During the week that Paula Rouco has been in the hospital, Severo Laris has worked tirelessly to take care of her.
Severo Laris was so busy going back and forth between the Imperial Quarter and the hospital that he didn’t even have time to go to the buffet.
From time to time, while I am at the bedside, cell phone calls come in succession, all from the client.
Unable to stop working, and unable to stop taking care of his girlfriend, Severo Laris ended up moving his work directly to the hospital.
Paula Rouco is not in a VIP ward, it is a general ward, so in one room there are two beds.
The bed next to her was occupied by a married woman in her thirties.
While Severo Laris was working, the woman in the next bed laughed and said to Paula Rouco: “Sis, your boyfriend is so good that he has moved his work to the room and spends all day with you too. I’m so jealous.”
Severo Laris sat working a short distance away, focused and attentive, not seeming to hear their conversation.
Paula Rouco said, “Doesn’t your husband come to see you at the hospital every day too? And he brings you food.”
“It’s not that he did it, it was my mother’s. He just brought it to pay his respects. You were admitted the same day as me and I’ve seen you eat a different dish at every meal for a week. Your boyfriend doesn’t talk much, but I don’t see him loving you that much.”
Paula Rouco leaned back on the hospital bed, looking unconsciously at Severo Laris, who was sitting in his office not far away, and said with some hesitation, “But sometimes I don’t know if he likes me as much as I like him.”
“How long have you been in love?”
Paula Rouco, a little embarrassed, said, “Almost two months.”
The patient snorted a soft laugh, “Gee, if you hadn’t said that, I would have thought you’d been talking for two years… nowadays, when young people have a two-month relationship, can their boyfriends be that reliable?”
Paula Rouco blushed a little and rubbed her neck, “He’s my boyfriend, I’m sick in the hospital and he’s here to take care of me, isn’t that what you’re supposed to do?”
“Young people nowadays are not usually so responsible, girl, you have really found a treasure, this boyfriend, spoil him, I see ah, he really likes you. I saw you kicking the blanket a few nights ago, and your boyfriend tucked you in many times. Even my husband doesn’t care so much about me.”
Paula Rouco is a novice in love and Severo Laris is too proud and distant. When they are together, except for the times when Severo Laris takes the initiative to hug and kiss her, she can feel Severo Laris’ passion hiding under the cold exterior, but the rest of the time, she seems to be the one chasing.
She also seems to care more about the relationship.
“But I feel like he’s always hot and cold with me, and I can’t guess what he’s thinking.”
The woman at the bedside smiled and said, “This guy is probably more stable and introverted, he is not good at expressing himself and doesn’t like to say anything extravagant, he just treats you well. Some guys are fancy and flamboyant, but when you’re sick and hospitalized, he can still be at home playing. If you don’t care, you have to look at his actual actions.
In that case, Severo Laris should be considered very, very good to her.
When she was injured, he stayed at the hospital for seven days to take care of her, cooking her meals, helping her groom herself and caring for her with care and patience.
Severo Laris finishes his work, closes his notebook, walks over and asks, “Are you thirsty?”
Paula Rouco shook her head, her watery eyes boring into his red eyes as she said eagerly, “You haven’t slept well in the hospital with me every day lately. In fact, you don’t have to stay with me at night, you can go home to sleep and come back the next day.”
Severo Laris sat on the edge of his bed and asked quietly, “What if I go home to sleep and you get up at night to go to the bathroom?”
“I’ll drink less water at night and not go to the bathroom.”
Severo Laris said in a light voice, “After so many days sleeping in the hospital, a few more days won’t hurt.”
Paula Rouco’s heart and mouth moved.
In the afternoon, the doctor came to check the room.
“Paula Rouco, you can go home to recuperate after tomorrow’s checkup and have your medication changed again, it’s okay.”
Severo Laris frowned and asked, “The burns on your legs are not yet healed, would it be too soon to come back tomorrow?”
The doctor said, “This burn is mainly to prevent infection, it is unlikely to get infected and dry at this stage, and the burn area is not too large, so it is perfectly fine to recover at home, just pay attention not to touch the water during this period.”
Paula Rouco felt that her injury was no longer a problem and that if she stayed in the hospital, Severo Laris would sacrifice more time at work to be with her, and she felt bad about not resting for a week.
“Severo, the doctor said I can be discharged tomorrow, so I will be discharged tomorrow. I’m so bored staying in the hospital, I’m getting moldy myself.”
Severo Laris said nothing more, but gave the doctor a slight, polite nod.
…
The next morning, Paula Rouco was checked again and the doctor reapplied the ointment and wrapped her again before discharging her.
At first, Paula Rouco was on a crutch.
But with Severo Laris in tow, the man picked her up directly in the room.
Many people came in and out of the hospital, watching them.
Severo Laris’ domineering princess hug was also too alluring.
Paula Rouco grabbed hold of his shirt collar and buried her little face directly into his chest.
After taking a cab back to the Imperial neighborhood, Paula Rouco came to be held by Severo Laris for twenty-four hours.
Paula Rouco lay back on the bed, reaching up and scratching her oily, fried hair with a disgusted look on her face.
Because of her leg injury, she couldn’t get out of bed much, so she didn’t wash her hair during the week she was in the hospital.
He doesn’t have an oily scalp, but he can’t go a week without washing his hair.
“Severo, I want to wash my hair.”
Severo Laris was working, both thin hands tapping on the keyboard, and without looking at her, he reached out a free hand to stroke her little head.
Paula Rouco: How could he touch the ground?
Her head, it sucks!
Severo Laris, eyes still on the screen, let out a faint, “Well, it looks a little oiled.”
“…”
Paula Rouco watches him at work and slips out and tries to run out of bed to wash her hair in the bathroom.
By the time she limps to her feet, Severo Laris stands up and grabs her in a cross-legged hug.
“What for?” the man looked at her sullenly.
“… My hair is so greasy I can’t sleep, I’m going to wash my hair.”
Severo Laris led her back to the bed, “The doctor said you can’t touch the water now and you can’t stand on your injured leg.”
“But I just want to wash my hair.”
Someone looked at him with an aggrieved face and cried.
“Hold still while I go get water.”
Paula Rouco froze, lying on the bed washing her hair….
Five minutes later, Severo Laris came over with a basin of hot water and a low bench and placed it next to the bed.
Paula Rouco’s head, hanging over the side of the bed, is just out of reach of the basin of hot water placed on a small bench.
Severo Laris himself took a small stool and sat down in front of the basin, helping Paula Rouco wash her hair.
Paula Rouco tilted her head back and looked Severo Laris’ face up and down.
She smiled, narrowed her big eyes and said, “Severo, looking upside down, you’re handsome too. It says in the book that if you look at Shampoo’s face upside down, if he is still handsome, then the face must stand the test.”
Severo Laris squeezed the shampoo into his hands and rubbed it into his long hair and scalp.
Paula Rouco squinted her eyes wide in enjoyment, with the occasional reminder, “Lighten your movements and concentrate.”
Severo Laris was amused by the way the little man looked at himself with his eyes closed.
Had he turned into a girl who washes her hair?
“I’m going to wash it twice.”
“…”
There’s nothing you can do with her. You choose your own girlfriend, and you have to spoil her even on your knees.