Chu Qingmeng had been in a deep sleep for a full seven days, and Mo Liujin had watched over her for all seven days. Mo Jiangche had punished Mo Zeqi, as well as the servants who had failed to follow Mo Zeqi.
It wasn't until the eighth day that Chu Qingmeng finally woke up. Still a bit groggy from sleep, it took her brain a moment to reboot and start functioning again. When she tried to move her body, she felt as stiff as a board, yet she had no strength to move at all. Realizing that Chu Qingmeng had woken up, Mo Liujin raised his head and looked at her with a face full of pleasant surprise. "Qingmeng, you're awake?!"
Chu Qingmeng opened her mouth to speak, but closed it again before making a sound. She knew the routine by now; opening her mouth would definitely make her chest hurt. Forget it, she gave up—she wouldn't speak. Mo Liujin had someone bring a bowl of porridge and carefully fed it to Chu Qingmeng, but she turned her nose up at it for being too thick and refused to drink. Mo Liujin tried to persuade her, but Chu Qingmeng simply closed her eyes and ignored him. Fortunately, Chunhe walked in, saw what was happening at a glance, and hurriedly had someone swap it for a bowl of thin rice porridge. Only then was Chu Qingmeng willing to drink. Mo Liujin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and chuckled as he reproached her, "Even at a time like this, you're still picky about the porridge being too thick?"
Chapter 98