I'll Still Love You Tomorrow Chapter 20: Buy Medicine

There was a pharmacy nearby, and it didn’t take long for the delivery man to reach.

Chen Kai gave her the medicine, “The medicine is here. Are you going to take it now?”

Lu Jingyan felt awful from the alcohol and she shook her head, “I’ll eat it later.”

“Why don’t we go to the hospital?” Seeing her lack of response, he continued, “Or should I send you home?”

Lu Jingyan’s head started to hurt from his talking, and she shook her head, “Go on and have fun, you don’t have to bother about me, I’ll stay here a while longer and if it worsens, I’ll get a cab to send me home.”

Chen Kai, “Alright, call me if it gets worse.”

Lu Jingyan nodded.

Chen Kai took his wine glass and stood up.

Lu Jingyan wanted to ask the leaving Chen Kai the reason he didn’t buy the medicine but stopped herself.

She was strange.

Why was she so bothered about whether Sheng Xian wanted to buy her medicine?

Her aim was to make him cry.

Why was she getting so invested?

Lu Jingyan decided that she was becoming soft hearted due to her sickness.

There wasn’t a need.

But Lu Jingyan felt frustrated, so frustrated she wanted to smoke.

…

Young Lady Lu always did as she pleased, if she wanted to smoke, she would. Ten minutes later, she emerged from the supermarket in the corner, unwrapped the lady’s cigarette, took out a stick and bit down while she lit it.

It was cold outside, she found a warm spot and leaned against the pillar, slowly spitting smoke rings skywards.

A soft voice came from beside her, “Mum, my head hurts.”

Lu Jingyan turned over and saw a little girl wearing a red cotton jacket, she was probably around seven years old.

“Why does your head hurt?” The little girl’s mother was right beside her and when she heard the complaint, she reached out and felt her forehead, seeing that she wasn’t running a fever, she pulled her shirt collar further up, and removed her scarf to place it round the little girl’s neck, “It’s probably because you aren’t dressed warmly enough, remember to wear more clothes tomorrow. We’re going into the new season, the temperature discrepancy is huge and you would get sick very easily.”

“Mmh.” The little girl replied obediently.

The little girl’s mother patted her head, and they continued walking hand in hand.

After a distance, the little girl’s mother squatted down, “Are you tired? Let mummy carry you.”

They would move much faster if the little girl’s mother carried her and they soon disappeared into the distance.

Lu Jingyan continued to stare, unable to avert her gaze. She extinguished the cigarette, tossed it in the bin, and reached for another cigarette.

She placed the cigarette in her mouth and reached for her lighter. Just as she was about to light the cigarette, a hand stretched over and took the cigarette from her mouth.

Lu Jingyan frowned and looked ahead.

The person was standing in front of her, she didn’t look high enough and only saw his hand.

There was a watch on his wrist that she recognised even though she had only seen it a few times.

It was a beautiful arm with distinct bone structure, his fingers were long and seemed out of place with the lady cigarette in his hand.

Lu Jingyan swallowed and looked up, she stretched her hand out, and said, “Return it.”

Sheng Xian didn’t say anything, tossing the cigarette in the trash bin.

Lu Jingyan reached for her cigarette pack, before she could push out another stick, Sheng Xian had taken the pack and this time, he didn’t bother waiting for her to look, tossing it straight into the trash bin.

Lu Jingyan stared at the trash bin, a curse hovering at her throat but at that moment, she wasn’t sure if she should be scolding him.

A gust of wind blew, and she sneezed and sniffled.

Sheng Xian moved to the side, “Aren’t you going in?”

Sheng Xian replied softly, “Mmh.”

Lu Jingyan always had endless things to say to Sheng Xian but was unusually quiet today, probably because she wasn’t feeling well.

It was cold outside and Lu Jingyan didn’t wish to aggravate her cold. After a moment of silence, she straightened and said, “Go on in, I’m going home.”

“Is someone coming to get you?” Sheng Xian asked.

Lu Jingyan reached for her phone, “I’ll book a cab now.”

Before she could book a cab, Sheng Xian said, “Let’s go.”

Lu Jingyan looked up, “Ah?”

Sheng Xian replied, “Your house is on the way.”

Lu Jingyan didn’t move. “Didn’t you come to celebrate Chen Kai’s birthday?”

“I’m done.” Sheng Xian parked at the side, he walked over and opened the car door.

He waited for a while, but she had no intention of going over, “Are you coming?”

“I’m coming.” Lu Jingyan nodded and walked into the car.

…

Sheng Xian started his car. Before he started off, he increased the temperature by two degrees.

Lu Jingyan had a good alcohol tolerance but perhaps because she was sick or perhaps because she hadn’t eaten much that night, she started to doze off under the warm blow from the air conditioning.

She drifted off into a restless sleep.

When they reached her house, Sheng Xian called her twice before she slowly opened her eyes.

She wasn’t fully awake, she looked at Sheng Xian and inched her head forward, staring at his lips for a long while. “I want to infect you.”

Sheng Xian’s lips twitched, he stilled for three seconds and turned his head away.

Lu Jingyan moved her head forward more aggressively, most of her upper body was in his arms. “Why didn’t you buy me medicine?”

Sheng Xian adjusted his chair backwards, moving away from her.

Lu Jingyan lamented softly, “Forget about the water. You didn’t even tell me to drink more hot water.”

Her little voice sounded pitiful.

It seemed as though she had suffered a great deal.

Sheng Xian pressed his lips together, after a long while, he said, “I bought it.”

Lu Jingyan didn’t hear him clearly as his voice was soft, “What?”

“I bought it.” He repeated.

Lu Jingyan took a while to register his words and she scoffed, “Bullshit, Chen Kai asked you to get it but you didn’t. How could you have gotten it?”

Sheng Xian, “...”

“As a teacher, how can you lie!” As she nagged, Lu Jingyan pushed the door open and left the car.

…

Back home, after Lu Jingyan changed her slippers, Auntie Sun rushed over, “Miss Lu, are you sick?”

Lu Jingyan was half sober, even though her reaction was delayed, she had still heard Auntie Sun’s question, “How did you know?”

“The medicine is here.” Auntie Sun held up a pack of medicine. “It arrived for you in the afternoon.”