She just sent it.
The apartment door was opened.
Lu Yibei, who had just walked in, pulled out his vibrating phone.
After checking the message, he looked up at the girl who had already sat up.
"...The fever has really gone down?"
Ji Qingqian replied indifferently, "Mm."
"Then why are you spouting nonsense?"
"snort."
The young lady from Lu Yibei's family glanced away with slight displeasure.
But when he approached her and gently stroked her forehead, she didn't resist at all; instead, she raised her bare face high.
“…Okay, let’s take your temperature again,” Lu Yibei said.
"I've already tested it," Ji Qing said calmly.
"Let's test it again, just to put my mind at ease," Lu Yibei said with a smile.
Ji Qingqian originally planned to question Abei harshly when he returned, asking him why he was so slow to reply.
But when she actually came back, even though she had a bit of a temper, she couldn't lash out and instead obediently listened to him.
"…oh."
As Ji Qingqian leaned over to take the thermometer Lu Yibei handed her into her mouth, she asked, "Did you go to buy food?"
She saw the boy carrying a disposable lunchbox and a plastic bag from the supermarket downstairs.
"Don't talk while your temperature is being taken."
Lu Yibei said, pulling a bottle out of a plastic bag: "I brought you some of your Northeastern family heirlooms—canned yellow peaches. Do you like them?"
Ji Qingqian nodded quickly.
"...Okay, then I'll eat something later."
Lu Yibei smiled, and after a while, he took the thermometer from Qingqian's mouth: "...Thirty-seven degrees, yes, the fever has indeed gone down. But we can't let our guard down; the middle of the night is when it's most likely to relapse..."
But it seemed that Ms. Ji only heard the first half of her boyfriend's sentence. She breathed a sigh of relief, slightly smug.
"The invincible Qingqian, resurrected in all her glory...it hurts."
I haven't finished yet.
Lu Yibei lightly flicked her forehead:
"He's at low health and has a negative buff."
Ji Qingqian rubbed her fair brows vigorously, muttering in dissatisfaction:
"The plan to eliminate Ji Qingqian... was devised by Lu Yibei..."
Lu Yibei ignored her tokusatsu (special effects) reference:
"Eating. Eating restores health in any game, including Earth Online."
Ji Qingqian didn't eat much at noon.
Now I've regained about 70% of my energy and about 70% of my appetite; my stomach is actually rumbling.
She watched as her boyfriend unpacked the bag he had left on the desk.
"What supplies did you buy?"
"What do you mean, 'buy'?"
Lu Yibei smiled faintly: "I personally cooked these for you using my cooking level 4 skill: stir-fried vegetables to restore mana, stewed chicken with mushrooms to restore health... and stir-fried pork with some buffs, just these three..."
As he spoke, he looked at the girl still lying beside him and said, "Your roommate said that you should drink chicken soup if you have a fever. I looked it up and it doesn't seem to have any scientific basis, but it can still help you recover."
The girl was also staring at him expectantly, without saying a word.
Lu Yibei found it somewhat amusing and asked softly, "What's wrong?"
"You did this...?"
"Didn't you say you wanted to eat my cooking when we were watching the movie?"
Lu Yibei smiled and said, "I originally wanted to make this for you when I took you home, but since you're sick and looking so pitiful, I'll just consider it an early release of DLC... I hope you enjoy it. You said before that being happy will help you recover faster. So get well soon."
"…But."
Whether it was because she was sick and more vulnerable or not, Ji Qingqian looked at the steaming food on her desk, and the emotion in her heart welled up in her throat and turned into a sore throat. She even felt like crying.
The food was one thing, but another thing was that Ah Bei really remembered everything she said, no matter which sentence it was.
"...Where did you make this?" Ji Qingqian asked, since there was no kitchen.
"It's near the East Gate. The owner of the barbecue restaurant is a local. His home isn't far from here, so I rushed over and borrowed a kitchen," Lu Yibei said.
"…oh."
Ji Qingqian lowered her head.
She suddenly felt that she was being particularly dramatic. Ah Bei was busy with all sorts of things outside, and she was still complaining about this and that.
Lu Yibei glanced at his somewhat displeased girlfriend.
He knew she wouldn't blame him.
There were only two people there, so who could she blame?
"Oh, by the way, just a heads-up."
Lu Yibei said, "To thank the boss for generously sponsoring the kitchen, I even cooked for his family. His daughter enjoyed the meal so much that she said she wanted to marry me!"
Ji Qingqian immediately looked up, her eyes flashing with a sharp and somewhat fierce light.
Lu Yibei did it on purpose, but the female knight's posture still frightened him somewhat.
“…Who?” she asked.
Lu Yibei didn't answer. He said, "...Then I told her, 'You should just focus on getting your elementary school degree...'"
…Turns out they were elementary school students.
This dampened Ji Qingqian's momentum somewhat, and she said resentfully, "You're deliberately trying to annoy me."
"It's better to be angry with me than to be angry with yourself."
Lu Yibei laughed: "It's no big deal, come on, let's eat. Hey, let me tell you, no wonder you're in the catering business, you buy these disposable takeout boxes like they're in a mountain."
As he spoke, he untied another set of brand-new disposable bowls and chopsticks.
Then, while dividing the takeout food into two portions, he complained:
"You patient, don't even think about contaminating my healthy lunchbox. Go eat your own."
"Who cares?"
Ji Qingqian proudly raised her head.
She had actually considered this issue. If Abei hadn't brought enough bowls and chopsticks for two people, she would have let Abei finish eating before she ate.
"Are you going to eat by yourself, or should I feed you?"
Lu Yibei said that because earlier that day, when she was receiving an IV drip, she was unable to use her hands, so Lu Yibei fed her.
However, she didn't eat more than a few bites at the time.
Ji Qingqian demonstrated this through her actions.
"ah."
She sat on the bed and opened her mouth.
"Seriously, it's one thing to give you an IV during the day, but now you have to feed you too. Heroine, you're a bit like a child."
That being said, he was all talk and no action.
Lu Yibei chuckled as he carried the food over, blew on it twice, and gently fed it to her.
Ji Qingqian chewed twice:
"I am a patient, and..."
"and?"
"Even if I am a child, it is because you, a bad adult, have spoiled me."
Ji Qingqian blinked her bright eyes playfully: "Instead of blaming me, you should reflect on yourself."
"What do I have to reflect on? Didn't you want to be my girlfriend? How can you blame me?"
Lu Yibei asked with a smile, "Is it delicious?"
After swallowing the food in her mouth, Ji Qingqian smiled softly.
"The best taste."
"That's good."
As Lu Yibei nodded, Ji Qingqian suddenly remembered something: "Oh, Yibei..."
"What's wrong?"
"Take my phone and take a picture of the food."
"Huh? When did Miss Ji develop the habit of taking photos before eating?"
"It's fun."
Ji Qingqian chuckled softly again.
I want to give Chu Chuyun a taste.
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