Warm medicine emits fragrance

Fan Liuer stayed in Li Chenbi's room until sunset.

Li Chenbi sat up from the bed with a satisfied look on his face. After drawing the bed curtains, he called someone in.

After he was dressed, he dismissed the servants, lifted the bed curtains, sat on the head of the bed, and stared at the person on the bed.

Fan Liuer was buried in the quilt, where the warmth left by Li Chenbi still lingered, making her too cozy to open her eyes.

She only slowly opened her eyes when she felt her body instinctively tense up from being stared at.

Meeting those dark eyes, she blinked. "Second Master?"

Li Chenbi responded, reached out and brushed the hair away from her face, his fingertips gently gliding across her cheek.

At that moment, my heart softened completely.

To this day, he still doesn't understand what kind of magic Fan Liuer possesses that makes him so infatuated.

Is it due to her unique physical condition?

If that were all, he could have kept her by his side using the method she suggested, so why should he be so restless and always feel dissatisfied because of her?

It seemed that he only felt at peace when she was by his side.

They had just finished being intimate, and she was still lying on his bed, but he already felt reluctant to let her go.

I can't bear to leave, I can't bear to leave this room.

"Are you hungry? I've had some of your favorite dishes prepared. If you're hungry, I'll have them brought over."

Fan Liuer was indeed hungry; she had exhausted a lot of energy after a whole afternoon of fussing.

But she doesn't want to move right now.

"Let's wait a bit longer, I want to sleep a little longer."

Li Chenbi tucked the blanket around her. "Okay, I'll call someone in to wait. You can just call them later."

Fan Liuer was too tired to reply and simply nodded.

Li Chenbi stared at her for a while, and finally, under her questioning gaze, he leaned down and kissed her on the face.

"I will try to come back as soon as possible."

He got up and left after giving his instructions.

Fan Liuer subconsciously closed her eyes when he leaned down, and her eyelashes trembled when she heard his words in her ear.

She didn't open her eyes until she heard the door open and then close again.

His eyes held a hint of confusion and struggle.

After Li Chenbi left, Fan Liuer lay on the bed for a quarter of an hour before she couldn't stay in bed any longer.

The warmth left in the blankets dissipated, and she no longer felt as comfortable as before. In addition, she was getting hungrier and hungrier, so she simply stopped sleeping.

Just as she propped herself up to sit, a familiar voice came from outside the bed curtains, "Madam Fan, you're awake?"

It was Siqing's voice.

Facing Siqing, Fan Liuer didn't hold back much and called out to her, "Siqing, go downstairs and get me some warm clothes."

It was late at night, and the temperature was much lower than during the day. She couldn't stand wearing that thin fabric underneath.

Besides, those clothes are unwearable; Li Chenbi just tore them.

"Second Master already instructed me to bring it up," Siqing said, lifting the bed curtains and handing over the neatly folded clothes in her hands.

Having spent many days together, the two knew each other's habits well. Siqing knew that Fan Liuer didn't like others helping her get dressed.

While Fan Liuer was getting dressed, Siqing asked excitedly, "Madam Fan, did my method work? Have you managed to appease the Second Master?"

Fan Liuer glanced at her, paused for a moment, and said, "Siqing, let's not try to figure out what the Second Master is thinking in the future."

After thinking it over and over, she was the one who ended up being tormented; it would have been simpler for her to just lie down.

Siqing exclaimed, "So... this means I didn't coax her enough?"

"But it doesn't look like it. Second Master's complexion was much better when he left, not like he was still angry."

Fan Liuer herself didn't quite understand Li Chenbi, so she naturally didn't know how to explain it to Siqing and had to change the subject.

I'm hungry.

"Oh, I'll have someone send it over right away."

"Take it downstairs and have someone light two more stoves; it's getting a bit cold today."

Siqing nodded, "It is indeed a bit cold today, the temperature difference between day and night is too great, I'll go now."

When Fan Liuer came downstairs, the room downstairs was already warm and cozy, with steaming food on the table and soup simmering beside it. There was also a faint smell of alcohol in the room.

Siqing served her a bowl and left it to cool down. "This was prepared by the Second Master. He added some angelica wine to it, saying it would warm you up and help you sleep better."

Fan Liuer had never drunk alcohol before. Her health was already poor, and most of the fruit wines and rice wines suitable for women were considered to be cooling in nature, so she dared not touch them.

She would never touch the other milder wines, as they were too strong.

Upon hearing that wine had been added to the sweet soup, he immediately lost interest.

She hadn't touched it until Siqing persuaded her, "Why don't you try a little? It doesn't smell very strong, so it shouldn't make you drunk."

Fan Liuer took a sip; the taste was a bit strange, and it even had a fishy smell in her mouth.

It was a little hard for her to swallow, but thinking that it might warm her up, she took a few sips anyway.

Finally, unable to drink any more, I stopped forcing myself.

Not long after finishing her meal, Fan Liuer began to feel a little restless.

That restlessness made her irritable and agitated.

Siqing tidied the table and saw her pacing back and forth in the room. She assumed she had eaten too much and was digesting her food. She said, "I advised you not to eat too much. The weather is different now than in summer. Your body can't stand the cold. If you have nowhere to digest your food, you'll only suffer."

Fan Liuer stopped, feeling a bit thirsty. She went to the table and drank a whole pot of tea before she felt better.

Siqing was stunned. "Did you... eat something too salty?"

She thought to herself, "Fan Liu'er's stomach can hold so much! She just ate so much food and now she's drinking such a big pot of tea."

Not enough?

How could Fan Liuer not be full? She was already quite full, and this pot of food made her feel nauseous.

But she still felt very restless and had a dry mouth.

"Siqing, I feel a little unwell."

"How is it? Did you make it?"

"No... I'm just a little restless."

Siqing suddenly realized: "It seems that the angelica wine is working. I didn't expect the wine to be so effective. It's only been a short time and you've already started to have a fever."

Fan Liuer had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

It wasn't the heat; she didn't feel a significant change in her body temperature. She just felt restless.

An inexplicable restlessness made her feel inexplicably anxious and uncomfortable.

And I'm also very thirsty.

She had just drunk so much water, and now she was thirsty again after talking for a while.

"Siqing, I want to drink more water."

"Still drinking?"

"Mmm, I'm so thirsty."

"Wait a moment, I'll go get some water right away."

In less than half an hour, Fan Liuer had drunk at least three pots of water, and finally, feeling so full, she vomited it all up.

She even vomited up the food she had just eaten.

Siqing then realized something was wrong and immediately sent someone to fetch a doctor.

Upon learning of this, the servants outside the gate split into two groups: one group went to fetch the physician who resided in the mansion, and the other group went to find Li Chenbi.

When Li Chenbi learned of this news, he was checking the accounts at the bank under the Li family's name. Upon hearing the news, he immediately put down the account book and rushed to the mansion.

The shopkeeper, who had been standing to the side sweating profusely, breathed a sigh of relief and reached for the account book, but was stopped by a hand.

Looking up, she met Li Qiuping's unsmiling face.

"Why are you in such a hurry, Manager Feng? If Second Master has something to do, I will take care of it for him."