"I'm fine, let him see her."
As Mu Qi finished speaking, Diao Guan was the first to react.
Then, as if he had mastered the art of Sichuan Opera face-changing, Diao Guan lazily and slowly walked towards Yun Shounian.
He seemed to be afraid that Yun Shounian would not die before he reached her.
"Diao Guan, do I need to personally escort you over?" Mu Qi's voice suddenly rang out. Diao Guan shivered and reluctantly quickened his pace.
"Where does it hurt?" Diao Guan looked at the sky, at the ground, but not at Yun Shounian.
Yun Shounian was silent for a long time, then slowly forced herself to steady her breathing. "I'm fine, I don't feel uncomfortable at all."
Hearing this, Diao Guan finally turned his head to look at Yun Shounian.
Seeing Yun Shounian holding her stomach, Diao Guan remembered Mu Qi's anxious attitude towards her and snorted. He took out a stethoscope from the first-aid kit.
"Lift your shirt."
Yun Shounian was startled. Enduring the discomfort, she retreated slightly and frowned at Diao Guan.
Diao Guan paused his action of holding the stethoscope and raised an eyebrow strangely.
"What kind of look is that? I'm a doctor. In a doctor's eyes, what difference is there between male and female?"
"Isn't it, what kind of era is this?"
Diao Guan looked displeasedly at Mu Qi, who was walking towards them. "Mu Qi, she's too stingy, no, too pedantic."
"What did you say?"
Just as Diao Guan was searching for the right words, Mu Qi had already blocked in front of Yun Shounian, facing Diao Guan with an unfriendly tone.
Diao Guan turned his head and subtly curled his lips. He had complained to the wrong person.
"Nothing, nothing." Diao Guan calmed his speechless mood, then turned his head back and looked at Mu Qi with a bright smile.
"She feels uncomfortable in her stomach because she ate too much," Mu Qi, concerned about Yun Shounian's discomfort, didn't argue further with Diao Guan.
"Ate too much?"
Diao Guan still had some professional integrity and didn't react too exaggeratedly. However, Yun Shounian, hiding behind Mu Qi, became awkward again.
"How much did you eat?" Diao Guan leaned sideways and asked Yun Shounian, who was behind Mu Qi.
Seeing Diao Guan's face, Yun Shounian instinctively leaned forward, resting her forehead on Mu Qi's back, and clutched the hem of Mu Qi's shirt.
Mu Qi's breathing tightened. He hadn't expected that the person who had just spoken of his clinginess would proactively lean into him.
"Over a dozen bags of potato chips, and a spoonful of bird's nest porridge," Mu Qi took a barely perceptible deep breath, then said to Diao Guan with a calm expression.
"Over a dozen bags of potato chips? And a spoonful of porridge?"
Diao Guan pondered for a moment, then asked, "When did you feel full? Around which bag?"
"While watching a movie. I don't know which bag it was," Yun Shounian's voice muffled from behind Mu Qi.
Since she was already embarrassed, Yun Shounian decided to just let go.
Besides, she was already in so much pain that she felt like she was dying!
"But what's with that spoonful of bird's nest porridge?" Diao Guan asked curiously.
Mu Qi: "I fed it to her myself. Do you have an opinion?"
"Oh, then I'll go back and get some Baohe Pills later, and you can give her a massage."
Diao Guan's eyes dodged awkwardly, and he coughed lightly. After signaling to Mu Qi, he left.
Fortunately, he lived right next to Qi Garden.
Otherwise, judging by Mu Qi's anxious look, if Yun Shounian continued to suffer like this, he feared Mu Qi might kill him to vent his frustration.
A quarter of an hour after Diao Guan left, Mu Qi stood still, letting Yun Shounian lean on him. Finally, Yun Shounian couldn't help but speak.
"Mu Qi, sit over here."
Yun Shounian's voice was weak and breathy. Mu Qi immediately turned and helped Yun Shounian sit down beside her.
Looking at Mu Qi sitting upright beside her, and smelling the crisp scent emanating from him, Yun Shounian leaned over and hugged his arm, sticking to him.
"Mu Qi, hug me." Seeing Mu Qi sitting like a block of wood, Yun Shounian continued to express her demands.
Mu Qi heard this and obediently wrapped his arms around Yun Shounian's waist.
When Diao Guan entered, he saw Yun Shounian curled up in Mu Qi's arms.
Mu Qi's arm was around Yun Shounian's waist, and his chin was brushing against her forehead.
This scene made Diao Guan feel a mix of emotions.
The cold and violent Mu Qi was now as gentle as water, and the unreasonable Yun Shounian was now as fragile as a fleeting Epiphyllum.
Having been with Mu Qi for many years, Diao Guan had witnessed many intense conflicts between Mu Qi and Yun Shounian.
But recently, Diao Guan had also seen Yun Shounian's sudden change.
Yet, Diao Guan could never get used to it, nor could he truly accept Yun Shounian from the bottom of his heart.
After all, what Yun Shounian had done back then was too excessive, and now Mu Qi forgave her too easily.
Diao Guan felt unbalanced, unbalanced for Mu Qi.
But now, with their peaceful appearance, the imbalance in his heart seemed somewhat ridiculous.
Since the people involved had let go, if he continued to be unbalanced, wouldn't it be meddling?
But even so, Diao Guan still wanted to be so ridiculous. He knew better than anyone how difficult Mu Qi's life had been.
If he didn't guard against Yun Shounian and let Mu Qi get hurt because of her again, this was definitely not what Diao Guan wanted to see.
"Diao Guan, hurry up and come here."
Mu Qi looked at Diao Guan, who was standing motionless at the door, his eyes filled with urgency and sharpness.
Aunt Ning, standing next to Diao Guan, also anxiously took the Baohe Pills from Diao Guan's hand and walked over, then hurried to the kitchen to get a glass of warm water.
Mu Qi, as Diao Guan had instructed, fed Yun Shounian a few pills and then wiped the sweat from her forehead with his sleeve.
"Come over here," Mu Qi glanced at Diao Guan.
Diao Guan: "..."
He had just been thinking about protecting Mu Qi in his heart.
"Huh?" Diao Guan hadn't fully emerged from his thoughts and was momentarily unsure what Mu Qi meant.
Mu Qi: "Massage."
Diao Guan: "Oh."
Mu Qi originally wanted to help Yun Shounian up, but when he moved slightly, Yun Shounian held his arm tighter in her embrace.
"Hurry and move her aside, otherwise how can you demonstrate the massage technique to me?"
Seeing that Mu Qi had stopped moving after just a slight shift, Diao Guan urged him.
"Like this." Mu Qi saw that Yun Shounian had her eyes tightly closed and his voice softened considerably.
Fortunately, all the servants around were holding their breath, so Diao Guan could hear Mu Qi's words clearly.
Diao Guan: "..."
"Fine."
Following Diao Guan's explanations and hand gestures, Mu Qi's hands quickly began to professionally massage Yun Shounian's stomach.
"I'll be leaving now."
Diao Guan politely bid farewell to Mu Qi.
However, Mu Qi, whose gaze was fixed on Yun Shounian's complexion, didn't even look at Diao Guan.
Diao Guan awkwardly rubbed his nose and sighed, wondering why he couldn't remember.
In the end, it was Aunt Ning who helped Diao Guan carry the medical kit and escorted him out the door.
...
For the entire night, Yun Shounian felt as if she was hugging a very warm, yet not scorching, sun.
However, when she woke up in the morning, she was alone in the bed, with only Aunt Ning standing beside her.