Being thin was important, but being healthy was important too.
Right now, their most important task was to find a way for the Young Miss to consummate her marriage with Young Master Ye and bear him a child.
But all of that required the Young Miss to have a healthy body first.
Su Qiao glanced at her helplessly, then picked out several more dishes and ate two bites of each.
Nanny Wu also knew that after being hungry for so long, this was probably all she could eat. Any more would likely make her feel bloated, so she stopped urging her. She called over two old maids to clear away the breakfast.
Su Qiao glanced outside the door. The rain was falling harder and harder, mixed with a chilling autumn wind that made the Small Osmanthus Tree in the courtyard sway unsteadily, its leaves rustling.
In Jiangnan, once October arrived each year, the weather turned bleak and chilly, with drizzling rain that often lasted for days.
Su Qiao was now even weaker than an ordinary person. Even sitting on the couch indoors, she could feel a trace of chill.
She had no idea how long this rain would last.
She might as well go back to her room and catch up on her sleep. She couldn't go anywhere in this awful weather anyway.
Su Qiao rose and was just about to walk inside when 444 called out to her.
"Host, I saw that Ye Shaoxuan was acting strange."
"What do you mean, strange?"
That fellow really did seem to dislike her, since he hadn't come even once these past few days.
But that had made things more convenient for her, allowing her to recover in peace.
"You'll know when you go and see. He's lying in the rain like a