"Cold," Ye Ziyu weakly expressed.
Shen Meixiu, by the window, couldn't hear her at all. She reached out to pull the curtains, blocking the open window.
Wind couldn't be blocked. The moment she moved away, the curtains were blown high.
Shen Meixiu, covering her mouth and nose, afraid of catching a cold, tiptoed out of the room.
"So cold!" Ye Ziyu hugged her arms, struggling to prop herself up.
The window was so large that the wind made the entire room frigid.
Ye Ziyu got out of bed, enduring the dizziness, and groped her way to the window.
*Click*
The window was closed, and the sound of the wind instantly vanished from her ears.
Ye Ziyu slid down the wall and collapsed on the floor. Walking from the bed to the window had taken all her strength. This exertion had even made her break out in a sweat. Sweating, however, made her feel a little more energetic.
Seeing that the medicine was ineffective, Ye Ziyu had no choice but to find her acupuncture pack from the box.
With one needle, the body aches from the cold vanished instantly. With another, most of her strength was restored.
After the acupuncture treatment, Ye Ziyu noticed the unfinished cold medicine still on the table.
The medicine had been brought up by a Ye family servant, and the servant had also informed her of the quantity. Since it was cold medicine, why hadn't it worked?
Putting away the acupuncture pack, Ye Ziyu got up and picked up the unfinished medicine. The packaging was just wrapped in white paper, so she couldn't see the production date or analyze if the medicine had expired.
Ye Ziyu took out one of the pills, picked up a cup, and crushed it into powder with the bottom. Judging by the granule size, she dipped her finger and placed it on her lips.
As her cold subsided, her hearing became sharper. She heard footsteps outside the door and quickly stuffed the remaining half-packet of medicine into the nearby cabinet.
The footsteps stopped at the door, and the room door was knocked again.
A moment later, the door was pushed open by someone from outside.
"Miss." The servant entered from outside. Seeing Ye Ziyu lying on the bed, she tiptoed to the bedside.
Just as her hand reached for the bowl of porridge on the nightstand, Ye Ziyu suddenly opened her eyes and looked at her.
As the plate was lifted, the servant met Ye Ziyu's deep gaze, her fingers went soft with fright, and she dropped the plate heavily on the floor.
"M-Miss, I-I was asked by Madam to take the bowl away," the servant stammered in explanation.
Ye Ziyu averted her gaze and lay flat on the bed.
She remained silent, and the servant stood there, not daring to move.
After a moment of stalemate, the servant tentatively greeted her, "Miss, please rest well. I'll clean up and take these away."
Ye Ziyu continued to lie flat on the bed, not even moving an eyelid.
Seeing this, the servant quickly fled the room.
Counting numbers in her mind, she watched as she reached one hundred, and the door was pushed open again. This time, it was the person she had expected.
Shen Meixiu looked at the closed window, her gaze falling with confusion on Ye Ziyu, who remained still on the bed. With suspicion, she feigned concern and walked over, "Ziyu, are you feeling any better?"
"No," Ye Ziyu's peripheral vision caught the thermometer on the nightstand.
Shen Meixiu reached out and picked it up. Seeing that the temperature was still high, she exclaimed, "Oh dear, you're still feverish. Shall I give you some more medicine?"
"It's finished."
"We have more at home. I'll have someone bring it to you."
Shen Meixiu no longer sat down and briskly went to prepare fever-reducing medicine for her.
Ye Ziyu sat up from the bed, looking at the room door that wasn't closed. She put on her shoes and walked out of the room.
The living room downstairs.
The servant who had just taken away the white porridge was standing in front of Shen Meixiu.
"Madam, taking expired medicine can kill people. If the Master finds out, he will be angry."
Shen Meixiu glared at her and said irritably, "If you don't say anything, and I don't say anything, who will know?"
She had dug out all the pills and placed them on paper to wrap them. No matter how capable she was, she wouldn't be able to taste it.
Shen Meixiu packaged the pills in portions, just like the first time, and forcefully thrust them into the servant's hand, "Take them up and watch her drink them."