Chapter 52 (2/2)

“What are you saying?” Shi Yan placed one arm around his shoulder, “I went crazy, but why are you going crazy with me? Let’s go back to do our homework.”

The He Nuo who was facing his books couldn’t stop the tears from welling up in his eyes. He stood up and walked to the window. Shi Yan approached him and turned him around to face himself; He Nuo’s tear-filled eyes made Shi Yan feel like his heart had just been stabbed.

“I’m sorry.”

“I can’t believe you’re shedding golden drops just because you took some medicine. I’lll accompany you to drink it tomorrow, okay?” Shi Yan placed his hand over He Nuo’s eyes and touched its corners.

“What are you doing?” He Nuo didn’t understand Shi Yan’s strange actions.

“Tasting your golden drops,” Shi Yan wiped his finger on his lips, “If you’re a girl, I would have just eaten it directly. But since you’re a guy, we’ll have to make do with this.”

He Nuo laughed through his tears. His tears hadn’t fallen at first, but the result of suppressing it was that they had all ran into his nose, so with just one laugh of his, a bubble suddenly emerged from his nostril. Shi Yan burst out laughing when he saw his snot bubble, while He Nuo blushed with shame and embarra.s.sment.

Shi Yan finally stopped laughing out of kindness, “Ok ok, we can go back and study now ba.”

“How much was the medicine?”

“I knew you’d think that way. It’s free.” Shi Yan also knew that He Nuo wouldn’t believe him, “I don’t care if you believe it or not, they didn’t accept a single dime from me.” Then he told He Nuo about what had happened, or else this stubborn fellow would worry over this favour he owed him.

“Thank you, and sorry.” He Nuo spoke solemnly after a period of silence. Even if he believed that Shi Yan didn’t spend any money on it, Shi Yan had still expended a lot of effort in finding that family.

“What nonsense are you spouting? Do you think I’ll let you off if you flatter me? You can’t skip even one day of drinking that medicine, and you’ll have to come here everyday to do your homework.”

From then onwards, He Nuo spent every night with Shi Yan in the office. He had never hesitated over drinking the medicine again, while Shi Yan started bringing fruits from the second day onwards. He would stuff He Nuo with some fruit after he takes his medicine: mandarins, oranges, and every time Shi Yan would peel it with a fruit knife before he pa.s.sed it to He Nuo. How could He Nuo get the chance to eat this kind of high-quality fruits at home? He always ate these fruits under Shi Yan’s coercion.

The medicine was barely enough for seven days, but Shi Yan would keep the medicinal roots and residue after he finished boiling the medicine every time, so after seven days, he used the remnants from the past seven days of the medicine he had boiled to cook new medicine again. It was the weekend on the tenth day, which was four days before the Spring Festival. By then, they would be enjoying their holidays, so for the past few days Shi Yan had prepared the medicine at home and placed it in a thermos cup before he delivered it to He Nuo. There wasn’t anyone at home during the day, and the medicine was being reused a second time so it didn’t have a very strong scent. The scent would disperse as long as he opened the windows, thus Shi Yan managed to cook the medicine for four days without anyone finding out.