Chapter 53: Chapter 53: The Female Lead Asks for Medicine (4)_1 Chapter 53: Chapter 53: The Female Lead Asks for Medicine (4)_1 However, the Ruanlin Family was diligent, always airing out the home inside and out, so there was never such an odor.
When Ruan Jiaojiao was led into the room by the Ruanlin Family, she almost choked, unable to believe that a corner could grow black mushrooms and a room lined with crawling milipedes was fit for human habitation.
Watching those crawling creatures, like centipedes, Ruan Jiaojiao shuddered and collapsed into the Ruanlin Family’s arms.
“Granny!” she really feared those multi-legged insects, thinking that if she had to touch one, she might die!
The Ruanlin Family knew Jiaojiao feared these insects and comforted her quickly, holding her up and gently stroking her back. Everywhere Jiaojiao looked, there seemed to be insects, so she simply buried her head in the Ruanlin Family’s neck to keep them out of sight and out of mind.
The Ruanlin Family entered through the main house and found the way to Wa Yiting’s room.
Well… perhaps it’s not quite right to call it a room, it was more of a storeroom.
There was all sorts of things in the storeroom; Wa Yiting’s bed was placed in the center—oh, that bed was made from a door panel, with only a thin, blackened straw mat laid on top.
Wa Yiting was no longer as uncomfortably feverish as the night before, but she was still feverish, her lips pale and face flushed as she lay in bed. Hearing footsteps, she weakly opened her eyes, and it was unclear if she could see who it was, but she plaintively cried out, “Auntie, I’m hungry, I’m thirsty…”
“This is truly pitiable,” the Ruanlin Family said with a furrowed brow as she looked at Wa Yiting’s condition.
Setting Jiaojiao down on the floor, the Ruanlin Family stepped forward to feel Wa Yiting’s forehead and found her fever had not subsided. Seeing that no one from the Wa Family was around, she cursed under her breath and instructed Jiaojiao not to wander off while she went to the kitchen to look for hot water.
Without a thermos, the Wa Family naturally had no hot water, so the Ruanlin Family had to boil some.
Ruan Jiaojiao stood by the bed and watched Wa Yiting with a complex expression.
To be fair, at the start of this novel, she neither liked the original Ruan Jiaojiao nor the heroine Wa Yiting; it was only after spending a longer time with the Ruan Family that her feelings began to change.
Even though the original Ruan Jiaojiao was spoiled and did some bad things, the Ruan Family was kind, so when all the male leads and supporting characters associated with the Ruan Family died, it was only natural for her to develop negative feelings towards the heroine, Wa Yiting.
She thought Yiting was too crafty for her age.
However, she had never considered the environment Wa Yiting was living in.
Orphaned with no caring relatives, Yiting couldn’t even solve her basic needs for food and warmth. Perhaps having a bit of cunning to ensure she was fed and well wasn’t so unforgivable.
Just like in her previous life, when she was starving, didn’t she also steal meat from a wolf to eat?
Thinking , Ruan Jiaojiao felt her previous actions were somewhat excessive. After pondering for a moment, she dug out the chicken egg the Ruanlin Family had cooked for her as breakfast and stuffed it into Wa Yiting’s hand.
“Jiaojiao, you can’t eat chicken eggs when you have a fever,” the Ruanlin Family said with resignation, holding a cup of hot water and seeing Jiaojiao handing the egg to Wa Yiting.
The Ruanlin Family took the egg back and patted Jiaojiao’s little head, saying, “You eat it.” She paused for a moment and added, “Granny will cook some sweet potato porridge for her later, she won’t go hungry.”
“Okay,” Jiaojiao nodded, watching the Ruanlin Family give Wa Yiting water and medicine.