Gentle to the Bone - Chapter 14

After picking up her father home, Shen Yansheng stayed at home for a few more days, until her father was able to get out of bed and walk around, and her body seemed to be fine, then she packed up and prepared to move back to Lu Jingce’s side.

It has been more than half a month since the last time the two met in the hospital. Although there are calls every day these days, Shen Yansheng feels as if there is a mass of thoughts in his body that cannot be suppressed.

She didn’t know when she wanted to see Lu Jingce.

When Zhou Xiuyun saw her daughter packing up, she thought she was going to move back to the company’s dormitory, sat beside the bed, took her daughter’s hand, and told her worriedly, “Sheng Sheng, you must take good care of yourself outside, you don’t have to worry about it at home, I will take good care of your father.”

Shen Yansheng sighed softly and held her mother’s hand instead, looking at her mother’s white hair growing on her temples, she felt a pain like a needle in her heart.

She raised her hand to tuck her mother’s broken hair behind her ear, and said softly, “Mom, don’t just take care of your father, you must take care of yourself. You are not healthy, you need to take the medicine on time, and you can just take care of yourself if you have any problems. Ask Mother Chen to help, and tell me immediately if there is any situation at home, don’t do it like this again, you still want to hide from me when my father has such a big thing.”

Zhou Xiuyun nodded and said, “Mom knows, it won’t happen again in the future.”

Only then did Shen Yansheng smile a little, touch her mother’s white hair on her temples, and say, “When I’m done with my work for a while, I’ll take you for a haircut. You used to love beauty and haircuts.”

Zhou Xiuyun smiled, brushed the broken hair beside his ear, and said, “You’re too old, you can’t accept your old age.”

Shen Yansheng hugged her mother distressedly and said, “No, my mother will never grow old in my eyes.”

Zhou Xiuyun patted her daughter’s back and said softly, “Fool, no one will ever grow old. But you, you will be twenty-eight next month, have you listened to your mother’s words, and have you encountered anything in the company? The right boy?”

After speaking, he gently supported his daughter’s shoulders, looked at her seriously and said, “Don’t worry about me and your father, I have discussed it with your father, we will go back to our hometown after your father is healed. Your father is also retired, and he has a pension, so he will never hold you back. If the other party asks, you can tell them honestly, your father and I have some pensions, and it will not cause you any trouble. “

Shen Yansheng couldn’t hear these words, she felt uncomfortable and said, “What are you talking about. What are you going back to your hometown? What’s holding you back, let me tell you frankly, I don’t plan to get married again in my life, I’ll be with you all my life. with Daddy.”

“Sheng Sheng!”

“Okay mom, I still have something to do, I’ll go first.”

Shen Yansheng didn’t want to continue this topic, so he packed his luggage and walked out.

Zhou Xiuyun looked at her daughter’s back and was so distressed that tears fell.

Chen Ma went to the door to see Shen Yansheng off. Only then did Shen Yansheng hold back her tears and turned around and said to Chen Ma, “Chen Ma, please help me take care of my parents while I’m away. If anything happens at home, you must be the first. Time will tell.”

Mother Chen nodded and said, “Don’t worry, miss, I will notify you as soon as I have anything.”

Shen Yansheng nodded, then picked up the suitcase, turned around and walked towards the elevator.

The elevator went all the way to the first floor. When I got out of the elevator, I saw the driver, Uncle Chen, standing beside him. Seeing Shen Yansheng carrying the suitcase, he hurriedly helped to pick it up and said with a smile, “Miss, get in the car first.”

As he said that, he carried his suitcase and walked towards the low-key black sedan parked on the side of the road.

Arriving in front of the car, Uncle Chen helped to open the rear door, only then did Shen Yansheng see that Lu Jingce was also sitting in the car.

She couldn’t help being stunned for a moment. When Lu Jingce looked at her, her eyes turned red for a moment. She sat in the car with reluctance, and said, “Why did you come here, didn’t you tell Uncle Chen to come and pick me up?”

Seeing Shen Yansheng’s red eyes, Lu Jingce reached out to stroke and said, “Why are you crying again? Is your heart really made of water lately?”

Shen Yansheng refused to admit that she had just cried, and said, “No, a mosquito flew into her eyes in the elevator.”

“Really?” Lu Jingce reached out and took Shen Yansheng into his arms, lowered his head and put his hand on her cheek, and said, “I’ll take a look.”

He really took a serious look at Shen Yansheng’s eyes, but apart from the tears in those eyes, where did the mosquitoes and sand come from.

He sighed inaudibly, lowered his head and kissed Shen Yansheng’s eyes, and said softly, “Tell me, how can I make you happy?”

Shen Yansheng was full of sadness when he heard Lu Jingce’s gentle comfort, as if all his emotions were supported.

For the time being, she didn’t think about the truth in Lu Jingce’s tenderness, she leaned closer to his arms, closed her eyes and hugged him.

Lu Jingce tightened his hand around Shen Yansheng’s waist a little bit, looked down and saw the broken hair on her forehead soaked with sweat, he reached out and stroked her ear for her, and asked softly, “What’s wrong? Tell me. “

The car drove out of the community steadily and drove all the way to the road. The night breeze from the window blew in coolly, and Shen Yansheng felt better.

She was still leaning against Lu Jingce’s arms, her eyes still closed, and after a long time, she said softly, “Lu Jingce, why do people get old?”

Lu Jingce hugged her gently and said, “It’s because people get old, so every talent in this world is precious.”

Perhaps this sentence comforted Shen Yansheng. She was silent for a long time, as if she gradually understood the meaning of this sentence, and the unbearable tears in her eyes finally stopped.

She was too tired. She had been taking care of her father in the hospital these days, and her tense emotions were finally relieved tonight. She leaned against Lu Jingce’s arms, her breathing gradually became light and long.

Seeing that she was asleep, Lu Jingce softly instructed Uncle Chen to close all the windows of the car, then pulled a blanket next to him and gently covered Shen Yansheng.

After days of nervousness and exhaustion, Shen Yansheng relaxed, but became seriously ill.

On the night she came home, she developed a fever. Lu Jingce called the doctor overnight to give him some medicine. He tossed it until it was almost dawn, and the high fever finally subsided.

Early the next morning, Aunt Ping went upstairs with breakfast and saw Lu Jingce still guarding the bed. He didn’t change his clothes. He was still wearing the same shirt he had when he came back last night. Was tossed a little wrinkled.

Aunt Ping walked into the room softly with the tray in hand. Seeing that Lu Jingce was tired after watching the bed all night, she whispered, “Mr. Lu, why don’t you go and rest for a while, I’ll watch over here.”

Lu Jingce shook his head, looked up and saw the breakfast brought by Aunt Ping, and asked in a low voice, “What are you cooking?”

Aunt Ping replied: “The white rice porridge that I boiled, Dr. Yang explained last night that the young lady can only eat light food when she wakes up, so she boiled some white rice porridge, and didn’t dare to put anything else.”

Lu Jingce nodded and said, “Put it down.”

“Eh.” Aunt Ping responded softly and put the tray in her hand on the bedside table.

After putting her things away, she straightened up and looked at Lu Jingce, but couldn’t help but persuade, “Mr. Lu, go and rest for a while, you look a little tired.”

Lu Jingce was helping Shen Yansheng to wipe the sweat from her forehead, without raising his head, he said, “It’s okay, you go down first.”

Seeing this, Aunt Ping didn’t dare to persuade any more, and cautiously retreated.

When Shen Yansheng woke up, it was already half morning. Her face was still a little pale, and when she opened her eyes, she saw Lu Jingce who was sitting beside the bed talking softly on the phone.

He still held her in one hand, and when he saw her wake up, he leaned over to touch her forehead, and said to the person on the phone, “Okay, I’ll come over in the afternoon and talk about it later.”

After hanging up the phone, Lu Jingce frowned at Shen Yansheng’s pale face, touched her forehead a little coldly, and asked, “How is it? Do you feel any discomfort?”

Shen Yansheng only felt a little tired, and her body was also a little weak, and said softly, “I feel so tired, I have no strength.”

Lu Jingce said, “I’m hungry.”

He sat on the edge of the bed, leaned over and gently hugged Shen Yansheng, then put a pillow behind her and let her lean on her back.

The porridge delivered in the morning had already been warmed many times. Lu Jingce picked up a spoon and filled a small bowl of white rice porridge from the stewing pot. He felt the temperature of the bowl wall with the back of his hand and made sure it would not be hot, so he took it up and picked up the spoon. He took out a spoonful and fed it to Shen Yansheng’s mouth, saying, “You are still very weak, so you can eat some food first, and I will ask the kitchen to cook you something delicious in a few days.”

Shen Yansheng stared blankly at Lu Jingce without opening his mouth for a long time.

Lu Jingce raised his spoon until his hands softened. He sighed helplessly and said, “Be good, I have something to do after eating.”

Only then did Shen Yansheng regain his senses, and lowered his head to take a sip of the porridge.

After Lu Jingce fed Shen Yansheng a small bowl of porridge, he finally felt relieved when he saw that her face was a little rosier. It happened that Aunt Ping came up from the downstairs and said at the door, “Mr. Lu, Assistant Zhao is here, saying it’s urgent.”

Lu Jingce let out an “um”, then put down the bowl and spoon in his hand, took a tissue from the bed to help Shen Yansheng wipe his mouth, and said, “You have a good rest, tell Aunt Ping if you need anything, and if you feel uncomfortable, let them hurry up and call. Call Doctor Yang to come over.”

Shen Yansheng had eaten something, and her face had gradually recovered. She looked at Lu Jingce and said, “I’m all right.”

Lu Jingce glanced at her and warned her, “Anyway, don’t think about going out these days, I’ve already asked you for leave from the company.”

Shen Yansheng pursed her lips unconsciously, she has taken too much leave recently, and she is really afraid that the company will fire her in the next second.

Before leaving, Lu Jingce raised his hand and touched Shen Yansheng’s head. He didn’t say anything else, but when he got downstairs, he told Aunt Ping to take good care of Shen Yansheng and call him immediately if anything happened.

Aunt Ping nodded again and again, looking at Lu Jingce’s care for Shen Yansheng, how dare she be slighted.

After Lu Jingce left, Shen Yansheng got off the bed and wanted to go to the bathroom to take a shower. She had a fever last night and sweated all night, and now she wakes up feeling sticky and uncomfortable.

She took a nightgown from the closet and was about to go to the bathroom when Aunt Ping happened to come up. Seeing that she was going to take a bath, she hurried over to hold her and said anxiously, “My little ancestor, your fever has just subsided, how can you be in such a hurry? Take a shower, what if I catch a cold again?”

She helped Shen Yansheng to rest beside the bed, took the nightgown from her hand, and said, “Wait, it’s not too late to wash when you feel better in the afternoon.”

But Shen Yansheng felt that she was in good spirits at the moment, but seeing Aunt Ping’s nervous appearance, she felt helpless for a while, so she had to compromise and lay back on the bed to rest.

When Aunt Ping saw that Shen Yansheng was finally willing to rest, she breathed a sigh of relief. She stood beside the bed and covered Shen Yansheng with a quilt, and said, “You are resting at home recently, don’t think about anything. Doctor Yang said last night, You are tired for a long time, and your mind is tense, so when you relax, people are easy to fall ill.”

“However, Dr. Yang also said that it’s better to get sick once, than not to suffer from depression and become bored for a long time and have some serious problems.”

Speaking of this, Aunt Ping showed a relieved smile on her face again, happy for Shen Yansheng, and said, “But Miss Shengsheng, I can see that Lu always really takes you to heart. You had a high fever last night. Mr. Lu took care of him by the bed all night, and when you woke up in the morning, Mr. Lu hadn’t closed his eyes.”

Shen Yansheng lay sideways on the bed, her eyes were down in a daze, but her mind was full of Lu Jingce’s figure.

She actually didn’t want Lu Jingce to treat her so well, she was afraid that one day she would be inseparable from him.

The author says:

President Lu: You should try to leave me.