I almost fainted from crying that afternoon, and the maids knew that I was not in good health, so they didn't dare to let me stay there any longer, and helped me upstairs, and didn't dare to let me go downstairs again.

The next few days were Zhou's mother's funeral.

For the Mu family, it is normal for a subordinate to die, but Zhou's mother has been loyal to the Mu family all her life, of course, it is not as simple as a subordinate.

Although Mu Jingchi did not bury Zhou's mother, the pattern of Zhou's mother's funeral should be the same, although he was very busy during that time, no matter how busy he was, he still found time to handle all this in person.

In those days, the Mu family changed its previous quietness, and the death knell has been surrounding the Mu family, unprecedented silence, unprecedented coldness.

The funeral was held at Mu's house for three days, and it happened to be raining heavily on the day of the funeral, and Huo Changfan even made a special trip over, which was unexpected.

Huo Changfan's army surrounded the Mu family, he condoled Zhou's mother, stayed at the Mu family for another two hours and said something to Mu Jingchi, and then left under the escort of the army.

I stood at the window and looked out of the window, when a maid pushed the door in from behind and said to me with lunch, "Miss, it's time for you to eat." ”

I glanced back at the maid, and the food she was carrying was extremely rich, but for some reason, I had no appetite at all, and still couldn't muster up the strength to say, "You can put it there." ”

He continued to look out the window.

Mu Jingchi, who sent Huo Changfan away, had been standing fifty meters away from the gate of the garden, and after Huo Changfan's last team left, he turned around, I don't know if he found me looking at him in the room, he was going to walk towards the Mu family's mansion, but he only walked a few steps, and suddenly raised his head and looked at me with great accuracy.

I was wearing pajamas, and the curtain was only open a gap, I was looking out through the gap, I was extremely sure, Mu Jingchi would never find me standing there, but the amazing thing was that he didn't look away from my window, but looked at it for a whole minute, and then he walked in with someone in his hand.

I took a few steps back, closed the curtains completely, and turned around and was about to walk towards the bed, only to find that the maid had not left, but was still standing there with lunch, and she said with pleading in her eyes: "Miss, you haven't eaten for three days, and if you continue like this, how can your body bear it?" ”

I said, "I'm not hungry." ”

So he left the maid, went straight to the bed, and lay down again.

The maid glanced at the table, which was full of cold rice and cold dishes, and for three whole days, I did not eat a grain of rice, but I really did not feel hungry, and my body was surprisingly strong.

The maid had nothing to do with me, and she stood there and watched, so she could only put the food on the table again, and take the rest of the food.

But before she reached the door, Mu Jingchi walked up from upstairs.

As soon as the maid saw Mu Jingchi standing in front of her, she lowered her head and called, "Sir." ”

Mu Jingchi looked at the cold rice and cold dishes in her hand, and the maid was afraid that he would blame, so she spoke before Mu Jingchi and said, "Miss still refuses to eat, it's been three days." ”

Mu Jingchi didn't react when he heard the maid's words, but replied very calmly: "Go down." ”

The maid breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately left in front of Mu Jingchi with those cold meals, and as soon as she left, Mu Jingchi stood at the door and looked at me lying on the bed.

Wang Shuyi followed him, and when Mu Jingchi paced in, Wang Shuyi stayed outside very interestingly, and then the door was closed by her.

The room was very quiet, only to hear the wind outside blowing the windows creak, Mu Jingchi walked to the table, took the food left by the maid in his hand, he came to my bed again and sat down, and then said to me on the bed, "Sit up." ”

I lay there motionless, as if I hadn't heard him.

But Mu Jingchi just calmly scooped a spoonful of porridge there, and said to me slowly: "We have done everything that should be done, no matter how sad we are, no one can stop the pace of death, including me, and the maid said that when she left, she was extremely calm and had no pain, which no one could ask for, and we should be happy for her, and finally relieved the pain." ”

The maid who cleaned Zhou's mother said that Zhou's mother's body had already atrophied due to the lack of activity in bed for a long time, and two or three blood holes had slept in her back, and the blood holes had been necrotic enough to glimpse Bai Sensen's bones inside.

I didn't dare to look at it, I only heard a few maids at the scene say, I heard that the bones were full of maggots, it can be seen how much Zhou's mother was tortured, no wonder, sometimes when I went to see her, I could always hear her crying out for pain, but when I asked her where it hurt, she didn't speak.

It wasn't until the day she died, when the maids went to wash her body, that they discovered everything on her back.

Mu Jingchi said again: "Mother Zhou loves you the most, so when she was in the most pain, she didn't want you to know, it can be seen that she doesn't want you to worry, but now, her funeral is not completed, you don't eat or drink for three days, how can you let her rest in peace." ”

He handed the spoon of porridge to my lips and said, "No matter how sad you are, you should let her go with peace of mind." ”

I twitched my eyelids twice, then looked at him.

Mu Jingchi handed the spoon a little further and said, "Tomorrow Zhou's mother will be funeral, at least you have to make sure that you have the physical strength to send her up the mountain." ”

It's not that I don't want to eat it, but I really don't have an appetite, and people are so sad that they lose interest in everything.

The porridge was extremely thick, very much like Zhou's mother, and the warm liquid slid down the tip of the spoon into the tip of my tongue, and when I felt the familiar taste take over my mouth, my eyes moved twice, and then tears quickly slipped from the end of my eyes.

Mu Jingchi didn't speak, didn't break my sadness, just fed me spoonful after spoonful.

I ate about half a bowl of porridge, when the food poured up my esophagus, Mu Jing didn't continue, he knew that I couldn't eat, so he wiped the corners of my mouth with a clean towel, he didn't say anything, but put the remaining half bowl of porridge aside.

He sat on the edge of my bed, pulled the quilt for me, and then whispered, "Get a good night's sleep." ”

I closed my eyes, and my consciousness began to sink in a daze, and I didn't know exactly how I ended up sleeping.

When I opened my eyes again in a daze, I found that Mu Jingchi did not leave, he was still sitting on the edge of my bed, but he seemed to be extremely tired these days, and he was resting with his eyes closed with his chin in his hand, his eyes were faintly blue, and his face was not particularly good, I just wanted to get up from the bed, but the maid walked in from outside at this time, and made a shushing gesture to me, and then, she glanced at Mu Jingchi who was resting with his eyes closed on the chair, and then covered him with a blanket in a small move, and said to me in a low voice: " Mr. has been very tired these days, since the war on the East County side, he has not rested well, and he has been sitting on the edge of the bed and guarding you just now, and he has only slept for more than an hour, and you let him rest a little more. ”

I looked at the maid and didn't speak, she saw that I didn't move anymore, and Mu Jingchi didn't wake up, and asked, "What do you need?" ”

I said, "I want to go downstairs for a walk." ”

Mu Jingchi slept heavier than usual, I talked to the maid, he didn't even wake up, the maid heard me say that she wanted to go downstairs, so she quickly went around to my bed and quietly helped me up from the bed.

Mu Jingchi has never moved much when he sleeps, and he doesn't even breathe very hard, basically few people can tell whether he is awake or asleep, I stood there and observed him a few times, and I can be extremely sure that this time he is really sleepy, because he has not reacted at all.

The maid has never seen such a defenseless Mu Jingchi, basically usually, even if he is pretending to sleep, as long as someone throws a glance at his face, he will open his eyes, and he is especially sensitive to the surrounding environment.

This time, I stared at him for a whole minute, and when he didn't react, I didn't bother him and let the maid help me out the door.

After the maid helped me downstairs, she told me that since I went to Dongjun, Mu Jingchi's health has not been very good for the whole year, and his fatigue and old diseases have made him vomit blood repeatedly in the first half of the year and fall into a coma, lingering on the sickbed. When he was at his worst, he even showed signs of life failure, and he fell asleep for four or five days in a row, and in those four or five days, Wang Shuyi and Wang Zhizhi were so frightened that the six souls were ownerless, and Steward Zhou recruited doctors everywhere, and said that when Mu Jingchi woke up, he was looking at my portrait in a daze.

During that time, Wang Shuyi openly and secretly mentioned to Mu Jingchi that she wanted to take me back to Jinling, but Mu Jingchi never agreed, nor did she let people mention the matter about me in Dongjun.

When the maid said this, she shook her head and said very incomprehensibly: "Mr. obviously misses you this year, even Wang Shuyi and Miss Wang have seen it, but Mr. has always admitted that sometimes when the maid does not serve in the study, Mr. will always take the toys you played with when you were a child, put them in your hands to play, and have been bumped into by Ruping several times, Mr. took out your previous embroidery to see, it can be seen that Mr. is affectionate to you." ”

I was sitting on the sofa, playing with the fan on the sofa, when I heard the love word in the girl's mouth, my hand suddenly stopped, and I wanted to laugh inexplicably.

I used to believe a little, but now I don't believe a word, but I didn't say anything, but just let the maid speak, and I only thought of it as a pastime when I was bored.

The maid talked a lot of nonsense, and when she saw my hand holding the fan, she paused twice, thinking that I was moved by her words, and continued: "On the day of Zhou's mother's death, you went out to buy naan, and when Mr. went to report to the small house, he has been standing at the gate waiting for you to come back, and seeing that your mood is quite stable from a distance, he turned around, it can be seen that he is worried about you, but we don't understand, obviously you and Mr. miss each other, but as long as the two meet, it is-for-tat. ”

The maid sighed and said: "I really miss you and Mr. before, although you are now more regular than before, but your temperament is not lively anymore, and it is not fun, sometimes even talking to Mr. is ignorant of answers, where is still the beginning." ”

The handle of the fan in my hand is made of jade bone, the jade material is extremely clear, it is cold to the bone in the hand, but it is not piercing, I took the handle of the fan and knocked it twice on the table, and even the sound was crisp and good.

The maid chattered for so long, seeing that all my thoughts fell on the fan, she realized that I didn't like to listen to that, so she hurriedly closed her mouth, and the noisy voice in my ears finally quieted down, at this time the phone at hand came from a sharp ringtone, and the maid just wanted to pick it up, but when her hand touched the microphone, I grabbed her hand and said, "You go up first, I'll pick it up." ”

The maid looked at me hesitantly, said yes, and then slowly stepped back from me and went upstairs.

I looked down the hall and saw that there weren't many people, so I replaced the microphone and put it to my ear.

There was You Feiran's voice inside, who said, "People have tied you up, when do you want it?" ”

I hooked my lips and laughed and said, "What about people." ”

You Feiran said: "It's just a little too frightened, and the rest is nothing." ”

I said, "In that case, take good care of her for me, and when I need it, I'll take the initiative to find you." ”

You Feiran said, "Okay. ”

When I heard footsteps coming downstairs, I cut off the phone without hurry, and saw Wang Shuyi standing on the second floor with a pile of papers looking at me.

I had expected it to be her, so I sat there and looked at her, and then she lowered her head, hugged the papers, and took a sip of the tea next to me.

Wang Shuyi whispered beside me: "Miss." ”

I looked at her and said, "Just came down from the study?" ”

Wang Shuyi said: "Yes, take a few documents." ”

I sighed, didn't say anything, continued to drink the teacup on the table, Wang Shuyi saw that I didn't have anything to say to her, she saluted me again, held the document and continued to walk out of the living room, but she hadn't walked a few steps, I asked with a smile behind him: "I've always wondered if you regret that you didn't succeed in prison that time." ”

After Wang Shuyi heard my words, she immediately looked back at me and asked with a puzzled face: "Which time did Miss say, why don't I understand?" ”

Apparently she wouldn't admit it.

I didn't expect her to admit it, I just smiled and said, "Nothing." ”

Wang Shuyi smiled again and said, "If you are fine, then I will go first." ”

I said, "Go ahead." ”

Wang Shuyi saluted me, then straightened up again and continued to walk out with her back straight.

But as she stepped out of the door, the expression on my face suddenly turned cold, and the hand holding the cup tightened, and for about three seconds, I took a deep breath, sat there to press the emotions in my heart, and sat there as usual and stared blankly at everything around me.

Not long after, the maid who went up ran down again and told me that Mu Jingchi had woken up.

I glanced up at the time, and then I realized that it seemed to be the time for Zhou's mother's funeral, because the little girl downstairs quickly ran upstairs, obviously looking for Mu Jingchi.

Zhou's mother is a subordinate, the battle is not too big, the mourning hall has been placed for a few days, and the mages have finished doing the Fa, so they will naturally be carried out from this point.

I didn't expect it to come so quickly, when I was about to get up from the chair and walk outside, when Mu Jingchi came down from upstairs, he saw me getting up from the sofa, and he ordered me at a distance: "You stay at home." ”

I looked up at him, Mu Jingchi ignored me, took the coat handed over by the maid and put it on, and then took the little maid out of the door, I was about to follow Mu Jingchi out of the door, the maid immediately stopped me and said: "Miss, I heard that people with weak bodies are too close and will make trouble, you should listen to Mr. and stay at home." ”

I didn't expect that at this time, Mu Jingchi wouldn't even let me give Zhou's mother a ride, I frowned and looked at the maid and said, "What will make a mistake?" The person Zhou's mother loves the most is me, she didn't hurt me when she was alive, will she hurt me when she dies? ”

Seeing that I was a little emotional, the maid stopped in front of me and said, "You still listen to my husband, you have only drunk half a bowl of porridge in three days, and it is a problem to even walk, let alone send people up the mountain." ”

At this time, the sound of suona outside sounded, and when I looked up, I happened to see Zhou's mother's coffin carried out from the backyard, I don't know why it rained heavily outside, and the funeral team left from Mu's house, and the maid has been supporting me.

I took two steps back, sat on the sofa as a whole, and sent Zhou's mother out of the funeral procession out of the Mu family, both sides of the mountain road were opened by the army, Mu Jingchi gave Zhou's mother enough face, no matter how rich and noble people in Jinling City were, they may not have such specifications, and now the Mu family is just a subordinate, but it can let the army open the way, or line up from the mountain to the end of the mountain, it can be seen that Mu Jingchi gave Zhou's mother enough face.

Mu Jingchi didn't come home until the evening, the rain outside still kept falling, and when he came back from outside, I was already lying on the bed, I heard his footsteps coming from downstairs, and then came upstairs, he pushed open the door of my room.

A maid wanted to turn on the lights, so Mu Jingchi said, "No." ”

The maid's hand was immediately paused, and Mu Jingchi stood at the door and asked in a low voice, "When did you go to sleep?" ”

The maid lowered her head and whispered, "It was not long ago." ”

He asked, "Do you eat in the evening?" ”

The maid hesitated for a moment, then shook her head and said, "No, Miss still can't eat, only ate two bites, and then vomited, we asked the doctor to come over, saying that it was caused by an imbalance in the spleen and stomach, and it has a lot to do with depression." ”

Mu Jingchi didn't speak, his shadow shook twice at the door, and then he heard his voice come from the door again: "Let Sister-in-law Gui heat up some porridge, send it up in the middle of the night, and let her use some more." ”

Immediately afterwards, Mu Jingchi handed the water droplets to the maid after wiping his body and retreated from the door.

The maid said yes and sent him away.

As soon as he left, the maid went downstairs to find Sister-in-law Gui, and when she left, she forgot to close the door, and I heard Mu Jingchi's cough coming from the end of the study very clearly, and he seemed to be very tired.

However, he did not rest immediately, because the light in the study kept shining in the corridor and never went out.

The light was on until midnight, the maid came up again with porridge according to Mu Jingchi's instructions, and after entering my room and coming to my bedside, she saw me lying there without any movement, and she didn't know whether to wake me up, and when she was extremely hesitant, Mu Jingchi came out of the study, came to my door and asked, "Have you woken up?" ”

The maid immediately looked back and said, "I'm not awake, the young lady is lying here and not moving." ”

Mu Jingchi walked up, and as soon as he took my hand on my exposed arm, he seemed to notice that something was wrong with me, and said to the maid, "Turn on the light." ”

When the maid heard Mu Jingchi's words, she hurriedly went to the side to turn on the light, and when the whole room was bright, the maid suddenly exclaimed.

Before the exclamation was completely silenced, she then asked in a sharp voice, "Why is Miss's face so red!" ”

Mu Jingchi's movements were much more block than his, and his hand fell on my forehead in the next second, only two or three seconds later, he didn't hesitate anymore, directly uncovered the quilt on my body, and hugged me from the bed.

As soon as the maid saw such a posture, she immediately looked at Mu Jingchi and asked, "Sir, are you going to call a doctor?" ”

Mu Jingchi said to the maid with an expressionless face: "Prepare the car and go to the hospital." ”

Without waiting for the maid to react, he pulled a blanket from the bed, wrapped me all over my body, and walked downstairs with me in his arms.

As he walked, he lowered his eyes to observe my face, his face was still flushed strangely, he put his lips against my face to test the temperature again, the scorching temperature passed from my skin to his slightly cold lips, Mu Jingchi's brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

It was still raining outside, so he escorted me and walked outside, and the driver quickly pulled the door open and sat in with him bent over.

I curled up in his arms, shivering with cold, and my mouth kept babbling, and the maid who sat in the car didn't hear clearly.

Only Mu Jingchi heard it, and the whisper was, Mom, I'm cold.

Mu Jingchi just kept hugging my body tightly, but even so, my body still trembled uncontrollably.

The car drove into Jinling City at the fastest speed, during this time the entire Jinling City was under strict investigation, and the city gate would be closed at eleven o'clock in the evening to prevent anyone from entering or leaving, but today there was an accident, the city gate of Jinling City was wide open, and the car welcoming the Mu family drove in from outside the city, and when the vehicle gradually passed by, the army on both sides stood neatly there.

After the car drove into the city unimpeded, I drove directly to the best hospital in Jinling, and when I arrived, I was carried by Mu Jingchi to the doctor.

Wang Shuyi had been waiting there for a long time, and when the doctor was checking my body and taking my temperature, she came over with a coat and said to Mu Jingchi: "Sir, you go back first, Miss has me here, and you have a day of meeting tomorrow." ”

Mu Jingchi didn't pay attention to Wang Shuyi's words, and just looked at the doctor.

The doctor took my temperature and said, "I have a little allergy and high fever, can I eat anything I shouldn't eat during the day?" ”

Mu Jingchi expected this to be the case, he said: "I haven't eaten much in the past few days, it should be allergies caused by weakness." ”

The doctor asked, "Mr. Mu, has this happened before?" ”

Mu Jingchi said: "I had one when I was ten years old. ”

The doctor checked my pulse, as if he had diagnosed something, his hand loosened from my wrist, and immediately asked with a little surprise: "Miss Lu, pregnant?" ”

When Mu Jingchi heard the doctor's words, he immediately frowned and asked, "What?" ”

The doctor said, "It's a round vein." The doctor himself seemed to be a little unconvinced, and immediately clasped my wrist with his hand to check the pulse again.