That night, around midnight, Leng Ji rushed back from outside.
Holding the item Chu Qianli had placed on the windowsill for him to take out, he knocked on Chu Qianli's door.
"Miss Li, Fulong has returned your item."
In fact, he couldn't understand what it was, but Fulong seemed to know how to use it.
A black box... no, it couldn't really be called a box, just a solid object.
A black solid object, with nothing inside.
Since it belonged to Miss Li, he hadn't dared to examine it too closely.
He handed the item to Fulong, then took it back from Fulong, and then he returned.
This was the only task Chu Qianli had given him, yet Leng Ji still didn't understand.
Fulong returned the same black object, nothing more, nothing less. What did this mean?
Could it be that Fulong refused Miss Li's... gift?
If it could be considered a gift.
"Just place it on the windowsill,"
Chu Qianli's voice, coming from inside the room, still sounded very weak.
After she finished speaking, she coughed twice.
Leng Ji placed the item on the windowsill, walked a bit further away, and couldn't help but look back.
"Miss Li, do you really not need a doctor to see you?"
"Did your master say that a doctor is allowed to see me?" Although Chu Qianli's voice was feeble, a hint of a cold sneer could be detected.
She could still mock, so she should be fine.
Leng Ji breathed a sigh of relief, then said in a low voice, "Then, Miss, I'll come to see you after I return from outside the city."
As he left, he still felt uneasy, "Miss, you must take good care of yourself and don't be angry with the master."
Chu Qianli ignored him.
Leng Ji, helpless, could only turn and leave.
Inside the room, it was pitch black. If not for a sliver of moonlight seeping in from the window, one would not be able to see their hand in front of their face.
After Leng Ji left, the figure lying on the bed slowly began to move.
She got out of bed, and as she landed, her slender body swayed slightly, almost unable to stand steady.
Her whole body was weak, so she could only lean on the table beside her and slowly make her way to the windowsill.
That was her phone.
On the way back from Black Wind Ridge, she had asked Fulong to look at her secrets.
She had also explained to Fulong how to record on this phone.
However, she didn't know if Fulong had learned it.
Returning to the bed, Chu Qianli slowly sat down and turned on her phone.
She clicked on the camera and was surprised to see the footage Fulong had recorded.
It was obvious he wasn't very skilled yet, the camera was moving around, but the sound was very clear:
"The Duke has returned to the manor, Xuan Wang's men are guarding, and the Emperor has not expressed anger."
It was a very brief clip, a fleeting remark.
But it contained all the information she needed.
Feng Yexuan had actually sent her grandfather back to the manor? She had thought Feng Yexuan had only been concerned with Chu Huaiyu's matters these past few days.
This meant that although Feng Yexuan was cold and stern, he might not be entirely without affection for her.
It was just a pitifully small amount of affection.
But at least there was some.
Her long fingers descended, deleting the video on her phone. She glanced at the battery level, coughed twice, and furrowed her brow.
There were no generators in this era.
It seemed she needed to buy a generator, a converter, and a set of solar power equipment.
However, the money in her account didn't seem to be much anymore...
Chu Qianli had been in a gloomy mood recently and hadn't opened the system.
When she checked now, she was startled.
Why was there over a hundred thousand in her account?
She had checked before going to Black Wind Ridge that day, and there were only one or two thousand left.
Looking at the time of the deposit, there was a deposit of one hundred thousand on the day she went to Black Wind Ridge!
Thinking about it, this was... during the time she saved Fulong and fainted?
She hadn't expected that saving Fulong would earn her a reward of a hundred thousand from the system!
Chu Qianli suddenly seemed to understand something.
Yet, she didn't know if her thoughts were correct.
Was the reward so large because Fulong was very important to her?
If the system had made the choice for her, then besides trusting her own judgment, she should also be able to trust the system.
Fulong would definitely be of great help on her future path.
He was definitely a trustworthy person.
After putting away her phone, she bought some medicine for herself.
Starting today, she would take good care of her health.
Giving up on herself was definitely not her way of doing things.
... After that day, Leng Ji indeed did not appear again.
Three days later, Chu Huaiyu finally woke up.
Although she was awake, her body was very weak.
Having narrowly escaped death this time, Chu Huaiyu, perhaps due to her frailty or some other reason, seemed to have changed her temperament after waking up.
Not only did she stop feigning weakness in front of Feng Yexuan, but she even tried her best to appear strong.
However, Chu Qianli knew nothing of these things.
Because during this period, she had truly not left Qianyun Pavilion even half a step.
Leng Ji returned on the evening of the third day.
After returning, he reported to the manor, changed into clean clothes, and immediately went to Qianyun Pavilion to see Chu Qianli.
But he didn't expect that on the way to Qianyun Pavilion, he would see... the Prince?
"Your Highness!" Leng Ji immediately went to pay his respects.
Feng Yexuan's gaze fell on his clothes.
Leng Ji inexplicably felt a chilling aura wrapping around his neck.
He explained nervously, "I, I was afraid there was too much dust on my clothes, so, so I went back to change, change my clothes."
The Prince did not speak, his gaze deep and unfathomable, dark and unclear.
Leng Ji felt his scalp tingle.
The Prince wasn't speaking, but looking at him with such a gaze, what... what did it mean?
He inexplicably felt immense pressure.
"Your, Your Highness, do you have, have any instructions?" Leng Ji asked cautiously, lowering his head.
On this cool autumn evening, large beads of sweat were sliding down his forehead.
This showed the immense pressure he was under and how nervous he was!
Why wasn't the Prince saying anything?
Leng Ji finally couldn't help but secretly raise his head to take a look.
The Prince was no longer looking at him!
The Prince was looking in the direction of the courtyard in the distance.
Qianyun Pavilion.
"Your Highness..." Leng Ji hesitated for a long time, but finally couldn't help but say, "Your Highness, Miss Li has been confined to Qianyun Pavilion for... seven days."
Feng Yexuan did not speak.
But Leng Ji could feel his breathing falter slightly.
Leng Ji immediately added, "Actually, Miss Li's emotional outburst at that time was also because Xi'er... died."
"Your Highness, your subordinate dares to say that Miss Li and Xi'er's relationship was truly like sisters."
"If Xi'er really did something she shouldn't have, it must have been out of a sincere desire to help Miss Li, but Miss Li would certainly not have known, otherwise she wouldn't have..."
Before Leng Ji could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Feng Yexuan's indifferent tone, "Since the punishment has been sufficient, you may... accompany me to see her."