Xia Ruya looked at Wen Xinya's back as she walked away arrogantly in her 12-centimeter high heels, with deep hatred in her eyes. She had never expected that Wen Xinya would treat her like this.
After a while, the freezing temperature awakened her reason, and she realized that she was still in the water. The cold lake water, with the chill of spring, seeped into her limbs. She was shivering with cold. She used her hands and feet to climb up on the marble by the lake.
My fingers were frozen stiff and my hands were stained with water. I had no strength at all on the smooth marble and I tried several times to get out of the lake but failed.
The coldness penetrated into Xia Ruya's bones, and the blood in her body was almost frozen.
Soon, a servant rescued her from the lake.
"Hiss! It's cold! So cold!" As her cold body reached the shore, a chill rushed into her body, making her shiver uncontrollably.
Xia Ruya was helped into the room by the servant. After taking a hot bath, she felt a little warm. But for some reason, an evil chill seemed to penetrate into her bones, making her still very cold.
She turned up the heat in the house to maximum, but it didn't help.
"A-choo..." Her nose was itchy and her eyes were dry, so she sneezed violently. Xia Ruya quickly climbed onto the bed and wrapped herself in the quilt.
"A-choo..." Xia Ruya sneezed several times in a row, and hot liquid flowed from her nose. She quickly took a tissue to wipe away her snot, and kept sucking her nose, feeling a little blocked.
At this time, Mr. Wen and Mrs. Wen entered the room together.
"Grandpa Wen, Grandma Wen!" Xia Ruya quickly lifted the quilt and tried to get up.
Old Madam Wen came to the bedside in one step, pressed her shoulders, and gathered the quilt around her: "Lie down quickly, don't get up."
Mr. Wen also said, "Lie down! Your health is important."
"A-choo..." Xia Ruya sneezed again, and a spicy sensation filled her nose, making her tears stream. Then she leaned obediently on the bed.
Mrs. Wen looked at her pale face, red eyes and nose, and couldn't help but said distressedly: "I have asked the servants to prepare ginger soup for you to drink to warm your body. I also called the family doctor and he will be here soon."
Xia Ruya's nose was itchy and uncomfortable. She quickly took a tissue and kept rubbing her nose: "Grandma, I'm fine, I just caught a cold. I'll drink some ginger soup and sleep under the quilt. I'll be fine after sweating."
Old Mrs. Wen frowned and said, "You've had poor health since you were a child. Whenever the weather changes, you get headaches and fever. How can you be fine? It would be better to let the family doctor take a look later."
Xia Ruya said quickly: "Grandma, my health has improved a lot in the past two years. I am not as weak as before."
Two years of living in Yunchuan has changed not only her as a person, but also her physical condition.
Old Master Wen frowned and said seriously, "A cold can be serious or minor. Your grandma is right. It's better to let the doctor take a look."
Xia Ruya was about to speak when her nose suddenly felt itchy and she sneezed several times. She quickly took a tissue to wipe away the snot.
Old Mrs. Wen was distressed and said, "Poor child, how could he fall into the lake for no reason?"
Xia Ruya was thinking about how to bring Wen Xinya into the conversation in a tactful way without causing Mr. Wen to suspect that she was deliberately throwing dirty water on Wen Xinya. At this time, a servant came into the room with ginger soup: "Miss Xia, the ginger soup is ready."
Xia Ruya's eyes suddenly widened as she stared at the woman in front of her who was about thirty years old, wearing a blue printed cotton dress and had a kind look on her round face. When Wen Xinya pushed her into the lake, this woman had been standing not far away and saw everything that happened clearly.
Not only did she not stop it, she also watched coldly.
Later, after Wen Xinya left, she didn't even call for help and just turned around and left.
At this moment, she actually brought the ginger soup to her bedside as if nothing had happened.
Xia Ruya tightly grasped the quilt, her arms stiff with veins all over the back of her hands and her joints turning pale. At this moment... she finally realized that things were different now. Even if she tried to blame Wen Xinya for her own fall into the lake, no one would believe her.
Because the Wen family is now Wen Wenya's territory. Even if she moves in, no one in the Wen family dares to neglect her. But it cannot change the fact that she is just an adopted daughter of the Wen family, nor can it change Wen Wenya's identity as the eldest daughter of the Wen family.
These servants are used to changing their attitude according to the situation. How could they risk offending Wen Xinya to help her
Just like three years ago, when Wen Xinya had just returned to the Wen family, she took advantage of the nature of these old servants to frame Wen Xinya and push her into the lake.
Wen Xinya made her taste the pain she had suffered in the past.
She thought again of the last time when it was clearly Wen Xinya who broke the Rujiao azure carved vase, but in the end it was made seem as if she was the one who broke it. She still remembered the look on Old Man Wen's face when he frowned and looked at her, as if he was looking at a troublemaker who didn't understand anything and was always causing trouble.
Thinking of this, the words that were about to come out of my throat were swallowed back: "It was just that my feet slipped and I accidentally fell into the lake."
After saying this, she turned her gaze towards the servant standing beside Old Madam Wen, who was holding the ginger soup. However, she saw her standing aside with her head down, her eyes on her nose, her nose on her heart, looking as if she was doing her duty.
Only then did he realize that this servant looked unfamiliar. Could it be the Mrs. Wu that Ning Shuqian mentioned, the one that Wen Xinya brought into the Wen family to replace Aunt Zhou
Old Master Wen noticed that she looked strange, but he didn't think much about it: "Why are you so careless? Be more careful next time."
Xia Ruya looked at Grandpa Wen with emotion and said, "Grandpa, I understand."
"Poor child, it's so cold, it must be painful for you to fall into the lake. Come... drink the ginger soup quickly to warm your stomach." Old Mrs. Wen took the ginger soup from Mrs. Wu and handed it to Xia Ruya.
"Thank you, grandma!" Xia Ruya quickly reached out to take it. She put a little brown sugar in the clear ginger soup, which added a hint of sweetness to the spiciness, making it not so unbearable. She drank the hot ginger soup spoonful by spoonful. After finishing the whole bowl of ginger soup, she felt a warmth in her stomach, which completely drove away the coldness in her body.
Old Madam Wen looked at Xia Ruya, who finished drinking a cup of ginger soup. Her pale face was rosy and she showed a satisfied smile: "Hurry up and lie down, cover yourself with the quilt and sweat."
Xia Ruya obediently lay down and covered herself tightly with the quilt.
After a while, the family doctor came to check on Xia Ruya: "It's okay, you just caught a cold. I'll prescribe some cold medicine for you."
After taking the medicine, Xia Ruya fell into a deep sleep.
In the evening, Xia Ruya developed a high fever and went to see a family doctor. When her temperature was taken, it was found to be 39.8 degrees, which alarmed the entire Wen family.
The doctor gave Xia Ruya an IV drip, and her fever didn't subside until four in the morning.