After seven years of being a "simp," she's reborn and no longer pursuing the aloof sc

Chapter 69

"tired."

Gu Jinhuai's voice was hoarse and somewhat powerless. He shrugged his shoulders, leaned towards me, and finally rested his chin on my shoulder, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath.

My mind went blank, and I lost all reaction. My instinct was to push him away, but the next moment, my slender waist was embraced, and the man murmured, "Don't move, let me hold you for a while."

My back stiffened, but I still pushed him away without hesitation.

I didn't expect Gu Jinhuai to be so weak. I didn't push him too hard, and with a gentle push, he staggered backward and finally fell to the ground with a thud.

She stared at me blankly for a long time, not reacting at all. She just sat there on the ground, a hint of grievance rising in her dark eyes.

I felt awkward, suspecting he was doing it on purpose. I took a few steps forward and said softly, "Get up first."

"Dizziness."

Gu Jinhuai frowned, rubbing his brow with one hand, which softened his otherwise cold and hard face.

I noticed something was wrong with him, so I bent down and touched his forehead. It was burning hot.

"You have a fever, I'll take you..."

I stopped abruptly halfway through my sentence, looking at him with complicated emotions, cursing myself inwardly: Zhou Nanzhi, how shameless!

You should stop liking him.

"Do you have anyone in Lincheng? I'll call and get your family doctor."

I suppressed my unnecessary worries, stared at him quietly, and asked.

Gu Jinhuai's eyes gradually dimmed, but he still couldn't give up and said, "No, please take me to the hospital."

Gu Jinhuai paused for a few seconds, as if afraid I would refuse, and then said again, "I will give you the corresponding reward, so you won't have made a wasted trip."

I stared silently at Gu Jinhuai, my feet firmly planted on the floor, not moving an inch.

Gu Jinhuai seemed to see through my thoughts, a bitter smile appeared on his lips, and he finally got up from the ground, staggered and turned to leave.

Just as I passed the coffee table, I suddenly felt dizzy and bumped into the sharp edge of the table.

I gasped and instinctively ran over, grabbing him in a tight hug around the waist, my voice urgent: "What's wrong?"

"I knew it, you still have feelings for me."

Gu Jinhuai seemed to be gambling on something. When he saw me, a glimmer of hope rose in his eyes. He gave a bitter smile and then fainted.

I looked at his flushed cheeks, his brows furrowed, and stubbornly retorted, "Nonsense, I'm just afraid you'll die at home, it'll be bad luck."

Finally, I dragged him out to hail a taxi and we went straight to the hospital.

"Forty degrees Celsius, if it keeps burning up, he'll go insane. How can you be such a careless girlfriend, letting him get this hot?"

The nurse looked at the thermometer, then at me, her tone reproachful.

"not me……"

"Go and stay by the bedside quickly, give them some IV fluids and see if that will bring the fever down."

The nurse left in a hurry without giving me a chance to explain.

I watched the nurse's retreating figure, and finally returned to the ward. Looking at the pale-faced man on the hospital bed, I felt a mix of emotions.

This was the first time I had seen Gu Jinhuai appear so frail.

My feet moved on their own, and I walked over, sat down in the chair, and stared at him quietly.

We changed the IV drip bottle one after another, but he still hadn't woken up. I started to panic and muttered to myself, "Has he really gone crazy from the fever?"

I instinctively bent down and reached out to him. As soon as the back of my hand touched his forehead, I noticed his temperature was too high. I had just asked the nurse for a thermometer and was about to unbutton his collar to put the thermometer in when Gu Jinhuai opened his deep eyes, stared at me, and said in a low, husky voice, "What are you doing?"

I was startled, and the thermometer in my hand fell onto the blanket.

"Take your temperature."

I blurted out instinctively, noticing his suspicious look, and to avoid him misunderstanding, I continued, "The nurse said that she will take your temperature every now and then and monitor it. If it is still hot, she will have to use physical methods to cool it down."

After explaining for a while, I looked up and found that Gu Jinhuai had closed his eyes and fallen asleep again at some point.

"Gu Jinhuai".

I called out tentatively, but there was no response. I thought he was deliberately teasing me, so I subconsciously reached out my index finger and gently poked his cheek, but the man didn't react.

My expression changed slightly. I placed my index finger under his nose and felt his breathing before I breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm sleeping, not dead."

Gu Jinhuai's voice suddenly rang out. I looked up and saw that he still had his eyes closed, but his voice was low and hoarse, with a slightly nasal tone.

"Oh."

My mind went blank. I gave a soft reply, handed him the thermometer, and said gently, "Now that you're awake, why don't you take your own temperature?"

"I'm tired, thank you for your help."

Gu Jinhuai didn't open his eyes, and his tone was light and airy, like cotton.

Seeing how upset he was, I gritted my teeth and thought, "It's not like I haven't seen this before."

I've seen plenty of these things, what's there to be afraid of?

I unbuttoned his shirt, revealing his muscular chest. I quickly pulled up his arm, inserted the thermometer, and swiftly covered him with the blanket.

When I looked up again, I found the man staring at me intently. I instinctively explained anxiously, "I just asked, and they don't have electronic thermometers, they all use mercury thermometers."

I felt this was a case of trying too hard to hide something, and I was even more afraid he would overthink it.

"Ah."

Gu Jinhuai stared at me for a long while, then softly hummed in agreement.

I looked at him suspiciously, not knowing whether he believed me or not.

After a while, I hesitated about how to get the thermometer, but then I heard Gu Jinhuai's even breathing. I glanced at him and called out softly, but he didn't respond.

I picked up the blanket, gently pulled his arm away, took out the thermometer, glanced at it, and saw it was 38 degrees Celsius. His temperature had dropped.

A little while later, the nurse came in and instructed me to use physical methods to lower his temperature. She said that this, combined with the medication, would help the fever subside faster, otherwise we would have to deal with him again tonight.

I went to fetch water and pulled the curtain closed. The lights dimmed instantly. I looked at the sleeping Gu Jinhuai and prayed that he wouldn't wake up.

Fortunately, the process went relatively smoothly. I quickly wiped his upper body, but my gaze fell on his pants, and I was momentarily at a loss.

I looked at the sleeping Gu Jinhuai and said indifferently, "Don't misunderstand, I'm just following the doctor's advice to lower your temperature."

I let out a heavy breath, mentally prepared myself, and gently unbuckled his belt and pulled down his pants. My eyes inadvertently glanced at him, and my cheeks inexplicably flushed. I quickly looked away.

……

After washing, I had a rosy complexion, and my whole body looked like I had been steamed in a steamer.

"what are you doing?"

Gu Jinhuai's voice suddenly rang out, his gaze falling on his bare lower body, his shirt half-open, making him look even more alluring.

I was startled, like a frightened bird, and I threw the blanket at him, quickly suppressing my emotions: "I'm afraid you'll burn to death and then try to blackmail me."

I bent down, picked up the basin of water, and went to the bathroom, my steps a little hurried.

I had just come out of the bathroom when I saw the nurse coming to check on me. When she saw me, she said, "The patient is awake and needs to eat something easy to digest. The hospital cafeteria is open at this time. You can have your girlfriend go and buy some food."

As I listened to the nurse's explanation, I was about to open my mouth to reply when I met Gu Jinhuai's smiling eyes. The man gave me a meaningful look, then looked away from me, turned to the nurse, and softly thanked her, "Thank you."

The nurse blushed under the stare, and after removing the needle, she hurriedly left with the medical record.

As she passed by me, a hint of panic and embarrassment flashed across the nurse's face, and she quickened her pace.

I glanced at it, then looked away and sat down on the sofa to peel an apple.

Gu Jinhuai gazed at me quietly, his eyes softening.

Afraid he would misunderstand, I said coldly, "If you want to eat it, you can peel it yourself. This is for me."

After I finished peeling the apple, I took a bite. Gu Jinhuai on the bed just watched quietly. Suddenly, he sat up and got off the bed.

I was startled and rushed over to stop him, but he pulled me down onto the bed.

The next moment, the man grabbed my wrist and took a big bite out of the apple.

I stared at him silently, momentarily forgetting to resist.

"Yeah, very sweet."

Gu Jinhuai took the apple from my hand, sat on the edge of the bed, and started eating it bite by bite.