Chapter 43 Are you planning to leave?

The water in the cup had cooled down a little. Chu Ran lifted the cup, put it to his lips, and took two sips.

"Do you want to drink more?" Li Fu took the empty cup handed to him by Chu Ran.

"No need." Chu Ran pulled the quilt and crawled back into the quilt, saying, "I want to sleep a little longer."

"good."

Chu Ran had no idea what happened next. When he woke up, it was already the next morning. After sleeping for so long, Chu Ran felt much better, but he was hungry after two meals. Chu Ran realized it belatedly.

But Chu Ran certainly couldn't eat anything too greasy. He touched his rumbling stomach and couldn't help thinking, it would be nice to have a bowl of light porridge now.

Oh, by the way, it’s best to have some salty vegetables with it.

Just as he was thinking this, the door was pushed open from the outside, cold wind blew in, and Li Fu walked in with a bowl of hot porridge in his hand.

A smile suddenly appeared on Chu Ran's face.

Whatever you think of, you get it! This is really not interesting!

"Thank you."

Chu Ran took the porridge brought by Li Fu with a smile. He lowered his head to take a look. It was still the eight-treasure porridge with a lot of various beans. He took a mouthful with a spoon and it tasted sweet. Sugar must have been added to it.

The porridge was thick and smooth, and it smelled of rice and beans. Because sugar was added, it also had a sweet aroma. Chu Ran took a sip and felt that his wandering soul had returned.

He no longer cared about whether the dish should be salted or not. Just this bowl of porridge tasted good even without any salted dish.

"How do you know I want to drink porridge?" Chu Ran asked with a smile.

"I asked someone and they said that sick people should drink porridge."

"Is that so?" Chu Ran said happily, "I just want to drink this now."

After drinking it, Chu Ran couldn't help but sigh, "This porridge is really delicious."

Li Fu pursed his lips slightly, looking somewhat happy.

What Li Fu didn't say was that he had to go to several places and spend some money to buy so many kinds of rice and beans for this porridge, and then he found a small kitchen, borrowed someone's stove and pot, and watched over the cooking himself.

In fact, he didn't understand any of this, but those people said that the porridge tasted better if cooked this way, so he cooked it that way.

Overall it went smoothly, except that I accidentally burned my hand when I removed the pot from the fire at the very end, but it wasn't a big deal.

So when Chu Ran finished his porridge and gave the bowl to Li Fu, Li Fu kept his left hand behind his back and only used his right hand to receive it.

During this time, Zhao Zhongyi heard that Chu Ran was sick, so he came to see Chu Ran. However, Chu Ran rejected him, saying that he didn't even bring anything with him when he was seeing a patient. He came here empty-handed. When he used to eat for free, he was very energetic. He was really a snitch.

Zhao Zhongyi was speechless after being told this. The next time he came, he brought an old hen to Chu Ran, saying that it could help Chu Ran replenish his body. Only then did Chu Ran look better.

Chu Ran's illness was not serious, and he was basically well the next day. However, he still used his illness as an excuse to lie lazily in the house for four or five days before going back to work at Qiluan Palace.

As the years went by, there were more and more things to do, and Chu Ran became busier and busier. Sometimes he could come back a little earlier, but more often, when he came back, Li Fu was already asleep.

This busy work lasted for several months, until the beginning of spring, when the weather became a little warmer, and I finally had some free time.

However, after this, Chu Ran understood one thing. When Li Dingning invited him to work in Qiluan Palace, he only said that he only needed to accompany him and tell him stories. It was not his turn to do other things. But when he really entered the "den of thieves", Chu Ran realized that what Li Dingning had promised him before was all bullshit. When you are really busy, no matter what you do, you have to do it.

This is how cattle and horses are. You have to go wherever you are needed and you have no right to complain about the hardship and fatigue.

Fortunately, although cattle and horses have no rights, their masters still have a conscience, especially Concubine Li, who is really kind-hearted. Seeing that Chu Ran works so seriously and diligently, she would reward Chu Ran with things from time to time. With these rewards, Chu Ran felt that he had no principles and thought that cattle and horses were cattle and horses. He had given them everything he deserved. So what if he was just a cattle and horse?

Every night, Chu Ran would hold his increasingly abundant little treasury and laugh out loud.

There had been several cold rains some time ago. The weather has been warmer recently. Chu Ran was worried about the things in the house, especially clothes and beddings, fearing that they would get damp. So he found a sunny day and planned to take all the things out to dry them.

While sorting things, Chu Ran saw the big box next to the closet. In fact, since Li Fu moved the book box here, Chu Ran only opened it once at the beginning, but he couldn't understand it, so he basically never opened it again. Chu Ran thought about it, books are more susceptible to moisture, why not take them out to dry.

Maybe because they knew no one would open it, the box was not locked. Chu Ran took out the books one by one and stacked them. When he was about to get up and take them out, he suddenly turned his head and saw a few letters at the bottom of the box.

Chu Ran found it strange.

There were only a few people in the palace that Li Fu knew. How could someone write to Li Fu?

Who wrote it to him?

Chu Ran felt that it was not a good idea to peek at other people's letters, as it felt like he was prying into someone's privacy. But forget it, why bother with so much? Whether Li Fu had other friends or not, and who their friends were, was none of his business.

Chu Ran walked out, put the books on the bench, spread them out, and arranged them neatly one by one. After doing all this, he turned around and went back into the house.

But his eyes unconsciously glanced towards the bookcase.

Chu Ran walked over and stared at the letters at the bottom of the box for a long time, thinking: I'll just pick them up and take a look, without opening them, just to see who wrote to him. This way, it won't be considered as prying into someone's privacy, right?

Well, that certainly doesn't count.

Chu Ran felt much more at ease. He picked up the envelope and took a look. There was no signature on the envelope, but it said that the letter was sent from Yunzhou.

Yunzhou.

He remembered that Li Fu had an uncle, a king of a different surname. Although he was not a blood relative, he always cared about Li Fu, and his fiefdom was in Yunzhou.

And, if he remembered correctly, Li Fu's uncle died in his fiefdom when Li Fu was sixteen years old. Because his uncle had no children, Li Fu succeeded him and eventually inherited his uncle's throne.

From then on, Li Fucai completely began his rise as a villain.

But Li Fu was only thirteen years old now, and it would take him three years to leave the palace and return to Yunzhou.

Why did Li Fu receive a letter from Yunzhou now?

Chu Ran suddenly remembered that he had occasionally seen Li Fu writing something at his desk since years ago. Chu Ran suspected that Li Fu was writing letters, but he did not pay much attention to it at that time. Could it be that Li Fu had already started to secretly send letters to Yunzhou from that time?

Li Fu...is he planning to leave here?