Chapter 188 186. Rock Sugar Stewed Pears
“The system is getting more and more dog-like!”
“It’s actually forcing me to take care of a flu patient! What if I get infected too?!”
An Han walked down the street with a smile on her face, complaining about the system’s lack of humanity as she entered a pharmacy.
She took a pack of masks from the shelf. After hesitating for a moment, she also bought a bottle of medical alcohol.
If she was going to take care of Su Peng, she had to ensure her own safety first. She planned to disinfect herself with medical alcohol every time she entered or left Su Peng’s room.
After that, she returned to the school and, amid Chen Junjie’s anguished howling, packed up the pots, bowls, and induction cooker from the dorm.
“My hotpot! My hotpot!”
“Go eat it at a restaurant yourself!”
An Han kicked the dorm door shut, carried the cookware, bought ingredients, and returned to the off-campus rental.
She was in a pretty good mood. Considering that Su Peng always had a sore throat, she had even specially bought rock sugar and pears, planning to use the induction cooker to simmer a pot of rock sugar stewed pears. Supposedly, it was very effective for clearing the lungs and reducing phlegm.
In addition, she also prepared ginger cola and brown sugar ginger tea…
Since she had absolutely no experience taking care of a patient, An Han decided to give Su Peng dietary therapy.
Whether it was rock sugar pears, ginger cola, or ginger tea, all of them were said to be effective for colds.
She had also bought some lily bulbs, black fungus, and dried tangerine peel, planning to just throw everything together and stew it into a bowl of soup. According to Baidu, all of these foods could reduce phlegm.
Not to mention Su Peng’s constant, heart-wrenching coughing sounds—if he kept coughing like this, An Han wouldn’t be able to sleep well at night either.
The soundproofing of this rental was far worse than the school dorms.
When she got back to the rental, Su Peng’s snoring was still clearly audible.
She took out the small square table they had used for roommate gatherings before and placed it in the corner, set up the cookware, poured water into the pot, and tossed in a pear along with generous handfuls of rock sugar.
Watching the boiling water, An Han looked around. After searching for a long time, she went to the bathroom and took out her own toothbrush cup.
During this period, she had been drinking cheap bottled mineral water by the big jug, holding it up and drinking directly, so she didn’t need a cup at all. She could only use the toothbrush cup as a substitute.
Although her appearance and body had completely feminized, her carefree way of living was still the same as before.
“It’s ten already, and he still hasn’t gotten up…”
An Han squatted in front of the small table, staring eagerly at the pears in the pot as they gradually softened.
“It doesn’t look very tasty… so pears don’t need to be peeled, right?”
“Anyway, it won’t poison him.”
She always felt that what she was doing was a bit unnecessary. After all, Su Peng had already started taking medicine. But aside from this, she couldn’t think of anything else she could do.
When Su Peng woke up, she could help clean up, take out the trash, and go downstairs to pick up takeout for him during meals.
That was about it.
Suddenly, heavy coughing sounds came from next door.
An Han immediately stood up and jogged to Su Peng’s door, gently knocking. “Open up! Time for breakfast!”
“Coming.”
Su Peng’s voice sounded even hoarser.
A moment later, the door opened. Su Peng’s complexion still wasn’t great, but when he saw An Han, he still showed his usual smile. “How did you come right after I woke up?”
“I heard you coughing.” An Han looked up at him, at his act of pretending nothing was wrong while forcing himself to be energetic, and reminded him, “You didn’t lock your door last night. Remember to lock it next time.”
“Here, keep this key. The landlord gave two keys.”
An Han took the key Su Peng handed over. “That works too.”
She was just about to go inside when she suddenly paused. Under Su Peng’s puzzled gaze, she darted noisily into her own room.
Very soon, she came back out wearing a mask and holding alcohol, her tone extremely serious. “Your cold is contagious! Keep at least three meters away from me from now on! And you’re not allowed to leave your room!”
“Isn’t that a bit exaggerated—”
An Han sprayed alcohol all over Su Peng, cutting him off. “Also, you have to get up early every day and eat three meals. If you skip a meal, you skip a dose of medicine.”
“Then I still have to go downstairs to get takeout, right…”
“I’ll get it for you!”
Su Peng fell silent for a moment, then suddenly looked into An Han’s eyes and smiled. “So you’ve decided to take care of me these next few days?”
“Forced by circumstances~”
All because that damn system randomly assigned this task!
“Doesn’t look like it.”
“You’re sick and still running your mouth! Get back inside!”
An Han kicked him on the butt. “I’ll go prepare breakfast for you. You boil some water and get ready to take your medicine.”
“Okay.” Su Peng cooperated readily and returned to his room. Standing a few meters away from An Han, his smile softened even more. “So what are we having for breakfast?”
“Something I made myself—rock sugar stewed pears! It should be almost done. I’ll check online how long it needs to cook.”
Watching her leave happily, the smile in Su Peng’s eyes grew even deeper.
Wait!
His smile suddenly froze, and a sense of foreboding rose in his heart.
An Han’s cooking skills… He had occasionally gone to An Han’s dorm to mooch meals before, but those were always hotpot, which didn’t really show cooking ability.
She wouldn’t make some kind of dark cuisine and force me to eat it, right?
His unease grew stronger, and he had already imagined the scene of An Han pinching his mouth open and pouring dark cuisine into him.
With An Han’s personality, if she were good at cooking, she would’ve shown it off long ago over the past two years. More likely, she was a kitchen newbie who could only fry eggs and make instant noodles.
Sitting at the computer desk, Su Peng bounced his leg anxiously. He touched his burning forehead, blew his nose from time to time, and had already started considering how to pretend to be healthy to avoid An Han’s “poison.”
“It’s ready!”
An Han’s cheerful voice came from outside the door as she jogged over, holding the toothbrush cup.
Su Peng leaned over to take a look. Inside the toothbrush cup was a whole unpeeled pear soaking in sugary water.
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“You eat this first. I heard it’s effective for reducing phlegm. I’ll go downstairs later to buy some… braised dishes, maybe? Eating some meat helps recovery.”
Su Peng didn’t move, waiting for An Han to leave.
“Eat it. Try how it tastes. It’s my first time making it.”
He raised his head. An Han was standing beside him, leaning slightly forward, her big eyes full of anticipation.
“It’s a bit hot, be careful.”
It felt like being forced to drink poison.
Su Peng swallowed, picked up the cup, and gently took a sip.
A faint pear flavor, a faint sweetness—nothing else.
Not hard to drink, but definitely not delicious either.
The tension in his body instantly eased a lot. “It tastes pretty good.”
“Right? The main thing is eating the pear.” An Han handed him a small spoon.
As he ate, he asked, “Have you cooked before?”
“Occasionally. I usually find a recipe online and learn as I go… I don’t cook much, but it shouldn’t taste bad.”
Su Peng was completely relieved now.
An Han placed both hands on the computer desk and leaned forward, asking with concern, “Is your illness getting better?”
“Seems like it’s actually gotten a bit worse…”
“You’ve only taken the medicine once. No rush.”
According to the system, it should get better within two days. Otherwise, the task description wouldn’t have only given a two-day requirement.
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