Fever Medicine

"Lu Chenjun!"

Elena immediately let go of the brush and hopped back. Lu Chenjun's eyes were flaming in rage as he glared at Elena. He slammed the glass cup back down and glared at her. Her face was extremely pale, and there were beads of sweat on her forehead. He played with the hairbrush in his hands and studied her expression.

"Were you trying to kill me with this hairbrush?"

Elena immediately looked up and explained, "No, no, no. I don't dare do that. I was. . . brushing my hair. Yes, brushing my hair. Why are you here, Mr. Lu?"

Lu Chenjun glared at her coldly and picked up the glass he just put on the table.

"Drink this."

Elena has never seen a liquid like that before and thought that maybe he was trying to poison her to take revenge on her for the period misunderstanding. Elena put on a fake smile and gently pushed the cup towards him.

"You should drink it first. You seem tired."

Lu Chenjun was the smartest and most manipulative person in the entire country, and he didn't even have to think to know what Elena was doing.

He sighed and drank a sip. Elena smiled and took the glass over.

She began drinking what was in the glass. After one gulp, she stopped drinking and put on a disgusted face.

"What is this? It tastes horrible. Don't tell me you made it?"

Lu Chenjun's face turned even uglier as he said, "This is fever medicine."

Just as Elena was about to ask how he knew she had a fever, the door opened once again.

Lu Chenjun and Elena looked over to see who it is, and Mila ran in shouting, "Elena, Lu Chenjun is coming!"

Mila gasped for air as she rested her eyes on Lu Chenjun.

"Ha. . . Ha. . . Hi Mr. Lu. Ummm. . . I'm going to go to my room. Have fun."

Mila shuffled slowly to her room and slammed the door closed. In her room, she cursed Fang Shi for calling Mr. Lu and swore that she'll make sure Fang Shi doesn't ever get a bonus from Mr. Lu.

Outside, Elena slowly turned her gaze back to Lu Chenjun and stared at him.

Lu Chenjun's expression was unreadable, and this made Elena very nervous.

"Finish drinking the glass."

Elena took one long look at the disgusting medicine and pinched her nose. She closed her eyes and drank everything down in one gulp. After finishing, she started coughing.

'Life Lesson: Pinching your nose doesn't block the taste of something bad.'

"Go to sleep. I'll call Director Xin and tell him you can't film tomorrow."

Lu Chenjun took the glass over and went to go wash it. Seeing Lu Chenjun wash dishes was very refreshing. She would have never thought that someone as prominent and powerful as him would be washing dishes in such a small kitchen.

"Wait no. I have to film. It's okay, I'll feel much better tomorrow."

"Shut up and go to sleep. You're not filming tomorrow."

Elena knew she couldn't win an argument against Lu Chenjun, so she nodded, and returned to her bedroom.

Lu Chenjun watched as Elena left and laughed at himself. Maybe it was because "she" had left for too long, and he was starting to feel love again. Or maybe it was because Elena was a little different from other girls, and being with her made him feel more free and true to himself. For anyone else, Lu Chenjun would definitely have not stopped his work to come and take care of a sick patient.

Mila stuck her ear towards the door but she couldn't hear any good gossip. She gave up and went to sleep. She hadn't eaten anything yet, and she was starving. Mila gritted her teeth in silent fury as she cursed that stupid Fang Shi.

After rolling in her bed for what seemed like four hours, she finally fell asleep.

The next morning, Mila woke up to the sun shining at her eyes. She blinked a few times and slowly sat up. Mila rubbed her eyes and picked up her phone.

The sun didn't bother her eyes anymore. Her eyes and mouth widened, and she immediately jumped out of her bed. She ran into Elena's room and shook her awake.

"Elena! Jin Yinghui! Wake up! It's already 11 A.M. Director Xin is going to kill us."

Elena swatted her hand away and turned around.

"Lu Chenjun already told Director Xin I'm not going."

Mila took a second to process this information before letting out the breath she had been holding.

"Why didn't you say that earlier? Yes! That means we can rest today. Elena, wake up. Are you feeling better? You have to eat something. You haven't eaten anything in a while. Come out. Let's go eat something."

Mila pulled Elena out of bed and dragged her to the kitchen. Elena immediately fell asleep on the dining table as Mila went to go search in the fridge.

"Elena, when did you make congee and steamed buns. Elena, wake up!"

"What? I didn't make food."

Elena walked over to the fridge and found two bowls of congee and four steamed buns. Her appetite had come back, and looking at the huge steam buns, she felt her stomach growl.

"Let's microwave it. I'm hungry."

"Are you feeling better?" Mila put a hand on Elena's forehead.

"Yep, the fever medicine worked really well yesterday."

Mila went to go microwave the food.

"Ch! I went all the way to the convenience store and even survived meeting a monster to buy you fever medicine. Then, I came back and Mr. Lu already got you medicine."

"Hehe, sorry Mila. I'll buy you snacks tomorrow."

Mila smiled happily as she went to go retrieve the food.

"Let's eat. You should stay home today and get better. We probably can't skip filming two days straight."

They sat down and Elena reached for a steamed bun. She happily took a bite. Her stomach had been empty for over 24 hours already. She stopped chewing and scrunched her face up. The taste was very weird. She took one more bite and chewed once. Her mouth twitched and she spit everything out.

"Who made this food? It's horrible."