Chapter 81 A Unprecedented Threa (2/2)

Then she turned to Rose. ”I had a lot of misunderstandings about you, my dear girl. I think that we will become quite familiar with each other. You need a partner, am I right?”

Rose was surprised. ”You’re willing to be my partner?”

”I can’t wait! Your boyfriend may have saved my face, but you saved my life!” Alison said. ”I would be glad to have a partner who pushed me away in the face of a gun!”

Rose blinked. ”He isn’t my boyfriend.”

”You’re married?” Alison was shocked. ”I had no idea!”

”No, no, no.” Rose’s ice-like front crumbled. She blushed, waving her hands.

Alison laughed heartily. ”It’s fine. No need to explain. I was just joking. My dear girl, you need to know how to take a joke.”

”Exactly. Jokes are what makes America great. Rose, you should smile more.”

Alison pointed toward him. ”Well said, young man.”

When they got home, Rose let him shower first. He pushed her in, saying, ”You’re mad. You’re on your period. Stop pushing yourself!”

Li Du regretted it the next day. He was the one who’d been pushing it.

Li Du, in his prime, and self-proclaimed body full of fire, was down with a fever.

The shock due to the gunfight and the exhaustion of using the bug beyond his limits had crashed his immune system. Considering he had also been in the rain, it was no surprise he had caught a cold.

At midnight, Li Du started sweating profusely, yet he was freezing cold. He knew that he was having night sweats.

He wanted to get out of bed to switch on the lights. But once he stepped out of bed, his legs turned to jelly, almost making him fall.

This was the worst sickness he had ever had. After his high school exams, he had needed one gallon of fluid from the hospital. But, even then, he hadn’t felt as weak as this.

”D*mn!” he cursed. Through a fog, he thought, ‘It’s useless even if I switch on the lights. I didn’t bring my first-aid kit with me when I moved here.’

He lay back down, his consciousness fuzzy.

Hearing him, Ah Meow came running over. It widened its eyes at the sight of Li Du’s condition, obviously sensing that something wasn’t right. Ah Meow circled him anxiously.

”Ah Meow, switch on the lights.” Li Du stretched a weak, trembling hand toward the lightswitch.

Ah Meow blinked. Instantly, it ran over and leaped at the lightswitch, smacking the lights on with a paw.

Li Du felt much better with the lights on. He huddled up in his blanket and dozed off fitfully.

When he opened his eyes again, he was in a different place. There were clean white walls around him. By his sides were two other sick-beds. He could hear some people speaking in low voices.

Seeing him awake, Ah Meow jumped onto his pillow, rubbing its furry little head into Li Du’s lap.

Rose said, ”Your cold almost became a bout of pneumonia! Thank goodness Ah Meow woke me up by scratching on my door. Otherwise, if you had carried on sleeping on that soaking wet bed, your lungs might have been destroyed by now!”

Li Du’s condition was quite poor. The doctor said that they only saw such serious colds once or twice a year.

Hans came over in the afternoon. He gave Li Du a bear hug once he stepped into the room. ”Bro, I heard that you nearly died on the bed.”

If Li Du hadn’t been too weak, he would have kicked Hans into the air.

Hans ignored his seething. Putting on a mischievous face, he went on. ”Looks like you’re living a good life at your new place. But control yourself. When you get better, Big Fox will teach you some tricks, so that you can use that thing without hurting yourself!”

”F*ck off!” Li Du cursed at him in Chinese, too angry to really care.