Illness
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Li Mantao was slow to react when he looked down, realizing he was indeed in bed. He then turned to look at Rong Yi, who was lying on the sofa. The sofa was not very big, and it was difficult for Li Mantao to sleep on it, let alone Rong Yi, who was much taller than him.
Not getting enough sleep, Li Mantao rubbed his face sleepily, yawned, walked to the sofa, and nudged Rong Yi, "Go to bed and sleep for a while."
There was no response. Li Mantao squatted down and poked Rong Yi's face with his fingers. Feeling that the temperature was a little wrong, he touched Rong Yi's forehead and found it was burning hot.
Li Mantao was startled and wanted to stand up to turn on the headlights, but a hand rested on his forearm and pulled him onto the sofa, stopping him from moving.
Rong Yi opened his eyes slightly, his eyes were hazy, and he murmured something. Li Mantao moved closer to listen.
"Manman... I miss you so much... Really, I miss you so much..."
Under the dim light, a few spots of moisture seeped out of the corners of the man's eyes. Li Mantao sat there staring for a long time, then gently removed his hands that were trapping him and turned on the light.
The room was brightly lit, and he noticed that Rong Yi's cheeks were flushed, his eyes were closed, and he looked obviously uncomfortable.
There was only one quilt in the room, which was covered by Li Mantao. Rong Yi slept on the sofa in a single layer of clothes, and the air conditioner was still blowing towards the sofa, so he caught a cold.
Li Mantao bit his lower lip and touched it, feeling annoyed at how he slept so soundly. If he had known earlier, he would have let Rong Yi sleep in the bed with him last night.
He dragged Rong Yi to the bed with great effort and covered her with the quilt. He then found a towel, wet it, wrung it out, and placed it on Rong Yi's forehead. "I'm going to get some medicine. Wait a minute."
As soon as I opened the door, I ran into Li Mi who was standing outside and wanted to knock on the door.
"I was just about to call you, are you ready?" Li Mi asked.
"Rongyi seems to have a fever. Does anyone of you have any fever-reducing medicine?"
"ah??"
Li Mi seemed to have a lot of questions to ask, but the most urgent thing now was to reduce Rong Yi's fever. Li Mantao urged her, "Is it available? If not, I'll go ask the front desk."
"Wait, wait, Rong Yi is in your room?" After receiving a positive answer, Li Mi pushed Li Mantao back to the room, "You stay and look after him first. I'll go to the front desk to get some medicine."
Li Mi ran away like a gust of wind. Li Mantao covered his forehead, feeling dizzy and a little cold. He took a break and walked to the bed. He found that Rong Yi's eyes were open and clear, unlike the hazy look when he was talking in his sleep just now.
"Do you feel uncomfortable?" Li Mantao asked.
"I'm not uncomfortable." Rong Yi's voice was hoarse. "Manman, what time is it? Go watch the sunrise. I'm fine."
Li Mantao didn't say anything. He took the towel off Rong Yi's forehead, wet it again, wrung it dry and put it on Rong Yi's forehead.
"Knock knock." There was a knock on the door.
Li Mantao opened the door, and Li Mi handed over the medicine and asked, "Is the fever severe?"
"A little bit. I'm talking nonsense."
"Why don't we go straight down the mountain to the hospital?"
"Take the medicine first. If he goes down the mountain like this, his condition will probably get much worse." Li Mantao glanced back at Rong Yi lying on the bed and said to Li Mi, "You two should go out and watch the sunrise quickly. Don't miss the time. I'll just watch over here."
Li Mi hesitated to speak, "Okay then, call me if you have anything."
"Well, you guys have fun."
Li Mantao closed the door, walked to the bedside with the medicine, handed it to Rong Yi, and opened a bottle of mineral water. "Take the medicine first and then go to sleep."
Rong Yi sat up, took the medicine, and said, "Manman, I'm fine now. Go play now."
"There's nothing good to see. I just want to catch up on some sleep. You move aside." Li Mantao crawled into the quilt, not caring whether Rong Yi would take advantage of him while he was asleep. He felt sleepy and dizzy, and fell asleep at the speed of light in the warmth of the quilt.
Rong Yi leaned against the head of the bed, staring at the young man beside him with his eyes downcast. He was facing away from the light, and the emotion in his eyes was hard to capture.
The effect of the medicine gradually appeared. He closed his eyes, lay down beside Li Mantao, smelled the familiar scent, and gradually sank into the darkness.
The sun gradually rises, which has nothing to do with this.
The two were woken up by a knock on the door.
Li Mantao opened his eyes and found himself nestled in Rong Yi's arms. He was horrified and punched Rong Yi to the ground again, "You pervert!"
Rong Yi explained weakly: "I didn't..."
The knocking continued. Li Mantao gave Rong Yi a warning look and stood up to open the door.
"Is Rongyi feeling better?" Li Mi stood at the door.
Li Mantao asked her to look at it herself, "Look at it yourself."
When Li Mi walked into the room, Rong Yi had already gotten out of bed and put his clothes in order. He looked energetic and didn't look like he had a fever at all.
"The fever has gone down so quickly, your physical condition is really good. Can you leave? We have to leave for City A quickly."
Li Mantao glanced at the time and found that it was almost nine o'clock. According to the plan, after returning from the mountain today, they would drive to City A. They had booked a beachfront villa and planned to spend the day at the beach.
"I'm fine, let's go now." Rong Yi said.
Everyone gathered downstairs at the hotel and took the cable car down the mountain together.
Li Mantao dozed off for a while, and when he found Rong Yi's car, he sat in the passenger seat. Just as he was about to go back to sleep, Rong Yi suddenly raised her hand and touched his forehead, "Manman, are you okay?"
"It's okay." Li Mantao slapped his hand away and yawned, "I'm just sleepy."
"Are you hungry? Do you want to go buy something to eat first?"
"I'm not hungry...if you are, go buy some."
Rong Yi found a breakfast shop and bought some buns and soy milk. He brought them back to the car and handed two custard buns and a cup of soy milk to Li Mantao. "It's enough to fill you up. We'll be on a long ride."
Li Mantao smelled the bun, took it and took a bite. It tasted good.
Rong Yi watched him silently chewing the bun, the corners of his lips curled up slightly. Li Mantao saw that he was not only not eating but also staring at him, and glared at him, "Eat quickly, why are you looking at me?"
“Very cute.”
Here it comes again. Li Mantao took a deep breath, opened the car door, and sat in the back seat.
Rong Yi chuckled a few times and started eating the buns.
After breakfast, Li Mantao lay down in the back seat, ready for another nap. He suspected he had a low-grade fever. He wasn't in great shape to begin with, and he'd been too exhausted yesterday, and the mountain breeze hadn't helped his sleep. Rong Yi hadn't been covered with a blanket; he'd kicked it off while he was asleep, and the air conditioning must have gotten him sick.
However, the symptoms were not serious, just a little dizziness and fatigue. Rong Yi had just fallen ill in the morning, and he jumped out to say that he was not feeling well, which ruined everyone's interest.
Li Mantao took out a windbreaker from his bag, covered himself with it, and fell asleep with the slight shaking of the car body.
He didn't sleep well that day and opened his eyes almost as soon as Rong Yi stopped the car.
"Hmm? Are we there yet?"
Li Mantao was a little scared when he heard his own voice. It was very nasal, which was obviously not so serious before going to bed.
When Rong Yi heard his voice, his eyes changed slightly, "Manman, do you have a cold?"
As soon as the nasal sound came out, Li Mantao's attempt to say that he didn't have a cold was no longer convincing, so he just nodded: "That should be it."
"I'll take you to the hospital." Rong Yi immediately started the car and headed to the hospital.
"Why go to the hospital? You're making a big fuss." Li Mantao sniffed. "Go to the pharmacy and buy me some cold medicine. I'll be fine after drinking it and getting some sleep."
He was so determined that Rong Yi had no choice but to get out of the car. When she tried to help him out, Li Mantao waved him away, "You're not to the point where you can't even walk. Go buy some medicine."
Their car stopped in front of a three-story villa. Li Mantao's steps were a little unsteady. He quickly took a look at the elegantly decorated villa and followed the group in.
Everyone looked around the villa excitedly, while Li Mantao sat listlessly on the sofa, looking at the sea through the floor-to-ceiling windows.
One member noticed that he looked unhappy and asked, "Taotao, what's wrong with you? You don't look well."
"Just a cold, nothing serious."
"Have you taken your medicine?" the member said. "It's easy to catch a cold if you're not careful after climbing the mountain. Let me get you a cup of hot water."
Li Mantao thanked him.
When the member came over with the water, Rong Yi also entered the villa and strode towards Li Mantao. When the member saw Rong Yi, he tactfully handed the water to Rong Yi and went to play somewhere else.
Rong Yi made a packet of cold medicine and handed it to Li Mantao, "Manman, be careful of the burns."
"Taotao, why are you sick too?" Li Mi came down from upstairs and saw Li Mantao drinking medicine. She exclaimed and came over. She looked at Li Mantao's pale lips and blamed herself, "If I had known earlier, I would not have gone hiking and came directly to the beach. I made you sick."
"It's just a cold, it will be fine soon."
"Are you going out later?"
Everyone planned to go to a local seafood restaurant for dinner, then go to the supermarket to shop for the barbecue party that evening. Li Mantao had been looking forward to the restaurant, but now he had a cold and couldn't eat with everyone else. He might infect others and ruin their experience.
"Forget it, I'm a little sleepy, and I can't eat seafood since I have a cold. You guys go ahead."
Li Mi pursed her lips and said, "Then we'll bring you some food when we get back. You should have a good rest."
When everyone was getting ready to leave, Li Mantao stayed in his room, with his hands in his pockets, looking at the sea.
There was a knock on the door. Li Mantao opened it and Rong Yi was standing outside.
"Why are you still upstairs? They are all leaving." Li Mantao asked.
Rong Yi said, "I'll stay with you."
"Why are you accompanying me? I haven't forgiven you yet."
Rong Yi's eyes dimmed, "I know."
"Then hurry up and catch up with them. Li Mi is counting people. Go down quickly."
Rong Yi stood still.
Li Mantao glanced at him dimly. "There's a pastry shop next to the restaurant they went to. I heard the osmanthus cake there is delicious..."
Rong Yi understood, "I'll go buy it. Is there anything else you want?"
Li Mantao glanced at him again and said, "I want to eat crab roe noodles."
"You still have a cold, you can't eat this for the time being."
Li Mantao curled his lips and snuggled into the quilt.
Rong Yi helped him tidy up the quilt and said softly, "You should get some sleep first. I'll bring you some osmanthus cake when you come back. When you're better, we can go eat crab roe noodles."
After looking at Li Mantao under the quilt again, Rong Yi quietly closed the door and went out, driving to the pastry shop.
The pastry shop was a little far from the villa and was very popular. Rong Yi waited in line for almost half an hour before he could buy something. He packed up all the pastries that looked good in the shop, put them on the passenger seat, and set off back to the villa.
However, what awaited him was a fire that burned the sky red.
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