Splash, splash, water sprayed, directly soaking Tang Si's clothes.
He held the woman's waist and gently patted her cheek with one hand. "Shi..."
"Mm?"
The woman in his arms let out a soft hum, her long eyelashes fluttering like butterfly wings. She lazily opened her eyes. In her daze, she saw Tang Si's face and couldn't help but grumble, "So annoying, you even pester me in my dreams."
Tang Si: "..."
Damn it, did this woman hate him that much?
Tang Si, who had always been sought after by women, was inexplicably struck. He almost let go and tossed the woman into the cold bathtub, but then he felt her skin gradually heating up. He reached out to check her forehead and realized Shi Ran had a fever.
Her skin had felt slightly cool from being in the cold water earlier, but after being taken out of the water, it became burning hot.
"I really don't know what to do with you."
Carrying Shi Ran back to the room, Tang Si rummaged through the apartment and found fever reducer medicine. He poured her a glass of water and sat by the bed, feeding Shi Ran the medicine.
However, she was drowsy with her eyes closed and wouldn't open her mouth, which stumped Tang Si.
Helplessly, Tang Si pinched Shi Ran's cheeks, forced her mouth open, and poured the medicine in.
Afterward, he meticulously cooled her down with physical methods.
He filled a basin with water, soaked a towel, wrung it out, lifted the quilt, and began to wipe her body. But when he saw her moist, fair skin, as if she had bathed in milk, Tang Si felt his throat tighten.
"Damn it!"
He furrowed his brow, threw the towel into the washbasin, and turned to rush out of the bedroom.
Bang!
He casually closed the bedroom door and stood by the bathroom door for a long time, clenching his fist at his side, feeling a surge of heat coursing through him.
Tang Si picked up his jacket, intending to leave the apartment, but thinking of Shi Ran still having a high fever, he could only stay to accompany her.
Returning to the room, Tang Si looked at her sleeping form and, with a sigh, patiently wrung out the towel again to wipe her body...
"Ah, what are you doing!"
"Ngh... Holy crap!"
Suddenly, a scream rang out. Before Tang Si could react, he was kicked to the ground. As luck would have it, he landed squarely in the water basin, splashing water everywhere.
Tang Si swore to heaven that this was the greatest humiliation of his life.
Shi Ran, who had woken up, clutched the quilt tightly around herself, looking at Tang Si in terror. "You... you... you bastard, get out, get out!"
Having taken the fever medicine, Shi Ran woke up from her slumber. The first thing she saw upon opening her eyes was Tang Si lifting the quilt and touching her all over...
Because of what had happened at the Huo family's place, she feared Tang Si from the bottom of her heart, so when she saw him like this, she was scared and kicked him out.
At this moment, Shi Ran clearly saw the towel in Tang Si's hand and the washbasin beneath him, and seemed to understand something...
"Are you fucking crazy, kicking me?"
Tang Si, looking utterly disheveled, got up from the basin. He looked down at his wet pants, his face ashen. He clenched the towel in his hand tightly, his knuckles cracking.
"I..."
Shi Ran trembled in fear, not daring to meet Tang Si's eyes. "I don't want to see you."
"This is unbelievable. I must be crazy to have worried about you!"
Tang Si, who had never suffered such a humiliation, was furious. He threw the towel to the ground and turned to slam the door shut.
With a loud bang, the door was shut forcefully, making the windowpanes rattle.
Shi Ran trembled even more, not daring to breathe. Her gaze shifted slightly, and looking at the towel and basin on the floor, she suddenly felt she might have misunderstood Tang Si.