Five years after my wife's death, she came back!

The sky was clear outside, and the weather was gradually getting warmer. Shang Chenyan only put a thin coat on her before picking her up and carrying her outside.

Hearing Shi Ying's words, the man slapped her bottom: "Are you delirious from the fever? Talking nonsense again."

Shi Ying let out a soft moan and rubbed her burning cheek against his neck: "Don't spank me."

"If you keep talking nonsense, I'll pin you down on my lap and beat you."

Shang Chenyan quickly arrived downstairs, where the driver was already waiting outside the lobby. The two got into the car and sped towards the hospital.

Shi Ying sneezed twice, then leaned weakly on his shoulder, looking at the scenery rushing past the window. Unlike the high-rise buildings of Jiangcheng, this place was mostly filled with bungalows, with rolling green hills in the distance.

"Shang Chenyan, what time is it?"

Shi Ying only remembered waking up once in a daze, wanting to check her phone but lacking the strength and too lazy to move, so she fell asleep again.

When she woke up again, Shang Chenyan had returned.

"Three o'clock in the afternoon." Shang Chenyan touched her forehead. "You didn't even call me when you weren't feeling well. How can I leave you alone?"

Shi Ying pouted, looking aggrieved: "I don't need to be alone, because you're always by my side."

She felt that her self-care ability had declined sharply since she got together with Shang Chenyan.

When Mingming was young, her father passed away and her mother remarried. She often lived alone. When she was sick, she would take her temperature and buy medicine, but she still insisted on going to school and doing her homework.

But now, she feels a little unwell and doesn't want to move, because subconsciously she knows that Shang Chenyan will be back soon and he will take her to see a doctor.

Shi Ying hugged his waist, her voice tinged with coquettishness: "Shang Chenyan, it's all your fault."

"Is it my fault?" Shang Chenyan thought she was blaming him for keeping her up too late last night, and for not being careful after she got caught in the rain, which caused her to catch a cold.

Thinking about it that way, his tone softened: "Yes, it's my fault, I didn't take good care of you."

Perhaps because she was ill, Shi Ying's peculiar temper flared up, and she said domineeringly, "Does saying I blame you mean you're blaming me? Why are you so indecisive?"

Shang Chenyan: "..."

He doesn't argue with patients.

The roads in the county town are narrow, and motorcycles occasionally dart out from the alleys, making the whole street quite chaotic, and cars drive very slowly.

Shi Ying lay listlessly in his arms, reaching out to touch his abs under his shirt: "So hard."

Shang Chenyan quickly covered her mouth; he could tell she was truly delirious from the fever.

The driver in front silently closed his ears.

Shi Ying mumbled and pulled his hand away, saying, "I said your abs are so hard, let me touch them again, my hands are so cold."

As she spoke, she slipped her icy little hands under the hem of his shirt and pressed them against his warm, hard abdomen, mischievously scratching them gently with her fingers.

Shang Chenyan took a deep breath and grabbed her mischievous wrist.

"How much longer until we arrive?" the driver asked.

"Mr. Shang, it's just around the corner, only a few hundred meters away, but it's a market area, so it might get congested."

"parking."

Shang Chenyan straightened his shirt, opened the car door, and tried to lift Shi Ying out: "Get out, I'll take you directly there."

Shi Ying grabbed the car door and refused, saying, "I don't want you to hug me, there are so many people here."

Shang Chenyan's heart pounded. He pinched the girl's flushed cheek hard: "So you're going to run there by yourself?"

Shi Ying thought for a moment and then ordered him, "Squat down and carry me over."

Shang Chenyan looked at her for a few seconds, then resignedly squatted down in front of her. Shi Ying happily rushed over, hugged his neck, and buried her face in his shoulder and neck, deceiving herself: "That way they won't be able to see me."

Shang Chenyan stood up, bypassed the congested street, and walked towards the hospital.

His steps were quick yet steady as he navigated through narrow alleys and crowded streets, completely shutting out the noise behind him.

Shi Ying leaned on his shoulder, enveloped by the woody, sandalwood scent emanating from him, which made her feel incredibly at ease.

hospital.

The county hospital wasn't big, but it was always busy. There were no empty beds in the wards, so Shi Ying could only sit on a chair in the aisle to receive an IV drip.

Shang Chenyan was worried that she would be uncomfortable sitting, so he wanted to use his wealth to book a private room for her, but Shi Ying refused: "You can go back after you finish these two bottles of medicine, don't bother."

But the chair was very hard, so Shang Chenyan called and had a cushion and blanket delivered so that she could sit more comfortably.

Shi Ying was indeed quite comfortable. With soft cushions behind her, she rested her head on Shang Chenyan's shoulder and took a nap. When she woke up, the IV drips above her head were almost finished.

Shang Chenyan took a wet wipe and wiped her face: "Are you feeling better?"

Shi Ying nodded; a good night's sleep had indeed made her feel much more refreshed.

"Niannian called you just now." Shang Chenyan handed her her phone. "I told her you were resting, and she hung up."

Shi Ying took the phone and made a video call back.

Within seconds, the call connected, and Shang Nian's clear voice came through the screen:

"Mother!"

Her small head was squeezed in front of the screen, and Shi Ying could tell through the background that she was probably in her living room at home.

"Niannian, do you miss your mom?"

Shang Nian nodded quickly: "Yes, I miss Mom so much. When is Mom coming back?"

Shi Ying glanced at Shang Chenyan and said, "Three days later."

"Mommy and Daddy will be back in three days. Niannian, be a good girl at home and listen to Uncle Pei. Mommy will bring you a little gift when she comes back, okay?"

Shang Nian hummed in agreement: "Niannian is very obedient."

Shi Ying smiled: "Our Niannian is so well-behaved."

At this moment, Pei Yanchuan's head squeezed in from the corner of the screen: "You two darlings, hurry up and come back. I really can't stand this little darling at home anymore."

What sins did he commit? He's been single for ages, yet he lives like a stay-at-home dad.

Shi Ying couldn't help but laugh when she saw paint all over his face: "Niannian, be good and don't bother Uncle Pei."

Shang Nian sat on the floor fiddling with her paints and retorted, "Mom, I was very obedient. I didn't bother Uncle Pei."

As she spoke, she suddenly paused. Perhaps because she frequently visited hospitals, Shang Nian had a strange familiarity with them. She asked, "Mom, are you sick?"

Shi Ying smiled and said, "Mom has a cold, so Niannian, you need to take care of yourself at home. You're not allowed to go out to play when it rains, okay?"

"Okay!" Shang Nian instructed her like a little adult, "Mom, when you're sick, you need to drink more hot water and sleep more. You also need to get an IV drip and take medicine. Don't be afraid of the bitterness or pain."

Shi Ying was amused by her: "Mom knows, how come our Niannian is so sensible?"

Shang Nian covered her face, feeling a little embarrassed.

After the IV drip was finished, Shang Chenyan called the nurse to remove the needle and hung up the phone for her, saying, "You've been talking for so long, aren't you tired?"

Shi Ying smiled and grabbed his arm: "Shang Chenyan, when I'm not around, do you and Niannian still fight like this every day?"

"With you gone, whose attention are we vying for, whose jealousy are we getting?"

Shang Chenyan led her downstairs. When Shi Ying wasn't around, he and Shang Nian were kindred spirits, but now, that brat was always trying to trick him.

When they got to the first floor, Shang Chenyan still had to go get her medicine, but Shi Ying disliked the strong smell of disinfectant in the hospital, so she sat on the flower bed outside the gate and waited.