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“Dad… Dad?” Cordelia saw Rowan rolling his eyes and then pursing his lips on the screen and was puzzled. She had
no idea what was going on with him and called out a few times. “Dad, what are you thinking about?”
“Oh, n-nothing!” Rowan snapped out of it and chuckled. “Cordelia, you’ve got to wash his wound often if you want it
to heal fast!”
“Huh?” Cordelia paused. She had been under the impression that wounds could not come into contact with water
too often.
Zephyr, who was in bed, nearly huffed out a laugh from his disgruntled scowl.
“Of course.” Rowan cleared his throat. “You mustn’t use normal water.”
”Oh…”
“You have to use hydrogen peroxide!”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtCordelia listened carefully and jotted hydrogen peroxide on the paper.
Rowan continued. “Uh… Cordelia, hydrogen peroxide is an anti-inflammatory disinfectant. It’s very useful for
washing wounds! Give him 100% in concentration, okay? Disinfect him nicely so that he heals faster when his
wound’s taken care of! 100% concentration, remember— Ow!”
Before he finished, Xyla knocked his head.
Zephyr pushed closer to look at the screen.
Rowan hugged his head with puffed cheeks as he looked at Xyla and told her softly, “We’re on a video call… It’s a
video call! Cordelia’s watching!”
“And you’re worried about her catching you?“ Xyla was exasperated. “Cordelia, don’t listen to him! Hydrogen
peroxide disinfects, but you can’t use such a high concentration! If you use what he said on Zephyr, my son-in-law’s
going to be in so much pain! That stings even more than alcohol!”
“Shh…” Rowan was flustered.
“Off you go!” Xyla gave him a push. “Cordelia, the Irwins have meds like this. I’ll send them over to you… Hmm,
with the Irwins’ exclusive cargo plane. It’ll arrive tomorrow!”
“Okay!” Cordelia grinned. “Thanks, mom!”
Zephyr smiled as well. He still had to depend on his mother-in-law when it mattered.
“As for dad…” Cordelia pretended to be angry and said, “Dad, you’re too mean! Grandpa’s right. You’re really like a
pufferfish when you’re all puffed up!”
“Y-you—”
Before Rowan could say anything, Cordelia hung up and laughed heartily.
Zephyr wrapped his uninjured arm around her shoulders to let her cuddle him.
“Darling, when are dad and mom coming back?”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“Soon, I think.” Cordelia mulled over it. “But they might not come back and ask us to go to Southeast Aciatic?”
“Mm, I think that’s fine!” Zephyr smiled. “I’ll take you there for a holiday!”
Cordelia stroked his face playfully. “You got to experience how it feels like to be married into the family too during
the vacation?”
Zephyr arched a brow and pinned her under him with a smirk. Before he could do anything, the doorbell rang.
Cordelia pushed him away with a giggle, and he huffed a heavy exhale. His gaze changed swiftly.
“Who is it!?” he roared impatiently.
Pulling the door open, he saw Fredric and Seth standing outside together.
It was rare that these two busy men could get together.
“Z, are you still in pain?” Fredric looked at Seth. “I got Seth here specifically to let him check on your wound again.”
Seth lowered his voice and said with a chuckle, “Also, I made a huge discovery at Yale’s! I’ll bring you the report
once it’s out.”
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