Quick Wear: Cousin, Come to the Bowl Quickly

Chang Sun Yan didn't sleep well tonight.

Outside, the rain was hitting the bamboo branches, and inside the house was warm and cozy. It should have been very easy to fall asleep, but for some reason he felt inexplicably tight in the chest and shortness of breath, and tossed and turned.

After lying down for a while, Changsun Yan still couldn't sleep. He sighed and finally decided to turn over.

"Hmm? Sir, would you like some water?" Although Changsun Yan had tried to move as quietly as possible, Guan Cen, who was keeping watch on the couch in the outer room, was quickly awakened. He walked in wearing his coat and rubbing his eyes.

"Did I wake you up? I'm fine, you go to sleep." Seeing Guan Cen's sleepy look, Changsun Yan showed a guilty look on his face and shook his head.

"No, I just happened to be sleeping too hot, so I wanted to get some fresh air."

Guan Cen and Guan Lan had both served Chang Sun Yan since they were young, so they naturally understood his temperament very well. Therefore, after hearing what he said, they did not really go to sleep. Instead, they walked to the lamp on the side, added some lamp oil into it, and adjusted the wick to make the room brighter.

After doing all this, he walked back to Changsun Yan's bedside and carefully looked at his complexion in the light of the lamp. After confirming that he was not feeling unwell, he moved the drum stool and sat in front of the bed. He tucked the quilt covering his legs and said, "Let me sit with you for a while."

"Okay." Seeing that he insisted, Chang Sun Yan did not refuse. He listened to the sound of wind and rain outside the house and asked, "It should be the hour of the common people now, right?"

When Guan Cen got up, he had seen the bell outside, so when he heard Chang Sun Yan's question, he smiled and nodded, saying, "It's three quarters past midnight. I just heard Lan snoring outside the room."

Changsun Yan also smiled. Guanlan was the same as Guancen, good in every way except that he loved snoring. Changsun Yan had always been a light sleeper, so when the two of them were on guard, Guancen was usually inside and Guanlan was outside.

"It's raining heavily today. Can you give him two more quilts?" Chang Sun Yan asked worriedly as he listened to the sound of the increasingly heavy rain.

"Don't worry, my dear. He is a person who is afraid of heat but not cold. When I held the quilt for him today, he was very unwilling. Judging from his snoring, I'm afraid he has fallen asleep a long time ago." Guan Cen smiled and shook his head, his tone quite helpless.

"That's good." Thinking of the scene where Guanlan was still wearing a thin cotton robe during the coldest days of winter, and then thinking about how he had to wrap himself up tightly during the hot summer days, Changsun Yan couldn't help but feel a little envious.

Fortunately, after drinking the medicine prescribed by Dean Zhang, his body gradually recovered. Otherwise, if it were in the past, he would definitely have fallen ill on such rainy days in spring and autumn.

When thinking of his medicine, Chang Sun Yan thought of the extremely precious fire cicada in the prescription. If there was no fire cicada, even if there were several more Zhang Yuanpans, they would probably not be able to cure the cold he had been suffering from since birth.

Thinking of the fire cicada, his thoughts involuntarily drifted to the person who gave him the fire cicada. He thought of the way she came to him to ask for a job that day, so determined and yet extremely sincere.

Although there was a screen between them, Chang Sun Yan seemed to be burned by her blazing eyes. He threw away his weapons and fled in panic.

"My dear? My dear?"

What was she doing on such a rainy night... Changsun Yan suddenly came back to her senses when she realized what she was thinking, and met Guan Cen's puzzled gaze in panic.

"Ahem, what did you say?" Changsun Yan covered his lips with his hands and lowered his head slightly, not wanting Guan Cen to see his slightly hot cheeks.

"It's only early spring now, who would have thought it would rain so heavily." Guan Cen thought he had caught a cold and reached out to help him collect his clothes.

"I'm fine." There was little snow last winter, so it's normal to have a lot of rain now."

"I see."

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The two chatted for a while, and Guan Cen couldn't help yawning. Seeing this, Chang Sun Yan also felt a little sleepy, so he was about to let him rest, but before he could say anything, he suddenly heard a scream from outside the door.

Such a scream was suddenly heard in the dark rainy night. The master and servant shuddered at the same time and lost all sleepiness. When they tried to listen carefully, the sound had stopped abruptly, as if the scream was just an illusion of theirs.

But both of them knew that it was not an illusion.

"It's Guanlan's voice." The two looked at each other and saw a trace of fear in each other's eyes. Changsun Yan concentrated his mind, wrapped his clothes tightly, and lowered his voice.

"Don't be afraid, my dear." Guan Cen's face was a little pale, and he was obviously a little scared, but he still stood up and stood in front of Changsun Yan.

"Don't panic, maybe Guanlan just had a nightmare." Chang Sun Yan stood up and put on his clothes neatly, "I'll go out and take a look."

"No! I will go first if we need to go out. If there is any danger, I will warn you loudly, so that you can have a chance to survive."

Seeing Changsun Yan's actions, Guan Cen's mind suddenly emerged with the picture books of strange stories that he read every day. He was afraid that as soon as Changsun Yan opened the door, there would be a headless monster holding a sharp axe or a goblin in black standing at the door, ready to chop off her husband's head with the axe.

Changsun Yan patted Guan Cen's shoulder and said to comfort him, "This is Changsun Mansion, which is heavily guarded. How could there be any danger? Even if there really is an assassin, the first person to bear the brunt is mother."

"But if my mother had been stabbed, there would have been a commotion in the mansion a long time ago. Now it's quiet outside, so I think it's nothing serious. Maybe Guanlan had a seizure in his sleep, or he slipped while getting up in the middle of the night. I'll go out and check on him."

Hearing her husband's well-reasoned analysis, Guan Cen's face immediately became much better, but she still didn't let go of Chang Sun Yan's hand, "In that case, I'll go and take a look. It's cold and rainy at night, my husband, please don't be caught in the cold wind."

Seeing his resolute attitude, Chang Sun Yan hesitated for a while, and finally compromised: "Then you go in front, and I will follow behind you, avoiding the limelight."

Guan Cen thought for a moment and nodded, then he found a cloak and tied it on Changsun Yan to make sure he would not catch a cold. Then the master and servant held the candlesticks and walked towards the outer room.

"Guan Lan? Are you sound asleep? Why are you screaming in the middle of the night?" Just before he was about to open the door, Guan Cen swallowed nervously and spoke out to give himself courage.

But Guanlan outside the door seemed to be fast asleep and did not make any sound. Changsun Yan frowned, sensing something was wrong, and was about to speak out to stop Guancen's actions, but the next moment, the door was suddenly pushed open by a huge force from the outside.

Guan Cen was startled and staggered back two steps, narrowly avoiding the close contact between his face and the door panel. The candle in his hand shook and almost fell to the ground.

When he finally stood firm, he suddenly felt a nameless anger rising in his heart. He looked up at the door and was about to curse, but the next moment, the scene in front of him made him scream out in shock.

"what!"

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