Lu Zheng is a person who pays great attention to his appearance. No one knows how he takes care of his skin, but his face is never covered in stubble or pimples. His skin is clean, clear, and flawless, like the finest porcelain.
Although Lu Zheng was wearing a baseball cap and a mask, from Qiao Zhen's angle, several red rashes of varying sizes could be seen on the small patch of his forehead and around his eyes.
I wonder how many more are hidden under the baseball caps and masks.
She was taken aback. "What happened?"
Qiao Zhen herself didn't realize that her hurried words revealed a sense of concern.
Lu Zheng said calmly, "It's just a mosquito bite, nothing serious."
"Mosquito bites?" Qiao Zhen found it unbelievable.
It's 7:30 in the morning, so it's unlikely that Lu Zheng would have gotten up at 4:00 to come to the sanatorium from the city.
Did he not go home at all last night, and instead spend the night in the mountains near the sanatorium, exposed to the elements?
Lu Zheng touched his face and picked up the plastic bag in his hand. "Breakfast is going to get cold."
"Wait for me!" Qiao Zhen took the plastic bag, ran back to the ward, called her mother and the others to eat, and when they weren't paying attention, she took out two boxes of ointment from the bedside table and hurriedly went downstairs.
Lu Zheng waited obediently at the entrance of the building.
Qiao Zhen gestured for Lu Zheng to follow her to a bench by the wall. Instead of immediately taking out the ointment, she asked, "Didn't you go back to the city last night?"
Lu Zheng scrutinized her face; the worry he had just shown was gone. He deliberately snorted, "I never said I would go back to the city."
He had a smug, arrogant tone.
Qiao Zhen's heart stirred slightly. She lowered her eyes and her tone became less than pleasant. "So, are you going to stay in the wilderness to train your resilience and endurance?"
Lu Zheng looked at her and started spouting nonsense, "This place has beautiful mountains and clear waters. The government is planning to develop a tourist resort, so I'm just taking this opportunity to learn about the surrounding environment."
I knew it, they were just doing it for work. Qiao Zhen deliberately ignored her even more suffocating feelings and took out some ointment from her pocket. "This is an anti-itch and anti-inflammatory ointment. Your face will feel much better after applying it, and the rash will go away quickly."
Lu Zheng didn't answer. Instead, he slowly took off his baseball cap and mask, staring intently at Qiao Zhen.
Qiao Zhen understood his meaning perfectly. Looking at his handsome face, which was almost ruined by the rash, she felt inexplicably sad.
The skin in the covered areas was a light reddish hue, and upon closer inspection, fine scratches were visible; the condition looked quite bad.
That's when she realized something was wrong.
Lu Zheng decided to inspect this place on a whim. With his abilities, he should be able to resolve the "logistics" issue quickly. Why is he "torturing" himself like this?
Qiao Zhen pursed her lips, unsure how to ask the question.
Asking the question would make it seem like I care a lot about Lu Zheng, wouldn't it?
She suppressed her doubts, unscrewed the cap, squeezed some ointment into her palm, rubbed it with her fingertips, and then applied it to the red rashes.
The cool sensation penetrated her skin with her movements, relieving the itching.
Lu Zheng stared intently at Qiao Zhen, whose expression was serious, his throat trembling slightly.
Qiao Zhen keenly noticed that the breath spraying onto her fingers had become scorching hot, and quickly moved back.
As soon as she moved, a burning hot hand pressed down on her side, preventing her from moving away.
Qiao Zhen shifted uncomfortably. At that moment, many patients were exercising in the open space in front of the building. If they saw her, it would surely reach her mother's ears.
Lu Zheng said, "This feels more comfortable."
Qiao Zhen rolled her eyes, "I'm not some kind of magic pill..."
"Whether it is or not, it's up to me to decide."
Qiao Zhen wanted to argue again, but Lu Zheng raised his voice and softly hummed in agreement.
An irresistible sense of pressure washed over her, and she lost her temper. "Fine, fine, you decide."
"Good girl."
The tone was like teasing a pet.
She didn't care if anyone was watching them; she quickened her pace and applied the medicine to Lu Zheng as quickly as possible. "Alright, I'm going back to have breakfast now."
Lu Zheng grabbed her sleeve. "I didn't eat either."
Qiao Zhen took a deep breath. Meeting again so early in the morning would only confirm her relationship with Lu Zheng.
However, she couldn't resist what Lu Zheng was going to do. When she saw the sinister smile on his face, which subtly conveyed a sense of threat, she immediately backed down.
She gritted her teeth and said, "Let's go."
The two returned to the ward together. When Qiao's mother saw the red rash on Lu Zheng's face, she felt sorry for him and asked him to sit down next to her. She noticed that ointment had already been applied. "No wonder Zhenzhen rushed out earlier. Are you feeling better now?"
Lu Zheng was extremely docile, "Don't worry, Auntie, I don't feel any discomfort at all."
Qiao's mother asked again, "You're staying at the farmhouse at the foot of the mountain, right? I remember the rooms there are quite clean and comfortable..."
Lu Zheng said, "It's alright, just a lot of mosquitoes."
Qiao's mother still felt sorry for him. Such a fair-skinned boy must have been pampered by his family since childhood. She never expected that he would be willing to come here and suffer for Zhenzhen. She was even more gratified and wholeheartedly decided that he was her son-in-law.
Qiao Zhen listened to their conversation, her eyebrows furrowing slightly. The food she ate tasted like dried meat, utterly bland.
After breakfast, Lu Zheng said he was going to inspect the surrounding environment, and Qiao Zhen, as usual, saw him downstairs.
"Here you go." Lu Zheng took out the key with the number tag and handed it to Qiao Zhen.
The number plate has five large, golden characters: Fulai Farmhouse.
An overwhelming sense of disgust welled up inside her.
Lu Zheng, that beast, is still full of lewd nonsense even after arriving in this place?
"What are you doing?" Qiao Zhen's voice trembled.
"It's one thing if you don't exercise, but are you planning to break your bones by sleeping on a folding bed?" Lu Zheng shoved the key into Qiao Zhen's hand. "Take a nap this afternoon when you're free."
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