In the distance, Xia Qing had just finished washing some fresh strawberries and blueberries. She arranged them on a clean fruit plate and came out of the kitchen.
She wiped the water droplets from her hands. Seeing her daughter crouched on the floor, happily chatting with the two little stray cats, she smiled warmly and called out softly.
"Tongtong, come have some fruit and get some vitamins. It'll help you recover."
Zhou Tongtong turned to look at her mother and shook her head. "Mom, I don't have an appetite right now. I don't want any fruit."
Xia Qing set the fruit plate on the coffee table in the living room.
She walked over with a smile, stroked her daughter's hair, and said,
"That's okay. You can have some when you feel like it.
"But even though you feel much better after getting the shot, you still need to take your medicine on time.
"It's been a while since lunch. Come take your medicine."
Zhou Tongtong nodded obediently, got up from the floor, and brushed the dust off her pants before following her mother to the coffee table.
Xia Qing took out the prescribed pills from the medicine bag, poured a cup of warm water, and handed it to her.
Zhou Tongtong took the pills, frowned, tilted her head back, and swallowed them.
Then she quickly took a big gulp of warm water to rinse her mouth.
Just a few minutes after she took the medicine, it began to take effect.
Zhou Tongtong's eyelids gradually grew heavy. She started getting sleepy and yawned several times.
At Xia Qing's gentle urging, she rubbed her bleary eyes and slowly made her way into the bedroom, climbed onto the bed, and pulled the covers over herself.
Before long, Zhou Tongtong had fallen into a