"Doctor Sui has come to see him. Heng has a fever now, so I don't dare to take him out."
Seeing that Bai Jiaojiao's expression wasn't much better, Zheng Xu gave Bai Shihai a few instructions and left.
Bai Jiaojiao checks Shen Heng's body temperature almost every minute with the back of her hand.
Shen Heng had a dream in which Bai Jiaojiao looked down on him, ignored him, and even wanted to divorce him. If he made any intimate moves, Bai Jiaojiao would become extremely agitated.
The dream was so real that Shen Heng woke up and suddenly opened his eyes wide.
"Heng-ge, you're awake?" Bai Jiaojiao was overjoyed. She leaned over and burst into tears of joy. Her tears fell onto Shen Heng's face. Shen Heng wanted to wipe them away for Bai Jiaojiao, but found that he had no strength at all.
"Brother Heng?"
Bai Jiaojiao panicked when she saw Shen Heng frowning and not saying anything.
"Heng-ge, are you feeling unwell?"
Bai Jiaojiao gripped Shen Heng's hand, her relaxed mood turning back into anxiety.
"I'm fine." Shen Heng said in a hoarse voice. When he saw Bai Jiaojiao's worried face, he realized that he had just been dreaming.
Upon hearing Shen Heng speak, Bai Jiaojiao quickly got off the kang (heated brick bed) and poured him a glass of water. She wiped away her tears and said, "Your sister-in-law is keeping some porridge warm for you in the pot. I'll go get you some. You have a fever now, so eat something and I'll give you your medicine."
"No rush."
Shen Heng took a sip of water and then found his limbs again.
He tried to sit up, and Bai Jiaojiao quickly helped him up, because he had been soaking in the water for too long and there wasn't a single patch of good skin on Shen Heng's body.
This was the first time Bai Jiaojiao had seen Shen Heng so weak. In her eyes, Shen Heng was always the one standing in front of her to protect her. The current state of Shen Heng made Bai Jiaojiao's heart ache.
As Shen Heng's memories slowly returned, he recalled the events before he fainted, and his expression gradually turned cold.
"Heng-ge, how did you fall into the sea?"
Mentioning this, Shen Heng's gaze suddenly cooled to zero.
"Is your brother-in-law awake?"
Before Shen Heng could speak, Bai Shihai's delighted voice rang out.
Bai Shihai heard voices coming from Bai Jiaojiao's room and guessed that Shen Heng had woken up. He went in and saw that it was indeed Shen Heng.
Shen Heng pursed his lips and nodded, and Bai Shihai, being sensible, said, "I'll go find your sister-in-law to get some millet porridge."
"Thank you, brother."
After Bai Shihai left, Shen Heng perked up a little: "Come here."
Shen Heng patted the person next to him, and Bai Jiaojiao moved closer and was pulled into Shen Heng's arms.
Seeing Shen Heng's unsteady appearance, Bai Jiaojiao didn't dare to lean on him. Shen Heng sensed her restraint: "What's wrong? Have you become distant from your man after not seeing him for a few months?"
Seeing that Shen Heng still had the mind to joke with her, Bai Jiaojiao glared at him fiercely before feeling much more at ease.
Shen Heng pulled Bai Jiaojiao into his arms, buried his face in the crook of her neck, took a deep breath, and felt at ease.
Bai Jiaojiao felt Shen Heng's warmth, reached out and hugged him back, her nose suddenly stinging with tears: "Brother Heng, I missed you..."
Hearing Bai Jiaojiao's words, Shen Heng finally calmed the emptiness he had felt from the nightmare.
"It's alright, I'm fine." Shen Heng heard the grievance in Bai Jiaojiao's tone and gently rubbed her waist to comfort her.
"Brother Heng, what exactly happened at sea?"
Bai Jiaojiao asked.
Shen Heng took a deep breath and asked, "What did they say about me?"
"They said you were dragged off the boat by fish while you were salvaging it, and that you died, but I don't believe it."
Bai Jiaojiao's heart was broken when she recalled the fear of yesterday, and she couldn't help but shed tears again.
"Why have you become so prone to crying?"
Shen Heng reached out to wipe away Bai Jiaojiao's tears, only to find that his fingers were all peeling and rough. He quickly took them off Bai Jiaojiao's face, but Bai Jiaojiao grabbed them and pressed them against her own face.
Shen Heng's heart softened like a sweet nectar: "If you don't let me die, how dare I die?"
Bai Jiaojiao sniffed: "I know, that's why I came to find you. Otherwise, you would have been washed ashore by the sea and no one would have found you."
"You're coming to find me?"
Shen Heng's eyes grew darker and darker. Bai Jiaojiao learned of his death and went to the beach to "find" him.
"Don't do such a foolish thing again." Shen Heng's tone was somewhat serious, and he had a stern face. Bai Jiaojiao retorted angrily, "You just said that if I didn't allow it, nothing would happen. How dare you say 'next time'?!"
Shen Heng deflated like a punctured balloon: "That's not what I meant. Okay, okay, don't be angry. I promise it won't happen again, alright?"
Bai Jiaojiao sniffed and moved closer to Shen Heng: "Alright."
Deng Min stood at the door with a bowl of freshly ladled millet porridge, unsure whether to go in or eavesdrop on their whispered conversation.
"Sister-in-law, what are you doing standing here? Why don't you go inside?"
When Bai Shibao's voice came, Bai Jiaojiao quickly pulled away from Shen Heng's embrace.
"..." Shen Heng wasn't very familiar with Bai Shibao, but he could tell it was him: "Why is your third brother back?"
So annoying.
"It's a long story. He won't go to town anymore."
Deng Min, having been exposed, had no choice but to bring in the millet porridge.
"I heard from your older brother that your brother-in-law has woken up, so I brought him some food. Eat it quickly, it'll help once the fever goes down."
The bowl of millet porridge in Deng Min's hand had been simmering in the pot for a long time; the grains of rice had burst open and released oil.
Bai Jiaojiao took the bowl, picked up the spoon from the bowl, and fed it to Shen Heng.
Shen Heng glanced at Bai Shibao, who was watching him from the doorway, pursed his lips, snatched the bowl from Bai Jiaojiao's hand, and drank the millet porridge in one gulp.
It's so annoying, I want my wife to feed me.
Shen Heng felt that his brother-in-law was really too insensible.
Shen Heng is twenty-two years old this year, while Bai Shibao is only twenty-one, a year younger than him. Shen Heng was also the child who was beaten by Shen Heng from childhood.
Shen Heng suspects that Bai Shibao is now taking revenge on him.
“Okay, okay,” Deng Min said with a smile. “As long as we can eat, that’s fine. I think my brother-in-law is alright too. He’s really lucky.”
Shen Heng is back. It was all a false alarm. Getting something back is the most joyful thing in the world.
When Bai Zhiman heard that Shen Heng had woken up, he also wanted to come and see him. The room was crowded with the whole family again, making Shen Heng feel a little uncomfortable.
Bai Zhiman asked, "What exactly happened? Did you really fall off the ship?"
Surrounded by the Bai family, Shen Heng was being interrogated as if he were being questioned: "Can I fall off the ship?"
"Speak properly."
Bai Jiaojiao squeezed Chen Heng's fingers.
It's one thing to talk nonsense with her normally, but you should at least be more respectful to her father.
Shen Heng changed his tone: "We encountered pursuers."
Everyone's expression changed except for Bai Jiaojiao's.
"What does 'chasing the ship' mean?"
Bai Jiaojiao thought to herself, even though their village's boats went to the deep sea, they shouldn't be intercepted by pirates, right?
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