Gold Medal Sweetheart

I looked at the time, it was five o'clock.

It was still dark at this time, and Tang Xin had rarely gotten up earlier than usual for work.

After washing up, I went directly to the long-distance bus station.

Autumn and winter come early in the north. In addition to the shorter days and longer nights, another sign of this is the drop in perceived temperature, which becomes more and more obvious day by day.

In this season when one leaf signals the coming of autumn, the cold wind suddenly blew, and the chill was already biting to the bone, but it could make people clear-headed. Tang Xin was so clear-headed that she felt the top of her head was chilled by the cold wind, and she unconsciously wrapped her windbreaker tighter.

However, in this chilly morning, the bus station was a completely different scene. It was so bustling that it seemed not like it was in such a cold season, but rather like a bustling market.

People with different accents were either waiting for the bus in the waiting hall with their luggage, or had already formed a long queue to get on the bus.

Tang Xin bought the ticket and quickly found the bus she wanted to take.

When she got on the bus, the front was already full of people, and there were some travel bags on the aisle. Walking through the narrow aisle, Tang Xin chose an empty seat near the back and sat down.

When all the seats were occupied, the driver slowly started the car.

But along the way, the entire car was in a sealed state, and the air circulation inside the car was not very good. The smell of parcels, the strong and pungent smell of cheap perfume, human body odor, and even the smell of feet from someone who took off their shoes, all these mixed smells strongly filled the nasal cavity.

In addition, Tang Xin got angry too early today, and she felt dizzy all over. For the first time, she felt like she was carsick, so she leaned her head against the window glass uncomfortably and closed her eyes to rest.

Two hours later, she finally reached her destination.

The morning's communication went on smoothly, but after this morning, Tang Xin felt that not only did the motion sickness not ease, but even her legs felt weak.

She had planned to take the bus back to school this afternoon, but now she was too weak to walk and felt dizzy. She raised her hand and touched her forehead. It was very hot. She must have a fever.

So Tang Xin had no choice but to ask Director Zhang for leave and go home to rest in the afternoon.

Although she felt awful, the taxi fare from here to the city would be more costly than the fever itself. Tang Xin gritted her teeth and boarded the return bus.

She was dazed in the car and didn't know how she had managed to get home.

But as soon as Tang Xin got home, she took out a fever-reducing pill from the medicine box, swallowed it, and then fell headfirst onto the bed and fell asleep.

Three hours later, Tang Xin slowly opened her eyes, seeming to feel a little better. She stood up, poured herself some water, and took her temperature again: 37.6 degrees.

This kind of fever-reducing medicine always works quickly every time she takes it, but this time the temperature drops not only slowly but also remains within the low fever range. Tang Xin is a little puzzled.

Sure enough, after a while, Tang Xin felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar and was freezing. When she took a thermometer, her temperature soared to 39.5 degrees. At the same time, Tang Xin also found that there were several strange little red rashes on her body.

Her intuition told her that this was not an ordinary cold and fever.

So Tang Xin endured the discomfort, put on the backpack, and took a taxi to the nearest tertiary hospital.

On the way, a phone call came.

Tang Xin leaned back in the chair. After the call was connected, Cheng Ran's voice came over with some excitement.

"Tang Xin, I've finally secured a deal with a Hangzhou company I've been negotiating for. Their vice president invited me to discuss the details. I'm at the airport right now. If we can get this deal, my dad will definitely be impressed with me, and that will open up a new window on our relationship."

Tang Xin's head was so dizzy that Cheng Ran's voice sounded a little vague. He spoke at length, but Tang Xin only caught a vague outline of what he was saying. She could only respond weakly with a "hmm."