Thirsty Skin - Chapter 42

Double update since I couldn’t update last week

Chapter 42 – “I’m Not A Straight Man.”

The soup of rock sugar snow pear is clear and amber-colored. The pear flesh is cooked to be crystal clear, and the fragrance lingers on your lips and teeth after a bite, and the throat that hurts like a knife is also moisturized and feels much more comfortable.

Lin Wan has always been very restrained in eating, and would never indulge himself in sweets, but this bowl of pear water really made his stomach and throat feel comfortable, so he couldn’t help but ask Zhu Chizhou for a second bowl.

“Is it delicious?” Zhu Chizhou asked for praise in a low-key manner.

“It’s delicious,” Lin Wan said sincerely, “very delicious.”

Zhu Chizhou served him another bowl and sat beside the bed watching him eat in small bites.

Lin Wan is always elegant when he eats, and he is so elegant in everything he does. If Zhu Chizhou could not hear his inner voice and had not seen how unreliable he is in life, he would definitely think that he is a mature and stable adult.

Zhu Chizhou thought, if Director Lin could pay as much attention to his health as he did to his work, such a dangerous thing would not have happened today.

He fell asleep while soaking in ice water with a high fever.

If Zhu Chizhou had not discovered it in time, who knows what serious accident would have happened.

Zhu Chizhou called his name: “Lin Wan.”

Lin Wan raised his head, still holding a piece of snow pear in his mouth, his cheeks puffed up, “Hmm?”

“When I came to see you today,” Zhu Chizhou pondered, “you were asleep in the bathtub, with ice floating on the water. What were you doing?”

“I was trying to cool myself down physically,” Lin Wan answered naturally, not seeming to have any guilt about lying. “I have a fever, don’t I? I wanted to try physical cooling.”

“Really?” Zhu Chizhou looked straight into his eyes.

“Really?” Lin Wan said.

Zhu Chizhou lost his temper and said, “That time in Chengdu, you drank too much. When you returned to the hotel at night, you asked the waiter for ice cubes and asked for ice water. Did you also have a fever and wanted to cool down physically?”

“Oh,” Lin Wan calmly took a sip of soup, “That time I took it to sober myself up.”

There is not a single truth in his mouth.

Zhu Chizhou raised his eyebrows, unable to control his speech speed because he was angry. “This is the first time I’ve heard that ice water can sober you up. You know I’ve participated in swimming competitions, right? When I was in the training center, my coach also asked me to soak in ice water to relax my muscles. We have a clear ban on ice water baths after drinking. Since you have this habit, don’t you know that you can’t soak in ice water after drinking? Aren’t you very cautious, Director Lin?”

Lin Wan was stunned by what he said, 【and suddenly became very fierce.】

“Why?” Zhu Chizhou asked fiercely, “Why do you have to soak in this ice water? I saw that your refrigerator is full of ice cubes! What is your unspeakable secret? As long as you tell me, I will definitely help you find a solution!”

This is almost clear.

Lin Wan silently put the bowl on the bedside table, looked at Zhu Chizhou and said, “I’m sorry to bother you today. I’m much better now, you can go back…”

The doorbell interrupted Lin Wan’s words. Zhu Chizhou stood up and said, “It should be the doctor. I’ll go open the door.”

Guo Jiamin came back with the medicine and a nurse.

“The white blood cell count is too high,” Guo Jiamin showed the test results to Zhu Chizhou, “The patient needs intravenous treatment.”

“Well,” Zhu Chizhou said, “then give him an IV drip.”

As they talked, they walked into the bedroom. Guo Jiamin saw that Lin Wan had woken up and greeted him with a smile: “You were sleeping so soundly just now that you didn’t even wake up during the blood test.”

Lin Wan looked at the hospital name printed on the strange woman’s white coat and was stunned for a moment. 【Is… is this Zhu Chizhou’s family’s private doctor? ? I thought Zhu Chizhou called 120.】

Guo Jiamin explained her instructions to Lin Wan in a friendly tone, and finally said: “Take anti-inflammatory drugs for three consecutive days, and the inflammation should be relieved a lot.”

Lin Wan took a look at the medical box in the nurse’s hand and realized that the doctor meant to give him an infusion at home and even brought a nurse to look after him.

Lin Wan was embarrassed to use Zhu Chizhou’s family doctor. He felt that it would be bad if Zhu Chizhou’s parents knew about it. “Thank you. I’ll go to the hospital and get the infusion myself.”

Guo Jiamin looked at Zhu Chizhou, who nodded coldly: “Okay, I’ll go to the hospital with you.”

Lin Wan inexplicably felt that Zhu Chizhou was very angry, and this anger seemed to be related to him. He looked at Zhu Chizhou without saying anything.

The atmosphere became subtle.

Guo Jiamin glanced at the two of them, then suddenly laughed heartily and said to Lin Wan, “Why, you don’t trust my medical skills? Our hospital is one of the best hospitals in Shenhai! I treat many of the top leaders’ illnesses, so don’t worry!”

Lin Wan blushed: “That’s not what I meant.”

Guo Jiamin motioned the nurse to come forward and prepare, and joked, “I ran here twice. If you don’t cooperate, my work today will be in vain, and my boss won’t pay me.”

After saying that, she looked at Zhu Chizhou: “Isn’t that true?”

Zhu Chizhou said “hmm” expressionlessly.

As a fellow worker, Lin Wan had no choice but to nod and said, “Thank you very much, then.”

The nurse had already prepared everything and was looking for a place near the head of the bed to hang the liquid.

Zhu Chizhou went to the cloakroom to take out the floor-standing clothes rack and asked Lin Wan: “Left hand or right hand?”

Lin Wan said, “Left hand.”

The nurse skillfully disinfected the needle and placed the indwelling needle neatly in Lin Wan’s left hand.

“Remember to drink plenty of water, take medicine on time, and don’t eat spicy food.” Guo Jiamin reminded, “Recheck the blood routine in three days.”

Lin Wan agreed one by one, “Thank you, doctor.”

After giving her instructions, Dr. Guo was ready to leave and asked the nurse to stay. Zhu Chizhou said, “I will take care of him. You guys go now.”

Guo Jiamin asked: “Will you close the tube after it’s done?”

Zhu Chizhou looked at the nurse and said, “Sister, please teach me.”

The young nurse laughed when she was called “sister” and said, “Okay.” Then she began to teach Zhu Chizhou how to flush the sealing tube on the spot and even took out a set of extra needles for him to practice on.

Lin Wan: “…”

【It’s convenient to be handsome. No sister can refuse brother Chizhou.】

【I couldn’t refuse either.】

Zhu Chizhou, who was studying hard but stole glances at Lin Wan out of the corner of his eyes, blushed.

After Guo Jiamin and her nurse left, Zhu Chizhou sat back on the bed, but his anger for arguing with Lin Wan had dissipated.

“You should take a nap.” Zhu Chizhou said.

“I don’t want to sleep. I’ve been sleeping for a long time.”

“Would you like some water?”

“Not thirsty.”

“Would you like to eat something?”

“Not hungry.”

Zhu Chizhou was about to continue talking about the ice water, but Lin Wan asked first: “If you ask your family’s private doctor to come, will your parents know?”

“They don’t care about these little things.”

In fact, Guo Jiamin and Zhu Ling are best friends. Zhu Chizhou dares to bet that Guo Jiamin is already calling Ms. Zhu Ling.

Zhu Chizhou frowned as he thought about how to fool his mother. The room was quiet for a while, and Lin Wan suddenly said, “Regarding the question you asked me about ice water just now… I do have a little secret, but this is my privacy, and I don’t think I’m ready to tell you yet.”

Zhu Chizhou said “Oh”: “I thought we were friends.”

“A friend indeed.”

Zhu Chizhou probed: “Friends like Sinclair and Demian?”

Lin Wan’s eyes curved slightly, with an obvious smile on his face.

Zhu Chizhou breathed a sigh of relief and decided not to worry about whether Lin Wan had hidden it from him, because he already knew that it made no difference whether Lin Wan told him or not, he would still continue to help Lin Wan.

Thinking of this, he suddenly realized that the reason he cared about this issue was not because Lin Wan had concealed it from him, but because Lin Wan had told Zeng Xubai but was unwilling to tell him.

So he asked again: “What kind of friends are you and Brother Xu Bai?”

Lin Wan thought for a moment and said, “Friends like Siddhartha and Govinda.”

Siddhartha and Govinda searched for spiritual enlightenment together and eventually each went on their own journeys, while Demian was a part of Sinclair, Demian made Sinclair complete.

This analogy pleased Zhu Chizhou, and he raised the corner of his mouth, “Oh.”

Lin Wan thought he was childish, “Why do you want to compete with Zeng Xubai?”

“Because he feels like your best friend, closer than your old classmates in Rong City.”

“Yeah,” Lin Wan was in better spirits and started talking more, “We lived in the same dormitory for four years in college.”

“Were there only two of you in the dormitory?”

“No,” Lin Wan said, “four people.”

People who study philosophy have lots of questions: “Why didn’t the other two become good friends with you?”

“One went abroad, and the other one…” Lin Wan suddenly stopped.

【Another one tried to rape me when I was ill, but Xu Bai beat him up.】

Zhu Chizhou felt so angry inside that he almost couldn’t help but swear.

The last time Lin Wan got drunk, he said he only wanted Zhu Chizhou because Zhu Chizhou would not bully him. Zhu Chizhou wondered at that time whether Lin Wan had ever been in danger because of the onset of craving syndrome.

So it was really like that…

After taking a few deep breaths to calm himself down, Zhu Chizhou asked, “The other one… Did he also go abroad?”

“No,” Lin Wan said dejectedly, “He is now the financial director of a listed company.”

【Why can a bad guy have such a good future! Damn it!!】

“Which listed company?” Zhu Chizhou asked.

Lin Wan: “Tingzheng Group.”

Zhu Chizhou: “…”

The two of them didn’t speak for a long time.

Lin Wan didn’t want to let those unpleasant things occupy his mind, so he changed the subject and said, “By the way, can you bring me the laptop so we can continue to look at the information about the two materials science laboratories.”

“Okay,” Zhu Chizhou stood up to get it, and reported: “I sent the information to Li Yanli today, and Li Yanli is also very interested.”

“Did he give you any feedback?”

“Not yet.”

Zhu Chizhou brought the computer back, and Lin Wan moved his butt on the bed to let Zhu Chizhou sit next to him.

Zhu Chizhou sat on the right side next to Lin Wan, opened the computer and pressed the power button.

He joked, “Is there anything private on your computer that you wouldn’t let me see?”

“No,” Lin Wan pointed his finger at his black-framed glasses and said solemnly, “My computer is full of work stuff.”

【I was going to search online for your videos and photos of the Universiade and save them, but luckily I got sick before I could do it, otherwise you might have seen them.】

Zhu Chizhou pursed his lips. He would be bright with a little sunshine. He couldn’t help but ask: “Oh, no gay videos or anything?”

Lin Wan said frankly: “I never watch those.” After saying that, he was stunned and looked at Zhu Chizhou in confusion: “Why do you ask about gay videos instead of AV?”

【Aren’t you straight?】

Zhu Chizhou was suddenly reminded that he had to clear his name for his sexual orientation.

This is a good opportunity.

Because Zhu Chizhou turned too quickly on the straight road and didn’t have time to find those popular science videos to watch, he lied: “Because I have gay videos on my computer.”

Lin Wan was surprised: “Why are you, a straight man, looking at that?”

【Are straight men so curious?!】

Zhu Chizhou looked back at the computer desktop: “I’m not a straight man.”

Lin Wan opened his eyes slightly and said, “But… on the day we went to Rong City on a business trip, you said you were a straight man.”

“Well,” Zhu Chizhou said, “It was that day, but it’s not the case now.”