CH 57

~End of chapter 56

When she covered him back with the quilt, she found out that Shen Yi’s complexion didn’t look quite right. Reaching out, she touched him, his forehead was hot, a temperature which was frighteningly high.

He was most likely having a fever.

The man in the bed was frowning even in his sleep, he was murmuring in a low voice and it was hard to hear what he was saying.

Lu Wanwan went to the medicine cabinet to find a fever-reducing medicine. Just when she was about to wake the man up to let him take the medicine, Shen Yi opened his eyes.

Chapter 57

(23.3)

Lu Wanwan shuddered at his gaze and explained, “You have a fever.”

Shen Yi blinked, reached out and suddenly took hold of her wrist, dragged the person closer to himself, buried his head in her neck, and whispered in a hoarse voice: “Oh.”

Because he was ill, Shen Yi’s strength was much more reduced, Lu Wanwan broke away from his arms, “Oh ? What do you mean oh ? Take your medicine first.”

Shen Yi shook his head: “I’m not taking it.”

Lu Wanwan figured that Shen Yi was confused by the fever which was the reason why he showed such a childish side, she said, “You won’t get better if you don’t take the medicine.”

Shen Yi still shook his head, “Not taking it.”

Lu Wanwan couldn’t bother to talk nonsense with him. She intended to shove it down his throat, but she tried several times without success in the end. Somewhat dejected, she thought inside that it was up to him to take it or not, but in the end, she still didn’t have the heart to give up.

She asked weakly, “Why don’t you take the medicine?”

“I’m not happy and don’t want to take it”

Lu Wanwan sat on the edge of the bed, with the fever-reducing medicine still in her palm, and asked another question, “Why are you unhappy?”

Seemingly a little tired, he slowly closed his eyes, “My mom came back.”

Lu Wanwan was stunned for a moment. In the novel, Meng Xuexin later did come back, but that was something that was supposed to happen much more later in the story.

She knew that Shen Yi seemed to hate this mother of his a little in his heart.

His younger brother at least had the affection of their father and was close to him, while Shen Yi had nothing left.

She lowered her eyes, “But you still need to take your medicine.”

Shen Yi didn’t answer, because he fell asleep.

Lu Wanwan had no choice, she hastily wiped his body with alcohol and fed him two fever-reducing pills, before leaving the guest room.

Regarding Shen Yi’s mother, Lu Wanwan felt that she was simply even more of a white lotus than herself.

In the name of love, she abandoned the son she herself gave birth to, and now in the name of familial love, she came looking for her son’s forgiveness.

But, at the end of the book, it didn’t seem like Shen Yi and Meng Xuexin ever made up, their mother and son  relationship was never restored.

The child that Meng Xuexin later gave birth to had all along been under the illusion that Shen Yi was his enemy and was very seriously hostile towards him. Although he was young, but his scheming was deep. He had a first-class ability to sow discord, which resulted in Meng Xuexin almost intending to break off all relationship with Shen Yi in the end.

Fortunately, the next morning, Shen Yi’s high fever had subsided.

Although the person was not yet awake, his complexion already looked much better.

Lu Wanwan was planning to go outside to buy two portions of plain porridge when the doorbell suddenly rang. Opening the door, she saw a well-dressed woman, wearing exquisite makeup, standing in front of her. She looked like she was in her thirties and was very beautiful.

“Hello, you are?”

Lu Wanwan really didn’t recognize her.

The corners of the woman’s eyes were red, it seemed like she had been crying last night?

“I’m Shen Yi’s mother, where is he?”

Was this Meng Xuexin coming over uninvited?

Meng Xuexin had thought for a long time and felt that she had to come over, after all, she still had a favor to ask from Shen Yi.

No matter how resentful this son of hers was towards her, she was still his mother in the end.

Lu Wanwan was blocking the door without inviting her inside the house. Even if she did not say anything, Meng Xuexin already recognized her.

The woman’s eyes turned sharp, her previous softness seemed to be an illusion as she asked, “You are his wife?”

“Kind of.”

The attempt to divorce was a failure, right ?

Meng Xuexin liked ladies born from prestigious families like herself, who knew etiquette and understood manners. She looked at her up and down all over, thinking that even though this person looked beautiful, but she was really too uneducated.

How could she actually just let her stand in front of the door without inviting her inside to sit?

Meng Xuexin knew that his son’s wife’s family was an ordinary one, they had a bit of money, but it wasn’t enough to impress her.

This type of person, she wasn’t thinking of ways to please her mother-in-law, but now seemed to be giving her an attitude?

“Where is Shen Yi?”

“On the bed.” Lu Wanwan replied truthfully.

“How can you say this kind of thing?”

“What’s wrong with me telling the truth?”

“Get out of the way, I want to go in and see my son.”

Of course if Meng Xuexin was so eager to see Shen Yi, it wasn’t because of any mother-son relationship, but because she wanted back the part of Shen Yi’s shares that belonged to the Meng family.

The shares belonging to her had been given to Shen Yi for a while now and it was worth a big sum of money. She could choose not to bother about it, but she also had to plan for the future of her most beloved little son.

No matter what, she was going to get these shares back.

Lu Wanwan was still blocking the door, meaning she wasn’t letting her in.

Etiquette and manners prevented Meng Xuexin from making a wrong move. She had to embarrassingly stand by the door.

If it wasn’t for the fact that Shen Yi didn’t even bother to pay attention to her on the phone, she wouldn’t have had to run over here.

“Who’s here?” Shen Yi asked with a hoarse voice as he walked over still wearing his pajamas.