Chapter 54 Okay, I’ll listen to you!

In the middle of the night, Su Mei was awakened by thirst.

She poured water for Huo Jianguo but forgot about herself.

In modern times, the Su Mei people do not have the habit of drinking water at night. The north is too dry and it is easy to lack water. Sleeping with the kang heated at night makes people even more thirsty.

There were two warm bottles in the room. Su Mei poured some water from one of the poorly kept warm bottles and drank it. Her dry throat immediately felt better.

Because she didn't have a watch, Su Mei didn't know the time.

Thinking that she was awake anyway, she still had to go check on Huo Jianguo out of responsibility.

After all, Huo Jianguo was injured, more or less because of him.

Thanks to his vigilance, he was worried that she would get into danger if she went home alone, so he insisted on accompanying her. Otherwise, she might have become the wolf cub's excrement by now...

It was icy and snowy outside, and bitterly cold. Su Mei shivered as she walked to the next room.

As soon as she pushed the door, Huo Jianguo woke up and watched her chubby body quickly slip into the door with his eyes narrowed.

"What are you doing here so late?" Huo Jianguo asked.

Su Mei raised her hands and breathed out as she replied, "I just came to see if you're okay. Don't worry, I have no bad intentions.

No matter how lustful I am, I would never harm a wounded person."

"I didn't mean that." Huo Jianguo looked at Su Mei with some displeasure. He clearly hadn't shown any ill will towards her.

"It's just that it's too cold outside, there's no need to get up in the middle of the night."

"Oh!" Su Mei nodded and walked to Huo Jianguo and took a look.

It was just a routine check as if she was on night shift, but Su Mei actually found something wrong. She discovered that Huo Jianguo's face was abnormally red.

She narrowed her eyes, walked forward and touched Huo Jianguo's forehead, and found that the temperature under her hand was frighteningly hot.

"Don't you know you have a fever?" Su Mei asked.

"I know." Huo Jianguo's voice was a little hoarse: "It's okay, I probably got a cold yesterday and had a headache all day. I just had a fever and sweated at night and it was fine."

"Then why don't you tell me?" Su Mei said as she went to look for antipyretic medicine.

Fortunately, she was afraid that Li Yuan might have some unexpected condition, so she prepared some medicine. Soon she found a small piece of antipyretic medicine and handed it to Huo Jianguo.

"Wait, I'll get you some water." Su Mei handed the medicine to Huo Jianguo and walked out with the empty bowl.

Huo Jianguo stopped her and said, "No, I don't need water to take medicine."

As he spoke, he threw the medicine into his mouth and swallowed it.

Seeing that he had taken the medicine, Su Mei put the bowl back and asked, "Do you feel any other discomfort? If so, please tell me so as not to delay your treatment."

"Oh, there's no other problem! It's just a little cold to sleep in this room. But it's okay. I have a fever anyway, so cooling down should be good for me, right?" As soon as he said this, Huo Jianguo wanted to bite his tongue.

He felt a little shameless for telling such a clumsy lie just because he wanted to sleep on the kang.

Fortunately, Su Mei didn't notice it, she thought Huo Jianguo was serious:

"You caught a cold because you were cold in the first place, how can you still be frozen? If you are really cold, just go to sleep on the kang. Anyway, you can move around with this injury and you can get up and walk over by yourself."

"Ah? Is it okay? Is it too hot in your room? I have a fever. Is it inconvenient for me to sleep on the kang?" Huo Jianguo said as he climbed up from the bed, enduring the pain from the wounds on his hands and legs.

Seeing this, Su Mei rushed over to support him:

"It's okay. It's already late at night. The kang isn't that hot. The temperature is just right. You can just go over and sleep."

"Oh, okay then!" Huo Jianguo nodded expressionlessly, then looked back at the bed used for the operation and said nonchalantly:

"Actually, it's a little cold, I'm fine sleeping here."

"Let's go to the kang." Su Mei helped Huo Jianguo walk out: "If you keep it frozen for another night, in case you develop a high fever, we won't be sure if you have any other injuries in your brain without accurate instruments to check."

This time, Huo Jianguo did not object. He nodded solemnly as if he agreed with Su Mei's words:

"Okay, I'll listen to you."