Gong Yingxian struggled to open the car door, put Ren Yi in the back seat, and Ren Yi lay flat on the ground. He looked at Gong Yingxian with half-opened eyes: "You... take me home?" His mind is muddled now Similarly, I can't see people clearly, I just remember "going home".
"Yeah." Gong Yingxian fastened Ren Yi's seat belt, took off his coat, rolled it into a ball and placed it under Ren Yi's head, "I'll be there soon, you should get some sleep."
Ren Yi only felt that Gong Yingxian's voice was soft and soft, although his face could not be seen clearly under the dim light, it should be very gentle. It's good to be treated like this when you're sick.
He closed his eyes in relief.
Gong Yingxian took a few glances at Ren Yi, then gently closed the car door, got into the driver's seat, and drove away.
This place is far away from Ren Yi's home, spanning less than half of the capital, and when he got home, it was already dawn.
Ren Yi was already sound asleep, Gong Yingxian opened the car door, and dragged Ren Yi out from the back seat with great effort, only to find that his fever was getting worse and he was almost unconscious.
He hugged Ren Yi anxiously, and hurried upstairs.
There was a person waiting at the door of Ren Yi's house, which was Gong Yingxian's family doctor. There were two big boxes at his feet - a medicine box and an incubator. He was yawning frequently due to sleepiness.
"Master." Dr. Wang suddenly became sober when he saw them, "How is he?"
Gong Yingxian said worriedly: "It was frozen all night, and the fever was severe."
After entering the room, Gong Yingxian carefully placed Ren Yi on the bed, and then went around to the other side of the bed to make room for the doctor.
Dr. Wang took Ren Yi's temperature and gave him a fever-reducing injection.
Ren Yi babbled in his dreams with unknown meaning, sweating profusely from his body.
Gong Yingxian said worriedly: "When will his fever go down? Will it burn out?"
"39.2, not bad, not particularly high, the antipyretic injection is effective, if you want him to recede faster, you can wipe his body with alcohol."
"Wipe, wipe your body?"
Doctor Wang nodded, and looked at Gong Yingxian with a questioning look.
If you wipe your body, you will be stripped, and if you strip your body...
Gong Yingxian immediately vetoed it: "No need."
Dr. Wang was relieved, he was called before dawn, and now he just wants to go back to catch up on sleep: "It's okay, anyway, it has stabilized, let him eat something when he wakes up, the incubator I brought is Uncle Sheng Prepare food, just heat it up at that time. Take medicine half an hour after eating, and if the fever does not subside at night, I will give you another injection."
Gong Yingxian nodded: "You go first."
Doctor Wang took a look at Gong Yingxian and persuaded him, "Master, your complexion is not much better than his. No matter how busy you are at work, you should pay attention to rest. If you continue to suffer like this, I'm afraid you will fall ill too. If you don't rest , I can call Captain Qiu."
Since New Year's Day, Gong Yingxian hasn't slept more than four hours a day. He is really exhausted. Today, he didn't sleep all night. He was so sleepy that his eyelids were shaking and his mind was heavy: "Sister Yan has already urged me to take a vacation. , I will take two days off."
"That's good, call me anytime if you need anything."
After Dr. Wang left, Gong Yingxian sat by the bed, looked at Ren Yi quietly, his eyes carefully scanned every inch of his skin, and stretched out his hand, gently stroking his hair and describing his beautiful facial features.
Although he doesn't want Ren Yi to get sick, but he likes this Ren Yi who is at his mercy at this time, he can get close to and touch him as much as he wants without any scruples.
However, he didn't get a response.
Taking a deep breath, he lifted Ren Yi's quilt and took off his sweat-soaked clothes.
Ren Yi's skin was burnt with a thin layer of red, and his originally strong limbs were limp and limp at this moment. Looking at Ren Yi's sleeping face, Gong Yingxian felt a little guilty. He told himself that this was to make Ren Yi's fever go away as soon as possible. He poured some alcohol on the wet towel, and patiently wiped Ren Yi's body.
After the work was over, the sky was completely bright. Gong Yingxian was so tired that he could barely open his eyes, and he was very hungry, but he didn't even have the strength to eat, and now he just wanted to take a good rest.
Gong Yingxian carefully planted herself sideways beside Ren Yi, and gently hugged the person beside her into her arms.
It's so warm, I really want to hold him like this all the time.
The insomnia during this period was not only because of being too busy with work, but because Zi Yan, who appeared wearing that mask, completely revealed the fear and pain buried deep in his heart, and he had to do his best to investigate the case , To catch the murderer, once you stop, even if you just have a little time to think about it, you will fall into the darkness that you can't extricate yourself from.
So he dreads rest, even sleep.
But when he hugged Ren Yi, his heart instantly settled down. All the dangling, unknown, and anxious emotions slowly fell back with the temperature Ren Yi passed on to him. He even completely forgot that he needed to fall asleep. Just hugging Ren Yi like this is enough for him to fall into a peaceful sleep.
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After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Gong Yingxian was woken up by the ringing of the phone. He dazedly grabbed the phone and put it to his ear: "Hello?"
"Ying Xian, are you home?" Qiu Yan's voice sounded.
"... Hmm." Gong Yingxian looked at Ren Yi who was still sleeping next to him, "What's the matter, do you want me to go to the branch office?" For the first time, he didn't want to go to work, and he didn't want to leave this small room that was so warm that it didn't feel like human beings.
"No, there seems to be a mistake in one of the documents. Let me confirm with you and tell you about the preliminary examination results of the two corpses by the way."
Gong Yingxian secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay."
After chatting about the business, Qiu Yan said: "Since you're home, I'll give you two days off. You can't suffer like this anymore. I'm afraid Zi Yan won't catch you. You'll get tired and sick first. Not up to."
"I see."
"I heard that Captain Ren went to pick up the corpse in the well last night. I also heard that he had a fever?"
"Yes, it was frozen all night."
"It's really troubled him too much. I will go to the hospital to see him later and send some supplements on behalf of the branch."
"Uh, no need."
"What's wrong?"
Gong Yingxian said hesitantly: "He didn't go to the hospital, he recuperated at home."
How alert Qiu Yan was, when he heard Gong Yingxian's unusual tone, he had a guess: "Are you at his house?"
"… yes."
Qiu Yan fell silent, and this silence made Gong Yingxian inexplicably nervous.
"Then take good care of him."
"it is good."
After hanging up the phone, Gong Yingxian let out a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, Ren Yi's eyelashes trembled, the trembling of his body was a sign of awakening, Gong Yingxian rolled over from the bed as if fleeing, pulled a stool and sat on the side of the bed.
After a while, Ren Yi woke up. He only felt that his brain was groggy, his throat was burning with pain, and his swollen eyelids could not be supported.
Gong Yingxian supported the bed with one hand, bent over to look at him: "You're awake."
Ren Yi looked at Gong Yingxian and opened his mouth: "I'm so thirsty."
The voice was hoarse.
Gong Yingxian helped Ren Yi sit up, leaned against the head of the bed, and poured him a glass of warm water: "Drink slowly, don't choke."
Ren Yi gulped down a whole glass, he felt as if he had been roasted on the fire overnight, completely dehydrated: "Have another glass."
Gong Yingxian poured him another cup: "After drinking the water, eat some porridge. Only after eating can you take the medicine."
Ren Yi looked at him blankly: "Did you send me back?"
"You don't remember?" Gong Yingxian stretched out his hand to touch Ren Yi's forehead, "It seems to be hot before." He handed the thermometer to Ren Yi, "Measure it again to see if the temperature has dropped."
Ren Yi didn't answer, but still stared blankly at Gong Yingxian.
He was a little slow to react now, all he could think about was that he was sick and Gong Yingxian was taking care of him. There is such a good thing, it can't be a hallucination.
Ren Yi's flushed cheeks, wet pupils and blunt expression are completely different from his previous chic and tough image. Gong Yingxian has never seen such a Ren Yi, even when he was hospitalized last time. However, he looked so weak and pitiful, he made a swallowing movement secretly, looked at Ren Yi's eyes and was almost reluctant to move away, his heart softened into a puddle of spring water, he coughed lightly, and opened the cap of the thermometer: " Ah, open your mouth."
"Ah..." Ren Yi opened his mouth obediently.
Gong Yingxian stuffed the thermometer into his mouth: "Take it out in two minutes, I'll go to the kitchen to warm up the porridge."
Ren Yi held the thermometer in his mouth.
Gong Yingxian couldn't help saying that he stretched out his hand and gently squeezed Ren Yi's chin: "Do you understand?"
Ren Yi nodded.
Only then did Gong Yingxian get up and leave.
The sick meals prepared by Uncle Sheng were all placed in the incubator. At this time, the temperature was just right and there was no need for heating. He took out two white porcelain bowls, filled them up, and put a few light dishes on the plates, and then They were placed on a tray one by one and carried into Ren Yi's room.
"38.3." Ren Yi seemed to be a little more sober.
"The temperature has dropped. It was 39 degrees in the morning." Gong Yingxian said, "Doctor Wang said that if the fever doesn't subside at night, he will give you another injection."
Ren Yi looked at the dinner plate: "You haven't eaten either."
"No, I was too sleepy, I slept for a while."
Gong Yingxian put the dinner plate on the bed, picked up a bowl and handed it to Ren Yi: "Eat some food and some medicine."
Ren Yi took it over, he was already hungry.
When the mushy porridge slipped into his throat, Ren Yi suddenly felt that the dry pain in his throat was relieved a little, and while eating, he struggled to mobilize his muddled thoughts: "What time will we be back, over there Who is doing the aftermath?"
"Six or seven, there are many people over there, don't worry."
Ren Yi nodded: "Both Yang Bo and Captain Yan are here, so there should be no problem."
Gong Yingxian didn't say anything, the two names Ren Yi mentioned both made him unhappy.
"What about the two corpses, have they been sent to the forensic doctor?"
"Yes, we are checking their identities. Sister Yan told me just now that they are two women, one adult and one child. They may be mother and daughter. If the mother and daughter are missing, it is easy to find out."
Ren Yi didn't have the strength to be angry now, but he felt very sad when he thought of the victim and his child, and the sadness was aggravated by his illness, which made his chest tight.
"The mother and son should soon find the murderer for us. The murderer probably has deep feelings for them, whether it is love or hate."
"how do you know?"
"It's still not sure whether they were burned to death or burned after death, and then thrown into a place where the sun will never shine. Most arsonists are not keen on killing people, and the dead are just a subsidiary of arson. However, what happened to the mother and daughter shows the murderer’s strong malice towards them, whether it is burned or buried deeply, it has the meaning of punishing evil in religion. This is not a random killing, the murderer knows them.”
Ren Yi tried hard to digest this passage, but felt terrified, his hand shook, and the bowl almost fell on the bed.
Gong Yingxian quickly caught it—wrapped it together with Ren Yi's hand.
The two froze at the same time, and the heart-shaking heat was transmitted from the connected hands, and this heat was quietly spreading towards their bodies.
Gong Yingxian said softly, "Can't even hold the bowl steadily?"
"..."
"Let me feed you." Gong Yingxian took the bowl in his hand.
Ren Yi thought he had heard it wrong, and now he was so shocked that he couldn't think, he subconsciously said, "No, no need."
"Stop talking nonsense." Gong Yingxian scooped up a spoonful of porridge and handed it to Ren Yi's lips awkwardly, "Eat."
Ren Yi stared blankly at Gong Yingxian, opened his mouth stiffly, and took a bite.
Gong Yingxian watched Ren Yi staring at him all the time, and licked the corners of his lips after eating, as if all his expressions and movements were for him, he felt his cheeks start to get hot, and even wondered if he was caught by Ren Yi. Yi is infected.
After finally finishing a bowl of porridge, both of them were sweating.
Gong Yingxian cleaned up the dishes, and when he returned to Gong Yingxian's room, he had an extra book in his hand: "Do you want to sleep or wake up, if you can't sleep, I can read to you."
Ren Yi was flattered by the treatment he received today: "You, you don't need to go back to the branch office?"
"I'm on vacation."
Ren Yi blurted out: "Is it to take care of me?"
Gong Yingxian was taken aback, and said awkwardly: "It's because I haven't been sleeping well these days, sister Yan must let me take a break." He paused, "By the way... take care of you."
Ren Yi smiled knowingly, no matter what the reason was, he was very happy: "What book are you holding?"
"Quine's detective story, The Tragedy of X."
"Ok."
Gong Yingxian opened the book and just read a line.
"Could you..." Ren Yi said, "Come closer, I have tinnitus."
Gong Yingxian looked at Ren Yi, stood up, sat on the bed, and leaned against the same pillow as Ren Yi.
Ren Yi showed a satisfied smile.