Shu Yun never expected that she would fall ill.

After her high fever finally subsided, she groggily sat up in bed. The surroundings were unfamiliar, but she didn't have time to think about it.

She looked down at her palm, her expression unreadable.

"You're awake?"

As soon as Xiao Gui entered the room, he saw the very beautiful woman leaning against the bed, looking down at her hands, seemingly lost in thought.

She carried the medicine over and said, "You caught a cold from the wind. Here's your medicine, drink it quickly."

Shu Yun took it and smelled it; it was indeed a medicine for treating colds in the mortal realm.

However, these medicines cannot cure her illness. What she needs are elixirs from the celestial realm. If Nanpu were here, perhaps he could help her to some extent.

She set aside the thick, dark-colored medicine, which smelled bitter and offered no benefit to her health; why should she deliberately suffer?

Xiao Gui bent down and placed the medicine in front of her again, saying, "Your health isn't good; you need to take your medicine."

Shu Yun glanced at the steam rising from the medicine bowl. "It's too hot. Let it cool down a bit before I drink it."

Xiao Gui was used to people making excuses for not taking their medicine. With the medicine there, she could just turn around and leave. This beautiful young lady from a wealthy family would definitely not take her medicine.

She turned around and shouted at the top of her lungs, "Brother Tie, she won't take her medicine, what should we do?!"

The sound was so loud it was deafening. Shu Yun, who was closest to her, had no worries about her health left after that shout.

Seeing that she was afraid others wouldn't hear her after she shouted, Shu Yun could only quickly get out of bed and cover Xiao Gui's mouth, "Don't shout, don't shout, I'll drink."

She was so loud just now, I'm afraid everyone here heard her. She refuses to take her medicine, doesn't she have any shame?

While the people on the first floor were still stuffing their mouths with steamed buns for breakfast, a howl suddenly erupted from the second floor.

The group chewed their food with difficulty, some glancing at Li Tie, others turning their heads to secretly observe the prince's expression.

At a few tables on the first floor, far from the young master, three people swallowed a fist-sized steamed bun in two bites at a time, then lowered their heads and whispered among themselves.

"I heard from my brothers that the girl was carried out of the young master's tent in the middle of the night?"

“That’s right.” The guy next to him glanced at the young master before lowering his head to gossip with him with relief. “They rushed to call the doctor in the middle of the night. The doctor said that the girl had a high fever. Our young master looks like a noble young master on the surface, but I didn’t expect him to be more passionate than us in bed.”

"But I heard that the girl caught a cold, that's why..."

The man interrupted him, "You made the young lady get a fever. The young master was sorry and told the doctor that catching a cold is common. You're just too stubborn."

Those Fenglei cavalrymen who were far away from Xie Fu whispered and exchanged information, while those who sat at the same table with Xie Fu felt uncomfortable. They dared not breathe loudly, pretending not to hear the discussions of their brothers next to them, keeping their eyes down and mind to themselves, acting as obedient soldiers who ate quietly.

"Li Tie".

Xie Fu suddenly spoke up, his voice low and deep, his eyes downcast, forming a slight curve, clearly showing his impatience with the situation upstairs.

"Your subordinate is here."

Li Tie had heard Xiao Gui's shout long ago, but the person upstairs had been in his young master's bed last night, and he dared not go up without the young master's permission.

"Let's go take a look." Xie Fu glanced sideways at the spot at the top of the stairs, wondering what that spoiled woman was up to now.

Li Tie quickly got up and went upstairs, taking big strides as he called out to Xiao Chi, "Coming, coming."

He hesitated when he touched the door. The girl had just gotten up; would it be appropriate for him to go in now?

He remembered that the girl was unconscious last night and couldn't drink her medicine. He volunteered to step forward and showed off his skills. When he was feeding her the medicine, he touched the pretty girl's neck. Suddenly, the young master told him to step back and let Xiao Chi feed her instead.

When he turned around, he saw the young master's face, which he really didn't want to see; it was frighteningly cold.

Xiao Chi had never done this kind of work before, and he was flustered and couldn't even feed the medicine. The young master wouldn't let him go either, which was clearly because he was jealous.

Li Tie quickly withdrew his hand from the door. The only woman in the room who could lie on the young master's bed without being stabbed to death and who could still have the young master summon a doctor when she was sick was the young master himself. He had to be quick-witted.

"Miss, the doctor said you have caught a cold, and the young master is very worried. You should drink your medicine quickly."

A deep, resonant sound filled the air.

Goodness, when Li Tie shouts, it's just as effective as Xiao Chi's howling.

Xie Fu, who was eating on the first floor, froze for a moment when he heard this loud shout. People from all directions cast thoughtful glances at him.

He silently crossed out the name Li Tie in his mind. This man was good at martial arts, but not very intelligent, and even less capable of keen observation. He was not fit to be a centurion.

Shu Yun covered Xiao Chi's mouth with one hand and showed her the empty bowl with the other. "I drank it. Let go of my hand later, and don't yell, okay?"

Xiao Chi looked at the bottom of the bowl with satisfaction, where only a few medicinal herb dregs remained, and gestured to Shu Yun with her eyes that she would stop calling.

Shu Yun then released her.

"Miss, the doctor said you have caught a cold, and the young master is very worried. You should drink your medicine quickly."

The voice of Li Tie came from outside the door.

Xiao Chi skipped and hopped over to open the door, calling out to Li Tiele outside, "I've had my drink, is there any breakfast left?"

Seeing the mischievous Xiao Chi, Li Tie smiled憨厚ly, "Yes, we can't possibly eat your share too."

Xiaochi cheered and flew straight past him, like a frolicking swallow, soaring downwards.

Li Tie stared intently at the ground, not daring to look inside, for fear of seeing something he shouldn't, in which case the young master would surely gouge out his eyes.

"Miss, after you've taken your medicine, go down and have breakfast. We still have a long journey ahead today."

Shu Yun nodded, her tone calm, as if she hadn't been the one who refused to take her medicine just now. "I understand."

Li Tie led her downstairs, and voluntarily gave her his seat so that she could sit with the young master.

Shu Yun put a spoonful of porridge into her mouth, glanced at Xie Fu who was eating with his eyes downcast, and said casually, "Are you worried that I won't take my medicine?"

Xie Fu scoffed, looking at her with mockery in his eyes, "Do you think that's possible?"

Shu Yun stared at him for two seconds, then looked away and softly hummed in agreement.

What kind of expression was that? Xie Fu frowned, as if she were still feeling wronged.

To Feng Leiqi, who was sitting at the same table, their conversation appeared to be flirting.

Unbeknownst to Xie Fu, Li Tie, who had already been rejected from the centurion position, was still sighing silently. "Young Master, you have a sharp tongue but a soft heart. You won't win a girl's heart by talking to her like that."