captive skylark

Chapter 24 Awakening, Fengchi

She stomped her feet, annoyed, and ran away with her skirt in hand.

It was raining outside, and a puddle of water had accumulated on the bluestone steps under the eaves. Stepping on it, the water splashed, and even the embroidered shoes and socks were soaked.

Qingwu held an umbrella and followed from behind, and saw "Oops", "Why did the girl step into the water?"

She came over and took a closer look, "I'm afraid the shoes are soaked too. The girl is waiting here, I will go back to Tangluo Garden to fetch the girl's shoes and socks."

"No need." Yun Xi shook his head, "I'll go back with you."

Because of the rain, the master and the servant walked a long way through the corridor covered by the eaves.

Xu Shi felt uncomfortable with the wet socks sticking to his feet, and Yun Xi frowned when he walked halfway, "Why is it so far away?"

She tugged at the skirt that was soaked in water, feeling very upset, "Usually I feel very close, why is it so far away today."

"The girl is angry, so she naturally feels far away." Qingwu smiled, and helped her lift up the wet and heavy skirt, at least she walked more briskly.

He said again: "On weekdays, the girl runs from the front yard to look for the aunt, and then runs from the west yard to look for the eldest son. It is also common for the whole house to go around. How come it doesn't feel far away?"

As soon as the words fell, Yunxi stopped suddenly.

Qingwu, who was following behind, didn't notice for a while, and almost bumped into it.

"Girl, what's the matter?" She leaned her head over and asked, but what she saw was Yun Xisheng's pale face.

I don't know if it was cold, but her lips were also raw white, with no trace of blood visible.

Qingwu panicked, "Is the girl cold?"

He reached out to touch her forehead again, "But you're sick? Why is your face so pale?"

Yunxi didn't answer her, and asked her in a murmur, "You said, I went to Zhuyuan from the west courtyard to find brother Xingzhi, and went around the whole mansion?"

"It's not that exaggerated." Qingwu said, "But most of them are there."

After all, one is in the east front yard and the other is in the west back yard. Although they are both in the mansion, they are in the opposite direction, so they are naturally far away.

Yunxi asked again, "Brother Xingzhi, has he ever been to the West Court before?"

"What's wrong with the girl? Is there something wrong?"

Qingwu was even more flustered by her nonsensical question, "Girl, don't scare me..."

"You answer my question first!" Yun Xi interrupted her abruptly.

Her voice was very cold, rarely sharp.

Qingwu thought for a while and said, "I don't know very well, but it seems that I have never been there. Why is the eldest son going to the west courtyard? The west courtyard is the courtyard where Aunt Fang lives."

Yes, how could he pass by the yard where my aunt lived.

Not to mention Qingwu, all these years, Yunxi has never seen him go to the west courtyard.

but……

Yun Xi's hands and feet were cold all of a sudden, and his mind seemed to be filled with mud, and he was so muddled that he couldn't get rid of it.

She couldn't figure it out.

How did he go that day?

That night Yunxi fell ill.

The illness was violent, just like the high fever when she first came to Xiejiafa.

When the doctor came to see her, he said that she had caught a cold by chance, and advised her, "Girl's heart is stagnant, which is of no benefit to her body, she needs to be relieved."

Yun Xi just nodded, not listening at all.

Later, Xie Shuang came to Tangluo Garden to see her, and when she saw her description, she immediately started crying, "It's all my fault, saying that my sister is sick. This is good, my sister is really sick..."

"What does it have to do with my sister?"

Yun Xi forced a smile on his face, but he was so weak that he leaned over the couch and coughed a lot after saying a word.

(End of this chapter)