Cleaning the baby’s bottom with only Chinese herbal medicine was, of course, not enough to cure the rash in a single day. Although his diaper had been changed on the plane, the constant stifling heat of the diaper kept the "little chili pepper" red and inflamed. The baby felt the itch and would scratch at it from time to time; his father noticed something was wrong the moment he saw it.
After getting out of the car and unbuckling the child seat, Nie Zhao pulled down his son’s pants to check. His face darkened the moment he saw the state of the boy's bottom. And that was before he even saw the little guy's "little chili pepper," which was completely raw and red.
Once they were upstairs and the boy was placed on the changing table—having been cooped up in a diaper for several more hours—that "little chili pepper" looked positively searing.
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