A Rough Man and His Beautiful Wife - Chapter 17

Chapter 17: Give Me Your House Key

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

She thought that she had only caught a cold, but she didn’t expect her fever to reach 38.5 degrees. Although Jiang Ju was petite, she was in decent health. It had been a long time since she had been sick. For some reason, this illness came quickly and fiercely. “Give me your house key. Otherwise, if anything happens next time, I’ll have to climb in through the window.”

After Jiang Ju heard him finish speaking, she realized that the window glass had been smashed. Now, there was a breeze outside, and the curtains flapped with the wind. She noticed that the curtains flapped with the wind just now, but she just thought that the window wasn’t closed. She didn’t expect that Du Xi broke the window to get in.

The last time the window was open, he had jumped in directly. This time, the window was closed, so he smashed the window with a punch. Therefore, it didn’t seem to matter if he was given the key or not. “There’s a spare key in the drawer under the television cabinet. Take it.” Jiang Ju had just woken up, so her voice sounded still a little weak.

She looked at the cup on the bedside table and sat up to get it. Du Xi asked, “You want to drink water? This water is cold already, so I’ll get you another cup.” Du Xi took the cup and strode away.

When he returned, not only was he holding a cup of warm water, but he was also holding a bowl of egg and lean meat porridge in his other hand. “You must be hungry after sleeping for so long, right? Get up and eat something.” Patients who needed someone else’s care had no right to decide what they wanted, so Jiang Ju could only do whatever he said.

After she took the cup and took a sip, she hissed and frowned. For some reason, her mouth hurt when it touched the water. Jiang Ju’s eyes were filled with tears and she only dared to move when she felt the pain lessen. Du Xi took the cup and reached out to pinch Jiang Ju’s chin, gesturing for her to open her mouth.

After a careful inspection, he realized that the little girl’s mouth had been scratched. He was a little vexed and thought to himself that he had already been very careful just now, so why did he still hurt her?

He held Jiang Ju’s chin and sized her up for a long time without any intention of letting go. Jiang Ju, who had been forced to raise her chin, was a little tired, so she tapped his hand gently. After being let go, she rubbed her chin and secretly looked up at him.

Although she didn’t know why her mouth was torn, her intuition told her that the culprit was definitely this man in front of her.

Du Xi was surprisingly quiet tonight. After he let go of her, he silently took the bowl out. When he took it back, the bowl had already become warm. He held the bowl and placed a spoonful beside her mouth.

Jiang Ju turned her head and said in embarrassment, “It’s okay, I can eat it myself.” She was already an adult, so how could she have the cheek to let others feed her?

Seeing that she could move freely, Du Xi didn’t force her anymore and handed the bowl to her. “After you recover, you don’t have to go to my place to clean up anymore. You’re so young, so take care of your health.” Du Xi had long noticed that she was weak, but he didn’t expect her to be this weak. She had only cleaned for a few hours, but she was actually so tired that she had a high fever.

If he had known that this would happen, he never would have let her clean his room no matter what.

As Jiang Ju ate the porridge, she carefully sized him up. In the end, she couldn’t bear to see him take all the blame, so she took the initiative to say, “It’s not because I cleaned your room for you. It’s probably because the tap broke last time and I was drenched while the air conditioner was on. In addition, after I shower, I couldn’t be bothered to blow dry my hair these few days, so I might have caught a cold.”

Jiang Ju’s voice was soft, but Du Xi, who had been paying attention to him, could still hear her clearly. When he heard her say that she hadn’t dried her hair in the past few days while showering, which caused her to catch a cold, his expression became even uglier. “You keep the air conditioner on all day long, yet you didn’t dry your hair after showering?”

The thought that it wasn’t a coincidence, but the consequence of her often doing this, made Du Xi even angrier and he couldn’t control his volume when he spoke. Coupled with the fact that he was already quite intimidating, Jiang Ju was so frightened that she didn’t dare to make a sound. Her hands trembled and she almost dropped the bowl she was holding. She looked down and stared blankly at her hand, which was holding the spoon. She didn’t know what to say.

She hadn’t been sick in a long time, so she didn’t pay much attention. Moreover, she didn’t know that she might catch a cold if she didn’t blow dry her hair. If she knew, she wouldn’t have slacked off. Although she knew that Du Xi was concerned about her, she was the one who was suffering because she was sick, but he still reprimanded her so fiercely. Jiang Ju felt even more aggrieved.