Warm medicine emits fragrance

Fan Liuer and Li Chenbi ate their New Year's Eve dinner in the North Courtyard.

During the meal, Fan Liu'er was still a little uneasy, "Are you really okay not going to the West Courtyard?"

"You really want to go?" Li Chenbi asked her in return.

Fan Liuer immediately shook her head, "I don't want to go."

She didn't want to face the Li family again; none of them were easy to get along with, and if she went there, she knew she wouldn't get a meal.

but...

"You still haven't told me what you want to do?" She had been thinking about it all day but still couldn't figure out Li Chenbi's purpose.

Li Chenbi placed the fish meat, with the bones removed, in front of her. "Your brain isn't suited for thinking about such complicated things. You'll understand in the future. For now, just live your own life, eat and drink as you please."

Fan Liuer thought about it and felt that Li Chenbi's words made sense.

Whatever his purpose, she was going to leave the Li family sooner or later anyway, so it had nothing to do with her.

Instead of worrying about the Li family's affairs, she should think about her future plans.

After dinner, Li Chenbi invited a storyteller into the room to entertain Fan Liuer, while he sat aside dealing with a large amount of work on his desk.

Fan Liuer had never heard storytelling before, and she listened with great interest, showing no signs of fatigue even as night fell.

Finally, Li Chenbi lost his patience and sent the storyteller away.

Fan Liuer reluctantly went to bed with Li Chenbi.

The next day, early in the morning, news came from the west courtyard.

The old lady invites you.

When the servants came to report the news, Li Chenbi was fast asleep, holding Fan Liuer in his arms.

The knocking on the door woke Fan Liuer first. She opened her eyes groggily, her mind still not clear, and she felt something strange on her body.

Li Chenbi held her hand tightly, squeezing it every now and then.

Just as Fan Liuer was about to remove his hand, Li Chenbi woke up.

Li Chenbi has a bad temper when he wakes up. If he is woken up before he has had enough sleep, he will be very grumpy. In the past, the servants did not dare to disturb him at this time.

Now that he'd been woken up, his expression was naturally grim, and he unconsciously increased the force in his hands.

Fan Liuer cried out in pain.

"pain!"

Li Chenbi then regained some of his senses and quickly let go. "Did you hurt yourself? Let me see." He propped himself up with one hand, hovering above Fan Liuer, and lifted the blanket.

Staring at that patch of white grease, with faint red marks on it, were the finger marks left by his excessive force.

A hint of pity rose in his eyes, the gloom on his face disappeared, and he lowered his voice to coax, "I'm sorry, I didn't control my strength well."

Fan Liuer blushed slightly as he stared at her like that.

Even after sharing a bed for so long, Fan Liuer still wasn't used to being stared at like that by Li Chenbi.

She wrapped her arms around herself and turned her head to one side, "The... blanket."

After waiting for a while and seeing no movement, she couldn't help but be curious and turned her gaze back to Li Chenbi.

"you..."

Turning around, he saw Li Chenbi staring intently at him, muttering something under his breath.

"It's flowing out."

Fan Liuer didn't understand what it meant at first, but after sensing something was wrong, she looked down to look.

That is indeed as he said.

This situation has become quite common recently, and Fan Liuer herself can clearly feel that it has increased significantly compared to the past few days.

Li Chenbi has become increasingly fond of it lately, sometimes even using it while sleeping.

You shouldn't mess with Li Chenbi early in the morning; he's incredibly energetic, and if you do, you'll never get away with it easily.

Now, the way he looked at Fan Liuer was dangerous, and Fan Liuer thought that she would definitely have a hard time again this morning.

To her surprise, Li Chenbi neither touched nor spoke, but instead said...

"We need to call a doctor to take a look at you."

Fan Liuer was stunned for a moment, feeling a strange sensation in her chest, a slight warmth, and a flutter in her heart.

However, the next second, those feelings of excitement were dispelled by Li Chenbi.

He bent down, took a bite, and mumbled, "Let me have a taste first."

Fan Liuer: "..."

Well, it wasn't unexpected.

She reached out and pushed Li Chenbi's head. "Someone just knocked on the door. Maybe it's something important."

Li Chenbi ignored it. Nothing was more important than having breakfast, as it was related to his mood for the whole day.

The servants guarding outside thought the same thing. After Li Chenbi didn't answer the first time they knocked, they didn't dare to knock a second time.

This commotion lasted another half hour. By the time the two got off the bed, the servants outside the north courtyard were almost frantic with worry.

He came to report early, but the servants in the North Courtyard wouldn't let him in no matter what they said, only that they were going to deliver a message on his behalf. As a result, he was gone for half an hour.

After Li Chenbi and Fan Liuer finished washing up, they had someone bring them a meal before summoning a servant to inquire about their needs.

"What could have possibly bothered me?"

The servant bowed his head and replied, "Reporting to Second Master, it's someone from the West Courtyard who said the Old Madam requests your presence."

Li Chenbi listened without changing his expression, waved his hand, and said, "Go down."

After the servants left the room, Fan Liuer stared at Li Chenbi. Seeing that he showed no sign of leaving, she asked, "Aren't you going over?"

Li Chenbi had a good breakfast and was in a good mood. He took her hand and squeezed it, saying, "I'll have breakfast with you before we go over."

Li Chenbi made his own decisions, so Fan Liuer didn't ask any further questions.

After the two finished their meal, Li Chenbi arranged for someone to fetch a doctor and instructed Fan Liuer not to stay cooped up in bed all day, but to get up and walk around the room occasionally before leaving.

While he was reciting these things, Fan Liuer stood properly, but as soon as he left, she collapsed onto the couch like a limp rag doll.

She muttered to herself, "She's really becoming more and more like an old woman."

Upon hearing this, Siqing, who had come in to serve, quickly looked towards the door. After waiting for a while and seeing no movement, she whispered, "Madam Fan, if you ever speak ill of the Second Master, could you wait until he's far away before doing so?"

"Don't worry, I wouldn't dare let him hear." She patted her chest as she spoke, "I have... ouch..."

She slapped him on the chest, and the pain made her wince.

"What's wrong?" Siqing immediately came closer to her.

"Why does it hurt so much?" Fan Liuer gently rubbed the spot where she had just been patted.

Siqing stared at that spot, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Madam Fan, could it be that your period is about to start? I also experience pain there when my period is about to start."

Fan Liuer waved her hand, "It's still early, we won't be here for another eight or nine days."

Siqing took care of Fan Liuer closely, so she naturally remembered her date, which was indeed many days different.

"Perhaps it's not allowed? Sometimes I'm not allowed either."

Fan Liuer shook her head again, "I've always been very accurate, with a maximum difference of one day each month."

Siqing was now at a loss for what to do, and could only say, "Then we can only wait for the doctor to come and ask."

Before the doctor arrived, Fan Liuer felt something was wrong with her body. She went to the outhouse and found that she had indeed started her period.

After cleaning it up, she sat in the room, completely baffled.

"Why was it suddenly brought forward so much?"

The doctor who examined her gave her the answer.

"The coldness in your body is showing signs of improvement. The coldness in your body is not as severe anymore, so it is normal for your menstrual cycle to become irregular."

"As for your statement that your breasts are larger than before, that's also related to your improved health."

"Keep doing this, and your health will get better and better in the future."

This was good news, and Fan Liuer felt much more at ease after hearing it, even having some expectations for the future.

The doctor said last time that she would have difficulty conceiving. Although Li Chenbi comforted her, she knew in her heart that she might never be able to have a child in this lifetime.

Now, after listening to the doctor's words, she couldn't help but think that it had only been a few months since she and Li Chenbi started their relationship.

If her cold symptoms could improve in just a few months, then if she slept with Li Chenbi for ten or eight years, it shouldn't be too difficult to completely cure her, right?

At that time, she will no longer be troubled by cold symptoms, and her life will definitely be more comfortable.

Hmm...it seems she not only has to make money off Li Chenbi, but also needs to...well...nourish herself.