Crossing to Live in the Wilderness Plains 076 part2
Chapter 76 part2
“What’s the matter? Is there something Ajing has done that he needs to apologize to me for?” Chen Qi reached out his hand from the quilt and held Ajing’s small hand. He was still feverish, and his palm was too hot, making Ajing’s hand feel colder.
“I shouldn’t have gone to exercise with you.” Ajing still did not dare to look up, and just explained in a soft voice.
Chen Qi was stunned. At that time, because of the fever, his mind was not entirely clear and he obviously could not understand the meaning of Ajing’s words.”Why?”
“If I didn’t go to exercise with you, you wouldn’t have gone out and gotten sick.”
Only then did Chen Qi realize what Ajing meant. The child thought that it was his fault that he got sick? However, in this world, males were much weaker than females due to their natural physical qualities. Therefore, even young females who were not yet adults were taught to protect males at all times. That Ajing thought this was his own fault was normal.
“Ajing, can you look up at me?” Chen Qi coaxed warmly.
Ajing hesitated for a moment at his words, then slowly raised his head. Chen Qi saw that the corners of his eyes were red and he couldn’t help but feel a little distressed. “I’m sorry. I was the one who was too careless. If I had done my warm ups well before going out, or if I had worn another layer of clothing before heading out, then I wouldn’t have fallen ill at the first brush against the wind and let you worry about me.”
Ajing suddenly burst into tears and cried loudly, “Don’t get sick anymore. Don’t exercise anymore. Don’t go out anymore.”
The first request was fine, but what was with the latter two? Chen Qi, who was at a loss at what to do with a crying child, looked at the others for help, but found that the three Beastmen were silently looking at him, as if he would be in the wrong if he didn’t agree to Ajing’s requests.
Chen Qi coughed slightly awkwardly, patted Ajing’s little head, and coaxed, “Okay, okay, I won’t get sick again and I won’t go out to exercise again, okay? Ajing, don’t cry, okay?”
Only then did Ajing stop crying. His nose sniffled a little, he looked at Chen Qi and nodded.
Chen Qi felt even more drowsy after drinking the perilla soup. Because he had not eaten dinner, Aze cooked a bowl of rice porridge with minced meat. After feeding Chen Qi, he sat by the bed and watched over him, nervously reacting to his every movement. If Chen Qi did not move for too long of a period, he would approach him anxiously until he felt Chen Qi breathing before calming down again.
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The others didn’t leave either. Ake took a trip to the wall to explain the situation to Azhang. Temporarily swapping out on guard duty, he too hurriedly went over to check on Chen Qi’s situation. He was only relieved after confirming that he was just asleep and that everything was normal.
Ka Luo also came to see him. There was a little female in his family so he could not stay there too long. He told Ake that he had to constantly keep him posted before he reluctantly left. The others spread out hide pieces around the fire and sat together, staring at those on the heated kang bed. They did not say a word and even had no appetite for dinner.
When Chen Qi woke up the next day, he only saw several slightly withered and haggard looking faces, which were comparable to those in his company who had pulled an all-nighter to fix bugs, only to end up fixing more and more in the software.
“Did all of you stay up all night?” When Chen Qi spoke, he found his voice sounded hoarse and unpleasant. His fever had subsided when it was almost dawn, but his body was a little weak and his face still appeared wan.
“Do you want something to eat?” Aze reached out his hand and touched Chen Qi’s forehead. Noticing that the temperature had returned to normal, he was finally able to let down his heart after a night of worrying.
Chen Qi nodded, “How about something to drink first?”
Ali handed Aze the perilla soup that had been warming by the fire. Aze had estimated that Chen Qi might wake up when it was almost dawn. Aze sat Chen Qi up in his arms and fed him small sips of soup with a wooden spoon. This was how Ka Luo’s dad did it when he was taking care of father, so he simply thought to use this same method now.
Chen Qi’s head was full of black lines. He just had a common cold. Did he really need to be taken care of as if he was a seriously injured patient? However, seeing Aze looking so cautious and gentle, he decided to embarrassedly let him have his way. If Aze fed him a sip, he would take a sip.
Seeing that Chen Qi had woken up, Ake said a few words of greeting to him and went to change shifts with Azhang.
Ali opened up a rice berry, and after the rice berry was boiled, he added minced meat and sprinkled finely chopped wild onion and ginger. Then he served it up and handed it to Aze, who would feed it to Chen Qi, bite by bite, as before.
He hadn’t slept all night, so Ajing’s little head was drooping, little by little. Chen Qi laughed and persuaded, “If you are tired, go back to sleep. I’m fine. You don’t need to stay here.”
Ajing woke up with a start at those words, then shook his head like a rattle. However, it was not long before Ajing felt sleepy and started to nod off again.
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Helplessly, Chen Qi waved to Ajing and asked, “How about we go to sleep together?” Chen Qi had already slept all night and he wasn’t feeling sleepy at all, but Aze wasn’t allowing him to get out of bed, so he could only continue to lie down. It seemed that his illness this time really scared him very much.
Ajing’s eyes brightened. He hurriedly took off his fur boots and climbed onto the heated kang bed. Chen Qi was worried that his cold would spread to him, so he did not dare to let him get too close. He asked Aze to find another fur blanket to cover him. Ajing was slightly disappointed, but he was young, and in the end, he could not resist the drowsiness and soon fell asleep.
Looking at Ajing’s little sleeping face, Chen Qi could not help but reach out his hand to pinch it, until Ajing frowned and raised his little hand subconsciously to swat away the troublesome hand. Chen Qi stopped teasing him and let him have a good sleep.
After his shift ended, Azhang came by again to check in on Chen Qi. After confirming that the other party really was fine, he peacefully went home to sleep. Ali went to replace Ka Luo, who had been taking care of the little female all night. Apart from the sleeping Ajing, there were only Chen Qi and Aze left in the house.
Aze sat on the edge of the bed and wordlessly stared at Chen Qi.
“I’m sorry.” Chen Qi took Aze’s hand, “I’ve made you worry.”
“Are you apologizing because you worried me?” After listening to Chen Qi’s words, Aze immediately raised his eyebrows and stared at Chen Qi, his tone a little sharp.
Uh… Seeing Aze, who suddenly seemed angry, Chen Qi, inexplicably felt a little timid. He recalled his words in his heart a few times, but he couldn’t figure out what he said that could have upset Aze.
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Looking at Chen Qi’s stupefied appearance that showed that he didn’t know where he was wrong, Aze couldn’t help sighing. He looked at Chen Qi seriously and said with the most solemn tone he’d ever used before, “Chen Qi, I don’t want to hear you apologize to me. You never need to apologize to me. But, I really wish for you to pay more attention to your body, and not let yourself get sick easily. I can protect you in case of danger, but if you are sick, I can only watch over you helplessly.”
Towards the latter part of his speech, Aze gently held Chen Qi in his arms to prevent him from seeing that he was about to lose his composure. “If you die, I will surely die with you. You said you would live and grow old with me. You can’t just say words and not keep them.”
If you die, I will surely die with you. Chen Qi turned his head and looked at Aze in shock. Although he knew Aze had deep feelings for him, he had never thought that they would be so deep that he would readily give up his life. He was just an ordinary person. He went to school and went to work in an ordinary way. Like hundreds of millions of ordinary people, if thrown into a sea of people, he would quickly be submerged. The only thing he did that may have been out of the ordinary was coming out to his parents. There were hardly any highlights in Chen Qi’s life. How could a person like him have obtained such a deep love from Aze? And how should he repay his love?
Chen Qi hugged Aze back so tightly that it seemed he wanted to merge his body into his. “Sorry.”
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