Chapter 38: Enigmatic Aesthetics
The morning sun shines through the light-colored curtains, and the dimly lit room gradually brightens. In the middle of the room was a wooden bed, and the only thing on the huge bed was a loose quilt.
The person who was originally lying on the bed has long since disappeared.
A crisp push on the door sounded in the room, and a pair of feet in pink dinosaur cotton slippers stepped on the solid wood floor. Xia Ke held the door with one hand, and covered her stomach with the other, her face was slightly pale.
She was wearing a pink dinosaur suit, with her long tail dragging on the ground, and she didn't have much energy to care.
"It's so uncomfortable, it's been all night." Xia Ke half-leaned against the door frame, rubbing his stomach gently with both hands. "I must have eaten those snacks yesterday, which were cold and spicy, and I spoiled my stomach. If I had known I wouldn't eat that much, woo. β
Dragged her numb feet back on the bed, the glimmer of light sprinkled on her body, and the whole person became hazy.
"Hmm-" Xia Ke jerked his stomach, and it hurt again. She only slept for a short time after she came back, and then her stomach began to hurt, and she fell asleep and got up to go to the toilet, and within half an hour, it hurt again. It was still not good until now, and she felt that the things she had eaten last night were almost gone.
The alarm clock on the bedside table showed that it was already six or seventeen in the morning, and in a few moments, it would be time for the uncle to get up.
Xia Ke thought that her own state would be known by her uncle, and she felt that her stomach hurt again. The uncle will definitely laugh at her, he said yesterday that she will definitely eat bad stomach if she eats like that, and now it has really come true. Xia Ke lay on his side on the bed with a bitter face, his body slightly arched, and his legs curled up.
When the minute hand reached twenty, Xia Ke really heard the movement from the uncle's room. After living here for a while, she has long figured out everyone's routine.
The earliest person in the whole villa was Ye Ziteng. Once Xia Ke woke up from a nightmare and wanted to go to the living room to pour water to drink, and when he got downstairs, he ran into Ye Ziteng who came back from morning exercise. When she returned to her room, she looked at the alarm clock, and it was only six o'clock. In other words, Ye Ziteng must have gotten up before half past five.
The uncle also got up on time, 6:20, not a minute early, not a minute late. As long as the minute hand points to four, the movement in the uncle's room will sound.
After that, it was Duan Zhen and Luo Li, the two woke up at about half past six, and after waking up, Luo Li would go to morning exercises, while Duan Zhen was doing yoga. The latest person to get up is Xia Ke herself.
Probably the sequelae of Yuanli's awakening, she can't get used to going to bed early and getting up late.
Lying on the bed hard, waiting for her body to recover for a while, she got up and asked her uncle if she had any medicine, but suddenly there was a knock on the door.
Immediately afterwards, the uncle's slightly hoarse voice was heard.
"Xiaoke, are you up?"
The uncle returned to his usual dress in the villa, with a white shirt and floral pants. They only returned to the villa at two o'clock in the morning yesterday, and now he is habitually awake at six o'clock, sleepiness is inevitable, but at his age, he is no longer so sleepy. On the contrary, it was the girl who made him a little worried, and when he was sleeping, he could hear Xia Ke always opening and closing the door.
In the middle of the night, he didn't come to knock on Xia Ke's door, and finally it was dawn, so he hurried over to ask.
"I'm up," Shak stood, propped herself up from the bed and put the dinosaur's hat on her head, covering most of her face. dragged his shoes over and opened the door, and Xia Ke said good morning to his uncle weakly.
Uncle was really taken aback when he saw Xia Ke, yesterday was still a lively little girl, why did she become decadent like this after a night?
"What's wrong with you? Under the weather? I heard your movement last night, did you have a bad stomach? β
Didn't see the expected ridicule, but a strong worry, Xia Ke's bitter face was relieved, and it felt good to be cared for, and he felt very comfortable.
Unwillingly admitting the fact that he had pulled the night, Xia Ke lowered his head and didn't dare to look at his uncle. The uncle had already told her not to eat cold and spicy together, but she still relied on her youth and said it didn't matter. It's okay now, I've been slapped in the face.
"Why don't you say it all night?" The uncle looked a little angry, "Are you not afraid that you will collapse and fall into a coma?" β
Xia Ke didn't speak, and her stomach began to hurt again. His hands grabbed his clothes, his brows furrowed, and he secretly gritted his teeth. The uncle, who was about to complain, found that the little girl who usually likes to talk was silent, and looked down, good guy, the little girl's face was even whiter.
The uncle turned around and half-squatted in front of Xia Ke, "Hurry up and climb up, I'll take you to the hospital." Xia Ke was stunned, and even ignored his stomachache. She thought that her uncle would definitely scold her, but the uncle said that he would take her to the hospital.
"Actually, it's not that serious, I'll just drink some hot water......"
"Hot water is not fairy water, and it can't cure all diseases! Don't be sluggish, I won't care about you when my stomach hurts again. The uncle's voice suddenly rose, and Xia Ke stuck out his tongue, "Then I'll go up." β
"Yes," the uncle paused again.
Xia Ke slowly lay on the uncle's back, and the uncle supported Xia Ke's legs, and with a hard support, Xia Ke went up steadily. Holding the uncle's shoulders with two hands, Xia Ke didn't dare to move.
In the past twenty years, even her own father has not carried her like this.
She rarely gets sick, and at most she has a cold and fever on weekdays, so it's good to drink some hot water and rest as she said. It has never happened that someone had to carry someone to the hospital on their backs, as it is now.
All the way downstairs and turned into the garage, the uncle stuffed Xia Ke into the car, fastened the seat belt in Xia Ke's position, and went back by himself. "I'll go get something, you do it first."
Xia Ke nodded in response, looking at the seat belt on his body, Xia Ke's eyes suddenly became wet. The uncle, dressed in slippers, trotted out of her sight.
In fact, the uncle doesn't need to be so nice to her, he doesn't need to take her to the night market, he doesn't need to take her to the hospital, they are just more familiar than strangers.
But the uncle is no different from Duan Zhen Luoli to her, and even because she is younger, he takes more care of her.
But in the blink of an eye, the uncle had already returned and sat in the driver's seat. He put an overcoat over Xia Ke's body, "It's only the beginning of May, and it's still very cold in the morning. If you have an upset stomach, you can't get cold. While speaking, the uncle took out a familiar thermos cup from a big bag he was carrying, and stuffed the quilt into Xia Ke's hand, "You take it, it's hot water, I soaked two pieces of ginger, and it can be more comfortable to drink." β
After saying this, the uncle naturally started the car and turned on the air conditioner in the car.
Xia Ke silently watched the uncle finish all this, and it wasn't until the car drove onto the road that she reacted and unscrewed the lid of the cup. A strong smell of ginger came to her face, and the ginger smell that she had always disliked became warm at this moment. Looking down at the quilt, a few slices of ginger were cut very thinly, floating in the water as if they were transparent.
Taking a sip of ginger tea, Xia Ke looked ahead, "Thank you." β
The uncle glanced at Xia Ke and saw that she was looking ahead, and turned his head again.
"No, actually, ......" the uncle's thumb tapped lightly on the steering wheel, "I don't know how to take care of children, I have always been alone ......" Speaking of his own can't take care of people, the uncle's face was a little unnatural. In his opinion, Xia Ke will get sick, but he, the elder, has not taken care of it.
It was also the first time he had encountered a girl like Xia Ke, Ye Ziteng and Duan Zhen would never let him worry about it, even if they were released to a desert island, they would survive. Luo Li is more introverted, he doesn't like to trouble others, and his self-restraint is also very strong, so his uncle naturally can't care about anything. But it's Xia Ke, he can't control himself, even he can't control her.
Xia Ke didn't know what the uncle was thinking now, but when he heard the uncle say that he wouldn't take care of the children, Xia Ke's gaze stiffened for a moment when he looked straight ahead. Sure enough, she was so naΓ―ve that everyone treated her like a child.
"It's already fine, it's because I'm disobedient, that's why I'm sick."
"Yes, I said yesterday that you would eat bad stomach like that, and you told me you wouldn't, but now you know it's wrong, right? Let me tell you, there is nothing young in this stomach, and if it is uncomfortable, it will torture you and you will not feel comfortable. When I come back, I'll buy some Chinese medicine and make soup for you. β
"I won't next time." Xia Ke drank two sips of ginger tea in a row, feeling the warm liquid flowing into his stomach and warming his whole body.
The uncle snorted lightly, "But there is no next time, in the future, you can eat at home honestly." β
Xia Ke smiled wryly, but he didn't rush to refute. She wasn't so enthusiastic about going to the night market, but yesterday was already too enjoyable, and the freshness had passed. She knows what kind of character she is, she is a person who is too lazy to die, she can lie down and never sit, she can stay at home and never go out. If you want her to stay up late and go shopping again, she really doesn't want to.
"By the way, I took out your phone or something, I guess you have to hang water in the hospital today, and even got the charger for you."
Xia Ke was stunned, the uncle is definitely a good man in the new era, and he thinks so thoughtfully.
Moving his body and finding that his stomach was not as painful as before, Xia Ke reached for the bag containing his mobile phone. I have to say that the uncle's aesthetics are not something that a layman like her can understand.
The bag on the back seat is simply the style of the 70s of the last century, and it is still the kind of hard and heavy material, which is very rough to the touch. A yellow-colored bag, and a mysteriously varied variety of beach pants.
Xia Ke said that she did not quite understand this beauty.