A charming widow in her 70s married a factory manager and raised his children.

Chapter 322 The Sound of Rain at Midnight

Zhuang Qingxiang lay down again, wanting to continue sleeping.

But listening to the pouring rain, she tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.

After a while, she couldn't stand it anymore and got up. After thinking for a moment, she went to knock on Jin Guilan's door.

Jin Guilan was awakened by the knocking and opened the door while yawning.

"Xiao Zhuang, is there something you need so late?"

Zhuang Qingxiang smiled shyly, pursed her lips, and whispered, "Sister Jin, could you please go outside the gate and see if anyone is there..."

Jin Guilan instantly snapped out of her daze, hurriedly putting on her clothes and whispering, "What? Did you hear something? Is there a bad guy?"

As she spoke, she began searching for a suitable tool.

Zhuang Qingxiang hurriedly handed her the flashlight: "Sister Zhuang, it should be fine. Go and check it out first."

Jin Guilan was baffled, so she went out with an umbrella and a flashlight.

Zhuang Qingxiang held her breath, and a moment later, she saw Jin Guilan rushing back.

"Xiao Zhuang, Xiao Zhuang, something bad has happened! I saw Director Lu outside, and he looks like he's sick."

Zhuang Qingxiang's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly asked, "What's wrong? Didn't you wake him up?"

Jin Guilan thought to herself, "Why does she say that as if she knows Director Lu is outside?"

But there was no time to think further, so she hurriedly said, "I can't wake him up, Xiao Zhuang, hurry over and help me bring him inside."

Can't be woken up even by calling?

Zhuang Qingxiang didn't care about anything else and quickly went out with Jin Guilan. Sure enough, they saw someone huddled in the corner. Shining a flashlight on him, they saw that it was Lu Congyue, who was soaking wet.

"Xiao Zhuang, come on, lend a hand!" Jin Guilan called out.

Zhuang Qingxiang quickly stepped forward and, together with Jin Guilan, helped Lu Congyue up and into the house.

Jin Guilan said anxiously, "Oh dear, he's soaked in sweat. We can't let him go to bed like this, the children will suffer too. Let's put him on the floor first, and spread a sheet on the floor..."

"I'll go boil some water. Take off his clothes, wipe him down with the hot water, and then let him lie down on the bed!"

Jin Guilan gave instructions as she walked out.

It was definitely Zhuang Qingxiang, as the wife, who should take off her clothes; she couldn't stay in the inner room any longer.

Remembering that there was a bicycle parked outside, Jin Guilan quickly pushed the bicycle in, closed the gate, and then went to the kitchen to boil water.

Zhuang Qingxiang looked at Lu Congyue lying on the ground, her face full of trouble.

Even though we've broken up, he still comes over every night...

Touching my forehead, it was burning hot.

Zhuang Qingxiang sighed and began to undress Lu Congyue.

When she was down to just her shorts, she paused, gritted her teeth, and took them off as well, otherwise the shorts would have been soaked and stuck to her body.

I took another sheet, wiped him haphazardly, and then covered him up.

Just then, Jin Guilan called her from outside, saying that the hot water was ready and asking her to take a ceramic basin to pour it out.

Zhuang Qingxiang took her washbasin outside and thanked Jin Guilan apologetically.

Jin Guilan waved her hand: "No need to thank me, you go ahead and do your work. By the way, do you have any fever reducers at home?"

"I think so, let me look." Zhuang Qingxiang thought for a moment and said, "Sister Jin, you should go and rest, you have to go to work tomorrow."

"Fine, I'm going back to sleep." Jin Guilan sighed, then couldn't help but say, "I really don't know what you two are arguing about. One of you insists on moving out, and the other sleeps by the door instead of coming in..."

Zhuang Qingxiang couldn't answer, so she lowered her head and pretended not to hear. She carried hot water into the room and used the warm water to wipe Lu Congyue from head to toe.

After wiping him clean, I covered him with a blanket. Then, after thinking for a moment, I went to the kitchen, boiled a bowl of water with scallions and ginger, brought it back, helped Lu Congyue sit up, and made him drink it.

Lu Congyue vaguely felt someone pulling him, and then he was close to a fragrant embrace. The fragrance was familiar, like the scent of his wife.

"Lu Congyue, open your mouth and drink the ginger soup to sweat it out."

He heard a familiar voice beside him and instinctively listened to her words, opening his mouth.

The hot and spicy ginger soup was drunk down, driving away the cold and dampness.

Lu Congyue barely opened his eyes and saw Zhuang Qingxiang beside him, her eyes filled with worry.

"you……"

He wanted to say something, but as soon as he spoke, his throat hurt.

"Lu Congyue, are you stupid?" Zhuang Qingxiang scolded him, then whispered, "Can you even move? Go lie down on the bed."

Lu Congyue nodded, struggled to get up, and only when the blanket slipped off did he realize something was wrong.

She was completely naked? She froze, then tried to pull the blanket over herself.

Zhuang Qingxiang said irritably, "Since you can move, take your blanket and go lie down in bed. I don't want anyone to die here in this house I just bought!"

That's a really unpleasant thing to say...

Lu Congyue smiled bitterly, thinking that since the two of them had been naked countless times, it was fine to just stay naked. He really didn't have the energy to carry the blanket to bed.

So Zhuang Qingxiang watched helplessly as Lu Congyue climbed into bed naked.

"You..." She didn't know what to say, and hurriedly pulled the blanket over him.

She wanted to scold him, but seeing how weak he looked, she couldn't bring herself to do it. She gritted her teeth and said, "I'll go get you some fever reducer. You should lie down and rest."

Lu Congyue opened his mouth but made no sound, then weakly nodded.

Zhuang Qingxiang quickly searched for the things she had brought. She remembered that she had packed a medicine box, so she should have brought it with her, right?

After searching for a long time, I still couldn't find it.

Returning to the bedside, she saw that Lu Congyue had fallen asleep again. Touching his forehead, she found it was frighteningly hot.

Zhuang Qingxiang was terrified; this level of hype might drive someone crazy!

Zhuang Qingxiang quickly changed her clothes, then called out to Jin Guilan, saying she was going to the hospital to get medicine and asked her to watch the door for her.

Jin Guilan, who was also awake, was a little worried when she heard that she was going to the hospital: "Xiao Zhuang, it's dark and raining..."

"It's safer when it's raining. Even bad people wouldn't want to go out in this kind of weather, right? Sister Jin, I'm sorry to trouble you again," Zhuang Qingxiang said apologetically.

"There's nothing to be embarrassed about. Living together means we have to help each other out. Alright, go ahead and come back soon. Be careful on the road," Jin Guilan said worriedly.

Zhuang Qingxiang nodded and quickly walked into the rainy night, holding an umbrella.

Jin Guilan sighed: "They're clearly a caring couple, so what's all this fuss about? They really don't know how to cherish each other."

Thinking of Zhuang Qingxiang going to the hospital alone, Jin Guilan was worried and paced back and forth in the main room, listening to the noise at the front door.

As more than twenty minutes passed, Jin Guilan felt that something must have happened to Zhuang Qingxiang. Just as she was about to go out to look for her, she heard a noise at the front gate.

Jin Guilan quickly ran over, umbrella in hand, asking, "Who is it? Is it Xiao Zhuang?"

"Sister Jin, it's me, please open the door."

Jin Guilan quickly opened the door and let Zhuang Qingxiang in.

After Zhuang Qingxiang came in, Jin Guilan realized that she was completely soaked.