No one understands rebirth better than me

Chapter 53 Fever

"Don't move around here. I'll get you a thermometer."

"Don't...wait..."

Just as Guan Ren was about to get up from the sofa, two small hands grabbed the hem of his clothes tightly:

"Don't leave!"

Luo Xiaobei's face was flushed, and with her eyelashes slightly closed, she looked at Guan Ren mistily, pouting her slightly moist lips, and unconsciously put on an aggrieved look:

"Guan Ren, don't go...where are you going..."

"..."

This is a little confusing even for my little brain...

"I won't leave. You're sick. Let me pour you a bowl of hot water first."

“Oh, I’m not sick…”

Luo Xiaobei muttered as he hugged Guan Ren's arms:

"...You continue sitting here. I'm just a little sleepy. I'll just rest for a while..."

"Okay, then tell me where your medicine box is."

"Oh…"

Luo Xiaobei nodded blankly and pointed at the TV cabinet:
"there."

Guan Ren took the opportunity to free his arm, first poured hot water from the kitchen, and then took out a thermometer from the TV cabinet.

"It's important to drink plenty of fluids when you have a cold."

"Huh... I said I don't have a cold..."

Luo Xiaobei muttered, but still held the edge of the bowl that Guan Ren handed over with his mouth.

Gulu…

Gulu…

"Go lie down on the bed now and take your temperature."

Luo Xiaobei propped himself up on the sofa with his hands, then blinked softly at Guan Ren:

"No energy."

"..."

It’s hard to say whether Qingmei has the strength.

But it’s definitely true that I want a hug.

But considering that she was sick, Guan Ren would definitely not bother with her. He put one hand through her legs and the other hand around her thin and soft back, and picked up Luo Xiaobei's cat-like body horizontally.

……

"Would you like a pillow?"

"Um…"

It has been a long time since I entered Luo Xiaobei's bedroom. Smelling the same sweet scent as hers all over the room, Guan Ren thought he had entered a candy house in a fairy tale world.

Especially when he carried her to the bed and lifted the quilt, the fragrance that fluttered up briefly was mixed with a slightly cool, indescribable, secret fragrance that probably only girls of this age could have in their quilts, which made Guan Ren feel amorous for a moment.

"By the way, how do you use this thing?"

"fool…"

Guan Ren hadn't touched a mercury thermometer for a long time. After getting it, he hesitated for a moment, then remembered to shake it first to get the mercury to about 35 degrees.

So Guan Ren started waving his arms.

Luo Xiaobei sat on the head of the bed and watched him wave.

As I watched, I started to giggle.

"You're so cheerful even though you're sick."

"I thought about the past."

"What before?"

"It was when I was in the first or second year of junior high school. There was a swine flu outbreak and many students were sick. The school asked everyone in the classroom to bring a thermometer and take it whenever they felt unwell. But you kept taking your temperature during English class. The teacher saw you shaking the thermometer every few minutes and was so angry that he made you stand up and listen to the class for a few days. Hahaha..."

When Luo Xiaobei finished speaking, he seemed to clearly remember how stupid someone was at that time, and he laughed so hard that he fell over.

However, Guan Ren was not as interested in his own embarrassing situation as she was.

Just seeing that she was in such a good mood even though she was sick, I really admire her mental strength.

"Okay, take it and test it."

Guan Ren shook the thermometer and handed it to Luo Xiaobei.

But Luo Xiaobei didn't answer, he sniffed:

"I didn't have the energy to begin with, and I lost even less energy from laughing just now."

"Good for you…"

Guan Ren had no choice but to gently grab one of her wrists, lift it high, and pull the sleeve of her T-shirt down a little, revealing the girl's smooth armpit, which was still as white and tender as jade. Only when he pressed it gently could he feel the extremely delicate lines and wrinkles on it.

"You... stop staring..."

"Huh? Oh, sorry." Guan Ren just thought it was pretty so he looked at it for a while longer and accidentally forgot that a girl's armpit is actually a relatively private place.

Although not as good as other more private places, not even as good as the feet.

But it is indeed not convenient to expose it so thoroughly and for a long time to outsiders, especially the opposite sex.

Therefore, even Luo Xiaobei, who was very familiar with Guan Ren, felt his heartbeat inexplicably quicken after being forced to raise his arms and expose his armpits. He also felt an indescribable and strange sense of shame.

“Ah…~”

When the metal tip of the thermometer was pressed against him, Luo Xiaobei subconsciously retracted his hand:

“So cold…”

"It's okay, just hold on tight and wait five minutes."

"Um…"

When he was sick, Luo Xiaobei was much more well-behaved than usual and just sat there waiting quietly.

Guan Ren sat beside the bed and waited with her.

Tick ​​tock…

Tick ​​tock…

The alarm clock on the desk ticked quietly.

Neither of them spoke, and neither of them needed to speak. There was no need to break the awkwardness of being alone.

Because one of them is each other's childhood sweetheart and the other is each other's childhood sweetheart.

At least for Luo Xiaobei, the quiet time when the two of them are together is a beautiful enough period of time.

"Guan Ren~"

"Um?"

“Hee…~”

"What are you smiling at...what's wrong?"

"Nothing, I just wanted to call you~"

"..."

Guan Ren shook his head with amusement, tucked her quilt under her, and after a few small movements, he looked at the time and it was almost time.

"How many?"

"Tsk, 37.5 degrees...it's indeed a low-grade fever."

Although Guan Ren has been reminding her to keep warm during the season change and avoid catching a cold since she started sneezing before National Day.

But now it seems that what is coming has finally come.

"Did you catch a cold somewhere recently?"

"Well…"

Luo Xiaobei thought for a moment:

"…Probably last night."

"Stayed up late again last night?"

"No, I didn't sleep well last night, and then... when I woke up this morning, I found that I had covered myself with the quilt sideways... My chest and feet were freezing..."

"..."

Well, Guan Ren admitted that he often turned the quilt sideways while covering himself, and it was indeed an understandable accident.

"It's just a low-grade fever. I'll pour you some hot water. Drink it and wrap yourself up tightly in the quilt before going to sleep. The sweat should break the fever."

"Well, then you... turn around first..."

"what?"

"Change your clothes...pighead..."

The T-shirt Luo Xiaobei was wearing was quite thick and was an outer garment, so it was not convenient to wear it to sleep. Therefore, he had to turn over first and then change into another pair of pajamas.

Rustling…

Rusty…

A few minutes later, Guan Ren, who had turned his back, finally heard the noise behind him stop.

"Ok?"

"Um…"

Guan Ren then turned around and saw Qingmei's pink T-shirt at the end of the bed, and picked it up.

"I got the washing machine?"

"Go ahead..."

It wasn't until they reached the washing machine that Guan Ren realized Luo Xiaobei had taken off her white pantyhose as well. His fingers accidentally pinched the soft, still warm velvet fabric, feeling the slight dampness on her feet and other parts of her body, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of allure...

"Guan Ren...why haven't you come back yet-?"

"Oh! Here it comes."

(End of this chapter)