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Seeing that his sister was still willing to help him, Chi Qiu felt extremely ashamed.
If it wasn't for Lu Ming, Chi Xia might have followed Chi Lanyan as an intern in the company by now, and was on the right track according to the previous plan - work, love, and marriage. Anyway, it's definitely not like returning home in such desperation today.
Chi Qiu's forehead was burning hot, and he unknowingly developed a high fever. In a delirious state, Chi Qiu felt ashamed towards Chi Xia, and couldn't help apologizing bitterly: "I'm sorry..."
It was clearly not his fault, but subconsciously he still tied Lu Ming to himself, apologized for Lu Ming without disappointment, and longed for Chi Xia's forgiveness. Only in this way can he feel better in his heart.
Chi Lanyan heard him talking nonsense that no one could understand one after another, feeling bad, reached out and touched Chi Qiu's forehead: "Oh no, I really have a fever." She became anxious and urged Chi Xia repeatedly Said, "Help me help him to the bedroom!"
In a panic, no one noticed the detail that Chi Qiu, a "blind man", could see Chi Xia.
There was a lot of rain outside the house, and Chi Qiu kept saying sorry, his hoarse voice was low, grinding on Chi Xia's ears.
Chi Xia was a little confused, she didn't know what Chi Qiu was apologizing for.
For this reason, she pulled Chi Qiu uncomfortably: "You, what are you talking about?"
Chi Qiu still apologized.
Chi Xia frowned, and looked away awkwardly. For her elopement this time, she is the one who should apologize. She doesn't understand why Chi Qiu apologized to herself.
Since she was a child, she was forced to accommodate and take care of Chi Qiu countless times. Every time, she couldn't refuse. In desperation, she had little patience with this blind brother, but she had to be patient.
Because she knew that Chi Lanyan had the most say in the family. And Chi Lanyan's preference for Chi Qiu cannot be changed by anyone.
So from the time she was sensible, her relationship with Chi Qiu was actually not close, it could even be said to be deliberately alienated.
Gradually, Chi Xia quickened his pace, which made it difficult for the weak Chi Qiu to keep up.
Chi Lanyan couldn't help but said: "Xiaoxia, slow down, Xiaoqiu is a little uncomfortable... Forget it, I'll be fine by myself, you go and rest." Saying that, Chi Lanyan leaned Chi Qiu to her side After a while, he carefully supported Chi Qiu and walked towards the room.
Chi Xia couldn't help being wronged, she was about to defend herself, but Chi Qiu didn't know what was wrong, suddenly his stomach churned, and he vomited out a few mouthfuls of acid water, most of which landed on Chi Lanyan's shirt.
Chi Xia's footsteps froze, and he didn't dare to approach him for a moment. She hurriedly took two steps back, letting Chi Qiu lean against Chi Lanyan's body weakly.
For this situation, Chi Lanyan didn't mind at all, and she didn't expect Chi Xia to help at all.
Chi Lanyan couldn't help getting anxious, and put Chi Qiu on the bed in one go, rubbed his hands vigorously, and stroked his forehead again: "Xiaoqiu, can you hear my mother?"
Chi Qiu breathed slightly, but didn't reply.
"Aunt Su—Aunt Su—"
Chi Lanyan yelled at Aunt Su loudly, and struggled to take off Chi Qiu's wet clothes while shouting. Fortunately, Aunt Su arrived in time. Seeing Chi Qiu's condition, she couldn't care less, and rushed forward, together with Chi Lanyan, quickly changed Chi Qiu's cold clothes.
Chi Xia leaned against the wall outside the door, neither walking nor not walking. She stood there in embarrassment, wanting to help but not knowing what to do.
Aunt Su brought a basin of hot water, wiped Chi Qiu's body quickly, and said, "Miss, I'm here. Look at your dark circles, go and rest!"
Chi Lanyan had done self-reflection. She didn't want to ignore Chi Xia's mood again because of Chi Qiu, so she hurriedly turned around and said, "Yes, Xiao Xia, go and rest. Your brother will just have me and Aunt Su."
But right now, she really couldn't afford to distract Chi Xia, so she continued to care about Chi Qiu after she finished speaking.
Chi Xia pursed her lips, hesitated outside the door for a while, then walked into the door to help carry water and deliver things. She looked at Chi Qiu, who was almost unconscious, with mixed feelings in her heart.
Aunt Su touched Chi Qiu's body temperature, and the more she rubbed it, the more something went wrong. She urged Chi Lanyan: "Mr. Chi, go and change your clothes, we have to go to the hospital immediately."
Chi Lanyan didn't stop, she went back to her room and quickly changed into simple casual clothes. She didn't even have time to brush her hair, so she ran into Chi Qiu's room, squatted down and then bent over: "You guys help Chi Qiu up, and I'll carry him to the car."
"How can you recite it, I, I will call Lao Lin!"
Aunt Su was nagging to call the security room of the villa, but was stopped by Chi Lanyan: "Xiao Qiu only weighs so much, don't waste time!"
That night, Chi Lanyan and Aunt Su stayed up all night.
They sent Chi Qiu to the hospital overnight. During this time, Aunt Su anxiously called Lu Ming twice, but no one answered. Chi Lanyan picked a nearby hospital and had Chi Qiu put on an IV in time.
Fortunately, this hospital had a lot of empty wards, so Chi Qiu wouldn't have to get an IV in the crude infusion room. He was lying on the hospital bed drowsily, sleeping very restlessly.
Chi Lanyan stayed by his bedside all night without dripping any water. She stroked Chi Qiu's hand from time to time and looked at him worriedly.
Chi Lanyan didn't know why Chi Qiu was like this, but she really couldn't think of anyone else except Lu Ming who could make Chi Qiu lose his mind.
Could it be that there was a quarrel? But Chi Qiu's temper... How could he argue with Lu Ming
Chi Lanyan knew Chi Qiu's temperament well. She was full of confusion, and picked up the mobile phone beside her to make a call to Lu Ming.
However, Chi Qiu on the hospital bed suddenly coughed dryly, and Chi Lanyan couldn't care less about anything else. She quickly picked up the water glass on the side and carefully fed Chi Qiu into it.
She stroked Chi Qiu's chest, told him to drink slowly, and asked softly, "Is it better?"
Chi Qiu shook his head in a daze, his eyes opened and closed slightly, and he was muttering something silently, but Chi Lanyan didn't hear clearly. Chi Qiu took a deep breath, frowning, his dripping hands were cold.
For this reason, Chi Lanyan specially went to get a warm water bag, wrapped it in a towel, and placed it under Chi Qiu's hands.
At six o'clock in the morning, Aunt Su brought two breakfasts: "Mr. Chi, take a rest and eat something."
"I'm not hungry, I can't eat."
Aunt Su was very worried, she drove her to have breakfast without saying a word, and told her to rest for a while. Then Aunt Su turned around, saw Chi Qiu's pale face, and distressedly wiped his face with a wrung hot towel.
Perhaps it was because the movements were a little heavy, but Chi Qiu let out a sleepy chatter uncomfortably, and Aunt Su immediately relaxed his strength.
It was still pitch black outside the window in the early autumn morning, and the tranquility after the heavy rain was hidden in the hazy scenery.
In the ward, Chi Qiu breathed slightly, seemingly waking up but did not open his eyes. Aunt Su called him softly, but he didn't agree. Aunt Su thought he was still asleep, and touched his forehead to confirm that the fever had subsided, so she withdrew her hand reassuringly.
With her back on her back, Chi Lanyan had already opened the thermos that Aunt Su brought. She found a place to sit, slowly drank the porridge in the cup, and asked, "Did Lu Ming still not call back?"
"Maybe it was too late when I called Young Master Lu. I'll call again after seven o'clock." Aunt Su lowered her head and wiped Chi Qiu carefully.
Chi Lanyan's hands stopped, and after a long time, she said softly: "I'll call later, you've been busy all night, go back and rest early." She felt vaguely in her heart, and always felt that things were weird.
As if hearing their conversation clearly, Chi Qiu on the bed let out a low moan and opened his eyes wearily.
Aunt Su hurriedly shouted: "Master, are you awake? Are you feeling better? Are you hungry or thirsty?" Chi Qiu didn't answer any of the series of questions.
Chi Lanyan put down the two mouthfuls of porridge and walked quickly to the bed.
Only Chi Qiu raised his hand weakly, casually grabbed a corner of Chi Lanyan's clothes, his eyes were dim, and the first sentence was: "...don't look for Lu Ming."
"Xiaoqiu?"
"I don't want to see him..."
Chi Lanyan frowned: "What's wrong with you?"
"Don't look for him..." Chi Qiu didn't answer her directly, but only struggled to speak, his throat was so hoarse that he almost swallowed these words, he firmly clenched the corner of his clothes, and babbled on Said, "Don't look for him..."
Although Chi Lanyan didn't know what happened, but seeing Chi Qiu's appearance, her heart sank, and she agreed temporarily: "Okay, okay, we won't look for him."
Having received Chi Lanyan's promise, Chi Qiu calmed down slowly.
At the end, Chi Lanyan asked him warmly, "Do you want some water?"
Aunt Su held the thermos box prepared for Chi Qiu and said eagerly: "You can also drink some porridge, it's warm, and it will make your stomach feel better after drinking it."
Chi Qiu's eyes were reddish, looking at the two people in front of him who were worried about him, he pursed his lips silently, but he had no appetite at all.
Chi Lanyan didn't force him, she held Chi Qiu's hand: "Don't drink if you don't want to drink, you sleep for a while, Mom will accompany you."
Chi Qiu closed his eyes and nodded feebly.
At the same time, the Lu family villa.
Aunt Zhang came back to work early, and she had to make breakfast for Lu Ming before 7:30.
After the rain, the front yard of the villa knocked down the dead leaves all over the ground, and the hourly cleaners had not yet arrived at this point. She avoided a few fallen leaves and opened the door - what caught his eyes was Lu Ming who hadn't slept all night.
Aunt Zhang asked in surprise, "Boss Lu?"
The living room was lit, Lu Ming's right cheek was slightly swollen, his eyes were red, and he sat on the sofa with a tense expression. Although the clothes are neat, there is an indescribable sense of embarrassment.
Aunt Zhang stepped forward and called him, but he didn't agree.
Aunt Zhang stood there at a loss, her eyes fixed on the bottle of medicine on the table. As the live-in nanny of the Lu family, she knew that Lu Ming needed to take medicine from time to time, but Lu Ming had never put the medicine in the living room so blatantly.
She was secretly anxious, and wanted to secretly call Chi Qiu.
No, before dialing, she heard Lu Ming's heavy voice: "Don't call him."
Aunt Zhang was startled, and quickly put away her phone. She stood silently waiting for Lu Ming's next words, but after that, Lu Ming still looked haggard and deep, sitting firmly, holding a ring box in his hand.
Just last night, Chi Qiu "lost" their wedding ring and left the house.
In fact, Lu Ming wanted to wear this pair of wedding rings at first.
But at that time, he had just taken over the company and was in a hurry, so he forgot about it for a while. Seeing that he didn't take the initiative to wear it, Chi Qiu put the two rings in the drawer properly.
Later, Lu Ming saw them in the drawer and didn't ask much.
He thought that Chi Qiu couldn't see it, so in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he just pretended that he didn't notice it.
For Lu Ming at that time, it didn't matter whether he wore the wedding ring or not. He stubbornly believed that since Chi Qiu put them away, it should mean that Chi Qiu didn't want to wear them.
In his eyes, if you don't say it, you don't need it.
Plain and simple, it hurts.
Lu Ming doesn't care about his feelings at all.
At that time, Chi Qiu was standing beside him, watching him close the drawer indifferently. Then, Chi Qiu parted his lips desolately, and only asked one sentence: "You married me...do you regret it?"
Lu Ming remembered his answer, without hesitation: "I don't regret it."
Chi Qiu in front of him lowered his head, clenched his hands, and said anxiously: "...you always look unhappy."
Lu Ming bluntly said that he was thinking too much, and answered him: "I'm not unhappy, maybe I'm more serious than usual, which scares you?"
Chi Qiu quickly waved his hand: "No! It's just..."
It is their marriage, which seems to be different from the marriage in Chi Qiu's heart.
Chi Qiu thought that after getting married, they would miss each other all the time, it was extremely sweet. But after getting married, Chi Qiu seemed to be the only one who missed and cared about Lu Ming.
Now, Lu Ming didn't even wear his wedding ring to the company, so how could Chi Qiu not think about it.
Moreover, Chi Qiu at that time did not know that Lu Ming had emotional apathy. All he knew was that they were newlyweds, but because of Lu Ming's work, they always got together less and separated more, creating a sense of distance again and again.
Chi Qiusheng was afraid that Lu Ming was worried that people with business contacts would mind him marrying a male partner. After all, many people in the previous generation could not accept same-sex marriage. So, he understood Lu Ming on his own, and sensiblely put away his wedding ring.
When he was away from home, Chi Qiu would not take the initiative to mention that he and Lu Ming were partners. Only when Lu Ming took the initiative to speak, he would continue.
He always has a sense of proportion, and this sense of proportion is what he learned in the "cracks" of the Chi family when he was a child, and Lu Ming can't understand it.
Thinking about it now, Chi Qiu probably hoped that he would take the initiative to put on the wedding ring.
At the moment when he didn't know how to recover, Lu Ming understood Chi Qiu's thoughts slowly. The ring box in his hand made his palm ache, as dense as the chilling feeling from last night.
He always felt that he was doing a good job and was obedient to Chi Qiuqian, but in fact, he didn't do anything right. He couldn't respond to Chi Qiu's fiery feelings, and he couldn't do everything well.
Lu Ming's eyes were red, his face was stiff, his eyelids were half down, and he was staring at the ground absently.
In my mind, it was Chi Qiu's sentence - "Actually, it doesn't matter who you marry."
He was frightened and confused.
Aunt Zhang had never seen Lu Ming like this. She was worried that she would not get an answer after asking several times. Reluctantly, she asked carefully in line with professional ethics: "Mr. Lu, do you want to eat something, let me make you breakfast first?"
As you can imagine, Lu Ming refused.
Just this morning, Lu Ming didn't eat or drink, and sat in a very decadent state until the alarm clock rang at eight o'clock.
He reacted numbly, it was time for him to go to the company.
Lu Ming is like a walking dead, no matter how emotionally he breaks down, he can still arrive at the company on time.
Seeing him from afar, Xu Ling trotted over, holding a document in his hand and waiting for Lu Ming to sign it: "Mr. Lu, is your phone turned off? There is a document here that needs your review. I'm a little anxious..." He Halfway through speaking, his eyes met Lu Ming's lifeless face and the slap marks on Lu Ming's face.
Xu Ling swallowed uneasily, thinking that the "family affairs" between Lu Ming and Chi Qiu had become serious enough to require action. He was afraid that Lu Ming would be in a bad mood, so he opened the file and handed it over, and quickly organized a language report.
Only then did Lu Ming realize that his phone was out of battery. He took Xu Ling's file and walked straight to his office. Xu Ling followed in, and stood aside anxiously, not daring to breathe.
Time is like water dripping from stones, so slow that it makes people restless.
Xu Ling wiped the sweat off his forehead. Finally, Lu Ming finished reading the document and signed the paper. After Xu Ling left, Lu Ming rubbed his temples and charged his phone.
The phone turned on automatically soon, and on the main screen, there were two missed calls from Aunt Su.
Lu Ming called back, but for some reason, the other party faltered and changed the topic.
Lu Ming was silent for a while, and couldn't help asking: "Aunt Su, can I let him answer the phone?"
"...ah, master, he is resting, maybe... maybe it's not convenient for him to answer the phone."
"Aunt Su, I have something to tell him, please."
Aunt Su glanced back at Chi Qiu who was slowly drinking porridge, walked over to pat Chi Qiu's arm in embarrassment, and said softly, "Master Lu wants to talk to you."
Chi Qiu shook his head weakly, expressing that he didn't want to pick it up. Chi Lanyan, who was sitting by his bed, didn't say anything, and fed porridge to Chi Qiu with peace of mind.
Aunt Su had no choice but to make up a nonsense reason, and hung up the phone with a smile