Chapter 434: Overslept
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Xuxu smiled and said, “I’m alright. Go back to your work.”
After Mi Ling left, Xuxu picked up her cup of hot water to warm her chilly hands.
Her tummy was in so much pain that she couldn’t concentrate on her work.
After tidying her desk, she stood up and walked towards the door while informing Mi Ling at the sa ti, “Mi Ling, I’m going out for a while. Give a call if there’s anything urgent.”
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At the clinic, Old Master Wen took Xuxu’s pulse and shook his head. “I’ve told you umpteen tis not to touch cold water, but you wouldn’t listen. Now, your body is even colder.”
Xuxu quibbled, “I didn’t touch cold water.”
This ti around, the pain was indeed worse than before and her body felt even colder.
Before she left the house this morning, she had used cold water to clean the house, wiped the table and washed hers and Yan Rusheng’s clothes and personal items.
With all of these, she couldn’t let grandfather know, and she didn’t dare too.
Furthermore, grandfather wouldn’t believe her words.
The elderly snorted coldly to express his displeasure. “Grandfather knows your condition very well. I’ll boil so soup to warm and nourish your body. Go ho and have a good sleep after drinking.”
Xuxu smiled cheekily. “Thank you, grandfather.”
Grandfather concocted so dication for her. He added in dark brown sugar and ginger and got Qi Lei to boil them for Xuxu to consu.
It was winter. Grandfather’s reclining chair was decked with a thick layer of a woolen cushion, giving it a warm and cozy feel. Xuxu lay on it while sipping on the hot bowl of soup; she finished drinking it in no ti.
She handed the empty bowl back to her grandfather who was sitting beside her. “I’ve finished drinking.”
“Every ti you feel unwell, you would co back and look for grandfather.” Grandfather took the bowl from her and reprimanded her affectionately, “Since that fellow is so good, why didn’t you look for him when you are unwell?”
Xuxu knew who ‘ that fellow’ grandfather was referring to. She fawned over her grandfather with a laugh. “Grandfather is my intimate cotton jacket .”
The old man’s face darkened and stretched out his hand to hit her hard on the head. “You have no respect for your elder.”
“Ouch! Grandfather, I know I’m wrong.” Xuxu retracted her neck and pulled the blanket higher over her.
After drinking the soup which her grandfather had made, her tummy was no longer in pain.
She hadn’t been back for a long ti and her trip ho felt so much warm that she couldn’t bear to leave.
As she laid on the reclining chair, drowsiness began to take hold of her.
She had intended to catch a wink before heading back to the office, but by the ti she woke up, the sun had set.
Xuxu glanced at the clock and swiftly leaped to her feet. “It’s almost 6 p.m.”
Grandfather heard her yell and stuck his head out from the second floor to look at her. ” So what if it’s past 5 p.m.? Why are you so flustered?”
“I need to go back now.” Xuxu reached for her bag as she spoke. Without biding a proper goodbye to Old Master Wen, she dashed out of the door.
She left her car in the office and had taken a taxi to her grandfather’s house. Since she didn’t have the ti to go back and retrieve it, she flagged a taxi instead en route to her ho.
Just as she had expected, she was stuck in the rush hour jam for more than an hour and arrived ho only after 7 p.m.
The house was brightly lit. Xuxu swiftly changed into her slippers and headed straight for the kitchen.
She walked past the dining room which was empty and quiet. The kitchen was also spick and span, which was exactly the sa when she left ho this morning.
She found her apron and put it on swiftly. She opened the fridge and rummaged through the ingredients before taking out a few items and threw them into the basin.
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