Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 134

Chapter 134 What Is She Doing in the Inpatient Department?
Du Xiaoxian did not really leave in the end, because Gu Nianbin was sick.

After all, Gu Nianbin was exposed to the rain for so long, and Du Xiaoxian refused to go back with him. President Gu was so anxious and overwhelmed by the worries that he started to have a fever. An unhealthy blush appeared on his cheek. He was unconscious in bed and frowned uncomfortably. Du Xiaoxian was so anxious that she almost cried, but she knew that it was not the time to cry. She put a wet towel on Gu Nianbin’s forehead to cool down the fever. Half an hour later, however, she touched his forehead and found it was still hot. Du Xiaoxian didn’t dare to delay any longer and quickly pulled him out of bed to take him to the hospital.

The man’s tall and strong body rested on Du Xiaoxian’s weak shoulders. She had developed a bit of strength since childhood, and it was not difficult for her to carry firewood and water. However, with the sudden weight of over a hundred and sixty pounds on her, Du Xiaoxian still felt a little overwhelmed. She took a deep breath, hugged Gu Nianbin’s waist with one hand, and grabbed his hand on her shoulder with the other. She slowly walked out with him step by step.

After she moved out of the room with great difficulty and came to the stairs, and as she just took a step down, Gu Nianbin’s legs softened and he leaned forward immediately. Du Xiaoxian was shocked and quickly grabbed him. However, due to the inertia and the man’s weight, she was also brought down. The two of them fell on the stairs heavily. Du Xiaoxian was pressed down beneath Gu Nianbin and couldn’t get up.

They lived on the second floor, and after they had made such a big noise, the inn-keeper and his wife in the lobby on the first floor quickly ran up. Seeing this scene, they hurriedly pulled Gu Nianbin up and then Du Xiaoxian was able to get free.

Du Xiaoxian was afraid that something bad would happen on the road. She pleaded with the inn-keeper to escort Gu Nianbin to the hospital with her. The inn-keeper was a simple and honest middle-aged man. Seeing that she was really pitiful, he agreed. He helped Gu Nianbin to the side of the street and took a taxi to send him to the hospital. He waited for Gu Nianbin to finish his examination and get an intravenous injection before leaving. Du Xiaoxian thanked the inn-keeper a thousand times and sent him off to the door, then came back to guard Gu Nianbin.

Gu Nianbin still looked uncomfortable. His eyes were tightly closed, and the space between his eyebrows was heavily knitted. Du Xiaoxian sat down and gently rubbed between his eyebrows, trying to smooth out the protruding knot. She thought Gu Nianbin wouldn’t feel uncomfortable anymore in that case.

The man’s face was still flushed red. His breathing was heavy, and his breath sprayed onto her hand, hot as fire.

Du Xiaoxian had been in a state of worry and anxiety. Now that he was finally lying in the hospital for treatment, she could not help but let out a sigh of relief. In the meantime, two lines of sad and clear tears fell down her cheeks. She did not know how it became like this. In her eyes, Gu Nianbin was like a god, who wouldn’t get sick or old and was omnipotent! But now, he was lying here sickly and helpless like a child. She finally saw Gu Nianbin’s fragile side. How could she not feel grieved and sad?

Suddenly, the man’s lips moved, making an extremely soft sound. Du Xiaoxian thought he wanted to ask for something, so she quickly wiped her tears and got close to his mouth to listen.

But Gu Nianbin was repeating her name, “Xian’er… Xian’er…”

Du Xiaoxian hurriedly held his hand and replied repeatedly, “I’m here, brother, I’m here.”

Gu Nianbin was still unconscious, but he seemed to have heard her answer and said, “Don’t, leave me, Xian’er, don’t leave me…”

“Alright, I won’t leave.” Du Xiaoxian held his hand tightly and her tears blurred her eyes again. “I won’t leave you.”

Gu Nianbin curled his lips as if he wanted to smile. He mumbled something again and then fell asleep.

Du Xiaoxian wiped her tears with her sleeves and put Gu Nianbin’s big hand on her face. The man’s hand was as hot as fire, burning all the way into her heart. Her heart was in a mess. Was she really not leaving? Would she let Gu Nianbin carry the infamy and stay with her? No, she couldn’t be so selfish, but what should she do? Gu Nianbin liked her so much. Even though she left, he still chased all the way here to find her. How could she repay him for his so much affection?

Raising her head in confusion, she discovered that there was only a little liquid left in the infusion bottle. She quickly got up and called the nurse who was outside to come and change another bottle. She asked, “Why is he still running a fever after all this time?”

The nurse said, “It won’t be so fast. The fever should go away after the infusion. But there will be a repetitive process. If he will be still having a fever after you go back home, don’t be afraid. Feed him some antipyretics. If it doesn’t work, you can take some physical cooling methods. Bring him over tomorrow and have another drip. Let him drink more warm water. If there’s anything unusual, let the doctor know.”

Du Xiaoxian said okay, but her face was still filled with anxiety. The nurse smiled and comforted her, “Don’t be nervous. He’s just catching a cold. There’s nothing serious about it. He should rarely get sick at ordinary times, so when he gets sick, the symptoms are very obvious and scary. The patient’s mood is very important. If he sees you being nervous, he’ll feel uneasy.”

Du Xiaoxian twisted her fingers and nodded.

After changing the medicine, the nurse touched Gu Nianbin’s forehead and said, “The fever has gone down a little. It’s not that hot anymore.”

“Really?” Du Xiaoxian also reached out and touched his forehead. It was indeed not that hot anymore. She couldn’t help taking a long breath and finally had a smile on her face.

The second bottle was glucose infusion. The nurse deliberately slowed down the dripping speed and said it would last for an hour and a half. She was afraid that Gu Nianbin would fall asleep and subconsciously turn over to press down on the needle. So she told Du Xiaoxian to pay attention to that and then left.

As the fever gradually subsided, the man’s eyebrows gradually loosened, and his blush also dimmed a lot, making him look very quiet and peaceful. It was just that he hadn’t shaved for a day, and on his chin had grown a patch of black beard. His face was somewhat haggard. Du Xiaoxian reached out and gently touched his beard that prickled her hand. She remembered the scene in which Gu Nianbin prickled her with his beard, and she couldn’t help feeling a bit sorrowful in her heart. She would never have such happiness again if she left. She thought that if she really left Gu Nianbin, her happiness would be gone…

She was drowned in melancholy for a while and sighed with emotion, then she thought of another problem: they were out of money!

After paying for the infusion, Du Xiaoxian only had 73.6 yuan left in her pocket. It wasn’t even enough for one day’s accommodation. Fortunately, she had paid 100 yuan to the inn earlier as the deposit. If she negotiated with the inn-keeper, they shouldn’t be kicked out of the house. She sighed sadly, wondering where she could earn some money.

She raised her head and looked at the infusion bottle. There was still more than half bottle of glucose infusion left. She hesitated for a moment and tucked Gu Nianbin in. Then, she ran to the nurse’s station and asked if there were any odd jobs in the hospital. A nurse happened to come over from the Inpatient Department. Upon hearing her, she said, “There is a patient whose nursing assistant wants to take leave. The patient’s family is worried that they can’t find a replacement. If you want to do that, I’ll bring you over.”

The patient was an old woman who had a stroke. She was paralyzed in bed and could not take care of herself. She needed someone to feed her food and medicine, wipe her body and give her a massage. Her defecation as well as many other matters also needed to be helped with. Although the work was dirty and tiring, the wages were high, which was two hundred yuan a day. Working for half a day was also acceptable and could earn one hundred yuan. Without hesitation, Du Xiaoxian agreed and asked the nurse to keep an eye on Gu Nianbin. Then, she went to the Inpatient Department.

During this period of time with Gu Nianbin, Du Xiaoxian had lived an extravagant life and had not done any heavy manual labor for a long time. But she was not lazy at all. She rolled up her sleeves and got to work as soon as she entered the patient’s room. She washed the dirty clothes that the old woman had soaked in the basin, then learned how to give a massage from the nurse. Although she looked small, she had quite a lot of strength. She gave the old woman a massage and made her feel very comfortable. People who had enduring illness could have a strange temperament. This old woman had been hospitalized for three months, and she had changed her nursing assistant a dozen times or so. But she showed a trace of satisfaction with the diligent little girl. Hearing that her relative was having an intravenous drip in the hospital and needed to be attended to occasionally, the old woman agreed very reasonably.

After the old woman fell asleep, Du Xiaoxian hurriedly ran to the emergency area to see Gu Nianbin. He was still not awake, but the nurse had already changed the medicine for him. She touched his forehead again and found the fever was no longer running. Du Xiaoxian finally relieved. But she worried about the old woman over there, so she stood silently by the bed for a while before leaving.

As soon as she left, Gu Nianbin woke up. He looked around blankly. The strange environment, the smell of disinfectant, and the needle in his hand, all these made him realize that he was sick. However, the most important person was nowhere to be seen. He had always felt that she was by his side, so he fell asleep peacefully. But why didn’t he see anyone when he opened his eyes?

He struggled to sit up, trying to pull out the needle and get out of bed. The nurse happened to come in and hurriedly stopped him, “Hey, what are you doing? It’s not finished yet. Do you need to use the bathroom?”

Gu Nianbin had been unconscious all this while. Now he woke up, but his entire body was powerless. As he opened his mouth, his voice sounded very hoarse, “Where is the person with me?”

“Oh, that little girl,” said the nurse, “she’s gone to the Inpatient Department.” When Gu Nianbin was asleep, the nurse didn’t feel anything special about him. But when he woke up, his sharp gaze immediately made the nurse feel cold. She actually didn’t dare to say that Du Xiaoxian went to work as a nursing assistant there.

However, Gu Nianbin continued to ask, “What is she doing in the Inpatient Department?”

The nurse hesitated for a moment. The man’s gaze was so frightening that he seemed to be able to see into her heart. There was a sense of pressure that made her feel like she had no place to hide. She could only tell the truth, “The little girl seemed to be looking for a part-time job. And there happened to be a patient who was looking for a nursing assistant, so she recommended herself.”

When Gu Nianbin heard this, he stood up with a rush, but because he did that in all of a sudden, he felt dizzy and fell to sit at the bedside again. The nurse hurriedly pressed her hand on him, “Don’t move. If you want to go to her, I’ll call her over, okay? You can rest assured and stay here to finish the infusion. I’ll call her over. The little girl told me to take care of you when she left. You shouldn’t move around. You’re still sick, don’t…” Gu Nianbin raised his eyelids and the nurse’s hand on his shoulder couldn’t help but rise. She wondered in her heart that, the little girl looked weak and good-tempered, but this man was as cold as ice, so what was the relationship between the two of them?

Gu Nianbin looked up at the infusion bottle and said, “Almost done. Pull it out.”

The nurse glanced at the infusion bottle too and said, “There’s still some left. Just wait a little longer and don’t waste it.”

“Pull it out!” Gu Nianbin didn’t look at her, only coldly said that one more time.

The cold air seemed to be permeating in the room. The strong aura of the man made the nurse feel very oppressive. Fortunately, the infusion bottle was almost empty, so she could only swiftly pull out the needle for him.

Gu Nianbin stood up and walked to the door. “What ward is she in in the Inpatient Department?” he asked again.

The nurse said, “I really don’t know. Let me ask it for you.” She ran to the clinic desk and made an internal call to figure out which ward Du Xiaoxian was in, and then told Gu Nianbin.

At this moment, Gu Nianbin appeared to be a modest gentleman. He thanked her in a low voice and quickly left.