"She may have recovered later, but she couldn't manage our relationship, so it remained at a stalemate."
"Aren't you sad?" Yan Shi asked, feeling both sorry for him and curious.
“I’m used to it. Ever since I can remember, my mother has been absent from my world. Since she’s absent, she’ll just stay absent. I’m doing fine on my own.”
"Oh dear, poor thing, it's alright, it's alright, your big sister will take care of you."
"Mmm!" Zhuang Zhao nestled into her arms.
Looking at the head rubbing against him, Yan Shi couldn't help but think that Zhuang Zhao was deliberately taking advantage of the situation.
Yan Shi patted him on the back and told him to get up.
"Although I shouldn't say this now, we should at least be mindful of the occasion; other people are watching."
"So what if he looks? What's wrong with me hugging my girlfriend?"
"Sweetie, we'll hug you again when we get back."
Yan Shi thought to himself, "I'll indulge you this once, considering your pitiful background and my bad mood."
After finishing my ice cream, I went to the bus stop to wait for the bus. There was a subway entrance next to the bus stop. As I walked past it, I saw a dirty little boy wearing big, ill-fitting clothes.
Yan Shi automatically notices anyone shorter than himself. One second he feels sorry for the child, and the next he sees the child walk past someone and steal money from that person's pocket.
Yan Shi immediately clutched her pocket tightly; she only had enough money left for the bus fare, and she couldn't afford to lose it.
The rain started before the bus arrived. Yan Shi held the art collection close to his chest, and Zhuang Zhao protected Yan Shi as well. With the bus shelter nearby, they didn't get too wet, but their shoes got wet and weren't very comfortable to wear.
Finally, the bus arrived, and once on board, the constant sneezing made Yan Shi involuntarily sneeze a few times as well.
"Go back and take a hot shower, don't catch a cold."
"I'm perfectly healthy. Even if I catch a cold, it'll be gone in two or three days," Yan Shi said proudly.
The wind outside grew stronger and stronger, and the temperature plummeted. In the blink of an eye, the water on the ground was up to our ankles. The rain felt icy cold on our bodies, and the chill spread from our feet.
After getting off the bus, there were still several hundred meters to walk. Yan Shi was worried that the painting collection would get wet, and Zhuang Zhao was not in a good mood when she saw her carefully protecting the painting collection.
"I'll carry you on my back, and you can put the art book between us so it won't get wet."
Yan Shi thought for a moment, but couldn't think of any other good way. Only when she lay on Zhuang Zhao's back did she realize how low her body temperature was.
His back gradually warmed my body, but my ankles were still exposed. Plus, my legs weren't moving and didn't get any heat, so I was sure I'd be freezing when I got back.
"This weather is so strange. Even if it's raining, the temperature shouldn't be this low."
When the two of them appeared in everyone's sight like drowned rats, after three seconds of silence, there was a minute of bursting laughter followed by three minutes of intermittent laughter.
Yan Shi: You guys have such low standards for humor.
"Why didn't you buy an umbrella? You'll catch a cold if you get wet," Bu Ke complained.
"A personal dryer." Si Yue used his fire to warm Yan Shi's hands and clothes.
"Don't you have any common sense? At this point, you should hurry up and dry yourself off, take a hot shower, and change into dry clothes. You're trying to dry yourself? Do you think you're baking cookies?" Catherine couldn't stand it anymore, so she grabbed a large bath towel, wrapped it around Yan Shi, and pushed him into the bathroom.
Zhuang Zhao quietly found a towel to dry her hair, then went back to her room to find clean clothes for Yan Shi and bring them over.
They stayed in suites with two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, a bathroom, and a balcony. Yan Shi, Zhuang Zhao, Bu Ke, and Jiang Lang shared one suite, with Bu Ke sharing a room with Yan Shi and Zhuang Zhao sharing another. Jiang Liuer and Jin Xi had single rooms, while Si Yue, Catherine, and Yan Ye stayed in the suite next door.
Zhuang Zhao was annoyed because he didn't know why Si Yue and Catherine were in their suite.
After Yan Shi changed his clothes and came out, he felt warm and his mood improved.
"How did you get here?"
"They said there's a typhoon coming in the next few days, and Su Ke asked us if we wanted to leave first. They have to wait until the typhoon is over before they can set off."
"Is the typhoon dangerous?"
"Typhoons along the coast are more severe, while those in the second zone are alright. I haven't heard of any major damage before."
"I've never experienced a typhoon before. If it's not dangerous, I'd like to wait until it passes before leaving," Yan Shi commented.
Zhuang Zhao used a hairdryer to dry Yan Shi's hair.
“Then let’s leave after the typhoon passes,” Si Yue said cheerfully.
"Since we're not in a hurry to leave, let's play mahjong all night," Catherine suggested.
I thought you would prefer Western culture.
Because of the name?
"And the style and vibe, it feels like a European and American style."
"Catherine is a character I like from an American TV show. I just like the show. So, do you want to play?"
Yan Shi raised an eyebrow. "Sure!"
"Staying up late will lower your body's resistance. You've just caught a cold, so you should go to bed early," Zhuang Zhao advised.
"It's okay to stay up a little later, we can stop when we're sleepy, alright?"
"When you're having fun, you won't be sleepy." Zhuang Zhao muttered to himself, deliberately saying it for Yan Shi to hear, wondering if he needed to change Yan Shi's impression of him, feeling that he was being too easy to talk to.
They ended up playing until late into the night. For the first time this year, Yan Shi saw the blue sky before sunrise. It turned out that it was already light around 4 a.m.
Before going to bed, Yan Shi felt stuffy in her nose and had a dry throat. She thought it was because she had stayed up late, since she was getting older and felt anxious if she stayed up a little late.
As a result, she was woken up by a stuffy nose in the morning, her throat hurt terribly, her eyes were swollen, and her head felt heavy.
This long-lost feeling, still a bad cold, made Yan Shi feel groggy. He got up to go to the toilet, drank some water to moisten his throat, and went back to bed to continue sleeping.
Bu Ke went out for a run with Jiang Lang early in the morning, so she naturally didn't notice anything unusual about Yan Shi. Zhuang Zhao stayed up all night with her and hadn't woken up yet either.
When everyone found Yan Shi, her face was flushed and she had a high fever of 38 degrees Celsius.
Zhuang Zhao picked her up and headed to the hospital.
“Catherine is a doctor, you can’t find her as quickly as you can at the hospital.”
After Bu Ke finished speaking, he summoned Catherine, who glanced at his words briefly.
“It’s just a common cold, nothing serious. Let’s lower her temperature first, use physical cooling methods and give her fever reducers, and keep an eye on her temperature. But something’s wrong with her left hand. I’ll get the equipment to check it again.” Catherine spoke like a machine gun. After saying that, she went back to the car to get the equipment. Zhuang Zhao went to the suitcase to get the medicine, and Bu Ke went to find ice and cold water to apply to Yan Shi’s wet compress.
Si Yue looked left and right, unsure of what he could do, feeling somewhat lost.
"Move to the side." Bu Keduan complained that Si Yue was blocking his way when he came over with the basin.
"Make way, don't you think you're in the way?" Catherine came up carrying the equipment, and when she saw Si Yue, she also cursed and complained, showing extreme disgust.
"How long has it been since she last ate a zombie?" Catherine asked after inquiring about Yan Shi's left arm from Zhuang Zhao.
“The little zombies swallow one every now and then. The last time one swallowed one was on its way here, three days ago.”
"The situation doesn't look good. It seems very weak. There are two possibilities: either the host is sick and it's getting weak along with the host, or its weakness is causing the host to become even weaker."
"But I always felt it was related to malnutrition. The alien has a great need for zombies. According to you, she only swallows one every few days, which means it hasn't been able to satisfy its need for zombies."
"Yan Shi's abilities almost went out of control before, and the Divine Medicine Clan made him refrain from eating zombies for a month."
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