Chapter 40

Gu Ci was coughing on the bed. Listening to what he just said, Qi Zhao found that his consciousness didn't seem to be very clear.

Qi Zhao lowered his brows, exited the video screen and looked at the configuration information of the pet monitoring background.

Gu Ci's pet monitoring robot has a positioning function. Qi Zhao can see where his home is when he sees the background, but he doesn't know the specific house number of Gu Ci's home.

Qi Zhao returned to the surveillance screen, and Xiaoxiao saw that the red light in the camera had dimmed, and he was picking at it with his front paws.

But his actions were not as reckless as when he was angry with her that day.

Instead, he was cautious, for fear of damaging the robot in front of him.

After Qi Zhao returned, Xiaoxiao saw that the red light inside turned on again before he put away his plum blossom cake-like front paws. He glanced in the direction of Gu Ci and urged anxiously: "Meow!"

Qi Zhao put the pet monitor outside. She turned up the volume to the maximum and called out: "Mr. Gu, can you hear me?" But

the person on the bed did not respond, and only responded to her with a small cry.

Xiaoxiao seemed to understand that Qi Zhao wanted to talk to Gu Ci, and jumped back to the bed.

Xiaoxiao was less than a month old, and the whole cat didn't feel much weight sitting on Gu Ci's body.

It had to put its front paws and hind feet on Gu Ci's face or jump up to make Gu Ci's consciousness clear for a moment.

Xiaoxiao used a little too much strength this time. Gu Ci raised his head and glanced at it. The first thing he said was an apology: "...I'm sorry...I may not be able to feed you cat strips now..."

Qi Zhao heard that Gu Ci After speaking out, he immediately said loudly: "Mr. Gu, which floor do you live on? What's the code on the door?"

Gu Ci's head was so dizzy that he couldn't distinguish between dreams and reality.

When someone asked, he subconsciously answered: "Two, three, four, five, six, seven."

Qi Zhao was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then asked, "Mr. Gu, can you hear me?"

Why did she think Gu Ci was Are you confused and talking nonsense?

But Gu Ci didn't respond to her anymore, and fell asleep again after reading these numbers. No matter how much Qi Zhao shouted, there was no response.

Qi Zhao's voice called Xiaoxiao.

It jumped off the bed and meowed at Qi Zhao.

People's lives were at stake, Qi Zhao was afraid that Gu Ci would really faint from the fever, so he didn't think much more, changed his clothes, packed up casually, and drove straight to Gu Ci's house.

I came across a drugstore on Qizhao Road. After buying a bag of antipyretic patches and antipyretics, I followed the information given by the pet monitoring backend and arrived in front of a high-end apartment building.

Qi Zhao recalled the string of numbers Gu Ci said casually, and after a moment of hesitation, he pressed the "23" button.

There was only one household on the twenty-third floor. Qi Zhao entered "4567" in sequence without any hope, but as soon as Qi Zhao's hand left the screen, the door opened with a "click".

While Qi Zhao was still stunned in disbelief as he looked at the small slit, a familiar cat meow suddenly came from the room.

"Meow!"

This little voice.

As soon as Qi Zhao reached out and opened the door, he saw a kitten rushing towards him.

After Xiaoxiao saw Qi Zhao, he raised his head and walked around her feet, and from time to time he used his front paws to pull Qi Zhao's trousers.

Qi Zhao first squatted down, stretched out his hand and stroked Xiaoxiao's back a few times, comforting it: "It's okay, Xiaoxiao, I'm here."

Xiaoxiao stopped circling, then raised his paw and took two steps towards a place. After freezing, he looked back at Qi Zhao: "Meow."

He acted exactly the same as when he faced the pet monitoring robot just now, as if he wanted to take Qi Zhao to find Gu Ci.

Qi Zhao stood up and followed Xiao Xiao.

When she walked out of the entrance hall and saw the familiar cat climbing frame and the scratch-covered sofa in the living room, she was convinced that this was Gu Ci's home.

Unexpectedly, not only did Gu Ci name him in a unique way, but the password he set was also so...different.

Xiaoxiao led Qi Zhao to Gu Ci's bedroom in a stumbling manner.

It was clearly just after noon, but Gu Ci's bedroom was so dark that it was hard to see anyone.

The blackout curtains were closed tightly, as if they had been open since last night until daytime.

Gu Ci was neatly covered with a quilt on the bed, but the exposed collar of his pajamas was a little wrinkled, and the top button was loose, leaning against Gu Ci's ears.

The collarbone on one side is faintly visible.

Gu Ci's eyes were tightly closed, his hair hanging down in a rare way, and his usual aura of keeping away from strangers that covered his forehead was also reduced a bit.

The hair falling on his face looks very soft, but this softness may also be due to his current complexion.

Gu Ci's skin color was fair, but at this moment, his face had an abnormal red color.

His white and chapped lips opened and closed as he breathed out, and his furrowed brows looked uncomfortable.

Qi Zhao put the medicine bag in his hand on the bedside table and opened the curtains to let in some sunlight and ventilation.

The sunlight outside the window was not blocked by the curtain, and it was a bit dazzling through the glass. Qi Zhao's eyes were a little sore from the reflected light from the building.

The room seemed to change from night to day at the click of a button. Qi Zhao's eyes were a little uncomfortable and he subconsciously narrowed his eyes and frowned.

But Gu Ci on the bed didn't react at all, as if he couldn't sense anything outside at all.

After his eyes adjusted to the environment, Qi Zhao walked to the bed and took out an antipyretic patch from the bag.

Xiaoxiao also jumped up after seeing Qi Zhao sitting down, looking at Gu Ci from left to right with her.

Standing upright, looking very worried: "Meow?"

Qi Zhao saw Xiao Xiao's lowered eyes and smiled at it, comforting: "It's okay, Xiao Xiao, I bought medicine. If he If I really can't wake up, I'll call the emergency number."

Xiaoxiao raised his head and called out to Qi Zhao, as if to say, "Meow."

Qi Zhao reached out and pushed aside Gu Ci's bangs.

The fingertips inevitably touched the man's skin. Qi Zhao's hand was not cold, but it still felt hot.

A thin layer of sweat broke out on Gu Ci's forehead, his bangs were soaked into strands, and a few broken hairs were still stubbornly stuck to Gu Ci's forehead.

Qi Zhao took out a piece of paper and wiped Gu Ci's forehead.

Maybe it was because the stickiness on his forehead disappeared and Gu Ci felt better, or maybe it was because he felt the coolness through the paper. Gu Ci's head unconsciously turned to Qi Zhao's direction to search.

It's like a wanderer in the desert experiencing extreme weather sees an oasis.

The hot breath from Gu Ci's breath hit the back of Qi Zhao's hand, like a fire igniting, but it was also moist.

Qi Zhao didn't have a thermometer at hand, but she could feel that Gu Ci's fever should be quite high.

Qi Zhao frowned subconsciously, then stretched out his hand to tear off the antipyretic patch and stuck it on Gu Ci's forehead.

The coolness on his forehead made Gu Ci feel more comfortable. Although the blush under his eyes did not fade by half, his brows relaxed a little.

Qi Zhao sat by the bed and glanced at the bag containing the medicine, then at Gu Ci's crusty lips, and stood up to pour him some water.

When Xiaoxiao saw Qi Zhao stand up, he also stood up, following her feet and looking up at Qi Zhao.

As if he wanted to help.

Qi Zhao saw Xiaoxiao being so well-behaved, and squatted down and touched its head: "Then please Xiaoxiao, please take me to a place with water? Your master needs to replenish water now."

Xiaoxiao raised his head. The fluff rubbed against Qi Zhao's palm, and he cried loudly: "Meow!"

At this moment, Xiaoxiao seemed to have suddenly shouldered the heavy responsibility of saving his master. He raised his head and chest, and led Qi Zhao to him with great pride————

It drank water place.

Xiaoxiao pushed his furry head against his own water bowl, and there was still pure water at the bottom of the bowl, causing ripples to ripple in circles.

"Meow!"

Qi Zhao looked at the white water bowl that was only the size of his palm with a few grains of cat food floating in it, helpless and wanting to laugh at the same time: "Xiao Xiao, this water is too little, not enough for your master to drink. ."

Xiaoxiao reacted for a few seconds after hearing Qi Zhao's words, and then stood up and led Qi Zhao to a room in a roundabout way.

Xiaoxiao raised his front paws and placed them on the enlarged version of the water bowl. He tilted his head and looked at Qi Zhao, calling out in a roundabout way: "Meow?"

Qi Zhao: "..."

Qi Zhao: "Xiaoxiao, in the toilet. Humans are not allowed to drink the water."

Xiaoxiao walked to the next destination: "Meow?"

Qi Zhao: "Not even the water in the sink."

"Meow?"

"Not even the water in the bathtub. ."

His little self-confidence was thwarted, and he lowered his head and looked hurt.

Upon seeing this, Qi Zhao picked up Xiaoxiao, buried his face in its belly and rolled it twice. He raised the corners of his lips and stared into its eyes: "It doesn't matter, Xiaoxiao is already great! Leave the rest to me. "

It's better to ask for a cat than to ask for yourself, Qi Zhao planned to find where the hot water at Gu Ci's house was.

When Qi Zhao walked out of the bathroom, he suddenly thought of something. He stopped and said to Xiaoxiao seriously: "Xiaoxiao, you can't drink the water in the toilet either."

Xiaoxiao tilted his head in Qi Zhao's arms and looked at her, as if He didn't understand: "Meow?"

After Qi Zhao walked out of the bathroom, he finally found the hot water he wanted in Gu Ci's home of several hundred square meters, and based on his experience, he added some cold water and mixed it with warm water.

When Qi Zhao returned to Gu Ci's bedroom with the cup, he found that his condition had improved and his breathing was not so rapid.

Qi Zhao, who had never taken care of patients before, breathed a sigh of relief, put the water glass on the bedside and took out a box of medicine from the bag.

The staff at the pharmacy said that adult men can take one pill at a time. The amount of medicine in each meal was not much, but Qi Zhao didn't know how to feed it successfully.

Qi Zhao put his hand on Gu Ci's shoulder and shook it with some strength: "Mr. Gu, Mr. Gu, get up and take medicine."

Gu Ci just frowned when he heard the voice and closed his eyes tightly, unable to distinguish between dreams and reality. .

Qi Zhao increased his strength and voice: "Mr. Gu!"

Gu Ci still had no intention of opening his eyes.

Qi Zhao's movements on his hands continued, but he changed his voice and shouted: "Gu Ci, it's time to take medicine."

When he heard his name, Gu Ci's eyes opened.

But his eyelids still looked heavy, and his whole person looked weak.

His vision was blurry, and Gu Ci could only hear voices, but couldn't see clearly the face of the person in front of him.

He opened his dry lips and spit out: "...Who are you?"

Seeing that Gu Ci was showing signs of waking up, Qi Zhao quickly helped him to the bedside and sat up, fearing that he would fall asleep again: "I am It doesn't matter who you are, what's important is that you should take medicine."

Gu Ci's mind seemed to be particularly slow when he was sick: "...Medicine?"

Qi Zhao had already opened the package of antipyretic medicine and put one pill in Gu Ci's hands. Ci's lips: "Yes, open your mouth."

Shunmao Gu Ci sat up and leaned against the bed with an antipyretic patch on his forehead, his eyes dull and he looked a little dazed: "...what medicine?"

Qi Zhao He didn't answer immediately, but took the opportunity when Gu Ci opened his mouth to speak and quickly fed the pill into his mouth.

Qi Zhao raised his hand to give Gu Ci some water. Maybe it was because the taste of medicine in his mouth was too strong or maybe he was thirsty. Gu Ci didn't resist and drank all the water in the water glass with Qi Zhao's arm.

Qi Zhao saw Gu Ci focusing on drinking water, so he couldn't help teasing him while his mind was confused: "Don't worry, it's not poison."

After drinking a glass of water, Gu Ci's dry lips became moister. But his eyes still fell on the bottom of the empty glass.

Qi Zhao asked, "Do you still want to drink?"

Gu Ci looked at her and asked, "Is that okay?"

His voice was hoarse and his eyes were expectant.

Qi Zhao couldn't help but smile when he saw Gu Ci, who looked like a completely different person from usual ones: "Okay, but you have to wait for a while."

When Qi Zhao poured another glass of water and came back, Gu Ci leaned against the bedside. Almost asleep again.

Qi Zhao brought the rim of the cup close to his lips and addressed him unchanged: "Gu Ci, drink this glass of water before going to sleep."

Gu Ci's head was heavy, but he still nodded in response to Qi Zhao.

After Qi Zhao finished feeding the glass of water in his hand, he just turned around and put a water glass in his hand and saw that Gu Ci had already laid down and fell asleep.

Qi Zhao had another question before he could ask Gu Ci, so he pushed his shoulder: "Gu Ci, have you eaten this morning?"

Although the doctor in the pharmacy said that this medicine can be taken before meals, according to Qi Zhao's experience, if He didn't eat anything in the morning either, which could easily irritate his stomach.

Gu Ci, who was on the bed, didn't respond at all to Qi Zhao's call.

Breathing steadily, sleeping soundly.

On the contrary, Xiaoxiao, who had been nestling next to Gu Ci, stood up and jumped out of bed and walked outside.

Qi Zhao just gave up on waking Gu Ci, but saw Xiaoxiao, who didn't know when he would be back, jump onto the bed again.

The mouth is bulging.

Qi Zhao looked at Xiaoxiao and saw that it had a few freeze-dried pills in its mouth and placed them on Gu Ci's pillow.

After unloading the goods smoothly, Xiaoxiao raised his paw and pressed Gu Ci's face.

As if she wanted to wake him up and eat something.

Qi Zhao looked at Xiaoxiao and laughed, then picked up Xiaoxiao and stopped it from waking up Gu Ci.

Qi Zhao held Xiaoxiao in his arms, tapped its nose gently with his fingertips, and said with a smile in his voice: "Gu Ci is sick now and can't eat freeze-dried food."

Qi Zhao hugged Xiaoxiao and walked out. In the bedroom, no longer disturb Gu Ci who is resting.

"He needs to eat something lighter. Can Xiaoxiao go cook porridge with me?"

"Meow!"

Qi Zhao, who had packed up Gu Ci and returned to the living room with Xiaoxiao in his arms, calmed down and took a closer look. The layout of this room.

In addition to the dark colors, the first impression that Gu Ci's living room gives people is one word - big.

So much so that Qi Zhao suspected that his cleaning lady needed to drive a driving sweeper to clean the living room.

Xiaoxiao, who was lying in Qi Zhao's arms, stopped when he saw her and called out in confusion: "Meow?"

Maybe it was Qi Zhao's illusion. She felt that this house had echoes.

However, in direct proportion to the size of this house, there are work documents scattered everywhere.

The coffee table in the living room was originally gray, but now it was covered in documents and turned completely white.

Not only the coffee table, but also several thick documents were placed on the bedside of Gu Ci's bedroom. Judging from the curling of the paper, it looked like he was still reading it last night.

Qi Zhao did not think that Gu Ci was a careless person. The various documents that ran out of the study did not look like they had been left everywhere, but looked like the person was too busy to sort them out.

Qi Zhao didn't have the kindness to come to visit Gu Ci and help him clean up the house. What's more, these work documents placed at Gu Ci's house might be industry secrets, so she wouldn't cause trouble for herself.

Although Gu Ci is his next target, Qi Zhao has no intention of courting him now.

The only thing she planned to do now was to wait for Gu Ci to wake up and leave out of humanitarianism, and then provide a sick meal service because he was the target of her attack.

Doing so would not hurt herself, nor would it cross the line in her existing relationship with Gu Ci.

Gu Ci's favorability is so difficult to increase, what if today is the breakthrough?

Qi Zhao came to the Chinese restaurant holding Xiaoxiao, who had taken the initiative to call him to Gu Ci's house.

Qi Zhao opened the refrigerator and felt only the chill.

Gu Ci's refrigerator was like a decoration. It was empty, not a single iceberg or a speck of dust inside.

Qi Zhao, whose refrigerator is always full at home, looked over and over in disbelief. From top to bottom, inside and out, he could not find any trace of the existence of the items.

Qi Zhao looked through the cabinets in the kitchen again and found that although there were matching tableware and kitchen utensils, the most basic rice, noodles, oil, and seasonings were not even visible.

Qi Zhao was stunned.

Doesn't Gu Ci usually eat at home?

Qi Zhao now suspected that the only edible food in Gu Ci's house might be small cat food.

After rejecting the idea that a sick patient should not be allowed to eat cat food and freeze-drying, Qi Zhao decided to go out and drive to buy some fresh food.

When Xiaoxiao saw that Qi Zhao was about to go out, he quickly stretched out his paws to touch her trousers, and cried out anxiously: "Meow!"

Qi Zhao squatted down and comforted it: "Xiaoxiao, I'm not leaving. I'm going to leave." I just want to buy some raw materials for cooking. Gu Ci is sick and needs to eat, right?"

Xiaoxiao paused for a moment after hearing this, and then became more excited. Lying on Qi Zhao's trouser legs, he wanted to climb up.

He was so excited that he wanted to go out with Qi Zhao.

Qi Zhao originally didn't want to take Xiaoxiao out, but she really couldn't resist Xiaoxiao's screams of grievance.

Qi Zhao picked up Xiaoxiao as if compromising, raised it in front of him, stared into its eyes, and said seriously: "Don't run around when you go out, or I won't talk to you in the future."

"Meow. "Meow!"

Xiaoxiao was smarter and more obedient than Qi Zhao imagined. It did follow Qi Zhao obediently when he was purchasing items, but when he passed by a place selling fish, Xiaoxiao stared at the fish that was shaking in the water tank. The school of fish can't move no matter what.

Qi Zhao thought for a moment and finally decided to reward Xiaoxiao with a fish.

Qi Zhao hugged Xiaoxiao and picked out the dragon fish with the least spines. Xiaoxiao stared at the weighed fish bag with visible excitement.

Qi Zhao couldn't help but rub the little hairy head, and his tone was doting on a man that he had never seen before: "When you go back, can you make a pot of fish soup for today's great hero?"

If it wasn't Xiao Xiao, Gu Ci may be confused now.

When Qi Zhao returned to Gu Ci's house with a large bag of things and Xiao Xiao, he was already out of breath from exhaustion.

She put all the things she bought on the kitchen table, jumped on the stove with concentration, and poked at the fish in the bag with her paws.

Qi Zhao rolled up his sleeves and went to the bedroom to take a look at Gu Ci before starting to cook.

After taking the medicine, Gu Ci's face seemed to have recovered a lot, his lips were red and his brows were relaxed.

Qi Zhao walked to the bed and tore off the antipyretic patch on Gu Ci's forehead and replaced it with a new one. He squeezed the corners of the quilt for him and left the bedroom.

But she kept sighing in her heart: No wonder the nanny's salary is high. She was already exhausted physically and mentally after taking care of Gu Ci for just a while.

Qi Zhao couldn't imagine how tiring those live-in nannies who were on call 24 hours a day would be.

Fortunately, cooking is an area that Qi Zhao is good at and enjoys. After cooking the sick meal for Gu Ci and cooking the fish soup for Xiao Xiao, she didn't feel tired or feel the passage of time.

Qi Zhao, who was immersed in cooking, never went to the bedroom to visit Gu Ci, and didn't even know when he woke up.

When Gu Ci regained consciousness and opened his eyes, the sky outside had darkened.

Only a ray of sunset shone through the window on his bedside.

Gu Ci felt that his head was heavy and he had little strength.

Gu Ci couldn't remember anything about the fever, so when he saw a bag of medicine and an empty water glass on the bedside, his first reaction was that Ye Zhiyuan had been here.

After all, only Ye Zhiyuan knew where he lived.

Gu Ci sat up, but his temples were pounding.

When he was about to reach out and rub his forehead, he found something strange to the touch on his forehead.

Gu Ci tore the thing off, and before he could realize what it was in his hand, he felt a foreign body sensation in the palm of his other hand.

Gu Ci raised his hand and found that there was a freeze-dried particle in his palm.

Gu Ci turned his head and looked to the side and found a few scattered on the pillow, as if Xiao Xiao had placed them here.

After returning to his senses, Gu Ci stared at the small freeze-dried grain and curled the corners of his lips. He stood up and planned to see if there was any cat food in the small rice bowl.

He remembered that Xiaoxiao seemed to have woken him up.

As soon as Gu Ci opened the bedroom door, his eyes were irritated by the light outside.

Gu Ci, who was accustomed to the darkness in the bedroom, blinked slowly. Before his eyes could fully adapt, his nose began to work.

The aroma of food floats in the air.

Although the smell is not strong, it is still very appetizing.

Gu Ci walked out, and his voice was hoarse after illness: "Ye Zhiyuan?"

Gu Ci's voice was a little soft after recovering from illness, but his house was very big.

The people in the living room couldn't hear him, they were just minding their own business.

"Eat slowly, Xiaoxiao, no one will compete with you."

The voice was not Ye Zhiyuan's, but a familiar female voice with a smile.

When the sound reached his ears, Gu Ci happened to walk into the living room.

He looked over following the sound and saw Qi Zhao squatting next to Xiao Xiao, stroking its back with a smile in his eyes.

The thing I'm eating in the small bowl doesn't look like cat food. It smells like...a bowl of fish soup?

But the smell in the room was more than just fish soup. Gu Ci looked around and found steaming food on the dining table not far away.

A pot of porridge, a plate of vegetables, and a bowl of soup.

The dishes containing the food were familiar to Gu Ci, but the contents inside had not been seen many times.

It was as if something that had been covered in dust and cold was suddenly stained with the smoke of fireworks, and Gu Ci was a little stunned.

In confusion, Gu Ci heard Qi Zhao call him: "Mr. Gu?"

Gu Ci turned around and saw Qi Zhao and Xiaoxiao both looking up at him.

Qi Zhao smiled, and the cold incandescent lamp fell on her face, reflecting her joy: "Are you awake?"

Time stopped, and

a strange emotion suddenly surged into Gu Ci's heart.