After rebirth, I kidnapped the sickly Dugong

Wen Baizhi looked at Si Jiu with joy when he woke up.

"Where does it hurt?"

Si Jiu spoke hoarsely the first words he said after waking up from a long coma.

Wen Baizhi felt that this person was sometimes too cute.

"I don't feel any pain anywhere. I should be the one asking, where do you feel uncomfortable?"

Si Jiu shook his head instinctively. He had just woken up from a coma and the alcohol was still playing a role, so he was rarely able to tell the truth.

"I felt so bad at first, so bad that I wanted to die right away, but when I woke up and saw you, I felt better again."

Wen Baizhi's heart felt sore and swollen from being soaked in the water.

Si Jiu, how come Si Jiu is becoming more and more to his liking?

"Then I understand. If I really have the ability to make you forget your pain, then you can come to see me more often in the future. It's free."

She spoke in a very playful tone, and Si Jiu couldn't help but smile knowingly after hearing it.

Wen Baizhi slightly moved away from them: "Since you are awake, I will go get you the pills now. You have a high fever now, you need to take medicine to reduce the temperature."

Si Jiu nodded reluctantly.

Under Si Jiu's gaze the whole time, Wen Baizhi quickly brought the pills.

She crawled into bed and fed Si Jiu one.

Then he massaged his stomach.

"You must be feeling very uncomfortable in your stomach after drinking so much."

Si Jiu felt the bitterness of the pill in his mouth and did not answer.

But Wen Baizhi could already feel the organ under her hand beating restlessly.

"Qi Yan'an is really abominable. He made you kneel down as punishment yesterday, and the bruises on your forehead haven't disappeared yet. And today he made you drink so much alcohol. It's really infuriating."

Si Jiu swallowed the pill and said, "You can only say this in front of me, understand? You can't even tell Cuizhi Ping'an and the others."

Wen Baizhi reached for the things hidden in her sleeves: "I know, but I will only say it in front of you."

She took out a candied fruit and said, "This is a candied fruit I ate at dinner today. I thought it was delicious, so I brought some back. Now that you have taken medicine, your mouth must be bitter. Eat a candied fruit to relieve the pain."

She handed the candied fruit to Si Jiu's mouth.

Si Jiu opened his mouth slightly and swallowed the candied fruit.

Wen Baizhi waited for his feedback with bright eyes: "How is it? Is it delicious?"

Si Jiu knew that she had forgotten again that she had no sense of taste.

But for some reason, perhaps because she gave him the candied fruit, he actually felt a sweetness on the tip of his tongue.

He said, "Sweet, sweeter than anything I've tasted before."

Wen Baizhi didn't believe him: "Although Si Dugong is not good at speaking, when he really speaks, he is still very good at it."

Si Jiu blushed when he heard this: "If I accidentally offend you with what I said, please let me know."

"Why should I tell you? Do you want to change it next time?"

Si Jiu said hesitantly: "If you don't like it, I will naturally change it."

"But I think you can't always think about what others like or dislike. You should think more about what you like and dislike."

Wen Baizhi coaxed: "It's like, if you don't like something I did, would you let me change it?"

Si Jiu shook his head: "Of course not, that's your freedom."

Wen Baizhi tapped his forehead: "Yes, so what you say and what you do are all your freedom. What right do others have to make you change it?"

Si Jiu cannot accept these new ideas very well, but Wen Baizhi is patient and can teach him slowly in the future.

She said, "It's getting late, close your eyes and continue to sleep for a while."

Rong Heng's medicine was very effective, and Si Jiu felt much better at the moment.

With Wen Baizhi by his side, he felt even more at ease.

He pulled Wen Baizhi's hand to help him rub his stomach and abdomen: "Stop rubbing, it's very tiring, you should rest early too."

Wen Baizhi didn't listen to him, and her hands kept moving: "I will sleep when you fall asleep."

Si Jiu immediately closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.

Wen Baizhi looked at his face with a stifled smile: "Do you think I can't tell that you're pretending to sleep? If you were to really sleep, I'd probably be the only one in the world who would know what it would look like."

That's true. Si Jiu has never slept in the same room with anyone, and the only exception is Wen Baizhi.

"Okay, if you can't sleep, I'll sing you a song and go to bed early."

She sang modern nursery rhymes, the kind that are most effective in soothing children.

In this paradise-like environment, Si Jiu truly fell into a deep sleep.

After he fell asleep, Wen Baizhi continued to massage his stomach.

He had some stomach cramps before, but they were probably suppressed by Rong Heng's pills.

She didn't dare to relax, and she fell asleep unknowingly while rubbing.

When she woke up the next day, she found Si Jiu was still by her side.

He didn't even know how long he had been awake, and he was staring at her without blinking.

Wen Baizhi stretched lazily in bed: "Good morning, did you wake up early? Why didn't you go on duty today?"

Si Jiu is in a much better state now than yesterday: "His Majesty sent a message saying that I drank too much last night and allowed me to rest for half a day before serving in front of the emperor."

Wen Baizhi said with unvarnished disdain: "He is very generous. I thought he would at least let you rest for a day. He doesn't know how dangerous you were last night."

Si Jiu said with a hint of guilt: "I'm sorry for making you worry again last night."

Wen Baizhi slowly sat up: "There's nothing to apologize for, Zijin. You are the victim, you don't need to apologize, understand?"

Si Jiu has been bombarded with all kinds of words from her during this period of time.

His mother died early, his father disliked him, and his elder brother was jealous of him.

No one has ever taught me these principles in such detail.

He also stood up: "I have written down everything you said. Although some of them may not be changed immediately, I promise you that I will change them. I will do whatever you say is right. I just ask you to give me some time."

Give me time, be by my side, and witness this.

Wen Baizhi was of course happy about this, and she touched Si Jiu's hair with satisfaction.

"This is a teachable child."

The two of them finished washing up one after another with the help of the servants.

After Si Jiu finished washing up, Wen Baizhi pulled him to sit in front of the mirror.

"What does this mean? Do I need to dress up too?" he asked.

But he also knew in his heart that even if Wen Baizhi asked him to wear a skirt, he would put it on without hesitation.

Wen Baizhi couldn't bear to see his combed hair, which still had no hairpin.

He hopes that Si Jiu will have the same treatment that others have had.

"You said your name is Zijin. Who gave you this name?"

Si Jiu replied, "It's my mother. She was a prostitute. Although she was pretty, she couldn't read. She gave birth to me in a brothel. She didn't know how to name me, so she used the only phrase she knew, 'Qing Qing Zi Jin You You My Heart Zi Jin' to name me."

Wen Baizhi held in her hand the hairpin he had picked for her yesterday.

"It's a good name," she praised sincerely, "Your mother loves you very much, and she gave you everything she knew."

As she spoke, she pinned the hairpin on his head.

"You said no one gave you a name or title. It doesn't matter. Zijin is your name. It was given to you by your mother who loved you the most. And I gave you the title. I just hope you don't despise me."

Si Jiu looked at the hairpin on his head in the mirror and said, "Isn't this the one you liked yesterday?"

Wen Baizhi asked back: "Why, because I wore it, you don't want to wear it anymore?"

Si Jiu shook his head hastily: "No, no, no, it's my honor to have something that belongs to you."

Wen Baizhi adjusted the hairpin left and right: "That's great, now our Zijin is also a person with a name and a crown."

Si Jiu, with his back to her, burst into tears again.