Lin Hanfeng brought the thermometer and took her temperature, 38.1. So he decisively tore a piece of fever patch and stuck it on Xia Siyuan's forehead. The cool sensation made Xia Siyuan, who was sleeping uneasily, frown.
Aching in his heart, Lin Hanfeng lay back on the bed and continued to hold her tenderly in his arms.
He watched over her, taking her temperature every half an hour. After several readings, finally, three hours later, he was grateful her temperature went down and returned to normal.
Just then, Lin's mother knocked on the door and came in.
"How is it? Has Si Yuan's fever gone down?"
"Yes, it's gone. Have father-in-law and mother-in-law left?"
"Your dad just saw them off, but left little Gege behind. This child doesn't seem to know what's going on, always crying, not hungry nor needing a change. I bet she misses her mama. The mother-daughter bond, even the child can feel it."
Lin Hanfeng took little Gege and placed her between himself and Xia Siyuan.
