Bai Yu'an slept until dusk. Before leaving, Bai Yuanqing asked A Tao, "Is Yu'an awake yet?"
A Tao shook his head: "Shen Shoufu went to bed right after he left, maybe he was tired."
Bai Yuanqing nodded and said to A Tao: "You take care of Changjing while I go out to get together with a few fellow villagers."
A Tao grabbed Bai Yuanqing and said, "Brother Jing is still ill. Mr. Yuanqing, please stay with him more."
Bai Yuanqing frowned and pushed A Tao's hand away: "I have to go out tonight, and I have to meet important people. What do you, a girl, know?"
As he spoke, Bai Yuanqing shook his sleeves, picked up the umbrella under the eaves and walked out.
A Tao watched Bai Yuanqing hurried out, not wanting to say anything else, and looked at the sky. Chang Jing was asleep now and didn't know when he would wake up, so he planned to ask Bai Yu'an to get up and eat.
He lifted the curtain and went in gently. Seeing that Bai Yu'an was still sleeping deeply, he couldn't bear to wake him up, so he turned around and left.
She lit candles outside and sat under the eaves to do embroidery work again. Unexpectedly, after a while, the sky turned completely dark. When Ah Tao put down the things in her hands and was about to go in to call Bai Yu'an, there was a sound from the gate outside. sound.
A Tao hurriedly took an umbrella and opened the door. As soon as he opened it, he saw Butler Lin from the Shen Mansion standing outside with a smile on his face: "Miss A Tao, is your young master here?"
A Tao nodded: "Young Master is resting, what's going on with Butler Lin?"
Butler Lin smiled and said, "My master wants me to come over at midnight every day and invite Mr. Bai to come over."
A Tao was stunned for a moment, thinking she heard wrongly: "Daily?"
Butler Lin smiled and nodded, and added: "Master Bai should know that Miss Lao Atao will bring you a message, and I will wait here."
A Tao looked at Butler Lin's face in confusion, and then walked back quickly.
There were no candles lit in the back room, and it was dim. A Tao went to light the candle on the bedside, and then looked at Bai Yu'an who was still sleeping on the bed.
A Tao gently pushed Bai Yu'an's shoulder and whispered: "Sir, Butler Lin is looking for you outside."
Bai Yu'an didn't reply. He pressed his hands on the quilt without moving his fingertips.
A Tao couldn't help but bend down to look at Bai Yu'an's face. His face was full of crimson and tiredness, his eyes were closed tightly, and he showed no intention of waking up.
A Tao was slightly startled, and quickly reached out to touch Bai Yu'an's forehead. It was surprisingly hot.
She turned around and walked towards the door outside. She said to Butler Lin, "My young master is sick and he hasn't woken up yet. He may not be able to go today."
"How about you go back to Chief Shen?"
Butler Lin's face was clearly in embarrassment, and he frowned and said, "My lord has ordered that no matter what Mr. Bai's reasons are, even if you can't go, you have to go and tell him in person."
As he spoke, Butler Lin looked at A Tao with a deep meaning in his eyes: "Miss A Tao had better go and ask Mr. Bai in person, otherwise Shen Shoufu will be angry, or everyone will feel uncomfortable by then."
A Tao was stunned and looked at Butler Lin. The smile on Lin's face was still there. He looked at A Tao and said, "Miss A Tao, go quickly."
Ah Tao felt faintly panicked, and turned around in a daze to go back to the inner room.
A Tao sat on the bed and gently patted Bai Yu'an's arm: "Master?"
It took a long time for Bai Yu'an to wake up with his eyes squinted, but he didn't even move, he just let out a soft hum.
Seeing that Bai Yu'an had woken up, A Tao quickly said in surprise: "Sir, Butler Lin just said that Chief Shen asked you to come there at midnight every day."
"Butler Lin is waiting outside right now."
After speaking, A Tao said again: "Sir, is this really happening?"
Bai Yu'an didn't speak after hearing this, and the room suddenly fell silent.
A Tao was a little anxious: "Master, why don't you speak?"
"Didn't the young master say that Shen Shoufu already knew the young master's identity, then why did he still call the young master over at night?"
A Tao's urgent voice kept ringing in Bai Yu'an's ears. Bai Yu'an had a severe headache. He stood up, exhaled a long breath and said to A Tao: "Go get some clothes."
A Tao said worriedly: "But the young master is very hot and should be cold too. There is no need to go."
Bai Yu'an was already sitting on the bedside. She got up and pulled the coat on the shelf and put it in Ah Tao's hand. She whispered, "I can't go if I don't."
She looked at Ah Tao again. Under the candlelight, Bai Yu'an's face had a soft color: "But you don't have to worry about me, I can still handle it."
"As for the wind and cold, it's probably because I got caught in the rain outside in the morning, so it's not a big deal."
A Tao was reluctant to move and couldn't help but said: "Why is it not a big deal? The young master has been in poor health since he drank the cold medicine since he was a child. The cold is not a small matter for the young master."
Bai Yu'an had no choice but to say: "Changjing's medicine can be boiled, give me the same one."
Only then did A Tao remember it and said quickly: "The medicine is boiled. Master, wait a minute. I will bring you the medicine."
Bai Yu'an looked at A Tao who was going out, sitting on the edge of the bed and staring at the ground under his eyes in a daze.
After a while, A Tao came in with the medicine: "It just happened that Chang Jing fell asleep, and the young master drank it just right."
Bai Yu'an took the medicine bowl and took a sip, covering her lips to barely spit it out.
A Tao hurriedly went to pat Bai Yu'an on the back: "Sir, please slow down."
Bai Yu'an endured the bitterness and drank it in one breath. As soon as he handed the empty bowl to Ah Tao, his stomach felt overwhelmingly uncomfortable, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.
A Tao saw Bai Yu'an's face turned pale and said sadly, "Young master, what are you going to do when you are like this?"
Bai Yu'an held Ah Tao's hand tightly: "The handle is in other people's hands, so we can't do it unless we go."
"If I don't come back at night, you can go to sleep."
With that said, Bai Yu'an supported A Tao to stand up and asked her to get dressed.
Ah Tao felt uncomfortable, and while dressing Bai Yu'an, he said: "I think it's better for the young master to leave here as soon as possible, and there will be no peace of mind for a moment."
Bai Yu'an looked at A Tao and whispered comfortingly: "If you endure it for a few days, you can get away."
A Tao looked up at Bai Yu'an and saw Bai Yu'an looking at her calmly, his eyes dyed yellow by the candlelight as calming as ever.
She felt relieved somehow and nodded.
After everything was packed, A Tao uneasily put a black cloak on Bai Yu'an and insisted on sending it over with a lantern.
Bai Yu'an asked: "Where is my cousin?"
A Tao bent down to smooth the wrinkled hem of Bai Yu An's cloak. After hearing this, he said: "Master Yuan Qing went out to socialize. He said he was meeting a big shot."
Bai Yuan Bai Yuan frowned and asked, "Which big shot?"
A Tao smiled: "This slave doesn't know."
Bai Yu'an just hummed and said nothing, then paused and said: "You just stay in the yard, in case you wake up in the middle of the scenery. It's only a short distance, so you don't have to come to see me off."
Seeing what Bai Yu'an said, A Tao worriedly asked: "When will the young master come back?"
Bai Yuan approached A Tao, held A Tao's hand with both hands and whispered: "I may have to stay at Shen Shoufu's place all night, or I may come back soon."
"But don't think too much, nothing will happen between me and Shen Shoufu.
"You must not talk about this in front of your cousin. If he asks, just say that I go to the palace to stay on duty at night."
Although A Tao didn't understand why Bai Yu'an said this, he still nodded: "Okay."
Bai Yu'an then went to the corridor to get an umbrella and walked to the door.
