Bai Yu'an and Gu Junjiu didn't have anything to say, but Gu Junjiu refused to leave, pestering Bai Yu'an to teach him how to play chess.
Bai Yu'an was really tired of playing chess at this time.
Seeing the tiredness on Bai Yu'an's face, A Tao who was next to him couldn't help but said: "Mr. Gu, my son is tired, maybe let's do it next time."
Only then did Gu Junjiu see Bai Yuan's face with her head propped up.
The eyes were slightly drooped, a little green at the moment, a warm yellow color appeared on the bridge of the nose, and the half-dried hair hung down by the ears.
The red mole between his eyebrows was clearly extinguished and half-hidden in the light, showing a hint of tiredness.
Gu Junjiu was stunned. He just wanted to stay by Bai Yuan's side, but he forgot that Bai Yuan was still sick.
He finally stood up, looked at Bai Yu'an and said blankly: "Since Mr. Bai is tired, I'll come over next time."
The gaze refused to leave Bai Yu'an's face for a moment, as if it wanted to be engraved in his eyes.
Bai Yu'an then put down his arm, his white palm half hidden in his white sleeves.
She raised her eyelids and glanced at Gu Junjiu. Naturally, without leaving anyone behind, she said in a low voice: "It is indeed night now. You can play chess again later. Mr. Gu, be careful on the road."
When Gu Junjiu heard that Bai Yu'an cared about him, his heart warmed up, and he said happily: "Master Bai, don't worry about me, there is a carriage outside."
Bai Yu'an just said casual polite words. After hearing Gu Junjiu's words, he just nodded and asked A Tao to go out and see someone off.
However, Gu Junjiu was reluctant to leave, turning back three times every step of the way. Ai Ai walked for a long time without going out, and even bumped into the chest of drawers behind her.
A Tao went over and supported Gu Junjiu: "Master Gu, watch the road."
Without Bai Yuan's lotus-like shadow in front of his eyes, Gu Junjiu felt empty in his heart, and then turned around and went out.
Bai Yuan was left alone in the room. She looked at the wicks of the candles on the candlesticks, thinking about how she would have to deal with Shen Jue tomorrow, and closed her eyes tiredly.
A Tao came in and saw Bai Yu'an with her eyes closed as if sleeping, so he walked to her side with the medicine bowl and whispered: "Young master, please drink the medicine."
Bai Yu'an then opened his eyes, took the medicine bowl from A Tao's hand, drank the medicine and said, "Have you finished the medicine my mother gave me?"
Bai Yu'an drank for two days a few days ago, and A Tao stopped after falling into the water.
A Tao hesitated: "It's better to wait until the young master recovers from his illness before drinking."
"Last time when I went to get some medicine, the shopkeeper in the medicine shop said that there were cold medicines in the medicines. The young master is already cold, so what's the point of drinking cold medicines?"
Bai Yu'an looked at A Tao: "Recently, my chest has been hurting again, and my lower abdomen has been hurting a little these days. I'm afraid I'm going to have Kuishui."
"It's safer to drink medicine to avoid some trouble."
A Tao didn't follow: "Young master wants to drink the medicine, but I won't stop you. But at the end of the day, the young master can't drink it now. The coldness in his body is still there. How can he drink the cold medicine again?"
"If you want to drink, you should wait until you are well again. This is not a child's play."
As she said that, she stuffed another plum into Bai Yuan's mouth: "Young Master doesn't take your own body seriously, how will this slave explain to the master and his wife when you return?"
Bai Yu'an was helpless, biting the plum and remaining silent.
Seeing that Bai Yu'an was silent, A Tao got up and helped the person to rest on the bed.
But when A Tao was about to leave at night, Bai Yu'an suddenly pulled A Tao's sleeve: "A Tao, come sleep with me."
A Tao was a little surprised, then smiled and said: "What's wrong, Master? Are you still as afraid of ghosts as you were when you were a child?"
Bai Yu'an shook his head: "Stay with me to keep warm."
A Tao was stunned and felt helpless: "I haven't washed myself yet. There is Tang Pozi in the quilt. The young master wants me to accompany him, so I will get the quilt and spread it on my feet to sleep."
Bai Yu'an pulled Chuntao and sighed: "It doesn't have to be like this when your feet are cold."
A Tao looked at Bai Yu'an's serious expression and said helplessly after a while: "I will just accompany the young master."
Since Bai Yu'an started studying at the age of five, A Tao has never slept with Bai Yu'an.
She was still a little unaccustomed to it, but she didn't expect that as soon as she lay down, someone came over to her and naturally fell asleep next to her shoulder.
A Tao was stunned for a moment, turned to look at Bai Yu'an's closed eyes, smiled softly, and turned to blow out the candle.
A Tao woke up before dawn the next day.
She originally wanted to get up, but Bai Yu'an held her arm and fell into a deep sleep, so she had to lie on the bed for a while.
Seeing that the charcoal fire in the room was gradually extinguished, A Tao carefully pulled Bai Yu'an's arm away, stood up, put on his clothes, and went to change the charcoal fire.
A Tao's movement was not too heavy, but Bai Yu'an still opened his eyes.
Seeing A Tao making charcoal in the house, he asked, "What time is it now?"
Seeing Bai Yu'an wake up, A Tao smiled and said: "It's still early, the genius has just dawned, young master, you can sleep a little longer."
Bai Yu'an turned sideways and touched his swollen chest, and said to A Tao: "My chest hurts and I can't sleep."
After hearing this, A Tao came over and said, "How about you loosen the belt? No one will come today."
Bai Yu'an didn't want to take risks, so he still said: "That's all, just be patient."
A Tao sat beside the bed: "Then please loosen the belt, I'm afraid it's too tight."
Bai Yu'an still shook his head, looked at A Tao and said, "I'm a little hungry."
A Tao then laughed: "It has been prepared a long time ago. Young Master is waiting. Yesterday Wei Ruyi also brought some water chestnut cakes. Young Master can try them together."
There was still some pain in his body, but he had more strength. Bai Yu'an nodded and lay on the bed again.
In the afternoon, A Tao heard Bai Yu'an suddenly ask her to get some clothes. She looked at the sky again and asked in confusion: "What are you doing with your clothes at this time? It's almost dark outside."
Bai Yuan sat on the edge of the bed in a daze, just shook her head, and asked A Tao to get some needle and thread.
A Tao was startled when he heard about needlework and asked quickly: "Young Master is going to Shen Shoufu's place again?"
Bai Yu'an looked at A Tao and whispered, "Shen Shoufu is suppressing the fact that there is no marriage in my hometown."
"After this night, I finally paid him off."
A Tao was shocked: "How could Chief Shen know about the young master's hometown?"
Bai Yu'an let out a tired breath: "He must have asked someone to go to my hometown to check on me."
A Tao was even more puzzled: "Why did Shen Shoufu ask someone to investigate the young master?"
Bai Yu'an didn't want to explain too much, so he just said, "Just go get the needle and thread first."
A Tao didn't ask any more questions and hurriedly went out to get some needle and thread.
While she was fixing Bai Yu's clothes, she asked, "What's going on with Shen Shoufu? Why would he want the young master to spend the night at his place?"
Bai Yu'an's face didn't have much expression in the dark dusk, but his eyes were cold and silent.
After a long while, she said: "He's just a hypocrite in human skin."
A Tao felt wrong after hearing this, and hurriedly said: "Did Shen Shoufu do something to the young master?"
Bai Yu'an looked at A Tao's worried expression, patted the back of her hand gently, and said: "He can't do anything to me, don't worry."
A Tao looked into Bai Yu'an's calm eyes, and her heart moved. She didn't know how to speak if she wanted to, so she just nodded.
