"Why is the rain getting heavier and heavier?"
Yun Bingxia leaned by the window, staring in astonishment at the rain pouring down into the courtyard. At this rate, wouldn't it really turn into a flood? Seriously.
Mu Chen glanced at the sky and said calmly, "It'll ease up in a bit."
Sure enough, before long, the rain began to ease.
Yun Bingxia stared at Mu Chen in shock. "Mu Mu, how did you know!?"
Mu Chen's expression remained unchanged. "The storm clouds are breaking up."
With that, he glanced sideways at the boy reclining drowsily on the lounge chair, a trace of tenderness surfacing in his eyes.
"Achoo!"
Everyone turned toward the sound and saw Lin Xianyu wiping his nose with a tissue as he sneezed hard.
Gu Nian'an lifted his eyes slightly and asked with some concern, "Are you feeling unwell?"
It had been so cold last night, and one of the windows in his room was broken. Hopefully he hadn't caught a chill and fallen ill.
Ji Baiwei also spoke up. "I remember the window in the room you share with Yaozhi is broken. Were you exposed to the cold wind last night? Take some medicine."
Seeing everyone looking at him with concern, Lin Xianyu stiffened slightly and waved a hand to show he was fine.
"I'm fine. My nose is just a little itchy."
With that, he said no more.
Seeing that he didn't want to talk, the others didn't know what to say either, so they left him be.
Since it rained all day, everyone simply sat indoors chatting and playing little games. Soon, evening arrived.
Ji Yaozhi hurried out of the room. "Lin Xianyu has a fever."
Lin Xianyu had returned to his room early that afternoon to rest, and everyone had simply assumed he