Chapter 35 (1/2)
Chapter 35
Winter Warmth 3.2
“Aren’t you coming in?” Song Qiyan asked with uncertainty after he had already changed into his slippers as Xia Liang stood at the door dumbfounded.
Xia Liang felt like she had just woken from a dream. She walked in and shut the door.
On the way here, they had continued to argue, but finally settled on going to Song Qiyan’s apartment together first to let him take his medicine. After he rested, then they would discuss whether he should take her home or not.
After she took off her boots, Song Qiyan already placed a pair of cotton slippers in front of her. “I wear them in winter. You can wear them for now. I’ll buy a new pair in your size next time.”
“Uhm, it’s ok.” Xia Liang put on the slippers without thinking too much of it. Oh, so big……Her feet could swim inside them. ==
She followed Song Qiyan to the living room. Then she pondered. Ah, it seemed that there was something not quite right with their conversation just now……
She looked around this small apartment she was visiting the first time. It was not a large apartment, just about several hundred square feet. But there was a kitchen, dining table, small living room, bathroom and a bedroom. The apartment was very clean. It was quite plain. There was not even a TV in the living room, only a couple of magazines on the coffee table. The only thing which could be counted as decor was probably the green plants on the small balcony.
“s.h.i.+xiong, do you live by yourself?”
Song Qiyan poured two cups of water for him and Xia Liang. “En.” He drank water to soothe his throat. “I like it quite.” Then he plugged in the power cord of an electric kettle to boil water.
Xia Liang smiled and said light-heartedly, “I can tell.”
He looked like he was the quiet type of man who didn’t like noise.
“Uh?”
“Nothing.” Xia Liang waved her hands. “Right, you go check your temperature right now.” She pushed Song Qiyan. He obediently followed her onto the couch. “Where is the medicine box? I will get it for you.”
Song Qiyan gently looked at her. “It’s in the drawer below the TV stand.”
Xia Liang followed his direction and walked over. She squatted in front of the stand and muttered lightly. “A TV stand without a TV……”
Song Qiyan happened to hear it. He gave an earnest reply. “The TV was not included when I rented the apartment. I don’t watch TV much, so I didn’t buy one.”
Xia Liang took out the medicine box. She walked over and put it on the coffee table. She looked at inside and picked up the thermometer. Then she picked up the alcohol swab and rubbed the thermometer carefully.
“Uhm, I don’t watch TV much either……Especially after I got my own laptop. It’s much more convenient to use a computer.” Xia Liang gave the cleaned thermometer to Song Qiyan. “But occasionally I go to the movie with friends. I find the large screen to be a more immersive experience.”
Song Qiyan already put the thermometer into his mouth. His deep, black crystal like, almond eyes attentively watched the girl before him, who was busy tidying up his medicine box. There was a subconscious want to indulge her even more, something even he didn’t realize.
Because it was an electronic thermometer, a “Di” sounded after about 10 seconds when it was done.
Song Qiyan took out the thermometer and looked at it without much expression.
“How high is it?” Xia Liang looked at him with concern.
Song Qiyan said lightly, “It’s ok.”
Xia Liang looked at him in confusion. Then she simply stretched out her hand to grab it.
Probably because he was indeed sick plus his exhaustion, Song Qiyan was exceptionally obedient. But he also became somewhat childish, he struggled a little bit before he put the thermometer into Xia Liang’s hand.
Xia Liang looked at the display, 102 degrees. She panicked a bit before realizing that it was in Fahrenheit
Not right……
She had heard that anything over 100 Fahrenheit was treated as fever.
She took out her phone and opened a unit converter app. She typed in 102. Then she almost jumped up after she saw the converted number. She stared at Song Qiyan mercilessly and said angrily, “It’s almost 39 Celsius degrees! How can it be ok!”
Song Qiyan looked at her with his beautiful eyes. He blinked his eyes innocently.
Xia Liang was frustrated. She puffed up her cheeks unhappily. “s.h.i.+xiong, you really don’t take care of your own body!”
At that moment, the sound of water boiling came from kitchen. Xia Liang stared at him again and then walked with her slippers to the kitchen to pour the water. Not too long later, she came out holding a cup of hot water. She put it on the coffee table in front of him. She commanded, “Drink it up.”
Song Qiyan winked his beautiful almond eyes again. Then he obediently held up the cup and blew off the steam.
Xia Liang squatted again. She looked around inside the medicine box. Then she held one bottle of medicine in each hand. Both bottles were labelled “fever reducer”. She lifted both hands looking at Song Qiyan. She asked with a hash tone, “Which one?”
Song Qiyan pointed to the left bottle.