Chapter 4141
Xue Ling fell ill that time because of a severe influenza.
She worked as a volunteer outside for a day and felt unwell when she got home. She took some cold medicine and slept in bed.
Wen Jiuze went back and found that she had a fever. No matter how he called her, she couldn't be woken up. She was already unconscious due to the fever.
So he took the person out from under the quilt, helped her put on her pants, and carried her directly to the hospital.
When Xue Ling regained consciousness, he was already sitting there receiving an IV drip.
There were patients suffering from colds and fevers all around her, and Wen Jiuze sat next to her.
He was slow to hear the sounds of children crying and adults coughing around him, and his heavy head was lifted by Wen Jiuze.
Xue Ling subconsciously looked down at herself. Her upper body was the pajamas she wore before going to bed, and her lower body was a pair of pants that didn't match her at all.
Xue Ling didn't understand how Wen Jiuze could find the least matching pair of trousers among so many pairs in the closet.
"Are you feverish and stupid? Why aren't you talking?" Wen Jiuze bent down and came in front of her.
Xue Ling held him with one hand and whispered, "I'm not wearing any underwear."
Do you need my help to put this on?
Wen Jiuze glanced at it and said, "I didn't notice it. It's okay. I can't see it."
Xue Ling raised her hand to cover it, and said weakly: "No, I don't feel safe."
"What should I do?" Wen Jiuze raised his hand to take off his long-sleeved shirt, "I'll take off this one and let it cover you."
Wen Jiuze was only wearing one piece of clothing. Xue Ling immediately pulled his hand hard, and he was so scared that he broke out in a sweat.
She felt empty and insecure, but wouldn't it be more eye-catching to have a naked man sitting next to her?
In the end, Wen Jiuze went to a store outside the hospital and bought her a blanket.
I also bought a thermos and brought it back with warm water.
While he was buying things, the mother who was taking her child for an injection next to Xue Ling started talking to her.
"That's your boyfriend, right? He's a really nice guy. Just now you fell asleep and couldn't sit still, and he was the one holding you."
Xue Ling was confused and didn't remember anything. She looked at the way the mother was holding the child and wondered if she was holding the child in this position.
The mother added, "Just now my son refused to get the injection and was crying and making a fuss. Your boyfriend told him to stop crying and making a fuss, and my son obeyed. Hahahaha."
Xue Ling: “…”
Given Wen Jiuze's physique and appearance, if he doesn't smile, his ferocious look can really stop a child from crying at night.
Not only can it stop children from crying at night, it can also scare their mothers.
Wen Jiuze came back with a new blanket and a thermos bottle. The mother next door, who had been chattering nonstop just now, immediately shut up and looked at her child.
"Drink some warm water. Can you hold it in your hands?" Wen Jiuze squatted in front of her, took off the blanket and covered her with it, and helped her open the lid of the thermos.
Xue Ling looked at him and felt that the mother next to him was still a bit biased. Wen Jiuze was just a little tall, but there was no way he was scary.
Wen Jiuze held the thermos cup, and Xue Ling took a sip, and found that the water had a mixture of sweetness and saltiness.
Drink sugar-salt water when you have a fever. Xue Ling remembers that her mother did this when she had a fever when she was very young. After growing up, she rarely saw people having this habit. Everyone just drank boiled water.
This time when she caught a cold and had a fever, Xue Ling went to get water for three days.
When she went to the hospital the next day, the nurse who gave her the injection was a very young nurse, probably an intern. She was not very skilled and was very nervous. She didn't give her the injection accurately twice.
Every time she failed, she looked at Wen Jiuze, as if she was afraid that he would scold her. She became nervous every time she looked at him, and she failed to tie the knot properly the third time.
Wen Jiuze said he was coming. Xue Ling's expression at that time was similar to that of the nurse's sister.
Can you also give an injection?
"No..." Before the nurse could finish her sentence, Wen Jiuze had already tied it up. So the nurse quietly cleaned up the mess, told her how to change the bottle, and ran away in embarrassment.
"Why do you know how to give an injection? And you are so skilled at it."
"It's so simple, you can learn it just by watching it."
"Ah? You're going to try it on me?"
"It's not good. If I got it wrong, you can still scold me to cool down. But if the nurse got it wrong again, you can only bear it and say it's okay."
“…”
"Don't worry, I've practiced it." Wen Jiuze held her hand, his palm was warm.
Xue Ling asked him when and how he practiced, but Wen Jiuze didn't say.
It's actually very simple, he has been able to do it since he was a child.
When Wen Jiuze was very young, his mother suffered from heart disease and could not go to a big hospital. Whenever her condition became serious, she would just go to a doctor at a nearby clinic to give her an IV drip.
Originally, the patient could only go to the clinic for intravenous drip, but the doctor knew my mother and was a former classmate. My mother was unable to get up, so the doctor took the medicine to her home and helped give her an injection.
Changing medicine bottles, removing needles, and carrying medicine bottles to accompany his mother to the toilet were all tasks that Wen Jiuze was very skilled at when he was a child.
With more IV drips, accidents are inevitable, such as the needle being pulled out accidentally, the hand moving too much, or the needle bulging and needing to be reinserted.
Doctors cannot be available on call at any time, and after the doctor visited his mother a few times, the neighbors started to spread rumors, and the doctor was not very willing to go anymore.
Wen Jiuze was probably born brave, as he learned how to give an injection after learning it twice. Later on, he often went to the clinic, got medicine, and gave injections to his mother himself.
That's how it's practiced.
Xue Ling was surprised that Wen Jiuze would give someone an injection. In the next two days, she even expected Wen Jiuze to give her another injection.
Unfortunately, the nurse who came next was an older one. She seemed not very talkative and was very experienced in giving injections, so Wen Jiuze did not have the chance to show his skills.
After getting the injection and returning home, Xue Ling also stayed in bed for two days, and Wen Jiuze prepared all the meals for her.
He would cook for himself or buy some side dishes from outside. The dishes were light in flavor, with more vegetables and less meat, which was very suitable for patients.
He also remembered clearly the three doses of medicine a day and would remind Xue Ling on time. The medicine and water would be delivered directly to her until she was completely recovered.
During the days when Xue Ling was sick, Wen Jiuze was so considerate that it was unlike him. Xue Ling even suspected that she had a terminal illness, but Wen Jiuze kept it a secret and didn't tell her.
The most important thing is that during those days, Wen Jiuze did not do anything bad at all and never made Xue Ling angry once.
"Why didn't you get angry with me when you were sick? Why were you so nice to me?"
"Oh, I don't like you being sick. I want you to get better soon."
Wen Jiuze doesn't like other people being sick, and he can't stand being sick himself. The feeling of weakness makes him uneasy. Even in his dreams, he worries that he won't be able to solve those urgent issues.
After eating a little, Xue Ling urged Wen Jiuze to lie down in the car and had him wrapped up tightly.
She found the thermos, put some salt and sugar in it, and shook the thermos.
Wen Jiuze watched her in the car. She was thinner than before, her face was blue, and she was shaking her thermos cup back and forth, like a wooden figure stuck in a stick.
The lead-gray sky behind me merged with the blurred shadow of the city. The strong wind blew up the dry grass and made the carport next to the car rustle.
When he heard Jiu, he closed his eyes.
He feels tired.
A kind of tiredness that comes from seeing the end but knowing that you can't reach it.
For more than three years, he traveled to many places, constantly searching. Even if he was seriously injured, as long as he could wake up, he would continue to move forward, never stopping.
But he had already found Xue Ling, and her voice, which had been urging him, had become much quieter. Two days ago, he had thought about whether he should stop for a while.
Xue Ling returned to the car and quickly closed the door to prevent the cold wind from outside from blowing in. She moved lightly and pressed down on the blanket he had covered her with.
Wen Jiuze wrapped her up, and Xue Ling wrapped the steaming quilt back into his arms.
"…It's too hot." Wen Jiuze said.
Xue Ling went back to using her writing tablet because tablets consume too much power and have to be used sparingly.
"You need to sweat! Stay hydrated."
Wen Jiuze pressed his head and said, "I have slept for too long. I can't lie down anymore."
Xue Ling thought he was a bit like a child and asked, "Shall I tell you a story?"
There seem to be various hypnotic stories on the tablet that can be played for him.
Wen Jiuze: "Okay, then let's tell the fairy tale "The Frog Prince"."
After he finished speaking, he waited for Xue Ling to get angry and hit someone, but in the end all he got was a cool touch on his forehead.
Xue Ling was not angry. After she turned into a zombie, she took the initiative to kiss his forehead for the first time and then touched him soothingly.
Wen Jiuze said nothing and just lay there quietly.
Xue Ling took out the tablet and quietly played the civil service exam materials. There were so many things in the tablet, and they were all messy, including civil service exam materials and a large number of question banks.
Wen Jiuze: "...Have you memorized these things before?"
Xue Ling answered yes, she said these were really hypnotic and she had experience with it.
She could still remember some of the questions, but it was a pity that the things she learned when she lost a lot of hair were no longer useful.
It is impossible for me to pass the civil service exam and get a job in this lifetime.
"If I commit a crime, can you still take the civil service exam?" Wen Jiuze suddenly asked.
Maybe, he was just an ex-boyfriend after all. Xue Ling didn't provoke Wen Jiuze because he was sick, and said she didn't know.
"Will they recruit zombies?" Wen Jiuze asked.
Xue Ling: “…”
I moved over and nervously touched his forehead. He started talking nonsense because of the fever.
When I heard the nine words, I laughed in silence.
Xue Ling saw that he didn't want to sleep and looked a little confused. Suddenly, she thought, would he be willing to tell her the truth in this state? Isn't it said that people are most vulnerable when they are sick?
Xue Ling, who was preparing to play some tricks, lifted up Wen Jiuze's head, let him rest his head on her arms, tucked in the blanket for him, and patted him on the head.
"I think the way things are now is good. There is no need to go to Taisui."
"I'm in this state, maybe Tai Sui won't work for me, so it's best to just let nature take its course, right?"
Wen Jiu rested his head on her hard legs and said hoarsely, "That's not right."
His voice lowered, like a dream: "Have you ever thought about how zombies get the energy to keep moving without eating or drinking? You feel fine now, but maybe in two years you won't be able to move anymore?"
Maybe she will become rotten in two years?
Xue Ling's first reaction was: "If the zombies were all killed so easily, then the apocalypse is almost over, and everyone can go back to the city!"
This is a good thing for anyone to see.
Wen Jiuze stared at her for a long while, then pulled the corners of his mouth to reveal a fake smile: "Thank you so much for your comfort, I feel like my condition has worsened."
Xue Ling patted him across the blanket and said, "You are just guessing. Maybe the zombies can still move after decades."
She thought of an example: "Fresh meat spoils easily and has a short shelf life, but dry and hard bacon has a long shelf life, so my shelf life is longer than yours now."
Wen Jiuze: "...You are truly a genius."
After the conversation, Xue Ling looked at him worriedly.
Xiaoxiao, why do you worry so much?
After being a zombie for three years, she thought she had become dark, but compared with Wen Jiuze, she felt that she was still positive and sunny.
Wen Jiuze was sick for three days before he recovered. He didn't take any medicine. It was all thanks to his strong immune system.
As soon as he recovered from his illness, he was ready to set off.
Xue Ling thought he was going to continue looking for Wen Yi, but Wen Jiu said, "Let's go and see the Terracotta Warriors."
"I don't want to watch it now." In fact, she didn't want to watch it before, she just said it casually.
Xue Ling took the map from Wen Jiuze, folded it, and put it inside the book.
"Winter is here. It's tiring to run around outside. Let's find a place to live for a while." She began to list how inconvenient it was to live in a car.
It's cold, it wastes fuel, she can't lie down in the car, and there's too much space for things... Anyway, she needs to find a place to live and doesn't want to stay in the car anymore.
Wen Jiuze compromised: "Okay, where do you want to live?"
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