Chapter 9: The Cold and Arrogant Master is Actually a Great Enemy
The comments were full of joy, but Shi Li couldn't read a single word and walked towards the kitchen woodenly.
My head is full of Shao Quan.
How he had put himself in front of him, how he had covered his eyes, and how he had driven her out before pulling out the arrow.
It felt as if a large hand was tightly gripping my heart. It was painful, astringent, and inexplicably familiar.
He drank a bowl of pear soup in a daze, went back to the guest room and sat for a while, then returned to Shao Quan's room worriedly.
Uncle Qi stood up immediately when he saw her and said, "I'll leave this to you, young lady... I'm old and need a rest."
Shi Li didn't even have time to say anything. She could only watch Uncle Qi walk out, pounding his arm in a pretentious manner.
After going out, Uncle Qi’s waist and legs no longer felt sore and he could walk very fast.
Shi Li's head was full of black lines.
Now she was the only one left in the room, and Shao Quan who was unconscious on the bed.
After standing there at a loss for a while, Shi Li tiptoed to the bedside and lowered her eyes just in time to see Shao Quan's profile.
The sleeping man is slightly different from the awake man.
Her beautiful phoenix eyes were closed, her eyelashes fanned out, leaving a row of misty shadows. Her lips were soft, less noble and distant, and more gentle and peaceful.
Shi Li watched carefully, but suddenly the barrage of comments flooding the screen destroyed the peaceful atmosphere.
[What are you waiting for, host? ? ? ]
[Go ahead! Face him head on!]
Faced with the consistently aggressive words in the barrage, Shi Li blushed and glared fiercely.
"Shut up!"
[Oh, the host is shy~~~]
Then, immediately some wealthy spectators who loved to watch the fun launched a bounty mission.
System message: User [I am a different firework] initiated a reward.
Reward requirement: Anchor, please kiss Shao Quan!
Reward: A [Luxury Villa] (worth 1000 RMB)
When Shi Li saw the system message, he rolled his eyes.
She loves money, but she is not so shameless.
But when she looked at Shao Quan again, her eyes uncontrollably fell on his lips.
His lips were very thin, without any blood color, and even a little dry, which made people want to moisturize them.
"What are you thinking about!"
Shi Li hit his head hard, stood up hurriedly and looked around the room, finally coming back with a teacup and a cotton swab.
After sitting down, he dipped a cotton swab in tea and gently touched Shao Quan's lips a few times.
Seeing that his lips were no longer so dry, Shi Li smiled with relief, then immediately pursed her lips seriously and looked serious.
She was just doing what a maid was supposed to do.
That’s all!
Shi Li stayed beside the bed, moistening Shao Quan's dry lips with a cotton swab from time to time.
But at night, Shao Quan started to have a fever.
Shi Li first noticed something was wrong when Shao Quan, who had been quiet all the time, suddenly shivered. Then after a while, an abnormal redness appeared on his pale face.
She reached out and touched Shao Quan's forehead and was almost burned.
She immediately went out to call the night watchman and asked them to prepare well water and ice.
After the things were delivered, Shi Li stayed by the bed and applied cold handkerchiefs to Shao Quan over and over again.
The handkerchief covering her forehead got hot very quickly, so Shi Li had to keep changing it.
In addition, Shi Li gritted her teeth and simply wiped his cheeks and exposed palms and wrists.
I don’t know whether it was because of Shao Quan’s strong willpower or because Shi Li’s hard work had worked, but after tossing and turning in the second half of the night, the fever finally subsided.
Shi Li touched his forehead and felt that the temperature had returned to normal. Before she could breathe a sigh of relief, Shao Quan suddenly grabbed her fingers before she could retract them.
This action frightened Shi Li so much that she almost jumped up, but she soon realized that Shao Quan was not awake at all, but seemed to be in a nightmare.
His brows were furrowed, the color on his face faded again, his teeth were clenched tightly, and he held her with great strength.
Even so, he remained silent and tried his best to endure it even in his sleep.
Shi Li's stiff hands slowly relaxed, allowing him to hold them tightly, then she moved closer and carefully helped him smooth the wet hair around his ears.
"I'm with you, don't be afraid."
She unconsciously said what Shao Quan had said to comfort her during the day.
After saying this, I found that Shao Quan's brows actually relaxed a little.
He seemed to be able to hear her voice.
Shi Li opened her eyes wide in surprise, but she acted faster than she thought and repeated what she had just said in a hoarse voice.
"Wenyu, I'm with you, don't be afraid."
This time, Shao Quan's brows were completely relaxed, and his thin lips even revealed a slightly upward arc.
Shi Li looked at him and her heartbeat began to become abnormal again. She wanted to pull her hand back, but found that if she moved the slightest, he would hold it even tighter and his brows would frown.
Forget it...
Shi Li finally gave up, kept her fingers held, and leaned over the bed to take a nap.
She had been taking care of the patient all night and now she finally relaxed. She fell asleep as soon as she closed her eyes.
The next morning, the sunlight shining through the window paper woke Shao Quan up first.
He opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was the girl lying on the bed. He was stunned for a moment, then his eyes moved down to their clasped hands.
He had been trapped in a nightmare last night, and then he grabbed hold of something, as if it were a life-saving straw and he wouldn't let go.
It turned out... it was her hand?
Shao Quan prides himself on being a gentleman, so of course he would let go decisively at this time.
But for some reason, I felt a little hesitant.
In just this brief moment, Shao Quan felt Shi Li move, as if she was about to wake up.
The eyes seemed to have a consciousness of their own and suddenly closed again as if they had never been opened.
Unable to see, only able to rely on perception and hearing.
"I slept for so long that it's already dawn..."
Her voice was still a little hoarse.
Then, Shao Quan felt her pull her hand back, and he felt an inexplicable sense of loss in his heart.
Before he could react, her hand gently fell on his forehead again.
Warm and gentle.
"Fortunately, the fever has completely subsided."
Shi Li muttered something, not knowing that the injured person on the bed had woken up. He stood up, stretched his stiff muscles, and turned to walk out.
The moment she walked out of the room, Shao Quan opened his eyes again.
He stared at the girl's back, and a bright light flashed at the corner of his eyes.
Originally, the rest day was only for two days, but when faced with an assassination, even the emperor could not force people to continue working for him, so he generously gave Shao Quan ten days of sick leave.
The arrow wound was not easy to heal, so Shao Quan did not return home for the time being and stayed in the manor to recuperate.
During this period, there were a lot of things happening in the manor.
Uncle Qi really wanted to take care of his master himself, but every time he came, he was always called away by other servants within a cup of tea. In the end, he could only ask Shi Li to take on the task of taking care of the patient.
Of course, when it comes to things like bathing and changing dressings, Uncle Qi and the servants in the manor still have time to come and help.
Shi Li suspected that they did it on purpose, but had no evidence.
During the period of caring for the wounded, Shi Li also witnessed the hard work of Shao Quan, the future powerful official.
As long as he was conscious, he would never postpone the processing of any official documents.
The Shao family's housekeeper would come in person every day to deliver important official documents and letters to him.
Today, a letter was sent back from Nanling.