Chapter 44: The reborn of paranoid boss cannon fodder wife
Chapter 44: Coaxing to Sleep...
Xiao Cheng didn't feel the pain in his neck, but the trembling and curled-up figure in his arms, along with Bai Lu's weak and feeble voice, momentarily stopped his heartbeat.
"Shall we go to the clinic?"
"No..." The girl in his arms shook her head, weakly but persistently, clearly resisting going to the hospital.
She continued, "I want to drink hot water..."
Xiao Cheng didn't think hot water would help at this time. He tried to get her out of bed, but Bai Lu resisted. She swayed, trying to get down, pushing him away. If that didn't work, she grabbed his arm and pinched him, insisting, "I want to drink water, hot water."
"Drink hot water."
Even her anger lacked strength.
The arm being pinched didn't feel a thing.
Xiao Cheng thought about taking Bai Lu to the hospital, but she resisted, and besides complaining about feeling uncomfortable and frowning, biting him, and curling up in his arms, there were no signs of more severe pain.
The little face buried in his neck was still warm, showing no signs of paleness or lack of blood color. Her forehead felt normal.
It shouldn't be too serious.
She suggested drinking some hot water, so he decided to give it a try.
After calming down, Xiao Cheng gently placed Bai Lu back on the bed, covered her with the quilt, and poured a cup of hot water from the thermos on the table. He swayed it from side to side until it wasn't too hot, then brought it back to the bed, helping Bai Lu sit up and feeding her the water.
Bai Lu frowned, opened her eyes, and weakly looked at the cup, "What is this..."
Xiao Cheng blew on it and handed it to her lips, saying, "Hot water."
"Why isn't there sugar?" Bai Lu refused to drink.
Xiao Cheng went to the drawer, took out a malt candy, and, in front of her, put it in the cup and swayed it a bit.
"See, there's sugar."
Bai Lu still frowned, refusing to drink. She buried her face back into his neck, saying, "Not dissolved, not sweet..."
Xiao Cheng didn't say anything. He put her back in bed, covered her with the quilt, and went to pour another cup of hot water. He took two malt candies and, in front of her, dropped them in.
Gently swaying to dissolve, he said, "Two malt candies."
Bai Lu bit her lip, and a faint voice came out from her lips, "Hot."
Xiao Cheng: "..."
He went to get two more cups to sway.
Running back and forth, he felt his body getting hot.
He simply took off his coat, kicked off his shoes, stacked his own quilt at the foot of the bed, and returned to bed, helping Bai Lu sit up, feeding her the malt sugar water with a moderate temperature.
This time, Bai Lu didn't refuse. Leaning on him, she obediently drank the warm malt sugar water, sip by sip.
Halfway through, she shrank her body, trembling hands holding his waist, "Cold..."
Xiao Cheng pulled up the quilt, covering them both.
Bai Lu continued to drink the sugar water slowly.
After every sip, she touched her stomach as if confirming whether the sugar water had reached her stomach.
By the time the moon was high in the sky, she had finished drinking.
Xiao Cheng rubbed her slightly bulging belly and asked softly, "Feeling better?"
Bai Lu had already closed her eyes, her tightly furrowed brow relaxing, and she didn't complain about feeling unwell anymore.
"Wanna sleep..."
Her hand still clung to his waist.
Xiao Cheng looked at the sky outside, his eyes slightly narrowed, seemingly hesitant. Suddenly, the force on his waist increased, and the girl's soft and warm lips pressed against his neck.
Not a bite, but like an electric current, it surged through his nerves, spreading warmth instantly through every limb and organ.
Every nerve cell was warmed up.
Xiao Cheng lowered his eyes, and his gaze descended from top to bottom. He saw Bai Lu's sleeping side face, her soft breath brushing over his neck, warming his bones.
He placed the cup on the small wooden cabinet by the bed.
Reaching for the rope, he turned off the light, embracing her into slumber.
Outside the courtyard, five big men crouched on the ground, playing poker and exploding fireworks.
"Sixteen, is Cheng Ge not coming out tonight?" Wang Hao yawned.
"What time is it now? It's already midnight. I heard Cheng Ge's clock in the room just struck twelve times. Even the stray dogs on the roadside are sleeping."
Crouching next to Xiao Dazhuang, another brother also yawned, eyes fixed on the cards in his hand, almost forming a mosquito coil.
Luo Shiliu threw out a pair of kings, put the intermittently lit cigarette on the ground, and pressed it out.
Standing up, he glanced towards the main house in the courtyard.
Turning back to the eagerly waiting four brothers, he gave them a bombshell: "The light is off."
"The light is off!!!"
"Cheng Ge is sleeping???!!!"
Wang Hao: "..."
Xiao Dazhuang: "..."
The other two brothers: "..."
"Go home and get some rest." Luo Shiliu wiped his face, shrugged, and took the lead to leave.
Xiao Dazhuang followed closely, "How come Cheng Ge is sleeping? Didn't we agree to go for a big deal tonight?"
Wang Hao also approached, "Building houses makes money too slow. Collecting debts is a hundred times faster."
The two brothers, carrying a bag of stuff each, were in a daze: "So, are we delaying or not going?"
They had followed Xiao Cheng for a while before being expelled from the gang due to causing trouble. They knew firsthand that whatever Xiao Cheng did, it was visible to everyone, and he wouldn't let them work in vain.
Luo Shiliu grinned ambiguously, "Let's find out tomorrow when we start working."
Xiao Dazhuang scratched his head, scratching out a terrible idea, "Is Cheng Ge not doing it anymore? Sister-in-law recently made money selling sugar-roasted chestnuts, probably enough to support the family."
"Who told you?" Luo Shiliu knew he didn't have that kind of brain, straightforwardly stating what he was thinking.
Xiao Dazhuang spoke bluntly, "Yesterday, Chen Chunli went to my mom's shoe stall to repair shoes and chatted with my mom. She also said she wanted to make sugar-roasted chestnuts but couldn't find good sugar."
In an instant, four pairs of eyes all turned to Wang Hao.
Ever since Chen Chunli found out that Bai Lu supplied sugar for the roasted chestnuts, she had been pestering him every day. She complained that Xiao Cheng was selfish, only concerned about making big money for himself, neglecting his brothers who were doing the hard work. She said Bai Lu had a good business idea, and they should all work together to make money.
She even said that Xiao Cheng and Bai Lu, who had made money, looked down on them, the brothers, and didn't care about their lives.
Every day, she bothered him to ask Bai Lu how to make sugar-roasted chestnuts, claiming that they were all family, and when someone made money, everyone should make money together.
Luo Shiliu smiled mysteriously, "The chestnut tree hasn't even blossomed, and your family already has chestnuts?"
In the town, many families had front and back yards, and in the past, many people planted chestnut trees in their backyards or front yards. The number of people who still kept chestnut trees without cutting them down was not small.
The few of them were too lazy to cut them down only because Xiao Cheng didn't cut them down. They didn't expect chestnuts to have a day of turning over.
So, everyone didn't store chestnuts, except for boiling or roasting them. They didn't even bother picking them up if they fell on the ground.
Xiao Dazhuang remembered very clearly: "On your mom's birthday at the beginning of the year, you asked us to go to your house for dinner. Chen Chunli even said that chestnuts were too unpalatable and refused to store such things. Now, why is she thinking of making sugar-roasted chestnuts?"
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