Chen Shizi had a high fever for three days in a row and was semi-conscious. Her eyelids were sticky and swollen. She had bacterial conjunctivitis. She was on an IV drip at home and under the care of a doctor. Wang Liwu fed her liquid rice soup, but the more she was fed, the more bile she vomited. She also hummed nonsense, and every word she said was illogical.

"It's not time to... settle... report..."

Wang Liwu's mind was in a mess. She was annoyed, anxious and irritable. She couldn't eat the meal Aunt Luo brought her, nor did she have the appetite to drink the water. She had no time to deal with the chaos in the company. She looked at Chen Shizi's mouth with yellow water constantly flowing out, her eyes were red and she scolded: "What's wrong with you..."

"You're just being mean to me for causing this!"

"Okay! I know you don't mean any harm, I know... I won't be mean to you anymore, hurry up and get up." Her eyes were filled with red tears, her throat was blocked and she couldn't breathe smoothly. Chen Shizi's eyelids were swollen and almost transparent due to conjunctivitis, and the purple veins on her swollen eyelids looked particularly fragile, and the skin would break and bleed if blown.

Wang Liwu was angry and her heart was bleeding. She used ice packs to cool down Chen Shizi's armpits. She covered her eyes and wiped away her tears, regretting and blaming herself: "Why did I take you there? I shouldn't have scared you... I, what's wrong with me!!" She pounded her thighs frantically, "I am a lunatic!!!"

……

The cell phone was turned off, and work and personal calls were made to the home landline. Aunt Luo hesitated and came up.

"Miss, the company manager called and said..."

“Ask Lin Yuan to handle it!!” Wang Liwu turned his back and sternly interrupted him.

He completely forgot the fact that Lin Yuan had been fired.

Aunt Luo looked at the child she had watched grow up, lying in the room with his back to others and his eyes covered, his strong yet gloomy spine broken. She suddenly felt sad and sympathetic, so she left to make a phone call.

***

Lin Yuan went to Wang's in the rain, thinking that he, who was appointed as a broker, would get an immediate return on his angel investment. However,...

He was kicked out by security on the spot.

Very depressed, come to the villa.

It was from Aunt Luo that he learned that Chen Shizi was ill and unconscious, and that Wang Liwu had randomly pointed at him in a state of mental confusion.

I was conflicted and wondered whether I should just leave for the sake of my self-respect, but after thinking it over I decided to come to the room to check.

Wang Liwu had her back to the door, wringing out a towel and gently wiping the corners of Chen Shizi's mouth. She was wearing a pure black short-sleeved shirt, and her aura was dark and powerful, shocking the room. It seemed that as long as she was here, no one could come in and steal her things.

"President..." Lin Yuan spoke fearfully.

"What else are you doing here?"

"If you won't work for me, get out of here."

Wang Liwu's voice was fierce and majestic, but already hoarse. He just gently wiped Chen Shizi's red face and treated Lin Yuan outside the door as air.

Lin Yuan refused to bring Wang Xufeng out that night because he knew that Wang Liwu had abandoned him.

"I'm sorry, let me check on you and Xiao Zi. She'll be fine, don't worry."

Lin Yuan took a step to leave, and Wang Liwu turned around and looked at him coldly.

"Go to the company tomorrow and I'll sign the investment to you. Don't come to my house anymore."

……

***

In the afternoon, Chen Shizi's fever miraculously subsided. She shouted to Wang Liwu, "Water, water." Wang Liwu burst into tears and quickly hugged Chen Shizi in her arms. She carefully fed her little by little with a small ceramic spoon. Her words were choked in her throat and she couldn't utter a word.

Chen Shizi's eyes were still swollen and sticky and he couldn't open them.

"Xiao Wu...why can't I see you? My eyes...ah..."

"Don't open your eyes! You have a viral infection, conjunctivitis, it will be fine after a while..."

"Really?"

"real……"

Chen Shizi's throat choked up, "I want to go home... Can you take me home?"

Tears suddenly burst out from the eyelids that were about to burst. Wang Liwu saw the purple veins on the eyelids bulging and blood oozing out. He couldn't control his panic and shouted, "Don't cry!!!" After he finished shouting, his throat choked and tears welled up. He immediately suppressed the fear boiling in his body and said in a very soft voice, "Don't cry... I'll take you home..."

……

***

At night, the Maybach drove quietly into an inconspicuous corner of the northwest plains.

The village was quiet. The small supermarket at the intersection still had its business advertising lights on. Chen Shizi curled up in Wang Liwu's arms, feeling sleepy.

A little light could be seen through the tiny gap between her eyelids.

"Xiao Wu, are we there yet?"

"arrive……"

Wang Liwu's voice was hoarse and choked. In the narrow space of the carriage, she was hidden in the darkness, like a pitch-black heavy sword in a sword tomb whose outline could only be vaguely seen. No one knew what she had become after being corroded.

"Why did your voice change? Are you crying?" Chen Shizi carefully raised his head and groped around in the darkness.

Wang Liwu sat upright in his chair, clenched his fists and said, "No. The wedding is coming soon, didn't you say you wanted to kowtow to your grandparents?"

"Wow~ You're really the worm in my stomach!" Chen Shizi closed her eyes and laughed in Wang Liwu's arms, innocent and carefree, with two virus-like eyes like light bulbs, and spoke in a naive and unfocused way: "Then go to the supermarket and buy some paper money, buy it all! If my grandparents knew that I married a worry-free child like you, there would probably be smoke rising from their ancestral graves now!"

……

The village was completely silent except for the occasional barking of a dog. Wang Liwu stood under the sign light of a small supermarket, looking out at the intersection. In the dark night, she felt out of place here, but as she imagined that Chen Shizi had played, been naughty, and well-behaved here before, she gradually developed a sense of familiarity.

Chen Shizi waved her hand at the window. Although she couldn't see it, he seemed to know that she didn't go in. She squinted her eyes and smiled brightly. Wang Liwu also tried to imitate Chen Shizi's way of raising the corners of her mouth, but her pulling was very stiff.

……

The desolate grave was covered with thorns, and there was an old cypress standing there.

In the light of the burning paper, the shadows of Chen Shizi and Wang Liwu swayed and intertwined on the cypress trees.

"Xiao Wu, aren't you scared in the middle of the night?"

Wang Liwu tilted his head, "What are you afraid of?"

"Am I crazy?"

"You followed me."

Chen Shizi was surprised and smiled cheerfully, "You got it right~~~!!!"

"I'll tell you a secret, my grandfather..."

***

The car returned to Gyeonggi that night.

Chen Shizi felt sleepy in the car, so Wang Liwu gave her antibiotics and applied eyelid medicine.

"You don't have an uncle, right?" Wang Liwu suddenly asked.

"without……"

His pupils narrowed in understanding, and Wang Liwu's lips moved decisively: "I'll be hospitalized when I get home."

"Okay..." Chen Shizi hissed, clasping his hands over his swollen and painful eyes, shifting his butt on the seat, his apple cheeks twitching in pain: "Xiao Wu... I was wrong before, but I want to discuss something with you."

Wang Liwu frowned coldly and narrowed his eyes, "What?"

"I want to start a live show with you."

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