The two ate breakfast in the pavilion.
A gentle breeze blew, lifting both their long hair.
Strands of hair fluttered softly, looking incredibly beautiful.
No one spoke; they simply ate in quiet contentment.
The atmosphere was rare in its harmony, serenity, and gentleness.
After a night of exhaustion, Chu Qianli was surprised by her good appetite. She not only ate a pile of pastries but also drank two bowls of bird's nest soup.
Full and satisfied, she immediately felt sleepy.
Her eyelids felt heavy, barely able to stay open.
Feng Yexuan watched her drooping eyelids. He was reluctant to see her go, but more so, he couldn't bear it. "Since the work here is temporarily finished, you should go back and rest."
"You waited for me all night. Didn't you have something to discuss with me?"
Chu Qianli yawned. She was indeed extremely tired, but she forced herself to stay alert and looked at him.
"I'm not that fragile. Didn't I used to go three days and three nights without rest and still fight on the fourth day? What are you worried about?"
Speaking of which, it was strange. In the past, she could go several days without rest and still be full of energy.
But what was happening recently? She had actually rested during the day yesterday, sleeping for several hours.
Yet, after just one night, why did she look so sickly now?
Why did she feel so sleepy?
"If you have something to say, just say it," she yawned again.
Feng Yexuan moved his lips, instinctively wanting to say that he hadn't specifically waited for her.
But seeing her yawn, those proud words suddenly became impossible to utter.
"How is Master's condition? Liu Jin said you were going to replace his blood. What are the chances of success?"
Chu Qianli looked at him.
She had been waiting for Prince Xuan to mock her, saying something like, "When have I ever waited for you?"
This was the Feng Yexuan she knew.
Unexpectedly, his attitude was so sincere.
She was almost unaccustomed to it.
"Eighty percent chance," she said.
Feng Yexuan's eyes shifted. This was different from what Liu Jin had told him.
"Liu Jin told you I had a fifty percent chance, didn't he?"
She smiled lightly.
It was this smile that made Feng Yexuan's heart, which had been tense all night, suddenly clear up, as if dark clouds had parted to reveal the bright moon.
"Why are you so presumptuous in front of me?" she asked, contrasting it with how cautious he was with Liu Jin.
"Originally, I should have told you seventy percent."
But at this moment, Chu Qianli suddenly felt that talking to him wasn't that stressful.
Perhaps, today, at this time, this moment, was an exception?
After all, after a meal, the atmosphere had indeed become harmonious.
The habitual verbal sparring had vanished with the meal.
"Liu Jin is a doctor, and he will help me with the blood transfusion surgery. I told him fifty percent to ensure he was extremely careful and cautious at every step during the blood selection process."
"Normally, it's seventy percent, but I want you to be at ease, so I'm telling you my greatest capability, eighty percent."
Chu Qianli's words were equivalent to completely revealing her hand to him.
Feng Yexuan's heart suddenly felt warm.
It had been so long!
In all the time they had known each other, when had she ever been so candid with him?
Perhaps, he himself had not always been completely sincere with her.
Was it because he wasn't open enough that she, in turn, held back when facing him?
But in fact, they could be open with each other, couldn't they?