Chapter 104 - Chapter 104: The Crying Child
Chapter 104: The Crying Child
Translator: End less Fantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Qi Shenbai pushed her hair away from her face, his deep eyes filled with gentleness. His gaze on her was passionate and devoted, as if he was looking at an unprecedented treasure.
As smart as he was, how could he not tell what she was hiding? It was just that she was unwilling to say it out loud, and he would not force her.
He respected her, as well as her little secret.
He carefully lifted her hand to his lips and kissed it affectionately.
Since he was afraid that Xu Jiaojiao’s fever would flare up again at night, Qi Shenbai did not sleep the entire night. From time to time, he would check on her temperature to make sure that it was normal.
Xu Jiaojiao slept deeply because of the cold medicine, so she was completely unaware of his actions. It was not until the sky outside was bright that Qi Shenbai returned to his room to rest.
The next day, when Xu Jiaojiao opened her eyes again, she felt that her body was not as heavy as before. However, her throat was still a little dry and itchy, and she would occasionally cough a few times.
Qi Shenbai asked the family doctor to give her another anti-inflammatory drip.
Xu Jiaojiao hid her hand under the blanket and refused any more needles. “I feel like I’m all better now! I’m really not lying… Cough, cough, cough…” Halfway through her sentence, she could not help but cough.
“Your bad cough says otherwise.” Qi Shenbai frowned, his tone stern. “You little liar.”
When Xu Jiaojiao saw the doctor take out the IV drip, she immediately panicked and begged pitifully, “Qi Shenbai… Mr. Qi, Master Qi, can I please refuse the drip?”
Qi Shenbai’s heart softened when he saw her pitiful look. However, when he heard her cough, he could only reject her heartlessly. “No, you have to get it.” Seeing that there was no hope, Xu Jiaojiao hung her head dejectedly. Her outstretched hand trembled…
After the doctor disinfected the back of her hand and was about to insert the needle, Xu Jiaojiao screamed and pulled her hand back.
The doctor felt a little helpless. “Mrs. Qi, I haven’t even started yet.”
“Is that so?” Xu Jiaojiao slowly opened her eyes and saw the doctor looking at her exasperatedly with a needle in his hand. “I’m sorry.”
The moment she turned around, she saw Qi Shenbai’s smiling eyes. She turned her face away shyly.
She was acting like a scared little kid! How embarrassing.
“I’ll do it,” Qi Shenbai offered.
The doctor knew that Qi Shenbai was trained in this, so he handed the syringe to him directly. The doctor then gave him some medicine for Xu Jiaojiao and told him how to take it before leaving with his things.
Xu Jiaojiao secretly opened an eye and watched as Qi Shenbai disinfected the back of her hand. “You even know how to start an IV drip?”
“Not really, this is the first time I’m doing it for someone else,” Qi Shenbai said without raising his head.
“I don’t believe you,” Xu Jiaojiao muttered softly. “If you know how to pull out the needles, you must know how to insert them too.”
Qi Shenbai looked up at her. “What if it’s really my first time giving someone an IV drip?”
Xu Jiaojiao shut her eyes tightly and her lips were stretched into a thin line. “Then hurry up. I’ll try not to cry.”
Qi Shenbai laughed and stopped teasing her. “Close your eyes tightly. There will be a reward after you’re done.”
As soon as Xu Jiao jiao heard that there was a reward, her attention was distracted. “What’s the reward?”
“Take a guess.”
“Hmm…” Xu Jiaojiao closed her eyes and pondered. “I don’t know… Ow…”
When she opened her eyes in confusion, she realized that the needle had already been inserted while she was thinking. Qi Shenbai was methodically applying tape to the back of her hand to fix the needle in place.
He had succeeded on the first try, and it did not hurt at all. The back of her hand was just a little cold. Qi Shenbai was an expert at this.
He tied a medicine box to her palm to hold the needle in place, and he even slowed down the speed of the infusion.
“I’m not a kid,” Xu Jiaojiao complained in a low voice. “Why would I need a medicine box to hold.”
Qi Shen glanced at her and said, “You were crying and refusing the needle like a kid, weren’t you?”
Xu Jiaojiao recalled how she behaved just now and felt a little awkward. She decided to change the topic. “Qi Shenbai, have you studied medicine before?” “No.” Qi Shenbai said, “I had a friend who was in poor health and had been hospitalized. It was very troublesome to call a nurse over every time, so I picked up some skills.”
Xu Jiaojiao’s round eyes were filled with admiration. “Then you might really be a genius. It’s a pity that you didn’t study medicine.”
Qi Shenbai did not reply. He only gently held the tube of the IV drip with his hand to warm up the medicine. This way, it would not be gentler on her blood vessels.
Xu Jiaojiao was moved by his actions. “By the way, where’s my reward?”
Qi Shenbai sat down beside her. Now, they were only a few centimeters apart. He stared at her with his bottomless eyes, his Adam’s apple bobbing silently.. “Are you sure you want the reward now?”