"Is Ci kid here?"

Miao Bo opened the curtain and walked out of the back compartment. When he saw Yu Ci, he turned back and took out two medicine bags: "Here, these are prepared herbs to drive away the cold."

"Soak the packet wrapped in red string in water, and rinse the other packet with boiling water and use it to rub your body."

Shi Jin nodded and reached out to take the medicine bag: "Okay."

"Remember to rub it hard to get rid of the coldness in your body." Miao Bo gave him a few words of advice, but he didn't give him the medicine bag. Instead, he handed it to Yu Ci who was standing beside the bed: "It's not convenient for you to rub your back by yourself. Go back and let Ci help you."

Let Yu Ci help him?

Shi Jin's ears felt hot, he pursed his lips and said, "No, I can do it myself..."

Miao Bo ignored him. He pushed his reading glasses that had fallen off his nose with his hand, and turned to look at the heavy rain outside: "It's raining too hard outside. Don't go back yet, or you'll catch a cold again."

After saying this, he went straight upstairs without caring about the people in the room.

Yu You is happy and free.

He let out an exaggerated sigh of relief: "I was scared to death just now."

Yu Ci poured a cup of hot water for Shi Jin. Hearing this, he raised his eyebrows and glanced at Yu You: "What's so scary?"

"Miao Bo heard me say bad things about the village." He shrank his neck and said, "It's not bad, it's just a rumor I heard before."

"Rumor?"

Seeing that Yu Ci seemed interested, Yu You repeated what he had just said.

"Tu Miao Quan?" Yu Ci repeated.

"Yes." Yu You nodded, and suddenly remembered something, with an excited look on his face: "Brother Yu Ci, aren't you familiar with this place? Have you heard any rumors about Tu Miao Quan?"

"No."

He paused and said, "I have not been back many times, so my understanding of the village is limited to the village. I am not very clear about the rest."

Yu You felt a little regretful: "Is that so..."

"Oh, right." His eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Shi Jin who was drinking water silently: "Brother Shi Jin, are you here to travel?"

Shi Jin paused for a moment while holding the cup, and guessed what Yu You was thinking: "Yes."

Yu You's eyes sparkled: "Then when the rain stops, can we go to the back mountain together to have a look?"

Shi Jin had exactly this intention.

But before he could open his mouth, he was interrupted by Yu Ci: "Let's talk after the rain stops."

After he finished speaking, he turned to look at Shi Jin. His usually flamboyant features were inexplicably heavy. “Put on your clothes. Your fever has just subsided and you are still very weak.”

Shi Jin silently pulled his coat up.

The atmosphere in the room became quiet.

Yu You stared at the wall of the room, counting the bamboo joints one by one in boredom.

When he counted to the 168th section, the heavy rain outside the window that had been falling all night and morning finally subsided.

The heavy rain turned into a continuous drizzle. Although it still did not stop, it was much lighter than when it first came.

You can go back now.

Along with his thoughts, a light and slightly cool voice rang out.

"Go back."

Shi Jin lowered her eyelashes and avoided Yu Ci's gaze: "The rain has subsided, it's a good time to go back now."

——

Yu Ci went to drive.

Under the eaves, Shi Jin was wrapped in a quilt, with a rare look of confusion in his eyes.

Beside him was Yu You who was trying hard to hold back his smile: "Brother Shi Jin, please bear with it. Brother Yu Ci is just worried that you might catch a cold. Just put it on for a while and you can take it off when you get in the car."

Shi Jin heard the smile in his words. He was silent for two seconds and said helplessly: "You can laugh."

Since the person involved said it was okay to laugh, Yu You naturally didn’t hesitate: “Puchi, hahahaha this is too funny.”

By the time he stopped laughing, his whole face had turned red.

Yu You wiped the tears from his eyes and felt his cheeks stiff from laughing: "Brother Shi Jin, what do you think Brother Yu Ci is thinking? Hahaha."

Shi Jin was standing aside, holding the quilt with an expressionless face.

How does he know.

The rough-looking Yu You didn't notice his embarrassment, and was still laughing and joking: "Could it be that Brother Yu Ci thinks you are a silkworm? Do you need to wrap you up layer by layer to protect you?"

It is not enough to just wrap yourself in a coat, you also have to wrap yourself in a quilt, for fear that Shi Jin will catch a cold. If someone who doesn't know sees this, they would probably think it is winter.

"Hahaha this is so funny. I must interview Brother Yu Ci about his inner thoughts later."

The more Yu You thought about it, the more he couldn't help but say, "What kind of straight man is this? Brother Shi Jin, how did you find such a weird partner?"

Shi Jin's drooping eyelashes paused for a moment, he raised his head, his eyes inexplicably blank, "Destination?"

"Yeah, aren't you a couple? Although you seemed to be in a cold war this morning, the atmosphere between you can't fool me."

Yu You said calmly, "Brother Yu Ci was very worried when you were sick. In order to prevent you from getting wet in the rain, his clothes were all wet, and..."

He glanced at Shi Jin, and asked mysteriously, "Did you pretend to be asleep when you got the injection just now and then deliberately pulled Brother Yu Ci's hand?"

Shi Jin paused.

When did he pull Yu Ci's hand?

Yu You took his lowered eyes in thought as a tacit agreement.

He took two steps closer, as if they were sharing a secret: "Don't worry, I will never tell Brother Yu Ci, and he even smiled when you held his hand just now, and then..."

"Get in the car."

The cold words interrupted what Yu You was about to say. He scratched his head. A tall jeep had stopped in front of him, the window opened, revealing an outstandingly handsome face.

Yu You felt inexplicably guilty. He shrank his neck, said "oh", and climbed into the car silently.

Shi Jin reached out to open the back seat door.

Yu Ci glanced at him and said, "You sit in the front."

The fingertips curled up on the corner of the quilt paused slightly, Shi Jin pursed his lips, and reached out to open the passenger door.

Yu Ci watched him fasten his seat belt, stepped on the accelerator, and asked casually, "What were you talking about just now?"

Shi Jin pursed her lips: "No..."

"Nothing, just chatting about what to eat in the evening." Yu You interrupted Shi Jin's words first, and then blinked at Shi Jin's gaze in the rearview mirror in the car, as if to keep it a secret.

Shi Jin's fingers, which were pinching the corner of the quilt, paused slightly.

Should he remind Yu You, can Yu Ci also see this rearview mirror?

Never mind. It shouldn’t have any impact.

Shi Jin hesitated for two seconds and finally chose to shut up.

Then he noticed that Yu Ci's face seemed to be even uglier.

Yu You was so thick-skinned that he didn't notice anything unusual and was still chattering in the car about the various rumors he had heard.

Yu Ci drove with a stern face and didn't respond to him. Shi Jin could only agree with him occasionally, but he found that every time he responded, Yu Ci's face became more sullen, and the low pressure in the car almost solidified.

After another topic ended, Yu You finally noticed something unusual.

He touched the goose bumps on his hands in confusion: "Strange, why is it so cold all of a sudden?"

Shi Jin was silent.

When we returned to the inn, the rain outside had completely stopped.

Yu Ci put the person down at the door of the inn: "You go back first, I'll go park the car."

Yu You nodded and jumped out of the car first.

Yu Ci's eyes fell on Shi Jin: "I asked Qiu to make porridge for you upstairs. You didn't eat lunch, so drink the porridge first and then take the medicine."

Shi Jin nodded.

Looks so cute.

Yu Ci's stiff expression finally relaxed a little. He reached out to gather the corners of the quilt for Shi Jin and reminded him: "Don't take off the quilt yet."

The alternating cold and heat makes it easy to catch a cold, and he is weak and I'm afraid he can't stand it.

Yu Ci felt that it was rare for him to be so considerate, but he never expected that as soon as he said this, he saw the young man who had just lowered his eyes and looked well-behaved got out of the car with an expressionless face.

"Bang--"

The car door was slammed shut without mercy.

Yu Ci:......

No, did he say something wrong?

——

Shi Jin didn't take off the quilt after all.

He hid from Aqiu in the kitchen and went up to the third floor to put down the quilt. Before going out, he hesitated for a moment, then turned back to get another coat.

The coat I'm wearing belongs to Yu Ci, I'd better wash it and return it to him later.

Aqiu was busy in the kitchen downstairs.

Shi Jin walked downstairs, and she happened to see him. Her eyes lit up: "Mr. Shi, you're back? Are you feeling okay?"

Ah Qiu's kindness brought warmth, and Shi Jin's lips curled up slightly: "I'm fine, I'm sorry to have made you worried."

"It's nothing." Ah Qiu turned around and stirred the porridge in the pot, and laughed: "You didn't see what Brother Yu Ci looked like, his face turned pale with anxiety."

The porridge in the pot was bubbling. Ah Qiu turned off the fire and found a bowl: "Brother Yu Ci asked me to make this porridge for you. Now is the perfect time. Come and have some?"

As she spoke, she thought of something else: "By the way, when Brother Yu Ci went upstairs just now, he brought two quilts for you. Did you see that?"

When Shi Jin returned to his room to change clothes just now, he did see two quilts at the foot of the bed.

He nodded: "I see."

"That quilt is for you." A Qiu put the bowl on the table and looked at Shi Jin with a smile: "We are used to sleeping on this kind of bamboo bed. We didn't consider that the guests might not be used to it. Fortunately, Brother Yu Ci found it."

The rich aroma of rice porridge fills the air, and hot white smoke rises above the bowl.

Ah Qiu sat down at the table and reminded Shi Jin: "You can let it dry for a while. It's a little hot when it's just boiled."

Shi Jin nodded.

He stirred the porridge in the bowl, hesitated for two seconds, and finally spoke: "Does Yu Ci... come here every year?"

“About the same?” Qiu tilted his head and counted on his fingers: “Since my grandmother retired six years ago, except for the year when Qingliu Village was closed, Brother Yu Ci has come every year.”

"But he didn't just come to see my grandma. Brother Yu Ci sponsored several children in the village to go to school. Every year when he came to the village, he would go to see him. It seems he just went this morning."

Sponsor a child?

Shi Jin was a little surprised.

He wanted to ask something else when he saw Qiu, who was sitting opposite him, stand up: "Brother Yu Ci."

Shi Jin pursed her lips and turned her head.

Yu Ci's eyes met his: "Have you drunk the porridge?"

“Not yet.” It was Qiu who responded: “It’s too hot right out of the pot, so I’ll let Mr. Shi let it cool down first.”

"Yeah." Yu Ci walked forward and reached out to touch Shi Jin's forehead: "The fever should be completely gone."

"Remember to take the medicine after you finish drinking the porridge, and the medicine bag for bathing," he paused, "There is a bathtub in my room, you can come directly tonight."