sinovels Chapter 18
Chapter 18
The curtains in the bedroom are the color of cold champagne and are drawn tightly.
The big bed in the middle was covered with gray jacquard velvet fabric, Xiao Chi placed the man inside and pulled the quilt for him.
Ji Chenxuan sank into the softness, half closed his eyes, the light from the ceiling dimly diverged at the edge of his vision, Xiao Chi's figure dangled in his field of vision, pouring water for a while, turning over the medicine box for a while.
He should close his eyes immediately, fall asleep, and let his overtired body repair itself, but his eyelids are struggling to hold on, his eyes can't help but catch Xiao Chi's back, his pupils seem to be covered with a layer of fog, showing a sickness wet.
"Don't be too busy..." After opening his mouth, he realized that his throat was so dry and sore that he was almost on fire.
Xiao Chi helped him up and fed him a sip of warm water, and conveniently stuffed a mouth thermometer into his mouth: "Hold it well."
Forced to shut up, Ji Chenxuan could only stare at him with blinking eyes.
Xiao Chi squatted down, lying on the edge of the bed, propping his cheek with one hand, under his thin bangs, a pair of black eyes, looking back at Ji Chenxuan for a moment.
The two looked at each other for less than three seconds, and Ji Chenxuan retreated immediately, and quickly moved his eyes away, as if he was starting to study the dark pattern of jacquard on the quilt.
Xiao Chi didn't have the slightest idea of embarrassment, he always said what he wanted to say, stared at anyone he wanted to see, and even moved his head closer, without worrying about catching a cold at all.
After a short period of silence, Xiao Chi stretched out a finger and poked his rosy cheek, frowning worriedly: "Eh? I think your face is getting redder, don't you really need to call your doctor?"
"..." Ji Chenxuan finally couldn't bear it anymore, he couldn't care less about the thermometer still in his mouth, and knocked against his teeth, "Can you move away?"
It's not because this guy is always staring at him!
"Oh." Although he didn't understand why, Xiao Chi still graciously obeyed the patient's request - moved five centimeters away.
If Ji Chenxuan hadn't been paying attention to his actions, the difference between before and after could hardly be seen with the naked eye.
"..." He closed his eyes helplessly, turned his head to the other side, there was a sound of rustling footsteps walking past the edge of the bed, and when he opened his eyes again, he met Xiao Chi's overly good-looking face again.
Ji Chenxuan squinted, took out the thermometer, and said weakly, "What exactly do you want?"
Xiao Chi laid his furry head in front of him, and blinked: "When human beings get sick, they change so much, so strange."
"What's so strange?" Ji Chenxuan glanced at the temperature indicated by the thermometer, 38.5 degrees, heaved a sigh of relief, it was still within the controllable range.
"It became soft and red." Xiao Chi couldn't help stretching out his hand to touch his hot cheeks, "Like a pink jelly, much cuter than your usual appearance."
"..." Ji Chenxuan felt dizzy for a while, and suddenly doubted whether his decision not to call a doctor was correct.
Maybe I should just go to the hospital to check if I still have arrhythmia.
He took a deep breath and slapped off the opponent's paw: "Don't make trouble, I'm going to rest after taking the medicine, you go back to sleep."
Xiao Chi shook his head immediately: "I'll accompany you."
As if pouring a handful of warm water on his heart, Ji Chenxuan's whole body was softened by the soak, and he opened his mouth, almost wanting to half push and half accept the temptation, but finally shook his head with difficulty: "...No. I have a cold It's contagious."
"I'm in good health." Xiao Chi straightened up and emphasized solemnly.
Ji Chenxuan stared at him, licked his dry and chapped lips, and said in a hoarse voice, "Why do you care about me so much?"
He was looking forward to the answer, but if asked what kind of answer he wanted to hear, he couldn't tell.
Xiao Chi didn't think about it, and took it for granted: "You humans are so fragile, and you may die if you get sick. I have to watch you. If you get too sick, I can carry you to the hospital."
"..." Ji Chenxuan didn't mention it in one breath, and almost fainted with anger.
He must be out of his mind to expect something good from this single-cell guy!
Ji Chenxuan buried his face in the quilt, and a muffled voice came from underneath: "As long as you keep your crow's mouth shut, my life will last."
Xiao Chi hurriedly tore off the quilt, revealing the back of his jet-black head, shaking his head, and sighed: "Look at you, you're just like a child when you're sick."
Ji Chenxuan closed his eyes resignedly, not bothering to argue with him on such childish topics.
Suddenly, the mattress beside him sank, and Ji Chenxuan could feel the other party sitting very close, and his warm body temperature was within reach.
Ji Chenxuan couldn't help opening his eyes: "What exactly do you want?"
Xiao Chi took off his shoes, leaned against him, and stretched out a hand to cover his eyes. Ji Chenxuan's vision was instantly enveloped in darkness, and Xiao Chi's translucent voice came from above his head:
"Go to sleep, I'll wait until you fall asleep before leaving."
Ji Chenxuan just lay there stiff for a while, as if his hands and feet were bound by some kind of invisible rope, he couldn't fall asleep more and more.
Xiao Chi was too close to him, his fiery body was like a small heater, the heat was continuously transmitted, the breath invaded this square inch in all directions, and the blood in the whole body was washed so that the heart was pounding.
It really burned, Ji Chenxuan thought drowsily, until he was sweating from the heat, and fell asleep in a daze...
In the middle of the night, a little moonlight was projected on the cold window sill, and everything was silent.
Xiao Chi was woken up by the movement made by Ji Chenxuan. When he woke up, he was curled up and lying on his side next to the man, with his clothes still on.
With sleepy eyes, Ji Chenxuan clasped his arm tightly, as if trapped in a nightmare, muttering in his mouth, his brows were tucked, and his eyeballs were trembling under his eyelids, as if he was experiencing some kind of unresolved pain.
"Ji Chenxuan! Wake up!" Xiao Chi shook his shoulder vigorously until the other party woke up with shortness of breath.
Ji Chenxuan was sweating profusely, his back was drenched in cold sweat, his chest heaved violently, and he stared blankly at the dark ceiling, out of focus for a long time.
"Are you okay?" Xiao Chi leaned over to look at him under the faint moonlight, fetched a towel to wipe off the sweat on his forehead, "Have a nightmare?"
"Who?" Ji Chenxuan was startled, and subconsciously raised his hand to block him, as if wary of a stranger.
The head that was tilted back was too strong, and hit the head of the bed all of a sudden, with a muffled thud, Ji Chenxuan covered his head dizzily, leaving Xiao Chi speechless for a while.
"It's me, I just wiped your sweat, why are you reacting so much?" Xiao Chi was very wronged, and sat up straight with his face down.
Feeling dizzy for a while, Ji Chenxuan rubbed his sore and swollen forehead, his eyes slowly regained focus, and finally he could tell that the guy lying on his bed was Xiao Chi.
"...Didn't you go back to your room to sleep?" Ji Chenxuan's voice was hoarse, he touched the water glass on the bedside table, and took a big gulp.
"Who made you fall asleep and still grabbed my hand and wouldn't let me go." Xiao Chi pouted, complaining in a low voice helplessly, turned on the bedside lamp, changed him to a cup of hot water, and patted his face gently. Back, "Is it better?"
"...Thank you." Ji Chenxuan raised his eyelids and glanced at him quickly, then lowered his eyelids again, the two rows of eyelashes cast a little black shadow in his eyes, "I just... just wasn't used to being around people."
"Is that so, I interrupted your rest?" Xiao Chi scratched his head, "Then I'll go back to my room and sleep."
"Wait—" Ji Chenxuan subconsciously grabbed the corner of his clothes, with a weak force, still lowered his head, and said in a low voice, "I don't mind what you say."
For Xiao Chi, this force of retaining was too weak to withstand a single blow. He looked down at the man's hand clutching the hem of his clothes, as if holding a little hope.
After all, he didn't break free, and slowly crawled back to the bed with that force, holding the pillow in his arms, his chestnut hair was fluffy and slightly curly, like a squirrel holding a pine cone, and yawned lazily:
"Well, since you need me so much, I'll stay with you for a while longer."
Ji Chenxuan changed into clean pajamas, lay back on the bed again, turned off the light, in the dark, he heard the sound of clothes rubbing against the quilt, rustling, it was the sound of Xiao Chi lying down.
The quilt was raised and lowered. With his eyes closed, he could even feel the approach of the heat source. When his arm touched a piece of delicate skin, Ji Chenxuan couldn't help but open his eyes and look at him—Xiao Chiguang was lying on his side with his head propped up, below his shoulders. Naked, with nothing on.
"...Why don't you wear pajamas?" Ji Chenxuan quickly looked away, imagining the scene under the quilt a little bit, and the breath from his mouth and nose was full of hot air.
Xiao Chi replied straightforwardly: "I didn't bring it."
"..." Ji Chenxuan was speechless.
Pressing one hand to the top of the head and rubbing it like comforting a frightened little sheep, Xiao Chi urged softly: "Go to sleep, go to sleep, it's late at night."
Ji Chenxuan didn't know what expression to put on, the thought of sharing the same bed with this naked guy made him sleepless.
But he was reluctant to drive Xiao Chi out.
Ji Chenxuan was tangled in his heart.
"Can't sleep?" Xiao Chi suddenly brought his head closer, his warm breath hit the side of his neck, bringing up goose bumps.
Ji Chenxuan opened his mouth, and before he could think of an answer, Xiao Chi turned on the bedside lamp again, and randomly took out a hardcover paper book from the drawer, which was a collection of poems.
"I really can't do anything about you. You're such an adult, and you still need someone to put you to sleep." Xiao Chi shook his head helplessly, got up and half leaned against the head of the bed, and flipped through a page casually.
"For the woodcutter's axe, he asked the tree for the handle, and the tree gave him the handle." Xiao Chi recited the poem in his unique voice, softly, like whispers in the ear.
Listening to his voice, Ji Chenxuan closed his eyes involuntarily. When Xiao Chi was still a virtual idol, he would often be called out by him to recite poems to himself late at night when he was insomnia, and fell asleep with the sound.
After Xiao Chi finished reading a poem, he paused for a moment, and couldn't help complaining: "This tree is too easy to talk about."
Ji Chenxuan couldn't laugh or cry: "You really should study Chinese textbooks hard."
Xiao Chi made a straight face: "If you dislike me again, you won't read it."
"You read page 43." Ji Chenxuan reported the specified number of pages very calmly, presumably he was very familiar with this book.
"I love you not only because of your appearance, but also because of my appearance when I am with you..."
"48 pages."
"How much I love you, I can't say enough words..."
"61 pages."
"I love you, I don't say anything, I just see you smiling..."
"Say it again, I love you, who would think there are too many stars..."
As Xiao Chi read it, he always felt that something was wrong. When he closed the page and turned to look at Ji Chenxuan, the man had already fallen asleep unknowingly, with a faint smile still on the corner of his mouth.
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Since Zhou Tong arranged for Yuji to break the news, the news about the impersonation of the "Farewell to the Past" singer has been tracked and followed up by major media, and has quickly fermented on the Internet.
In just one day, it occupied most of the entertainment news headlines. This song has only been trending for a few days, and with this explosive news, it once again reached the top of the trending list.
Even the gossip about a certain traffic star announcing his relationship was firmly suppressed by it.
On the music platform, the number of downloads and votes for "Farewell to the Past" began to soar again, and finally entered the top ten!
However, unlike the last birthday celebration video of national host Li Mingyue, such vicious incidents of singers impersonating themselves have never happened in previous national star shows. This scandal is too absurd and dramatic, and it is hard not to think of malicious hype.
The rumors on the Internet are raging, and all kinds of fans and trolls have long been unable to bear the blazing heart of provoking trouble, and they have all left the stage, doubting the authenticity of this matter.
What's more, they have already begun to attack "Farewell to the Past" and its real singer indiscriminately, with the obvious purpose of excluding Xiao Chi from the finals.
Fortunately, Ji Shenxuan was well prepared for this. Before instructing Yuji to deliberately scare Liang Jingsheng and reveal the truth, he ordered Zhou Tong to take all risk precautions. The current trend and the effect of control and evaluation are not satisfactory. Sympathy and curiosity are firmly in the ascendant.
Under Huanyi's behind-the-scenes operation and deliberate guidance, everyone's attention turned to a new focus—who is this mysterious singer?
For the top ten golden seats, each contestant's profile picture has been uploaded to the official website, only "Xiao Chen"'s profile picture is a gray silhouette.
At present, there are two opinions prevailing on the Internet. Some conspiracy theorists believe that Huanyi is a malicious hype, while others say that the singer must be too ugly!So I dare not show my true colors to others, and take advantage of the heat to make extra money at polling stations.
The two groups of people quarreled furiously.
All of a sudden, Li Mingxin's phone was almost exploded by people who were inquiring about the news. He was extremely depressed. He was obviously the one who was kept in the dark.
Great, anyway, the finals are about to start, how long can we hide this mysterious man?
No matter how ugly the daughter-in-law is, she still needs to see her in-laws.
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The next morning.
The alarm bell sounded dutifully, as if a thousand ducks were screaming frantically beside his ears, the hairs all over Xiao Chi's body were about to explode, with a jerk, he slapped his backhand - the alarm clock instantly silenced - it was slapped It became a cake.
"Oops!" Realizing that he had done something bad, Xiao Chi immediately woke up from the annoyance of getting up.
He glanced at Ji Chenxuan cautiously. The man who should have woken up at this point on weekdays was frowning, his eyes were closed, and he was in a deep sleep.
Xiao Chi tore off the body of the alarm clock, quietly threw it into the trash can, then tiptoed back to the bed, and gently touched the man's forehead.
"Huh, why is it getting hotter? Ji Chenxuan! Ji Chenxuan, wake up!" Seeing the other party's burnt drowsy appearance, Xiao Chi's heart sank, he didn't care much, he hurriedly turned the end of the bracelet out, Find your personal doctor's phone number from your address book.
"Hey, doctor? Come and save Ji Chenxuan, he's going to die!"
Ji Chenxuan who woke up faintly: "..."
"Eh? Are you still alive?" Xiao Chi looked at him in surprise.
"...I'm going to be so mad at you."
"..."
Dr. Fang came very quickly, most likely because he was frightened by Xiao Chi's tone, he didn't even have time to change his shoes, he was even wearing furniture slippers when he arrived.
Anna opened the door for him, and when Doctor Fang hurried into the bedroom, Xiao Chi was feeding him porridge, when he heard the movement, he turned his head and heaved a sigh of relief as if he had found a savior: "Doctor, you are finally here!"
So the porridge-feeding hand shook and poked Ji Chenxuan's nose.
"..."
Ji Chenxuan sighed, and silently wiped off the sticky rice grains on his nose with a handkerchief.
As soon as he came into contact with Mr. Ji's resentful and complicated eyes, Dr. Fang's heart skipped a beat, and he asked tentatively, "Mr. Ji, are you... all right?"
Ji Chenxuan sighed again, lifted his eyelids weakly, and said in a hoarse voice: "It's just a fever, it's hard work for you to run."
"Oh, I thought..." Dr. Fang wiped off the sweat from his brow and let out a long sigh of relief. The phone call scared him so much that he almost wrote his will.
Because he never went to the hospital, Ji Shenxuan's family kept routine examination and treatment equipment all year round.
Dr. Fang quickly took Ji Chenxuan's temperature, checked his body, and asked about his condition in detail. Looking at the results of the thermometer, his brows that had just been relaxed frowned again: "Mr. Ji, you have been working too hard recently, and you need to Take a good rest."
Ji Chenxuan shook his head without thinking, and felt dizzy with just this tiny movement: "No, I have to go to the company later, and there is an important meeting in the afternoon, so I can't miss it."
"How can I do that?" Dr. Fang shook his head like a rattle, his brows were knit into knots, "You have a high fever now, and in your current condition, it's best to sleep. Don't take advantage of your youth to hold on, and don't treat your body as a return home." thing."
Ji Chenxuan's eyes darkened, with an impatient expression: "Give me antipyretics."
"That's not going to work, your situation will repeat." Doctor Fang's tone became tougher, "Unless you are given an infusion, don't even think about getting out of bed."
"Doctor Fang!" Ji Chenxuan's complexion suddenly changed, and he shrank back subconsciously, his reddened cheeks showed a morbid paleness, "I never get injections, you know."
"Then you just lie down and rest, don't think about going to work!" Doctor Fang stared at him firmly, "Don't think about sneaking away for a while, I will watch you."
Having exhausted his energy with just a few words, Ji Chenxuan closed his eyes helplessly, and turned his head away.
Doctor Fang snorted twice, he had figured out how to deal with uncooperative patients, he dug out the antipyretic medicine from the medicine box, threw it to Xiao Chi who was waiting by the side, and told: "This guy has a bad stomach, the medicine is not good enough, the medicine is not good enough for him to take medicine." It's an anal plug, you give him medicine."
"???" Xiao Chi was taken aback, holding a small bag of suppositories in his hand, lost in a daze.
"...What is an anal plug?"
Ji Chenxuan's head was in a daze, and when he heard this sentence, he was so excited that he almost jumped up.
Dr. Fang rolled his eyes impatiently: "Have you never used it? There are instructions for use on it. Don't forget to wear finger gloves. Before the suppository dissolves, you must hold it with your finger, otherwise the medicine will slip out and have no effect." .”
Xiao Chi nodded with a vague understanding: "Okay."
"Wait—" Ji Chenxuan gritted his teeth with difficulty, his whole face turned red and white alternately, and his fingers clenched the quilt tightly, "Don't use that kind, take it orally!"
Dr. Fang spread out the medical records to write and draw, without raising his head, he directly vetoed: "No, your stomach is not good, the stimulation is too strong, if you spit it out, it's like you haven't eaten."
The thought of being drugged by Xiao Chi like that, poking his finger into that kind of place... Ji Chenxuan's whole heart is shaking!
Just thinking about that picture is unbearable!
Ji Chenxuan became more and more dizzy, and the forehead was sweating again, but he still refused to let go, as if he was stubbornly defending the last territory: "No..."
Dr. Fang slammed the medical record shut, raised his brows, and showed the majesty of the attending doctor: "I am a doctor, and you are a patient. You can use whatever medicine I say. Don't give me a hard time, or you will die." Get an injection!"
The words shyness and shame have never been in Xiao Chi's dictionary, and he nodded to the side: "That's right, you have to listen to the doctor. I'll just help you with the medicine. Don't worry, I won't hurt you."
"..." Ji Chenxuan lay powerlessly on his back on the bed, like a fish waiting to be slaughtered on a chopping board, "I... I can make it myself."
"How can I do that? Look at you, your face is so red, you'll burn your brain if you drag it on!" Xiao Chi took over the job of applying the medicine righteously, "I'll help you, and I promise not to slip out!"
Dr. Fang touched the goosebumps on his arm, rolled his eyes secretly, and just put on antipyretics. Why do you think the conversation sounds weird?
Ji Chenxuan closed his eyes weakly, as if he had finally given up struggling, and glanced at Doctor Fang who was watching the drama.
The latter made a surprise for no reason, and sneered twice: "I'll go out first, and I'll prescribe a therapeutic and nutritious meal for Anna in a while, and call me if you don't feel well."
After finishing speaking, Doctor Fang ran out of the bedroom in a hurry.
Seeing Xiao Chi approaching him step by step with the suppository in hand, Ji Chenxuan subconsciously swallowed his saliva, his heart beating like a drum beating against the eardrum.
I looked like a prisoner about to go to the execution ground, and like a bride waiting for anniversaries in the bridal chamber, lying on the bed with weak limbs, flushed face, and smoking hot.
Hot in every sense of the word.