I Don’t Want to Be Turned into a Girl by Magic

Chapter 247 : Before Sleep

Previously, when Chen Yao had carried Lin Nan and sprinted all the way to the hospital, it took only ten minutes.

But now, supporting Lin Nan and stopping frequently, by the time they got home it had already been half an hour.

Chen Yao looked exhausted. Lin Nan's sudden high fever had brought him tremendous psychological pressure, yet on the surface he had to maintain a calm, unruffled appearance, fearing his emotions would affect the sick Lin Nan.

After the examination confirmed it was just a bacterial cold, although he felt relieved, Chen Yao still couldn't relax completely.

After all, this was a high fever. One day was fine, but if it continued for too long, Lin Nan's already not-too-sharp brain might actually get fried.

He helped Lin Nan sit on the sofa and handed her a thermometer. "Take your temperature again. The food delivery should arrive soon. After eating, take your medicine."

"I don't want to take medicine..." Lin Nan frowned as she tucked the thermometer under her arm, then her body went limp and she lay down horizontally on the sofa. "I don't like the taste of medicine."

Her weak and powerless voice sounded almost like she was acting spoiled.

She hadn't been to the hospital in seven or eight years. The last time was in elementary school when she had a high fever, but going to the hospital that time hadn't helped. Supposedly, they later invited a monk who completely cured her.

Because she'd had a high fever the whole time, Lin Nan couldn't remember the situation clearly, but thinking about it now, the hospital's medicine probably just happened to take effect after the monk arrived. Her somewhat superstitious grandfather naturally attributed all the credit to the monk.

"How can you get better without taking medicine?" Chen Yao sat beside Lin Nan and patiently persuaded her. "You're on your period and have a fever. Isn't that uncomfortable enough? Take the medicine and get better faster, or you really will get your brain fried."

"You're the dummy."

Lin Nan didn't want to hear that. She snapped back and continued lying listlessly on the sofa.

Chen Yao was helpless with this version of Lin Nan. He couldn't hit her or scold her, and could only try gentle persuasion.

But Lin Nan had made up her mind and refused to take medicine no matter what, especially since there was a powder medicine in the prescription. Just opening the package and smelling it made her feel nauseous wave after wave.

Chen Yao had a massive headache. He turned on the living room TV and heard a knock at the door, then got up to get the food delivery.

"Then at least eat." He placed one of the meals on the coffee table in front of Lin Nan, crossed his legs, and held his food container. "In a couple days when our residential complex gets locked down, delivery won't be able to come in anymore. We'll have to go to the complex entrance to get it ourselves."

She didn't react much. Chen Yao, whose stomach was already rumbling with hunger, didn't pay her any more attention for now. His only thought was to eat quickly so he could focus on taking care of her.

After Chen Yao finished eating and threw the container in the trash, he looked at Lin Nan again. This girl's face was flushed red with fever, her eyes slightly open watching the TV, though it was unclear if she was actually watching the commercials.

"Hurry up and eat." He helped Lin Nan unwrap her food packaging. "I got you congee. It should be light enough for you to finish."

"I want barbecue..." Lin Nan whined while lying there, twisting her body to sit up and take out the thermometer to hand to Chen Yao. Then she listlessly leaned forward and scooped up some congee with a spoon.

Chen Yao frowned as he checked the thermometer. Compared to the last measurement, it had dropped by 0.1 degrees this time.

"When you're feeling better, I'll make you barbecue. We haven't finished yesterday's meat skewers yet, they're all in the freezer." He said this, but suddenly noticed Lin Nan starting to dry heave.

He quickly grabbed the trash can and brought it forward, asking with concern, "What's wrong?"

"I suddenly feel nauseous." Lin Nan covered her stomach, her brow furrowed tightly.

"Pregnant?"

She looked at Chen Yao wordlessly. Chen Yao hastily continued his concern to cover the awkwardness of his loose tongue. "Is the congee not agreeing with you? Should I call my mom back to cook for you?"

"Let's not bother aunt."

Lin Nan could only manage half a bowl of congee before she really couldn't drink any more. After Chen Yao repeatedly insisted, she grimaced and swallowed the medicine prescribed by the hospital before moving from the living room to the bedroom.

After taking the medicine, her already occasionally confused head became even more so. Drowsiness came from nowhere and suddenly swept over her mind.

Lin Nan lay on the bed, looking drowsily at Chen Yao sitting on the floor, when she suddenly realized her pants seemed to be wet in a patch.

Only at this moment did she remember that after getting her period today, she'd only changed her pad once. And after getting the fever, with her already mentally exhausted state, she had no way to use purification magic to stop the blood flow...

She silently reached back to touch her bottom and sure enough felt some wetness.

Her body, already made even more drowsy from taking medicine, felt even more powerless than before. Lin Nan supported herself with both hands to prop up her upper body, trying to get up and go to the bathroom, but in her confusion nearly tumbled to the floor.

"Not sleeping?" Chen Yao, who had been watching over her, immediately noticed her movement and quickly got up to help her stand. However, when Lin Nan's bottom left the bed surface, he suddenly saw that eye-catching red stain on the sheets.

He was completely stunned. Looking again at Lin Nan's flushed cheeks, he couldn't tell if it was from the high fever or embarrassment.

Chen Yao didn't mention this matter and pretended not to see it as he helped Lin Nan into the bathroom.

"Get me a pair of pants." Lin Nan sat on the toilet lid, head lowered as she requested. She felt this was even more humiliating than sleeping with Chen Yao before or being held so tightly.

"Okay."

He couldn't see Lin Nan's expression at the moment, but he knew what the situation was. He turned and left the bathroom, immediately set about stripping the sheets and casually tossed them into the washing basin on the balcony.

He got Lin Nan underwear and a pair of loose wide-leg pants, opened the bathroom door a crack, and tossed the items through the gap.

"If you need anything, just call me." He stood at the door, restlessly pacing back and forth.

After waiting about ten minutes, the door opened. Lin Nan leaned against the doorframe, head hanging low, yawning continuously.

There was a strange fishy smell in the bathroom. Chen Yao vaguely recalled that last month in the school dorm, he seemed to have smelled a similar scent. He didn't have time to think more about it. Seeing Lin Nan's figure swaying unsteadily, he quickly stepped forward to support her.

"Go to sleep now."

"I want to play on my phone for a bit."

Lin Nan flopped onto the bed and slowly inched her way to the innermost part of the bed. Before she could reach her phone, a thick comforter descended from above and covered her entire person.

She struggled to poke her head out from the covers and looked at Chen Yao standing at the bedside.

"When you have a cold, you should cover yourself with thick blankets. The water in the thermos doesn't seem to be enough. I'll boil some in a bit, so you'll have warm water to drink if you wake up at night." Chen Yao bent down to help Lin Nan adjust the blanket, making sure it covered her exposed legs, then grabbed her hands and tucked them into the covers.

"If you wake up in the middle of the night, call me." Chen Yao placed an empty water bottle on the bedside table. "Just throw this at my face and I'll wake up."

"Mm..." Lin Nan squinted her eyes, both hands gripping the edge of the blanket, responding like a cat's purr.

"Then I'll go boil water?"

He straightened up and was about to leave when he noticed Lin Nan had somehow grabbed his wrist.

"Can you wait until I fall asleep?"

Chen Yao looked at her and found that Lin Nan's face was already covered by the blanket, impossible to read, but those big eyes guiltily and timidly avoided his gaze.

"If not, never mind..."

Chen Yao plopped down at the head of the bed. "Okay."