My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

After lunch, Gu Li drank the medicine and sat on the edge of the bed, while Chang An wiped her hands and face with cold water.

After wiping twice, Chang An turned around and put the towel back into the water. At this time, he heard a slight yawn from Gu Li behind him.

"Are you sleepy?" Chang An wrung out the towel, turned around, and saw Gu Li sitting on the edge of the bed with his eyes almost closed.

Gu Li said "hmm" softly, stretched out her hand to take off her coat, and lay down on the bed. After lying down in her own position, she pulled the quilt over her body obediently. Chang An smiled, came to the bed, and put the towel on her forehead. Then he sat beside her, quietly waiting for Gu Li's breathing to become relatively stable, and then he left with peace of mind, walked to the desk, and read his book.

Chang An didn't know how long he had been sitting at the desk, half in a daze and half reading. Just when he was about to fall asleep, he heard a humming sound coming from the direction of the bed, probably Gu Li woke up.

He stretched himself to wake himself up, then went to the bed.

"Are you up, little lazy bum?"

Gu Li had woken up, but was still lying on the bed with her eyes closed. After Chang An removed the towel from her forehead, he picked her up, held her in his arms and rocked her gently.

"Chang Lang...still...sleepy."

After Gu Li said this in a daze, he shrank into Chang An's arms again, with his head resting on Chang An's shoulder, as if he wanted to continue sleeping, without any struggle to wake up.

Chang An looked at her lovingly, reached out to take the cotton-padded jacket beside him and covered Gu Li with it. Then he looked up at the sky outside the window and said softly:

"Little lazy idiot, if you don't get up now, you will sleep past dinner time."

After hearing this, Gu Li hummed twice, arched twice in Chang An's arms, then struggled to open his eyes, and then yawned again.

"Chang Lang...I'm awake." She struggled to sit up and kissed Chang An on the face.

"You lazy little bug molested your Chang Lang as soon as you got up." Chang An smiled and responded to her, then put her from his arms to the bed, "Chang Lang is here to help you get dressed!"

Chang An took the clothes that Gu Li had put aside before going to bed, helped the lovely girl who was not fully awake to get up, and changed her clothes by hand just like in the morning. With the experience in the morning, his technique was now more skilled.

After changing Gu Li's clothes, Chang An helped her sit back on the bed, and he went outside with the basin to change the water, and even changed the towel in his hand.

After returning, Chang An wet the towel, washed Gu Li's face himself, and then wiped the skin exposed outside her clothes.

"How do you feel after taking a nap?" Chang An asked while wiping.

"Nothing has changed..." Gu Li moved his shoulders and shook his legs, saying so.

"Are you still dizzy? Are your hands and feet still sore?"

Chang An turned around and sat back on the bed, holding Gu Li in his arms and asked.

"Yeah." Gu Li nodded gently, "Chang Lang kept asking me how I was feeling, wondering if I was not getting better..."

"How could that be? Dizziness, chills, and aches in the limbs are all normal symptoms of a fever." Chang An stood up while holding Gu Li, and said softly, "The fever can be cured. Even if Mother Gu has another disease, no matter how long she is sick, I will stay with her."

"Of course, my wife Gu is so obedient and kind, so of course she must be healthy all the time, right?"

As Chang An spoke, he held Gu Li and sat down in front of the low table. The basin of water was placed on the low table so Chang An could take it and use it at any time.

"You only know how to say nice things..." Gu Li said this, but he still snuggled into Chang An's arms with a happy face.

"That's not just nice talk. Don't you, Madam Gu, want to be healthy?" Chang An put his face against Gu Li's temple and reached out to help her tidy up her hair which was a little messy from sleeping.

"think."

"Why do you want to?" Chang An bent his whole body down, and without caring about Gu Li's still hot face, he pressed his face against hers, squeezing the few bits of flesh on her face together.

"Well... I haven't thought about it yet..." Gu Li's tone was very sincere.

Chang An smiled, and suddenly heard a knock on the door. He answered, "Come in."

At this time, the person outside the door pushed the door open and came in. It was Zhen'er. Chang'an asked, "What's the matter?"

"Master, Sanniang." Zhen'er greeted the two first, and then said, "Sanniang is not feeling well. The cooks in the kitchen would like to ask Master whether we should prepare dinner in advance. In this way, Sanniang can eat earlier and rest earlier."

Chang An raised his eyebrows, lowered his head and looked at Gu Li, and asked unsurely, "Are you sure it was our cook who asked?"

"Yes, they took the initiative to find Huaiqin and me and asked us to ask." Zhener replied.

"What time is it now?"

"It's 2:00 PM. If we prepare dinner now, we can have dinner at 5:00 PM."

"Okay, go and ask them to prepare it. By the way, tell them that our staple food tonight will still be porridge. Let them decide what kind of porridge it will be. Also, it must be light." Chang An nodded and gave the order.

"Yes."

After Zhen'er turned and left, Chang'an said, "Look, our servants all know that our mother Gu is ill and needs to rest well, and they have taken the initiative to ask to prepare dinner in advance."

"But how did they know I was sick?" Gu Li asked.

"Because of me."

"Did Chang Lang tell them himself?"

"I didn't tell them in person, but my actions told them." Chang An said with a smile.

"What do you mean?" Gu Li didn't know whether it was because of the fever that his brain was a little slow or he just didn't understand in the first place, but it was obvious that he didn't understand what Chang An meant.

"That's what I did today," Chang An stroked her face and said, "I should have gone to the Imperial College to study today, but I didn't. Then I didn't go to the Imperial College and stayed in my room the whole time. Gu Niang didn't show up in front of them the whole day. Instead, I went to the kitchen several times to change the water."

"Aren't my actions telling them that something has happened? And you haven't been out all day, and a doctor has come into the house, so they can guess privately that you might be sick, right?"

After listening to Chang An's explanation, Gu Li nodded, but he didn't know whether he understood it or not, so he said: "It seems that everyone in Chang Lang's family is very smart. Even Zhen'er has started to learn to read with Huaiqin."

"Gu Niang is also smart, smarter than me." Chang An also added.

"No..."

At 5 p.m., the servants in the kitchen brought in the food on time. Chang An and Gu Li stretched their heads to watch them put the food on the table one by one: braised vegetables, boiled eggs, okra stewed meat, steamed spareribs and fish soup. The staple food was millet porridge, just like at noon. All the dishes were light and helpful for Gu Li's health.

After the servants had arranged the dishes, they left the room. Chang An also let go of Gu Li and let her sit down by herself. Huai Qin and Zhen Er also sat down beside them. Chang An picked up the chopsticks and at a command, the four of them started to have dinner.

After dinner, Zhen'er left first to check on how the medicine that Gu Li was going to take was prepared, while Huaiqin went to prepare the hot water for Gu Li to take a bath.

But when Huaiqin was about to leave, Chang'an stopped her: "Huaiqin, wait a moment."

"Sir, do you have any other instructions?"

"When you prepare the hot water for Gu Niang, make sure it's hotter."

"Yes."

Huaiqin responded, and when she saw that Chang'an had no intention of continuing to give instructions, she turned and left the room. At this time, Chang'an also picked up Gu Li, brought her to the closet, and said:

"What do you plan to wear tonight and tomorrow, Madam Gu?"

Gu Li hooked one hand around Chang An's neck, stretched out the other hand to open the closet, looked at the clothes inside, and said, "Aren't these clothes all the same? Can't you just pick one at random?"

"How is it the same? My mother Gu is a different mother Gu when she wears different clothes," Chang An said.

Gu Li lay in Chang An's arms, reached out and casually took out an indigo skirt, and asked, "How about this one?"

"nice."

Gu Li looked at the dress again and put it back, then took out a light blue dress and asked, "What about this one? Does it look good?"

"This... seems to be the dress that Gu Niang was wearing when I first met her. That's when I fell in love with her at first sight." Chang An said after thinking for a while after seeing the dress.

"Then I'll wear this one tonight." Gu Li smiled and put the light blue skirt on the hanger beside her. Then she picked out a back and a sleeve shirt. That way she had chosen all her clothes.

After a while, Zhen'er came in with the medicine, and Chang'an still carried it in person, feeding Gu Li one mouthful at a time. After drinking the medicine, it meant that Gu Li should go to the bathroom to take a bath, so she patted Chang'an and signaled him to put her down.

But Chang An had no intention of putting her down. Instead, he reached out a hand, took the cotton jacket and covered Gu Li with it. Then he told Zhen'er to take the clothes that Gu Li wanted to change, and went straight out the door towards the bathroom.

"Chang...Chang Lang, what are you doing?" Gu Li asked with some confusion.

"Take you to take a bath." Chang An answered without thinking.

"what......"

After hearing this, Gu Li suddenly blushed for some reason.

"Mother Gu has a fever, I don't want you to walk to the bathroom." As if realizing that Gu Li had some wrong thoughts, Chang An said, "I will carry you to the bathroom, and after you wash, I will carry you back."

"Oh."

Gu Li felt a little embarrassed again at this moment. Chang Lang just wanted to carry him to the bathroom, but why did he think of the wrong thing? It was so embarrassing.

Chang An put Gu Li down after carrying her to the bathroom door. Gu Li had not walked for almost the entire day, so her feet felt weak when she put them on the floor. She had to be supported by Zhen Er to walk into the bathroom. As for Chang An, he just sat outside the bathroom, quietly waiting for Gu Li to come out.

After Gu Li finished washing, Chang An still carried her back to the room. After putting Gu Li on the bed, he packed the clothes to change and went to the bathroom to take a bath.

After taking a shower, Chang An held Gu Li and sat by the bed as usual. It seemed that because of the medicine he had taken all day and the hot bath, Gu Li's complexion was much better than in the morning. Chang An yawned as he sat by the bed.

"Chang Lang, you are tired." Gu Li said when he saw Chang An yawning.

"Not tired."

"No! Chang Lang has been taking care of me for a whole day, he must be tired." Gu Li reached out his hand, touched Chang An's face and said, "If you still say you are not tired, Chang Lang is lying to me."

Chang An kissed Gu Li on the forehead and said, "Okay, okay, Chang Lang is tired. Let's go to bed early tonight with Gu Niang."

"That's better." Gu Li smiled at this time and leaned in Chang An's arms.

"Chang Lang."

"uh-huh?"

"Didn't Chang Lang ask me today why I wanted to be healthy?" Gu Li said, pinching a strand of Chang An's hair.

"Yes what's the matter?"

"Now I know how to answer." Gu Li picked up another strand of her hair and tied it together with Chang An's hair, but it was tied loosely and could be untied with a slight movement.

"If I were healthy, I could be with Chang Lang forever..."