Chapter 32 I am a sweeping machine Shi Chan is scared to death
Shican knows his mother too well.
Cui Yi came back from far away just to see his future "daughter-in-law".
But how could Lin Zhuyue be her daughter-in-law?
Lin Zhuyue had no idea the "engagement" even existed, didn't like him, and was only interested in his cat. Forcing her to blindly accept an absurd "engagement" and suddenly have a fiancé and a future mother-in-law was too much.
"I'll take you back to the dormitory. After the chef prepares the meal, I'll have the driver bring it to you."
Shi Can carried the cat in Lin Zhuyue's arms back to the cat climbing frame, trying to urge Lin Zhuyue to leave quickly.
"My mother is coming back suddenly and will be home soon."
Lin Zhuyue is a person who has a bit of social anxiety. She likes playing with friends, but when she goes to her friends' homes, she doesn't want to run into their parents because it would be very restrained to get along with the elders, and she doesn't like that kind of atmosphere.
"I can go back by myself."
Lin Zhuyue said to Shi Can,
"No need to send food, I'll go to the cafeteria."
Shi Chan insisted, “I’ll take you there.”
Lin Zhuyue couldn't resist Shi Can's insistence, so he drove her to the cafeteria in his Wrangler for lunch, then back to the dormitory. She didn't feel the slightest bit of regret about not being able to eat the 120-yuan rice. She sat at the small table in the dormitory, untied her chopsticks, and happily picked up the fried mushrooms from the takeaway box.
But Shican is in a more miserable situation.
When he returned home, Cui Yi was already home. Cui Yi learned from the housekeeper that Shi Can had sent Lin Zhuyue away. She was very angry and scolded Shi Can.
"Do you think I came back to bring you two together?"
Cui Yi pointed at Shi Chan's nose and scolded him,
"In your father's and my eyes, it's a good thing if this child marriage goes through, but what's the problem if it doesn't? As long as you two are happy, that's all that matters. We're not those old, clueless people in the Spiritual Master's Mansion."
"You know I came back to see Lin Zhuyue, but do you know why I wanted to see her?"
As Cui Yi cursed, tears welled up in her eyes.
But she was no longer at the age where she could cry easily. She swallowed her tears, tightened her expression, and said:
"Ling Yan, your father, and I grew up together. Ling Yan has long been an important part of our lives. We are very close to the Ling family and consider his home our own."
"When the Ling family was in trouble, I cried during the day, and your father cried secretly at night. I kept thinking about killing those bastards."
"Can you understand how I felt when I found out that Ling Yan had a child left behind? I wanted to meet his child and want to know what that child is like and whether he is doing well... Shi Can, why did you ruin this meeting?"
Every word Cui Yi wrote came from the heart.
Shi Can was a little confused when he received this information.
After Lin Zhuyue returned to Tiancheng, Shi Can's parents were very excited. In addition, there was indeed a child marriage between his family and the Ling family, so Shi Can believed that Cui Yi's goal was to match him with Lin Zhuyue.
But in reality, she just wanted to see the children of her deceased loved ones.
Shi Chan feels guilty.
He thought he understood his mother, but in fact, he was ignorant and assumed the worst of her intentions.
He shouldn't have prevented the meeting.
That's terrible.
You are really, so bad, Shican.
"sorry."
Shi Chan lowered his head and apologized to Cui Yi.
"I misunderstood your meaning and ruined your chance to meet. Next time you return to Tiancheng, I will make arrangements in advance so that you and her can meet properly. Is that okay?"
Cui Yi is in a bad mood now, but she knows that Shi Chan really realizes his mistake, so she accepts Shi Chan's apology and way of making amends.
The mother and son had a fairly harmonious dinner in the restaurant, and then went upstairs to rest.
Shi Can sat in meditation on the cushion in the room, circulating his spiritual energy throughout his body.
This is his evening class every day.
An hour later, the evening class was completed.
Shi Chan took a shower and prepared to go to bed early.
At this moment, Ye Yangjia called a group voice message. This group was newly created, with three people in total: Shi Can, Ye Yangjia, and Wen Miyan. The group name was "Did Young Master Shi get beaten today?"
"I heard Lin Zhuyue say she eats in the cafeteria."
Ye Yangjia gloated over the misfortune and said,
"Your mother didn't beat you, did she?"
Wen Miyan blamed:
"You can just send them to my house for dinner, why send them to the cafeteria?"
"I'm eighteen, not eight. You can beat me up just like that. Don't you want to save your dignity?"
Shi Chan said unhappily,
"Also, can you two stop creating groups? You create a new one whenever you have time. The old ones already have almost a hundred of them. Are you two crazy or just forgetful? I'm going to sleep. I'm hanging up."
"Hey, don't hang up, don't hang up."
Ye Yangjia hurriedly stopped him and said,
“Go pat the baguette.”
Shi Can: “…………”
Wen Miyan is also looking forward to it:
"Oh, yeah, I haven't seen baguette in a long time."
"No, go to sleep."
Shi Can hung up the call coldly and ruthlessly.
Back in the dormitory, Lin Zhuyue went to bed early. But for some reason, she felt a little cold, even though the temperature was quite good today. She spread the electric blanket on her bed, turned it on, and finally fell into a comfortable sleep.
While she was sleeping, she suddenly felt very uncomfortable.
She felt like vomiting, her stomach ached, her body ran a feverish pace, and her breath was scalding hot. She got out of bed and took some stomach and fever-reducing medicine, but she still felt very uncomfortable. At one in the morning, she suddenly felt like she had something important to write down. She pulled out her phone, opened the memo, and started typing.
After Lin Zhuyue finished recording, he fell asleep contentedly.
But Shi Can suddenly woke up at this moment. He picked up his phone, and the screen just lit up. A text message from Lin Zhuyue popped up.
I am a sweeper.
Shi Can: “……?”
...Are you crazy?
Shi Can wanted to go back to sleep, but he felt uneasy. He was a man of great inspiration, and his sixth sense was rarely wrong, so he chose to trust his intuition and called Lin Zhuyue.
He called three times, but Lin Zhuyue didn't answer. Shi Can suspected that she had set the do not disturb function, and when he was about to give up, the call was suddenly connected.
"Mother."
Lin Zhuyue's voice was sticky.
"My fever is 40 degrees Celsius. Am I awesome?"
Shi Chan was scared to death.
He jumped out of bed, took a coat from the closet and put it on, took the car keys and went out to drive.
He drove very fast all the way and arrived at the downstairs of dormitory building No. 2 where Lin Zhuyue lived in just a few minutes. He took the elevator upstairs, lifted the carpet at the door of Lin Zhuyue's dormitory as if he was familiar with the place, found a key, and opened the door.
Shi Chan pushed open the bedroom door.
Lin Zhuyue was lying flat on her bed in her plush pajamas, her face flushed. Her long eyelashes trembled, and she seemed to be sleeping very restlessly.
Shi Chan looked at the table beside the bed.
There were two boxes of medicine on the table, one of rabeprazole and one of ibuprofen sustained-release capsules. Shi Chan picked up the ibuprofen sustained-release capsules and found that the medicine had expired two years ago.
"I'm really impressed by you."
Shi Can lifted the quilt and picked up Lin Zhuyue.
"How can people live such a mess?"
Lin Zhuyue had a severe fever, and even through her pajamas, Shi Can could feel the scorching heat. Not to mention her forehead, which was burning to the touch.
Shi Can carried her in his arms and took the elevator downstairs. He stuffed her into the passenger seat, fastened her seat belt, returned to his seat, and drove straight to the clinic in the west of the city.
This clinic has both traditional Chinese and Western medicine practitioners. The Western doctor drew Lin Zhuyue's blood, and the Chinese doctor took her pulse. He diagnosed her with acute gastritis, but her stomach wasn't in good shape to begin with, so she needed to take care of it. The blood test results came back quickly, and her white blood cell count was 16, indicating inflammation. The doctor gave her a fever-reducing injection, prescribed some medicine, and placed her on an IV drip.
Shi Chan was about to sit down on the bed when his cell phone rang.
Shi Chan answered the phone: "Hello, Mom."
"What are you doing out at night?"
Cui Yi's voice came into Shi Chan's ears from the receiver.
"Don't even mention going to see the sunrise. You're not that romantic."
"Why watch a sunrise at two in the morning?"
Shi Chan told Cui Yi on the other end of the microphone the truth.
"Lin Zhuyue had a high fever, 43 degrees. I think she fainted from the fever. She sent me a text message in the middle of the night, talking nonsense. I was worried, so I went to look for her."
"We are at Yunze Medical Clinic in the west of the city."
Shi Can looked at Lin Zhuyue who was curled up in a ball.
"Can you bring her some hot water bottles when you come? I bought the kind that can be heated in the microwave. They're in the back cabinet of my closet. She seems very cold now."
Shi Can knew that, given how much Ms. Cui cared about Lin Zhuyue, she would definitely come straight to him upon hearing this news. So Shi Can simply gave her the address and explained his needs.
Cui Yi arrived soon.
She had seen Lin Zhuyue's photo a long time ago. She looked very much like Ling Yan, but was much prettier than Ling Yan. Her beauty was comparable to that of her son, who was very promising in appearance.
Cui Yi had been looking forward to meeting Lin Zhuyue, but now that she finally saw her, she didn't feel happy at all.
Although Lin Zhuyue was wearing plush pajamas that could hide her slender figure, the hand that was exposed due to the injection was too thin.
Cui Yi felt distressed when seeing this.
Shi Can took the hot water bottle, lifted the quilt, and pressed it under Lin Zhuyue's hand where the needle was inserted.
"She doesn't seem to have been well taken care of."
Shi Can covered the quilt again and said,
"Her mother still doesn't know that she transferred to the Spiritual Master Academy. In the past month or so, the two sides may not have had any contact."
The word "mom" touched Lin Zhuyue's nerves.
"Mother……"
Lin Zhuyue called out "Mom" in a sticky voice, turned sideways and stretched out her hand to hug something.
But she hugged nothing and woke up in shock. When she opened her eyes, she only saw Shi Chan and Cui Yi, whom she didn't know.
Lin Zhuyue blinked and tears fell.
She sniffed, and like a water valve opened, tears flowed out uncontrollably.
Too much inspiration can sometimes be a disadvantage.
Shi Can could clearly sense how sad she was, but he didn't know how to comfort Lin Zhuyue.
His and Lin Zhuyue's growing environments were both similar and different.
Although his family was well-off and his parents were often busy with work and rarely spent time with him, they loved him enough. When Shi Can was little, he casually asked for Starbucks, and Shi Yingshao brought him eight cups from outside Tiancheng. Shi Can's awkward and overbearing personality, his tendency to refuse to go west when he was told to, was closely tied to his family's pampering.
Although Lin Zhuyue's family is also very wealthy, according to the information collected, the elders of the Lin family not only do not love her, but also make very strict requirements to restrain her.
Most people think this is called strict family traditions.
However, that is not actually the Lin family's style.
Lin Zhuyue also has a half-sister.
My grandparents are very kind to my younger sister. All the dishes cooked by the chef are my younger sister's favorites. She can jump on my grandparents' bed and wake them up when they are taking a nap. The two old people never get angry with her. They just raise their hands to scratch her nose lovingly, then carry her to bed with a smile.
Lin Zhuyue’s situation is well summed up –
The people around her, the people she cares about, none of them love her.
Shi Can took out a tissue and wiped Lin Zhuyue's tears.
Choi Yi patted Shi Chan’s shoulder.
Shi Chan stood up and stood further away.
Cui Yi sat down beside the bed, put her arms around Lin Zhuyue, and patted her arm gently.
"I don't know whether your family treats you well or not."
Cui Yi's voice was low and sounded very gentle.
"But we treasure you."
Lin Zhuyue wasn't very energetic to begin with, but after being patted and coaxed into a deep sleep, she quickly fell asleep. Her fever began to subside, and she didn't seem to feel the cold anymore. Her body gradually relaxed, and she drifted off to sleep peacefully.
Shi Can asked for leave for Lin Zhuyue.
But he still had to go to class, and after finishing his morning class, he went to Yunze Medical Clinic to see Lin Zhuyue. He was holding a thermos bucket, which contained white rice porridge made from 121 kilograms of rice. It was very soft and sticky, suitable for those with stomach problems.
Cui Yi was originally going to go back early this morning to continue her mission, but because Lin Zhuyue was sick, she did not rush to leave and chose to stay in Tiancheng for a while longer.
When Shi Can entered the small ward of the clinic, he saw Lin Zhuyue hugging his mother's arm, acting coquettishly:
"So cute! I want a kitten too, but I can't take care of it."
Cui Yi was holding her mobile phone, controlling the sweeping robot, and using the robot's built-in camera to take a picture of the baguette to show Lin Zhuyue.
Shi Chan wondered if Cui Yi felt this way—
When Lin Zhuyue hugged her arms and acted coquettishly, she looked like a baguette hugging a human's arms to ask for freeze-dried food. It was a bit cute.
"cough."
Shi Chan knocked on the door.
"Student Sweeper, it's time for lunch."
Lin Zhuyue didn't know where this name came from, so she asked:
"Sweeper?"
Shi Can took out his cell phone, called up the text message he received in the early morning, handed it to Lin Zhuyue, and said:
"You're a sweeper, you said so yourself."
Lin Zhuyue: "...?"
Lin Zhuyue grabbed the phone, clicked on the sender's message, and found that it was indeed his own phone number.
“Ah? Ah??”
She scratched her hair and said,
"Why would I do such a thing?"
"Do you mop and sweep, or do you just sweep?"
Shi Can put the thermos on the cabinet beside the bed and asked,
"Did you accidentally inhale the two-year-expired extended-release ibuprofen capsule while sweeping the floor?"
Lin Zhuyue closed his eyes and lay straight, with his hands clasped on his body, looking very peaceful.
Some are still alive, but already dead.
Cui Yi was amused by the two funny people and stood up and said:
"I have to leave quickly, or I'll miss my flight."
Cui Yi leaned over and kissed Lin Zhuyue on the forehead before picking up her coat and putting it on before leaving the small ward.
Shi Chan sat down on the edge of the bed.
Lin Zhuyue curled up in bed, clutching the quilt with both hands, with an obvious look of joy on her face.
Shi Chan was actually very happy to see her smile. She was very beautiful when she smiled, and very cute when she chuckled. In short, she looked much better than when she was sickly and crying. Perhaps she was born to smile happily.
Shi Can said softly, "What are you laughing at?"
"Your mother is so nice."
Lin Zhuyue covered her forehead that had been kissed and said shyly,
"I really want to be her daughter. I'm so envious. It's really a blessing to have a mother like her."
Shi Can: “…”
Okay, after all this time, it turns out that Lin Zhuyue didn’t come to fulfill any engagement with him, but came to steal his mother.
Wen Miyan and Ye Yangjia pushed open the door of the small ward and squeezed in together. They stood beside the bed and angrily accused Shi Can who was scooping rice porridge.
"Shi Chan! Are you riding Hot Wheels?"
Ye Yangjia couldn't help but curse,
"Wait, will we both die?"
"Didn't I tell you two not to disturb the patients?"
Shi Can scooped a bowl of rice porridge and handed it to Lin Zhuyue.
"You two used to quarrel in front of my bed, twice a day, and the doctor kicked me out of the clinic early. I get scared when I see you two in the hospital. Don't let the doctor kick my partner out."
Lin Zhuyue scooped a spoonful of rice porridge.
"Hmm, it really is more fragrant than ordinary rice..."
Lin Zhuyue tasted it carefully and asked,
“Are there any pickles?”
"No."
Shi Can said to Lin Zhuyue,
"Can you please stop eating in the cafeteria? You can eat at my house or Wen Miyan's house. If you have stomach problems, take good care of yourself and don't torture yourself."
"If you hadn't thought you were a sweeper last night, you'd probably be dead by now."
Wen Miyan stood on the same side as Shi Can for a rare occasion and asked:
"Why don't you just live in my house?"
Lin Zhuyue politely declined Wen Miyan.
She didn't like living in other people's homes very much, just like she didn't like living in her grandparents' house before. It was easy to cause trouble and if she wasn't careful she would arouse other people's dislike.
After all, she also has many not-so-good habits, such as turning the air conditioner on and off from time to time, having to eat grilled ribs when drinking mutton soup, and sometimes going out in slippers and then returning to the house in the same pair of shoes...
The people who can tolerate these problems for a long time are either relatives who will spoil her without any bottom line, or people who love her enough.
However, Lin Zhuyue didn't have anyone like that around her. Therefore, living independently was the best life for her.
After the injection the next day, Yunze Medical Clinic allowed Lin Zhuyue to be discharged after repeated requests.
The midterm exam at the Spiritual Master's House is the day after tomorrow. She has already missed a lot of classes. If she doesn't go back to class, her grades will drop back below 50!
After falling ill, Lin Zhuyue's life changed slightly.
Shi Can would not let her eat in the cafeteria no matter what, and would go to the dormitory every morning with an insulated lunch box to block Lin Zhuyue's door. He blocked the door at the perfect time, and every time Lin Zhuyue finished packing and was ready to go to the cafeteria for breakfast, she would open the door and see Shi Can holding the lunch box.
At noon, Lin Zhuyue followed Wen Miyan to eat.
After school, Shi Can took Lin Zhuyue home directly, and gave her tutoring after dinner. After the tutoring, he drove Lin Zhuyue back to the dormitory.
Lin Zhuyue failed the midterm exam again, with a score of 48, which was the level of the lowest-ranking students in Class 9.
Lin Zhuyue handed the report card to Shi Can, who was also her tutor. She thought she would be scolded, but who knew that Shi Can not only did not scold her, but also patted her on the shoulder and comforted her:
"It's normal for grades to fluctuate. Just do your best next time."
Lin Zhuyue sat aside and looked at him seriously.
Shi Chan felt Minoru's gaze, turned his head to meet her gaze, and asked, "What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"
Lin Zhuyue picked up Shican's test paper and asked:
"How can you, someone who always gets full marks on exams, say something like 'fluctuations in grades are normal'?"
"It's normal for you."
Shi Can took the test paper back, put it back in his bag, and said proudly,
"But it's not normal for me, I only get full marks."
Lin Zhuyue started to want to hit him again.
"Although your written test scores weren't great, your task evaluations were excellent."
Shi Chan finally spoke human language.
"I always get an A grade, even in Class 1, which is something many people can't do. They will no longer use your written test scores as a criterion for whether you are suitable for Class 1."
"Of course, you still need to make up for the basic courses. A poor foundation will not only affect your written test scores, but it will also cause you to stumble over some trivial issues that are obviously easy to solve during missions due to a lack of basic theoretical knowledge."
Lin Zhuyue knew that what Shi Can said was true. She frowned and said seriously:
"I will make up for it and bring my grades up to the class average."
Shi Chan asked in a teasing tone:
"What does Sweeper want to eat today?"
“Porridge hotpot.”
Lin Zhuyue regretted it soon after she said it.
"The delicious porridge hotpot is a bit complicated, and it seems your chef can't prepare it."
Although the cooking of Shi Can's chef is delicious, it is far inferior to that of Wen Miyan's chef. It seems like there is a dimensional wall between the two.
However, Shi Can did not find this difficult at all:
"It's a small problem. I'll go find Wen Miyan and borrow her chef to use."
When Wen Miyan heard that it was Lin Zhuyue who suggested eating porridge hotpot, she did not make things difficult for Shi Can. She just asked Shi Can to pay the chef for the ingredients and also pay the chef a salary.
Money is easy to talk about, the thing Shican has the most is money.
After class in the afternoon, Shi Can took Lin Zhuyue back home. The Wen family's chef had already arrived, bringing two large foam boxes of ingredients and was preparing them in the kitchen.
"By the way, my mom bought you a set of clothes."
Shi Can pulled Lin Zhuyue into a guest room on the third floor. He took out the unpacked clothes from the closet and handed them to Lin Zhuyue.
"Try it on. If it fits, keep it. If it doesn't, return it."
After saying that, Shi Chan closed the door and left the room.
Lin Zhuyue unpacked the dress, revealing a khaki dress. The style wasn't complex, but the shape was beautiful, giving the impression of good taste. Khaki wasn't bright enough, but that had its advantages. Whether it was a wedding or an engagement, the guests couldn't be more flamboyant than the hostess.
Lin Zhuyue understood in his heart——
This was the dress Cui Yi specially prepared for her after she knew that she was going to attend the engagement party of Ye Yangjia's cousin and his wife.
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