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Chapter 17 Awkward

At nearly eleven o'clock in the evening, he suddenly remembered that tomorrow was the day he was going to meet Jiang Sui, but he had taken an urgent job, so he wanted to call her and ask her to change the time.

But she didn't expect that when she called, it was her roommate who answered the phone.

Her roommate told him that Suisui ran away crying, and she had searched the entire campus but couldn't find her.

The dormitory door was almost locked, but she hadn't come back yet and she didn't even have her cell phone with her.

When he heard this, he became extremely anxious.

But he was forced to drink by a guest in the evening and could not drive, so he hurriedly took a taxi to look for her near her school.

But he searched everywhere around the school and couldn't find her.

Just when he was getting extremely worried, a thought flashed through his mind: would she go to the store to find him?

She didn't bring her cell phone, which meant she had no money. Although the possibility of her running so far was small, he had to go back and check first. What if?

So he hurried back to the store. As soon as he got off the taxi, her roommate called to ask if the person had been found. When he looked up, he saw the little figure curled up in front of his door.

From a distance, she looked so lonely and helpless.

His heart ached deeply.

He should have come back earlier, so she could have waited less.

Si Nian put Jiang Sui on his bed and found some antipyretic medicine and fed it to her.

When she took medicine, she would frown into a figure eight shape like when she was a child. It was ugly, but very cute.

Si Nian tucked in the quilt for Jiang Sui and sat by the bed for a while. Seeing that Jiang Sui was sleeping quietly, he got up and went out to boil a pot of ginger soup, thinking that he would give it to her to drive away the cold when she woke up.

After turning off the stove, Si Nian stared at the steaming pot of ginger soup in a trance.

This girl used to be heartless, but now she is very careful to keep a proper distance with everyone, and even the distance between her and me is very good, not too distant, nor too close.

Maybe she had a fever today, she hugged me and cried without any restraint. I was also confused and just let her do what she wanted. I couldn't help but hug her back. Fortunately, it was the middle of the night, otherwise if someone saw us, she would inevitably be subject to some bad rumors.

"Brother...Brother Nian Nian..."

Jiang Sui's intermittent mumbling was heard from the room. Si Nian thought she had woken up, so he quickly filled a bowl of ginger soup and brought it in.

But Jiang Sui still had his eyes closed, his brows slightly furrowed, his whole body curled up into a ball, tiny beads of sweat oozing from his forehead, and he seemed to be sleeping uneasily.

"Sui Sui, Sui Sui?"

Si Nian sat beside her and called her softly twice. She still didn't open her eyes, but her eyeballs moved.

"Where does it hurt?"

Jiang Sui mumbled, "It hurts..."

Si Nian nervously looked her up and down and asked, "Where does it hurt?"

But Jiang Sui only vaguely cried out in pain but couldn't tell where it hurt.

Si Nian looked at her with a frown. This shouldn't be the case!

He took out the medicine box again and looked at it carefully.

Because she had a fever, he had given her a tablet of ibuprofen, which not only reduced fever but also relieved pain. Even if she was aching all over from the illness, she shouldn't be able to feel much pain now.

"Si Nian..."

"Um!"

"elder brother..."

"Why!"

"Brother Nian Nian..."

"..."

This girl must have been so delirious from the fever that she called him all the names in her sleep. He couldn't help but feel a little funny and a little sad.

She had never called him like that since they met, and the most common word he heard from her was "Hello".

He actually became her "hey".

He put his hand on the quilt, patted her shoulder, and whispered, "I'm here!"

As if sensing Si Nian’s presence, Jiang Sui’s mumbling stopped and he slowly relaxed.

But as soon as he took his hand away, she started humming again, so Si Nian didn't dare to leave the room the whole night and just photographed Jiang Sui all night.

Fortunately, she broke out in a sweat soon after. When Si Nian helped her wipe the sweat off her face, he found that her body temperature had finally returned to normal, and he was finally able to put his mind at ease.

After daybreak, Si Nian cooked a pot of porridge and went downstairs to work. He also carefully reminded Xiao Hai not to go to the second floor if he had nothing to do today.

Xiao Hai was also confused about this.

Usually, his master, who was only a few years older than him, was strict with him at work but extremely tolerant of him in life.

Normally, he would often run to the second floor to get fruits from the master's refrigerator. When he was tired, he would run to the sofa on the second floor to take a nap. Although the master was a mysophobia, he never told him not to go upstairs.

Today is weird!

Could it be that his master was hiding someone upstairs?

So throughout the whole morning, Xiao Hai couldn't help but steal a few glances upstairs while working.

When Jiang Sui woke up, the sunlight approaching noon had already shone through the gaps in the curtains.

When she opened her eyes, she found herself in an unfamiliar environment, lying on a strange bed.

She sat up nervously and looked around.

The room was very small, and apart from the space for a bed, there was only space left for a bedside table.

There is also a simple cloth wardrobe about one meter long at the foot of the bed.

The house is simply furnished but very clean.

Jiang Sui carefully recalled what happened yesterday, and suddenly remembered that she had quarreled with Mu Nan last night. She was in a bad mood and ran to find Si Nian, but Si Nian was not there, so she squatted at his door and waited for him.

Later...Si Nian came back?

Is this on the second floor of his store?

If so, how did she get up there?

Why can't she remember anything?

Jiang Sui got out of bed, opened the door, and stuck his head out to take a look.

It turned out to be the second floor of Si Nian’s place.

She was the only one on the second floor at the moment. She glanced at the wall clock and saw that it was already noon. Perhaps everyone was working downstairs.

Jiang Sui went back to tidy up the quilt, but as soon as she lifted it, she found some mottled red marks on the sheets.

"ah..."

She was so frightened that she screamed out loud, and when she realized something was wrong she immediately covered her mouth with her hands.

What day is today?

Jiang Sui wanted to find his cell phone to check on Meiyou, but he remembered that he forgot to bring his cell phone with him when he ran out of the dormitory last night.

She slapped her forehead in annoyance.

Suddenly remembering something, she lifted her skirt and looked back, and sure enough, she was not spared.

What should I do?

In any case, the evidence must be destroyed before Si Nian goes upstairs.

Jiang Sui began to pull the bed sheets in a panic, but the more anxious he was, the less obedient his hands became.

Hearing the girl's short scream, Si Nian and Xiao Hai, who were working downstairs, turned their heads and looked upstairs.

"Brother Jiu, this..."

Si Nian paused, and without waiting for Xiao Hai to finish speaking, he stood up and ran upstairs.

Xiao Hai was left dumbfounded downstairs. So that's what it was!

"What's wrong?"

Si Nian stood at the door, panting, and asked Jiang Sui anxiously.

Hearing Si Nian's voice, Jiang Sui turned around in panic to face the door, and hurriedly put his hands that were pulling the bed sheet behind his back.

"No, nothing!"

Jiang Sui looked at Si Nian and was so nervous that he even started to stutter.

Hearing her say this, Si Nian was obviously relieved.

"What's your name?"

"Bug, bug, there's a bug on the ground."

In desperation, Jiang Sui pointed to the ground and made up a lie.

Si Nian took two steps into the house, lowered his head and carefully checked the ground, but found nothing.

Jiang Sui felt a little guilty, "He was here just now, but he might have run away now!"

Si Nian raised his head and looked at Jiang Sui for a moment, then his eyes fell on the bed that she had made a mess of.

Jiang Sui quickly tugged at the corner of the bed sheet he had been holding in his hand, and smiled awkwardly, "Well... I sweated a lot last night, and you always like to be clean, so I want to take it off and wash it."

Si Nian nodded, "Let me do it!"

Seeing Si Nian was going to do it himself, Jiang Sui panicked and threw himself forward.

Si Nian was stunned by her sudden action, but when he saw the stains on her light-colored skirt, he suddenly understood everything.

He immediately turned his back and said, "Then you do it!"

Then the man ran downstairs quickly as if he was running for his life.

Hearing the "dong dong" sound of the iron stairs when Si Nian went downstairs, Jiang Sui finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Isn’t this too embarrassing?

Si Nian went downstairs and stood beside the workbench for a while. Before Xiao Hai had the chance to ask him who the girl upstairs was and what happened, Si Nian picked up the phone he had placed on the table and went out.

Did he see it right just now? Why did his master have such a strange expression?

Then, about ten minutes later, Xiao Hai saw Si Nian hurriedly entering the house carrying a paper bag and then hurriedly running upstairs.

After Jiang Sui took great effort to change the bed sheets, she discovered an even more embarrassing problem. There was no bathroom on the second floor of Si Nian's house. She walked around the house several times alone but couldn't find one.

When Si Nian returned to the door of the bedroom on the second floor again, he saw Jiang Sui standing in the corner in a daze, holding a bunch of changed sheets.

He coughed lightly, put the paper bag in his hand at the door, and glanced outside.

"Um... this bag is for you. The bathroom is downstairs. I'll ask Xiao Hai to go out and deliver the goods later. You can go wash it."

After hearing Si Nian coming down the stairs, Jiang Sui picked up the paper bag on the ground and took a look at it.

There was something in a black plastic bag on top of the paper bag. Jiang Sui opened it and found several packages of women's products of different models and a pair of disposable underwear.

Jiang Sui closed her eyes and bit her lower lip, but he eventually discovered her. She was so embarrassed that she wanted to disappear right there.

At the bottom of the paper bag was a box of girlish underwear and a long floral skirt in a fresh style.

Jiang Sui didn’t know how Si Nian bought all these girls’ products in just over ten minutes, but Jiang Sui thought he must have been very embarrassed at the time, right?

Jiang Sui tidied herself in the room and stuffed the bed sheets and clothes into a paper bag. She prepared to take them downstairs to wash them.

Downstairs, Xiao Hai was dumbfounded when he heard Si Nian's words.

"Brother Jiu, it's noon now and we haven't had lunch yet. Besides, the customer said he would pick up the laptop himself, and there was no delivery fee!"

Xiao Hai struggled hard, but with a glare from Si Nian, he dared not say anything anymore. He picked up his computer and prepared to go out.

Suddenly, there was a "dong dong dong" sound on the stairs. Xiao Hai stood at the door and turned to look towards the stairs.

He wanted to see who the mysterious person on the second floor was!

When Jiang Sui appeared on the first floor wearing a long floral dress, Si Nian and Xiao Hai were stunned.

"Hey, you're going out?"

Xiao Hai saw Jiang Sui greeted him first, he smiled foolishly and scratched his head, "Well, Brother Jiu asked me to deliver the goods."

"Hurry up and go! What are you dawdling for!" Si Nian's unhappy voice sounded at the right time.

"Ah? Oh!"

Xiao Hai curled his lips and opened the door.

"You can have lunch outside and I'll reimburse you."

"Okay, bro!"

Si Nian's last sentence made Xiao Hai run away with shining eyes.

Suddenly there were only two people left in the room, and they both glanced away uncomfortably.

"that..."

"that"

The two spoke at the same time, Si Nian sighed, "You say!"

Jiang Sui was a little embarrassed, lowered his head, and said in a low voice, "Nothing, I just said I need to go clean up."

"Oh, then I'll go to the second floor to heat up the porridge."

The two people walked past each other somewhat awkwardly. When the familiar pine scent rushed into Jiang Sui's nose again, a picture suddenly flashed through his mind.

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