Chu Qingmeng hurried toward the border day and night. Though Feiying urged her to rest several times, she refused, literally running two horses to death before finally reaching Qi County. After contacting an informant and learning that Mu Lingxue had not yet arrived, a wave of overwhelming exhaustion washed over her. She found an inn, rented a room, collapsed onto the bed, and fell fast asleep. Watching her like this, Feiying helplessly pulled a quilt over her, then sat down on the footrest beneath the bed to catch some shut-eye.
Early the next morning, Feiying glanced at Chu Qingmeng and saw she was still fast asleep, realizing she must have been utterly exhausted. He did not deliberately wake her for breakfast. Around midday, Feiying finally woke Chu Qingmeng, urging her to eat something before going back to sleep. Groggy and half-asleep, Chu Qingmeng had no desire to get up at all. Seeing that she simply lay back down and fell asleep again after being called twice, Feiying had no choice but to let her wake up slightly and eat right there in bed. Chu Qingmeng managed to groggily drink a bowl of porridge before collapsing back onto the pillow and falling asleep once more. Helpless, Feiying stopped trying to wake her. That evening, he once again sat on the footrest below the bed to snatch a little sleep. It was not until the following evening that Chu Qingmeng finally woke up, got up to eat something, and learned from the informant that Mu Lingxue would arrive tomorrow morni…
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