gao was already dressed and had walked to the entrance, ready to put on her shoes. "Is there something wrong with my name? Did you do a fortune telling for my name? What should I be called? It seems that I'm lacking water in my five elements, and without water, I lack wealth."
"Change it to whatever you want, just don't call yourself Gao Zixin. You can even call yourself Xin Zigao, it's fine." Zheng Lin finished speaking, glanced at his phone screen, and hung up the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Assistant Gao glanced at the time on his phone: 4:35.
Assistant Gao's beaming face instantly fell. "At four in the morning, you called me just to change my name? Could it be...?"
He frowned, sensing something was wrong. "My name carries an ominous connotation. My boss was afraid I would suffer this calamity, so he deliberately called to warn me."
He shook his head and suddenly realized that his sincere dedication to his boss over the years had not been in vain; their friendship was a deep and mutual one!
Five hours later, Su Jin woke up groggily, her stomach growling with hunger, and the first thing she thought of was getting something to eat.
I stretched my foot out and stepped on something.
Looking down, Su Jin was dumbfounded. "Why are you lying in my room?"
Zheng Lingang had been asleep for two hours, his eyelids were drooping, but he still forced himself to stay awake.
His eyes were bloodshot from lack of sleep, with faint traces of blood in them.
Zheng Lin lay down by the bed and reached out to touch Su Jin's forehead.
Su Jin: "..."
"Hmm," Zheng Lin nodded to himself, "Not bad, the fever has gone down."
Su Jin then remembered that she did have a high fever yesterday.
So Zheng Lin took care of her all night?
Sleeping on the floor is so uncomfortable.
You definitely didn't sleep well.
Thinking this, she bent down to pick up the blankets and pillows from the floor, saying, "Go to sleep now."
The maid entered the room and, seeing the intimate interaction between the two, immediately tried to close the door again.
Zheng Lin turned his head and glanced at it. "Wait. Organize my things here and put them back in my room."
The maid looked at Su Jin, who looked confused.
"We'll have to ask your wife about that."
After Su Jin was named, she felt her weight suddenly increased, and she felt a little burdened.
Zheng Lin also looked at her.
"Go and get some more fever reducer. Keep today's meals light, as Madam is ill and shouldn't eat anything greasy." Zheng Lin instructed the maid like a much older elder, "Supplement her with some protein, protein powder and eggs."
Su Jin had just wanted to go downstairs and ask the maid to make her some fried chicken, but his current behavior is tantamount to abusing her!
Does the patient want a bland diet? No, they need to eat and drink their fill so they can maintain their energy!
He truly doesn't understand the patients' real psychology.
This isn't Zheng's territory; Su Jin is the master of this house. So Su Jin retorted, "Leave what he just said to me; just get me some fried chicken."
Zheng Lin: "..."
The maid responded and went to prepare the food.
"Aren't you sleepy? You probably didn't sleep well last night. It's still early," Su Jin said, picking up the blanket again and carrying it on her shoulder. "I'll help you carry it back. You should get some sleep."
As soon as the blanket was pulled over her shoulders, Su Jin was thrown to the ground by inertia. She twisted her foot, and Zheng Lin reached out and grabbed her waist, instantly lifting her up.
Su Jin felt as if the world was spinning in an instant.
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