My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

In the middle of the night, Chang An was sleeping and he was aware of something strange on the other side of the quilt. He forced himself to open his eyes and looked at the other side of the quilt. He faintly heard Gu Li's uncomfortable groan. He reached out and touched Gu Li's forehead. After touching it, he suddenly woke up.

He quickly got up, lit the candle, returned to Gu Li, reached out his hand and touched her cheek, which was indeed hot.

"Chang... Chang Lang..."

Gu Li slowly opened his eyes, his voice a little hoarse.

"Chang Lang...I feel a little uncomfortable..."

"I know, I know, Mother Gu, you have a fever." Chang An came to the low table, poured a glass of water, and felt the water temperature - because it was the hot water that had just been changed before going to bed, it was still warm.

He brought the water to Gu Li, gently helped her up, put the water to her mouth, and whispered softly, "Mother Gu, come and drink some water."

Gu Li followed Chang An's movements and drank the warm water in the cup. After drinking, she fell into Chang An's arms again. Chang An gently stroked Gu Li's hair, put her back on the bed, and tucked the cup in for her.

"Mother Gu, wait for me here."

Chang An left a word, took out a thicker coat and put it on, then picked up the basin and went outside, ran all the way to the kitchen to fill a basin with cold water, and then hurried back into the house.

He found another towel in the room, soaked it in cold water, wrung it out, and wiped it on Gu Li's face and hands. After soaking it in water again, he placed it on Gu Li's forehead. At this time, he heard Gu Li coughing again, so he gently patted her chest to let her breathe more easily.

It was late at night and very quiet. Chang An listened quietly to Gu Li's heavy breathing, stretched out his hand to pull Gu Li's wrist, and put two fingers on her pulse. But just by putting his fingers on her wrist, before he deliberately probed, he could feel Gu Li's pulse, which was very fast and strong.

He sighed, gently stroked the top of Gu Li's head, and sat down beside the bed, wiping Gu Li's face and hands from time to time, and then changing the towel on her forehead. This repeated, the rest of the night passed like this...

After daybreak, Huaiqin knocked on Chang'an's door as usual with a basin of water, and then came in. But she was stunned when she entered the room - because her son was wearing a coat and sitting on the edge of the bed, with one hand on the quilt and the other hand supporting his forehead, as if he had been sitting here all night.

Huaiqin put down the basin, walked up slowly and quietly, and patted Chang'an gently. Chang'an felt that he was patted, so he raised his head and looked over, and found that his maid was standing beside him.

"Sir, what's wrong?"

"Mrs. Gu has a fever." Chang An stood up.

"Sanniang has a fever!" Huaiqin was a little surprised after hearing this, and looked at Gu Li who was lying on the bed.

Chang An nodded and ordered: "Go prepare the bacon and the salary. You don't need to prepare a carriage. Have someone bring a fast horse from the stable. Then prepare a carriage for Zhen'er and ask her to find a doctor. The sooner the better."

"Sir, are you planning to take a leave?"

"Hmm..." Chang An yawned and nodded.

"Okay, Huaiqin will prepare it now."

Huaiqin responded and just turned around to go out, but turned back, took the clothes from the hanger, helped Chang An put on his clothes, and then went out to prepare for what Chang An had asked him to do.

After Chang An washed up, he returned to the bed and wiped Gu Li's hands and face. Gu Li woke up at this time, opened his eyes reluctantly, looked at Chang An, and asked:

"Chang Lang...isn't he going to the Imperial College today?"

"I'll go ask for leave from the chief priest and I'll be back soon." Chang An touched the top of her head, "Mother Gu, you should have a good rest at home."

After giving her instructions and soothing her to sleep, Chang An put on a coat, went out, and went straight to the door of Chang's house. Huaiqin was already waiting at the door with Shu Xiu and the horse. When she saw Chang An coming out, she said:

"Zhen'er has already set out to find a doctor."

"it is good."

Chang An directly took the bundle of money from Huaiqin's hand, jumped on the horse, squeezed his legs together, and rode away.

Fortunately, it was morning and there were no people on the street, so Chang An leaned down, squeezed the horse's body with his legs, accelerated the horse and headed directly towards the Imperial College. When he was almost at the gate of the Imperial College, there were already some carriages parked outside, so he reined in the horse, tied the horse casually in front of a tree, and galloped directly into the Imperial College.

Du, Cui, Zhang, and Zhao had just arrived at the gate of the Imperial College. They saw Chang'an and reached out to greet him. But just as they raised their hands, they found that Chang'an had already rushed out from in front of them, carrying something. They were stunned for a moment and looked in the direction where Chang'an ran away - they saw Chang'an nimbly passing by each student without slowing down at all.

"Brother Yonghe is great at martial arts!" Zhao Guanzhong slowly raised a thumb, but was slapped down by Du Chengming.

"What a ghost!" Du Chengming said, "Brother Yonghe is running so fast, something must have happened!"

"Let's follow and take a look."

"go!"

So, the four of them also carried the book boxes and ran with Chang An, but of course they were not as fast as Chang An, so they could only look up to see which direction Chang An was running, and occasionally pull over the guy who had run off the track. While running, they also complained:

"No, how come Brother Yonghe is running so fast... I've never seen him run so fast before."

"Nonsense... Nonsense! When have you ever seen Brother Yonghe running?"

"Don't make noise... don't make noise, I won't be able to see where Brother Yonghe is running to..."

"Here, here..."

Du, Cui, Zhang, and Zhao followed Chang'an from a distance, all the way to the front of the house of the chief priest. Chang'an stood at the door to take a breath, and then pushed open the door of the chief priest.

The chief priest was sitting in the room. He saw Chang An walk in a little angrily. Before he could ask what happened, he heard him say:

"Master Jijiu, I would like to ask for leave."

The chief priest was stunned for a moment, then asked with some dissatisfaction: "Didn't you take a day off the last two days? Why do you want to take a day off today?"

Chang An put the gift on the table of the chief priest, fearing that the chief priest would not agree, so he stepped back two steps, knelt down, and said, "I want to ask for leave. My wife suddenly had a fever last night. I am worried that the servants at home cannot take good care of my wife, so I want to ask for a few days off to take care of her myself."

"I hope the Lord Jijiu will approve it."

When the chief priest saw Chang'an kneeling down, he felt a little surprised and hurried forward to help Chang'an up. At this time, Du, Cui, Zhang, and Zhao, who were standing outside the house, were also surprised to see Chang'an kneeling down.

When the chief priest helped Chang An up, he also saw the bloodshot in Chang An's eyes, so he said, "It's not that I won't grant you leave, why do you have to do this?"

"You are also a man of integrity, so I will not embarrass you."

As he said this, the chief priest returned to the table, picked up his pen and wrote a few words on the book, then said, "Fever is not a trivial matter, but I can only grant you a half-day leave."

"Within half a decade, if your beloved wife's illness is healed, you need to come back to continue your classes. If not, you can come back to cancel your leave and get a new one."

Chang An showed a look of joy, raised his hand and bowed to the chief priest, saying, "Thank you, chief priest."

"Okay, okay, you should go back and take care of your wife. The annual exam is next month, but you can't fall behind in your studies." The chief priest waved his hand and said.

"Yes."

Chang An turned to leave the house, and then he saw Du, Cui, Zhang, and Zhao standing at the door. He raised his hand and saluted and greeted them:

"Brothers."

"Brother Yonghe." The four of them also returned the greeting.

"My wife has a fever. I need to go back and take care of her first." Chang An said, "She probably won't be coming to class in the next few days."

"It's okay, you go back first. It's time for us to go back to class." Du Chengming and others also expressed their understanding.

Chang An nodded slightly to the four people, then turned and ran away. The four people also watched him leave, sighing at the same time:

"Brother Yonghe really loves his wife as if she were his life."

"Just because Madam Gu had a fever, Brother Yonghe was willing to kneel down and ask for leave from the chief priest..."

"If this gets out, who would dare to say that Brother Yonghe and Madam Gu are just being fake?"

As usual, Chang An ran to the gate of the Imperial College, untied the horse, climbed on it, squeezed his legs together, and galloped straight towards home.

When he returned to the gate of Chang's house, he saw a carriage parked at the gate. Zhen'er was getting off the carriage with the doctor. Zhen'er saw Chang'an riding on the horse and said:

"Sir, this is the doctor from the clinic next door in Kaihuafang."

"Well, quickly bring the doctor in to check on Madam Gu's condition." Chang An nodded and said directly after getting off the horse.

"Yes."

Then, Zhen'er brought the doctor and Chang'an into the room, and Huaiqin was in the room dressing Gu Li and drinking water. When she saw Chang'an coming in, she said, "Sir, Sanniang is awake again."

"It's okay." Chang An walked back to the bed, took the cup from Huaiqin's hand, and continued to feed Gu Li water.

"Mother Gu, the doctor is here. Can you let him take a look at you?" After feeding her water, Chang An helped Gu Li lie back on the bed and said so.

Gu Li felt very uncomfortable and could not speak, so he could only nod in response.

Chang An gently patted the top of Gu Li's head, then stood up and called the doctor to come forward to diagnose Gu Li's pulse. While the doctor was diagnosing Gu Li's pulse, Chang An stood aside, nervously watching the doctor's face, fearing that the doctor would say something more serious than a fever.

When the doctor removed his fingers from Gu Li's wrist, Chang An asked, "Doctor, how is my wife's health?"

"It is indeed a febrile disease," the doctor reached out and touched Gu Li's neck again, saying, "It is a wind-cold fever. Fortunately, it is not serious. Follow my prescription and take the medicine four times a day on time."

As he spoke, the doctor took out a packet of medicine from his medicine box and said, "Take this packet of medicine and boil it first. It will be the first dose of medicine you take today. Then take one dose each after lunch and dinner, and another dose before going to bed."

Zhener took the medicine and left.

"Doctor, is there anything else that needs attention?" Chang An asked again, "How long will it take for my wife to recover from her illness?"

"Just keep warm and walk less, there is nothing else to pay attention to. As for recovery, there should be no problem in three or four days." said the doctor.

"Thank you, doctor." Chang An took out a silver ingot from his purse and put it in the doctor's hand. "Doctor, this is the money for the consultation and the medicine. I will ask the servant to go with you to get the medicine later. If it is not enough, I will make up for it for you."

The doctor did not refuse. He put the silver ingot into his pocket and walked out. Huaiqin followed the doctor and went out to get the medicine.

The room was empty at this time. Chang An yawned, sat back on the bed, picked up the towel on Gu Li's forehead, and wiped her face and hands again.

"Chang Lang..." Gu Li suddenly called out softly.

"What's wrong?" Chang An thought she had something to say, so he looked at her.

"Is Toshiro really... not going to school?"

"No, I'm not going. The chief priest approved five days of leave for me, saying that if Mother Gu's illness doesn't get better within these five days, I can add a few more days." Chang An took Gu Li's hand.

"So, during the days when Gu Niang was sick, Chang Lang stayed by her side every day."

Gu Li looked at Chang An, smiled, and involuntarily moved his head towards Chang An.

"That's great..."