As soon as Gu Linchao looked up, the girl was already standing beside him. Then, her soft hand covered his forehead.
"It seems the fever has subsided..." Wen Nongnong said uncertainly, then withdrew her hand and touched her own forehead. Feeling that their temperatures were about the same, she added, "The fever should have gone down." After saying that, she went back to the table and took out the porridge from the food box.
"Your Highness, your fever has just subsided, and you are still weak. You can only eat light food. This is some lean meat porridge that the kitchen made this afternoon. Please have some." She brought the bowl over and placed it in front of Gu Linchao.
Gu Linchao glanced at her. He didn't actually have an appetite, but when he met her concerned gaze, he couldn't bring himself to refuse.
"Okay." After a while, he responded softly and picked up his bowl to eat.
Even after he finished eating, Wen Nongnong showed no sign of leaving.
After putting the empty bowl back into the food box, she sat down on a chair nearby.
Gu Linchao paused for a moment, then had to speak, "You can go back now."
Wen Nong Nong shook her head. "I will not go back. I will wait until Your Highness goes back to sleep before I go back."
Her matter-of-fact tone caused Gu Linchao to pause slightly in surprise.
After a moment, he lowered his eyes and said gently, "I may be staying quite late, so you should go back first."
Wen Nongnong said, "See? I was worried that you wouldn't take care of your health, so I stayed to supervise you. You can handle government affairs, but not too late. I'll give you another half an hour, after which you must go back to rest."
Gu Linchao frowned, a strange feeling passing through his heart as he listened to her somewhat domineering tone.
He has always been in good health, but he has been sick before.
He was sick before in the army... and during the time he was a child and was living away from home, he was sick, even more seriously than he is now, and the conditions were harsh, but he endured it all on his own.
At this moment, there was someone else beside him, showing concern and care. The feeling was unfamiliar, yet it filled his heart with a sense of fulfillment.
That feeling made him tighten his lips, and his voice became much colder, "I understand, you should go back now."
Wen Nong Nong shook her head, her face serious. "I don't want to go back. I want to stay and keep you company."
Gu Linchao curled his fingers, meeting the girl's beautiful and clear peach blossom eyes, almost losing himself in them. Coming back to his senses, his handsome face darkened slightly, and he emphasized, "Your presence here will only disturb me."
He thought that if he said that, Wen Nongnong would definitely not stay any longer, but he really underestimated Wen Nongnong's shamelessness.
She blinked. "Why? I'm so quiet and well-behaved, I didn't make a sound, how could I have disturbed you?"
Gu Linchao's expression froze for a moment, and he was speechless.
Wen Nongnong then said, "Is it because I am too beautiful that even if I do nothing, Your Highness will be distracted by my presence?"
Gu Linchao: "..."
Wen Nong Nong touched her face and sighed, "Being born too beautiful is not what I wish for. Your Highness, just treat me as an ugly monster. That way, you won't be distracted."
Gu Linchao's eye twitched slightly. He looked up at the narcissistic woman and decided to ignore her.
Fine, let her stay if she wants.
But to regard her as an ugly monster?
That's really asking too much of people.
Wen Nong Nong felt quite smug when she saw that he was no longer chasing her.
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