She forced a smile and said, "I don't feel uncomfortable. I just have a slight fever. I'll take a pill and I'll be fine."
The more considerate and sensible Zhong Lingling was, the more guilty and heartbroken Wang Wenqi felt. He put Zhong Lingling back on the kang (a heated brick bed), wrapped the quilt even tighter, gently tucked the stray hairs from her forehead behind her ears, and said softly, "Brother Feng just lit the fire. The kang will be warm in a little while. You lie on the kang for a while, and I'll go cook you some porridge. After you finish the porridge, you can take your medicine, okay?"
"Brother Wenqi, I don't want to drink porridge. Can you stay here with me a little longer? With you by my side, I don't feel any pain anywhere."
Faced with Zhong Lingling's coquettish behavior, Wang Wenqi was at a loss. Although he really wanted to stay and keep her company, reason prevailed over emotion. Knowing that his girlfriend's health was more important, Wang Wenqi gently coaxed her, "Lingling, be good. You can only take your medicine after you drink the porridge. I'll be back in a little while, and then I won't go anywhere but stay here with you, okay?"
Hearing that Wang Wenqi would be coming back to keep her company, Zhong Lingling nodded and looked up to watch him leave, but she was met with a group of people's eyes filled with either laughter or envy.
Only after a moment did she realize that she had just been being affectionate with Wang Wenqi in front of so many people. She immediately felt her face burning, let out an "Ah!", grabbed the blanket, covered her head, and refused to come out.
It's really embarrassing.
Chen Shuning never expected that she would end up watching such a romantic drama while teaching physics about cooling. After being fed a mouthful of dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection), she said that this trip was worthwhile.
Seeing that the two had finished their sweet talk, he turned around and handed the half-bottle of wine in his hand to Wang Wenqi, who was going to the kitchen to cook porridge. He then carefully instructed Wang Wenqi, "Wang Zhiqing, please keep this wine safe. If Lingling's fever doesn't go down after taking the medicine, dilute this wine in half a basin of warm water and use a towel to soak it and repeatedly wipe Lingling's palms and soles to lower her temperature. When wiping, make sure to keep her warm and try to put her hands under the covers to wipe her."
Zhong Lingling really didn't have any baijiu (Chinese liquor) here, so between his girlfriend's safety and owing her a favor, Wang Wenqi decisively chose the former.
He reached out and took the liquor from Chen Shuning, thanked him, and learned from Liu Shumei that Xu Laidi's fever had subsided under Chen Shuning's care.
After humbly asking Chen Shuning for some nursing experience in caring for patients with fever, he politely saw the person out.
Chen Shuning had no intention of staying to watch the commotion any longer. After explaining the situation, she went back to her room to prepare for sleep. She was really tired and sleepy after all the commotion that had lasted for most of the night.
Fortunately, judging from the current rain, it doesn't seem like it'll stop anytime soon, so there shouldn't be any work tomorrow. Otherwise, after being up all night, Chen Shuning would never be able to get up tomorrow.
With Chen Shuning's departure, everyone else, seeing that Zhong Lingling was alright, also left. After all, on such a rainy day, who wouldn't want to stay in a warm, cozy bed?
Gu Xinyi had just reached the door with the crowd, and before she could even open her umbrella, she heard Yang Wanqiu calling her from behind.
Seeing Gu Xinyi turn around, Yang Wanqiu, who had just come out of another room, hurriedly stepped forward and enthusiastically took Gu Xinyi's arm, feigning concern as she advised, "Xinyi, you must be very sad. I think Gao Hongyuan is really too much. How could he abandon you, his official girlfriend, to pursue Tian Mi? Does he know how embarrassing this will make you in front of everyone?"
Gu Xinyi got angry at the mention of this, but given her prideful nature, she pretended to be indifferent and said, "Let him pursue whoever he wants. His affairs have nothing to do with me from now on."
Yang Wanqiu had a pretty good grasp of Gu Xinyi's temperament. Hearing this, she quickly put on a look of heartache for Gu Xinyi and said, "I just feel sorry for you, Xinyi. You are so beautiful, gentle and considerate, and you can cook such good food. Not to mention the village, there are countless people in this educated youth settlement who like you. If you ask me, it is Gao Hongyuan's good fortune that you are interested in him, but he doesn't know how to cherish it. He really doesn't know what's good for him."
Although Gu Xinyi was furious, she shrugged nonchalantly and said, "I think so too. So let him go and watch over his sister Tian Mi from now on. I don't care. As the saying goes, three-legged toads are hard to find, but there are plenty of two-legged men. Besides Gao Hongyuan, there are plenty of people who like me. I don't need him."
Gu Xinyi's mind was in turmoil. Although she liked Gao Hongyuan very much, they had only known each other for a short time and didn't really understand each other.
Moreover, she asked Gao Hongyuan many times what his relationship with Tian Mi was, and the answer she always got was that Tian Mi was just a close family friend who grew up together.
Whenever she and Tian Mi had a conflict, although he would scold Tian Mi, he would always leave himself to coax her in the end. This gave her the feeling that in Gao Hongyuan's heart, Tian Mi was more important than her, his official girlfriend.
This realization made Gu Xinyi question Gao Hongyuan's motives for being with her.
Was it really because she liked him, as he claimed, or was it because she was a good cook and too generous with food, and Gao Hongyuan simply liked her cooking skills?
After all, it wasn't just Gao Hongyuan; Wang Zhi also frequently praised her cooking skills and mentioned more than once that Gao Hongyuan had been a glutton since childhood.
Because Grandma Wang Zhi was a great cook, Gao Hongyuan often came to her house for meals when he was a child. He even clamored to be her grandson, which made Grandma Gao very angry.
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