Because no one was watching over her, tears welled up in Gan Lin's eyes instantly. His sister had endured so much with him. Gan Qiongying always complained about how thin others were, but she didn't realize that she herself was the one who had lost the most weight.

Gan Lin's hand was being held tightly. Gan Qiongying was afraid that he would develop a fever in the middle of the night. Gan Lin's bodily functions were currently disordered, and he often had fevers.

Suppressing fever with medication every time would be too harmful to the body, so Gan Qiongying stayed by his side to provide timely physical cooling.

Of course, maids could do these things too, but no parent in the world would feel comfortable leaving their child with a nurse when the child is "sick and hospitalized".

So when Gan Lin woke up, he felt Gan Qiongying holding his hand.

Gan Lin silently shed tears for a while, then felt that he was being pathetic and forcibly suppressed his emotions. He then reached out his other hand and patted Gan Qiongying's head.

He longed to hug his older sister and beg her not to suffer with him anymore, that he could get through it on his own.

He's okay.

But in the end, he only gently touched Gan Qiongying's head and tightened his grip on her hand.

Li Quan heard some noises inside and accidentally woke Gan Qiongying when he came in to check.

Under Gan Lin's murderous gaze, Gan Qiongying rubbed her eyes, touched Gan Lin's forehead, and instructed Li Quan, "Go and bring over the ginseng soup that has been kept warm."

Li Quan immediately obeyed the order and ran out, while Gan Qiongying questioned Gan Lin again.

They even asked if I needed to use the restroom.

Gan Lin leaned against the headboard, looking at Gan Qiongying with teary eyes, but unwilling to let the tears fall, his eyes wide open.

Parents know best what their children are like when they're pretending to be strong.

Gan Qiongying felt like laughing and crying at the same time looking at Gan Lin's appearance.

In the end, she could only sigh and personally serve him a whole bowl of ginseng soup.

Gan Qiongying has been sighing far too often lately. She can tolerate everything else, even things on the brink of life and death, but what she fears most is Gan Lin's endless turmoil.

After finishing the ginseng soup, Gan Qiongying asked Gan Lin, "If you don't want to sleep, put on your clothes and let's play a couple of games of chess?"

Ganlin's attacks occur at different times. At first, they are very frequent, but later the intervals between them become longer and longer.

Now she has three or four attacks a day. Although the attacks still last a long time, Doctor Xiao said that as long as he tries to distract Gan Lin, the duration of the attacks will gradually shorten.

Therefore, whenever Gan Qiongying had free time and found that Gan Lin was in a good condition, she would suggest taking Gan Lin to do this or that, regardless of day or night.

How could Gan Lin not understand that Gan Qiongying did all this for him?

He nodded and was helped to get dressed.

The two played chess listlessly, and after two games ended in a daze, Gan Qiongying suddenly looked up at Gan Lin and said, "You drank ginseng soup earlier, and you haven't vomited for an hour, have you?"

Gan Lin suddenly realized that he had been thinking about too many random things, and he no longer felt like vomiting.

"That's great! That's great!" Gan Qiongying slapped the table repeatedly. "You've absorbed most of that ginseng soup by now, and you're not vomiting anymore. Do you have an appetite? Would you like some more porridge?"

Gan Lin sat there, and although it was only early autumn, he was wearing a thick cloak, which made him look extremely pale and thin.

But soon his eyes reddened again. Gan Lin felt that he could never repay Gan Qiongying for everything she had done for him, even if he had not personally experienced it or just seen it.

Gan Lin stood up from the table and slowly knelt down beside Gan Qiongying's legs.

Grasping Gan Qiongying's hand and placing it on her face, she said with a sob in her voice, "Sister... I've regretted it ever since I ran away from you that year."

"Why not? As long as my sister likes it, why not?"

Gan Lin shook his head and said, "There's nothing wrong with it. Even though I've never had any desire to take advantage of my sister, there are so many drugs in this world that can achieve that effect. I'm willing to make my sister happy..."

Gan Qiongying didn't understand at first, but after she did, she reacted like a stressed kitten, reaching out to push Gan Lin, but Gan Lin grabbed her tightly.

He's so thin he's practically just skin and bones, yet he's still incredibly strong!

Gan Lin hugged Gan Qiongying's legs tightly, lowered his head and rested his head on her knees, saying, "I refused to agree to my sister's request back then because I knew that my father was already beyond saving. I knew about Kou's conspiracy and Kou Ning'an's true colors."

"Because at that time, Kou Ning'an had already contacted me privately and offered me many conditions, which I agreed to..."

"Sister, please don't blame me! I can't save my father, the Kou family won't let him live! Besides, I don't love him. I hate him for leaving me stranded in the palace, and I hate him for making a mistake while drunk, yet ordering my mother's death, leaving only the child behind!"

“Sister, I had no choice at the time. I could only agree to be the Kou family’s puppet in order to preserve our identities and honors.”

“But back then… I was already a caged bird, how could I drag my sister down with me? So… I dodged when my sister kissed me that day, but I was afraid she would hate me.”

Gan Qiongying felt as if she had been hit on the head when she heard this, because this was a truth that even Princess Duanrong did not know.

So it turns out... from so long ago, Gan Lin had already risked everything for two people.

“Sister…” Gan Lin raised her head and said firmly, “Now I’m not afraid of anything.”

"Does my older sister still like me? Does she want me?"

Gan Lin climbed up by clinging to Gan Qiongying's knees, then slowly supported himself up, holding onto Gan Qiongying's shoulders. With red eyes, he looked directly at Gan Qiongying like a man and said, "If you like it, sister... I can take the medicine."

"There are plenty of drugs in the palace that can make men aroused."

“I can make my sister happy,” Gan Lin said, reaching out and gently touching Gan Qiongying’s face. She turned her head and closed her eyes, tears streaming down her cheeks.

He closed his eyes, slowly leaned closer, and whispered, "Chang Sheng Nu would do anything for my elder sister..."

Then, just as he was about to make a desperate, tragic kiss, Gan Qiongying snapped out of her daze and slapped him hard on the back of the head.

She really didn't hold back this time, because she was furious that Gan Lin had kept such an important matter from Duan Rong for so many years.

She was also angry at him for being so foolish, entangled their sibling bond with so-called romantic desires.

You're already like a clothes rack, and you still want to take medicine to improve your virility?

He's really capable!

You're asking for it!

Gan Lin was whipped so badly that he lay sprawled on Gan Qiongying's lap, his eyes glazed over, unable to get up for a long time...