Qin Zixin only found out that Ji Lingtian was sick when he came to pick up Qianqian at Ji Lingtian's villa the next day.
No one would have thought that a tall and strong man like Ji Lingtian could get sick, so Qin Zixin was surprised when he learned about it.
Today is the weekend. Qin Zixin originally planned to take Qian Qian to the amusement park, but when Ji Lingtian fell ill, Qin Zixin had to give up the idea and decided to stay with Qian Qian in the villa.
Qian Qian was obviously in a low mood because of her father's illness. She was lying on Qin Zixin's lap, feeling very lonely.
Qin Zixin, who was sitting on the sofa, asked her daughter gently, "What's wrong, Qianqian..."
"How could Daddy get sick? Daddy never gets sick."
"Everyone gets sick!"
"But daddy was fine last night, so why is he sick today?"
The housekeeper passing by said, "Miss, Mr. Ji came back at dawn last night, and he was soaked in the rain... I think it has lighted up."
"Really? Why did Daddy get caught in the rain? Didn't he drive out?"
The housekeeper said, "I don't know about that...I don't know how long it has been raining. Otherwise, how could a person as good as Mr. Ji get sick so easily."
Qin Zixin thought of the sudden downpour last night.
If he didn't go home until dawn after leaving the hotel, then he had been soaked in the rain for at least four hours last night...
No matter how healthy a person is, he cannot avoid getting sick if he is exposed to the rain for such a long time.
Qin Zixin felt a twinge of guilt in her heart.
She knew that she had stimulated him last night, and he had never been such a irrational person.
"Mommy, Mommy..."
"Um, ah?"
"What are you thinking about?" Qian Qian tilted her head and asked Qin Zixin.
Qin Zixin looked down at her daughter, "Did you find out that your daddy was sick?"
Qian Qian nodded, "Daddy didn't come to have breakfast with me, so I went to call him..."
"Is your daddy's head very hot?"
"Well, the doctor said daddy has a fever."
"The fever hasn't gone away yet?"
"Yeah...that's why I'm so worried about Daddy."
"Don't worry...if you have a cold or fever, just take some medicine and an injection and you'll be fine."
"But daddy won't let anyone give him injections or take medicine..."
"This..." Qin Zixin was embarrassed. He was a big man, and the injection was indeed a bit... frustrating.
Qian Qian suddenly said, "Mommy, I want to go up and see Daddy, will you go?"
"I……"
Qian Qian pulled Qin Zixin up and said, "Go, go...just come to visit a friend."
Unable to defeat Qian Qian, Qin Zixin finally followed Qian Qian to the second floor.
The curtains in Ji Lingtian's room were drawn and the light was a little dark.
From a distance, he was lying on the bed, with a calm temperament and steady breathing, as if he was asleep.
Qian Qian came to the bedside and touched Ji Lingtian's forehead, "Wow, it's still very hot..."
"Really?" Qin subconsciously walked to the bed and reached out to touch his forehead, "It's really hot... Has he had a fever since last night?"
The butler behind him replied, "Yes... We have never seen Mr. Ji fall ill, so we don't know what to do..."
"There is no way to continue burning like this..."
"Then what should we do? We can't persuade Mr. Ji to go to the hospital..."
Qin Zixin had already turned around and walked into the bathroom.
After a while, Qin Zixin twisted a wet towel and walked out of the bathroom. She sat on the edge of the bed and put the wet towel on Ji Lingtian's forehead. "This should help reduce the fever..."
The housekeeper said, "Yes, I almost forgot..."
Qin Zixin said to the housekeeper, "Since he refuses to take medicine and injections, then you can stay here and help him change towels. He goes there every ten minutes..."
The housekeeper looked embarrassed, "This... Young Madam... I'm not suitable, am I? Why don't you take care of Mr. Ji here? You have nothing to do today anyway..."
"I……"
"It's up to you." The butler raised a big bow.
"Hey, housekeeper..." Before Qin Zixin finished speaking, the housekeeper had already pulled Qian Qian out of the room in a hurry.
…
Only Qin Zixin and Ji Lingtian were left in the room.
Although he and Ji Lingtian had already parted ways with each other emotionally, Qin Zixin could not remain indifferent while watching Ji Lingtian fall ill like this.
He brought a chair and sat beside the bed, Qin Zixin looked at him quietly as he slept.
Seeing him like this, she couldn't help but feel a surge of sadness in her heart.
To be honest, she had never seen his vulnerable side in her life.
When she heard from Guan Hao's mouth his reaction when he learned about her "death", she even felt a little incredible. She thought he didn't care about her at all.
Unfortunately, it's too late...
You don't know how to cherish until you die. This kind of cherishing is not real cherishing at all.
However, his reaction is human nature...
It is normal for people to feel disappointed when they suddenly lose someone they have loved for more than ten years.
After getting up and changing a wet towel for him, she sat on the edge of the bed and continued to think deeply.
…
It's getting dark...
Qin Zixin reached out to touch Ji Lingtian's forehead again, and finally she breathed a sigh of relief.
His fever finally subsided...
The housekeeper walked in at some unknown time and whispered to Qin Zixin, "Young madam, you can have dinner at home tonight. We have already prepared your meal."
"No, housekeeper, I have an appointment with friends tonight..."
The housekeeper knew the current relationship between Ji Lingtian and Qin Zixin, so he couldn't force it, so he had no choice but to nod and say "ok".
Qin Zixin stood up and said to the housekeeper, "His fever has gone down... He woke up at night, please let him eat something!"
The housekeeper looked at Ji Lingtian on the bed and suddenly said, "Mr. Ji is already awake."
Qin Zixin turned around and looked over.
Ji Lingtian was seen slowly opening his eyes, looking around in a daze, and then he noticed Qin Zixin standing beside the bed.
Qin Zixin was stunned, and was about to ask the housekeeper to resolve the embarrassment in front of her, only to realize that the housekeeper had quietly left at some point.
Ji Lingtian stood up slowly with his elbows on his hands and leaned against the head of the bed. "When did you come?"
His extremely soft voice revealed his physical weakness.
"I came to see Qianqian this morning and found out you were sick."
"What time is it now?"
"It's already past six o'clock in the afternoon..."
"I slept all day?"
Qin Zixin nodded.
Ji Lingtian saw the towel placed aside, and his pale lips slightly opened, "Did you change the towel for me?"
"Um."
"One afternoon?"
"I'm not alone. The housekeepers and others also came to help."
"Anyway, thank you."
Qin Zixin lowered her eyelashes and said, "It'll be fine once your fever goes away. I'm very worried about you."
"What about her?"
"Do your homework in the room and tell me to inform her as soon as you wake up."
"Ha..." Ji Lingtian laughed and leaned against the bed rather weakly.
Qin Zixin explained, "You'd better take some medicine prescribed by the doctor... For people like you who have never been sick, once they get sick, the reaction will be more serious than ordinary people."
"Yeah." He responded lightly.
"I have something to do, I'll leave first." Qin Zixin picked up the bag on the side and wanted to leave.
However, when Qin Zixin turned around, Ji Lingtian suddenly called her out, "Wait a minute."
Qin Zixin stopped walking.
Ji Lingtian opened the quilt and got off the bed.
Qin Zixin turned around, completely unaware that he had already come behind her, and the moment she turned around, she bumped into his chest.
Realizing that he was still sick and weak, Qin Zixin said "I'm sorry" repeatedly.
Ji Lingtian was still wearing the clothes from last night. His shirt was wrinkled and a little messy because of the rain last night...
Ji Lingtian leaned so close to Qin Zixin that Qin Zixin almost thought that Ji Lingtian wanted to do something. However, when Qin Zixin was about to reach out to stop Ji Lingtian from coming closer, she realized that Ji Lingtian had just lifted a strand of hair hanging down from her temples.
Gently stroke the back of her shoulder.
Qin Zixin was stunned for a second.
She didn't know if it was because he was sick at the moment that she couldn't bear to say some alienating words to him.
Fortunately, he had no other intentions...
His eyes looked listless because of his illness. He was staring at her now, "Did the doctor say that your condition is related to your mood?"
Qin Zixin nodded.
"Will staying away from me make you feel better?" he asked again.
Even though he was sick, his eyes were still so profound that she was a little overwhelmed.
She turned her head away from his eyes and said truthfully, "I just want to live a normal life."
"Okay...I will do what I promised you yesterday."
His promise shocked her heart, but this was indeed what she wanted.
"Thanks."
She turned back and looked at him, with no pretense or hesitation in her eyes.
"I will not interfere with your freedom from now on, but I want to maintain a relationship with you as friends, is that okay?"
What happened last night had already made her determined not to be friends with him, but somehow, at this moment, she could no longer say those cruel words.
Qin Zixin nodded at the end, "Okay. We are Qianqian's parents, and it's not appropriate to be strangers or enemies."
"Okay...it's getting dark, I'll ask the driver to take you back."
Qin Zixin shook his head, "No need, the imperial minister will pick me up."
"Okay, bye."
"goodbye."
…
Ji Lingtian was just about to go into the bathroom to take a shower when Qian Qian ran in from outside the room.
"Daddy..."
Ji Lingtian smiled, "Huh?"
"You bend over."
Ji Lingtian hugged Qianqian, "What's wrong, baby girl?"
Qian Qian reached out and touched Ji Lingtian's forehead, "Fortunately... you're not hot anymore."
Ji Lingtian kissed his daughter and said, "Daddy is fine now. I heard that you have been worried about Daddy for a day. Be good."
Qianqian snuggled up to Ji Lingtian and said, "Fortunately, mommy takes care of you."
Ji Lingtian said slowly, "Did you ask your mother to take care of me?"
Qian Qian raised her head and said, "No...it was the housekeeper who asked Mommy to take care of Daddy."
"Oh, tell the housekeeper later and this will increase her salary."
"Hey, Daddy is also happy that Mommy will take care of you, right?"
Ji Lingtian knelt down and gently supported his daughter, "Qianqian, do you want mommy and daddy to be together?"
Qian Qian nodded, "I thought...but Mommy told me that you can't be together anymore. Moreover, Mommy said that she already has a boyfriend, Uncle Gu, who bought me gifts before."
Ji Lingtian's dark eyes suddenly became sharp, "Do you like that person named Gu?"
"Uncle Gu is very nice, very graceful, very considerate to mommy, and very good at making people happy... Daddy doesn't have these advantages."
Ji Lingtian's face suddenly darkened.
He smiled lightly and hugged his father's neck, "But what I love most is daddy. No one can compare to my daddy..."
Ji Lingtian was finally satisfied and a smile appeared on his lips.
Qian Qian asked Ji Lingtian coquettishly, "Daddy, do you have a girlfriend?"
"Did Daddy tell you that Daddy has a girlfriend?"
Qianqian pouted, "Huh... the newspapers said that an aunt named Ren is your girlfriend."
"She is not Daddy's girlfriend. Daddy has never had a girlfriend, except for your mommy."
"Then why did mommy leave you in anger and divorce you?"
"It's because Daddy didn't know how to cherish me before."
"But Mommy is with Uncle Gu now... Can you still let Mommy come back to you?"
Ji Lingtian curled his lips and said, "Daddy, I promise you that our family of three will definitely be together in the end."
Qian Qian muttered, "Mommy doesn't even love you anymore..."
"It doesn't matter if you don't love me, Daddy will find a way to make your mommy fall in love with Daddy again."
Qian Qian tilted her head, "Then you have to do what you say!"
Ji Lingtian smiled, "It's a deal... Of course, I still need your cooperation sometimes."
After recovering from his illness, Ji Lingtian seemed to be a completely different person, full of energy and radiant.
When his subordinates were helping Ji Lingtian drive, he saw that Ji Lingtian was in a good mood and couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Ji, has Madam made any progress with you since she came back these two days?"
The corners of Ji Lingtian's mouth curved slightly, "It's not that there's been any progress, but it's a combination of circumstances that allowed me to verify one thing."
The subordinate asked curiously, "What's going on?"
Ji Lingtian pursed his lips, but smiled silently.
He was indeed in a bad mood that night, but he got caught in the rain and got a rare illness, and a combination of circumstances made him realize that she still cared about him.
If she really didn't care about him, how could she take care of him so carefully all afternoon?
She would never know the peace and contentment he felt at that moment when he woke up and saw her beside him...
That moment made him sure of two things.
First, he couldn't lose her, and second, she definitely didn't care about him as much as she said.
Therefore, he didn't want to waste any more time, so he had to take some of the simplest and most effective measures to keep her by his side...
He must never let other men take advantage of him!!
…
As soon as Ji Lingtian entered "Lingtian", he called his secretary in.
The secretary didn't know about Ji Lingtian's illness, so as soon as he entered the office, he anxiously reported to Ji Lingtian the official affairs of the past two days.
"President, l.a.'s new project has started bidding... The vice president has been trying to discuss this project with you for the past two days, but you have been unable to contact me for the past two days."
Ji Lingtian, who was sitting in the office chair, said seriously to his secretary, "Tell Vice President Xu that I will personally go to the United States to discuss the L.A. project."
"Ah?" The secretary was surprised, "Isn't Vice President Xu always in charge of projects like this?"
Yes, the projects that Ji Lingtian needs to handle personally are usually large international projects, such as the tsol project. Mid-level projects like this are usually negotiated by the vice president of "Lingtian".
"Do as I say and arrange my schedule."
Even though the secretary was confused, he nodded, "Okay, I'll make arrangements right away."
"By the way, after I go to L.A., I have something I need you to do for me..."
"President, please give your orders."
"Publish the news that I will sell 'Ling Tian'."
The secretary was shocked, "President, are you going to sell 'Ling Tian'?"
"Yes."
Oh my god! As early as when the president published the newspaper to look for his wife, they were already guessing that there was a problem in the relationship between the president and his wife. They didn't expect that the president was so sad about his love that he wanted to sell "Lingtian". That's okay.
"You, you, you... do you want to think about it again? This, this, this..."
"Of course it's fake." Ji Lingtian added.
"Fake?"
A cryptic smile appeared on Ji Lingtian's face, "If Qin Zixin comes to the company to look for me, no matter when, you tell her I'm not here."
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