Chapter 928: Depression Strikes the Heart

Baili Xia finally managed to give Mr.

Xiaojiu the fever-reducing injection.

After she tidied up everything, dressed Mu Xiaojiu in his pants, and covered him with the quilt,

Mu Xiaoyao outside could no longer restrain himself from knocking on the door.

Worried that he would startle the elder brother not far away, Baili Xia immediately hopped over and opened the door.

After the three people entered, the door was closed anew.

Looking at Nangong Xu, Baili Xia still looked somewhat troubled, “What about the inflammation in his throat?”

“It will need IV therapy. I will go back and get the medication later, but with Mr. Xiaojiu sleeping here… will it be inconvenient?”

He was aware of the relationship between Mr.

Xiaojiu and Baili Xia, and so was Mr.

Mu.

However, there was someone in the room who did not know.

The patriarch and the eldest son were still in the dark, thinking that Baili Xia and Mu Xiaoyao were a couple.

Baili Xia looked at Mu Xiaoyao; summoning him over was precisely for this reason.

Her relationship with Uncle couldn’t be made public yet, and with Brother here, it was easier to explain.

But, having Uncle sleep in her room was always out of the question.

Everyone’s gaze fell on Mu Xiaojiu on the bed, but he just hummed and closed his eyes, clearly rejecting their pleas for help.

He was going to sleep here tonight, on the little creature’s bed, and no one should expect to be able to move him.

Baili Xia also felt really helpless; everyone understood Uncle’s temperament.

Even Nangong Xu and Mu Xiaoyao knew that they couldn’t move Mr.

Xiaojiu tonight.

“I’ll stay with him. If anyone asks, I know what to tell them.”

Mu Xiaoyao leaned against the desk, looking at Nangong Xu.

“Try to suppress Uncle’s inflammation.

His throat like this…”

He paused, looked at Mu Xiaojiu with furrowed thick eyebrows, “How did it get to this point for no reason?”

Nangong Xu didn’t think much and simply relayed what he knew.

“Mr.

Xiaojiu probably ate something unclean or particularly spicy, all the heat combined caused a deep accumulation of internal fire, plus…

maybe it’s due to pent-up frustration, so…”

“He ate an entire bowl of hot and sour noodles tonight and even drank the soup with the chili oil.”

Baili Xia hung her head low, regretting it to death; if she had known, she wouldn’t have made something so spicy for Uncle.

Knowing that Uncle couldn’t eat spicy food, but to cheer her up, he had even drunk the chili oil.

Hurting Uncle like this was a real sin; it was all her fault.

But, pent-up frustration…

why would that be?

“Mr. Xiaojiu doesn’t eat spicy food.” Nangong Xu brought up this point and then, seeing Baili Xia with her head bowed, instantly understood.

Did this young girl force Mr.

Xiaojiu to eat it?

To make Mr.

Xiaojiu humble himself like that, this young girl’s influence was indeed remarkable.

“Here’s what we’ll do, I’ll make some Chinese herbal medicine for him.

After his fever goes down, try to get him to drink it.”

Nangong Xu moved aside to pack his medicine kit: “Later, I’ll bring the IV to set it up for him, and you all need to have someone watch over him tonight.”

“It seems, looking at the situation, he is going to need at least two big bottles, hanging for at least three hours.”

“I will watch over him,” Baili Xia and Mu Xiaoyao declared in unison.

Nangong Xu glanced at the two of them, then looked at Baili Xia and said indifferently, “You don’t look well; you should rest early. Let Mr. Mu watch over him.”

Baili Xia wanted to say something, but ultimately, she did not speak it out loud.

Instead, she changed the subject, “Master, you should hurry and get the medicine ready; I will go with you.”

“I’ll go.”

Seeing Uncle like this, it was clear he couldn’t bear to let the young girl out of his sight.

She wanted to leave, but who knew if he would immediately climb off the bed and chase after her?