An Accidental Rebirth: The Surrogate Bride - Chapter 110

Nangong Du was really very sick. His face was pale, his forehead was in a cold sweat, and he shivered even under the quilt! To make matters worse, a moment later, he started vomiting!

As he had diarrhea all night, now he could vomit nothing except for his gastric acid.

Zixiu lost his composure again. His clumsy body suddenly became as swift as a swallow’s. He rushed to the kitchen and fetched a basin of water in the blink of an eye!

Unfortunately, his lack of ability to do housework now became a hinder. There was no way to suddenly turn a lazy, careless guy into a diligent and careful “housewife”! Now Zixiu’s hair remained knotted after a few careless brushes, and just like the night before, he looked like a gunny bag in the messy thick clothes, as if he had never known how to dress. How could people expect someone who could not even do the simplest work well to take care of a patient?

Because Zixiu was in a hurry, most of the water in the basin spilled onto the floor as he walked. When he was about to reach the chair by the bed, something unexpected happened! But given the situation that Zixiu was not good at doing housework, it was not that surprising.

As he did not lace up his shoes, when he strode forward in haste, one of his feet suddenly slipped out of his shoe and stepped on the wet and slippery floor. Next, he fell forward like a small hill with the basin in his hands!

However, instead of banging the floor as expected, the basin hit and covered the head of Nangong Du, who was leaning out of bed and vomiting. Needless to say, the remaining half basin of water was poured over his head.

Nangong Du was so sick that he had no strength to make a scene, and as a tough guy, even he were safe and sound at this point, he would not let out a cry. As for the trouble-maker, Liu Zixiu, he instinctively covered his belly with his mouth opened the moment he was about to fall as if he was going to scream. Before he came back to his senses, he had fallen to the floor with his knees on the vomit of the patient while his front teeth hit the edge of the bed heavily and went numb.

After a few minutes, everything remained quiet inside and outside! Zixiu, who had expected someone to rush in and help him out, could only cover his mouth with his face twisted in pain. When he looked up and saw the basin on Nangong Du’s head, he was almost scared out of his wits!

“Your… Your Highness, my apologies! I…” He really felt sorry for Nangong Du.

“I sincerely apologize to you. I, I didn’t mean it. I just tried to help you get rid of the fever… This was an accident! An accident!” Zixiu explained humbly, hoping to get Nangong Du’s forgiveness. He then began to wipe the water from the front of Nangong Du’s clothes with his sleeve, but he had no guts to touch that damned basin. He guessed even if Nangong Du spared his life, he would beat him half to death! ‘God, are you going to destroy me?’

“Your… Your Highness? Can you…’ He really wished Nangong Du would say something instead of sulking like this. “I’m not lying. I didn’t mean it. You must have seen that I almost fell down just now, right? Don’t get mad at me. I’ll dry off your clothes right away!” Bending over, he grabbed Nangong Du’s clothes at the front of his chest, trying to wring them out. He worked very hard and wiped each layer of the clothes with all his strength!

“…” Nangong Du remained silent. As his face was covered with the wooden basin, Zixiu could not see his expression, but he could hear him breath heavily.

Damn it! How hapless!

After a few minutes of silence, Zixiu could not bear the tension in the air and the reproach of his conscience anymore, and he finally plucked up and put up a fearless look. “Nangong Du, I know I made a mistake! I already apologized to you. Can you just say something?”

While repenting, he stood up as fast as he could and took the basin off Nangong Du’s head in the blink of an eye! Next, he turned around and even used his poor skills in Qing Kung, trying to flee. However, when he realized that he was still barefoot and the floor was wet, he had lost his balance again.

“Watch out!” Nangong Du, whose pale face had turned red in rage, cried out anxiously. To stop Zixiu from running away, he had grabbed his clothes secretly just now. However, when he was about to hit the ceiling, Zixiu suddenly lost his balance. Seeing that, he immediately exerted the internal force he had gathered in haste, pulled Zixiu into his arms and held him tightly. However, he was surprised that he had blurted out the two words “Watch out!”

Wasn’t he going to get Liu Zixiu and vent his anger on him? How come he was worried when he saw him was about to fall?  Nangong Du was so confused that he felt even dizzier.

Before he could let out a cry of surprise, Zixiu had safely “landed” on Nangong Du’s chest. He crossed his heart with a sigh of relief, muttering, “Thank God! Amen!”

Zixiu did not open his eyes and checked what was going on until he had finished his pious prayer. However, next, he grew tense again. Gosh, his cheeks were pressed against the warm chest and arm of Nangong Du! At the thought that the prince might strangle him at any time，Zixiu racked his brain and came up with an idea to get rid of his grip. “Your Highness, my apologies. I sincerely apologize to you! I’m going to get you some dry clothes right now, so please… let go of me first.”

“Let go of you?” Nangong Du, who was still wrestling with himself, grew sober at once when he heard Zixiu misinterpret his kindness. This ungrateful asshole! Anyway, it was true that Liu Zixiu had poured cold water over him, and he would not let it go easily!

“Your Highness! Your Highness! Calm down! You need to get changed right away, or your cold will get worse!” With his ear pressing against Nangong Du’s half-naked chest, Zixiu heard clearly the latter’s heart beating fast, so he tried to convince Nangong Du on the pretext of his health. He believed that even a strong skillful martial artist could not be much of a threat to others when he had not only a cold, fever and diarrhea, but also kept vomiting. And now he had no time to think about whether Nangong Du had been trying to kill him or save him.

Needless to say, Nangong Du did not want his illness to get worse. He felt as if he were freezing, so he also thought the priority for the moment was to change his wet clothes.

Feeling the grip on his head loosen gradually, Zixiu was overjoyed. However, he did not dare to show his delightfulness on his face anymore. After withdrawing from Nangong Du’s arms, he carefully bypassed the water stains on the floor, walked barefoot to the corner of the wall and plunged into the huge wardrobe.

As he had never tided his wardrobe up, the clothes inside were as messy as a pile of garbage!