In her dream, Wei Shuwan felt like a small duckweed, gently swaying with the ripples on the water, which was quite pleasant.

Until a relentless wave crashed over her, tossing her around and slamming her into the deep water. Without foundation, without breath, she was plunged into a despairing darkness…

Wei Shuwan, lying on the couch, frowned deeply. Her foot suddenly slipped, as if she had been drowning and had suddenly drawn in fresh air. She woke up with a gasp!

As the darkness before her eyes turned into chaos, and then gradually became clearer, her consciousness also began to warm up.

Wei Shuwan finally realized she wasn't a drifting duckweed. She'd had that dream for so long, so long, that she'd almost forgotten she was a person. She moved her fingers and found herself lying on the couch in her own bedroom, and the person sitting before her wasn't Zi Qiao or Miao Xiang, but…

"Li..." Qingchen?

However, she didn't say it aloud, firstly because her throat was dry and she couldn't make a sound, and secondly because she thought she shouldn't call the other person by their full name.

Li Qingchen was looking at his newly awakened wife with delight, thinking to himself that Lu Beixing was indeed Lu Beixing; the medicine was so effective. It seemed he would have to remind Lord Wei later that the medicine should be taken in divided doses.

Li Qingchen didn't speak. He waited for Wei Shuwan to finish her sentence after the word "Li". For some reason, he was very happy that the first thing she said after waking up was his name.

He waited a moment, but Wei Shuwan showed no intention of continuing; she tightly closed her lips.

Although slightly disappointed, Li Qingchen was still happy that she had woken up and asked her gently, "How are you feeling now?"

His voice was extremely soft, as if he were talking to a bubble, afraid that if he spoke even a little louder, he would shatter the bubble.

Wei Shuwan closed her eyes, seemingly unable to accept what was happening before her. After a moment, she opened them again, her long eyelashes trembling as she looked at Li Qingchen: "Young...Young Prince, why...are you here?"

She paused several times before finally finishing her simple sentence. Her weakness made her voice weak and feeble. Li Qingchen had to bend down to hear it clearly.

Li Qingchen guessed that she hadn't figured out the current situation yet, so he took the initiative to explain, "You've been unconscious for several days. I came here today specifically to visit you and brought you some medicine."

"Medicine..." Wei Shuwan then realized the reason for the bitter taste in her throat. She smacked her lips and swallowed a few times, but the bitter taste still lingered.

"Zi Qiao".

"Miss, I'm here!" Hearing Wei Shuwan call her, Zi Qiao finally had a reason to move to the bedside and stand side by side with the Prince of Xiao Qiaochuan.

"It's bitter." Wei Shuwan frowned, looking very aggrieved.

Zi Qiao nodded excitedly, knowing that the young lady had really woken up, and quickly said, "This servant will go and get you some water and candied fruit right away!"

After saying that, Ziqiao ran out.

Wei Shuwan lowered her gaze and landed on the peony-patterned bowl in Li Qingchen's hand. Although it was empty, there were still a few drops of brown medicine at the bottom of the bowl.

A hint of surprise flashed across her eyes before she looked back at Li Qingchen's face: "Was it... was it you who fed me?"

Li Qingchen nodded slightly.

Wei Shuwan looked at the medicine bowl with some curiosity and pressed for details: "How...how did the young prince feed it?"

"What else can we do? Of course, we'll feed her spoonful by spoonful." As he said this, Li Qingchen unconsciously turned his face away, avoiding eye contact with Wei Shuwan.

"But... but where's the spoon?" Wei Shuwan asked, staring at the empty bowl.

Li Qingchen lowered his eyes and glanced at it, only then remembering that when he fed her the medicine earlier, he had found the spoon in the way and tossed it onto the other table. He hadn't expected that a young woman who had been unconscious for several days and was just waking up would be so observant.

They're not easily fooled.

Seeing the hint of guilt in Li Qingchen's silence, Wei Shuwan immediately thought of a possibility and instinctively raised her hand to cover her mouth. Yes, since she was unconscious, how could she cooperate in taking the medicine? She roughly guessed how Li Qingchen had fed her the medicine.

"Don't overthink it!" Li Qingchen finally managed to say, then sighed at her, "Would I be the kind of person to take advantage of someone in distress?"

To defuse the awkward and strange atmosphere, he had no choice but to continue lying, saying, "I used my internal energy to force the medicine down your throat."

"Really? Really?" Wei Shuwan's wet eyes resembled those of a fawn in the deep forest, innocent and naive.

“Really,” Li Qingchen said firmly.

Wei Shuwan then removed the hand that had been covering her mouth and felt relieved.

Just then, hurried footsteps came from outside the screen. Wei Shuwan knew it was her father as soon as she heard it. She tried to sit up by supporting herself on the couch with her hands, but she had no strength in her wrists. She could only lift herself up a little bit before falling back down.

She gasped for breath a few times, then had no choice but to give up.

As Wei Zheng walked around the screen, tears welled in his eyes. "Wanwan, Wanwan, are you really awake?"

He had been walking around the courtyard when Miaoxiang came to deliver the news, and he wondered if he was dreaming. Even if there was an antidote, how could someone who had been unconscious for several days wake up so easily?

But by some stroke of luck, his precious daughter actually woke up!

Looking at Wei Shuwan, who had opened her eyes and still had a slight smile on her lips, Wei Zheng couldn't help but shed two lines of tears. When he held his daughter's hand, his own hand trembled violently: "Wanwan...you're really awake?"

Despite her weakness, Wei Shuwan still managed to nod.

Seeing this, Miaoxiang, who had followed the master in, also shed tears. She had been skeptical when Ziqiao told her, but she had still rushed to report to the master. Now that she saw that her young lady was truly awake, her heart, which had been hanging in suspense for several days, finally settled down.

After Wei Zheng was overjoyed, he suddenly remembered that there was still someone unconscious in the mansion, so he hurriedly instructed Miao Xiang: "Quickly, quickly send the medicine to the madam as well!"

Miaoxiang agreed, and carrying the remaining half-jar of medicine on the table, she went to Fukangyuan.

Reminded by her father, Wei Shuwan remembered that it was indeed her mother who had fainted first on the day of the incident. A look of panic flashed in her eyes, but she quickly calmed down. She knew that this medicine could revive her, and naturally it could revive her mother as well; her mother would be alright.

“It’s a butterfly.” The panic in her eyes faded, replaced by anger.

Wei Zheng didn't understand for a moment. "Wanwan, what did you say about the colorful butterfly?"

"The one who harmed me and my mother was Cai Die!" This time, Wei Shuwan made her point clear.

Wei Zheng frowned, repeating incredulously, "You mean the person who drugged you and your mother was Cai Die?"

"Yes," Wei Shuwan replied firmly.

"Why, why? Why would the butterfly want to harm you and your mother?" Wei Zheng even wondered if his daughter had been sleeping for too long and her mind was muddled, which was why she was talking nonsense.