books44 Chapter 315: Cooking
Chapter 315: Cooking
Chapter 315: Cooking
Rouge tried to break free from Li Ming, but she couldn't. Li Ming was afraid that the person in his arms would disappear, so he held Rouge even tighter.
He said in a low voice, "Rouge, you know what? I haven't seen you these past few days. I feel like everyone's back looks like yours, and sometimes I even have hallucinations. I thought I didn't have any feelings for you, but I can't lie to myself anymore. I've fallen for you." He spoke slowly, afraid that Rouge would miss a single word he said.
Rouge, who was already sobbing uncontrollably, hugged Li Ming and said, "I know, Brother Li Ming, I know everything." Li Ming noticed that the person in his arms was already crying her eyes out, so he quickly let go.
Looking at Rouge's red eyes, he gently wiped them with his fingertips and said, "Am I so useless? Look, I even made you cry." As he spoke, he brushed the stray hairs from Rouge's forehead.
Upon hearing Li Ming's words, Rouge quickly shook her head and said, "No...it's not your fault, it's just that my eyes are being difficult." As she spoke, she wiped away her tears with her clothes. "Look, it's gone, I didn't cry, I really didn't cry," Rouge said to Li Ming, pointing to her eyes after wiping away her tears.
Li Ming was amused by Yan Zhi's actions, ruffled her hair, and smiled happily. "Gurgle..." Suddenly, Yan Zhi's stomach growled. Yan Zhi lowered her head awkwardly and covered her stomach, but Li Ming chuckled and said, "Are you hungry? I'll go cook for you, you'll have something to eat soon." As he spoke, Li Ming walked towards the kitchen, muttering, "Yan Zhi, you'll have something to eat soon, soon..." Before he could finish, he felt dizzy and collapsed weakly to the ground.
Rouge rushed over, helped Li Ming up from the ground, and touched his forehead. Finding he had a fever, she struggled to sit him up and lay him flat on the bed. Looking at Li Ming, she should have been happy, but for some reason, she covered her mouth and began to cry. Tears streamed down her fingers and dripped onto Li Ming's hand.
The person on the bed stirred, slightly opening their eyes. They saw Rouge wiping away tears again, struggling to raise her hand, which then fell limply to her side. They could only say in a hoarse voice, "Rouge, don't cry. You won't be pretty if you keep crying." They smiled slightly as they spoke.
Upon hearing this, Rouge immediately wiped away her tears and said, "Brother Li Ming, I'm fine. Wait a moment, I'll go find you some clothes to change into." After saying that, she casually found a few clothes that Lu Yu had left at home and took them to Li Ming.
When they returned to the room, Li Ming was already asleep, seemingly in a deep sleep. Seeing how soundly he slept, Yan Zhi didn't want to disturb him, but noticing his soaking wet clothes, she steeled herself and went to the bedside to gently nudge him, saying, "Brother Li Ming, wake up, change your clothes before you sleep." Yan Zhi called out several times, but to no avail.
She wanted to help Li Ming change his clothes, but when her hand touched them, she quickly withdrew it, her face inexplicably turning red. She sat blankly on the edge of the bed, staring at the clothes in her hand and at Li Ming on the bed, unsure what to do.
After a while, Li Ming woke up and saw Yan Zhi, who was in a daze. He said softly, "Yan Zhi, what's wrong?" Yan Zhi felt Li Ming calling her name and quickly came back to her senses. When she saw that Li Ming was awake, she hurriedly said, "Brother Li Ming, you're awake. Hurry up and change your clothes. You'll get sick if you don't. I... I'll go make some ginger soup to warm you up."
As she spoke, her face flushed red. The thought of having just tried to change Li Ming's clothes made her face burn like fire. She quickly left the room and went to the kitchen. Li Ming, seeing Rouge's red face, was inexplicably happy. He slowly changed into the clothes Rouge had given him.
Rouge was fiddling around in the kitchen, struggling to even cut ginger since she couldn't cook. She accidentally cut her finger with the knife, and blood slowly trickled out. Rouge didn't know what to do, so she sucked on the wound a few times, but the bleeding wouldn't stop. In a panic, she wrapped her injured finger with her own sash.
Starting a fire was also very difficult. The matchsticks were too small, and she couldn't muster any strength in her hands, so she had to strike the match with her left hand. After several attempts, she finally managed to get a few sparks. Rouge quickly grabbed some dry grass to make the fire bigger. Rouge was worried that the fire would die down, and she was also worried that the wound on her hand wouldn't stop. She couldn't worry about anything else, and while washing the dishes, she still let the wound get wet. "Ouch~ it hurts so much!" The water seeped through her bra and soaked the wound, and Rouge couldn't help but gasp.
Despite the pain, she endured it. When the firewood ran out, leaving only logs, she swung her axe and tried to chop them, failing several times. In the end, she only managed to chop a few decent pieces of firewood.
After the ginger soup was prepared, Rouge ladled it out in a bowl and placed it on the cutting board. Once the ginger soup was no longer too hot, Rouge took it to her room.
She walked to the bedside, found a chair, and placed the ginger soup on it. She helped Li Ming sit up and whispered, "Brother Li Ming, wake up, drink some ginger soup to warm yourself up." Li Ming struggled to open his tired eyes and looked at Yan Zhi, wanting to speak but his mouth was dry and he couldn't utter a word.
Rouge quickly picked up the ginger soup from the chair and fed it to Li Ming slowly. Li Ming, who had been shivering, felt his temperature rise slightly. Rouge then helped Li Ming lie back down on the bed, tucked him in, and went to the kitchen.
There wasn't much food in the kitchen except for eggs. Yan Zhi looked at the eggs, unsure of what to cook for Li Ming, and looked worriedly at the few eggs left.
Rouge herself was hungry, and Li Ming, being sick, especially needed to eat something. Thinking of this, Rouge immediately stopped daydreaming, took out a bowl, and cracked an egg into it. She started a fire to cook, and after the rice was cooked, she ladled out some rice water, intending to give it to Li Ming to drink during the meal.
Rouge had almost never been to the kitchen, let alone cooked. She boiled some water in a pot, and once it boiled, poured the eggs into a well. Then she added salt. As the water dissolved the eggs and boiled, Rouge scooped the eggs into a bowl.