As soon as Ninth Master Chang entered Lu Chen's room, he checked around and found nothing amiss. I pressed his pulse again to double-check, and after confirming it was just a fever, I nodded in approval. It's fine as long as it's a real illness.
Illness is easier to treat; what's scary is a false disease.
In such a weakened state, if he were to be further tormented, that would be truly ill-omened.
The moment Lu Chen opened his eyes, he saw Heizi standing behind me. He immediately reached out and pulled Heizi closer; Heizi, not knowing why, stepped forward and was brought to Lu Chen's side.
"Heizi, I'm scared…I'm so scared. In my dreams, someone is trying to kill me; it's terrifying."
The somewhat blend of a white lotus with green tea almost made me burst out laughing.
Indeed, when men have a fever, women really have nothing to do with it.
Not wanting to witness such an eyesore, I quickly placed the fox fur into the silk pouch and handed it to Lu Chen: