My CEO Husband Has Some Issues
Chapter 1229: 1229: Rong Yan Tested the Medicine for Him in Advance

Chapter 1229: Chapter 1229: Rong Yan Tested the Medicine for Him in Advance

“I am also medically trained,” she said, “even though I ended up not walking the noble path of a white-coated angel. During school, I tested many medications. Formulas like this one that are harmless yet beneficial to the body are generally tested on us students. It’s not as serious as you think; I wouldn’t treat myself like a lab rat.”

She was lying.

She had been a lab rat for the little one before, or she wouldn’t have been so skilled at handling Duidui’s illness. Given her character, she would never recklessly endanger Li Duidui. The treatment she used on the child must have been tested repeatedly on herself until she was sure it was safe.

Li Shengxiao suddenly felt complicated, overwhelmed by a wave of frustration. He knew he couldn’t blame himself for the five years they had missed, yet he couldn’t help feeling regret because he couldn’t bear to see her suffer and it pained him! Hence the regret, the frustration! He wished he could turn back time to five years ago; he definitely wouldn’t let her go through pregnancy alone nor bear the burden of caring for a child born with a genetic illness.

How old was Rong Yan at that time?

18 or 19?

What were normal girls doing at that age? They should have been in college, enjoying carefree youth, freely spending their time.

But his girl had taken on responsibilities far too early for her age, alone in a foreign country, balancing studies, work, and childcare.

“I only drank it once, and it wasn’t even to test the medication,” said Rong Yan, her eyes darting around as she thought about how to persuade him to let go and take the medicine willingly. “I drank it because I was having trouble sleeping those few days, waking up in the middle of the night. I drank it just to sleep better. The testing was just incidental.” Moreover, the medicine isn’t really bitter, it’s not as bad as you’d imagine, after you drink it there’s a sweet aftertaste like tea…”

Before she could finish, he picked up the medicine bowl from the table, his face stern, tilted his head back, and drank it all in one go.

“…Close enough,” Rong Yan nearly swallowed her own tongue in surprise.

Medicine is still medicine, even if Rong Yan added goji berries, which are supposed to sweeten it, it didn’t taste much better. It was not only bitter but also astringent and sour. Li Shengxiao had never drunk anything so awful, his brow nearly knotted from the bitterness, he squinted, trying to weather the nausea.

Suddenly, a strawberry candy was popped into his mouth.

“There.”

The sweet taste of the strawberry candy spread through his mouth, greatly suppressing the sour bitterness of the medicine, making his breath, which had almost stalled from the bad taste, flow much smoother.

Rong Yan saw his brow not furrowed as tightly, slowly opened his eyes, smiled, and said, “If it’s bitter, eat a candy. With a candy, it’s not bitter anymore. Why endure it?”

Her eyes were round and bright, radiantly beautiful, shining like light, “I didn’t lie to you, did I? It’s sweet now.”

I didn’t lie to you, did I? It’s sweet now.

Li Shengxiao chewed on the sweet, sticky strawberry candy, its candy sweetness reminiscent of her scent, making him want to pin her against the wall and see if her taste was as addictive as the strawberry candy she had stuffed into his mouth!

But he didn’t.

Li Shengxiao opened his eyes, his deep, dark pupils unfathomable as he stared at her with utmost seriousness, “Don’t test medications anymore, understood?”

“I wasn’t testing,” she countered. “Like I said, I drank it because I was having trouble sleeping and just wanted to adjust my sleep.”