When Lu Ziyi pushed the door open and entered the room, he saw Lu Zixiao leaning on the bed with his eyes closed. He walked over lightly and placed the steaming cup on the bedside table on his side.
"Hmm?" Lu Zixiao opened his eyes upon hearing the sound. "What is that?"
"Freshly brewed honeysuckle tea," Lu Ziyi said softly, "I noticed something was wrong with your voice when I came back. Does your throat hurt? Drink this before you go to sleep. It's good for your throat."
Lu Zixiao smiled, sat up straight, picked up the cup and took a sip, "As expected of a top student planning to pursue a double degree in medicine and law, you already look like a doctor."
"It has always been there, but you just didn't notice it." Lu Ziyi smiled, raised his eyebrows, and tapped the cup with his fingers.
"What?" Lu Zixiao looked down at the tea in the cup. "Does this cup also hold a secret?"
"Didn't you notice that today's honeysuckle tea isn't pure?" Lu Ziyi said, "I added some headache medicine to it. It's very effective, but it tastes incredibly bitter. It's hard to drink straight, so I added it to the tea. It should be much better after neutralizing it."
Lu Zixiao was a little stunned to hear him finish, but he couldn't help but feel relieved: "Ziyi, you are still as considerate as always."
"If a girl can marry you in the future, she will be very lucky."
"Alright, brother, stop saying it's useless and drink it quickly." Lu Ziyi urged him with a smile, "See how you feel when you wake up tomorrow. If not, go to the hospital."
Lu Zixiao drank a few more sips and waved his hand, "It's okay, I just didn't get enough rest these past two days."
"By the way, Ziyi, Yuxuan has to report to junior high school tomorrow and needs a parent to accompany her. I can't postpone my tutoring classes here, so you..."
"Okay," Lu Ziyi agreed instantly, "I'll take him there."
Lu Zixiao patted his arm and chuckled, "Reliable."
As the two of them were talking, the tea was soon finished, and the dry and dull pain in their throats felt a little better.
After Lu Zixiao lay down again, he realized that Lin Ze had not replied to his message yet. As soon as he picked up the phone, the person on the other end called him as if they had telepathy.
He quickly answered the call, but before he could open his mouth, Lin Ze's voice popped out like a machine gun.
"Does your head still hurt? What happened? Are you too tired or sick? Do you feel any discomfort elsewhere? Have you taken your medicine? If you don't have any, I'll buy some and send it to you..."
Lu Zixiao tried to answer him several times but he didn't get a chance to interrupt. It wasn't until he heard him say that he wanted to bring him medicine that he finally couldn't help but interrupt him, "Don't bring it, I've finished my medicine."
"Is this true?" Lin Ze asked him suspiciously, "You didn't lie to me?"
"Why would I lie to you?" Lu Zixiao's voice was a little muffled. "If you don't believe me, go ask Ziyi."
"Okay, then there's no need to ask. Ziyi should watch you eat."
Although Lin Ze suppressed the idea of sending him medicine in the middle of the night, he still frowned when he heard his slightly hoarse voice, "Are you feeling unwell? Why don't you stay home and rest instead of going to work tomorrow?"
"No," Lu Zixiao said, "Tomorrow morning's tutoring class is very important and I can't postpone it."
Lin Ze knew that once his stubbornness came out, nothing others said could shake him, so he simply changed his approach.
"What time do you leave tomorrow?"
"Eight o'clock"
"Then wait for me at home," Lin Ze said, "I'll pick you up."
"Pick me up? Pick me up on your electric bike?" Lu Zixiao was stunned. "No, our two homes are far away and it's not on our way. It's too much trouble."
"If I say it's on the way, then it's on the way," Lin Ze said firmly, "but electric cars won't work. The battery may not be enough for the round trip. I'll just take a taxi to pick you up."
"Lin Ze, are you sick?" Lu Zixiao was so angry that he coughed twice. "Why do you have nothing better to do than take a taxi? It's not like I don't know how to hail a taxi. If you have that kind of spare money, why don't you just give it to me?"
"Then you should take it if I give it to you," Lin Ze said.
Lu Zixiao: "...Is this what you are talking about now?"
"Anyway, just wait for me at home. I'll be there at 8 o'clock sharp."
After saying that, Lin Ze seemed to sigh, and his voice suddenly became gentle and calm, "Don't reject me, just think of it as... I miss you."
Lu Zixiao stared at the hung-up call interface in a daze. Inexplicably, when he heard what Lin Ze said, it seemed as if something in his heart collapsed.
What a strange feeling.
Lu Zixiao thought that the discomfort he felt before going to bed would disappear after waking up, but he didn't expect it to get worse. The severe sore throat, headache and nasal congestion caused him to oversleep for the first time in his life. He looked at the time in a daze and suddenly found that it was already 7:30 in the morning.
He hurriedly threw off the blanket, sat up and wanted to get out of bed, but he felt dizzy and the whole place was spinning. He covered his head with his hands and took a long time to stand up and steady himself.
There was a cup of warm water and a plate of pills on the table in the room. Lu Zixiao picked it up and looked at the name of the medicine on the back. It was cold medicine.
It seems that Lu Ziyi prepared it for him again.
After taking the medicine and drinking all the water, Lu Zixiao finally regained some energy. He came out of the bedroom and went straight to the bathroom, washing his face and brushing his teeth as quickly as possible.
"Big brother, are you awake?" Xiaobao appeared at the door at some point, looking at him eagerly.
"Hmm" Lu Zixiao paused, "Are you hungry? I got up late today and haven't prepared breakfast for you yet."
"I'm not hungry, we've already eaten," Xiaobao said quickly. "My second brother got up very early today and went out to buy us buns, fried dough sticks, soy milk and porridge."
"Second brother said you have a cold and feel a little uncomfortable, so he asked you to sleep a little longer. He has already taken fifth brother to report. Third brother and fourth brother went out together. It seems that they have something to do."
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