It was the dead of night, the window in the room was half-closed, and the summer night breeze blew in through the gap.
Xu Pei came back soon. I don't know why Xu Pei brought her a bowl of porridge from the kitchen at this time, and also brought Ban Meng in.
Banmeng was very happy to see Ruan Xianbei's pale and embarrassed look, and took the opportunity to mock her.
"Hey, you're not pretending to be sick, are you?" Ban Meng crossed his arms and looked at her with a sense of gloating in his eyes.
Xu Pei put the bowl on the table and said, "Ban Meng, help her up and sit down."
Ban Meng helped her up with a smile on her face and leaned against the back of the bed. Ruan Xianbei bent her legs and covered her stomach. This posture made her feel a little better.
Ruan Xianbei would frown if she moved even a little bit. Just when Ban Meng thought he was going to feed her, Xu Pei said, "Okay, you can go out."
"I want her to feed me." Ruan Xianbei raised his face and looked at Xu Pei, his face dripping with cold sweat and looking very stubborn.
At this time, he still had the energy to compete with him. Xu Pei and Ruan Xianbei looked at each other for a long time, and finally took a step back: "Okay, Ban Meng, you come."
"Get out.@*~~"
Xu Pei smiled, looking at her expression as if he was looking at a child who was acting mischievously. She was unwilling to do anything to others but she already obeyed her. So what if she just went out?
He closed the door and backed out after her. He still wanted to leave after she finished eating her porridge.
Although Ban Meng was reluctant, she still obeyed the rules. She scooped up a spoonful of porridge from the bowl and brought it to her mouth: "Eat it."
Maybe it was because he was extremely uncomfortable. After Xu Pei left, Ruan Xianbei breathed a sigh of relief. For the rare moment, he did not quarrel with her and slowly started eating without saying a word.
She ate in small bites, and the warm porridge entered her stomach, gradually relieving her stomach pains one after another.
The rare quiet state between the two of them made Ban Meng a little unaccustomed to it. She looked at Ruan Xianbei's mechanical eating movements and suddenly asked: "Why is the young master so nice to you?"
"Yeah?"
"The eldest lady likes to pester the young master very much. The young master has never let her stay with him at such a close distance." Ban Meng's expression was a little curious. In her opinion, Ruan Xianbei was just annoying and there was nothing special about him. .
The eldest lady in Ban Meng's mouth must be Mu Ruojiao.
Ruan Xianbei got better and spoke more fluently: "Then he is really nice to Mu Ruojiao. If Mu Ruojiao found out that he was such a person, he would probably avoid him like a snake or a scorpion."
Banmeng continued: "And he went out just now when you asked him to. The young master seems to be easy to talk to, but in fact he hardly listens to what others say in what he wants to do."
Ruan Xianbei frowned: "Why are you telling me this? He just wants my life, you obviously know that."
"You know, what a wonderful thing it is to be able to give your life for the owner of the village."
Ruan Xianbei: .... Crazy.
"I won't eat anymore. I can't eat anymore."
Banmeng lowered her head and saw that she had already eaten more than half of the bowl. If she didn't want to eat, she would just eat it. She was just following orders and didn't care how Ruan Xianbei felt.
Ban Meng held her chin and looked at Ruan Xianbei. Ruan Xianbei rolled her eyes at her, "What do you think I'm doing?"
"I'm looking at... what does the young master like about you."
"are you crazy?"
"If you also like the young master, maybe he won't let you die."
"Then your dear owner's wish will not come true." Ruan Xianbei said coldly.
"That's right." He half-dreamed and said with a sly smile, "But I might be able to replace you."
Damn, a bunch of lunatics.
Ruan Xianbei stopped talking nonsense to Ban Meng. She lay down and pulled up the quilt. After struggling for half a night, she wanted to sleep.
"Are you going to sleep? Then I'm going out. Master may not want me to stay too long."
After Ban Meng went out, the door opened and closed, the sound of gentle footsteps came, the bedside sank slightly, and someone sat next to her.
"Asleep?" Xu Pei asked her softly.
Only calm breathing answered his words. Ruan Xianbei closed her eyes and didn't even move. She was too tired.
She obviously didn't do anything, but she was exhausted both physically and mentally, flying around more than she did in a fight.
She was so tired that she didn't care even if she knew it was Xu Pei sitting beside her bed. She just wanted to have a good sleep.
Xu Pei looked at her face quietly and didn't know what he was thinking. After a while, he helped Ruan Xianbei tuck in the quilt, blew out the light and fell asleep on the bed made on the ground.
Ruan Xianbei didn't know that Xu Pei asked the guards around him to catch the cook and make the porridge. Because of this episode, no one paid attention to Lin Shi who got up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet and secretly made a mark with his fingernail under the fence of the stable.
...
Originally, he only stayed in Luoxia Town for one day before continuing on the road. Unexpectedly, Ruan Xianbei had a fever early the next morning. This was only discovered by Xu Pei when he saw that she hadn't gotten up and was afraid that she would have a stomachache if she didn't eat.
Ruan Xianbei's whole body was hot, his cheeks were burning red, and he was either shouting hot or cold. He didn't know why he got hot after sleeping.
The disease came so violently that it unexpectedly disrupted Xu Pei's schedule.
In fact, it's very simple. She was trapped in the box for most of the day in such hot weather. There was no air conditioning at this time, so she would have had symptoms of heatstroke if she wasn't dehydrated.
And she was given medicine by Xu Pei, and she was worried about how to escape. She fell ill immediately after being attacked from both inside and outside.
This time there was no need to think about it at all, it was so confusing.
Xu Pei thought for a while and guessed that it might be related to yesterday, but King Chang De and Shen Xuan were both looking for her, so there was no way to do this in order to cover up others' eyes.
With the high fever like this, I couldn't go on the road, so I had to go see a doctor immediately.
Under the supervision of the guard who looked cold and black and white, the doctor hurried over with a medicine box on his back. When he entered the room, he saw a girl lying on the bed, and saw the young man guarding next to him. He also understood in his heart why the guard was acting like this. It's so vicious.
He took Ruan Xianbei's pulse and said to Xu Pei: "The girl should have symptoms of summer heat."
"Su Wen?"
The doctor explained: "The weather is hot in summer, and it is often due to excessive sweating that consumes body fluids, or due to overwork and low ability to resist external evils, it is easy to get sick from heat-related diseases."
"Is it serious?" Xu Pei asked.
"It's not bad. The girl seems to be in good condition. I'll prescribe a prescription and she'll be fine. In this summer, the main thing is to clear away the heat and relieve the heat. White Tiger Decoction plus ginseng is the correct prescription. In addition, use a wet towel to give it to her. Wipe it down to lower the temperature on the surface of the body. The fever should subside tomorrow, but..." The doctor glanced at Xu Pei's and his others' attire and said, "Looking at the young men, they should not be locals. If they are on their way. It is better to wait for two more days to let the girl rest and recuperate to avoid the root cause of the disease."
"How many days should I take this medicine?"
"Third, it depends on the situation. If you still feel unwell after the fever subsides, come see me again."
"Thank you, doctor."
After sending the doctor away, Banmei grabbed the medicine according to the doctor's prescription and returned to the kitchen. The guard next to him asked: "Master, when will we set off?"
"Let's wait for two days until her fever subsides before leaving."
"The owner of the village said he was worried about something happening on the road and asked us to go back as soon as possible." The guard said, "She has been resting for a day. Her people have been looking for her. It is easy to find us as long as we see the disciples in the sect."
It was obvious that this guard took orders directly from Mu Huaxiao, not him.
Xu Pei turned his back to the guards and frowned without being noticed, and said in a deep voice: "I know, if there is any delay, I will be responsible. You go and inform them, and say that I am unwell and have to rest here for two days." Let’s start again.”
"Yes." The guard wanted to say something more, but saw Xu Pei's cold expression and put it back, so he could only say yes.
Banmei came back with the medicine. This time it was Xu Pei who gave Ruan Xianbei the medicine. He gave him some porridge first and then the medicine. Anyway, Ruan Xianbei was so burned that he was a little confused, and his unconscious appearance seemed very docile.
After giving the medicine, the task of wiping her body was handed over to Banmei. Xu Pei still had some things to deal with. Banmei sighed at his miserable life and could only wipe her body with a towel soaked in ice water.
"Look, what devil's saint is as weak as a cat, and she got sick after being locked in a box for a day? I can't stand how weak you are, tsk tsk, it's a bit disgusting."
Banmei shook her head and muttered while taking care of the semi-conscious person.
Ruan Xianbei was in such a state that she spared no effort in her hands and mouth. Ruan Xianbei's skin was turned red by her rubbing. It was only after she gasped that she realized that she had struck too hard.
"Okay, okay, I have never served the owner like this before. Don't say that I mistreat you. You said this is really strange. I'm not used to no one talking to me anymore. Come on, just sleep well, I will Stay nearby, call me if you need anything."
Banmei muttered and threw away the basin and handkerchief. She didn't know if the doctor was reliable or not, why he had to wipe it twice a day. Wasn't this torture in disguise?
...
Banmei sat at the table and dozed off, feeling a strong sense of sleepiness coming over her as she swayed. This time seemed to be the most suitable time to sleep.
Ruan Xianbei felt like he was being burned by fire and soaked in water, as if he had returned to the summer of his childhood.
She was sitting in the yard of her grandma's house enjoying the cool air. Her grandma was fanning her constantly, humming old songs, and the sound of cicadas was ringing in her ears. There was still uneaten food on the table next to her. Finished watermelon.
Ruan Xianbei smacked his lips, as if the taste of watermelon was lingering in his mouth.
I feel like eating watermelon.
A little thirsty.
But her head hurts and her eyelids feel heavy. Is she sick?
She tried desperately to open her eyes but couldn't. At this time, there was a cold moist feeling on her mouth, and someone was feeding her water.
"Aruan, it's me."
Shen Xuan's gentle voice sounded in her ears. Ruan Xianbei's eyelids moved and finally opened a crack.
Shen Xuan was sitting next to her bed, holding a towel in his hand to wipe her cheeks and neck. Ruan Xianbei subconsciously looked at Banmei, who actually fell asleep on the table. Update without error@
Shen Xuan made a shushing gesture to her and whispered: "Give her some medicine. It will take a while for her to wake up."
He touched her forehead and said distressedly: "I've wronged you."
Ruan Xianbei looked at him blankly, tears welling up without warning. .
