Back to the 70s: My Childhood Sweetheart Spoils Me Rotten-Chapter 98 - 97: Waking Up

Gong Ruini didn’t know how long she had been fighting nightmares; she just thought it was exhausting.

Always feeling sore and aching, but that’s not the point. The point is how thirsty she was.

It felt like she had been walking in the desert for a long time and was on the brink of death.

"Water, I need to drink water."

"Water, so thirsty."

At first, Gong Ruini kept saying don’t hit her, but now all she could think about was water, she had to drink water.

Cai Meina was sleeping soundly when she heard someone constantly shouting about drinking water. Her first thought was about drinking water while sleeping—was someone about to wet the bed?

Then she listened more closely and realized it was her daughter’s voice.

"Water, water." Cai Meina was very excited, and besides shaking Gong Tao, she kept muttering about water.

Gong Tao, half-asleep, being shaken awake by Cai Meina, didn’t react immediately, but since his wife wanted water, no matter how much he wanted to sleep, he had to fetch water for her.

No choice, Ni Zi’s condition seemed serious, he couldn’t let his wife get upset.

Ni Zi being sick, my God, how did he fall asleep? It scared Gong Tao quite a bit.

He kept praying, hoping his daughter was alright, or it would be a big problem.

"Ni Zi wants water, why are you just standing here?" Cai Meina snapped back to reality and saw her husband hadn’t gone to get water.

"Didn’t you hear Ni Zi saying she’s thirsty?" It’s really frustrating how he can’t even handle small matters properly.

Ni Zi shouting about being thirsty? Isn’t this a dream? Gong Tao pinched his own arm, feeling a sharp pain, "Ni Zi really woke up."

"Whether she’s awake or not, I don’t know, but Ni Zi is very thirsty," Cai Meina said irritably, "What’s the use of telling me all this? Hurry up and get the water."

Gong Tao hurriedly rushed to get water for Gong Ruini, originally thinking of calling Zhan Jing to check the situation, but considering it was quite late.

Previously, they had already kept Zhan Jing busy without proper rest, and based on past experiences, as long as Gong Ruini was calling out for water, she generally would slowly improve.

Gong Ruini had no idea how much had happened while she kept calling out for water; she just felt thirsty, and suddenly felt the sky pouring down rain, with such a heavy downpour. Gong Ruini opened her mouth and drank endlessly, feeling the water was so sweet, giving her a sense of finally coming back to life.

"She drank, she drank, that’s good," Cai Meina relaxed a bit when she saw Gong Ruini drink down a whole bowl of water.

"Ni Zi, do you want more?" Cai Meina handed the bowl to Gong Tao, signaling him to continue fetching water, while gently asking Gong Ruini.

His wife’s distinct treatment, Gong Tao was used to it, but he kept peeking to see if Gong Ruini woke up.

"Mom." Gong Ruini didn’t expect it was not the so-called rain from the sky but someone feeding her water.

Whether it was after drinking water she felt stronger, or hearing her mom’s voice sparked her energy, she felt a bit more vigor.

Gong Ruini blinked a few times and finally opened her eyes, "Mom."

It would have been fine not to speak, but once she did, she realized her voice was all wrong, so hoarse it nearly made one cry.

"Oh," Cai Meina, hearing her daughter call her mom, despite the terrible sound, to her, it was like heavenly music.

Tightly embracing Gong Ruini, "Ni Zi, being awake is good."

"Ni Zi, Ni Zi, Mom knows you’ve been wronged."

"Mom won’t let anyone bully you in the future."

"Ni Zi, if anyone bullies you again, you must tell Mom."

"No matter who bullies you, Mom will help you."

"Ni Zi, Mom apologizes to you."

What’s happening? Gong Ruini was held so tightly by Cai Meina; she could barely breathe. Why was Cai Meina speaking such words, making Gong Ruini quite puzzled?

Her mother’s emotions were not ordinarily intense.

Her mother being so emotional, Gong Ruini didn’t want to interrupt her, but she felt so exhausted, and she couldn’t breathe.

"Mei Na, loosen up a bit, or Ni Zi won’t take it well." Gong Tao, returning with a bowl of water, saw his daughter in his wife’s embrace struggling to breathe.

Cai Meina relaxed slightly upon hearing her daughter was struggling to breathe.

Breathing the fresh air, Gong Ruini finally felt she had come back to life, "Mom, what happened to me?"

Though bewildered by the situation, Gong Ruini knew she must have had a problem earlier, or Cai Meina wouldn’t have been so agitated.

But Gong Ruini was highly curious, she simply took a long nap, yet why was it so stirring, though sleeping seemed so exhausting, even making her belly grumble.

Cai Meina was all too excited to notice Gong Ruini’s oddity, yet Gong Tao did, "Ni Zi, are you hungry?"

Gong Ruini shyly nodded, though at this hour it should be near mealtime, Gong Ruini just glanced around and found the sky outside had turned dark.

"Let’s wait for everyone to eat together." Gong Ruini didn’t want to bother others, but why was there no smell of meals? Gong Ruini found it quite strange.

"It’ll be a long wait, I’ve made some red bean jujube congee." Gong Tao got up, ready to bring out the congee kept warm in the pot.

Oh, drinking congee in the middle of the night, how can it last until morning?

Gong Ruini found it very odd, although at this time there’s no work, everyone is idle at home, and some families in the village drink porridge or add sweet potatoes to save grain.

But since the food in the cellar was ample, Gong Ruini never had such a meal, while sweet potatoes were just snacks, so why suddenly drink porridge at night?

"This stuff makes you feel hungry." Gong Ruini still planned to fight for her stomach.

"It doesn’t matter; in another two or three hours, you can have breakfast."

"Your condition has just improved a bit; you can’t act willfully." Gong Tao knew his daughter, ever since had eaten white rice, refused to eat watery meals.

Condition improved a bit? Plus, just a few more hours for dawn? Could it be dawn now?

Gong Ruini was stunned; she merely took a nap, how could so much have happened after waking up? What was going on, Gong Ruini was shocked.

Did the uncomfortable feeling in the dream not stem from dreaming, but because her body was unwell, thus she lacked strength?

But she hadn’t done anything or got caught in the wind, how could she have gotten sick? Gong Ruini found it very puzzling.

If it was the fragile body from when she first crossed over, being prone to illness was possible, but so long without illness, could those ailments have accumulated until now?

Gong Ruini was dumbfounded, looks like this body has adjusted well, the condition shouldn’t be serious, yet even so, Gong Ruini wasn’t satisfied.

Such a lousy body, no more slacking, Gong Ruini vowed she must exercise well to at least avoid sickness so easily.

Gong Ruini noticed the bloodshot eyes of Cai Meina and Gong Tao, seeing they were all worried and sleepless.

As for her silent brother Gong Ruwen, he was likely sent next door to sleep by their parents, "Mom, I’ll exercise well in the future."

"I won’t get sick so easily anymore."

Gong Ruini recalled Cai Meina’s previous reminders, wanting her to exercise, fearing Cai Meina would scold, so she made sure to promise regular exercise before Cai Meina could say anything.

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