Soulmates : The Tale Of Two Hearts

19

" Yibo , haven't come down yet." Mrs Wu mumbled. He knew Yibo never miss his routine.

" Aunty, where is master Wang ? " Shao asked.

" He isn't here yet." Mrs Wu said, worried.

Shao checked the time and it was really past Yibo's breakfast time.

" Aunty, I think...." Shao suddenly said with terrified eyes.

" Let's go and check." Mrs Wu hurriedly said. She too understand Shao's signal.

They stood in front of Yibo's room. Mrs Wu knocked but no response came. Shao and Mrs Wu looked at each other.

Mrs Wu turned the knob and the door was not locked. They opened the door and immediately went inside.

" Again " Shao said.

" Go downstairs and ask Gao to bring the herbs. Put them on stove to boil." Mrs Wu said and Shao immediately ran out.

Mrs Wu moved towards Yibo who was curling in bed and tossing around. Mrs Wu put his palm over Yibo's forehead  and it was burning like fire. She could see the pained expression on other's face . Yibo was gritting his teeth to not to shout in pain.

Mrs Wu turned to drawers. He found the a glass bottle of medicine. It had small green pills. He took four out and sat at the edge of bed.

" Yibo.." Mrs Wu said, softly.

He held Yibo's head upward and put the pills in his mouth and made him drink water.

Mrs Wu settled Yibo on pillow gently before massaging his arms.

" Why today ? It's not even time." Mrs Wu said.

Yibo was closing his eyes, curling his legs and clutching his hand. He seemed to be in lot of pain.

" Where is Shao ? " Mrs Wu said, massaging Yibo's other arm.

" Aunty, here." Shao said, coming inside. He was panting.

" Did you cool it down ? " Mrs Wu asked.

Shao nodded.

" Wait." Mrs Wu said leaving Yibo's hands.

She held Yibo's head , leaning on herself and started feeding Yibo the medicine with spoon.

After feeding Yibo, Mrs Wu again started massaging Yibo's arms and legs.

After around two hour Yibo relaxed a bit but his temperature did not reduce.

Mrs Wu and Shao came out after tucking Yibo in bed. They came downstairs.

" Again ? " Gao asked.

" Hm " both Shao and Mrs Wu hummed.

" Today they are coming too." Shao said and Mrs Wu sighed.

" That's a big problem." Mrs Wu said.

" We can tell them to leave saying Yibo has left for some other work." Shao said.

" We don't have other option." Gao said.

" But if Yibo decided to attend the meeting ? " Mrs Wu said.

" We can't let him. Look at his condition, aunty. He can't even sit." Shao immediately retorted.

" But he don't listen when he think about something."  Gao said.

All three sighed in unison.

" Prepare things. We can't let Master Wang's image down in any case." Mrs Wu said and other two nodded.