Contrary to Mei Ruojun's melancholy, Cuiliu beside her was very happy, of course, in the Zhou family, the rooms of the subordinates were much more luxurious than the Mei family, and the small broken courtyard of the Mei family was not even looked down upon by the subordinates of the Zhou family.

Sure enough, as soon as they returned to the chrysanthemum garden, Shu Zhi and Xunmei didn't have time to greet her, so they were sent away by Mrs. Zhou, who was sitting at the table.

"Mother Zhao, take Shu Zhi and Xunmei out. I have something to say to Ruojun. ”

The crowd had no choice but to withdraw. As soon as the door closed, Mrs. Zhou couldn't hold it anymore, pointed to the sleeping Ryan on the bed, and asked sharply, "What's going on?" How did Ryan end up like this? ”

Ruojun doesn't know how to answer? Said that Ryan suffered from the wind chill because he wanted to pick flowers for himself? This answer will probably only make the mother-in-law hate herself more. She lowered her head and muttered, "Ryan has a cold." ”

"I'm just asking you, how did he get the cold? He was fine when he went to your Mei house, why did he only leave me for a few days, and he became sick like this after only staying with you for so many days? How do you serve? ”

"I ......" Ruojun can't find any reason to justify herself, it is indeed her own negligence, she has been immersed in the pain of losing her family, and the emotional entanglement with Ruikang, this month she has experienced great changes in her life, her parents died, and Ruikang made a hellish alliance, her sister ran away from home, Ruian's recovery, so that she couldn't bear it at all, just when she tried to slowly digest all this, slowly looking for direction, I didn't expect her mother-in-law to attack herself.

"I'm sorry, mother, I was negligent." She whispered.

"Negligence? I think you did it on purpose! Mrs. Zhou didn't let her go, and said harshly.

"Mother, I didn't!" She raised her head, and her eyes were not convinced by her mother-in-law's accusation.

"Huh." Mrs. Zhou sneered: "You may not remember what I said to you last time in Yilan Xiaozhu." ”

Yes, Mrs. Zhou once told her that she knew that Mei Ruojun didn't love Ruian, and she had also reminded her to keep her distance from Ruikang. What the mother-in-law said is not right, if you lose money again, there are many reasons, when it comes to the horizon, the relationship between her and Ruikang will not be able to gain a foothold in the world.

"I tell you, don't be smart! The country has national laws, and the family has family rules, and you cannot be allowed to do anything wrong. Do you understand? Mrs. Zhou's face was blue and imposing, and she raised her head slightly, and squinted at her with her eyelids lowered.

Mei Ruojun didn't know what else to do except nod.

"Talk back!" Mrs. Zhou did not accept her nod.

Mei Ruojun's body shook, and she hurriedly spoke: "Understood, mother." ”

"From today onwards, you will be in the room to take care of Ryan, copying the sutras and this." As he spoke, he suddenly threw out a booklet from his hand on the table, "The Female Commandment", Ruojun was stunned, her father had made herself familiar with it since she was a child, she could almost recite it backwards, and now her mother-in-law asked her to copy it again.

"From now on, don't go out if you have nothing to do, let Cuiliu do it if you have something, take good care of Ryan, do you hear?" Mrs. Zhou's tone was majestic and cold.

Ruojun nodded again. Mrs. Zhou: "Huh? "Yes.

Ruojun hurriedly said, "Yes, I heard it, mother." ”

There was a knock on the door, "Madam, the eldest young master's medicine is ready." Cuiliu replied outside the door.

"Come in."

Cuiliu pushed the door in, put the medicine bowl on the table, and was about to withdraw, when Mrs. Zhou stopped her and said, "Cuiliu, from today onwards, you will only serve the eldest young master and the eldest young grandmother, and you don't have to worry about other things at home." You have to do your best, you know? ”

"Yes, got it, ma'am."

"If the eldest young master or the eldest young grandmother has any needs, or if there is any inappropriate behavior, you must report it to me in time. You know? And you, if there is a place to cover up and connive, the family law will not tolerate it. ”

As soon as these words came out, don't say Ruojun, even Cuiliu was taken aback, what does the word "misbehave" mean, Ruojun and Cuiliu both understood, the two glanced at each other, and Cuiliu hurriedly responded: "Yes, madam." ”

Mrs. Zhou glanced at the medicine on the table, then at Ruojun, and said, "Serve Ryan to drink the medicine." ”

Ruojun nodded, took the medicine bowl and walked to the edge of the bed, and was about to sit down, when Mrs. Zhou stood aside and coldly ordered: "Kneel!" ”

Mei Ruojun was stunned, looked up at Mrs. Zhou, and looked puzzled.

"Haven't you heard the allusion of raising your eyebrows?" Mrs. Zhou raised her eyebrows and looked at Mei Ruojun from top to bottom and said.

Raise your eyebrows? Oh yes, Meng Guang of the Han Dynasty, in order to show respect for her husband Liang Hong, knelt on the ground and raised the tray of food to the level of his eyebrows. But this story from a thousand years ago has long since become a symbol, an idiom, an adjective, how many couples can do it in real life? Mei Ruojun knew that her mother-in-law was dissatisfied with her, but she didn't expect to use an idiom to demand herself.

She held back her tears and slowly knelt on the side of the bed, her heart was full of grievances, the spoon touched Ryan's lips, under the gaze of her mother-in-law, her hand holding the spoon trembled slightly because of mood swings, Ryan didn't open his mouth, the medicine couldn't be fed at all, and it flowed into Ryan's face and neck.

"Stupid!" Mrs. Zhou scolded, turned her head and said, "Cuiliu, bring the cloth!" ”

Ryan, who was in a coma, felt a splitting headache, he did not lose consciousness, the conversation between his mother and Ruojun, he heard, but his head was like being poured with mercury, very heavy, his brain could not work well, there were many words that he could not fully understand, but one thing he knew very well in his heart was that his mother was harshly scolding Ruojun. He tried to bring himself to his senses, he wanted to help her, to protect her. With a lot of strength, he finally opened his eyes slowly, and let out a hoarse cry from his aching throat: "Mother----"

Mrs. Zhou was shocked, hurriedly pulled Mei Ruojun away, sat on the edge of the bed by herself, and looked at her son with a red face and chapped lips who was burned with a high fever, and felt a heart-rending pain in her heart, that night many years ago, it was the same, that high fever destroyed her beautiful son, what about this time? Will it completely take his life, she touched Ryan's cheek, her eyes were filled with tears, and she trembled and said, "Hey, my mother is here." ”

"Don't ...... Other...... Blame...... Ruojun"

"Okay, good, good, my mother doesn't blame her, I'm teaching her to serve you."

Ryan had a sore throat and couldn't say anything more, just frowned.

"Mother, let me feed Ryan medicine, I'll be careful." Mei Ruojun said softly.

"Hmm!" Mrs. Zhou frowned and nodded, glanced at Ruojun, and sighed in her heart, her two sons, one for her to withdraw from the marriage, and the other to intercede for her, what should she do, so she had to give Cuiliu a look and ask her to come up to help.

Cuiliu held Ryan's head, Ruojun pinched the spoon in one hand, and carefully sent the medicine to Ryan's mouth, This time she had experience, and covered the corner of his mouth on the left side with her own handkerchief, Ryan barely drank two sips, but he really had a splitting headache and fainted again.

Mrs. Zhou was shocked, Cuiliu was also frightened, Ruojun was stunned, and for a moment, there was only one thought in her mind, save him! She couldn't let him die, no, he was her husband. Save him! The eight butterflies love flowers, he raised a stick to protect her outside the stable, those spring flowers, gardenias, pear blossoms, and beautiful poems. Save him! He can't die, she has to stay with him.

Mei Ruojun felt a huge courage in her heart, suddenly picked up the medicine bowl, drank a sip of the bitter medicinal juice, held it in her mouth, leaned over and fed the medicinal juice into Ryan's body mouth to mouth.

She drank the bitter potion in sips, and fed it into Ryan's mouth in a mouthful, and with the potion flowed out, there were also her tears, only she knew what these tears contained, it was a painful parting, a resolute renunciation, a betrayal of the alliance of hell.

Her tears dripped on his face, like spring rain moistening the earth, Ryan vaguely felt that his mouth was two delicate and gentle lips, although what flowed into his mouth was bitter medicinal juice, but it was accompanied by the faint fragrance of her body, his instinctive heart stirred, the desire to survive was stronger, he wanted to get better quickly, he wanted to kiss her lips.

When the whole bowl of medicine was drunk, Ryan's face looked a little better, Ruojun looked at his face, his heart was a sour pain, and he casually threw the empty medicine bowl on the bedside table, she shed tears, pressed her heart, walked to the table, and sat on the stool.

She didn't have to look up to know what the expressions of Mrs. Zhou and Cuiliu would be, she didn't care how shocked they would be, she was mourning her love in her heart, and she didn't have the strength to pay attention to anyone and everything.

Yes, Mrs. Zhou was shocked, Mei Ruojun fed Ryan medicine so mouth-to-mouth without hesitation, but she was so sad, Mrs. Zhou was a little confused, what kind of woman is Mei Ruojun? Indeed, Mei Ruojun's actions did shock and move her, but she could still feel the dangerous aura enveloping her.

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At night, it was so quiet, in the entire Zhou family compound, only the chrysanthemum garden was still lit, Mei Ruojun sat under the lamp and copied the "Female Commandment" left by Mrs. Zhou: ...... Weakness comes first. The ancients gave birth to a daughter for three days, lay under the bed, made bricks, and fasted. Lying under the bed, it is clear that it is weak, and the Lord is also a person. …… Couple second. The way of husband and wife, with yin and yang, access to the gods, believe in the righteousness of heaven and earth, and the great festival of humanity. …… Caution third. Yin and Yang are different, men and women are different. Yang is strong for virtue, yin is for softness, men are strong for precious, and women are weak for beauty. …… Fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh......

She didn't know how many times she had copied it, but by now it had become a mechanical writing, and all that kept churning in her mind was that night of thunder and lightning in the heavy rain, like a spell. He was in the Yongmei Garden not far away, how was his injury? Can he sleep well on his stomach? Did he know she was back? Is he still mad at her? …… Ruikon! She cried out from the bottom of her heart!

Heart Sutra, Huayan Sutra, Diamond Sutra, Ranga Sutra, Lotus Sutra...... She looked at the pile of scriptures on the table, and felt ironic and ridiculous in her heart, did her mother-in-law want to copy so many scriptures by herself to make herself a monk? It's funny! With so many scriptures, she can't cut off her love threads, and she is a layman, a vulgar person with deep lust. She couldn't help frowning and looking at these scriptures in disgust, stopped the pen in her hand, and threw the "Female Commandment" aside.

She walked to the window and looked out, of course, she could not see anything, because the gate of the chrysanthemum garden was closed, and her eyes could only stay in the small garden of the chrysanthemum garden.

"Ahem, ahem......" The sound of coughing interrupted her thoughts, she quickly turned to the bed, sat on the edge of the bed, he was still burning, but seemed to be slightly better, she had already fed him the same medicine twice, she hoped that he would get better soon.

"Ryan, what do you think?"

He squinted his eyes and saw her sitting beside him, happy and a little shy.

Ruojun poured him a glass of water and fed him a little with a small spoon.

"You...... How...... Don't sleep? Ryan asked.

His question made her flustered and embarrassed, because she had been thinking all night and didn't know where she should sleep. Ryan returned to the chrysanthemum garden, did he want to go to the study to sleep?

She smiled crampedly and said, "I'm not tired, I don't want to sleep ...... yet."

He looked at her red eyes, stunned, immediately understood, shook his head and said, "I...... Go back to the study and ......"

As he spoke, he wanted to struggle to get up, but Ruojun was taken aback, hurriedly held him down, opened his eyes wide and said, "You are crazy, lie down!" ”

"But......" he lay down weakly.

"Don't be, what you need now is to take care of yourself. I'm fine...... I...... I can lay on the floor. She rolled her eyes, and finally thought of a solution, and reached for the pillow and futon inside.

"Ruojun!" He reached out and grabbed her hand with all his might, he opened his eyes completely, endured the burning pain in his throat, and said, "I...... Sleep on the floor. ”

"No, you're a patient, Ryan, do you know how worried your parents are about your illness." She reached for the futon.

"I can't let you sleep on the floor, I can't." Rui An's anxious little stopped stammering, which surprised Ruojun again, and looked at him fixedly: "Ruian, what you said is very good." Talk like that in the future, okay? ”

"I ...... I...... I'm ...... "His face flushed and stammered again, "You...... Can't sleep...... Ground. ”

"I'm ......" she let go of the futon in her hand and sat back on the edge of the bed in frustration.

"I ...... Back to the study. ”

"Ryan!" She cried, "Are you thinking that you can't get along with me?" Or are you having trouble with yourself? I'm not a daughter, what is the situation in my family, you have also seen it, what does it matter if you sleep on the floor. If you don't cherish your body like this, I ...... I'll just ...... I'll ignore you. She pursed her lips, feigned anger, and turned to sit down on the stool.

Sure enough, as soon as he heard that she was going to ignore him, he immediately surrendered.

"Good, good, all ...... According to your ......"

Ruojun asked him to lie down again, tucked the corners of the quilt for him, and at a glance, he saw a layer of sweat beads on his forehead, and he couldn't help but be surprised in his heart, sweating! Sweating! It turned out that this dispute, pulling, Ryan was sweating in a hurry.

She hurriedly reached out and touched his forehead, and sure enough, although the fever had not yet subsided, his body temperature had dropped.

"Ryan! You're sweating, you're feverish! ”

Ryan also felt that his mind seemed to be much clearer at this time, and his body was much more relaxed, but he still felt that his heart was beating fast and very empty.

Ruojun hurriedly asked him to lie down, and her heart finally fell, and she couldn't help but smile at him, and reached out to touch his face.

"Tomorrow, my father and mother will be very happy to find out."

He also smiled slightly, a little overwhelmed in his heart, he didn't know that his health would make her so happy, she was so concerned about herself, worried about herself, it seemed that the inferiority complex and worries she had were superfluous, his heart ignited the desire for happiness for the first time, yes, he must make himself get better quickly, to experience more happiness, more sweetness.