Yu Ci opened her eyes.
The next second, a blinding light shone into my eyes, then shone for two or three seconds before disappearing. A woman's voice rang out: "The fever has gone down. Just take some more medicine and you'll be fine."
The doctor bent down and patted the little girl's head. "Chaochao, you don't need to worry anymore."
Chaochao nodded, "Thank you, doctor!"
The doctor smiled and went to pack up the medical kit next to him.
Yu Ci rested his head on the bed and gently turned to the side, where he saw a little dumpling lying on the headboard, looking at him with teary eyes and a red nose.
"Waaaa, Brother Yu Ci, you're finally awake—"
The little dumpling sniffed as it spoke, its dark, grape-like eyes seeming to be immersed in a pool of spring water, looking utterly pitiful.
Yu Ci averted her gaze as if trying to escape, her heart suddenly pounding.
Perhaps the illness dulled the boy's mind.
He was thinking.
Is she really worried about him?
She cried so hard...
Chaochao was unaware of the fluctuating emotions of the boy beside her.
She felt her eyes burning! Waaaaah!
Chaochao's eyes were red and brimming with tears.
She was crying in her heart, "Little Qi, are my eyes going to catch fire, waah—"
The system sighed helplessly: "Does Chaochao remember now? Don't rub your eyes after touching ginger..."
The doctor suggested making ginger tea to dispel the cold. Xie Jingcheng went there, and Chaochao asked for help. Xie Jingcheng had no choice but to ask the girl to crush the sliced ginger.
Then, it happened.
She just felt a hair fall on her eyes and gently touched them.
Chaochao raised the back of her hand to wipe away her tears: "I...I'll know next time."
A slender hand reached out before her, its fingertips gently wiping away her tears. The boy's hoarse voice fell to the ground: "Don't cry."
"Okay... hiccup..." Chaochao nodded obediently.
She kept her head down and didn't see the deep, dark glint in Yu Ci's eyes when he turned to look at her.
"Take your medicine as soon as you wake up."
Xie Jingcheng, carrying a bowl, walked expressionlessly to the bedside, blocking all view.
He thrust the bowl forward, his tone unfriendly: "Drink."
Chaochao poked her head out from behind Xie Jingcheng's legs, "Yes, yes, the master said that you have to take medicine to get better."
Yu Ci sat up and leaned against the headboard, ignoring Xie Jingcheng's coldness. He took the medicine, a slight smile curving his pale lips. "Thank you."
He picked up the bowl, and as he was about to drink, his gaze inadvertently fell on the back of his hand, and he froze.
A thin layer of ointment was carefully applied to the burn; its coolness suppressed the burning sensation.
But my chest began to burn.
When Chaochao saw this, she remembered, "I've already applied medicine for you. Chaochao said that it would hurt a lot if I didn't apply medicine, and look, the wound is even worse now."
As she spoke, the little dumpling looked disapproving, as if to say, "Look, you'll suffer the consequences of not listening to Chaochao."
After a brief silence, Yu Ci smiled and said, "Okay, I understand."
Then he leaned close to the rim of the bowl and quietly drank his medicine.
Xie Jingcheng coldly shifted his gaze to the dark window, lost in thought.
Chaochao watched as Yu Ci sipped her medicine without even frowning, her big eyes filled with shock and admiration.
In the past, when Chaochao was sick and needed to take medicine, she would always wrinkle her nose and gulp it all down, then quickly eat a sweet candy, and Grandma Zhou, who would be by her side, would tell her interesting stories.
Only then did she reluctantly agree to take the medicine.
Isn't Brother Yu Ci afraid of hardship?
He remained as calm as if he were drinking plain water.
I don't understand it.
But she firmly believed that all medicines in the world were bitter!
Besides, she had even secretly smelled it!
System: "Are you really not just craving it?"
Chaochao's eyes darted around: "I... I was just looking..."
While taking his medicine, Chaochao told Yu Ci about what happened after he fainted.
She heard Xie Jingcheng carry her to the bed.
The two boys in the room frowned simultaneously.
She kept a close eye on the patients and noticed it every day.
He nodded to himself.
She knew it! This medicine must be very bitter!
Yu Ci suddenly remembered something and subtly checked her clothes; it was still the same one from yesterday.
Then, while drinking his medicine, he subtly pulled down his sleeve.
Chaochao was busy talking and didn't notice his actions.
Chaochao continued.
After Yu Ci fainted, the empty-nest dad, CEO Huo, made a "friendly" call to inquire about her condition and then quickly sent a family doctor to examine her.
The doctor helped me get an IV drip and prescribed some medicine.
They had already left after Yu Ci woke up.
At this point, the bowl of medicinal soup was also empty.
Chaochao took out a candy wrapped in a pink shell.
"Brother Yu Ci, eat quickly, eat quickly."
"If you don't eat it now, it won't be bitter anymore."
Yu Ci opened her lips blankly, the sweetness of the white peach candy spreading on her tongue.
Chaochao was very satisfied with this, but when she tried to stand on tiptoe, she still couldn't reach the top.
She could only gently pat his shoulder, just as her grandmother would comfort herself, "Brother Yu Ci did a great job."
Being coaxed like this by a three-year-old should be shameful, but Yu Ci felt a dense, bittersweet feeling welling up inside her.
His throat bobbed, and the sweetness of the white peach finally dissolved into his blood, flowing and surging through his limbs and bones.
Xie Jingcheng noticed Yu Ci's downcast and absent-minded look.
He still instinctively didn't want Yu Ci to get close to Chao Chao.
but.
Xie Jingcheng pursed his lips, took the empty bowl, and strode away without saying a word.
He has no right to deprive others of their right to pursue the light.
As the medicine gradually took effect, Yu Ci became increasingly drowsy.
Chaochao patted his blanket intermittently and told him stories to lull him to sleep.
"Once upon a time, there was a little fish in the sea named Fishbone. It swam and swam until it met another little fish named Little Fishbone. The two fish swam and swam..."
In a soft, murmuring voice, Yu Ci—no, Yu Ci—slowly drifted off to sleep.
"Get some rest, Brother Yu Ci..."
Chaochao leaned her head against the bedside, looking at his sleeping face and said softly.
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