Xia Zhi looked at the scene and felt distressed and amused. He patted Sang Luo on the back and said, "If you feel so bad, just say less."
Sang Luo leaned weakly into Xia Zhi's arms, weakly grasped his hand, and called out affectionately: "My beloved, you still care about me~"
Jiang Zhixia: "Ugh~yue—"
Everyone was startled and looked at Jiang Zhixia at the same time.
Xia Zhi felt that something was wrong with Jiang Zhixia, so he quickly left Sang Luo and ran to his side, pouring him a glass of water: "Are you okay?"
Jiang Zhixia drank some water from Xia Zhi's hand, rinsed his mouth, and then lay back on the bed weakly, feeling so uncomfortable that he didn't even want to speak.
"Are you still feeling uncomfortable?" Xia Zhi took another wet towel and gently wiped the sweat off his forehead. The uneasy feeling in his heart became stronger.
Cheng Yunan and Sang Luo were much better after vomiting for a while. Although they were still a little weak, they seemed to have vomited everything out and had the energy to make jokes. But Jiang Zhixia didn't seem to be getting any better. His face was even paler than at the beginning.
At this time, the doctor seemed to sense that something was wrong with Jiang Zhixia and examined him again carefully.
Director Xu Tian didn't care about filming anymore, and hurried over to ask the doctor in a low voice: "How is it?"
The doctor frowned, his expression a little serious: "The situation is not good, and he has a fever. It's best to go to the hospital for a check-up."
"Fever?" Xu Tian was shocked. "Is it caused by food poisoning? But Yun An and Mr. Sang don't have fever?"
The doctor looked at Jiang Zhixia and explained, "Perhaps his stomach is more fragile than theirs. To be on the safe side, it is better to go to the hospital for a thorough checkup."
Xu Tian nodded in agreement and immediately asked someone to arrange a car.
Cheng Yunan and Sang Luo heard the conversation between the two and were also very worried.
"Old Jiang, how are you? Can you still hold on?"
Jiang Zhixia was probably exhausted from vomiting. She wanted to open her mouth to answer, but no sound came out. She could only nod slightly to indicate that she was fine.
Xia Zhi stayed by Jiang Zhixia's bed with concern, his frown never loosening.
The driver quickly drove the car to the door.
Xia Zhi helped Jiang Zhixia up and asked softly, "Can you still walk?"
Jiang Zhixia glanced at him, leaned most of his body on Xia Zhi, shook his head weakly, and said, "Maybe I'll have to trouble you to help me."
Xia Zhi felt annoyed for no reason when she heard Jiang Zhixia's polite and distant words, and her tone unconsciously became a little stiff: "It's not a big deal."
Jiang Zhixia forced a weak smile and changed her words: "Well, then you hold me up."
Xia Zhi's brows relaxed a little, and he supported Jiang Zhixia and slowly walked out of the house.
The other three were worried and wanted to go to the hospital too. However, Cheng Yunan and Sang Luo were still very weak, and Xia Zhi didn't want them to suffer, so he didn't agree. Xiao Han was left behind to take care of them.
Finally, Xia Zhi, the director, and the program producer accompanied Jiang Zhixia to the hospital. Since it was already late, in order to see a doctor as soon as possible, everyone decided to go to the county hospital first.
Fortunately, the county town was not far away, there were not many vehicles on the road at night, and the driver was very capable, so we arrived at the county hospital in half an hour.
The doctor gave Jiang Zhixia a preliminary diagnosis and then arranged for several necessary tests. The results showed that Jiang Zhixia had acute gastroenteritis caused by food poisoning. Fortunately, the situation was not particularly serious and only required intravenous treatment. However, the doctor recommended that he stay in the hospital for observation for one night.
So Jiang Zhixia was transferred to the observation area. The county hospital was not as large as the general hospitals in big cities, so naturally there were no VIP wards, but the doctor seemed to recognize Jiang Zhixia and specially arranged an empty ward for him.
After struggling until the early morning, they finally settled Jiang Zhixia in the observation ward. But they soon encountered a new problem.
Jiang Zhixia had already been given an IV drip. He was very weak after tossing and turning all night, and fell asleep soon after lying on the bed.
Xu Tian stood by the bed, looking at Jiang Zhixia worriedly, and whispered to Xia Zhi and the program producer, "If we all stay here, it will affect Zhixia's rest. Why don't we leave one person here to take care of her, and the other two go back to rest first."
Xia Zhi had the same idea, so he didn't refuse.
The program producer asked: "Who will stay to take care of it?"
Xia Zhi hesitated. According to normal logic, as Jiang Zhixia's former teammate, he was naturally the closest to him among the three, and it was natural for him to stay and take care of him. However, their relationship was not just as simple as former teammates. There was also the identity of a former lover in between, which made him a little unsure about how to get along with Jiang Zhixia.
However, no one knew about the complicated past between the two of them, and Xu Tian and the producer naturally didn't know either, so it was natural for them to leave the person they were supposed to take care of to Xia Zhi.
"Then Mr. Xia, please take care of Zhixia for one night. We will pick you up tomorrow morning."
Xia Zhi smiled bitterly in his heart, but he had no reason to refuse, so he had to agree.
It was late at night, so the director and producer did not stay any longer and decided to go back to Jingwu Village first.
After saying goodbye to the two, Xia Zhi returned to the ward and pulled a chair to sit down beside the bed. Jiang Zhixia was sleeping soundly, so he did not disturb her. He took out his phone and prepared to tell his teammates about Jiang Zhixia's current situation in the WeChat group to prevent them from worrying.
Xiao Han responded quickly, obviously having been waiting for news from him. He sent a picture of a cartoon character kneeling on the ground with his head down and crying.
Xia Zhi knew that he must still be blaming himself, so he comforted him: "Don't blame yourself too much. This was just an accident. You didn't mean to do it. They won't blame you. Don't be sad."
Xiao Han was probably frightened by what happened tonight, so he sent another crying yellow face emoji, saying with deep regret: [I'm sorry, I will never cook again! ]
Xia Zhi felt distressed but also found it a little funny when he saw the animated picture of patting people on the head in the group.
Cheng Yunan and Sang Luo probably went to bed, and they didn't show up in the group. It was already late, so Xia Zhi told Xiao Han to go to bed quickly. The two said goodnight to each other in the group and ended the chat.
Xia Zhi put away his phone. Just then, a bag of medicine was almost finished, so he pressed the call light to ask the nurse to change the medicine.
It was already two in the morning when the infusion ended. The nurse came in and removed the needle for Jiang Zhixia. She glanced at Xia Zhi who was standing beside her and saw that his eyes were red and his face was full of fatigue. She couldn't help but whispered, "The infusion is over. You should rest quickly."
Xia Zhi smiled and thanked him.
The nurse turned off the lights before leaving. The light in the room dimmed suddenly, and Xia Zhi, whose nerves had been tense all night, suddenly relaxed, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
He sat in the chair and stretched his stiff body, then adjusted himself to a more comfortable sitting position, ready to sleep on the chair for the night.
"Go to bed."
Xia Zhi suddenly opened his eyes and looked towards the bed. In the darkness, Jiang Zhixia's outline was a little blurry, but his eyes were as bright as the stars in the night sky.
"Are you awake?" Xia Zhi was delighted and leaned closer to ask, "Are you feeling better? Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"
Jiang Zhixia shook his head, and then realized that the light was off in the room, so Xia Zhi couldn't see it, so he opened his mouth again and replied in a somewhat dry voice: "Much better, I don't feel uncomfortable anymore."
"That's good." Xia Zhi breathed a sigh of relief. "Then let's go to bed quickly. It's already very late. The director and others will come to pick us up tomorrow morning."
"Yeah." Jiang Zhixia said, "You should also go to the bed opposite and have a good sleep. The chair is not comfortable."
"No need." Xia Zhi said, "This is the emergency room. Patients may come in at any time. It's okay for me to stay here for one night."
Jiang Zhixia didn't say anything else, and Xia Zhi thought he had agreed, so he prepared to go to bed. But just as he closed his eyes, he heard a slight rustling sound on the bed, as if Jiang Zhixia was moving her body.
"Are you going to the bathroom?" Xia Zhi turned on the small lamp at the bedside. However, Jiang Zhixia did not intend to get up, but moved to the side, leaving half of the bed empty.
"If you don't mind, come up and sleep." Jiang Zhixia's expression was very calm when he said this, but in fact, his right hand hidden in the quilt was clenched into a fist.
Xia Zhi didn't expect Jiang Zhixia to take the initiative to invite him to sleep on the bed. He touched his nose to cover up and declined politely, "No, it's not very convenient. The bed is a little small. It's not comfortable for two people to sleep together."
Jiang Zhixia didn't care: "The hospital's conditions are limited, so just make do with sleeping here. It's definitely more comfortable than a chair."
Xia Zhi scratched his earlobe again. These were the little actions he did when he was embarrassed.
Jiang Zhixia suddenly sat up and pretended to lift the quilt: "If you don't want to sleep with me, then you sleep on the bed and I'll sleep on the chair."
"Don't!" Xia Zhi hurriedly stopped him, "You are a patient, how can a patient sleep on a chair... Okay, I will sleep on the bed, and I will just sleep there tonight."
Xia Zhi finally agreed, because although Jiang Zhixia seemed indifferent, he was actually unexpectedly stubborn in some aspects, and even he couldn't do anything about him.
Xia Zhi went to the bathroom to wash his face first, and when he came out, Jiang Zhixia had already given up half of the bed. Probably because he didn't want to embarrass him, he chose to lie on his side with his back to him.
Xia Zhi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, tiptoed to the edge of the bed, took off his shoes, and lay down on the bed carefully, trying not to disturb Jiang Zhixia.
After Xia Zhi lay down, he was ready to take the same posture as Jiang Zhixia. However, just as he was about to turn over, Jiang Zhixia next to him suddenly turned around, with a pair of eyes as clear as water, looking at him steadily.
Xia Zhi paused, pulled the corners of his mouth stiffly, and asked: "You haven't slept yet."
"Yeah." Jiang Zhixia lowered her voice, "I just took a nap, so I'm not that sleepy now."
Xia Zhi uttered a dry "oh" and was silent for a moment before saying, "Then I'll go to sleep first. I'm a little tired."
"OK, good night."
“…Good night.” Xia Zhi slowly turned over, moved to the edge of the bed without making a sound, closed his eyes and went to sleep.
He was indeed very tired and fell asleep soon after lying down on the bed.
Jiang Zhixia was not sleepy at all, so she lay on her side and stared at Xia Zhi in the background. The light from the corridor shone through the glass window of the door, bringing a ray of light to the dark room. In the dim light, Jiang Zhixia's pursed thin lips slowly rose up into a noticeable arc.
After watching for an unknown amount of time, he gently raised his hand, wanting to touch Xia Zhi's hair, but stopped just before his fingertips were about to touch it. He was eager, yet timid.
Jiang Zhixia wanted to withdraw her hand dejectedly, but the person sleeping beside her suddenly moved at this moment, turned over while holding the quilt, and then subconsciously moved inward.
Jiang Zhixia raised his arms and hugged the person beside him without warning. A warm and moist breath came from his chest, which seemed to penetrate through the skin and into every organ in the body, giving them fresh and beating power again.
The heartbeat began to speed up involuntarily, and Jiang Zhixia subconsciously held his breath, fearing that he would wake up the person sleeping in his arms.
Jiang Zhixia gently put down his arms and hugged Xia Zhi's back, not daring to move. He didn't remember how long he had been in this position, but he remembered the gentle and long breathing in his arms, just like many years ago.
At that time, they slept in this position almost every night. They hugged each other, slept with their feet touching, Xia Zhi buried her head and hands in his chest like a little baby, and his chin gently touched his hair, and his right hand tightly hugged his waist. At that time, they even slept in a loving way.
After the breakup, Jiang Zhixia would dream of this scene almost every night after falling asleep. The dream was so sweet, but she felt so empty after waking up.
He never thought that this scene in his dream would become reality again. The happy and warm feeling of the hug in the dream was like a kind of temptation, which made him involuntarily follow the deepest desires in his heart, and finally he carefully placed his palm on Xia Zhi's lower back.
After waiting for a while and seeing that the person in his arms didn't wake up, he changed from testing at the beginning to being blatant.
His hands tightened subconsciously until he completely embraced him. Jiang Zhixia could hardly control his excitement. He rubbed Xia Zhi's cheek with his chin and whispered in his ear.
"really miss you."
(End of this chapter)