60: Chapter 60 Jian Si has a fever 60: Chapter 60 Jian Si has a fever She didn’t know how long had passed before Jian Si finally stopped crying, having vented enough, and she withdrew from his embrace.
Thinking back to the embarrassnt, she shyly lowered her head and reached to wipe the tears from her face.
The mont her hand touched her face, it hurt so much that she gasped.
She had been too focused on crying before to feel the pain.
Now, as the realization hit her, she noticed a burning pain on her face.
Lu Youting imdiately pulled her hand away, his voice gentle, “Does your face hurt?
Wait a mont, I’ll get you so ice.
The doctor said that applying ice can relieve pain.”
Jian Si, scared, clung to his hand, not daring to let him leave.
Lu Youting soothed her by patting the back of her hand, “Don’t worry, there are bodyguards outside the door, no one can co in!
I’ll be back soon, very quickly.”
Hearing that there were bodyguards outside, Jian Si finally let go of him.
Lu Youting rubbed her head and left the hospital room.
In no ti, he returned with a few ice cubes wrapped in a towel and asked her to lie back on the bed.
He carefully placed the ice on her face.
The cool sensation of the ice substantially eased the pain.
Afraid that it was too cold, which could be bad for her nerves, Lu Youting alternated sides to apply it.
“How does it feel?
If it’s too cold, I can wrap it in another towel.”
Jian Si moved her lips tentatively.
Although it still hurt, it was much better than before, “Am, am I in the hospital now?”
“Yes!
You’re in the room next to Xiao Bai!”
Lu Youting’s voice was hoarse, like rich red wine, perating a srizing intoxication.
Jian Si’s mind drifted for a mont before she suddenly rembered sothing and quickly said, “Surveillance, check the surveillance…”
Lu Youting reassured her, “Don’t worry, I’ve already asked Lu Ya to retrieve the security footage.
I won’t let any of the people who bullied you get away.”
“No!” Jian Si panicked and the agitation pulled at the wounds on her face, causing her to wince in pain.
Lu Youting felt terrible for her and involuntarily bent down to breathe lightly on her cheek, “Does it hurt a lot?
Just bear with it, it will stop hurting in 24 hours.”
His voice was soft, and his hot breath brushed her cheek and ear like a feather—a night like this, a distance like this, and an atmosphere like this created an indescribable ambiguity.
Jian Si’s heart fluttered violently, her mind in complete disarray.
Seeing that she didn’t respond, Lu Youting thought his thod was effective and blew gently on her other cheek.
“In the past, every ti Xiao Bai got hurt, he would have blow on it like this, and he said it worked well.
It seems to be effective indeed!”
Jian Si’s cheeks burned red, her heartbeat accelerated, and her breathing grew heavier.
Whether it was effective she didn’t know, but she indeed couldn’t feel the pain right now.
Watching his handso face so close, Jian Si was afraid that if this continued, she would fall for him again.
She couldn’t help but push him away.
“It’s okay now, it doesn’t hurt that much anymore.”
Lu Youting didn’t overthink and moved back a bit, continuing to apply the cold compress to her cheek.
An ambiguous atmosphere flowed between them.
The hospital room was so quiet that they could hear each other’s heartbeat.
Unable to bear the atmosphere, Jian Si broke the silence, “There’s surveillance on the ambulance as well.
If I’m not mistaken, once they thought they had trapped , they would drop their guard.
Checking the surveillance there should reveal the evidence of how they frad .”
Her compliance in being monitored was also to get Ye Qingqing and her daughter to lower their guard so she could reveal the truth.
She knew they would target her while observing, but she had never expected to encounter scum like Liu Tao.
Ultimately, it was a move misjudged.
Lu Youting’s eyes darkened aningfully, “I’ve already asked Lu Ya to handle it!”
Jian Si looked at him in surprise, “You thought of the surveillance on the ambulance too?”
“Yes!” Lu Youting nodded, “I wasn’t sure, just trying it out.”
Jian Si asked in a trembling voice, “Then…
what was the result?”
Without directly answering her, Lu Youting comforted her, “Leave this matter to ; I will find out the truth and obtain justice for you.”
Sensing sothing amiss in his words, Jian Si’s heart suddenly sank with a ‘thud.’
“Is there a problem with the surveillance?”
Afraid she would continue guessing and beco even more anxious, Lu Youting hastily said, “We were a step too late, the footage has already been deleted!
But Shen Qing is working on restoring it, and given his abilities, it shouldn’t be too difficult.”
Hearing this, Jian Si breathed a sigh of relief.
Shen Qing, a genius programr second only to Xiao Bai, was definitely very capable.
With him on it, there shouldn’t be a problem.
Lu Youting couldn’t help but touch her only uninjured forehead, his long fingers gently rubbing it, “Don’t think too much right now; rest well, and if you feel any discomfort, let know.
I will stay by your bedside.”
The warmth from his palm felt as though it could penetrate her skin.
Jian Si felt her forehead burning fiercely, as if there was a fire, leaving her throat parched and tongue dry.
“And Xiao Bai…?”
Her voice was hoarse, like a traveler lost in a desert.
Lu Youting turned his body slightly, gesturing towards the couch with a glance.
Following his gaze, Jian Si was shocked to find Xiao Bai sleeping on the couch and imdiately widened her eyes, “Xiao Bai has been here the whole ti?
Why didn’t you tell earlier?
Luckily, we didn’t wake him.”
Lu Youting dismissed it casually, “Since you’ve been back, Xiao Bai’s sleep has been good.
Plus, he didn’t nap during the day, so he’s sleeping very heavily now; no worries!”
Seeing Lu Yanbai sleeping soundly, Jian Si couldn’t help but curve her lips into a smile, “I don’t need looking after—you should get so rest too!”
Lu Youting raised an eyebrow, teasing her, “Sleep where?
The couch is taken by Xiao Bai, and the bed by you.”
Catching the implication in his words, Jian Si’s ears tinged red, her eyelashes fluttered wildly, and she simply turned her head, ignoring him.
Lu Youting’s lips curled slightly, his smile spreading like ripples.
“Rest well; call if you need anything!”
As he picked up the lted ice cubes and prepared to leave, Jian Si suddenly spoke, “Thank you!”
“Hm?” Lu Youting stopped in his tracks, surprised as he looked at her.
Jian Si’s back to him, “I know it was you who made sure they slipped a fruit knife for protection inside.”
ntioning this, the smile on Lu Youting’s lips vanished, surrounded again by self-reproach and regret.
“It was my mistake; I thought admitting you to the station would make Ye Qingqing and her daughter lower their guard, facilitating the investigation.
I didn’t expect there to be such scum there.
It’s my fault for not protecting you well and letting you get hurt.”
Jian Si stiffened.
After a while, she slowly turned around, deeply gazing at Lu Youting, “This isn’t your fault!
At least, you believed in .”
And he had stayed by her side.
If it weren’t for him pulling her out of the nightmare just now, she might have already collapsed.
These were enough to touch her.
Lu Youting, looking at her, felt his heart being constricted by an invisible thread, tightening inch by inch.
To break the oppressive atmosphere, he pretended to be lighthearted, “I just happen to have the judgnt skills of a normal person.”
“Pfft…” Jian Si laughed.
The atmosphere lightened considerably.
This was their first peaceful conversation since they reunited.
True to his word, Lu Youting stayed by her bedside all night, handling official business on his computer while keeping an eye on Jian Si.
In the middle of the night, Jian Si suddenly developed a high fever, talking deliriously as she burned in confusion—
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