Thirsty Skin - Chapter 41

Chapter 41 – 【My Demian】

The next day at work, Lin Wan did not come to the office. When Zhu Chizhou asked, he found out that Lin Wan had taken a leave of absence, saying that he had a cold and fever and was resting at home.

Originally, he was going to go to Ri’an Xinke that morning to discuss the two material science laboratories with Li Yanli. Zhu Chizhou called Li Yanli and said that he had something urgent to do and would go there later, and sent the information to Li Yanli first.

Zhu Chizhou left less than half an hour after arriving at the company.

He went to the supermarket and bought some pears, a bag of rock sugar, and a pot in case Lin Wan didn’t have them at home. He also bought a complete set of tableware and some commonly used kitchen supplies.

After coming out of the supermarket, purchased a takeawaybowl of millet porridge from a nearby restaurant and carried a bunch of things to Lijing Tianchen to visit the patient.

He called Lin Wan on the way, but received no answer. He didn’t know if it was because he was asleep or seriously ill.

When he arrived at Lin Wan’s house, he rang the doorbell. No one answered the bell, so Zhu Chizhou entered the password and went in.

The room was very quiet. Zhu Chizhou put away the things he brought and went straight to the bedroom, but there was no one in the bedroom.

The bed was messy, and on the bedside table was a box of antipyretic medicine and half a cup of water. If Lin Wan’s cell phone hadn’t been thrown next to the pillow, Zhu Chizhou would have thought that Lin Wan had gone out.

Zhu Chizhou turned and walked to the bathroom door, and sure enough, it was closed.

He knocked on the rippled glass door and called out, “Lin Wan?” No one answered.

He shouted again: “Lin Wan!” Still no response.

There was no sound of water, nor any other movement.

Was he not in there?

The house was small, Zhu Chizhou ran to the kitchen and balcony to take a look, but he didn’t see anyone. If Lin Wan was at home, he could only be in the bathroom.

Zhu Chizhou’s heart tightened. Could he have fainted?

He returned to the bathroom, grasped the door handle and said, “I’m coming in!”

When he opened the door, the first thing he saw was the clothes on the rack, followed by the slippers beside the bathtub, and then Lin Wan soaking in the bathtub.

Most of the ice floating on the water has melted. The person in the water has his eyes closed, his skin is bloodless, but his cheeks are abnormally red.

Lin Wan was leaning against the edge of the bathtub, his body sliding down as he lost consciousness. The water had already reached his chin. If Zhu Chizhou had come later, the water would have reached his mouth and nose.

But the man who was afraid of water was unaware of anything and remained quiet and motionless.

The scene in front of him suddenly overlapped with the scene in his nightmare many days ago. Zhu Chizhou’s heart was clenched by fear, making it difficult for him to breathe. He rushed to the bathtub and picked up Lin Wan from the icy water with a “splash”.

The body of the person in his arms was completely cold, and his breathing was so weak that it was almost unnoticeable, but fortunately his cheeks were still hot, proving that he still had vital signs.

Zhu Chizhou had never taken care of anyone before, and at this moment, he was in a panic. He only thought that he should quickly restore Lin Wan’s body temperature, so he put him directly on the bed while he was still wet. The bed sheet was immediately soaked, and the boy remembered that he had to wipe the water first, so he went back to the bathroom to get a towel.

When he came back, the person on the bed had opened his eyes dazedly and was staring at the ceiling naked.

Seeing that he was awake, Zhu Chizhou’s clenched heart suddenly relaxed. He walked over to cover his body with a large bath towel, sat down on the bed and wiped him, asking as he wiped: “How do you feel?”

Lin Wan didn’t answer. His eyes seemed to be unable to focus. He scanned back and forth between Zhu Chizhou and the ceiling twice, then closed his eyes again, turned over, found the most comfortable position and continued to sleep.

Zhu Chizhou placed his palm on his forehead, and it felt hot.

‘If this continues, I’ll go crazy.’

Let’s go to the hospital, but he didn’t want to let Lin Wan suffer any more. Without much hesitation, Zhu Chizhou called his family doctor.

Doctor Guo is a good friend of Zhu Ling. Zhu Ling will definitely know that Doctor Guo has been invited to come this time. How he was going to explain the maytee to Zhu Ling will be discussed later. Zhu Chizhou can’t care so much at the moment.

While talking on the phone, Zhu Chizhou helped Lin Wan dry his body and moved him to the other dry side of the bed.

Lin Wan’s body was still cold. Zhu Chizhou took off his shoes and lay down, hugging Lin Wan through the bath towel, trying to keep his warm.

Although Lin Wan was naked at the moment, Zhu Chizhou was not in the mood to have any fancy thoughts.

Looking at the current situation, it is easy to imagine what is going on.

He was sick with a high fever and suffered from cravings, so he dragged his sick body to soak in ice water.

Then he fell asleep, or fainted.

Judging from the degree of melting of the ice cubes, it must have been a long time. Under healthy conditions, it is not advisable to soak in ice water for more than 15 minutes, let alone when you are sick.

Zhu Chizhou was getting angrier and angrier the more he thought about it. Not only was Lin Wan perfunctory in his life, he also didn’t take his health seriously.

He doesn’t eat well, can’t swim but insists on going to the swimming pool alone, works overtime and stays up late, and has to soak in ice water to solve the problem even though Zhu Chizhou is available…

Thinking about these things, negative emotions became difficult to control, and Zhu Chizhou even felt that Lin Wan didn’t want to live at all.

He really wanted to wake the person up and give him a good scolding, but Zhu Chizhou just tightened his arms, strangling the person in his arms so hard that he frowned.

Lin Wan’s hair hadn’t been blown yet, and when Zhu Chizhou hugged him, he unconsciously rested his head on Zhu Chizhou’s chest. The wet hair soaked Zhu Chizhou’s shirt, so Zhu Chizhou pulled over the bath towel and gently helped him dry his hair.

Lin Wan moved closer, burying his face in Zhu Chizhou’s chest, wrapping his arms around his waist, and squeezing his legs between his legs. His movements were so skillful that it seemed like they had been sleeping in each other’s arms like this for many years.

When Zhu Chizhou felt that he was about to be aroused, he let go of Lin Wan.

Firstly, Lin Wan’s body had warmed up, and secondly, the doctor would arrive soon.

He went to the cloakroom and got some underwear and home clothes for Lin Wan to wear.

Lin Wan hasn’t woken up yet, so Zhu Chizhou has to do all this.

When he put on Lin Wan’s pants for him, he inevitably came into contact with Lin Wan’s private parts. Zhu Chizhou’s face turned red, he turned his eyes away, touched the person’s hips and waist, lifted him up a little, and quickly pulled up his pants.

His heart was beating so fast that he hadn’t calmed down yet when the doctor rang the doorbell.

“Auntie Guo.” Zhu Chizhou called someone.

Seeing his face flushed like this, Guo Jiamin asked him: “Xiao Zhou, do you have a fever too?”

“No,” Zhu Chizhou felt a little guilty. He let her in, closed the door and said, “The patient is in the bedroom. Go check it out first.”

Guo Jiamin has been the Zhu family’s personal doctor for more than ten years.

She works for a private medical institution that specializes in providing services to high net worth families. Overall, she is a very experienced general practitioner.

After the examination, she confirmed that the patient was just sleeping too soundly and was not seriously ill. She said to Zhu Chizhou, “We need to draw blood for testing to see how serious his inflammation is and then prescribe the right medication.”

“Well,” Zhu Chizhou made the decision for Lin Wan, “Go ahead.”

The person was still asleep, so Zhu Chizhou held Lin Wan’s arm in place and asked Guo Jiamin to draw a tube of venous blood to take away.

Zhu Chizhou pressed the puncture point with the cotton swab for three minutes. He stared at Lin Wan’s face and saw that Lin Wan slowly opened his eyes.

【Eh?? I thought I was dreaming, but he’s really here!】

Zhu Chizhou: “…”

It seems that he is really awake this time.

Lin Wan looked at his arm. Zhu Chizhou explained, “I asked the doctor to come and see you. She just drew your blood. The doctor will prescribe medicine for you after the test results come out.”

Lin Wan nodded slowly.

【It turns out that I was really pricked by a needle just now.】

Zhu Chizhou took the cotton swab away and when the bleeding stopped, he threw the cotton swab into the trash can and asked Lin Wan, “Do you want some water?” Lin Wan shook his head.

【So… it was true that he put clothes on me just now?】

Zhu Chizhou and Lin Wan looked at each other, both blushing, and silently looked away.

“Um,” Zhu Chizhou cleared his throat, “your bed sheets are wet, let me change them for you.”

Lin Wan cast his eyes to the bed on the other side.

【It was also true that he carried me out of the bathtub!】

【He saw me naked aahhh…】

【I haven’t been to the gym for a long time. Has my butt become sagging???】

【And I seem to have gained a little weight recently…】

Lin Wan frowned and touched his belly under the quilt to check if there was any creamy belly that would affect his appearance, with a serious expression.

Zhu Chizhou: “…”

Who is so sick that he would care about whether he looks good naked first? ! !

Zhu Chizhou couldn’t compliment him on his beautiful body for no apparent reason, so he had to repeat the question, “Where are your sheets? I’ll get them.”

“It’s in the back of the cloakroom, the second drawer on the right.” Lin Wan said in a hoarse voice, “Take the dark gray one.”

After getting the things out, Lin Wan had already taken off the wet sheets.

The two of them made the bed together and the patient lay down again.

The healthy one couldn’t sit still and asked, “Are you hungry? I brought some millet porridge.” Lin Wan shook his head.

Zhu Chizhou asked again: “Would you like some rock sugar and snow pear? I’ll make some for you.”

Lin Wan: “I don’t have snow pears or rock sugar at home.”

“I bought them. I bought both the snow pear and the rock sugar.”

Lin Wan paused and said, “I don’t have a pot at home either.”

“I also bought a pot,” Zhu Chizhou said, “and tableware, knives, a cutting board, and a soup spoon.”

Lin Wan was a little surprised. He was silent for a while, and his voice became even more hoarse: “I don’t cook at home.”

“I know,” Zhu Chizhou said gently, “I just want to cook you some rock sugar and snow pears. If you don’t need the other things, just treat them as disposable.”

Lin Wan didn’t expect Zhu Chizhou to buy all the kitchen utensils just to snow pear water for him. He thought this kid was a real spendthrift, but he also felt warm in his heart because of this concern.

“Thank you,” Lin Wan said seriously, lying on the pillow, not having much strength, “I won’t throw it away. I’ll keep it well.”

Zhu Chizhou stood up, bent down and tucked the quilt in for him: “Well, you have a good rest, I’ll go and make it.”

One was looking up, the other was bending down, and they were only a few inches apart.

Lin Wan originally thought he was dreaming.

When he was lying in the bathtub, he knew that a long ice bath would cause a loss of body temperature and could be life-threatening. But at the time, he really had no strength in his body and his eyelids were too heavy to open, so he imagined someone could carry him out.

He was sick with a fever and felt drowsy, and he also fantasized about someone taking care of him.

When his skin thirst syndrome strikes, he fantasizes about being held gently by someone…

From his desire for skin to his expectations in life, Lin Wan had never been satisfied. Since his parents passed away, he had become accustomed to endurance and restraint.

But today, all these fantasies have become reality because of Zhu Chizhou.

It seems too good to be true.

【Zhu Chizhou seems to be… my Demian.】

But he said Demian was Sinclair’s fantasy.

【So, he is not my fantasy, right? 】

Zhu Chizhou was stunned for a moment, and his emotions suddenly became uncontrollable. He stood up and said, “Then I’ll go to the kitchen.”

“Wait,” Lin Wan reached out and grabbed the boy’s shirt, “Last time you said Demian was a symbolic person…”

“No,” Zhu Chizhou interrupted him and said firmly: “I was wrong. Demian is a real person. He is not an illusion, nor a symbol. He has not left, nor will he disappear. He will always be with Sinclair.”