As Qin Ruojing was about to fall to the ground, Chu Ge steadily caught her, feeling an intense heat from his palms immediately. He instantly focused his attention on Qin Ruojing's physical condition.

"Phew..."

Chu Ge exhaled lightly with a slight frown, gently placing Qin Ruojing back onto the bed, positioning her to lie flat. He then reached out to touch her forehead.

As soon as his hand touched Qin Ruojing's forehead, Chu Ge's brow furrowed tightly.

Very hot, clearly a fever, and not a mild one. Even without a thermometer, Chu Ge could estimate it was around thirty-nine degrees.

Feeling the temperature of Qin Ruojing's forehead, Chu Ge frowned and asked, "Chairman, do you have any fever-reducing medicine here?"

Qin Ruojing was evidently in poor condition, it took her a great effort to slightly shake her head. Her dry lips opened a little, and she hoarsely uttered the word "water."

Picking up the cup on the floor, Chu Ge first rinsed it in the kitchen, then filled it up with water from the dispenser, and immediately returned to Qin Ruojing's side with the cup.

Qin Ruojing initially wanted to pick up that water cup, but due to her extremely weak and powerless state, not only did she fail to get the cup, but she also let it fall to the ground, while her body moved to the edge of the bed and fell off with a slight movement.

Seeing her current state, clearly unable to sit up on her own, Chu Ge could only place the cup on the bedside table, then sat on the bed beside her, supporting her to lean against the headboard with one hand, and bringing the cup to her lips with the other.

"Open your mouth, here's the water."

Murmuring vaguely, Qin Ruojing opened her mouth slightly and placed her lips on the edge of the cup Chu Ge handed over.

She was really too weak now, so weak that she did not have the strength to open her mouth properly. While drinking water, only half of it went into her throat, and the other half flowed down her mouth, over her neck, soaking her pajamas.

After painstakingly feeding Qin Ruojing half a cup of water, seeing that she seemed unable to drink any more, Chu Ge drank the remaining half cup, soothing his own throat, and took a hurried breath.

After feeding Qin Ruojing half a cup of water, her condition showed no improvement, she still appeared muddled, occasionally letting out a few indistinct low hums.

The sound was very faint, and sounded very painful.

Chu Ge knew he couldn't delay any longer, she must be cooled down immediately, otherwise, if the fever worsened, it would definitely be extremely dangerous.

After all, the illnesses that fever can trigger are numerous, and severe conditions even bear a risk to life.

Since there was no fever-reducing medicine, there was no choice but to use another method.

Earlier, while Chu Ge was smoking on the balcony, he saw several boxes of unopened white liquor, which Qin Ruojing had evidently prepared as gifts. Now it seemed that those white spirits could finally be put to use.

Rubbing the body with white liquor is a very effective physical cooling method, simple and safe.

This method not only stimulates the skin blood vessels of the feverish patient to dilate, enhancing the skin's heat dissipation, but due to its volatility, it also absorbs and carries away large amounts of heat, reducing body temperature and relieving symptoms.

Compared to going downstairs to buy medicine now, physical cooling in this way was more reliable, otherwise, leaving her home alone made Chu Ge uneasy. If something happened to Qin Ruojing during the time he was out, it would be very bad.

He picked up a bottle of white liquor, took a bowl, and sat back down next to Qin Ruojing, uncapped the white liquor, poured a little into the bowl, dabbed his fingertip in the liquor, and then raised his hand to rub it on Qin Ruojing's forehead, applying a little pressure as he massaged.

As Chu Ge continued to rub Qin Ruojing's forehead with the white liquor, he also rubbed her palms and soles for a while, repeating several times until a slight flush finally appeared on Qin Ruojing's pale face.

However, it wasn't the healthy pink of a normal person, but a sickly flush.

Generally speaking, using spirit rubbing for physical cooling besides the forehead, the palms and soles are also very key areas. Not rubbing these areas makes the effect significantly worse.

Seeing Qin Ruojing still in pain, Chu Ge hesitated slightly, deciding to add her armpits to the rubbing areas.

After all, the chest area is too sensitive and awkward, and he thought it best not to touch it at all. Even if he wanted to help Qin Ruojing reduce her fever, it might seem like he was taking advantage of her.

When Qin Ruojing wakes up later, she might accuse him of having ulterior motives and impure intentions, how unjust would that be?

Especially nowadays, there are so many cases of good deeds going unrewarded. Many people, just for helping an old man or woman who fell, end up facing tragic and unjust accusations.

Even when there's security footage, or witnesses, or other evidence, there are examples of unsuccessful accusations, but successful instances of such claims are still common.

Success means a big payout, failure means no consequences, where else can you find such a good way to make money?

Actually, this is also the fault of the nation for spoiling these disrespectful old rascals. If we could sue them for blackmail and extortion, once it's found that they are truly scamming people, regardless of their age, just throw them in a detention center and see if they still dare to act so arrogantly and bully others like this?

Just a few days ago, Chu Ge saw a piece of news about an old lady on the bus. She got mad at the bus driver for asking to see her senior citizen bus card and started cursing him out. As she kept insulting him, she felt it wasn't enough and simply swung her cane at the bus driver's head.

At that moment, the bus driver was driving, and when the old lady hit him, not only was his head injured, but his attention was also distracted, causing him to crash into another truck. Several people on the bus were injured, but fortunately, no one died in this accident.

The responsibility for this incident, without a doubt, lies with that old lady. But she is so audacious, so overbearing, that she even cursed at the police and refused to take any responsibility. As for compensation? Hahaha, what a joke!

What kinds of people are these? Absolutely disrespectful in their old age!

Sigh, hahaha...

With both hands covered in alcohol, Chu Ge continued to work with force.

Once, twice, three times...

Chu Ge rhythmically rubbed Qin Ruojing's underarms, then her forehead, arms, palms, and soles of her feet.

This cycle repeated at those areas.

Chu Ge worked on Qin Ruojing's body for over half an hour, using up almost a small bowl of alcohol. Qin Ruojing's breathing finally became steady and relaxed, and her complexion started returning to normal.

Qin Ruojing's high fever finally subsided.

Chu Ge could finally breathe a sigh of relief. He had been very worried about Qin Ruojing during that half hour, afraid he wouldn't be able to help reduce her fever in time.

After getting off Qin Ruojing's bed, Chu Ge went to the bathroom, wetting Qin Ruojing's towel with tap water to give her a cold compress on her forehead.

Hearing Chu Ge's footsteps leaving, Qin Ruojing, who had already woken up from her coma, finally opened her eyes.

Taking a few deep breaths, Qin Ruojing lifted her hand to touch her burning cheeks, feeling indescribably complex.

In her life, Qin Ruojing had only been rubbed with alcohol twice, the first time by her mother when she was little, and now this time.

And this time, the one rubbing alcohol for her was a man, someone she hadn't known for long, yet had taken several of her firsts.

Since she could remember, Chu Ge was the first man to massage her ankle, the first man to enter her home, and now, two more firsts:

Chu Ge became the first man to rub alcohol on her body and the first man to touch her underarms.

In fact, when Chu Ge was rubbing alcohol on the soles of her feet, she was already mostly conscious. She kept her eyes shut, pretending to be in a coma because she felt embarrassed and flustered.

During those moments of panic, Qin Ruojing's mind was tense, constantly worrying about one thing.

That was the worry that Chu Ge might take advantage of her while she was down, touching places on her body where he shouldn't, and she was ready to open her eyes at any moment.

After all, she was well aware of her appearance and body and knew that for any man, this was a perfectly justified opportunity.

While Chu Ge was rubbing alcohol on her, Qin Ruojing had the urge to open her eyes several times.

However, she finally resisted this impulse because she noticed that Chu Ge's hands remained very proper. He was focused only on rubbing alcohol on certain parts of her body, purely and diligently, without any further intention.

Listening to the sound of water splashing in the bathroom, Qin Ruojing finally let out a long sigh of relief, while feeling somewhat irritated.

"In such a good opportunity, he still acts so properly with me. Is he even a man? Could it be that I have zero attraction to him?"

Thinking about this, Qin Ruojing felt a bit agitated. After the agitation, she felt somewhat bewildered, finding herself increasingly unable to see through Chu Ge.

This man, seemingly aimless, but at critical moments, he always stands up and accomplishes incredible things, as if he can do anything but chooses to do nothing unless absolutely necessary.

She had been living closely with this man for quite some time. On the surface, he seems rogue and mischievous, yet even when given a good opportunity, he treats her with respect, never making any excessive moves.

"What is he thinking about every day?" Squeezing her temples, Qin Ruojing inexplicably sighed, involuntarily wondering to herself.

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