Chapter 71


    After a while, room service had finally delivered a bowl of porridge, which John had specially instructed


    to be prepared as soft and smooth as possible. He first left it on the table for it to cool off before letting


    Sophia drink some warm water. Her being sick had made her rather weak and defenseless. At this


    point, she was even somewhat obedient.


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    After taking some water, he asked her if her gastric pain had gotten any better. Sophia grunted slowly


    with her eyes closed. No one knew if that was a genuine answer or a casual remark.


    As John brought the bowl of porridge over, he helped Sophia up before feeding her while blowing on it.


    Sophia was indeed starving. No matter how sleepy she was, she still managed to swallow some of the


    porridge. After that, John got a napkin and gently helped her wipe her mouth.


    Sophia peered at him and smiled. “I’d never imagine there’d be a day you’d treat me this nicely.” All of


    a sudden, John stopped wiping her mouth. Then, Sophia slid back down the bed and covered herself


    up with the nket. She wriggled until she found the perfect position and fell asleep.


    Meanwhile, John continued to watch her from the side for a while before putting things away and


    leaving the room. Everything that had transpired had tired him out, but he was not sleepy enough to fall


    asleep as hey on the couch. He then put his hands under his head and stared at the ck ceiling,


    reckoning that he would not be able to visit any ce tomorrow.


    He was not even sure if Sophia would recover by then. However, he was not too bothered by that, as


    there were not too many ces that he wanted to visit. After all, this whole trip did not feel right to him,


    and it did not help that right now he had totally lost his mood to do anything.


    The man wandered in his thoughts for a good while before closing his eyes and forcing himself to fall


    asleep.


    Sophia had been stable throughout the night and was able to sleep the next morning. As for John, his


    biological clock would wake him up at the same time the next morning no matter howte he stayed up


    the night before. After getting up, he quickly went up to her only to find that she was still asleep—and in


    the same position asst night.


    John felt somewhat distressed. Why is she still in the same position? Is she dead? He went up to her


    and ced his finger under her nose to see if she was still breathing. After confirming that she was still


    breathing, he chuckled to himself and proceeded to touch her forehead. He realized that her fever had


    gone away quite substantially, and it was no longer as bad as it was yesterday.


    At this point, he patted Sophia’s shoulder. “Sophia, are you awake?”


    Finally, Sophia opened her eyes, looking drowsy; he then heard a rather hoarse voiceing from her.


    “Huh?”


    All of a sudden, John felt himself getting an erection. He despised himself for having such a reaction at


    a time like this. It was ridiculous since he had never been too keen on being physically involved with


    any women. Now that he was like this, it seemed abnormal.


    He then took a deep breath and retreated from her bed. “Let’s get you moving since you’re awake. Your


    fever is almost gone. We’ll grab something to eat downstairs.”


    It took her a while to respond before she slowly got up and staggered her way to the bathroom. She


    was extremely slow when she was freshening herself up. Every single action of hers was slower than


    usual.


    Since John had not freshened up, he thought he should do that too. As such, he moved over and stood


    next to her as the mirror in front of the sink was huge enough for both of them to use.


    Now, John regretted not having done this before they got divorced, and now that they were doing it, it


    felt awkward for him.


    Meanwhile, Sophia did not seem to feel this way. Instead, she kept on staring at him in the mirror. She


    brushed her teeth really slowly and her eyes looked dull. Even after John was done, she was still taking


    her time to wash her face.


    John then left the bathroom and decided to take out all her antipyretics and gastric medicine. As there


    were a lot of different gastric medicines and John thought that she could not take these different kinds


    of medications at the same time, he decided to put the gastric medicine away before helping her make


    her bed. At this point, Sophia finally came out, looking clean and refreshed.


    John then stood up. “Let’s go and find Zack. Then, we’ll go and get some food.”


    Sophia kept quiet and walked behind him. For reasons unbeknownst to him, he was not used to her


    being so quiet.