Ming Shu was initially unconvinced, but after having diarrhea three times in the afternoon, she finally settled down.
After taking a bath, she nestled in Lu Shiyu’s arms, whimpering softly, looking like a pitiful little sickly thing.
Lu Shiyu’s warm palm pressed against her lower belly. Perhaps because of the diarrhea, her body felt slightly cool, and her soft belly was also chilly. He gently warmed it with his hand and asked, “Does your stomach hurt?”
Ming Shu pouted delicately, not really wanting to speak. Her whole body felt weak and limp, with little strength.
Lu Shiyu asked, “Should I call a doctor to come take a look?”
Ming Shu shook her head, her voice soft and airy: “My stomach doesn’t hurt anymore.”
Lu Shiyu kissed her forehead and asked gently, “Then how about sleeping for a while?”
Ming Shu held his hand, urging him to continue “warming” her belly. His hand was large and warm, and it felt very comfortable pressed against her stomach.
“Husband, stay with me.”
Afraid that Lu Shiyu might leave, she wrapped her soft, tender arms around his neck and snuggled deeper into his embrace, soft and obedient, melting Lu Shiyu’s heart.
It wasn’t that he was blindly spoiling her to the heavens; it was just that the treasure in his arms was too sweet. When she acted up, she could be infuriating, but when she was obedient, even the hardest steel would soften into tenderness. There was nothing he couldn’t indulge her in.
“Alright, I’ll stay with you, my dear. Don’t be afraid.”
Lu Shiyu kissed her forehead tenderly, gently patting her back to lull her to sleep.
He knew she was delicate and easily distracted—it was his oversight for not taking better care of her.
You’re the one who spoiled her into being so delicate and unruly, and now you turn around and try to be strict with her—how could you bear it? Lu Shiyu stroked the soft flesh of her belly and noticed she had actually gained a little weight! It was soft and tender, utterly endearing. Before, no matter how much he fed her, she never seemed to gain weight. He slipped under the covers and happily kissed her little belly. What a good girl, even gaining weight on her own.
With that, he found it even harder to be strict with her. He could only continue spoiling her—what else could he do?
After Ming Shu fell into a deep sleep, Lu Shiyu sent a message to have the private doctor come over quietly to examine her.
The doctor whispered, “The young Consort is fine. For the next few days, anything she eats or drinks should be warm—nothing cold. Also, don’t set the air conditioning too high, and keep her belly and abdomen warm. I’ll prescribe some medicine for the young Consort. Taking it will help her recover faster.”
Lu Shiyu asked, “Is the medicine bitter?”
The doctor was stunned for a moment: “Well… most medicines are bitter.”
Lu Shiyu said, “She can’t handle bitterness.”
The doctor replied, “Then… if the young Consort wakes up and isn’t experiencing diarrhea, she doesn’t have to take the medicine.”
Good heavens.
He had never seen a household spoil someone like this.
If the medicine is bitter, she doesn’t have to take it?
Spoiled like this, even a normal person would be ruined.
After Ming Shu woke up, she made a trip to the bathroom.
She wore a pained expression, regretting having eaten that half-bucket of ice cream. If Lu Shiyu hadn’t stopped her in time and she had finished the whole bucket, she might have ended up in the hospital. Going to the hospital over such a trivial matter would truly damage the dignity of the Ming Family Head…
For dinner, Lu Shiyu cooked porridge—warm and easy to digest.
This time, Ming Shu didn’t resist sitting in his lap to eat. She was completely drained, her body weak and exhausted. When the spoon was brought to her lips, all she had to do was open her mouth. Being fed by a superstar tycoon—this treatment was probably one of a kind in the entire world.
“Husband…”
“Are you feeling unwell?”
“No… I, I shouldn’t have lost my temper this morning and argued with you. You were just looking out for me…”
“Good girl, it’s not your fault. If I hadn’t bought the ice cream, you wouldn’t have eaten it.”
Ming Shu: !!
Help! She caught the hidden meaning in Lu Shiyu’s words—he wasn’t planning to buy ice cream anymore in the future!
It’s fine. She had money; she could buy it herself.
As long as she didn’t use a card, Lu Shiyu wouldn’t know what she bought.
Ming Shu: “The teaser for Sweet Journey will be released tomorrow.”
Lu Shiyu: “Mm.”
Ming Shu couldn’t help but feel nervous: “We didn’t perform very well today…”
Lu Shiyu: “It’s just a teaser. The live broadcast later is the main event.”
Ming Shu breathed a sigh of relief: “You’re right.”
Lu Shiyu had no mind for any variety show; he just wanted to coax Ming Shu into taking her medicine.
If Ming Shu were given two choices—one, taking medicine every day, or two, staying by Lu Shiyu’s side—whether she remembered or not, she would always choose the second.
He knew Ming Shu too well. She couldn’t handle hardship, was afraid of pain, yet insisted on putting on a strong front. In reality, she was just a paper tiger. The moment the medicine bottle came out, Ming Shu would cower.
Ming Shu watched Lu Shiyu warily, unable to hold back from raising her voice: “Take it away, take it away!”
Lu Shiyu coaxed her: “Be good, let’s take the medicine. If you don’t, you’ll have diarrhea again later.”
Ming Shu kept her mouth shut, her eyes welling up with tears, her face full of resistance.
What kind of suffering was this? If she had known, she would have finished the entire tub of ice cream.
You can’t fight fate. After taking the medicine, Ming Shu became even more listless. Her reddened eyes looked like a little rabbit that had been bullied too much. She lay in Lu Shiyu’s arms, shedding tears, whining pitifully to him, saying the medicine was bitter, her throat felt bitter. She didn’t throw a tantrum, just quietly nestled in Lu Shiyu’s arms, sobbing and coughing, making his heart ache terribly.
“I was wrong, husband was wrong. Don’t cry, baby. We won’t take this medicine anymore.”
Lu Shiyu threw the medicine into the trash.
Fortunately, the next day, Ming Shu no longer had diarrhea. She had just cried too much the day before, and her eyelids were a bit swollen.
She shyly curled up in bed, feeling utterly embarrassed by yesterday’s antics.
The medicine was bitter, but it wasn’t unbearable. Yet, with Lu Shiyu so anxiously coaxing her, she felt deeply wronged. It seemed she had cried herself to sleep in his arms.
Lu Shiyu placed breakfast by the bedside and gathered her, blanket and all, into his arms.
He said, “The teaser for Sweet Journey has been released. Do you want to watch it?”
Ming Shu peeked out from under the blanket, her voice slightly hoarse: “Okay.”
Sweet Journey’s official Weibo released the teaser at nine in the morning, and it quickly trended on Weibo.
#Ming Shu Eats Alone# Explosive!
#Lu Shiyu’s Heartache# Explosive!
#Sweet Journey# Hot!
#Liangchen Meijing Feeding Each Other Breakfast Is So Sweet# Hot!
[As expected, Chenchen and Jin’er are the sweetest! Even an ordinary breakfast scene can be so sweetly interactive! I was grinning like an auntie the whole time. Looking forward to you two sprinkling sugar on the show!]
[Liangchen Meijing are the sweetest couple in the domestic entertainment industry, no one can argue with that, right?]
[Hey, upstairs, don’t overhype them. Aside from the Celestial Deer Couple, the other three couples are all super sweet, okay!]
【What’s wrong with Ming Shu? She ate both sandwiches herself, how selfish!】
【Ming Shu is using Lu Shen’s fame to hype herself up and treats him so poorly, wuwuwu my brother is suffering!】
【Please Ming Shu, let my brother go, I’ll pay the nine-yuan divorce fee】
【Lu Shen only ate two cherry tomatoes the whole time, has Ming Shu never eaten in her life? Smile.jpg】
【@Sweet Journey, what’s the point of inviting the Celestial Deer Couple to the show? To watch Ming Shu bully Lu Shen? I don’t have a masochistic streak, please have the Celestial Deer Couple leave Sweet Journey!】
【I’m just a casual fan of the show, I really can’t stand the Celestial Deer Couple. Ming Shu will ruin this program, their interactions aren’t sweet at all, stop feeding us crap!】
【Yesterday Lu Shen posted a breakfast photo on Weibo, and I foolishly celebrated. Turns out he was telling us he’s being mistreated at home, I’m so angry! Why doesn’t Ming Shu just die!】
【@Ming Shu, you’re such a noble little fairy, needing two sandwiches all to yourself. Our Lu Shen isn’t worthy of you. When will you divorce and find some little fairy boy? I think an abusive man would suit you just fine】
If she weren’t the person involved, just reading these comments would make Ming Shu believe she and Lu Shiyu had a bad relationship, that she was some old witch constantly abusing him.
Though she knew netizens might be harsh, she didn’t expect them all to be bashing her.
Ming Shu felt quite depressed.
Lu Shiyu patted her head: “Don’t worry, you just eat your breakfast quietly. I’ll handle this.”
He made a call to the production team.
@Sweet Journey: [Image][Image] The sandwich breakfast was cold and contained seafood. Due to @Lu Shiyu’s health reasons, he couldn’t eat the sandwiches. So after filming ended, @Ming Shu accompanied Lu Shiyu to buy steamed buns. Please don’t maliciously speculate about the Celestial Deer Couple’s relationship!
【Lu Shen did post steamed bun breakfast photos, but how dare you say he’s unwell? Do I need to list examples of how healthy he is? This low-level whitewashing insults my intelligence!】
【Oh my god, Ming Shu’s connections are too powerful! Not only did she ‘force’ Lu Shiyu to join a dating show, she even made the official account whitewash for her. Sisters, I’m a bit scared wuwu, I don’t dare discuss her anymore, afraid my account will get banned】
【I’m scared Ming Shu is forcing Lu Shen to fake affection. This isn’t Sweet Journey, it’s Horror Journey】
【I don’t even dare watch this show anymore. Forced affection displays are too disgusting, isn’t this soft abuse?】
The entire internet was boycotting Ming Shu. No one believed she and Lu Shiyu were sweet and loving. Some extreme fans even believed Ming Shu held a gun to Lu Shiyu’s head at home, forcing him to sign a contract to fake affection.
Regardless of how loud the outside criticism grew, three days later 《Sweet Journey》 launched its livestream, with the four couples officially beginning their variety show broadcast.