In her sleep, Yu Jiao felt a slight heat between her eyebrows, which felt tingling and numb. She unconsciously raised her hand to rub it.
Yu Qizhe curled his lips and smiled, took her hand and put it back into the quilt, tucked in the corners, and then sat back at the table to read.
During this time, Yu Fuling came over. After knowing that Yu Jiao had fallen asleep, she did not disturb Yu Qizhe from reading and went out again.
Dusk was falling. When Yu Jiao woke up, the sun had already set. The gorgeous twilight penetrated the paper-pasted window panes, sprinkled on the soft couch, and enveloped her in a hazy glow.
She was dazed for a moment, sat up, and noticed that the desk was empty. Yu Jiao felt a little lost. She knew very well that this was the feeling of loneliness after waking up from a good sleep to find that it was dark and she was left alone.
She had experienced this feeling of loneliness many times after her senior brother in her previous life passed away.
Yu Jiao sat there for a while, then got up from the couch. The study door creaked and was pushed open from the outside.
Yu Jiao looked up, her eyes brightened.
The person had already walked to her side, squatted down to help Yu Jiao put on her shoes, took her hand, and said softly, "Are you awake? Sister has already cooked the meal."
Feeling the warmth of his palm, Yu Jiao's slightly relieved mood was swept away. She curled her eyes and said, "Why didn't you wake me up? It's dark now."
"You seem to be sleeping so soundly. I want you to sleep a little longer." Yu Qizhe took Yu Jiao to the main room.
Yu Jiao slept uneasily last night. She was able to sleep for such a long time in the study room. She thought it was because Yu Qizhe was by her side. She could sleep so peacefully only when he was around.
Yu Jiao couldn't help but turn her head to look at Yu Qizhe, "Then next time don't let me sleep until dark, be sure to wake me up before dark."
She doesn't like the feeling of loneliness when she wakes up and is forgotten by the whole world, and she doesn't like the feeling of loss even more.
Yu Qizhe didn't know what she was thinking. His mind flashed back to the sadness on Yu Jiao's face when she entered the study just now. Even the thick dusk couldn't cover it up. When she saw him, the light in her pupils suddenly lit up...
Yu Qizhe paused and thought to himself that he shouldn't be by her side when she woke up.
He raised his hand and touched Yu Jiao's head, then agreed, "Okay."
The two of them entered the main hall and saw the person sitting inside. Yu Jiao was a little surprised. She subconsciously wanted to let go of Yu Qizhe's hand, but Yu Qizhe held it tightly.
"Miss Shen, why are you here?" Yu Jiao asked.
Chen Guan couldn't wait any longer and put down the teacup in his hand. "You are finally awake. Come and sit down. I have something to tell you."
Noticing the two holding hands, Shen Guan didn't think much about it. He just thought that the brother and sister had a very good relationship. Even if they were not real siblings, their previous relationship was not affected by Yu Jiao's background at all.
Yu Jiao sat down on the chair, and Yu Qizhe let go of her hand and went outside.
"Miss Shen, are you here to see me?" Yu Jiao asked.
Chen Wan nodded, "I went to Liu's house to look for you today, and the people in the house said you were out, so I guessed you were here to look for Master Yu, so I came here to try my luck."
Chen Guan had been waiting for more than an hour, but Yu Qizhe said that Yu Jiao had fallen asleep and refused to wake her up. The two maids in the Liu family also ran to the study twice, probably because they saw that it was getting late and wanted to wake Yu Jiao up to go back to the house, but they were stopped by Yu Qizhe. It seems that not only the eldest son of the Liu family treats Yu Jiao well, but Master Yu also treats Yu Jiao like a treasure.
Yu Jiao asked curiously, "What do you want from me?"
Chen Wan quickly got to the point, "Somehow the news of you performing a caesarean section on cousin Xueyan reached the ears of the Wu family, the right councilor of the Ministry of Public Administration. They came to my house today to ask me about you."
Yu Jiao: "Why are you asking about me?"
Chen Guan sighed, "It's all dirty stuff in the harem. The third wife of the Wu family was poisoned during her pregnancy, and the fetus died in her womb, which is somewhat similar to the situation of cousin Xueyan. The fetus is already six or seven months old, and the doctors in the Imperial Hospital are helpless. They heard about cousin Xueyan's story from somewhere, and first found cousin Xueyan, hoping to find out from her the doctor who took her fetus away in Qingzhou."
Chen Wan continued, "Fortunately, I hadn't had time to tell cousin Xueyan about your life story, and she didn't know you were in the capital. Human life is at stake, so she told the Wu family that I was the one who found the doctor in Qingzhou, and the Wu family went to my house to inquire about you."
Yu Jiao nodded.
Chen Guan knew that Yu Jiao's identity was different now. She was the young lady of the Liu family. How could she still go out in public to practice medicine and treat women's diseases like before? If people in the capital knew about it, who knows what unpleasant things they would say about her.
The Wu family asked Chen Guan about the whereabouts of the female doctor, and they were going to send someone to Qingzhou to look for Yu Jiao immediately. Chen Guan did not dare to reveal anything about Yu Jiao in front of the Wu family. She just declined, saying that she did not know where the female doctor lived in Qingzhou, and she had to write a letter to ask someone to look for her. After sending the Wu family away, she hurried to find Yu Jiao.
"With your current status, if you don't want to help, it's okay. I just came here to give you a heads up." Chen Guan didn't want to embarrass Yu Jiao. No wealthy family would be willing to let their daughter show up in public, let alone treat her lower body disease.
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