Chapter 144 Falling Ill
The narrow single bed creaked from time to time.
Inside the blanket, Lu Zhenyu was gently laid down, her head cradled, her exquisite fox-like eyes now filled with tender tears.
She was a little nervous, but as her heart pounded, and she looked at that handsome face so close to hers, her eyes sparkled with an indescribable excitement.
Shen Jingsi softened, cupping her face and gently touching her forehead, eyebrows, eyelids, eyelashes, nose, and lips.
His voice was even more muffled and hoarse, "Wife, is it okay?"
"I..." She gripped the sheets beneath her tightly with her small fists. "I'm a little nervous."
A fond smile crept across his lips as he looked at the girl who seemed quite ready for anything, and then kissed her tightly pursed lips again.
"Don't be afraid, just like before."
Confusion surfaced in Lu Zhenyu's eyes. "But I don't remember."
"I'll teach you."
He pinched a strand of hair that fell across his face with his fingertips, tucked it behind his burning ear along his flushed cheek, and then cupped his face, gently stroking his delicate cheek with his thumb. Shen Jingsi said, "Let's start teaching from the beginning, and start all over again, okay?"
Lu Zhenyu, who was swallowing hard, didn't say whether it was good or bad, but she didn't refuse. In Shen Jingsi's eyes, this was indulgence.
He knew he was a bit bad, and relying on the deep impression he had left on the girl's heart, he tried to seduce her and possess her again.
But he couldn't wait any longer.
That incident that afternoon really scared him.
They should have spent the rest of their lives together right after graduation, but five years of happiness were stolen from them, and their marriage was put on hold for another four years. How many nine-year periods does one have in a lifetime?
He didn't think he would live to be a hundred.
Let him seize the next nine years of his thirty-five years.
Shen Jingsi was very gentle and didn't rush into the main topic.
With Lu Zhenyu in his arms, he began with gentle caresses, kissing every corner of her body until she was completely relaxed and entering a state of blissful intimacy…
The next second, the large hands that were pressing on her knees slipped, and her hot body pressed down on her soft body.
The head that had fallen onto his chest stopped moving.
Lu Zhenyu's long eyelashes, buried in the pillow, trembled, and she opened her eyes to look at him. "Shen Jingsi?"
Shen Jingsi, who had fallen on top of her, remained silent.
She reached out to pat his face, but her hand recoiled as she touched his forehead!
"Sink the capital!"
…
Who could have imagined it? Lu Zhenyu certainly didn't.
The man who suddenly changed his ways and started flirting with her like a madman, who was like an animal one second, suddenly passed out from a high fever the next.
The doctor stood by the bed to examine her. Lu Zhenyu couldn't stand Shi Yiqiao's gaze, so she licked her swollen lips, silently sat down on the opposite sofa, poured herself a glass of water, and gulped it down.
Shi Yiqiao strolled over slowly with his arms crossed, nudged someone with his elbow, and gave them a wicked grin.
Lu Zhenyu gave her a sneer. "What are you doing?"
Shi Yiqiao chuckled and moved closer, lowering his voice, "You're having a blast, aren't you? You've been fighting for several rounds, and everyone's exhausted to the point of collapse."
"What nonsense are you talking about!" This was the first time Lu Zhenyu had really put her heart into hitting someone, her serious little face turning red all the way to her ears. "We haven't even started a round yet, don't talk nonsense."
"Do you think I'm blind?" Shi Yiqiao grabbed her coat collar, revealing teeth marks on her neck. "After all this, and we haven't even started?"
Lu Zhenyu slapped her hand away and wrapped herself up tightly again. "There wasn't one to begin with."
She said no, but her face turned as red as a freshly cooked shrimp. Shi Yiqiao pursed her lips and suppressed a laugh, "We're an old married couple, what's there to be shy about?"
Seeing the angry look on her face, she suddenly realized something and stared wide-eyed in disbelief, "You two these past four years..."
Glancing at the person lying unconscious on the bed, she poked Lu Zhenyu's waist, "You haven't even done 'that' once, have you?"
"..." Lu Zhenyu, "What, you and Si Wuwei have only spent those four years together like that?"
One sentence shut down Shi Yiqiao, whose curiosity had been piqued.
The doctor then took off his stethoscope and looked over. "Pneumonia caused by a high fever."
Lu Zhenyu got up and walked over. "Is it serious? Do we need to go to the hospital immediately?"
Doctor, "Let's try an IV drip for one night first. If the high fever persists until tomorrow, we'll have to take you to a bigger hospital, but someone will need to stay with you tonight to take care of you."
The doctor was being modest, but Lu Zhenyu knew that Doctors Without Borders' professional standards were among the best in the world.
She nodded, "Okay, then prescribe all the medicine for me, I'll stay here tonight."
The doctor nodded, packed up his tools and slung his medical kit over his shoulder, then looked back at her as if remembering something, "By the way, Zhenyu, I also suggest that you take this Mr. Shen to the hospital for a check-up after you return to China."
After saying that, he added, "Go see a psychiatrist first."
"Psychiatry?" Shi Yiqiao walked over with his arms crossed. "Boss Shen has a mental illness?"
The doctor chuckled. "Mental illnesses are divided into many categories. I just think this Mr. Shen is a bit off."
Shi Yiqiao glanced at the man; he was tall and muscular, but she couldn't tell. "What made you think that?"
Before the doctor could answer, Lu Zhenyu said, "I understand. Thomas, go home and rest early. I'll call you if I need anything."
After the doctor left, Shi Yiqiao watched as Lu Zhenyu sat quietly by the bedside, tending to her. She didn't linger. "There's still someone else crying in pain over there. I'm going back now. Call me if you need anything."
"good."
Everyone had left, and the barracks returned to quiet.
After watching the sleeping Shen Jingsi for a while, Lu Zhenyu lifted a corner of the blanket, picked up his left arm, pulled up the sleeve, and stared intently at the arm that was gradually being exposed.
Actually, she had seen his scars all over his body when they were in bed earlier.
Then pull the watch up to reveal the deepest mark on your left wrist.
While drinking that night, Shi Yiqiao told Lu Zhen that during the time when everyone thought she had died in the fire, Shen Jingsi's hair turned white overnight. When Shen Jinchuan rushed there, he was covered in knife wounds and had tortured himself beyond recognition.
Why would he harm himself?
Shi Yiqiao shook her head. "No one can find out, but I guess it's regret. She feels that she caused you to suffer for so many years and wants to experience all the pain you went through so that she can feel better in her heart."
"The doctor said at the time that his injuries were not serious, but he had no will to live, so he remained unconscious for more than half a month. If it weren't for Manman's fear that he would really die and her reluctance to tell you that you were alive, he might have followed you back then."
Lu Zhenyu's brows furrowed, the lines revealing a deep sense of gloom.
"And what about our child? Do you know where he buried him?"
“I really don’t know that.” Shi Yiqiao shook her head. “At the time, everyone’s attention was on you while you were unconscious. Shen Jingsi handled the child’s situation all by himself. It seems that no one really knows how he dealt with the child.”
But honestly, even as an outsider, she couldn't bear to think about that experience every time she recalled it.
Shi Yiqiao sighed as she spoke, "Looking at the two of you like that back then, I just felt that God can be really cruel sometimes."
It's clearly no one's fault, and they clearly love each other so much, yet they insist on creating setbacks for each other.
In the end, they were all half-dead, living like humans by day and like ghosts by night.
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