I had a splitting headache, and my whole body was shivering with cold, but my forehead was frighteningly hot. I licked my lips.
I knew I had a fever, but I couldn't get up.
I felt a little hungry, but my stomach was churning. I wanted to spit out everything in my stomach.
A cool hand fell on my forehead in a trance, and the coolness made me feel so comfortable that I couldn't help but lean toward him, longing for more coolness.
I felt light as a feather. My head ached so much that it no longer belonged to me, and I wanted to cut off that part of my head. I bit my lip to make it lighter.
I felt myself being lifted up and he carried me out of the studio.
In the living room, with the curtains open and the sun shining down on my face, I felt more and more uncomfortable, and I couldn't help but lean my head against him and bury my eyes on his chest.
He quickly carried me into the bedroom. I was placed on the bed, but the soft bed didn't make me feel any more comfortable. Most importantly, the curtains in the bedroom were still wide open.
"Close the curtains!" I ordered weakly and firmly, with my eyes closed.
The curtains were immediately drawn.
He covered me with the quilt, and I kicked him away, and he did it three times, and finally, as if he couldn't take it anymore, he wrapped me in the quilt and I didn't have the strength to struggle and let him do it.
I could feel his eyes on me. He was standing by the bed, looking at me with a gentle gaze.
I tried to open my eyes to look at him, but just as I was about to see his face, a hand fell in front of my eyes, blocking everything.
He didn't want me to see him.
Even if he always showed up when I needed him most, even if I knew he was Zhou Jin, even if I knew he was thinking about me.
Maybe he was just worried that I wouldn't listen. He pulled out a silk scarf from somewhere and tied it around my eyes.
I heard him sigh softly in the darkness, then walk out of the room.
I lay quietly on the bed. All I could hear was my breathing.
I didn't reach for the scarf, if that was what he wanted.
The strangest thing is that I don't feel that bad anymore.
If I'm the only one who can see you like this, then let me go on forever.
After an unknown period of time, an ice pack fell on my forehead. My entire body shook, and I couldn't help but want to remove it. However, he held my hand and lightly kissed my palm. He was comforting me, so I stopped moving.
I was quiet, and then I heard the sound of water.
I felt him lift the covers from my body and slowly remove my clothes. His gentle movements made me feel a little itchy.
Perhaps it was because my eyes were hidden that the other senses of my body had become very sensitive.
I suddenly felt a little shy. I could feel my cheeks getting hotter and hotter, and I could guarantee that this was not only a fever, but also shyness.
I tried to push his hand away, but he grabbed mine and held me still, and I struggled back like the other side of the bed.
At this moment, he, who was originally very gentle, suddenly pressed down on me. No matter how I struggled, I couldn't move.
He leaned over and whispered in my ear, "Don't move, I won't be able to hold it in." His voice was very gentle, but his words were full of lust. His breath caught in my ear and made me feel a little itchy, but I didn't dare move because I could already hear his heavy breathing.
Zhou Jin carefully wiped my body with a wet towel. He wanted to cool me down, but his hand always stopped at a place that I shouldn't stop.
When I pushed his hand away from my chest once more, I couldn't help but say, "Zhou Jin, other people always give medicine to their patients when taking care of them. Is this the method you use to take advantage of me?" My voice was soft from headache and fever. It sounded more like coquettish.
Not only did Zhou Jin not immediately correct his mistake after hearing what I said, he even pushed me even further. His lips landed on my lips and even lightly licked mine, as if my lips were a piece of candy.
He said, "The porridge is still cooking. You have to finish eating before you can take the medicine."
I kept my mouth shut and heard him say, "I have other ways to cool it down. Do you want to try it?"
This bastard is tormenting me to take advantage of me!
I felt that Zhou Jin was different from three years ago. Before, he was gentle, kind, and sensitive, just like an abandoned kitten. In terms of lovers, I was the one who took the initiative.
But now our primary relationship seems to have changed.
I wanted to ask him why he always showed up when I wasn't awake, but I didn't dare to ask because I was afraid he'd leave me and wouldn't even give me the pleasure.
"What are you thinking?" I heard Zhou Jin say this, but at the same time I felt a pain on my lips. He bit my lips and said, "Don't be distracted. Don't think about others."
One of his hands was on my waist, but the other was holding the back of my head.
"Zhou Jin …" I tried to push him away, but he was on top of me, his hand on my body, and I could feel his breathing getting heavier and heavier, his heart beating faster and faster. I knew it was inevitable, so I simply relaxed my body and let Zhou Jin take control of me.
His fingers danced on my belly, and I couldn't help twisting them.
He seemed to have received encouragement as he slowly entered my body. I resisted my urge to grunt softly.
I still have a headache and a fever, but I want him more.
He moved slightly, as if he was afraid to hurt me and worsen my condition, but you're already like this, what's there to be careful about?
I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him hard. He understood what I meant immediately and hastened his movements.
I felt comfortable now, covering my eyes and imagining his face in my mind, and I could picture his slightly flushed face, his star-like eyes, and the corner of his mouth when he smiled.
I was lying in bed, floating in the air as if weightless, whether from illness or his movements.
I don't know how long it took, or how many times we did it, but all I knew was that I finally fell asleep and fell into a dark, sweet dream, where our wounds healed.
I was awoken by this, and thought of the butterfly brooch that I was only one step away from, I must seize this opportunity.
Waking up again, I didn't feel so bad anymore. My whole body was sticky with sweat. Perhaps Zhou Jin's unique treatment had worked.
My eyes were still covered by the veil. I was anxious to see the butterfly brooch, so I couldn't help but reach out to pull the veil, but my hand was held by Zhou Jin.
"My brooch is still a little short." "I almost finished it," I said, my voice still weak.
Zhou Jin did not move, he only gripped my hand tightly and leaned close to me while lowering his voice, "If you don't lie down properly, I will tear down the brooch, one diamond at a time."
When I heard his words, I immediately stopped moving. From the way he said it, I believed he could do it.
"When you're awake, eat." I was sitting on the edge of the bed with the pillow behind me and my eyes still covered with a silk scarf when I heard the sound of a spoon touching a porcelain bowl.
"Open your mouth." I don't know why I heard his voice now, but I felt a chill.
I smiled and opened my mouth. What was in my mouth was tasteless millet porridge, still slightly muddled.
I thought maybe he was in bed with me and forgot the porridge that was cooking in the kitchen.
"Open your mouth." I shut my mouth and didn't want to eat any more porridge.
"Open your mouth." He lowered his voice and his tone became very cold.
Reluctantly, I opened my mouth. I thought it was still the porridge, but my lips touched something soft. The next second, I realized that Zhou Jin had actually kissed me, and he was feeding it to me.
In the end, with his help, I finished all of the bowl of porridge and even swallowed some medicine. He also threatened me, if I did not lie down properly and had to become a brooch, he would destroy my brooch and not only that, he would also be able to make me forever unable to sign up for the competition.
In fact, after all he had done, my illness was already much better. I lay on the bed and wondered if I should pretend to be sick for a while longer. I hadn't felt his gentleness in a long time.
Not long after I lay down, the door opened again. He pulled back my blanket, exposing my naked body to the air. I cried out in surprise, and then I heard a chuckle from above my head.
I blushed and covered my face with my hands. Although I couldn't see, I could still feel his gaze.
"What do you want to do?" I grabbed his clothes.
He lowered his head and whispered in my ear, "Bath."
It was just a simple word, but it sounded like a signal in my ears.
"Hey, you're done." I said with a bit of dissatisfaction. I was clearly not young anymore, and Zhou Jin was clearly much younger than me, yet at this moment, it seemed that I was much younger than him.
Of course he couldn't have listened to me. He put me in a tub full of hot water, and he dabbed at my skin with a towel.
"Zhou Jin …" I couldn't help but call out his name.
He didn't answer, but the hand holding my wrist shook slightly.
"Do you hate me?" I finally asked the question, perhaps because I was so happy now, so I asked the question that had always been buried in my heart.
I gripped the tub with both hands, and my body trembled. The headache struck me again, and even in the warm water I felt a little cold.