In the evening, Ye Ge called hotel service to have dinner delivered to his room. He took Yan Cici’s temperature every hour. After she took the fever reducer, her temperature did indeed drop, but Ye Ge remained concerned about a possible relapse; nighttime is typically when fevers are most likely to return. Fortunately, Yan Cici’s constitution was quite robust. She had always insisted on exercising, and it was certainly paying off now. Otherwise, Ye Ge reckoned that if it had been Su Musu or Yuan Guoxue, an illness would have laid them out for a day or two. Because of this, even though Yan Cici had fallen ill due to the change in environment, she recovered quickly.
By the evening, Yan Cici’s energy levels were almost back to normal. She stepped out of her room to join Ye Ge for dinner in the living room. Both felt a lingering shyness over what had happened that afternoon, and their relationship seemed even more ambiguous than before. Ye Ge took this opportunity to show her extra care. This kind of ambiguity was the perfect state for "conquering" someone—if managed well, drawing closer would be a simple matter.
Yet, Ye Ge held firm to one principle: he would never confess his feelings to Yan Cici, nor would he enter into a formal boyfriend-girlfriend relationship. This current state—ambiguous, like they were dating but not quite—was ideal. Although they weren't officially a couple, they had already done many things that implied otherwise. In simple terms, it was the behavior …
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