In the middle of the night, when Lan Yanxi caught a cold and had a high fever, she became dizzy and thirsty, so she threw back her quilt and decided to go downstairs for a cup of water.
Lan Yanxi shakily walked down the stairs while wearing a pair of slippers. However, as she was not familiar with her home, she had no idea where the lights in the corridor were located, so she had to find them.
"No way, I"m afraid of the dark!" Lan Yanxi touched a few places, but found that she could not touch them. She was speechless. Was she supposed to go downstairs in the dark?
Lan Yanxi"s final decision was to reach the other end of the corridor in the dark and ask for Ling Mofeng"s help.
However, just as she took a few steps, the lights in the corridor suddenly lit up, giving her a fright. She felt strange, and when she raised her head, she saw a man wearing a dark purple robe, walking towards her.
"What are you doing?" Ling Mofeng heard the sound and came out. The moment he turned on the light, he saw her touching the wall with both of her hands and couldn"t help but frown.
Did this woman have a habit of sleepwalking?
"I"m looking for the light switch, but I can"t find it!" Lan Yanxi said weakly.
"The switch is on the left-hand side of your door. Didn"t I tell you?" Ling Mofeng had a weird expression on his face.
Lan Yanxi was stu
ed as she muttered, "When did you ever say that?"
Ling Mofeng walked in front of her and saw that her cheeks had a different shade of red. His expression changed and he whispered in concern: "What happened to you? Why is your face so red? "
I"m having a fever. Do you have a thermometer? I want to drink boiling water, it feels so bad! " Lan Yanxi was not a child. With her symptoms, it was obvious that she had a cold. She must have fallen asleep at the front door this afternoon and caught the cold.
Ling Mofeng stretched out his hand and pressed his palm against her forehead. It was really hot.
"Be careful next time, don"t sleep outside the door!" Ling Mofeng was helpless and could only remind her again.
"Nope, do you have cold medicine at home?" Lan Yanxi was still very obedient when she was sick and didn"t dare to act rashly anymore.
"Come with me and take a look!" Ling Mofeng remembered that there should be a reserve medicine.
Lan Yanxi didn"t know why the fever was so fierce. She felt as if she had just seen a ghost.
"Ling Mofeng, can you hold my hand? I feel dizzy!" Lan Yanxi wanted to beg for his help so she wouldn"t roll down like a rock.
Ling Mofeng knew that she must be feeling terrible at the moment. Otherwise, her eyes wouldn"t be so glazed.
"I"ll carry you down!" Ling Mofeng bent down and stood in front of her. Lan Yanxi did not hold back and directly laid on his broad back. She instinctively hugged his neck tightly with her small hands, afraid that she would fall down.
Ling Mofeng"s two big hands paused in consideration, and didn"t dare to easily grab her legs because she was wearing a pajamas. Her two slender white legs were exposed, and if he wanted to reach out to hold her, he was afraid that he would b.u.mp into something he shouldn"t have.
If he didn"t support her legs, she was afraid that with her current strength, she wouldn"t be able to wrap her arms around his neck and would really fall. In the end, Ling Mofeng could only make a move.
The warm palm was directly pressed against her slender legs, carrying her on his back as he walked down the stairs.
Lan Yanxi was so ill that she didn"t care about it at all. However, the more sober the man was, the more the feeling of the smooth skin on his palm made him absent-minded several times.
He didn"t think that a woman"s skin would be so tender. It wasn"t as hard and st.u.r.dy as a man"s. It was so soft that a simple pinch would be able to injure her.
Ling Mofeng carried Lan Yanxi down to the second floor and put her on the sofa.
Ling Mofeng quickly boiled a pot of hot water and brought her a cup of water. He then prepared to find a cold medicine, there was indeed a medicine, but there was no medicine to reduce the fever. Ling Mofeng looked at the time, it was already 3 in the morning.
"Take the medicine first. I"ll help you cool down after a while!" Ling Mofeng took out the medicine and put it on a piece of paper for her to quickly take.
"Oh!" Lan Yanxi obediently swallowed the medicine and then drank two large cups of hot water in one go. Only then did her body feel slightly better.
"Lie down, I"ll go pour some water for you!" After Ling Mofeng said that in a low voice, he went to get some water and a towel.
Lan Yanxi laid down on the sofa. Not long later, Ling Mofeng came over with a basin and towel, which were soaked in warm water. After wringing them dry, he first wiped her palm and forehead, then he twisted the water again and wanted to wipe her chest and back.
He remembered that he and his nephew had tried to cool down like this before, but he could do whatever he wanted with children. But now, for him to do this for this woman, would she treat him as a traitor?
"What is it?" Lan Yanxi blinked her eyes sleepily and asked curiously when she saw him staring blankly with a towel in his hand.
"Wipe your own chest and back. You have to lower the temperature here!" Ling Mofeng said in a low voice.
"Help me out, please!" Lan Yanxi turned around lazily after she finished speaking and lay down on the sofa.
It was really the young miss" personality. She was already so sick, and she still wouldn"t do it herself.
Ling Mofeng couldn"t help but sigh. Okay, since she asked for it, he didn"t have to worry about it anymore.
Ling Mofeng immediately wrung out the towel and tugged on her pajamas. He saw the skin on her back that was as smooth as jade, and he wiped it several times with the towel. When he touched her body again, the temperature dropped quite a bit, as expected, it wasn"t as hot as before.
"Alright, let"s go to the hospital first thing in the morning!" Ling Mofeng said in a soft voice as he finally lowered the temperature of her clothes after being busy for a while.
Unexpectedly, Lan Yanxi didn"t say anything. Ling Mofeng looked at her face. This woman had fallen asleep just like that. She even slept soundly, as if she was enjoying herself a lot.
She must have thought of him as a hypnotist. Just now, when he was rubbing her back to cool her down, she had fallen asleep.
"I really owe you this much!" Ling Mofeng couldn"t help but mock himself. Then, he reached out to turn her over, picked her up horizontally and walked upstairs.
Lan Yanxi"s sleep quality was good to begin with, but now that things had gotten to this point, she was really sleepy. How could she know what was going to happen next?
Ling Mofeng carried her upstairs and kicked open the door. He saw the woman sleeping on the bed like a dog"s nest, and all the pillows on the sofa were placed on her bed, forming a safe place for only one person to lie on. Was she sleeping in this small place?
Ling Mofeng didn"t expect her to have such a strange habit. Could it be due to a lack of security?
Ling Mofeng gently put her in her small room that she cleaned up. Lan Yanxi instinctively reached out to hug the pillow beside her. However, she couldn"t get the pillow, so she hugged Ling Mofeng, who didn"t have time to pull his hand away.
Looking at her instinctive actions, Ling Mofeng was stu
ed. Soon after, his arms were hugged tightly by the woman against her soft skin. His body trembled and his mind went blank for a moment.
Then he realized that he had taken advantage of this woman in an unconscious state, which was not much of a gentleman"s thing.
Therefore, Ling Mofeng used a little strength to pull his arm away. The girl seemed to have lost her footing, and her body moved a little, grabbing something else and hugging it tightly.
Ling Mofeng looked at her childish actions and didn"t know if he should laugh or laugh at her.
She didn"t know if this strangeness of hers was a product of nature or the day after tomorrow. Her father had left so early, so how could her lack of security be related to her father"s departure?
No matter what, Ling Mofeng somehow felt sorry for her. The strong feeling made his Adam"s apple roll.
His grandfather had abandoned even greater benefits to forcefully give his granddaughter to him. Perhaps, it was because he knew that she lacked a sense of security and wanted him to act as her protection umbrella.
"Lan Yanxi, I hope you won"t regret meeting me." Ling Mofeng covered her with a blanket, tucked her in, and left with a sigh.