Visions of the Past or the Future?

Several days passed. Wu Jian’s fever broke two days after getting sick, and he was completely better after one more day of rest.

He thanked Wu Meiying and Hou Jingshu for looking after him. They had stayed by his side for the entire three days it took for him to recover. Father had even let them stay in his room.

He had woken up once or twice during the middle of the night to discover them resting with their heads on his bed. He worried they might wake up with a crick in their neck, but neither of them seemed bothered when they woke up the next morning, and he had been too sick to express much worry.

While Wu Meiying had demanded a kiss in recompense for her help, Hou Jingshu had merely blushed and stuttered that she only helped because they were engaged. She hadn’t even been able to look him in the face when she said that.

He didn’t think she was being honest with herself. For the sake of not embarrassing the girl, however, he accepted her words at face value.