When returning to the room.
Zhou Jiuzhen hadn't slept at all; he even got up, leaning on the table, and was intently preparing honey water.
Ling Huanwu gently hugged him from behind, leaning against his broad back, greedily inhaling his unique scent, which made her feel incredibly safe.
"What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry, Huanwu? You have to tell me the truth."
Zhou Jiuzhen turned around, supporting himself on the table. Even though he hadn't fully recovered, he still managed to pick her up with one hand and place her on the table.
Ling Huanwu picked up the honey water from the side and deliberately changed the subject to tease her, "Where did you get the honey? Did you secretly take it from home?"
Are you hiding something from me?
Zhou Jiuzhen slumped his shoulders, looking utterly dejected. "It's all my fault for not recovering properly, causing you all to suffer along with me. If it weren't for me, Mother would definitely have gone with Shuyao and the others."
"You won't have trouble sleeping often either."
Ling Huanwu gripped the enamel cup tightly in her hand, her eyes reddening as she looked at the honey water inside.
She drank the honey water little by little, the sweetness reaching her heart, but tears streamed down her face.
Why are you crying?
Zhou Jiuzhen was a little flustered and awkwardly reached out to wipe away the tears on her face.
Ling Huanwu couldn't stop crying.
The sweetness in my mouth gradually spread.
It seems she suffered greatly in both her lives.
Although she had eaten many delicacies in her previous life.
But this little bit of sweetness made her greedily want to possess it forever.
"Jiuzhen, I don't want anything to happen to you again, you understand me, right?"
"We'll be happy forever, and no one can break us up, right?"
She hooked her arms around his neck, her lips brushing against his cold lips. A tear fell onto her lips, the saltiness fading the sweetness from just moments before.
As Zhou Jiuzhen cupped her face and closed his eyes to kiss away the tears on her lips, a tear slid down his cheek.
"No, I'll keep your feet warm for the rest of my life and soak them in honey water for the rest of my life..."
The low, hoarse voice of assurance dissipated like the damp night wind into the darkness outside.
The cork of the thermos on the floor popped open, and steam rose up the table legs to the tangled legs.
The white shirt, crumpled by Ling Huanwu, fell to the ground, stained with some of the honey water she hadn't finished drinking.
The enamel mug slid off the bedside table, making a dull thud on the cement floor, then was stopped by something and rolled under the bed.
In the latter half of the night, the footsteps in the corridor faded into the distance, and only then could one hear the metal thermos stopper on the windowsill click softly from the heat.
Zhou Jiuzhen's military green satchel, which was draped over the back of the chair, slid to the ground, revealing half of an unwrapped piece of brown sugar wrapper.
Ling Huanwu's cloth shoes, which she had taken off by the bed, were crooked, with the heel touching the wall and scraping off a small patch of white plaster.
As dawn approached, the radio in the next room started playing. Neither of them moved until the sound was drowned out by the morning light.
The wooden bed creaked for half the night before finally getting stuck at a certain angle and remaining motionless.
In the enamel basin on the table, the ripples from the cold water grew smaller and smaller until only a single strand of her hair remained floating on the surface, tangled in the rusty bottom of the basin.
The next morning.
The morning light shone gently through the newspaper pasted on the window.
Ling Huanwu dragged the blanket over her chest as she got up, and the first thing she saw was Zhou Jiuzhen pulling up his pants with his back to her.
He is no longer as burly and imposing as before; he has become much thinner, making his shoulders appear broader and his waist narrower.
Fortunately, she made him new clothes and pants. The long pants looked just like the male model she had seen on TV in her past life.
Recalling his gentle manner last night, Ling Huanwu's cheeks flushed.
That was a look she had never seen before.
It's only because this guy has just recovered from a serious illness and woken up that he's so gentle.
She used to look fierce, and every morning when she woke up, she would shake her legs and doze off.
"Where are you going? You've just recovered from a serious illness, you should go back to bed..."
When Ling Huanwu called out to him, she found that her voice was hoarse and her breathing was slightly unsteady, as if she had just run half a mile and was still out of breath. The last syllable of her voice also had a charming and alluring hook.
really.
Zhou Jiuzhen paused in his dressing, and when he turned to look at her, his deep eyes suddenly became incredibly intense.
His Adam's apple bobbed, and he stepped forward, kissing her forehead with restrained fervor. He sighed earnestly and helplessly, "Alright, you know I'm just recovering from a serious illness, so stop trying to seduce me!"
Ling Huanwu almost choked on her own saliva, pointing at herself, "I...I seduced you? You were the one who seduced me!"
In her haste to explain, the blanket slipped from her hands, and she craned her neck to pull on his belt to explain.
But the man who had just been keeping a straight face and acting like a gentleman suddenly burst out laughing. His eyes lingered on her from head to toe, finally settling on the blanket that had just fallen to her waist. His burning gaze couldn't be taken off.
"Isn't what you're doing considered seducing me?"
Ling Huanwu quickly looked down and realized that she had done such a scandalous thing so early in the morning. She hurriedly wrapped herself in the quilt again.
"Can't you control yourself? You can barely walk properly normally, and you're still thinking about that kind of thing!"
"I didn't think about it, you're the one who thought about it."
Zhou Jiuzhen stared at her pouting lips with a half-smile. Seeing that she was about to explode in anger, he quickly pecked her fair cheek and then withdrew.
"I really don't want to think about that. Look at me, my legs are all better now. All I can think about is serving the people!"
As he spoke, he stretched his legs and bent his waist to show how well he was recovering.
Ling Huanwu was astonished that the man was actually full of energy after just one night, and she was dumbfounded.
She glanced at the clock on the wall, then threw a pillow at the man who was still flexing his biceps, which were about to disappear. "Hurry up and find me some clothes. I need to see if I can open the space. Da Ya and the others must be going stir-crazy in there."
Furthermore, she had to immediately go to the post office to fill out an application form, requesting a manual transfer to Hong Kong City so that someone she knew there could inquire about Zhou Shuyao's situation and confirm whether Xiaobao had gone missing.
Ling Huanwu wrapped herself in the blanket and searched everywhere for clothes to wear, but to her surprise, this guy found five pairs of her thermal underwear that were worn together in his bag.
"Why did you take my long johns? Give them back!"
Zhou Jiuzhen was waving the long johns in his hand. When he saw her drop the blanket and rush over to snatch the five pairs of long johns from his hand, he quickly stuffed them back into the canvas bag he was carrying.
"Aaaaah! Give it back to me! I'm cold!"
Ling Huanwu grabbed his canvas bag, trying to take back her thermal underwear.
Suddenly, a pair of bright red woolen pants appeared in front of her.
Zhou Jiuzhen shook the red pants that he had been hiding behind his back, and under Ling Huanwu's shocked gaze, he squatted down, grabbed her ankle, and slowly lifted it up to help her put on the pants.
Then, as if by magic, he produced a brand new little garment and buttoned it up for her.
Then comes the innerwear, the sweater, and finally the outerwear.
When the last button was fastened, Ling Huanwu finally snapped out of her shock and embarrassment. "What...what are you doing? And where did these clothes come from?"
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