Little Eight replied, [The rewards from the palace have arrived! There are so many of them!]
So the rewards from the palace had finally come. No wonder everyone was so excited.
But Su Yuanyuan, who was used to such rewards from her past life, remained unmoved. She got up and called for her maid. Hearing the noise, Chunxiao, who was guarding outside the door, pushed it open and walked in.
Lifting the silk curtain, Chunxiao said to Su Yuanyuan with a smile, "Miss, you've woken up just in time. Madam is waiting for you in the main courtyard."
Presumably, her mother was waiting for everyone to wake up so they could distribute the rewards from the palace.
Su Yuanyuan yawned and got up listlessly, allowing the maids to dress and do her hair.
In the mirror, the girl looked a bit thinner than before, her face more oval-shaped. When she lowered her head dejectedly, she looked so pitiful and endearing.
Seeing that her eyebrows were still slightly furrowed, Chunxiao asked with concern, "Miss, you seem a bit unhappy. Are you not feeling well?"
Xialu also chimed in, "Yes, miss. We've received so many rewards. Don't you want to go outside and have a look?"
Su Yuanyuan, who was a wealthy young lady in her past life, was no stranger to such rewards. She sighed and said, "It's boring."
The two maids said, "Don't be sad, miss. When we have some free time later, we'll play shuttlecock with you. How about that?"
Shuttlecock...
At the mention of this, Su Yuanyuan remembered the time when they played shuttlecock in the other courtyard. She remembered how that big liar deliberately let her win and even barked like a dog to make her happy. This made her even angrier.
"I don't want to play. It's boring," Su Yuanyuan snorted.
It was only then that Little Eight realized what Su Yuanyuan was angry about.
It said in Su Yuanyuan's mind, [Little Yuanbao, Little Eight has a secret to tell you!]
Su Yuanyuan said impatiently, [Speak quickly if you have something to say.]
[Someone sneaked into your boudoir last night!]
What?! Su Yuanyuan suddenly stood up from her chair, scaring the maids in the room so much that the comb in their hands fell to the ground.
Su Yuanyuan didn't care about that. She asked in her mind, [Is what you said true?]
After learning that someone had sneaked into her room last night, Su Yuanyuan didn't feel scared. She just felt like she could hardly breathe.
Covering her chest tightly, she tried hard not to let the corners of her lips curl up. She sat back down under the maids' surprised gazes.
But at this moment, her eyebrows had completely relaxed, looking completely different from the sad girl just now.
She kept asking Little Eight in her mind, [Is it true? Is it really true that someone sneaked into my room?]
If Little Eight had hands, it would definitely be pounding its chest at this moment.
[Of course it's true. Little Eight won't lie to Little Yuanbao!]
[Then... was it him?] Su Yuanyuan asked the question carefully.
Little Eight said, [It was him.]
Su Yuanyuan couldn't control herself anymore. She showed a very bright smile. The clouds on her face dispersed, and the girl was as bright as a lotus flower covered with morning dew, which made the maids beside her stare blankly.
She knew it. She knew he wouldn't really ignore her!
He rejected her in front of everyone yesterday and said such things to her. It must be because he didn't want others to think that they had a private relationship and was actually protecting her!
[Why didn't you wake me up?] Su Yuanyuan complained to Little Eight. [You made me wait for so long last night in vain.]
Little Eight was surprised and said, [So Little Yuanbao was waiting for Cang Xuan last night?]
Then it stammered, [Little Eight saw that he just stood there motionless and didn't do anything, so it didn't wake Little Yuanbao up.]
Su Yuanyuan was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but clench her sleeves.
He didn't do anything? Then what did he come here for? Just to take a look at her?
However, just this thought made her feel a little warm in her heart.
[Little Yuanbao, aren't you angry?] Little Eight asked very puzzledly.
She was so down yesterday, looking like she was about to cry. Wasn't this anger towards the other person?
Su Yuanyuan said very seriously, [He has helped me so many times. He was very kind to me even when he was in disguise. Why should I be angry with him? I'm not angry at all.]
Little Eight really didn't understand humans. At the Yandang Mountain villa, Little Yuanbao was clearly angry because "Yun Jian" didn't tell her that he lived next door. But now that his identity was exposed, why wasn't Little Yuanbao angry anymore?
Su Yuanyuan said to Little Eight in her mind, [From now on, no matter when, as long as he appears beside me, you must tell me immediately. Do you understand?]
[Anytime?] Little Eight hesitated for a moment, and this moment was sharply captured by Su Yuanyuan.
[What? Is there something I don't know?] She immediately asked.
Little Eight said, [There was indeed another time. But at that time, Little Eight hadn't been activated in Little Yuanbao's body yet, so it couldn't remind you.]
[It was the day after he sneaked into your room. You went out to get the antidote for him. But after you left, he also followed. Little Eight was left in the room by Little Yuanbao and didn't know where he went. But when he came back, the poison on him was already cured. What you got for him in the Quyang Cloth Store wasn't an antidote but a tonic that could protect you from all diseases.]
[He tapped your sleeping point and fed you that tonic while you were sleeping. He tied the wooden rabbit where I live to your neck with a red rope and said a sentence to you.]
Su Yuanyuan held her breath and clenched her fists tightly. Her heart couldn't help but beat rapidly.
[Wh... what did he say?]
Little Eight said, [He said... 'This medicine can protect you from all diseases and is worth ten thousand taels of gold. Even I'm reluctant to take it myself. You're really lucky.']
Su Yuanyuan couldn't help but lower her head and look at her palm. She tried to clench and unclench her fist. The lines on her palm were clearly visible, and her palm was very warm, as if she couldn't feel the cold at all.
Yes, even when she went to Yandang Mountain, where the temperature was much lower than in the city, she didn't feel any discomfort at all. She thought it was the warm outer robe he gave her that worked.
It turned out that it was because of that medicine...
Su Yuanyuan raised her head and looked at herself in the mirror.
The girl in the mirror still had a childish look on her face. Her face was as round as a bright pearl. She was really just a young girl who hadn't grown up yet.
She tilted her head slightly, and the girl in the mirror also frowned in confusion following her movement.
Little Eight's words finally solved her previous doubts - the time he was injured and sneaked into her room, he knew her identity and the Yongguo Duke's Mansion like the back of his hand, and he also knew that she wasn't a fool at all. It was because he deliberately chose her room that time.
But she didn't understand why he was so kind to her.