Plague (20): Just love you

Tan Xiao said, “I’ll go ask if I can live with you from now on. We can bring my luggage up and take a walk to digest some food.”

As a temporary volunteer, he probably won’t have the chance to stay in a single room, so he might as well move in with Wen Yi.

“I’ll go with you.”

Tan Xiao put on his protective suit again, took Wen Yi’s hand, and went downstairs together.

The research building always had the fresh air purification system running, and the air conditioning was particularly strong, making the corridors feel quite chilly. This ensured that even if there were mosquitoes, they would wilt and have no desire to bite in the low temperature.

The staff responsible for registering accommodation was very willing to make this a convenience: “You will stay in the research building from now on, Room 108 in the researcher dormitory, right? I’ve registered you, but the volunteers still need to work on time and use the test kits to check their blood every day.”

Although the protective measures were in place and the likelihood of infection was very low, people occasionally make mistakes. For everyone’s safety, everyone in the hospital must undergo a daily health check.

Tan Xiao’s voice was serious: “I understand, I won’t delay my volunteer work.”

Tan Xiao was a very responsible person. In his previous part-time job, he would wake up early and go to work every day, never being late or leaving early, and he never slacked off. When he stopped working there, he would first resign instead of disappearing.

He indeed became a volunteer for Wen Yi, but he would never slack off in the tasks assigned to him.

Tan Xiao brought a lot of things because the community was very close. In addition to the 24-inch large suitcase, he also dragged a small cart, just in time for Wen Yi to help organize.

He turned on the air conditioning, took off the protective suit, and threw it into the one-meter-high trash can in the hallway.

Every day, the hospital had dedicated personnel to take away and dispose of the discarded protective suits and other medical waste, which was also one of the volunteers’ tasks.

Tan Xiao closed the dormitory door, pulled down the curtains, and then opened the box, taking out items while directing Wen Yi: “These are the hundred sets of protective suits I left, put them under the bed.”

“These are all clothes brought from home, just hang them in the wardrobe.”

He placed some small items on the table himself. This afternoon, besides cooking and chatting, he was organizing their belongings. Except for the large items that couldn’t be brought, he had dragged over all the things they usually used.

In the bedroom, there were small night lights, steam eye masks, electric toothbrushes, mouthwash, and even a foldable foot bath…

Besides the used items, there were vitamins, fish oil, calcium tablets, a bunch of bottles and jars, herbal tea for clearing heat and detoxification, and a bag of goji berries.

Everything was neatly arranged, and the originally dull and cold dormitory suddenly became filled with the warmth of home.

Tan Xiao finally opened the drawer and took out a bunch of small boxes to place in the suitcase compartment.

The few boxes they bought at the supermarket had long been used up, but before the citywide lockdown, Tan Xiao had restocked many according to his own model.

Tan Xiao’s ears turned red, lips pressed together, and with a serious face, he neatly arranged the small boxes in the drawer, perfectly filling the wide and large drawer.

After finishing organizing everything, Tan Xiao let out a long sigh of satisfaction.

He hadn’t taken a shower yet, fearing he would dirty the sheets, so he sat on the chair by the bed.

At this moment, Wen Yi finally remembered to ask him, “How did you get in?”

After the hospital was sealed off, not just anyone could come and go as they pleased. The research building and that area were also separate. For Tan Xiao to be able to come to his side as a volunteer, it was impossible to say there wasn’t some ulterior motive behind it.

Despite his happiness, Wen Yi couldn’t help but feel annoyed. This annoyance was directed solely at the mastermind behind the scenes. Knowing Tan Xiao’s existence, they easily brought him in and even placed him by Wen Yi’s side—only Nie Cheng could do that.

He said that the other person had specially arranged some luxurious meal today, but his portion was missing. If it weren’t for that scoundrel’s instructions, how could the staff have easily agreed to let Tan Xiao cooperate?

Wen Yi didn’t think Tan Xiao had done anything wrong; he simply despised Nie Cheng’s manipulation.

He sat upright in front of Tan Xiao, holding the other person’s hand, and looked into the young lover’s eyes, “Baby, did someone say something to you? Why did you suddenly want to come to the hospital as a volunteer?”

Tan Xiao shook his head, “No, no one said anything to me. I wanted to come myself.”

By the way, there was something he really needed to tell Wen Yi: “Previously, I told you about donating medical supplies. Initially, I was in talks with a small rescue team, but then an infectious disease outbreak happened, and they got into trouble. Then the Hope Rescue Team contacted me, the largest one in S City. They’re quite famous; you must have heard of them.”

Wen Yi nodded: “I know them.”

After all, these rescue teams often brough injured people to the hospital, so they had some connections with the hospital.

Tan Xiao showed a grateful expression and said, “I donated all the supplies to them, and then asked if they could let me volunteer at Huaxi Hospital. Fortunately, their person in charge is very familiar with Huaxi Hospital, and maybe because of those 500,000 worth of medical supplies, they assigned me to the research building!”

The Hope Rescue Team’s reputation was not that effective; Wen Yi was already certain that Nie Cheng was behind this.

“50,000 worth of supplies to meet with us is enough. The volunteers are working hard; you should just stay at home.”

Wen Yi said, “Having you in or out of the hospital doesn’t make much difference. You’re still a student; you should go home tomorrow.”

Even though the entire city was under lockdown, there were still transport personnel running around the streets. The family housing area was only a kilometer away from here, so it was not difficult for him to take Tan Xiao back.

“I don’t want to!”

Tan Xiao was young, so he had the stubbornness of a teenager.

“I know it’s safer to stay at home, but you know, when I see the hearse driving away one after another, I can’t help but worry and be scared. When the gunshots ring out, I can’t even eat. In the few days I’ve been apart from you, I haven’t been able to sleep well even once.”

He gestured for Wen Yi to look into his eyes: ‘Do I have dark circles?’

Wen Yi looked seriously for a while, then shook his head: ‘No dark circles.’”

Tan Xiao’s face was full of collagen, with skin so delicate that almost no pores were visible. Below his pair of eyes, which looked like a dogs, with deep affection, was a smooth, flawless area.

Tan Xiao hummed, “I’m telling the truth, I felt super heavy when I woke up this morning. When I looked in the mirror while brushing my teeth, I thought I saw a panda! This afternoon, I put on a face mask just to see you!”

He touched the corner of his eye, “Looks like this face mask really works.”

He was young, with a fast metabolism and good recovery ability. By the end of the day, the dark circles had almost completely disappeared, and after a little rest, he looked radiant.

“In short… I’m already here, and I will stay with you until this is over!”

Tan Xiao said decisively: “The violent attack incident caused us to lose contact for a full 47 hours, 36 minutes, and 51 seconds. We were so close in straight-line distance, yet so far apart, far enough that I could only feel helpless anxiety and couldn’t do anything.”

He looked at his partner with unwavering determination: “I don’t know what will happen in the future, or if things will get better soon… but during this period of no contact, I realized one thing: I don’t want to be absent when something happens to you. That’s why I want to volunteer at Huaxi Hospital.”

With a smile, he said, “Dr. Wen, although our relationship has been short, we’ve done everything lovers should do, right? I’ve called you Dr. Wen, called you my dear boyfriend, called you baby, and I’ve said ‘I like you’ many times, but it seems I’ve never said those three words to you…”

Wen Yi seemed to guess what Tan Xiao was about to say next. His fingers nervously gripped the armrest of the chair, so tightly that it almost left fingerprints on the solid wood.

His ears perked up, and his eyes were fixed, not wanting to miss a single word Tan Xiao said, nor any subtle changes in the other person’s expression.

Tan Xiao’s cheeks turned a shy pink: “Dr. Wen, no one has ever whispered anything in my ear. I came here not for anyone else, but for you. Wen Yi, I love you, just you.”

Wen Yi froze, his whole body motionless.

Gentleness was his facade, that heart hidden behind a high wall, refusing anyone’s approach.

The beautiful moments the two had spent together during this time had knocked a large hole in his heart wall, a hole opened only for Tan Xiao, the thick heart wall teetering on the brink of collapse.

But Wen Yi knew that his heart was actually a massive black hole; even if the outer wall crumbled, the inside could never be filled.

He instinctively and greedily sought everything, reveling in the warmth brought by Tan Xiao, while fearing the indelible harm he might inflict on the other person.

Until today, his heart wall had been shattered by the hurricane named “I Just Love You.” Wen Yi discovered that black holes could indeed be filled, filled with pure, unwavering love that chose him.

After the long, endless night, his sky was bright.

“Wen Yi…” Why did Dr. Wen suddenly stop talking? Was he embarrassed by his own mushiness?

This time, as soon as the joke was finished, he was thrown onto the bed, and countless kisses fell on his face, starting from his forehead, then his eyes, and finally his soft, petal-like lips.

Wen Yi’s kisses fell like a raging storm, hot and intense like lava.

“I haven’t taken a shower yet…!” This sentence couldn’t be uttered because Dr. Wen’s kisses were too intense, blocking his mouth and making all the sounds fragmented and unclear.