Chapter 499 - Chapter 499: Sleep

Chapter 499: Sleep

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In a daze, Yu Niaoniao opened her eyes and realized that she had returned to the backyard of the Feng family’s old residence.

The surrounding vegetation had been swallowed by the flames. Thick smoke surrounded them.

Feng Lianghan extended his hand. “Quick, step on my shoulder and climb up. As long as you climb over this wall, you’ll be safe.”

Yu Niaoniao wanted Madam Xie to go out first.

However, Madam Xie was unwilling. She insisted that Niaoniao leave first.

The fire grew stronger. Feng Lianghan seemed to have heard something and urged eagerly, “Quick! If you don’t leave, none of us will be able to!”

Yu Niaoniao had no choice but to follow Madam Xie’s wishes.

She carefully stepped on Feng Lianghan’s shoulder and placed her hands on the courtyard wall. When Feng Lianghan stood up, her hands were just enough to grab the edge of the top of the wall.

She gritted her teeth and used all her strength to climb up.

She turned around and looked at Feng Lianghan and Madam Xie.

“Come on up!”

However, Feng Lianghan and Madam Xie did not move.

They just stood there quietly, staring at her longingly.

“Niaoniao, leave. Forget what happened tonight and live well.”

Yu Niaoniao’s heart tightened.

“No, I don’t want to be separated from you!”

She jumped down the wall recklessly, wanting to return to Feng Lianghan and Madam Xie.

However, just as she landed, the surrounding scenery suddenly changed.

It was dark all around, and the cold night wind blew in her face.

There was a piercing pain in her ankle. Her vision was blurred by tears. Her head was spinning. Her body fell to the ground uncontrollably and she was too weak to get up.

Despair welled up in her, making her almost give up.

She might as well die like this. She might even be able to catch up to her parents and reunite with her family on the road to the afterworld.

Tap, tap, tap!

There was the sound of hooves approaching, and then someone walked to her side.

There was some confused conversation in his ears.

Among the many words, she heard a familiar voice—

“Send her to the medical center and inform the local government to go to the Feng family. ”

She immediately recognized that it was Xiao Juan’s voice.

She opened her eyes with all her might and looked in the direction of the voice, but all she could see was a blurry figure.

She opened her mouth with difficulty to call his name.

But something seemed to be stuck in her throat. She couldn’t make a sound.

Her brain grew groggy. Her eyes closed uncontrollably, and her consciousness fell into darkness.

When she opened her eyes again, she saw herself standing in darkness with a lantern. The faint light coming from the lantern was just enough to illuminate a small area of the ground at her feet.

Yu Niaoniao looked around blankly. “Xiao Juan( Where are you!”

A moment later, a tall figure walked out of the darkness and approached her.

It was Xiao Juan!

Yu Niaoniao was very surprised.

However, the next moment, she heard Xiao Juan ask, “Why did you lie to me? You said you liked me. It’s all a lie.”

“You deliberately approached me so that I could help you find out the truth about the Feng family’s destruction.”

Yu Niaoniao stood frozen in place. She wanted to explain, but she did not know how to speak.

Xiao Juan said, “You liar, I won’t believe you anymore.” With that, he turned around and left.

Yu Niaoniao hurriedly chased after him, wanting to stop him.

“Don’t go!”

In the guest room of the County Governor’s Mansion.

Yu Niaoniao lay on the bed with her eyes closed. Her entire body was hot, and her face was abnormally red. She frowned and muttered vaguely.

Xiao Juan wiped her cheeks and palms with a wet handkerchief.

She suddenly raised her right hand as if to grab something and shouted at the same time.

“Don’t go.”

Xiao Juan immediately held her hand. “Niaoniao, I’m here. I’m not leaving.” He looked at Niaoniao without blinking and saw that her eyes were still closed and she had not woken up.

It had been two days.

She slept for two whole days.

Xiao Juan stayed by her side and helped her change her dressing and wipe her body. He did not close his eyes for two nights.

At this moment, his expression was even worse than the unconscious Yu Niaoniao.

Lo Pingsha persuaded him to rest.

“If you continue to stay up like this, your body will collapse. Go and sleep. We’ll watch over here. If the Princess Consort wakes up, we’ll definitely inform you immediately.”

However, Xiao Juan did not seem to hear anything. All his attention was on Niaoniao.

At this moment, Wei Liao walked in.

He looked at Yu Niaoniao on the bed, then at Xiao Juan sitting by the bed. Finally, he looked at Lo Pingsha and asked angrily.

“Why isn’t the Princess Consort awake yet? Can you cure her? If you can’t, I’ll find another doctor.”

Lo Pingsha was anxious too.

But he knew there was no point in being anxious.

He walked over and carefully checked the wounds on Yu Niaoniao’s body. He realized that they were still a little swollen.

It seemed that he had to adjust the formula of the ointment again.

Lo Pingsha returned to his residence and studied it for the entire afternoon. At night, he came to look for Xiao Juan with the improved ointment.

“Try this ointment on the Princess Consort.”

Xiao Juan opened the lid and first dug out a little ointment to touch his wrist. After confirming that there was no problem, he carefully applied it to Yu Niaoniao’s wound.

Lo Pingsha then brought out another bowl of medicine.

“This is medicine to reduce the fever. Please give it to the County Princess.”

The warm medicine flowed down her esophagus into her body.

Perhaps it was because the bowl of medicine was more effective, but after Yu Niaoniao drank the bowl of medicine, she did not dream again.

She was sleeping so soundly that her brows relaxed.

Xiao Juan guarded her for another night.

The next morning, Yu Niaoniao’s fever subsided, and the swelling of her wound subsided a lot.

Lo Pingsha said, “The situation has improved a lot. The Princess Consort should be fine.”

Xiao Juan asked hoarsely, “Then why isn’t she awake yet?”

Lo Pingsha spoke hesitantly.

“She’s probably too weak. Let her sleep a little longer. She might wake up later.”

Xiao Juan did not say anything else and continued to look at Niaoniao without blinking.

Lo Pingsha advised, “You haven’t eaten much for the past two or three days. If this continues, your body will definitely not be able to take it. County Governor Wang asked the kitchen to prepare some food. Take a few bites.”

Xiao Juan did not say a word, as if he had not heard anything.

Lo Pingsha scooped out a bowl of fish porridge from the casserole and handed it to Xiao Juan.

“Eat some.”

Xiao Juan did not move. “I’m not hungry.”

“You haven’t eaten for so long. How can you not be hungry…”

Before Lo Pingsha could finish, he noticed Yu Niaoniao’s eyelashes tremble and her eyelids move.

His eyes widened involuntarily. “Is the Princess Consort about to wake up?”

Xiao Juan immediately held Niaoniao’s hand and realized that her fingers were also moving slightly.

Immediately after, they saw Yu Niaoniao slowly open her eyes.

Lo Pingsha could not help but exclaim, “She’s really awake!”

Xiao Juan subconsciously clenched his hands tightly, not daring to blink, afraid that he was dreaming.

Faced with their burning gazes, Yu Niaoniao opened her mouth with difficulty and said the first words she had said in three days— “I’m so hungry..”