Cinderella Innocent and Boss Charming - Chapter 175
Chapter 175 Young Master Is Having a Fever
When Gu Shanshan heard that Gu Nianbin had left overnight, she was even more stimulated than Fang Yaru. She rolled up her sleeves and looked like she was about to have a fight, “Last night, Xiaowan already had some doubts. What was brother thinking? Is that little maid really so good? She even makes him give up his family, give up Xiaowan, and rush back in the blizzard. Does he want to get himself killed? No, I have to go and get him back!”
“Come on, kid! Keep your voice down.” Fang Yaru had been furious, but at this moment, she had to suppress her anger and persuade Gu Shanshan, “As your father said, don’t reveal anything in front of the Xia family. Besides, pacify Xiaowan and don’t let her back down. She had a hard time making up her mind to stay with your brother. She can’t give up at this critical juncture. Otherwise, our family will probably have a maid as your brother’s wife for real.”
“Humph! As long as I’m here, don’t even think about it!” Gu Shanshan angrily stomped her foot, exactly looking like Fang Yaru.
“Alright, go out and play with Xiaowan. Your Uncle Xia and the others still need to stay for another day. Watch your mouth when you speak.”
“Got it.” Although Gu Shanshan was angry, of course, she knew that the overall situation was more important. She suppressed the anger in her heart and calmed down before she walked out.
Xia Xiaowan stood in the corridor and was appreciating the plum blossoms. Such heavy snow almost covered the whole red plum tree. Xia Nanze walked over and kicked the tree with his foot. The snow fell, revealing beautiful plum blossoms that were all in full bloom. Against the white snow, those blooms complemented each other and looked exceptionally beautiful.
“Across the shallow and clear water were faint shadows, with floating fragrance around the moon at dusk,” Xia Xiaowan cited the poems in a low voice. Then, she heard a chuckle from behind her, “You deserve the title of the genius majors in Chinese language and literature. Sure enough, verses came out of your mouth so naturally.”
Xia Xiaowan didn’t need to turn around and knew that it was Gu Shanshan. She smiled and said, “If you’re not convinced, cite something as well!”
Gu Shanshan frowned and thought for a while, then casually said, “A few plum twigs at the corner of the wall/Blossoming all alone, defying the cold/Even from afar they cannot be mistaken for snow/For a delicate fragrance comes wafting with the breeze.”
“Good, good.” Xia Nanze smiled and said, “I always think that people in the entertainment industry are unlearned like many a fine dish having nothing on it. I didn’t expect that our Miss Gu still has some cultivation.”
“Brother Nanze, how can you speak like that? I’m a professional compere. Don’t compare me with those C-list celebrities, okay?” Gu Shanshan pouted.
Xia Nanze reached out to grab her mouth and said, “Let me see how high your mouth can go.”
Gu Shanshan hurriedly hid behind Xia Xiaowan and said, “Brother Nanze, you’re bullying me. I will tell Uncle Xia!”
Xia Xiaowan cut in, “There should be one more sentence: Brother Nanze, I won’t play with you anymore! You used these two sentences to scare my brother when we were young.”
Everyone laughed when they mentioned things in childhood. Gu Shanshan said, “I still don’t understand. It is understandable that Brother Nanze was scared when I said I would tell Uncle Xia. But why was he also scared when I said that I wouldn’t play with him? Brother Nanze, did you have a crush on me at that time? Now I’ll give you a chance to make a love confession. Do you want it?”
“Never, ever.” Xia Nanze reached out his hand and knocked her forehead. “If you didn’t come to my house, I would have to play with Xiaowan. Who wanted to spend the whole day with a little girl!”
“Wow, brother, so you didn’t like me so much when I was young!” Xia Xiaowan pretended to be angry and pushed Xia Nanze.
Xia Nanze staggered backwards and stepped into the snow. His entire foot was stuck in the snow. Xia Xiaowan and Gu Shanshan clapped their hands and laughed gloatingly. Xia Nanze glared at them, stepped into the corridor and stomped to shake off the snow on his shoes. Suddenly, he asked, “Nianbin hasn’t gotten up yet? Let’s go and wake him up.”
Xia Xiaowan said, “He was drunk last night. Let him sleep a while longer. We’d better not disturb him.”
“Why?” Xia Nanze narrowed his eyes and looked at his younger sister, “You haven’t married him yet, and you are already showing partiality to him?”
Gu Shanshan said, “He is not even here, what are you guys arguing for?”
“Not here?” Xia Nanze was surprised. “He isn’t at home on the first day of the new year, where did he go?”
“He went back to the city,” said Gu Shanshan. “He left early in the morning. It seems that Shao Boqing was looking for him for something.”
Xia Nanze looked at her with doubt, “Why did Shao Boqing look for him on the first day of the New Year?”
“How would I know?” Gu Shanshan said angrily, “There must be something!”
“What must he do on the first day of the New Year?” Xia Nanze questioned closely.
“Call him and ask by yourself!”
“Okay,” Xia Xiaowan stretched out her hand between them, trying to interrupt their quarrel, “why are you two quarreling with each other every time you meet? Are you still children?”
Gu Shanshan made a grimace at Xia Nanze and pulled Xia Xiaowan into the house. “Don’t mind your brother. Let’s have breakfast. Uncle Xiao has personally cooked fermented glutinous rice balls!”
Xia Nanze chuckled and quickly dodged to run away, “It’s been so many years since I’ve had fermented glutinous rice balls Uncle Xiao cooked. I can’t miss it.”
“Hey! You!” Gu Shanshan released the hand of Xia Xiaowan and chased after him, “Xia Nanze, you glutton!”
“You’re asking for scolding again early in the morning!” Fang Yaru’s voice came from the front, “You just can’t avoid saying these taboo words!”
Xia Nanze laughed loudly, “Auntie Gu, just treat her as a child. Children have no taboos.”
Everyone in the room started laughing. Gu Shanshan felt embarrassed and glared at Xia Nanze angrily. She did not dare to be too presumptuous in front of the elders.
Xia Nanze scooped up a spoonful of the soup and put it into his mouth. Then he immediately raised his thumb to Xiao Bonian and said, “Uncle Xiao, your cooking skill is still so good. The balls are sweet and soft. There is no need to say more praise! It’s so delicious that I almost bite my tongue.”
Xiao Bonian always had a calm face. He smiled and said, “Young Master Xia, you should have more if you like it. ”
Gu Guangxian also laughed, “Eating Old Xiao’s rice balls soup on the first day of the New Year has become a habit in our family. We don’t have this usually. If Nanze likes it, feel free to come here every year on the first day of the New Year.”
Xia Nanze smiled and said, “Can’t be better. Uncle Gu treats me just like your own son. I should pay a New Year call here. Unfortunately, Nianbin is not here. He missed such a delicious dish. Uncle Xiao, don’t cook for him in private. Let him be jealous of us! He can only blame himself for going out on the first day of the new year!”
Xia Deren, who had been silent all this while, glanced at his son and said, “Nianbin returned to the city for an urgent matter. Do you think he is as idle as you?”
Xia Nanze said disapprovingly, “What thing is so urgent during the Spring Festival? That it made him rush back on the first day of the new year?”
“Well, he said that it was scheduled before the New Year,” Gu Guangxian said slowly. “It can’t be helped. There are always some relationships that need to be maintained when you do business.”
“I understand,” Xia Nanze said. “I plan to go out to pay my New Year’s greetings on the third day of the New Year. Nianbin is busier than me. He begins to work in a hurry on the first day of the New Year.”
“It’s not a rush actually,” Fang Yaru explained, “it’s just that the man he’s going to visit will go abroad on a night flight for his vacation. That’s why he has made an appointment early in the morning.”
Xia Nanze suddenly came to a realization, but his expression was slightly exaggerated, “I see! I was confused, who would go out early in the morning to pay a New Year call?”
Xia Xiaowan looked at her brother doubtfully. Xia Nanze was not usually a person who wouldn’t stop asking before knowing everything. What was going on with him today?
Perhaps it was because Gu Nianbin was by her side, Du Xiaoxian slept soundly during her unprotected sleep. When she woke up, it was already eleven o’clock. She did not open her eyes and lazily rubbed against Gu Nianbin’s chest. She murmured, “What time is it?”
Du Xiaoxian found it strange that no one answered her after a while. She opened her eyes and saw that Gu Nianbin was still deeply asleep. She could not help but laugh silently. In the past, every time she woke up, Gu Nianbin would wake up with her. Actually, she didn’t know who woke up first. Anyway, as long as she moved, Gu Nianbin would tighten his arms and hug her tightly, or lightly kiss her face. It was truly unprecedented for him not to react in the slightest.
Nevertheless, Gu Nianbin didn’t sleep all night, so it wasn’t surprising that he hadn’t woken up.
It was warm in the room, and it was even warmer in the man’s embrace. Du Xiaoxian was a little uncomfortable. She slipped out of his arms slowly and lifted the blanket and got out of bed. She turned around and tucked the blanket back in for the man. She bent down to look at him and suddenly felt that something was wrong. Gu Nianbin’s face was blushed, just like the last time when he had a fever. There were two packs of abnormal redness on his cheeks. She reached out her hand on his forehead and gasped in surprise. She quickly went to the bathroom and prepared a wet towel to spread over the man’s forehead. Then she ran downstairs without changing her clothes.
Ah Ling got up early and was chatting with Du Huayue in the hall. Seeing her running down in panic, she hurriedly asked, “Xiaoxian, what’s wrong?”
“Sister Ah Ling, Young Master is having a fever. Call the doctor over!”
Ah Ling was startled. Young Master was always in good health. He didn’t even catch a cold often. Why did he get a fever for no reason? She was afraid that Du Xiaoxian made a mistake. So she ran upstairs and confirmed that he was really running a severe fever. She was worried, “Doctor Liang is not here, so we can only send him to the hospital.”
Hearing this, Du Xiaoxian quickly found Gu Nianbin’s clothes and put them on for him with Ah Ling’s assistance. Du Huayue carried him downstairs. Fortunately, Du Huayue was an excellent automotive soldier who could drive well. In addition, the snow on the road had been shoveled off. There weren’t many cars on the road either. It only took Du Huayue 20 minutes to arrive at the hospital, which would usually take half an hour.
Gu Nianbin was sent to the emergency department and the doctor, after giving him an examination, said that he was suffering from a cold and had a high fever. Moreover, the fever was raging and had the tendency to turn into pneumonia, which made Du Xiaoxian so anxious that she wanted to cry.
Seeing the tears in the little girl’s eyes, the doctor explained, “Once the fever is under control, it won’t happen. Don’t worry. As long as the fever subsides, it will be fine.”
As he spoke, the nurse had already had Gu Nianbin take an injection. Ah Ling went for the admission procedures. Du Xiaoxian sat on the chair beside the bed and looked at Gu Nianbin without blinking. The more she looked at him, she felt that Gu Nianbin had lost weight. It was only one night, and her handsome brother had become so haggard. It was all her fault. If it wasn’t because he rushed back to see her in the heavy snow, Gu Nianbin wouldn’t be sick.
Last time, Gu Nianbin was sick, which was also because of her. How long had it been since then? Once again… She was both annoyed and regretful. When he left, she should not allow him to come back overnight. She was so selfish!
Moreover, he was ill on the first day of the New Year, which was such a bad omen. Her Second Aunt said that everything on the first day of the New Year was inappropriate. Especially, one should not get sick on the day. Otherwise, with the bad thing as the beginning of the year, the whole year would not be peaceful.
Bah! Bah! Bah! Her brother wouldn’t be like that! That was feudal superstition which wouldn’t work. She gently touched Gu Nianbin’s hand that was outside the quilt. Suddenly, she felt an irritating sensation in her nose and two lines of tears rolled down her cheeks silently.
