The door to the courtyard was simply bolted from the inside and could be opened directly from the outside. Meng Fansen entered the inner courtyard without much effort.
Although it was raining heavily, I could still feel that the house was quiet and there was no movement at all.
At this time, it's time to prepare dinner. Is that woman not at home?
"Dang Dang Dang."
Meng Fansen knocked on the door. It was not convenient for him to enter directly through this door.
Just when he thought there was no one at home and was about to turn around, the door in front of him was suddenly pushed open.
Zhang Xueqing appeared in front of him tremblingly with a blanket wrapped around her body and bare feet.
It looks like it is weak and will fly away if it blows.
"What's wrong with you?"
We haven't seen each other for only three days, and this woman has turned herself into this horrible state.
The woman turned around, put on her shoes at the door, and said feebly, "It's too cold, all the joints hurt, and the air conditioner is broken."
Zhang Xueqing spent the past three days in bed.
The first day was fine. The air conditioner kept the room warm and my body didn't suffer so much.
After the air conditioner broke down, I felt cold everywhere I touched. I drank some hot water to keep warm. I kept going to the toilet. It was difficult to hold back the heat. After I went to the toilet, I was back to before liberation.
"Isn't there firewood? Why don't you burn the kang?"
The main heating equipment in rural areas, the large fire kang, is very hot and will not freeze like this.
Living alone in such a big house, there is no fire to cook, and there is no heat at all in the house. Let alone a woman, he, a man, feels cold at this moment.
"The firewood is all outside, it's all wet, and the one underneath... I can't pull it out."
Zhang Xueqing looked aggrieved, she was really unlucky.
After bringing people into the house, I just wanted to get some hot water to drink. I was out of bed anyway, so I could stay warm for a while.
He didn't take two steps with his slippers on when he tripped over the uneven tiles on the ground. He was about to come into close contact with the ground, and he couldn't help but let out a scream.
"ah!"
For a moment, she felt a strong arm on her waist and abdomen, pulling her whole body back, and finally she leaned into a warm embrace.
"Are you okay?"
Meng Fansen asked nervously. Fortunately, he reacted quickly, otherwise the woman would have fallen apart with such a fall.
"No, it's okay, I... my toes hurt."
Zhang Xueqing lowered her head and looked at her feet. Her shoes were blocked, and her toes had no time to brake and directly touched the ground. They turned red visibly to the naked eye.
Apparently, the man behind him also saw it.
He leaned forward and hugged the person directly.
It's not a princess hug, but like when you hold a child to play, let the child sit in your arms, one arm around her waist, one arm at the crook of her knees, and her back against his chest.
"Put me down and I can walk by myself."
The man said nothing and carried her to the sofa in the living room.
The long skirt is slightly lifted, and the two shining calves are shining white. The smell of milk lingers on the tip of the nose.
If you're afraid of the cold, wear more clothes.
Meng Fansen looked away, found a small quilt at the other end of the sofa, and covered her legs.
"What were you going to do?"
"Huh? Oh, I want to get some hot water to drink."
After receiving the instruction, the man stood up and went directly to the kitchen. After a while, he came back with a water glass filled with warm water.
It is really convenient to have a thermostatic kettle at home.
Zhang Xueqing took it and sucked it in small sips.
Not thirsty, just to keep warm.
Seeing her look like this, Meng Fansen couldn't help but frowned.
At this time, Zhang Xueqing was staring straight at the man's chest.
How could it be so warm? It was like a big natural heater, which made her reluctant to leave.
These past few days were almost killing her. It was raining outside and the room was as cold as an ice cellar.
What she fears most about this disease is the cold. Not only does her joints hurt, but what's more terrible is the stiffness. She cannot bend as a whole and her reaction is very slow. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to stumble over a slightly raised floor tile.
I still want a hug.
Maybe it's because not only my body has been frozen in the past few days, but my brain has also been frozen, and my mouth reacts badly.
"Can you hug me?"
As soon as the words came out, Zhang Xueqing and Meng Fansen were stunned at the same time.
It's going to kill her, what's going on in her mind, does she really think of herself as a child? The man in his thirties suddenly turned red with embarrassment.
"No...no...I didn't mean it like that, I was just too cold."
Zhang Xueqing lowered her head resignedly, wanting to find a crack in the ground and crawl in.
There was a rustling sound, and before Zhang Xueqing could react, her back was pressed into a warm embrace.
The man wrapped her completely from behind, and her chest was still so hot that her heart beat faster even though there was a layer of blankets between them. Her stiff body didn't know how to react, and the atmosphere instantly became awkward.
"Relax."
Sensing the woman's stiffness, Meng Fansen directly reminded her.
She wants to relax. Your stoic look makes her seem to have complicated thoughts. She is in her late 30s and this is the first time she has been surrounded by a man like this. Can she relax?
He smiled awkwardly and said nothing.
Perhaps feeling that his words were inappropriate, Meng Fansen changed the subject and said, "I brought you some red sausage and meat. It has been raining for too long. Are you not prepared?"
Not only was she unprepared, she hardly ate much in the past three days. She only had snacks to deal with. She missed her courier brother very much.
He nodded slightly.
The atmosphere became stagnant again.
"Um...what's going on with your body?"
Meng Fansen thought of the scene when she opened the door, and how she fell down just after reaching the ground, and couldn't help but want to know more about her situation.
Of course, it's really awkward for two people to hug each other and not speak.
When mentioning her physical condition, Zhang Xueqing also became interested and started chatting to lighten the atmosphere.
"I have a disease called immortal cancer, rheumatoid. You should have heard of this disease."
The man nodded slightly behind him, and after realizing that the woman in front couldn't see him, he let out a muffled hum.
He had actually seen someone suffer from this disease before.
But when he saw it, most of those people couldn't stand up straight or get out of bed, their fingers were stiff, and their arms and legs couldn't bend back.
Most of them were elderly people, especially women, but this was the first time he had heard of someone at her age suffering from such a disease.
Just as he was about to ask, the woman in front of him continued,
"Don't ask me why I got such a disease at such a young age, I don't know."
The man touched his nose awkwardly.
"The hospital has not clarified the specific cause of this disease. It is said that it is caused by a problem with the autoimmune system, or it may be caused by environmental factors. Anyway, there are all kinds of things. In one sentence, there is no cure."
