This night was exceptionally long.
Weiyang sleeps and wakes up, wakes up and sleeps.
Yan Gui stayed by her side the whole time, feeding her water, wiping her sweat, and changing her wet pajamas. He did everything himself and didn't let the three maids get involved.
After the rain, a ray of scattered sunlight shone through the cracks in the carved windows that were covered with soft smoke.
Wei Yang opened her eyes and saw the sunlight coming through the back window before she saw Yan Gui sitting next to her. After a sleepless night, his chin was covered with blue stubble. The little uncle had really become a little uncle, looking a little haggard.
"You're awake. Do you want some water or something to eat?"
Weiyang opened her mouth and felt something sticky in her throat, as if she had swallowed a mouthful of phlegm that was stuck there and couldn't go up or down.
Yan Gui took the water handed over by Konggu, rinsed Wei Yang's mouth first, and then brought her some hot water for her to drink.
After drinking the hot water, Wei Yang felt much better.
"Are you hungry? Youlan made some rice porridge for you." Yan Gui's voice was very soft and he lowered his voice, as if he was afraid of scaring her.
Wei Yang shook her head and stood up to go to the bathroom. Yan Gui couldn't follow her, so she asked You Lan and Kong Gu to help her. After washing herself, Wei Yang looked at herself in the mirror. She looked bored and had no energy at all.
Yan Gui forced him to drink half a bowl of porridge, and then he lay down and felt drowsy again.
She seemed to be getting hot again.
Yan Gui didn't dare to let her sleep any longer, so he pulled her aside to talk. He told her that Zhao Xu was worried, but it was inconvenient for him to come because he had to accompany his father-in-law who came from Beijing. He also told her that he saw a green frog standing on the lotus leaf in the pond yesterday.
Wei Yang fell asleep again while Yan Gui was chattering.
When she opened her eyes again, what came into view was a thin white gauze curtain with a small red glass lantern hanging next to it.
I don’t know what time it is. My body aches so much that I don’t even want to move my fingers.
"Weiyang, you're awake."
Yan Gui asked in surprise, his face enlarged above her head, still wearing the same clothes as three days ago. His beard was untidy and his face looked slightly tired.
"Yan Gui." Wei Yang moved her lips and called softly.
She felt dizzy and weak. She tried to get up with her arms, but fell back down again.
"Lie down first."
Yan Gui pushed her body back onto the bed, looked at her expression and said softly, "You were in a coma for two days, and had a fever for three days."
"It's been so long!" Wei Yang lay softly for a while, looking at Yan Gui's haggard face.
There was a knock on the door, and Youlan's voice rang out: "Miss, you're awake. I've prepared the medicine. Can you bring it over now?"
Wei Yang heard You Lan's voice and felt a sour stomach. She knew why she felt bitter in her throat when she woke up. It turned out that she had been given medicine these days, and she didn't know how much medicine she had been given.
"Bring it in."
Yan Gui looked at Wei Yang and patted her arm gently: "Take the medicine and you will get better soon."
Wei Yang sighed and did not refute.
Yan Gui took the medicine bowl, and the bitter smell of the medicine immediately penetrated into Wei Yang's nostrils.
"I don't want you to feed me. I'll drink it myself."
Yan Gui reached under Wei Yang's neck, slowly lifted her up, and half held her in his arms. He handed her the medicine bowl, and watched her frown as she swallowed it in big gulps, and couldn't help but turn his head away.
Looking at Wei Yang, whose face was pale and whose chin was thin and pointed, Yan Gui felt a pang of pain in his heart. She had been sick several times in just a few months since she came to Yanzhou. It was all his fault for not taking good enough care of her.