Xiao Wanqing has always been a light sleeper. When she lived in college, she would wake up when her roommates woke up for the slightest movement at night.
At some point in the middle of the night, Xiao Wanqing was awakened by the violent wind and rain outside the window. She opened her eyes and looked out of the window. The night was dark and there was no moonlight. She could only vaguely see bright rainwater slapping on the window glass frantically.
As if thinking of something, she frowned slightly, reached out and turned on the lamp by the bed, sat up slowly, and looked at the window sill again.
Sure enough, on the edge of the window, there were splashes of water jumping, and on the wall under the window sill, there was already gurgling rainwater flowing down.
Xiao Wanqing's house has a modern, simple and fresh decoration style. The floor is uniformly paved with solid wood flooring. It looks good, but it is difficult to maintain, especially not soaking in water.
Xiao Wanqing sighed softly, gathered her messy hair behind her ears, then got off the bed lightly, and went out of the bedroom to take a mop and the absorbent cloth that she usually prepared. After returning to the room, she spread the absorbent cloth on the window seam to block the source, and then took the mop to absorb the water. After tidying up her bedroom, she took a mop and absorbent cloth, checked and cleaned the doors and windows of other rooms, and finally came to the door of Lin Xian's room.
Standing at the door of Lin Xian's bedroom, she lightly rubbed the five fingers holding the doorknob, a little hesitant. Knocking on the door, she was afraid of waking up Lin Xian and disturbing Lin Xian's sleep; without knocking, just breaking into other people's bedrooms without knocking, she felt that it was very impolite.
After hesitating again and again, the distress for the solid wood floor finally prevailed.
Xiao Wanqing involuntarily slowed down and breathed lightly, slowly turned the doorknob, gently pushed the door open, opened a small crack that would allow her to enter, and tiptoed inside.
She was afraid of alarming Lin Xian, so she did everything so cautiously, handled it lightly, and carefully, but things went against her wishes, Lin Xian still woke up.
Xiao Wanqing had just cleaned up the water stains under the window sill, and was about to call it a day and leave, when she suddenly heard Lin Xian's dazed, half-surprised, deep and hoarse voice from the bed not far away: "Xiao... Aunt?"
All previous efforts were wasted, Xiao Wanqing sighed regretfully, turned around and said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry to wake you up. It must be a typhoon landed, and it was very windy and windy. I came in to check the windows."
Lin Xian opened his mouth and wanted to answer her "it's okay", but he didn't know why, he felt his throat was burnt, dry and painful, and when he opened his mouth, he couldn't help coughing twice, babbling, It was terrible.
Xiao Wanqing's heart tightened when she heard the sound, she immediately put down the mop in her hand, strode to Lin Xian's bed, and asked her with concern, "What's the matter, does your throat hurt?" forehead.
Lin Xian's head was dizzy, she swallowed several times, and managed to relieve the pain a little, and answered Xiao Wanqing with difficulty: "Throat... it hurts..."
There is no need for Lin Xian to explain further, the scalding temperature on the back of his hand has already told Xiao Wanqing the answer. Lin Xian has a fever, this realization made Xiao Wanqing's heart sink, and in an instant, she felt distressed and blamed herself.
She still failed to take good care of Lin Xian. In just a few days, Lin Xian fell ill...
But right now, it's not the time for her to think more. Her eyes dimmed, she reached out to turn on the light, took the remote control, and turned off the air conditioner. Then, she gently touched Lin Xian's hot face, and said softly, "Stop talking for a sore throat, you have a fever, I'll pour you some water and test it with a thermometer."
When Lin Xian heard the words, his heart thumped, and he thought in a daze, no, when did his body become so weak, and he got a fever after being drenched in the rain? !
Within a minute, Xiao Wanqing came back with a cup of warm water. She helped Lin Xian sit up halfway, raised the air conditioner to cover her body, tucked it in, and then brought hot water to Lin Xian's lips to feed Lin Xian a drink.
Lin Xian took the rim of the cup and drank the water in small sips. She looked up at Xiao Wanqing quietly, seeing Xiao Wanqing's concerned and serious expression, she couldn't help feeling a little sad. She didn't tell Xiao Wanqing that she was caught in the rain, just because she was afraid of bothering Xiao Wanqing and making her worry, but in the end, it seemed to bring even greater trouble to Xiao Wanqing. In the middle of the night, she made Xiao Wanqing unable to sleep well.
Xiao Wanqing naturally couldn't detect the thoughts of the delicate girl in front of her, she only felt full of worry and pity. "Is it too hot?"
Lin Xian shook his head gently, indicating that the temperature was just right.
After feeding Lin Xian and drinking water, Xiao Wanqing helped Lin Xian to lie down again, handed Lin Xian a mercury thermometer, and asked her to put it under her armpit, and gently tucked Lin Xian's quilt. Xian sat down beside the bed quietly.
Lin Xian set up the thermometer, looked at Xiao Wanqing's calm, worried and slightly tired face, bit her lips, and persuaded Xiao Wanqing: "Aunt Xiao, I'm fine, just sleep and I'll be fine. Go back to your room and rest."
Xiao Wanqing raised her hand and gently patted her quilt, pulled the corners of her lips and forced a smile, and comforted her: "I'm fine, I'm not sleepy, and I won't be able to sleep when I wake up. If you're sleepy, just close your eyes and rest. When the time comes, I'll call you."
Lin Xian was actually very sleepy, and her head was very dizzy, but she was unwilling to close her eyes and leave Xiao Wanqing alone to wait. So she bravely said: "I'm not sleepy either." As soon as the words fell, she involuntarily opened her mouth halfway, yawned, ready to speak. By the time she reacted and forcibly closed her mouth, she had already yawned halfway.
Xiao Wanqing witnessed the whole process, and finally couldn't help showing a real smile, her eyes were watery. She stood up, walked to the switch, pressed the button, and turned off the light. In an instant, the world fell into darkness again.
Lin Xian heard Xiao Wanqing's warm and pleasant voice, coming from the darkness not far away, softly: "Sleep for a while, I will stay here with you."
She tried her best to search and capture Xiao Wanqing's face in the darkness, but she could only vaguely see the faint light in Xiao Wanqing's eyes, and she couldn't see anything clearly...
The sound of the wind and rain outside the window is still howling, but the room is completely quiet. Unknowingly, Lin Xian's consciousness gradually became blurred...
Four minutes later, Xiao Wanqing pulled out the thermometer from Lin Xian's armpit very lightly and softly, then walked out of Lin Xian's bedroom and walked to the bright living room to check the temperature.
38.5 degrees...
This temperature is considered a high fever. Xiao Wanqing frowned tightly, feeling a little overwhelmed for a moment.
When she just got the thermometer, she checked the medicine cabinet at home. Blame her for not caring too much about these things on weekdays, all the standing medicines in the medicine cabinet are out of date. But now it's stormy outside, and it's impossible to go to the hospital.
Xiao Wanqing tightly held the thermometer in her hand, her heart was in a mess.
No medicine, no conditions to go to the hospital, what should I do? She had no experience caring for sick people in such a situation, absolutely nothing. She calmed down and began to recall how her mother took care of herself when she was sick when she was young.
After a while, she regained her composure and went to the bathroom to get two towels, soaked them in hot water and wrung them dry, then took another cup of hot water before returning to Lin Xian's bedroom. She folded a hot towel and gently covered Lin Xian's forehead, and the other towel was used to wipe Lin Xian's face and hands lightly.
Lin Xian opened his eyes again in a daze, and his innocent eyes, wet like a deer, were locked on Xiao Wanqing's body.
Xiao Wanqing touched her face, sat down on the bed, stretched out her hand to pass under Lin Xian's neck, wrapped her arms around Lin Xian's shoulders, gently hugged Lin Xian's upper body, and let her lean against her arms inside. Then, she took the water glass, handed it to Lin Xian's lips, and gave Lin Xian a drink.
Lin Xian leaned into Xiao Wanqing's arms weakly and obediently, while sipping water, he secretly observed Xiao Wanqing from the corner of his eye in a daze. This is the first time for her to look at Xiao Wanqing at such a close distance, with her delicate and stylish eyebrows, long and dense eyelashes, a beautiful and straight nose bridge, ruddy and tender lips, and exquisite and smooth contour lines...
Looking at Xiao Wan's green, white and plump face, she suddenly felt an astonishing desire to... take a bite...
"En? What?" Xiao Wanqing asked her softly.
Lin Xian blinked vigorously, only to feel a little clearer. She seems to have said it by accident
With a hoarse voice, she concealed: "It's nothing, I seem to be a little confused, and I don't know what I'm talking about."
After hearing this, Xiao Wanqing felt more and more sad. Her eyes were full of concern and distress. Instead of asking, she gently put Lin Xian at peace and comforted her: "It's okay, just sleep. I'm sorry, there is no antipyretic at home. Feeding you water may not allow you to sleep peacefully."
Lin Xian smiled weakly, but still had the usual agility and cuteness: "Aunt Xiao, you are so stupid, why are you apologizing to me? You can't sleep because of me."
Xiao Wanqing smiled, stretched out her hand lovingly and gently scratched Lin Xian's nose, and said angrily, "It's not big or small, dare you say I'm stupid."
Lin Xian squinted his eyes and smiled crookedly.
The whole night, Xiao Wanqing didn't close her eyes again. She moved a small chair and sat beside Lin Xian's bed. Every half hour, she would wake Lin Xian up and give her water. During this period, Lin Xian was tested twice more. Fortunately, the temperature did not rise any more, but dropped steadily.
In the dark, Xiao Wanqing quietly looked at Lin Xian's peaceful sleeping face, and couldn't help but feel sour in her heart.
After living alone for so many years since her parents left, Xiao Wanqing almost forgot what it was like to be so genuinely worried, anxious, distressed, and blamed for a person.
As if overnight, she felt as if a part of herself that had been dusty for a long time came to life quietly...
Finally, when she took Lin Xian's temperature again at 5:30, the temperature dropped to 36.9 degrees, and she had returned to normal body temperature.
Xiao Wanqing let out a long breath of relief, and the drowsiness that she forcibly ignored suddenly swept over her. Xiao Wanqing set an alarm clock for 6:30 with her mobile phone, sat on the small chair, leaning against the edge of Lin Xian's bed, lay down on it, and fell asleep drowsily.
When Lin Xian woke up unconsciously at six o'clock, she heard that the heavy rain outside the window was still falling, and the wind and rain were dark... She lowered her head a little, and saw Xiao Wanqing lying sideways beside her bed, with a gentle and beautiful face, Facing herself, her red lips, which always had a gentle smile, were slightly parted at this moment, which was surprisingly cute.
Lin Xian stared at Xiao Wanqing for a moment, and stretched out his hand out of nowhere, wanting to gently trace Xiao Wanqing's face, wanting to smooth the slightly folded wrinkles between her brows, and when he was about to touch Xiao Wanqing's In an instant, Lin Xian withdrew his hand abruptly. Even she herself couldn't explain why she stretched out her hand, and why she withdrew her hand.
She looked at Xiao Wanqing who was sleeping soundly, and after a while, she said softly and softly, "Good morning, I'm sorry to make you worry. Xiao Wanqing."