Chapter 14 The Meaning of Happiness 2
He bought cold medicine, cough syrup, and a bunch of unnamed antipyretics and anti-inflammatory drugs.
After Lu Zheng opened a pack of cold medicine, he brought a bottle of water to her mouth and said softly, "Xiao Di, drink the medicine quickly, and you will feel better soon."
Liang Xiaodi opened her mouth and swallowed the medicine with difficulty. Lu Zheng patted her back and put her on the bed. He wanted to tuck her in, but suddenly found that her originally smooth arms had many red watery pimples. Not only here, Liang Xiaodi's calves, neck, and even her face had many pimples inexplicably.
Isn’t this the legendary chickenpox?
A tingling fear suddenly rose in his heart. This scene was a huge torture for Lu Zheng, who had intensive phobia. He stood up suddenly, frantically took out his phone, and called He Weining without thinking, saying, "Brother, Xiaodi has chickenpox, come quickly, we are at No. 89 Xinyang Road!"
At the same time, He Weining was driving through the streets and alleys when his phone rang. He answered it with one hand, while Lu Zheng was chattering impatiently. When he heard the word "chickenpox", he subconsciously stepped on the brakes. The car stopped suddenly, and the inertia caused his body to tremble.
"Chickenpox, how did she suddenly get chickenpox?" He clenched the phone in anger, "How did you take care of her?"
"I don't know either. It happened this morning and she has a high fever now." Lu Zheng's voice was full of guilt. "Come quickly, I don't dare to touch her. She has chickenpox all over her body..."
He Weining knew that Lu Zheng had never had chickenpox. There was no time for further nonsense. He said, "Wait for me there," and turned the car around and drove to Liang Xiaodi's residence.
Fortunately, there were not many red lights along the way, so he arrived quickly. He rushed upstairs and saw Lu Zheng standing at the door waiting anxiously.
He Weining rushed into the room and saw Liang Xiaodi lying in bed. Without even thinking, he lifted the quilt and held her sideways.
"Brother, what are you doing?" Lu Zheng held him back, "You haven't had chickenpox, don't touch her, we can just call 120!"
"If you're afraid of getting infected, don't come with me." As he spoke, He Weining had already gone downstairs. Lu Zheng looked at his departing back in astonishment, and suddenly understood why Liang Xiaodi had always liked him.
Liang Xiaodi's fever finally subsided after staying in the hospital for three whole days.
He Weining took care of her all the time. In just a few days, she lost a lot of weight and her fatigue was obvious at a glance. On the third night, Liang Xiaodi finally woke up.
She opened her hazy eyes, the moonlight poured in, and she could vaguely see the sleeping face of the person sitting beside the bed. Liang Xiaodi leaned against the wall, hugged her knees, and just looked at him quietly. Although she was half asleep and half awake these days, she still knew something about what had happened.
On the first day of hospitalization, He Weining held her in his arms and held her wrist where the injection was being done, fearing that the needle would roll over her.
On the second day of hospitalization, He Weining saw that she couldn't take the medicine, so he fed her one spoonful at a time.
On the third day of hospitalization, He Weining had an argument with the nurse because the nurse hurt her when applying the medicine.
She was woken up at that time, and the first thing she saw was him, his eyebrows almost flying up in anger. She was surprised to think that He Weining, who was always humble to others, would actually target a little nurse.
When Liang Xiaodi thought of this, she couldn't help laughing.
The laughter was particularly obvious in the silent night, and it woke He Weining up immediately. He suddenly straightened his stiff body, turned on the light, and found that she was hugging her knees and looking at him with bright eyes.
The atmosphere was awkward and the two of them looked away at the same time.
Liang Xiaodi wanted to lie down, but accidentally broke the chickenpox on her arm, and cried out in pain. He Weining held her arm, picked up the medicine on the table with his other hand, and gently applied it, muttering: "Be good when you get chickenpox, don't move around all the time."
When Liang Xiaodi heard the word "chickenpox", she frowned and reached out to touch her face, but was pulled away by He Weining.
"Don't touch it if you don't want to be disfigured!"
"Why are you so fierce..." Liang Xiaodi pursed her lips, her previous mood being ruined by his angry tone.
Realizing that his tone was hasty, He Weining's expression eased and he returned to his chair. But whenever he thought of her voice coming from Lu Zheng's phone, he would get angry.
But at this moment Liang Xiaodi asked again: "Where is Lu Zheng?"
"Do you really want to see him so much?" He Weining's voice was filled with uncontrollable jealousy, and his chest heaved violently as he spoke.
Liang Xiaodi said expressionlessly: "Isn't this what you wanted?"
This sentence made He Weining speechless. He took a deep breath and calmed himself down. Seeing him silent, Liang Xiaodi pursed her lips and shrank into the quilt. After not seeing him for so long, he had nothing else to say to her?
"It's getting late, you should go to bed early." He Weining stroked his stubble, a trace of panic flashed across his eyes, "I should go back."
Sitting up straight, Liang Xiaodi said without thinking: "Go and accompany your new girlfriend?"
"What new girlfriend?" He Weining looked at her in disbelief.
Being flustered by those bright eyes, she spoke incoherently: "The one who was thin, tall, and beautiful, and who held your hand and ate Western food with you..."
Her voice became lower and lower, and finally, she lowered her head and didn't look at him.
He Weining's heart was in turmoil. Was she jealous?
"She's not my girlfriend."
Liang Xiaodi immediately raised her head, her eyes widened, and was about to ask something but was interrupted by He Weining.
"Why are you and Lu Zheng in the hotel?" His eyes and eyebrows were full of dissatisfaction. Liang Xiaodi naturally heard the meaning behind it and immediately felt insulted. In his eyes, was she that kind of casual person?
A surge of anger came over Liang Xiaodi, and she pointed at the door with a cold face: "It's getting late, you should go back."
The turbulent waves in He Weining's heart gradually calmed down. He was 90% sure that there was nothing between her and Lu Zheng. In fact, he just wanted an answer, but she was unwilling to give him even this answer.
It seems that she is too lazy to explain...
Thinking of this, He Weining smiled bitterly. He turned around, facing away from her, and said softly, "Have a good rest." Then he strode out.
That's the reaction? Liang Xiaodi got angry again and threw a pillow at his back.
The next day, Liang Xiaodi got up early and went to complete the discharge procedures despite the nurse's objection. Just as they were at a stalemate, He Weining came in with a hot breakfast. He was dressed neatly and looked heroic, unlike the tired look of the day before. When the nurse saw him coming, she didn't waste any words with Liang Xiaodi and walked away tactfully.
Liang Xiaodi sat on the bed angrily, glanced at him, and turned away.
"You have to eat a full meal before you leave the hospital." He put down the food, took out a bag of hot soy milk, opened it for Liang Xiaodi, and brought it to her mouth.
"Really?" Her eyes lit up, and she took the soy milk and drank it naturally, "Then can you take me back to the hotel later?"
"Why go back there?" He Weining's expression froze.
"Where else would I live?" Holding the soy milk bag in her mouth, Liang Xiaodi began to pack her clothes.
"Is not you going home?"
The action stopped, a trace of embarrassment flashed across Liang Xiaodi's face, and she said unhappily: "I don't have money to pay the rent, the landlord kicked me out, I can only live there temporarily."
Is that so? He Weining's frown relaxed, and the anger in his heart suddenly dissipated. Looking at her stubborn face, he raised a hearty smile and said, "You can be discharged from the hospital, but you must go home with me."
"What?" Liang Xiaodi turned around in disbelief. "Go back to your home?"
He Weining nodded.
Liang Xiaodi put down her luggage, walked up to him, and said righteously: "Give up, I will never go back with you!"
He Weining shrugged, a playful smile blooming on the corners of his mouth. While she was not paying attention, he reached out and carried her on his shoulder, and picked up her luggage with his other hand.
Liang Xiaodi was frightened by this sudden action and screamed. In the hospital corridor, there was an angry shout: "He Weining, you are not a good person!"
I thought He Weining would take her back to the home where she lived with Lu Zheng before, but unexpectedly, he took Liang Xiaodi to a small villa outside the Third Ring Road of City X. This villa was bought with the money he earned from doing planning cases a few years ago, and it was truly his own property.
Looking at this exquisitely decorated house, Liang Xiaodi couldn't help but be dumbfounded.
“Is this your house?”
He Weining nodded, took her into the bedroom without further ado, and said, "You will live here for the time being."
As he spoke, he opened the curtains, and a large amount of sunlight poured in, making the whole room transparent and bright, a perfect place to recuperate. Liang Xiaodi swallowed and looked at He Weining in disbelief.
"Go and rest first, we'll have dinner later."
"Who cooks, you?" Liang Xiaodi looked at him with distrust.
"Do you, a patient, need to do it? What if the chickenpox breaks and the water comes out?"
"Stop talking!" She covered her ears and imagined the scene unconsciously, "I'm going to sleep, you have to make the meal more delicious!"
He Weining smiled and walked into the kitchen.
Many people thought that He Weining couldn't cook. In fact... they were right. He Weining was really not good at cooking. Looking at the many vegetables in the refrigerator, he finally chose only potatoes, onions, carrots, and chicken. Golden potato curry chicken was a good choice. After all, curry is a dish that can be cooked well or badly.
He rolled up his sleeves, raised a kitchen knife, and soon, the sound of busy work could be heard in the kitchen.
Less than half an hour later, the aroma of rice mixed with curry wafted from the kitchen. Attracted by the aroma, Liang Xiaodi couldn't help but come to the kitchen, and saw He Weining's focused profile as he washed the dishes. The sun shone in, and the whole scene was peaceful and beautiful.
She suddenly felt that living with him was really good...
But this feeling didn't last long. That afternoon, He Weining got a bag of Chinese medicine from somewhere and started boiling it when he got home. The strong smell of medicine filled the whole house and woke Liang Xiaodi up from her nap.
"What are you doing?" Liang Xiaodi covered her nose and rushed from the bedroom to the living room, only to see He Weining reading the newspaper calmly.
He looked up and shook the newspaper.
Liang Xiaodi was furious, pointed at the kitchen and asked, "Why did I ask you to boil the Chinese medicine?"
"The doctor said that you need to combine Chinese and Western medicine so that you can get better faster." He spread out the newspaper and continued reading.
"I don't want to drink any Chinese medicine!" Liang Xiaodi snatched his newspaper to show resistance.
She was most afraid of taking Chinese medicine since she was a child. He Weining ignored her, looked at the watch, got up and went to the kitchen, turned off the fire, and served a bowl of thick soup.
As soon as Liang Xiaodi saw the bowl of black stuff, she ran into the bedroom and locked the door. Unexpectedly, He Weining came to the door of the room with the medicine, took out a bunch of keys, and opened the door easily.
Liang Xiaodi saw him push the door open and dive into the quilt.
He Weining was not in a hurry and just watched her struggle.
Liang Xiaodi was a little annoyed by his appearance, so she simply walked up to him and asked pitifully, "Do you really want to drink it? I can just take injections and medicine every day, there's really no need to waste money on this!"
"No waste." He Weining calmly blew the medicine.
"But I'm almost well now! Isn't this unnecessary?"
