Chapter 11 Chapter Eleven Let Me Take Care of You

The end of the month is approaching, and it is also approaching the Lunar New Year.Yu Mucheng is still very busy, and Xie Nan is not idle either.She routinely went to the following prefectures and cities to reconcile accounts with the dealers. She and her colleagues took turns traveling to various regions in the province. This time, she went back to the two prefectures and cities in the east of the province, which was the opposite direction from her hometown.It took almost four hours to drive to City H. When she finished her work and caught up with all the staff of the local office for the New Year's dinner, the dealer insisted on inviting her to go with her.While eating, the phone rang, and it was Yu Mucheng.They have seen each other almost every day these days, but they seldom talk on the phone.She came out a little while answering.

"What are you doing? So noisy?" "For dinner, there are so many people, it's quite noisy." "Are you eating out today?" Yu Mucheng seemed a little surprised. It was only then that Xie Nan realized that Yu Mucheng was going to entertain clients yesterday, so she called her to let her go to bed early without waiting for him. She agreed casually, but forgot to tell him that she was on a business trip to City H today. In fact, she really didn't The habit of reporting whereabouts with others. Thinking of Yu Mucheng calling and texting her almost every day when he was on a business trip to Shanghai, she was a little ashamed: "Well, I forgot to tell you yesterday..." Before she finished speaking, the phone turned off automatically when it ran out of power, she looked at it in frustration. Almost four years later, the letters on the keyboard were blurred.She didn't know what to do for a moment, but after thinking about it, she comforted herself that it would not be too late to call after returning to the hotel to recharge the battery.

After eating, it was almost eight o'clock when we returned to the hotel. Xie Nan took out the charger and plugged it in, and then turned on the phone, and there was a constant "beep" sound for receiving text messages.She quickly opened it, and it was all from Yu Mucheng. "what happened?" "Please call me back quickly." "Are you all right, where are you?" Xie Nan hastily pulled out his phone: "I'm sorry, the phone ran out of battery just now." "Oh, it's nothing, come back early after dinner, it seems to be snowing again."

"I...I'm in City H right now. I'm here on a business trip to reconcile accounts. I won't be back until tomorrow." Yu Mucheng was silent for a while, and smiled softly: "I said, do you have any self-consciousness to be a girlfriend? It seems that you should tell me before you go on a business trip." Xie Nan knew he was wrong, so he could only admit his mistake in a low voice: "I'm sorry, I forgot, and I won't do it in the future." Her attitude left Yu Mucheng speechless: "Forget it, you drive carefully, the weather forecast will have light rain and snow today and tomorrow. Let's talk about it when we come back."

Xie Nan breathed a sigh of relief, put down the phone, turned on the TV, and did not tune the channel, just a few people on the screen chattering about stock market news.She leaned against the bed, a little frustrated, but also a little happy, after all, no one cared so much about her whereabouts for a long time. The next day, Xie Nan drove to another city to finish the account reconciliation, and then left for the provincial capital after lunch.Sure enough, there was light rain and snow, the sky was overcast and the light was dim.The electronic warning sign above the expressway reminds passing vehicles to drive carefully, and most people consciously slow down.Xie Nan has never been addicted to driving fast, and controlled the speed of the car to a maximum of 90 yards.

When it was an hour's drive away from the provincial capital, there was still a three-vehicle rear-end collision accident in front. A commercial vehicle was too fast and out of control and hit the middle isolation belt. It hit a horizontal block in the middle of the road, and another car slammed into the roadside guardrail with a sharp steering wheel, and they were damaged in different situations.The road was blocked tightly, and a long row of cars was blocked immediately behind. The drivers got out of the car one after another. Someone helped to lift the injured person out of the car, and someone called the police for an ambulance.

Xie Nan was close, so he parked the car quickly, took out an umbrella from the trunk, and ran forward with several others to help the injured person cover the rain.Another person nearby called the live broadcast traffic station to report the car accident. This person probably did not make such a call for the first time. The description of the situation at the scene was impressive. It was probably the first time that the host saw such a complete and vivid report from enthusiastic listeners. Quite excited, kept asking questions, interacting with him very vigorously. Someone next to him couldn't listen anymore: "My man, the injured person is still lying here, please don't exaggerate the details like this?" Others also agreed.

The man answered the phone awkwardly, didn't want to stop for a while, then ran back to the car, took a camera and took pictures of several damaged cars, and then took pictures of the injured.The flashes flashed repeatedly, and Xie Nan was startled. He couldn't say anything, he just frowned and turned his head away.Fortunately, the high-speed traffic police dispatched the police at a good speed. Police cars, wreckers, and ambulances sounded their horns and arrived. The injured were quickly carried into the ambulance, the damaged vehicles were cleared away, and the police evacuated the drivers to leave in an orderly manner.

When Xie Nan returned to the car, his face was blue and his lips were pale from the cold.She ran down in a hurry just now, and didn't care to wear a down jacket. In order to cover the injured as much as possible, her shoulders and back were exposed outside the umbrella, and they were all wet by the rain. She quickly started the car, turned on the air conditioner, took out a piece of fruit candy from the armrest box, and put it in her mouth. It took a while to stop her shivering.The car in front started slowly, she fastened her seat belt and followed, carefully maintaining the speed all the way, when she arrived in the provincial capital, it was only 3:30 in the afternoon, she went straight back to the company and went to work to deal with the accounts, the company's heating was always strong, and soon she I felt a bit stuffy and had a headache, and secretly cried out that it was a sign of a cold.

She kept regular medicines in the office drawer, but when she thought about driving home, she didn't dare to take them, so she could only stick to them.At five o'clock, Yu Mucheng called and asked if she had returned to the city.Only then did she remember that she hadn't reported her whereabouts again, and she couldn't help feeling ashamed: "I'm back, I'm at the company." "You'll be waiting for me at the company later. I don't have to work overtime today. I'll pick you up for dinner, okay?" "Okay." Although Xie Nan had no appetite, Xie Nan immediately agreed.

Yu Mucheng took Xie Nan to a newly opened farm restaurant: "People in the marketing department recommended it. They said that the locals like this taste. You must be tired of eating light food with me for so long." "No, it's good to eat lightly, at least I don't have acne anymore." Xie Nan said with a smile. The farm dishes are very delicious, especially a chicken soup that is said to be simmered with firewood from an earthen stove, which is full of fragrance.As soon as Xie Nan smelled it, he also had a big appetite. He drank a lot, but felt that the symptoms of nasal congestion seemed to be much lighter, but his head was getting heavier and heavier, and he was a little unbearable. Yu Mucheng noticed her abnormality, reached out to touch her forehead, and frowned: "You seem to have a fever, I'll take you to the hospital." "No need, just take some medicine. It's probably because of the rain and the cold." Xie Nan waved her hand. She always hated going to the hospital, and she really felt that her condition was not serious enough to go to the hospital. Yu Mucheng thought about it and called Xu Man. "Hey, he's a surgeon." Xie Nan protested softly. Yu Mucheng ignored her, and described Xie Nan's symptoms to Xu Man in detail: "It's not me, it's my friend. It's a little hot, but not too high, and his face is a little pale, and his reaction is a little slow," Xie Nan said to him. With a glance, he suppressed a smile, "It's not too dull. Chill?" He looked at Xie Nan, and Xie Nan shook his head, "It's okay. I have a headache and stuffy nose. I just drank some chicken soup, um, um, okay, understood." Putting down the phone, he said to Xie Nan: "In the future, if you feel uncomfortable, you must tell me immediately, don't support yourself. Today, we follow the doctor's advice. Let's take medicine and observe first. If the fever persists, follow me to the hospital tomorrow." After leaving the restaurant, Yu Mucheng drove the car forward and found a pharmacy. After a while, he bought back a pack of medicine and a bottle of water, opened the package and handed a few pills to Xie Nan: "Vitamin C, cold medicine and aspirin , eat quickly." "No, go back and take your medicine. I still have to drive. I'll get drowsy after taking cold medicine." "Leave your car in the company. If you get well tomorrow, I'll take you to work; if not, I'll take you to the hospital." Xie Nan just asked not to go to the hospital, so he quickly took it and drank it.Yu Mucheng put the seat back, let Xie Nan lie down halfway, and put his windbreaker on her body: "Lie down for a while, I will call you in the community." Xie Nan quickly fell asleep, even though he didn't sleep well.When Mu Cheng lightly shook her awake, she looked at him in a daze, unable to figure out where she was.Yu Mucheng went around to the side of the car and opened the door: "Do you want me to hug you?" Xie Nan shook his hands in fright: "It's not that exaggerated, okay?" Yu Mucheng helped her into the room, and said quite naturally: "Pack up your pajamas and the clothes you want to change, and go to my place." Xie Nan looked at him a little dullly, after a while he came back to his senses, and was frightened again: "What are you doing?" "It's cold here, do you know?" Yu Mucheng used the tone he used to deal with people with insensitivity, speaking the truth very persuasively, "Dr. The body temperature changes, once it rises, if you don’t send it to the hospital in time, it will turn into pneumonia, and you can’t help but not want to go to the hospital. I have a guest room over there, if you really don’t want to go to my room, anyway, I have to take care of it tonight You, you don't mind if I live with you today, although I'm afraid of the cold too." Xie Nan was defeated, so he had no choice but to honestly go into the bedroom and take the pajamas and underwear to be replaced, put them in a small bag, lock the door, and follow Yu Mucheng to his house. Yu Mucheng's house is indeed very warm.The previous owner spent a lot of money to renovate the house, not to mention installing a floor cooling and heating system.This is also one of the reasons why Yu Mucheng took a fancy to this house at first sight. He grew up in a city with central heating, and he really couldn't adapt to the cold winter here. Xie Nan was full of unease, coupled with physical discomfort, he was listless and didn't look at anything. Yu Mucheng led her into the master bedroom on the first floor, and pointed it out to her: "I usually live upstairs. No one has ever lived in this bedroom. There is a bathroom over there. There are brand new towels and toothbrushes in the cabinet. You first Go take a shower, then go to bed and have a good sleep. I will deal with things in the upstairs study later, and sleep in the guest room opposite you at night. Call me immediately if you feel uncomfortable. " He goes out and closes the door.Xie Nan stood there for a while, looking around, this bedroom is very big, very feminine, with a complete set of white furniture, especially the hand-painted headboard of the bed, the blooming roses and the pink and white walls are very charming, but The bed was covered with a dark blue cover, which didn't look very harmonious.She didn't bother to look at it, thinking that it was all over, so she didn't have to be awkward anymore. When she entered the bathroom, she was surprised to find that the bathroom was not only large in size, but also decorated in a feminine way, which was quite different from the standard bathroom that her developer gave as a gift.The walls are covered with blue and white mosaics with a metallic luster, mirrors with golden patterned frames, floor tiles of the same color, a pink jacuzzi bathtub in one corner, and a shower with a large shower head in the other corner. There are massage spouts, thick white towels stacked on the metal towel rack, and a bidet of the same color next to the pink toilet. She only knew what it was used for when Gao Rubing was decorating the house. She hurriedly took a shower and changed into her pajamas, lifted the bed cover, climbed into the big bed which was a bit outrageous in size in her opinion, and soon fell into a deep sleep again. After a while, Yu Mucheng came downstairs and gently opened the bedroom door. With the light outside, he saw a slender figure lying motionless on the big bed in the dark. He closed the door gently and went back to the study. Handle your own work.When it was almost 12 o'clock, he went into the bedroom again and went to the bedside to test the temperature of Xie Nan's forehead with his hand, which seemed to be basically normal.She was still sleeping soundly, and she didn't even seem to change her posture. She held one hand under her chin, half of her face was buried in the pillow, her breathing was subtle and steady.Reassuring, Yu Mucheng left the bedroom door open and went into the opposite guest room to rest. Xie Nan woke up in the middle of the night, and it took him a while to remember where he was lying.I don't know if it was because of the medicine or the heating was too hot, she was sweating all over, her hair, pajamas, and bed sheets were all wet with sweat, she turned on the desk lamp and sat up, picked up the watch next to the pillow and looked, it was only three o'clock in the morning.She sat with her knees wrapped in worry, not knowing what to do for a while.After a while, the lights in the opposite guest room were also turned on. Yu Mucheng walked over in a dark gray pajamas, touched her forehead, and was surprised. "Go and take another shower and change into my pajamas." He lifted the quilt and carried her into the bathroom involuntarily. Xie Nan was in a hurry: "I'll do it myself, just do it myself." Yu Mucheng laughed, and put her on a cotton carpet in front of the shower room. After a while, he took a set of blue striped pajamas and put them on the clothes rack. He went out and closed the door. Xie Nan took a shower and washed his hair, and felt his head cleared up a lot. He didn't have the sinking feeling in the afternoon, and his nose seemed to be clear.She put on Yu Mucheng's pajamas and pulled them up several times before she could barely cover her hands and feet. She found the hair dryer, dried her hair until it was half dry, looked at the piles of clothes she threw in the laundry basket, shook her head, and thought, I'd better worry about it tomorrow.Walking out of the bathroom barefoot, she was startled. She remembered that when she fell asleep, the bed was covered with a set of dark blue sheets and quilts, but now they were all replaced with light beige ones, which were neatly made. Yu Mucheng came in with a glass of water and handed it to her: "Drink some water, you've sweated so much." His hair was a bit messy, but he seemed in good spirits. Xie Nan finished drinking the water obediently, hesitated: "Sorry, I disturbed you." "You're so polite, but you really don't think I'm your boyfriend yet." Yu Mucheng touched her forehead again, "I don't think I have a fever anymore." Xie Nan plucked up his courage, stretched out his arms to hug him, put his face on his chest, and said softly, "Thank you." Before Mu Cheng could react, she had already let go of her hand, quickly got on the bed, got into the quilt, and buried her head in the pillow.He was both surprised and happy, seeing her in such embarrassment, he couldn't help but feel a little funny.He leaned over to fix the quilt for her, kissed her exposed ear, and found that it was already red.He stayed by the bed for a while, turned off the light and went back to the guest room. Maybe it was the effect of the medicine, Xie Nan fell asleep again after waking up for the first time.The next morning when he opened his eyes and looked at his watch, he was shocked, hurriedly dressed and washed, and hurried out of the room, only to find that Yu Mucheng had already changed his clothes and was sitting at the dining table eating a simple breakfast: toast and coffee.Seeing her running down, she said "Morning", then turned and went into the kitchen to serve her a piece of oatmeal with milk and two slices of toast: "Do you want fried eggs?" Xie Nan said anxiously: "I'm going to work, I don't want to eat." "I suggest that you'd better take a day off and rest at home." "No, it's going to be a holiday soon, and there are a lot of things to do." "Then you have to have breakfast, and I'll take you there later, before it's too late." Xie Nan had no choice but to sit down and eat breakfast honestly. While eating, he looked at his watch, managed to finish the oatmeal, and went out with Yu Mu Cheng, when he suddenly remembered something: "I still haven't taken the clothes I changed inside." "The hourly union will wash it, don't worry about it." Xie Nan was dumbfounded when she thought that her underwear would be washed by a part-time worker in a man's house. Yu Mucheng didn't wait for her to change her mind, and directly hugged her downstairs and went out of the garden and got into the car.Xie Nan didn't bother to think about what others would think when they saw it. Anyway, she went out early and returned late every day, and didn't know her neighbors well. She only had a bit of a grudge about the hourly trade union washing her underwear. Yu Mucheng started the car, she took the time to put down the sun visor, and looked at her face carefully in the vanity mirror, she was really a little pale.The company requires that female employees must wear light makeup at work.She has always dealt with this rule according to the minimum limit of light makeup, now she takes out her makeup bag, pats some lotion on it, applies liquid foundation, and puts on loose powder.While the car stopped at a red light, I took out the lipstick and applied it carefully.Look again, it seems to be a little more energetic.Turning around, he found that Yu Mucheng was looking at her with great interest. "What are you looking at?" Xie Nan put away the makeup bag uncomfortably. Yu Mucheng started the car: "I like the color of lipstick very much." Xie Nan felt that the smile at the corner of his mouth was very suspicious, but he had nothing to say.When she arrived at the downstairs of the company, there were five minutes left before the clock-in time. She hurriedly said goodbye and rushed into the office building. There were many people standing in front of each of the eight elevators. Watching absent-mindedly, as soon as the elevator door opened, she hurried into the elevator with the flow of people, but stood stiffly. Standing in front of her was Xiang Xinyang, who was wearing a dark gray suit and carrying a black briefcase. He went directly to the elevator from the basement floor where the underground parking lot was located. The elevator was full immediately, and everyone adjusted their standing posture as soon as they came in, facing the elevator door and keeping a reasonable distance from the people next to them.In contrast, she and Xiang Xinyang suddenly became standing face to face, and the two almost touched each other's breath, so close that they were ambiguous and dangerous. Xiang Xinyang was obviously as surprised as she was: "Nan Nan, do you work here?" She nodded hastily and was about to turn around when May, who was next to her, saved her: "Sister Xie, I see your Fukang is parked below. Didn't you drive back yesterday?" "Well, I didn't drive." The high-speed elevator stopped, someone went out, and the inside was a little loose. She said sorry, and hurriedly stepped to May's side. Unexpectedly, she waved at her with an evening newspaper in her hand: "Thank you." Sister, look quickly, you have reported it." Xie Nan thought, it must have been a little too frightening this morning.She quickly took the newspaper and read it. It was a report about a car accident on the highway yesterday, with a black-and-white photo provided by an enthusiastic reader named Mr. Sun.One is a scene of three vehicles colliding and blocking the road, and the other is a scene where she is squatting with another person holding an umbrella to cover the rain for the injured half lying on the ground. The photo is quite clear, and she is half sideways There was no face, but anyone who knew her would undoubtedly recognize her at once. "You are very photogenic, Miss Xie." Ah May's eyes are so good looking, but she really didn't care about the car accident scene. Xie Nan couldn't laugh or cry, shook his head, and secretly blamed this Mr. Sun for his meddling: "Put it away, I just happened to be at the scene." When they reached their floor, the two rushed out of the elevator, punched their card at almost the last moment, and let out a long breath. The evening paper follows the citizen line and has a huge local circulation, but Yu Mucheng usually only reads economic newspapers. When he came back from lunch at noon, when he was explaining things to the secretary, he saw this photo on the newspaper spread out in front of the secretary.He picked it up and took a closer look, which made the secretary bewildered. Putting down the newspaper, he went back to the office and directly logged on to the website of the newspaper office to find the electronic version of the newspaper news of the day. The photos attached to the webpage were in color.He saved the photo and enlarged it a bit. You can clearly see a person supporting the injured. Xie Nan squatted halfway and raised an umbrella to cover their heads. She covered the umbrella with one hand and the other hand Hold the injured person's hand.She was only wearing a thin sweater, and most of her body was in the light rain outside the umbrella. The side view showed that her eyelashes were long, her face was thin and her chin was sharp. It was not a wounded man with a bloody head. It turned out that she caught a cold like this. But she didn't mention a word to him. I'm afraid it may not be because she thinks the trivial matter is not worth mentioning, and she doesn't want others to know about her kindness.She really habitually hides her emotions too deeply. She even forgot to tell him when she was on a business trip, and almost never took the initiative to ask about his whereabouts. She would listen carefully and nod to whatever he said, but seldom expressed her opinion. Yu Mucheng leaned back in his chair, thinking with some melancholy that he still has a long way to go before he can really get close to Xie Nan and enter her heart.Remembering that short hug this morning, that soft body pressed against his chest, that whisper, that red outline and small ears, he felt that he was willing to put in more effort: because it was worth it.