Since the middle of last night, Lu Jinse had been feeling chilled to the bone. That was when she realized she had come down with a fever. She was clever enough to drink a glass of Spirit Spring Water, and it worked—the chill in her body subsided. However, after a while, the cold returned, and she drank another glass. It went on like this, back and forth. Lu Jinse drank three glasses of Spirit Spring Water in total and made several trips to the bathroom, but it only offered temporary relief rather than a cure. It seemed the Spirit Spring Water had its limitations and wasn't a panacea.
Lu Jinse wrapped herself tightly in her quilt, waiting for dawn. She knew exactly how she had caught the cold. Discovering the truth about her parentage had ignited a fire deep within her, one that attacked her very core and caused her immune system to collapse rapidly. On top of that, after her shower, she had stood by the window to clear her head, letting the breeze hit her while she was lost in thought. With internal heat clashing against external cold, her already fragile immune system finally gave out. In her twenty years of life, this was the first time she had ever had a fever, and it had hit her with such ferocity. Previously, she had only ever suffered from the occasional sniffle.
After tossing and turning for half the night, she felt woozy when morning came.
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