Chapter 290: Try and Die
After the rain stopped, the bus from the scenic area management office finally drove over.
Before the staff arrived with flashlights , the two people who had seen the light in the distance had already separated from each other's bodies, restored their clean posture, and sat obediently in the boat waiting for rescue.
After that, they took the bus down the mountain. The day passed just like that, and it left something deep in their minds, such as...
Xu Cheng has a cold.
When he opened his eyes the next day, Xu Cheng felt dizzy and his nose was blocked, as if only one nostril could breathe normally.
Every time this happened, he would try to recall whether both nostrils could breathe in and out smoothly at the same time if his body was normal, but he couldn't remember it every time.
My throat also feels uncomfortable, and it hurts and itches when I cough, as if I was stabbed by something.
Feeling a bit tired, Xu Cheng wrapped himself up tightly and continued to sleep. He finally opened his heavy eyelids when he heard a knock on the door and a cell phone ringing.
Lin Wanzhou stood outside the door, holding an exquisite cake box in her hand, with a large untouched cake in it.
She deliberately cut off half of it and told her mother that she wanted to leave it for her friends.
So this was not something she specifically left for Xu Cheng, but was meant for her friends, and Xu Cheng just happened to be one of her friends.
[The delicate love, the thick feeling like a blanket, the familiar sense of security after being exposed to the sun...], listening to the ringtone on the mobile phone, the girl also hummed a few lines.
Soon the call was connected, and an angry voice came from the other end.
"Hello?"
"Open the door, I'm at the door."
Less than a minute after hanging up the phone, the door was opened. Xu Cheng at the door had messy like a bird's nest and was wearing only a pair of wrinkled and baggy shorts.
Seeing Xu Cheng's listless look, Lin Wanzhou was stunned for a few seconds, his face inexplicably flushed.
"You can only talk about getting married after you grow up. Don't let your imagination run wild now. You can't sleep..."
"???"
Xu Cheng rubbed the back of his head in confusion, and deliberately leaned his head back a little. "What are you talking about? I just have a cold. Go home quickly. Be careful not to infect you."
"Do you have a cold? How do you feel? Do you have a fever?"
The girl acted as if she didn't mind at all. She tiptoed over and raised her cool little hand to touch Xu Cheng's forehead.
It was because his parents often did this when he was sick when he was a child. Not only could they feel whether he had a fever, but it also seemed to be an action full of care and love, so Lin Wanzhou also learned to touch him.
Xu Cheng also let the girl touch him. The cold little hand made his brain, which was about to fly away, feel a little more comfortable.
"The temperature seems to be normal."
"I don't think you have a fever, just a common cold. It's probably because you stayed in the rain for so long yesterday. How are you?"
"I'm fine. I'm healthy."
The girl made a gesture similar to that of a gorilla massaging its back, and her chest rose and fell slightly as her delicate arms made this gesture.
"It's probably because I hid in your arms that I didn't catch a cold."
"That's good. Is the cake for me?"
Xu Cheng's eyes fell on the girl's other hand, and Lin Wanzhou nodded.
"Yes, I cut half of it for you in advance."
"Give it to me, then."
Xu Cheng took the cake, then put his hand on the door frame, waved and said, "You should go home soon, Lin Wanzhou. I should be able to get better after a rest by myself. Since you don't have a cold, don't let me infect you again."
After saying that, he waved his hand and closed the door. He looked at the time and it was already one o'clock in the afternoon. Xu Cheng felt hungry but didn't want to eat.
After lying down for a while, just as he was about to get up and open the cake that Lin Wanzhou brought to fill his stomach, the door was knocked again.
After opening it, Lin Wanzhou was still outside the door, but this time she was carrying a black plastic bag with something unknown inside.
"I got you some medicine. Here, Isatis root and Bupleurum chinense granules. When I caught a cold before, my mother would mix two packets together and make me drink it with water..."
"I'm not a child anymore. I still know how to drink it. Give it to me."
Xu Cheng interrupted Lin Wanzhou's chattering, but the girl did not hand it to him. Instead, she used her back to help him enter the door.
"You're sick, how can you be alone at home? And you caught a cold because of me yesterday, so I'll reluctantly sacrifice myself to take care of you."
I saw her changing into slippers, placing a large bag of medicine on the coffee table, and then busily pouring water, as attentive as the hostess of this house.
Xu Cheng suddenly felt that his head, which had been groggy for the whole day, was much more relaxed.
"Put it on." Xu Cheng took a white disposable mask and handed it to Lin Wanzhou. The girl looked at him strangely.
"what?"
"Aren't you afraid of being infected by me?"
"I won't wear it. It's so uncomfortable because it squeezes my ears. Let it be contagious..." Lin Wanzhou pushed him away.
She vaguely remembered that when she was a child, every time she caught a cold, Xu Cheng would always come to her house to see her. If he didn't come, she would call him to come. At that time, she would definitely drag him to get some skin, and in the end he was infected and both of them caught a cold.
The girl walked back and forth in the living room, and soon prepared the brown medicine and brought it to Xu Cheng.
"Xu Cheng, take the medicine... Whoosh, hot, hot, hot..."
Xu Cheng took it from her in time, and the girl blew a few breaths at her slightly red fingers.
"Xu Cheng, your cups are really hard to use. Although they look nice, they are not practical at all. It's so hot to hold the bottom of the cup."
"Then what shall we do..."
"Change it to a new one. Just buy a special cup for you, and prepare one for me..."
Lin Wanzhou coughed twice and added, "I often come to your house and drink water. Who knows if the cup is clean or not?"
"Just buy one, and then you and I can use the same cup."
"Of course not!"
The girl pouted and pushed him, "What kind of person is this? You're already sick, but you still have so many bad ideas in your head."
Xu Cheng just smiled.
She must have her own pair of slippers and her own cup, and it always feels like she is about to move in with him.
"Are your fingers still hot?" Xu Cheng looked at the girl's soft face, which was as smooth as cream.
“Somewhat.”
"Let me help you blow it."
Without waiting for Lin Wanzhou's consent, Xu Cheng picked up her fingers and kissed the white pads of each of her fingers.
The girl did not resist. She could feel the warm and soft touch on her fingertips. She waited quietly for him to finish kissing her before she extended her other hand to him.
“I want this one too.”
Xu Cheng kissed them one by one without leaving any one out.
There seemed to be a beautiful smile on the girl's lips, and there was a hint of shyness in the tranquility of her little face.
"That was the reward for you to drink the medicine. Now I'm watching you drink it." The girl sat down on the sofa and looked at Xu Cheng eagerly, like a parent who is watching her child drink the medicine obediently, as if she had to watch him finish drinking it before she would feel at ease.
Xu Cheng raised the cup of medicine prepared entirely by the girl and drank it with great enjoyment. The powder sold in ordinary pharmacies seemed to have a different kind of magic at this moment, and it tasted sweeter than Coke.
"Don't leave a single drop! Swallow it all." Lin Wanzhou urged from the side.
She didn't feel relieved until Xu Cheng swallowed the last mouthful and turned the cup upside down to indicate that there was really not a drop left.
"Is there any reward if I drink it all, Lin Wanzhou?"
Xu Cheng looked at her expectantly, and the girl promptly picked up the empty cup on the coffee table and walked away.
"I've already rewarded you in advance. I can't reward you too much. I'll go get you some water..."
Xu Cheng was a little disappointed when he saw that the girl was reminding the assistant to drink water instead of the assistant to reward.
"By the way, you haven't eaten yet, right?"
"No, I don't have much appetite, so I'll just have some cake."
"I'll help you cut it. My mother ordered the cake from Holiland. It's quite delicious." Lin Wanzhou opened the cake box, revealing the remaining half of the cake with the pattern almost intact.
The main pattern is a Disney-style round castle with light blue and light pink flowers on it. In the front there is also a piece of chocolate with a pattern drawn on it, showing Mickey and Minnie kissing each other.
The girl cut off a large piece with a plastic knife, and the mango filling could be seen from the cross section. Xu Cheng took a big bite and felt that his hunger was reduced a lot.
"Is this edible, Lin Wanzhou?" Xu Cheng pointed to the cartoon pattern in front.
The girl nodded and said, "It's edible. It's made of chocolate, but..."
There was some reluctance on Lin Wanzhou's face.
Girls just like things that are made very delicately.
With this mentality, she naturally did not seldom buy the casket and return the pearl. She did not eat this piece of chocolate before because she liked the pattern on it too much. Now Xu Cheng suddenly said that he wanted to eat it...
"How about we each have half? I'll have Mickey Mouse." Xu Cheng suggested.
After he said this, the girl's reluctance was suddenly replaced by another mentality.
Xu Cheng picked up two pieces of chocolate and handed the Minnie piece to Lin Wanzhou. The two of them stuffed the kissing chocolates into their mouths together, and unexpectedly felt as if they had kissed each other.
Lin Wanzhou held the piece of chocolate on her tongue, waiting for the sweet taste to dissolve in her mouth.
This seems to keep the imaginary kiss for longer.
The early symptoms of a cold naturally become more serious. Xu Cheng only felt dizzy and had a sore throat in the morning. After doing homework with Lin Wanzhou in the afternoon, he began to feel sleepy. He had no strength in his whole body and coughed from time to time. He took out toilet paper to wipe his nose.
The girl felt frustrated because the medicine she brought with her had no effect.
"I'm going to rest on the bed for a while. I'm a little sleepy." Xu Cheng threw the paper ball into the trash can, then kicked off his slippers and walked towards the bedroom.
Lin Wanzhou quickly followed him in, and when she saw Xu Cheng looking at her, she said confidently, "I can only take good care of you when I'm by your side. If you want to drink some water, just tell me."
Xu Cheng didn't care. He shook off his slippers and went to bed. Lin Wanzhou also sat beside the bed and helped Xu Cheng to tear toilet paper. Soon, a lot of white paper balls were piled on the floor of the bedroom.
It was a quiet evening outside the window. Xu Cheng was wrapped in a quilt with a weak look on his face. When the girl saw him, she felt that she was not feeling well either.
"I've trained myself to be so strong, yet I still fall ill."
"That just means the immunity is relatively strong, but it's not yet immune to all poisons." Xu Cheng said weakly.
The girl touched Xu Cheng's forehead, then put it back on her own forehead and compared it.
"Do you have a fever? It seems a little hot..."
After thinking for a while, she rolled up her hair and slowly laid it on Xu Cheng's forehead, with their heads pressed together.
A few strands of her hair still fell from between her fingers and brushed across Xu Cheng's face, making him feel a little itchy. His blocked nose also breathed in the scent of the girl.
His forehead seemed to have touched cool and clear jade, and he felt much better than before. He was reluctant to leave because of this feeling.
"Xu Cheng, you have a fever . Your forehead is so hot."
"Yeah." Xu Cheng closed his eyes and curled up in the thick quilt.
"I'll get you some more water." The girl ran to get a cup of warm water and brought it to the bedside.
She helped Xu Cheng to lie half-up and fed him small sips of water. When she saw a few drops of water dripping from the corners of his mouth, she used her white fingers to wipe them away for him in time.
At this moment, Xu Cheng simply let Lin Wanzhou manipulate him. In the girl's eyes, he was like a well-behaved little baby, not at all like his usual naughty self who only wanted to bully her.
"Cover yourself with the quilt." Lin Wanzhou helped him tuck in the quilt, then stood by the bed, looking at him with his eyes closed.
After a while, his big hand came out from under the quilt again, with the back of his hand placed just above the girl's knee.
The girl pushed him away, held his large hand and stuffed it into the quilt, and scolded him in a low voice, "You are still thinking about bad things when you are sick! You never change your bad habits."
"Lin Wanzhou, I feel uncomfortable." Xu Cheng frowned, with a painful expression.
And this seemed to depend entirely on her tone, causing the girl to instinctively want to protect him.
"So, what should I do?"
She was at a loss as she had no experience, "How about I get you an ice pack?"
"I want to hold you."
“…”
"No?"
Listening to Xu Cheng's weak words, the girl felt that it didn't matter.
Anyway, I've already hugged him, in all kinds of ways, so it doesn't matter this time.
She kicked off her slippers and got on the bed, rubbing her cute little butt and crawling into his little quilt.
My body immediately felt his body temperature, and his breathing became particularly clear in my ears.
Soon, the girl felt as if she was stuck in a quagmire.
Xu Cheng embraced him with both hands, and the small girl was held in his arms.
I can still feel my own little feet, being stepped on by his big feet, which are also wearing socks, through my little white socks, and wrapped in the soles of my feet...
Feeling the boy's scorching body temperature that seemed to be spitting fire.
The girl suddenly panicked.
broken.
It seems that she has never tried this kind of hug...
