"Three days..."
Looking into Lin Xue's resolute eyes, Mu You hesitated for a moment before finally nodding.
"All right, but this time, you must stay within my sight at all times." In Lin Xue's current state, she could silently disappear at any moment. He could only feel reassured if he stayed beside her constantly.
"All right. I promise."
Over the next three days, Lin Xue continued recuperating in bed, and Mu You kept her company as before. This time, however, he no longer disturbed her by speaking, leaving her to adjust on her own.
Throughout those three days, Lin Xue remained mostly half asleep. Sometimes her brows suddenly knitted tightly; at other times, she smiled for no apparent reason. Her condition fluctuated unpredictably.
Only three days later, when Lin Xue opened her eyes again, did her complexion indeed look much better. She could already get out of bed and walk around normally.
At first, Mu You worried that she might be forcing herself, but after watching her for half a day, he could not spot the slightest abnormality. She seemed to have truly returned to normal.
"You're really all right?" Mu You was still somewhat worried.
The setback a thousand years earlier had nearly cut their journey short. Fortunately, they had endured it, and that setback had not been entirely fruitless. Their feelings for each other seemed to have undergone a kind of tempering during that crisis, allowing them to spend the following thousand years quite smoothly.
A thousand years ago, he could have nodded without hesitation and said he loved her. Now, however, he felt that the word carried too little weight to describe their current relationship.
Sometimes, Mu You even felt that he and Lin Xue had already moved beyond being husband and wife, entering some entirely