CH 93

“A little,” Miaomiao nodded as she faced Zhou Yuan’s questioning gaze.

“I’ll take you to the hospital.”

“It’s just a cold. It’s nothing serious.” There was no need to go to the hospital.

Miaomiao knew that she had a cold, although she hasn’t been stricken with one for such a long time, so she was a little surprised.

When people have a cold or a fever, they usually thought that it was better to tough it out.

Zhou Yuan grabbed her arm, “Let’s go to the hospital. We won’t know how long you’ll be sick. We have to cure it.”

Jingjing and Deng Feng walked out of their rooms after detecting traces of a conversation between two people. When they found out that Miaomiao had a cold, they immediately recommended, “Let’s go to the hospital.”

Miaomiao went back into her bedroom to change clothes since she came out in pajamas just now. She felt dizzy and nauseous.

As soon as she came out, Zhou Yuan assisted her in walking.

“Deng Feng, pack our stuff. I’ll take Miaomiao first.”

Earlier, he had already reserved a taxi using his mobile phone. When he noticed how uncomfortable Miaomiao was, he carried her directly downstairs on his back. 

Miaomiao knew that Zhou Yuan was carrying her on his back, but he still moved with a swift gait.

She has always hated being carried since her childhood. She never allowed anyone else to carry her save for her mother.

The insecurities of not having her feet on the ground frightened her.

Miaomiao reflexively clung to his neck and whispered, “Zhou Yuan…I’m afraid…you slow down…”

She thought that she was going to fall when he rushed down the stairs. She was very scared, so Zhou Yuan slowed down his pace, “It’s alright. Don’t be afraid. Even if you fall, I’ll be at the bottom to catch you.”

When Miaomiao processed this, she replied, the weakness apparent in her voice, “Zhouzhou, what should I do…Your words still don’t comfort me.”

“Then you should say something to comfort me,” Zhou Yuan replied, “For example, why do you like more talkative boys? I thought that most girls prefer taciturn, cold boys.”

Miaomiao: “…most girls prefer taciturn, cold boys…so like you?”

Miaomiao’s attention was distracted by their colloquy.

“But I’m not taciturn; I’m not cold. I’ve always been down to earth.” Down to earth. I frolicked around during my youth with some kids; I was jealous of others because the person was attracted to someone else who had different character traits than myself, I want to make myself more appealing. Isn’t this down to earth enough?

When Miaomiao internalized his words, she couldn’t help but ponder, “Is my cold and fever that big of a concern? Why do I feel you’re…acting a little strange?”

“Am I?” As they conversed, they finally reached downstairs.

Zhou Yuan placed Miaomiao down on the ground and remembered to get some breakfast at a restaurant.

Then, he took Miaomiao outside and got into the car.

“Would you like some breakfast?”

Miaomiao shook her head. She felt dizzy and didn’t want to eat anything. She wanted to sneeze.

Zhou Yuan fastened Miaomiao’s seat belt and noticed her discomfort, “Do you want to lean on something?”

Miaomiao leaned over and stated, “It’s not that serious. It’s just a cold. Zhou Yuan, you’re overreacting. I have been very healthy since I was a kid.”

Miaomiao thought Zhou Yuan was overreacting since he was more susceptible to being ill ever since he was a kid. She remembered the last time he became sick, which forced him to become hospitalized.

“You have been healthy since your childhood, but if you’re sick, you have to visit the hospital.” Zhou Yuan suddenly remembered that Miaomiao’s father was a doctor, “Do you want me to inform your father?”

Miaomiao swiftly shook her head, “Let’s go to the hospital for a checkup. If it’s not serious, I’ll just take some medicine. If it’s serious, I need an IV drip.”

If dad finds out about this, then he’ll force me to stay home for a long time.

In middle school, students were allowed to live in the dormitory. At that time, both Jingjing and Deng Feng dwelled in their school dorms, but Miaomiao spent her middle school years living at home since her parents were not at ease.

As the high school class president, she had more responsibilities compared to a middle school class president. Her classmates, too, were caught up in a manifold of situations, so she lived at home half the time and stayed at school for the other half.

She always felt that her father was being unreasonable since he believed that she wasn’t able to take care of herself. But in reality, she was able to care for herself. When the weather was cold, she slipped on more clothing, and when it was hot, she put on sunscreen. When it rained, there were umbrellas in the classroom and dormitory. She only accidentally got a cold this time.

Zhou Yuan also nodded and said, “It’s okay. You shouldn’t have conversed with me on the balcony yesterday. You probably got a cold from then.”

Miaomiao: “…” Something’s weird.

She then realized, ‘Why is Zhou Yuan speaking so much today?’

“No.” Miaomiao sat upright and continued, “In fact, it’s not that serious. I am physically fit. Some cold air isn’t enough to cause me to become sick. When I was in elementary school, Jingjing and I went hiking. We ended up having so much fun that we didn’t realize that it was getting dark, so we slept in a pavilion on a mountain at night. I didn’t catch a cold; therefore, how could I get sick from the outside air?”

Zhou Yuan: “So, when you were in elementary school, you climbed the mountain and slept there? Were there any adults with you?”

“No adults.” Miaomiao said with a smile, “Although the three of us were beaten.”

Zhou Yuan: “If Jingjing gets any more weird ideas, you should tell me first.”

As Zhou Yuan said this, he suddenly froze. Since she has grown up, she should be able to tell which of Jingjing’s ideas were good or bad.

There’s no need to inform him since he missed out on that period.

Miaomiao didn’t think about it very much, so she said, “Okay. I’ll tell you about them from now on.”

I thought I would be able to take him along to play with the others, but reality doesn’t work that way. It feels like nobody is having fun.

Miaomiao mused over this; then, she leaned against Zhou Yuan and fell asleep. It was easy for someone, who had never had an illness in a long time, to fall asleep like a log. Her entire essence was fraught with weakness and febrility.

The hot spring was on a side of a resort that was on the vertex of the mountain; they needed to head down the mountain in order to reach the hospital.

Zhou Yuan touched Miaomiao’s forehead; it was very hot.

Although he was well-aware that it was just a common cold and fever, he was still very concerned.

It was as if something had gripped his heart. He entered the world of adults before this. The world adult had a topic that he was clueless in, and that topic is love.

Although the number of equations, that he could easily solve, was manifold, he never understood what this mysterious thing was.

At that time, he never realized that he would soon understand it one day.

Zhou Yuan originally wanted to measure the temperature of her forehead, but when he touched it, he couldn’t bear removing his hand.

He felt a swelling within the recesses of his heart. He could no longer ignore this feeling.

Zhou Yuan tore his gaze away from her, and he redirected it towards the landscape outside as the environs became filled with the loud din of sirens and the flashing of ambulance lights.