After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 217 Pei Yuan Takes Care of Su Xiaoxiao

That's it, he saw it all.

Su Xiaoxiao was changing her clothes in the bathroom while thinking.

At this moment, Pei Yuan, who was standing at the door, had a burst of hot steam coming out of the bathroom when the door was opened, but Pei Yuan's eyesight was excellent, with 5.0 vision in each eye.

At this moment, Pei Yuan's head began to throb, and he started to blush and feel hot. He then rushed outside and ran around Su Xiaoxiao's big house five times before the blush on his face finally subsided.

All I could see was Su Xiaoxiao's exposed shoulders, all white and bare. Oh no, how were we going to sleep together tonight?
After washing herself clean and getting dressed, Su Xiaoxiao followed Su Xiuer in a horse-drawn carriage to the jam specialty store in town.

Before she left, she had to explain everything about the shop, mainly to Mrs. Sun.

Su Xiaoxiao had been busy at the shop all day, and when she returned home at nearly 10 p.m., she saw the dinner that Liu Qiaomei had prepared for her in the kitchen.

After finishing her dinner, Su Xiaoxiao took another shower, returned to her room, tidied up her clothes, and, by the moonlight, saw the two beds placed side by side in the room.

Su Xiaoxiao felt a headache coming on. She didn't know if she was just too busy today or if she really had a fever from being doused with a basin of water by Grandma Liu this morning.

Su Xiaoxiao's head felt so heavy that she barely ate any dinner.

She thought she must have caught it; she was probably going to catch a cold.

Thinking that she would be going to the capital with Qian Musheng tomorrow, Su Xiaoxiao began to get anxious, curling herself up into a ball, as if the quilt she was wearing wasn't enough.

When Pei Yuan returned from outside, he found Su Xiaoxiao lying alone on the bed, her body curled up in a small ball, her eyes tightly closed, and her brows furrowed.

Pei Yuan quickly closed the window, turned around and went to Su Xiaoxiao's side, touching her head and saying, "Are you alright? Why are you so hot?"

Su Xiaoxiao felt Pei Yuan's cold fingertips brush across her forehead. She heard Pei Yuan seemingly talking to her, but he only hummed slightly and wasn't fully awake.

Pei Yuan gently tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear, only to find that Su Xiaoxiao's face was very red, excessively red, and she might have caught a cold.

Pei Yuan thought for a moment, then quickly put the back of his hand on Su Xiaoxiao's forehead, and then touched his own forehead to check. Sure enough, Su Xiaoxiao really did have a fever.

Pei Yuan panicked, "Xiaoxiao, Xiaoxiao, wake up..."

Pei Yuan didn't know what to do, so he quickly put on his shoes and rushed outside to call Liu Qiaomei and Su Xiuer from home.

"what happened?"

The two of them had just fallen asleep when, unexpectedly, Su Xiaoxiao suddenly fell ill.

"Your Sister Su is sick. Quickly prepare the carriage for me. I need to go to Ci'an Hall in town to find a doctor."

Su Xiuer was in a hurry and wanted to go out to prepare the carriage, but Liu Qiaomei stopped her.

"Wait a moment while I take a look. If Sister Su's illness isn't serious, I can treat it. There's no need to see a doctor."

Liu Qiaomei stopped the two people; she remained quite calm.

As the saying goes, "experience is the best teacher," and it is true. Liu Qiaomei's father was frequently ill, both seriously and in minor ways. They didn't have enough money to see a doctor, so Liu Qiaomei taught herself some medical knowledge. Whether it was folk remedies or other methods, as long as he recovered in the end, everything was fine.

Pei Yuan led them back to the room, and the group of people came over with lamps and gathered around Su Xiaoxiao's bed.

"It's alright, Sister Su just caught a cold, I can cure her."

Pei Yuan looked at Liu Qiaomei with disbelief. "She must have caught a cold. Su Xiuer, go and make some ginger soup."

Su Xiuer looked at Liu Qiaomei with disbelief. Although she was unwilling, Pei Yuan meant it, so she had no choice but to agree and went out to cook ginger soup.

“Sister Su is a little feverish right now, we need to cool her down.” “Young Master Pei, could you please get me a clean towel? It would be best to rinse it with cool water from the well.”

Pei Yuan suddenly remembered that Su Xiaoxiao's family had an ice cellar. "I'll go get some ice!"

"That would be even better."

"Bring me some more liquor when you come back, the strong kind."

Liu Qiaomei seemed quite experienced. Pei Yuan jogged out to find Su Xiaoxiao and explain these things to him.

Fortunately, both Da Bao and Xiao Bao were asleep, otherwise the two kids would have been even more anxious and would have caused more trouble.

Only Su Xiaoxiao and Liu Qiaomei remained in the room. Liu Qiaomei looked at Su Xiaoxiao's face with heartache and said softly, "Sister Xiaoxiao, you can't get sick. Get well soon!"

Pei Yuan quickly brought over an ice towel and some white wine. Liu Qiaomei first placed the ice towel on Su Xiaoxiao's head, then used clean cotton wool soaked in white wine to wipe Su Xiaoxiao's body.

When wiping your body, you should naturally push your clothes up to wipe them, not just wipe the parts that are exposed outside your pajamas.

Although men and women are different, we can't worry about that now.

Startled, Pei Yuan quickly looked away and awkwardly backed away.

Although he usually seems a bit frivolous, he became embarrassed at this moment.

Liu Qiaomei noticed this and said to Pei Yuan, "Go and check on how Su Xiuer's ginger soup is coming along."

This was a good opportunity to send Pei Yuan away, but Pei Yuan still seemed reluctant to leave, saying worriedly, "Can you take good care of her? Maybe I should stay!"

"No need, I think Xiaoxiao should be fine."

After the towel was placed on Su Xiaoxiao's head, Su Xiaoxiao's brows were no longer as furrowed as before, and her body gradually relaxed.

Liu Qiaomei used cotton balls to wipe Su Xiaoxiao's body, wiping every inch of her skin little by little. Su Xiaoxiao's body was noticeably less hot than before.

After wiping his body, Pei Yuan returned with the ginger soup.

He changed Su Xiaoxiao's towel again; the previous towel was so hot it was almost burning her forehead.

"This is ginger soup, it's still a bit hot. After it cools down, have Sister Su drink it, then let her take a nap, she'll be better tomorrow."

Liu Qiaomei handed the ginger soup to Pei Yuan and pulled Su Xiuer, who was staring blankly to the side.

The two tactfully left Su Xiaoxiao's room, closing the door behind them.

Only Pei Yuan and Su Xiaoxiao remained in the room. Pei Yuan touched the ginger soup bowl in his hand; it was still a little hot. He put it to his lips to test the temperature.

He walked over to Su Xiaoxiao and tried calling her name.

"Xiaoxiao, get up and drink ginger soup."

Su Xiaoxiao did not react.

"Xiaoxiao, get up and drink it while it's hot. It'll get cold soon."

Before Su Xiaoxiao could move, Pei Yuan quickly put down his bowl, walked briskly to Su Xiaoxiao, and placed a hand under her nose.

"Xiaoxiao..."

(End of this chapter)