Rebirth to a Military Marriage: Good Morning Chief Chapter 2 - Fever

Chapter 2: Fever

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

It was so hot. Qiao Nan felt like she was on fire, as if her entire body was burning to ashes.

After a long struggle, Qiao Nan finally opened her eyes. She did not see a white ward, but an old and familiar room.

“Mom, Nan Nan is sick, is it alright that we leave her alone?”

“It’s fine. Your sister is very tough and used to a hard life. Such a minor illness will not take her life. Moreover, she will be starting school the day after. It is a good thing that she is sick, so that she can’t enroll for school.”

Concerned about matters related to her elder daughter, Ding Jiayi figured that if her younger daughter missed the opportunity to enrol for school due to the illness, she could then cajole the wretched girl to give up her studies and find a job to earn inco.

“Mom, this waterlon is so sweet. Take a bite too.” Satisfied with what she had heard, Qiao Zijin smiled and fed Ding Jiayi a mouthful of waterlon.

When she heard the dialogue between the mother-daughter pair, Qiao Nan, who had a high fever, finally knew where she was.

Ti had turned back to 25 years ago and she was back at the house of the Qiao family. The then 15-year-old Qiao Nan had a high fever and missed the school’s enrolnt deadline. It was the year that she was cajoled by her mother to quit school and find a job to support Qiao Zijin.

That year, the night before Qiao Nan’s fever, it was raining cats and dogs. Because it was autumn, the weather was particularly cold.

Qiao Nan rembered that she had covered herself with a blanket before she went to sleep that night. However, when she was awake and already feeling sick, the entire blanket was found at the end of the bed.

While Qiao Nan vaguely recalled that, when the rain was at its heaviest in the middle of the night, soone seed to have entered her room.

Eventually, Qiao Nan was not covered by the blanket. Even the window by the bedside was wide open.

If this was not the case, Qiao Nan would not have gotten a cold and fever.

In her previous life, Qiao Nan always believed that soone had co to her room. As for the window that was closed before she slept and opened subsequently, she assud that it was an illusion – that she was too sick and confused.

But this ti, Qiao Nan did not think that was the case.

“Last night”, soone must have been to her room. Not only had the person removed her blanket, but they had also intentionally opened the window. The motive was to cause her to fall sick so that she would miss the school enrolnt deadline!

Just when Ding Jiayi and Qiao Zijin were spending happy ti together, there was a loud bang that stunned both of them.

“Nan, Nan Nan?” Qiao Zijin’s face, who was happily holding and eating half the waterlon, turned stiff. She felt extrely awkward as she held the spoon, and was undecided on whether to continue to hold or put it down.

Seeing the half of the waterlon in Qiao Zijin’s hand, Qiao Nan laughed to herself.

Qiao Zijin was spoilt by their mother. Since a young age, she was overbearing and selfish. Qiao Zijin had a habit when eating waterlon. She like to hold half the waterlon and eat it with a spoon all by herself.

But it was in the 1980s now. Their financial situation was not as good. So every ti Ding Jiayi bought waterlons, she would tell Qiao Nan and Qiao Zijin that she had only bought half the fruit.

But Qiao Nan saw it with her own eyes that Qiao Zijin was holding half the waterlon and eating it.

Qiao Zijin was allowed to eat half a waterlon. When it ca to Qiao Nan, she would be lucky if she could have a “strand” of waterlon to eat!

“You wretched girl, why did you kick the door. Who do you want to scare?” Ding Jiayi’s face, that displayed no sign of guilt, turned black. She pointed at Qiao Nan’s nose and started scolding.

Qiao Nan was hanging on despite her sickness, “I have a fever. Where is the fever dicine?”

“What fever dicine? You’ve already finished it. There isn’t any left.” Ding Jiayi’s eyes had a tinge of guilt as she said that.

Ignoring Ding Jiayi, Qiao Nan went to look for the dicine. In her previous life, she did not take any dicine and her fever worsened. She was not sent to the hospital in ti and almost had ningitis.

Because of this, her family incurred extra dical expenses. This made her believed her mother’s words that she had depleted the family funds to cure her illness. That was the reason that she quit school and worked to support Qiao Zijin.

“You wretched girl, what are you looking for?!” Qiao Nan’s action had angered Ding Jiayi. Ding Jiayi grabbed and pulled back Qiao Nan’s hair with her left hand, while she slapped Qiao Nan’s face with her right hand.

The sound of the slap was cold and deafening.

With the slap in her face, Qiao Nan’s ears were buzzing. Her face did not hurt but her nose was sore and painful. Her nose started bleeding uncontrollably, like an open faucet, staining the collar of her shirt.

“If you are sick, go and lie down. Stop being a devil!” Ding Jiayi gathered that Qiao Nan would not be physically strong enough. She wanted to drag Qiao Nan back into the room and let Qiao Nan continue to sleep. No matter what, she would not let Qiao Nan have her dicine.

If the wretched girl recovered, she would definitely enrol in school and waste their money.

Ding Jiayi intended to let Qiao Nan continue to be sick until a month after school comnced.

Want to have your dicine? Wishful thinking!

At this ti, Qiao Nan saw through Ding Jiayi’s plan. She would not be willing to concede. She banged her head against Ding Jiayi’s body.

This move did not hurt but was too unexpected. Ding Jiayi was stunned and withdrew the hand that she used to pull Qiao Nan’s hair. Qiao Nan took the opportunity to run out of the house.

“The wretched girl!” Ding Jiayi, who was a few steps behind, stomped her feet and shouted, “If you have the guts, don’t ever co back!”

This was the first ti that Qiao Zijin saw Qiao Nan rebelling. She was stunned. “Mom, what happened to Nan Nan? Didn’t she used to obey you on everything?”

“Don’t bother about her.” Ding Jiayi patted her elder daughter’s hand and did not seem affected. “Despite having a fever, she ran out and refused to rest at ho. She is intentionally looking for death.”

Qiao Nan, whose head was burning, only wanted to run, but she had no idea what to do after that.

Qiao Nan bumped into soone. The nose that had not stopped bleeding felt more sore and her tears started to roll.

“Be careful.” It was a man with a deep and low voice. Compared to the hot June season, the voice that ca to Qiao Nan’s ears was cool. Qiao Nan’s waist seed to have fallen onto an arm that was as sturdy as steel.

As Qiao Nan regained her footing, she ca to her senses only after shaking her head three tis. When she looked up, he saw a pair of cool eyes that looked as sharp as a blade.

“You have a fever?” the man frowned when he ca into contact with Qiao Nan’s body. When he saw the blood on the Qiao Nan’s collar, his sharp lips turned straight. “Follow ,” he said.

Qiao Nan followed the man, feeling confused. It was only after she was seated on a soft sofa that she regained her senses.

“Fever dicine.” The man’s cold voice ca, as he handed her the dicine in one hand and held a cup in the other.

Given her situation, Qiao Nan had no ti to be shy about this. She took the dicine from the man’s hand and swallowed it. She then looked up at the man carefully.

The man was very handso – a chiseled face, thick eyebrows that exuded a sense of justice, straight and upright nose, charming but forbidding eyes. His lips were pursed, like he was unhappy. Qiao Nan could not help feeling a little nervous.