She listened quietly, and suddenly felt her nose getting even more sour. For no reason.
"What's wrong?"
In the end, he was the first to speak. He was always cautious, but he felt that her heavy breathing was a little strange.
"It's okay..." I just suddenly wanted to hear his voice, just to know that he was okay.
"Nothing?" He asked suspiciously.
"Just... I want to ask you, are you okay?" Xia Xingchen said: "Do you have symptoms such as fever? Are you dizzy?"
He understood.
Standing on the top floor of Baiyu Palace, overlooking his country, listening to her gentle and concerned voice, he felt that everything seemed to be beautiful. "Are you worried about me?"
"Yes, I'm worried about you." Unexpectedly, she answered almost immediately. Moreover, she added solemnly: "I have been worried all along."
He suddenly felt that even the gradually bleak autumn scenery outside the window became beautiful.
"… Don't worry, I'm fine." He replied, his voice even warmer than usual. "You must not be in any trouble either. Do you understand?"
Xia Xingchen curled her lips and smiled. There were faint tears in the corners of her eyes.
"Well, we'll all be fine."
He was really too busy, so Leng Fei knocked on the door and called him to remind him of his next schedule.
Xia Xingchen heard this and said sensibly, "Then... I won't disturb you from working. Go ahead and get busy."
She wanted to make her tone sound more casual, but the unconsciously elongated tone betrayed her deep reluctance.
If she was really infected, when would she hear his voice again? Or maybe... if she was a little unlucky, she might not even have the chance to hear his voice again...
"Well." He said, "You hang up first."
“…Okay.” Her voice became even darker.
After a pause, I finally pressed the hang-up button.
"Wait!" His voice came from the phone again. Her breath tightened, and she almost immediately put the phone to her ear again, "What's wrong?"
"Last time you agreed to cook for me, and you would cook for me yourself. Remember?"
"..." Of course she remembered. But, didn't he clearly refuse
"Tonight, then. I'll try to come back early." Bai Yeqing didn't give her a chance to object, and his tone was as overbearing as ever: "Xia Xingchen, if you dare to stand me up again, you can try!"
"But… "
She wanted to say something, but he just hung up the phone.
She stared at the screen and thought to herself, when had she stood him up? Last time, she clearly didn't mean to cook for him!
etc!
That's not the point.
The point is, she really can't go back tonight...
Xia Xingchen called again, wanting to ask him to change the time, but no one answered the phone.
She was a little embarrassed and leaned against the wall holding the phone.
Even now I can imagine how furious he was.
… … … …
"Stars."
Xu Yan came over with bags of medicine in his hands.
She put her phone away.
"The doctor said we can leave now." Xu Yan handed her the medicine and said, "Carry it for me."
She held the medicine obediently in her hand, and just as she was about to say thank you to him, he picked her up again.
"Xu Yan!"
"You are already so weak, don't move around, save some energy." Xu Yan said: "The doctor said that after taking these medicines, the fever may subside in a while. If the fever subsides, it is not WIS infection. Don't worry, it will be fine."
Xia Xingchen knew that he was comforting her, and didn't want him to worry too much, so she forced a smile, "Yeah, it must be okay."
Maybe she was really too tired. When Xu Yan carried her to his car, she had already fallen asleep.
She lay quietly in his arms, her little face flushed due to the fever, and she still looked like a child.
Xu Yan stood there, leaning over and gazing at her in his arms, thinking of their past. He never dreamed that there would be a day when she would be so close to him...
Suddenly, I wished that time would stop at this moment forever... and she would always be in my arms...
Even if she was really sick, he was willing to take care of her for the rest of her life...
… … … …
When Xia Xingchen woke up, she saw a strange room, and she was lying on a strange bed.
Where am I
She was dazed and half-supported herself to sit up. Her body was hot and cold.
She tried hard to recall that she was in the hospital for a checkup and that she met Xu Yan later. After that, she had no other memories.
"you're awake?"
The door of the room was pushed open from the outside, and Xu Yan came in with a cup of warm water and sat down beside the bed. "Take the medicine and continue to sleep for a while."
His voice is gentle.
She finally sobered up a little, "Why am I here?"
"You fell asleep, and I didn't know where to send you, so I had to bring you here temporarily."
When he said this, she remembered that she really had nowhere to go at the moment.
Until her condition is confirmed, she cannot return to the Presidential Palace for the time being. As for the room she lived in before, she had already checked out.
"I'll go stay in a hotel..." This was the only solution she could think of. She threw back the quilt and tried to get out of bed.
However, as soon as his feet touched the ground, his whole body became so weak that he slid to the ground and could not stand up.
Xu Yan felt distressed, picked her up from the ground and put her back on the bed.
"You can't even take care of yourself in this state. Don't go anywhere for now. Stay here for now."
Xia Xingchen subconsciously wanted to refuse.
Given her and Xu Yan's current relationship, it would be best for them to stay as far away from each other as possible.
"I don't want to cause you any trouble," she said. She had a severe fever and her voice was hoarse.
"If it really was going to infect me, it would have already been infected just now in the hospital. If you go out now and go to the hotel, you will only come into contact with more people. I think you don't want to infect others, right?"
That's true.
Xu Yan took the medicine and handed it to her. "What you need to do now is to stay here with me and don't go anywhere else. If you really can't stay, take the medicine later. When you feel better, you can leave again. I won't stop you."
Xia Xingchen looked at him, then at the medicine in his hand, and took the medicine without saying anything else.
The drug was very strong. After taking it, it took effect in a short while. She fell asleep again in a daze, and this sleep was deeper and deeper than the previous one.
… … … …
the other side.
In the Presidential Office, after Bai Yeqing got into the car, Leng Fei asked, "Are we going back to the Presidential Palace now?"
He hesitated for a moment and said, "... go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."
There was no schedule for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today. Leng Fei knew who he was here for, but he didn't say much, just got in the car and told the driver.
"Let the cars in front and behind go. There's no need to follow them."