CHAPTER XVII

Menstrual period

When Ye Lin returned home, Ling Xiao was sitting on the sofa drinking water.

Ling Xiao is young and not tall, nesting on the sofa in home clothes, looking only a small, fluffy mass from a distance, holding a cup in both hands and drinking water in small sips, looking unexpectedly cute.

Seeing him come back, Ling Xiao raised his face to look at him, bent his eyebrows and smiled at him - although his face was still a little pale, his expression was unexpectedly soft.

Ye Lin turned his head to look at the table, and saw that the food was still restored to its original local place, and half of it had not been touched, so he couldn't help frowning slightly: "You haven't eaten?" ”

"No appetite," Ling Xiao shook his head. Ye Lin's brows furrowed even tighter, and he was about to say something, but when he saw the little girl, he suddenly smiled again and whispered, "So I think it's better to wait for you to come back and eat together." ”

Ye Lin was stunned, and his breathing was sluggish for a moment.

--It's rare for her to lose her usual conceit, and she seems to have a rare tenderness.

She said, "We'll eat together when you come back."

"The medicine is ready." Ye Lin's tone softened almost before he realized it, and while carrying the medicine into the kitchen, he asked her in a loud voice, "How to cook?" ”

Ling Xiao responded, stood up with the cup, slowly moved to the kitchen, looked down at the bags of wrapped Chinese medicine and then at the medicine pot, and said softly: "It's nothing special, just wash the dust with water, then put it all into the medicine pot, fill it with water and boil, you don't have to go in order." ”

Ye Lin responded, and while pouring out the medicinal herbs, he was a little "impatient" and "drove people": "Don't care, go eat." ”

Ling Xiao seemed to be very good at talking today, and he was not angry at all at all at his tone, he let out a low "um", hugged the cup and slowly returned to the dining table and sat down.

Ye Lin put water in the pot, turned on the fire, and cleaned it up, and when he returned to the table, he saw that the little girl was sitting at the table obediently, and the dishes and chopsticks and food in front of her were obviously still untouched.

Seeing him come out of the kitchen, Ling Xiao smiled, and finally picked up the bowl and looked up at him: "Let's eat." ”

Her movements and expression were so natural that Ye Lin originally wanted to speak, but when she opened her mouth at this time, she didn't know what to say, so she could only sit down in silence and pick up the bowl in response.

As soon as he took a bite, he put down the bowl as if he suddenly remembered something: "Wait a minute." ”

Ling Xiao only grabbed a chopstick dish and didn't have time to eat it, and when he heard this, he immediately felt a little puzzled, "Huh? With a sigh, his expression was slightly dazed.

Ye Lin had already stretched out her arms and took her bowl over and stood up: "It's a little cold, I'll go warm it up." ”

"It doesn't matter." Ling Xiao subconsciously shook his head - Ye Lin went out very quickly, and it was only a matter of ten or twenty minutes, although the food was not hot, but the temperature today was not low, and it was not completely cold at this time.

Ye Lin rarely ignored her, and took the food and put it in the microwave oven in turn to heat it up one by one, and then brought it back again. He put down the last dish, pulled out a chair and sat back, and as soon as he raised his eyes, he saw Ling Xiao looking at him in some surprise, coughing slightly uncomfortably, and explaining a little wantfully: "I went to buy medicine just now, and the pharmacy said that you are like this-you can't touch cold things." ”

Ling Xiao was stunned, a flash flashed in her eyes, and there was a rare touch of pink on her face - her face was pale, and the pink became more and more conspicuous.

The little girl, who has always been sharp and straightforward, didn't know what to say at this time, so she could only whisper "thank you" in a sneering voice, and then lowered her head and tried hard to eat.

After all, she is still a little girl, and she is still a little girl from the feudal era, so she is finally more shy than modern people. Ye Lin inexplicably felt that his mood after being depressed for two days seemed to be a lot lighter all of a sudden, and even his appetite seemed to be much better.

After eating, Ye Lin cleaned up the table and washed the dishes - in fact, they have always worked together, Ye Lin cooks and Ling Xiao washes the dishes. It's just that Ling Xiao was just about to get up and clean up today, and was quickly pressed by Ye Lin to sit in place.

Ling Xiao was not hypocritical, and after saying thank you, he sat obediently in place, watching Ye Lin tidy up the table in an orderly manner, wash the dishes and chopsticks, and then turn off the fire and drain the medicine.

The taste of Chinese medicine is really terrifying. Ye Lin just smelled like this, and he already felt that he had been greatly hurt, and he almost held his breath and brought the bowl to Ling Xiao.

Then he saw that the little girl took it as if she hadn't smelled the slightest taste at all—the bowl of medicine was so black that his scalp was a little numb, but Ling Xiao just blew it so calmly, and then raised his head and drank it without changing his face.

It was so refreshing that he was a little stunned to watch.

Until Ling Xiao had finished drinking the medicine and put down the bowl, Ye Lin still couldn't hold back, frowning and asking her with a little entanglement: "Is it bitter?" ”

"It's sour and bitter," Ling Xiao laughed, his expression seemed to be slightly helpless, but after a while, he still smiled and shook his head, "It's not easy to drink medicine." ”

Ye Lin was stunned, as if she had realized something all of a sudden, and after hesitating for a while, she still asked her in a deep voice: "The people in the pharmacy said that you are deficient in qi and blood, and you have become ill from hard work - is it because of the Anshi Rebellion?" ”

Ling Xiao's expression was in a trance for a moment, but the trance was just a flash, and in just a moment, she had already recovered as usual, neither nodding nor denying, just smiled, and the whole person nestled in the chair and lowered her head to take a sip of tea.

Ye Lin knew it at the moment.

Ling Xiao has always been a little conceited, and there are really few times like this. Usually he can't help but slander the little girl for being too domineering and strong, and not as well-behaved and cute as a little girl of this age should have. But at this time, seeing her so quiet and obedient, he had a strong intuition of "she shouldn't be like this", and his chest didn't know why it was slightly stuffy.

Ye Lin was silent for a while, and suddenly said, "You call Song Yu." ”

Maybe it was the discomfort of the menstrual period that made his thinking dull, and Ling Xiao was a little dazed, "Huh?" I couldn't react for a while.

Ye Lin didn't know why he suddenly turned his head slightly and coughed hard, and then he explained in a low voice a little uncomfortably: "I have something to ask her." ”

Ling Xiao answered, but he didn't ask, found out the mobile phone and called Song Yu's phone, and handed it to Ye Lin after it was connected.

Ye Lin glanced at her, and after taking the phone, he actually went back to his room while making a call.

Between them...... It doesn't seem like there's any intersection, right? Ling Xiao blinked a little dazedly, and reached out to rub his lower abdomen, which was still aching.

It didn't take long for Ye Lin to return to the living room. The man gave her the phone back, and at the same time, he quickly put on his coat and took the key to push open the door again:

"I'll go out for a while, I've just boiled water again, you drink more."

He closed the door and went out, and his steps seemed a little hasty for some reason.

Ye Lin went out this time, and he was still going to go back quickly. It was only ten minutes of work, and he had already returned with a big shopping bag.

Ling Xiao didn't have much strength, so he didn't force himself to help carry the bag, just sat on the spot, looked up at him carrying the bag and walked to him, and then took out things from the shopping bag one by one and put them on the coffee table:

"Red dates, brown sugar, ginger...... Tomorrow when I go to work, you will cook and drink it yourself, this candy ...... The supermarket said that it sold the best, and the little girl liked it, so you can drink the medicine and eat it, it's not so bitter. ”

There seemed to be a lot of stuff still bulging in the shopping bag, but his words suddenly stopped.

Ling Xiao had already unwrapped the package of sugar, tasted one with some curiosity, and immediately bent his eyebrows - after all, they were girls, and most of them loved sweets. The little girl seemed to be in a good mood at this time, with rare patience and good temper, waiting for his next thing with her face up.

――I don't know why, I just have a gut feeling that he hasn't finished his words yet.

Ye Lin looked down at her, with a slight hesitation and distress in his expression. After being silent for a while, he actually stuffed the entire shopping bag directly into Ling Xiao's hand, and coughed heavily at the beginning:

"I think you probably need this. I asked Song Yu...... You go back to the room and take a look, there should be an explanation, and if you don't use it, ask Song Yu. ”

As soon as he had finished speaking, he got up and went back to his room—moving so quickly that it was almost as if he were being chased by something, almost on fire.

Ling Xiao was stunned, looked down at the shopping bag in his hand with some curiosity, thought about it but still didn't open it in the living room, rarely obediently held the shopping bag and slowly moved back to his room, and finally lowered his head and felt the contents from the bag.

Packs and packets of small bags, without exception, have the words "sanitary napkins" written on them.

Ling Xiao searched for a while and finally found the "explanation" in Ye Lin's mouth, but it was just a few words and vague words, and Ling Xiao, who had always prided himself on being smart, still seemed to understand.

Ling Xiao thought about it, and finally called Song Yu to ask: "Ah Yu, what is a sanitary napkin?" ”

Song Yu on the other end seemed to be surprised for a moment, but then he couldn't help laughing: "That's what you need to use at this time of month." ”

Song Yu knew that there was something unusual about Ling Xiao, but he never asked much, and this time it was the same. It's just that the girl who has always been gentle couldn't hold back her laughter this time, and patiently taught Ling Xiao the role and usage of sanitary napkins with a smile from beginning to end.

Ling Xiao was a little stunned, listening to the explanation on the other end of the phone in a daze, and subconsciously whispering one by one, but his mind kept recalling the appearance of Ye Lin when he came back with this big bag of things, and his fair face was flushed.