the seventh bride

Chapter 102 Illness
Nangong Chen washed his hands and walked back to Bai Muqing while wiping the drops of water with a paper towel. He could feel that Bai Muqing was uncomfortable, so he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Don't you like western food?"

"It's just that I don't like such exaggerated eating." Bai Muqing said.

"Didn't your Second Young Master Lin bring you here?"

Bai Muqing didn't understand why he suddenly mentioned Lin Annan, she shook her head.

In fact, Lin Annan brought her here before, and because it was the first time she made a fool of herself, she even spilled red wine all over the table.And that time, although embarrassed, was also full of happiness.Because Lin Annan not only did not dislike her ashamed, but also explained to the waiter for her with a smile.

If it wasn't for the failure last time, she wouldn't be afraid of this kind of place today.

She shook her head because she didn't want to have any unpleasantness with Nangong Chen because of this kind of thing at this time.

"Since you don't like it, let's change." Nan Gongchen picked up her coat from the back of the chair and put it on her body.

Bai Muqing was forced to stand up from the chair, looked at him and said, "But isn't this place already fixed?"

"Reservations can be refunded."

"Then where are we going to eat?" Bai Muqing followed his pace and walked towards the door of the private room.

"Go..." Nangong Chen thought for a while, then turned to stare at her: "How about going to eat hot pot?"

"Ah?" Bai Muqing thought she had heard wrong.

He still wants to eat hot pot?Not like something he would do.

She remembered that when Sister He explained Nan Gongchen's condition to her, besides not drinking or smoking, she also couldn't eat too many high-calorie foods, and hot pot not only got angry but also became very hot.

The main reason why he didn't stick to hot pot since he was a child was because of his inappropriate status.

"Don't want to go?" Nangong Chen thought for a while: "That's right, you just ate yesterday."

"No, I was thinking that you shouldn't eat such hot food." Bai Muqing said.

She is not afraid, because her body has been very good since she was a child. She can eat hot and cold, and neither ups nor downs can bother her.And hot pot is something that everyone loves to eat, she loves it even for three days.

"You, a pregnant woman, can eat it, why can't I?" Nan Gongchen raised his eyebrows disapprovingly.

"I'm in better health than you, and... aren't you afraid that grandma will beat you if she finds out?"

"How old am I? Are you afraid of being beaten by grandma? Besides..." Nan Gongchen glanced at her: "Didn't you go there last night without telling her, at worst, I will also keep it from you."

Looking at him, Bai Muqing suddenly remembered the scene when he kissed her last night. He said that he wanted to taste what hot pot tasted like.After living for nearly 30 years, he still doesn't know what hot pot tastes like. It's really sad to think about it.

If he really wants to try so much, go with him once.

The elevator arrived, and the two stepped into the elevator together.

The western restaurant is on the eighth floor. When the elevator passed by the seventh floor, many people crowded in. Bai Muqing was worried that she would be pushed down like last time, so she unconsciously squeezed towards the corner of the elevator.

Immediately, her small body was taken into the arms of someone, she froze for a moment, then turned her head and glanced at Nangong Chen.And he didn't feel anything, instead he acted like he was used to it.

When the elevator stopped on the first floor, Nan Gongchen even used his other hand to protect her from going out. Obviously, he was more worried than she was about what happened last time.

After the two returned to Nangongchen's car together, Nangongchen turned his head and asked, "You have more experience in hotpot than I do, where do you want to eat it?"

Bai Muqing thought for a while: "Why don't we go to the one we ate yesterday, there is a refreshing pot bottom, and the taste is very good."

A rare smile appeared on her face.

Nangong Chen looked at her, and couldn't remember how long it had been since he saw the smile marks on her face. Since a high-end candlelight dinner is not as good as a table of ordinary hot pot?

Bai Muqing ate with Yao Mei and Yuan Gui yesterday, the place is next to the Cultural Palace.Although the storefront is not high-end, the decoration is exquisite and distinctive, and it looks hygienic.

Nangong Chen parked the car in the parking space at the entrance of the store, and as soon as he and Bai Muqing walked into the store, Shen Ke and Pu Lianyao arrived soon after.

Just as Shen Ke was about to drive the car into the parking space, the sharp-eyed Pu Lianyao immediately patted his arm: "Wait a minute."

"What's wrong?" Shen braked the car to the side of the road.

Pu Lianyao pointed at the black jazz at the door of the hot pot restaurant with her chin: "Isn't that my cousin's car?"

"Yes, why is my cousin here?" Shen Ke looked at the black jazz with her, with a look of surprise on his face: "This is a hot pot restaurant, my cousin never eats it, it's so strange."

"Why doesn't he eat hot pot?"

"The doctor said he can't eat high-calorie foods." Shen Ke stretched his neck to look at the store, and laughed: "Alright, we can share a table with him for a meal."

"I guess my cousin will come to this kind of place, he must be with my cousin sister-in-law? Are you ashamed to be a light bulb?"

"What's the point of embarrassment, aren't they making our light bulbs too?"

"No, I'm afraid of my cousin coughing. I don't feel comfortable eating a light bulb like him." Pu Lianyao put his arms around his arm: "Shall we go to another one? Let's eat by ourselves."

"Fine, as you like." Shen Ke smiled and touched the top of her hair with his hand: "You have pushed the time of eating hot pot until today according to me, how dare I not follow you and change to another one?"

"I just like your understanding and courteous look." Pu Lianyao leaned her small face on his arm, smiling happily.

Shen Ke bowed his head lovingly and kissed the top of her hair, then turned the car around and left this place.

******
Nangong Chen looked at the menu, and finally gave up the right to order to Bai Muqing. Bai Muqing decided to order a set meal for two without thinking too much.

"Excuse me, do you need any more drinks or beer?" The waiter asked politely.

"Two glasses of juice will be fine." Nangong Chen said.

"It's better to have a glass of fruit juice, or a Wanglaoji." Bai Muqing corrected, and then added: "One more mutton pie."

"Okay, please wait a moment." The waiter stepped back.

Soon, the waiter brought a glass of juice and Wanglaoji, Bai Muqing pushed Wanglaoji in front of Nangong Chen, Nangongchen immediately refused: "I don't like to drink this kind of thing."

"This is herbal tea, the best match for hot pot." Bai Muqing pushed the herbal tea to him forcefully: "It can reduce the fire."

"Then why don't you drink?"

"..." Bai Muqing was speechless, could she admit that she really didn't like the taste of this herbal tea?

However, Nangong Chen did not insist, and finally accepted the herbal tea.

Soon, the things Bai Muqing had ordered were delivered one after another, she pushed the mutton pie on the plate to Nangong Chen and said: "The lamb pie is the specialty here, it's delicious, try it. "

Nangong Chen looked at the mediocre pie, and put a small piece into his mouth. The taste was indeed not inferior to those in star-rated hotels.

"Is it delicious?" Bai Muqing asked expectantly.

"It's not bad, you can eat too." Nan Gongchen nodded and put a piece on her plate.

Ever since they found out that Bai Muqing was pregnant, the two of them hadn't eaten together alone. Today was the first meal, and the meal went well.

Under the leadership of Nangongchen's various novelties and ignorance, Bai Muqing forgot hatred, the past and the future for a moment, and devoted herself wholeheartedly to tonight's food with him.

At the end, she stared at him curiously and asked, "Have you tasted it? What exactly does hot pot taste like?"

Nangong Chen's hand that was wiping the corners of his mouth with a tissue stopped slightly: "It's better than I imagined." After finishing speaking, he leaned over and looked at her: "What should I do? What if I become addicted and come here every day?"

"What do you think?" Bai Muqing was speechless.

"I think grandma will kill you."

Bai Muqing's hairs stood on end in an instant, and she thought it would be too. It would be fine if she was beaten to death, as long as she wasn't pushed to the house!

After the two paid the bill and walked out of the hot pot restaurant together, Bai Muqing suddenly saw a poster of an art exhibition hanging at the entrance of the Cultural Palace next to it, which introduced that there were new paintings on display.

She looked up at Gong Chen, just in time to meet Nan Gongchen's gaze.

Nangong Chen hesitated for a moment, and said, "Let's go in and have a look."

Bai Muqing looked at him again in surprise, what did he say?He wants to accompany her to the art exhibition?

As if feeling her surprise, Nan Gongchen added: "It happens that I'm a little full after eating, so let's treat it as digestion."

Although it sounded like it was for his own sake, Bai Muqing nodded gratefully, and walked into the Cultural Palace with him.

In fact, she can come to visit tomorrow by herself, but she was really full just now. If she got in the car now, it would definitely be very uncomfortable, and the art exhibition is right in front of her, so it's really good to go for a stroll.

Sure enough, the paintings in the art exhibition changed again. Nan Gongchen was not very interested in the paintings, so he looked at them at a glance.On the contrary, Bai Muqing looked at it very seriously. When Nangong Chen finished reading it all, she was still standing in front of the first series in the main hall.

"Is a short and frustrating half-old man who looks like a ball really attractive to you?" Nangong Chen said coolly, and when he came out, he saw Bai Muqing staring at a man's portrait intently. , he was somewhat upset, and followed her to look at it for a long time, but he didn't see anything attractive about this painting.

"What do you know? This female painter named Liruila's favorite thing in her life is to paint her husband. She has been painting since she was young. Take a look at this painting." Bai Muqing took a few steps forward, pointing at the painting in the series The first one: "Look, this was painted when they first got married, and it has been more than 20 years."

Indeed, the man in the painting is the same person as the one just now, much younger than the one just now, with neither a Mediterranean haircut nor a belly like Zhu Bajie.

Bai Muqing explained patiently: "She loves her husband very much, look at the lines, the colors, every stroke is filled with deep love, and..."

"Still not handsome." After a long while, Nan Gongchen spit out such a sentence.

Bai Muqing was speechless for a moment, and glanced at him speechlessly. It really is like a mountain across the road, and her focus is completely different!

"What? What did I say wrong?" Nangong Chen showed an innocent face.

Bai Muqing glanced at him, and said angrily: "You are handsome, but the question is, can you have the patience to sit there for hours and let others draw?"

"You'll know if you try it." Nangong Chen said.

In principle, it is impossible to do it, but... Hearing that she just described the couple so great and romantic, so legendary, if she writes it instead, he can try it.

"Really?" Bai Muqing didn't believe that he would have such patience.

"Of course, but I'm worried that if I hang myself on this, the exhibition hall will be overcrowded."

"Don't worry, your wife doesn't have the reputation of Ruilila, so she won't be able to go to the exhibition hall." But having said that, if you can really enter the exhibition hall, it is really possible that the room will be overcrowded.

Nangong Chen was originally a very mysterious man, and the whole city was full of curiosity about him. If his oil painting were hung up, it would definitely attract a lot of fans.

And if... his paintings are put up for auction, he will definitely make a lot of money.

Cough... what is she thinking?How could he think of such an unrealistic thing? If he really took his portrait to auction to make money, he would probably be strangled to death.

"Have you seen enough? There are better ones inside." Nan Gongchen reminded unhappily.

Bai Muqing regained her senses, nodded her head and walked inside.

Bai Muqing was a little fascinated by it, and when she finally finished admiring the paintings inside, she found that Nangong Chen was sitting on the sofa in the lounge bored.

She stopped for a while, a little embarrassed: "Let's go, we're going back."

"Finished?" Nangong Chen stood up from the sofa, raised his wrist and glanced at the time on the dial.

"En." Bai Muqing nodded, and the door would be closed if she didn't leave.

He was really ashamed and surprised to have him wait for him for so long, because he didn't expect him to have the patience to wait.

******
When the two returned home together, the old lady just got up from the sofa and was about to go back to sleep.Seeing them coming in, I asked casually: "What kind of big meal do you eat outside so late?"

Bai Muqing and Nangong Chen looked at each other without saying a word.Of course she couldn't tell the old lady that they went to eat hot pot.

Nangong Chen didn't intend to tell the truth, so he casually said: "Eat something casually."

"How can you eat whatever you want?" The old lady taught habitually: "I told you many times, you are different from others, you can't eat outside food casually, even if you want to eat, you have to eat in a better hotel. "

"Grandma, I know." Nangong Chen's ears were already callused after hearing this, and he continued: "Grandma, please go back to your room and rest, we are going to sleep too."

"Okay, remember to drink the medicine later." The old lady did not forget to tell him about this before going to sleep.

The two went up to the second floor together and went back to their rooms.

Bai Muqing took a shower and was about to go to bed when there was a knock on the door, she answered, and Xiaolu pushed the door in with a medicine bowl in her hand.

"Young Madam, is Eldest Young Master here with you? I kept knocking on the door but there was no answer." Xiaolu asked while scanning the surroundings.

Bai Muqing glanced at Nangong Chen's door and said: "He may be taking a bath, you can put the medicine here first, I'll take it to him later."

"Then please trouble the young lady." Xiaolu said gratefully.

After Xiao Lu left, Bai Muqing waited for a while, and then she took the medicine bowl and walked to the door of Nangong Chen's bedroom opposite. She raised her hand and knocked on the door, but when she got no response, she raised her voice, "Master, Are you in there?"

The door opened after a while, and Nan Gongchen, who had already taken a shower, glanced at her, and gave her a speechless glance after seeing the medicine bowl in her hand.If he had known that she was here to deliver medicine, he should have continued to pretend not to hear.

Bai Muqing had already seen his intentions from his expression, walked past him with a medicine bowl and walked into the room, then put the pills on the bedside table and turned to him, "Drink the medicine first. .”

Nangong Gong followed in leisurely: "Let's put that first, I'll drink it later."

Wait for him to drink it consciously?Basically impossible.

Bai Muqing stood by the bed without moving. Nangong Chen knew what she meant, but deliberately teased her: "You want to sleep in my room? Please, as long as you don't worry that I won't be able to control myself."

Of course Bai Muqing was worried, so not only would she not sleep in his room, but she also tried not to let him into her room. After all, she was pregnant, so she avoided such things as much as she could.

"Drink the medicine, and I'll take out the bowl by the way." She said.

Seeing that she was determined, Nangong Chen had no choice but to go over and pick up the medicine on the table and drank it with his head raised.Then he stretched out the bowl in front of her, with a hint of anger, like a child.

Bai Muqing handed him the boiled water in her hand, but Nangong Chen didn't take the cup in her hand, but pinched her chin with one hand and raised her face high, then kissed her lips.

A bitter taste instantly filled her mouth, it was an indescribable bitterness!
She knew that he was deliberately taking revenge on her, but fortunately, she was quite able to bear it, and this bit of suffering could not frighten her.Instead, she changed from passive to active and kissed him on the lips: "If grandma blames me, it must be my responsibility again, so please be more conscious in the future, by the way... Seriously, for me This pain is nothing at all.”

"If you really can bear the bitterness that much, then you can drink it for me in the future," he said.

"Yes, you can help me get pregnant."

"Unfortunately, I don't have this skill." Nangong Chen wanted to kiss her again, Bai Muqing turned her small face to the side, avoiding him and said, "Eldest Young Master, rest early."

After finishing speaking, she turned around and walked towards the bedroom door with the medicine bowl in hand.

Nangong Chen didn't force her, after all, she was inconvenient now, and he was afraid that he would be impulsive if they slept together.

******
At night, Bai Muqing had a dream.

She dreamed that she and Nangong Chen were happily eating hot pot together. Halfway through the meal, her grandma suddenly appeared, and she slapped her on the face, pointing at Nangong Chen opposite her and crying: "Yes He killed me, and you still eat with him, talking and laughing together, why are you so unfilial? So ignorant?"

Bai Muqing was so frightened that she stepped back step by step.But grandma stepped forward step by step, threatening her through gritted teeth: "If you eat with your enemy again in the future, she will sever ties with her!"

Bai Muqing cried, she grabbed the corner of her grandmother's clothes and promised him that she would never do this again, and would never get so close to Nangong Chen again.

Grandma gave her a knife cruelly, waved her arm, and pointed at Nangong Chen: "Then kill him immediately to avenge me!"

Holding a cold knife in her hand, Bai Muqing was so anxious that her head shook like a rattle: "No, grandma, I can't do it! I can't do it...!"

"I can not do it--!"

"Do it if you can't do it, it's your responsibility!" Grandma forced her step by step, her eyes were never cold and stern, and she threatened: "If you don't kill him, then kill me!" Now, you must choose one!"

After finishing speaking, grandma grabbed the wrist holding the knife with one hand, and stabbed at her heart.

In desperation, Bai Muqing cried loudly and turned the knife in the other direction, stabbing at Nangong Chen who was at the side. The sharp knife sank into Nangong Chen's heart, and blood gushed out of Nangong Chen's chest instantly.

"Don't—!" Bai Muqing screamed and sat up on the bed.

The darkness in the room told her that this was a dream, she had a nightmare!

She swallowed hard, pinched her arm with her hand, fortunately, it was just a dream!
She raised her hand and pressed the light button, got up and walked to the water dispenser, took a sip of warm water, and then walked to the French windows and completely opened the curtains.

The night wind was blowing, and the coolness made her shiver unconsciously.

She just had a meal with Nangong Chen and saw an art exhibition, and she had such a nightmare.why?Is grandma really blaming her?
She just knew that grandma wouldn't agree with her getting too close with Nangong Chen?She shouldn't be eating and shopping with him. She is already very unfilial if she is pregnant with his flesh and blood.

Thinking of the dream just now, she still has chills down her spine. Grandma not only forbids her to get close to Nan Gongchen, but also asks her to kill him on the spot.

Kill him... how could she do it!

Bai Muqing took a deep breath, stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window and drank two cups of boiled water, and then she calmed down a little. After recovering, she felt that something was wrong outside, as if there were footsteps, and the old lady was anxious. Shouts.

She walked to the door suspiciously, and the movement outside became clearer.

With a bad premonition in her heart, she quickly opened the door, only to find that there was a commotion in Nangong Chen's bedroom opposite.Obviously, Nangong Chen fell ill.

Because Nangongchen was afraid of light, only a dim wall lamp was turned on in the bedroom. Nangongchen on the bed was pale, and he let Dr. Huang give him the needle without moving.

The old lady at the side burst into tears with the support of Sister He, and even Pu Lianyao and Shen Ke Shen Xin were drawn over.

Although the sound insulation effect of the door of Nangong's house is extremely strong, Bai Muqing felt that she really shouldn't have been woken up by such a big commotion.She stood barefoot outside the crowd, looking blankly at Nangong Chen on the hospital bed.

Just now she dreamed that she stabbed his heart with a knife, and he fell ill. Is this the legendary telepathy?
After putting on the drip, Dr. Huang turned around and said to the old lady, "Okay, old lady, the young master will wake up at dawn, you can rest assured."

(End of this chapter)