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Chapter 116 It was all an act!

"Cough cough cough cough..."

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Another, even more violent coughing fit followed. By the light of the room's bulb, Su Yang saw Wu Xinxue lying on his large bed, her face flushed red, her lips deathly pale!

Ruan Sumei was sitting on a chair by the bed, looking worried.

"Wow!" When Xiaobai saw Su Yang return, it jumped up and down, trying to get closer to Su Yang.

"Get lost, I don't have time to play with you!"

Su Yang pinched the back of Xiao Bai's neck, threw it onto the small bed, quickly sat on the edge of the big bed, and reached out to touch Wu Xinxue's forehead.

"You don't have a fever, Sister Xinxue, what's wrong with you?" He felt Wu Xinxue's body temperature and asked anxiously.

If it's just a fever, it's a minor issue; it's most likely just from catching a chill. Taking some medicine and resting for a couple of days should be enough.

Seeing that Wu Xinxue didn't have a fever at all, Su Yang's heart couldn't help but clench.

"Why don't we just go to the hospital and get it checked out?" Su Yang said worriedly.

"No!" Wu Xinxue's face showed anxiety, then she said in a weak voice, "The hospital can't even treat the wounded sent from the front line right now, so I shouldn't take up the doctor's time with my little illness."

"A minor illness?" Su Yang raised his voice, his tone tinged with reproach. "Sister Xinxue, you're so sick, how can you not see a doctor?"

"Cough cough!" Wu Xinxue raised her arm with some difficulty and pointed to a paper bag on the bedside table.

"I felt unwell at the factory and went to the clinic myself. Dr. Lin said he would prescribe a week's worth of medicine for me, and if I didn't get better after finishing the course, I would go to the hospital."

Su Yang took the paper bag, and sure enough, there were more than twenty medicines wrapped in small paper packets inside.

He felt a little relieved. Although Dr. Lin was just a factory doctor, he had family skills and his medical expertise was quite high.

Thinking of this, he looked at Ruan Sumei, "Aunt Mei, you're on the night shift, right? I'll take good care of Sister Xinxue. You should hurry up and go to work; you're already late."

Ruan Sumei hesitated.

Wu Xinxue is so seriously ill, she should stay by her side and help her.

However, just as the production capacity of "Defend the Country Noodles" in Workshop 1 was reaching its maximum, the front-line logistics department was urging them every day. Wang Cui, the workshop director, had to deal with so many cadres from other factories who came to learn every day, so the production matters could only be worried about by her, the newly appointed deputy director.

"Well... I'm going to work now. Su Yang, please take good care of Xin Xue." She finally decided to go to work, patted Wu Xin Xue's hand one last time, and gave Su Yang some final instructions.

"Don't worry, Aunt Mei!"

After seeing Ruan Sumei to the door, Su Yang secured the door and then sat back down beside Wu Xinxue's bed.

"Xinxue, what would you like to eat for dinner? I'll make it for you."

"Cough cough, I want to eat fried... cough! I have no appetite, I can't eat anything." Wu Xinxue wanted to say fried noodles with soybean paste, but suddenly remembered that she was still sick, so she could only cough as she spoke.

Hearing this, Su Yang said with some concern, "You need to eat something, otherwise you'll recover slowly. Here, I'll cook you some porridge, it's light and easy to digest."

Wu Xinxue didn't speak this time, her eyes were half-closed, as if she didn't have much strength.

Su Yang tucked the blanket around her and glanced at the little white cat on the small bed, jumping around as if it wanted to get off.

He grumbled and shoved it to the ground, then lightly tapped its little head. "What time is it? Are you still causing trouble? If you keep making a fuss, I'll stew you for Sister Xinxue to nourish her!"

"Waaah!" Little White cried out pitifully.

Su Yang didn't even look at him, and walked to the stove to start cooking.

While he was cooking, Wu Xinxue kept coughing, sometimes so badly that she couldn't catch her breath, as if she was coughing up her lungs. He had to stop what he was doing to comfort her.

After finally cooking the rice porridge, he fed it to Wu Xinxue spoonful by spoonful.

Wu Xinxue didn't cough again during the meal.

But after Su Yang finished cleaning up the dishes, Wu Xinxue suddenly curled up in the blankets again.

"Su Yang, I...I'm cold!" she said in a trembling voice.

Su Yang touched her forehead; she still didn't have a fever or feel cold, so he could only turn the stove fire up to its maximum.

"No... I'm still cold!" Wu Xinxue's lips were trembling.

Su Yang looked at the blanket on the small bed, went over, picked it up, unfolded it, and covered Wu Xinxue with it.

"Wow!"

Little Whitey protested, and through their soul connection, Su Yang understood its meaning: "Master, what should I cover myself with tonight?"

Su Yang ignored its protests and wrapped Wu Xinxue up tightly with two quilts.

"cold!"

Wu Xinxue was still complaining of the cold, and Su Yang was at a loss for what to do.

"Su Yang... could you lie in bed and warm me up?" Wu Xinxue suddenly whispered.

"this?"

Su Yang hesitated.

They weren't siblings, after all. If the other people in the residential compound found out that they were sleeping in the same bed, then...

"Su Yang...do you want me to die of illness?"

Wu Xinxue said this under the covers with her head covered. Su Yang, with his good hearing, heard it clearly, but he didn't see the eyes darting around under the covers.

"Okay! I'll go turn off the lights!"

Su Yang wasn't a corrupt person, and besides, his relationship with Wu Xinxue was... well, they both had a vague, unspoken affection for each other, although Su Yang always took the initiative to avoid it because they were both young.

But as the old saying goes, in times of emergency, one should act expediently. Besides, the door is closed, so no one will see.

Su Yang first turned off the light, then took off his cotton-padded coat, leaving only his inner shirt, and slipped into the bed.

As soon as he entered, he noticed Wu Xinxue pressing herself against him.

Just as Su Yang was about to shrink back, Wu Xinxue said sweetly, "Su Yang, I'm cold!"

He didn't pull away then, letting her hug him.

He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that Wu Xinxue's cosmetics smelled particularly strong today, more than twice as strong as usual.

"Achoo!" Su Yang couldn't help but sneeze as Wu Xinxue's hair brushed against his nose.

"Waaaaah! Waaaaah!"

Little White on the small bed, seeing that they didn't care whether it lived or died, couldn't help but let out a pitiful cry.

After calling for a while and seeing that Su Yang still ignored it, it closed its eyes and suddenly leaped forward!

"thump!"

Little White fell to the ground, shook its head, and didn't feel any pain.

She ran to the big bed again, about to continue howling.

"Come up and sleep! Behave yourself!" Su Yang stretched his arm out from under the blanket, scooped Xiao Bai up onto the bed, and placed it at the foot of the bed.

It's strange, really.

Su Yang slept in the big bed with Wu Xinxue. At first, she still coughed, but the frequency was much lower than before.

After she fell asleep, Su Yang was worried that she might wake up in the middle of the night feeling uncomfortable. However, he did not expect that Wu Xinxue, who was pressed tightly against him, would still be breathing evenly until midnight, indicating that she was sleeping soundly.

Su Yang finally felt at ease and fell asleep. In the middle of the night, he felt Wu Xinxue's legs draped over him. He opened his eyes and wanted to move them off her, but he was afraid of waking her up and making it harder for her to fall asleep, so he simply let it be.

Silent all night.

The next day.

Su Yang was awakened by a "thump".

Because he was worried about Wu Xinxue's illness, he couldn't sleep soundly all night. When he heard a noise, he subconsciously thought that Wu Xinxue had fallen out of bed.

When he opened his eyes and tried to sit up, he found that Wu Xinxue was sleeping soundly, still wrapped around him like an octopus.

It was Little White that fell off the bed; or rather, it jumped off by itself.

After jumping off the bed unharmed last night, the little guy seemed to realize his own strength, and this morning, as soon as he woke up, he did the same thing again.

After successfully landing, Xiaobai was a little excited and ran to the bedside, making "waaaaa" noises at Su Yang, clearly wanting Su Yang to pick it up and put it on the bed again.

"Shut up!"

Before Su Yang could reprimand her, Wu Xinxue smacked her lips a few times, making a sound like she was eating in her sleep, and hugged Su Yang's arm even tighter.

Su Yang picked up the watch from the bedside table and glanced at the time: 7:05.

He was about to wake Wu Xinxue to take her medicine when he turned around and suddenly noticed something was wrong.

Why are Wu Xinxue's lips patchy, with some white and some red?

Su Yang felt anxious, thinking that Wu Xinxue had contracted some rare disease, and couldn't help but reach out and touch her lips.

Unexpectedly, his finger brushed off a layer of silvery-white substance, making Wu Xinxue's lips even redder.

He was a little dazed. He stared at the residue on his hand for a long time, then subconsciously smelled it again. Suddenly, an outrageous guess popped into his mind.

Without even calling out to Wu Xinxue, Su Yang pried open Wu Xinxue's arms and legs that were wrapped around him, lifted the blanket, and got out of bed.

He didn't even bother to put on his shoes. He walked a few steps to Wu Xinxue's dressing table, opened the small drawer, and took out a cylindrical, exquisite object.

Su Yang opened the lid, twisted it, brought his nose close to smell it, and then smelled the residue on his hands again.

Good guy!

Su Yang's face instantly darkened!

He went back and pounced on the bed, rubbing Wu Xinxue's lips and face haphazardly with both hands.

"Ouch! Su Yang, what are you doing? You're hurting me! I'm still a patient!"

Wu Xinxue was woken up by Su Yang and became grumpy. She pushed him away forcefully, but then suddenly realized something and quickly tried to lie down again.

"Keep pretending! Wu Xinxue! You're doing great!"

As Su Yang felt her strength, he finally confirmed his guess. He crossed his arms and looked at her with a cold smile.

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