Both worlds are like dreams

Xue Huang felt as if she had slept for a long time. When she opened her eyes, she found herself being pulled into the world inside the gem. The headache she had before seemed like an illusion.

The young man was sitting not far from her. When he saw that she woke up, he didn't say anything, but just looked at her with an unclear expression.

"What's going on?" Xue Huang was a little confused. "Am I not at Gu's house?"

"How much do you remember?" the boy asked.

"How much?"

The young man was silent.

Xue Huang touched her head and said, "Wasn't I just walking around the garden with Grandpa Gu? Then I seemed to have a dream. I dreamed that there was someone in the Gu family who looked exactly like me."

"Are you confused?"

"I don't know," Xue Huang shook her head, "I just felt a headache before, as if it was going to split open."

The young man sighed, "Forget it, you've been asleep for almost an hour, Gu Qinglan and the others are worried about you, go out."

"Wait a minute," Xue Huang came to him, "What happened to you then? What's impossible?"

"Nothing." The boy said calmly.

"Are you hiding something from me?"

The young man glanced at her and said, "Go ahead, I'll tell you later." Then he waved his hand and blasted her consciousness out.

Xue Huang woke up from her coma and suddenly felt that her head still hurt a little.

"Are you awake?" Gu Qinglan breathed a sigh of relief and quickly helped her up.

Duke Jingguo also stepped forward and asked, "Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere else?"

Xue Huang shook her head, "I'm fine, I just have a headache."

Gu Qinglan brought over a bowl of medicine. "The doctor in the mansion came to see you and it seems you have heatstroke. Drink the medicine first."

Even from a distance away, Xue Huang could smell the bitter taste of the medicine. She immediately tilted her neck back and said with a bitter face, "Can I not drink it? I'm really fine now."

"No." Gu Qinglan's tone left no room for doubt.

Duke Jingguo smiled and brought a plate of preserves to her, "I prepared this for you, drink it quickly."

Xue Huang took the bowl, looked at the dark medicine, and simply gritted her teeth and drank it all in one breath. She couldn't help but shiver, and the next moment Gu Qinglan fed her a plum, diluting most of the taste of the medicine.

Seeing Duke Jingguo looking at them with a smile on his face, Xue Huang suddenly felt a little embarrassed because she was still leaning on Gu Qinglan at this time.

Xue Huang quickly sat up straight, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

"What are you talking about?" Duke Jingguo looked at her lovingly, "If I hadn't taken you around, how could you have gotten a heat stroke?"

Gu Qinglan also said: "The weather has been changing from cold to warm in recent days. You have a special physique, so you may not be able to adapt to it for a while."

Xue Huang thought that Guigu had four distinct seasons, and it would be fatal when it was cold and fatal when it was hot, but this was not the case. However, in order not to make them worry anymore, she nodded and agreed.

"Let's go eat first." Jingguo said. "After lunch, let Qinglan take you back and have a good rest."

Xue Huang nodded, threw off the quilt and got out of bed, only to find that the room where she had just fallen asleep was exactly that room. When she passed by the bronze mirror, she couldn't help but take another look. Was that a dream? How could it be so real?

Duke Jingguo had the banquet placed in a pavilion by the lake, facing the lake, and had ice cubes prepared to cool off. A breeze blew through, making the pavilion very cool, and the three of them sat down at the table.

"I don't know what you like. These are all prepared by Qinglan. Do you like them?" Duke Jingguo asked Xuehuang.

Xue Huang nodded, "I like it very much."

“Grandfather, these are…” Before Gu Qinglan could finish his words, Duke Jingguo kicked him helplessly from below. He could only smile and silently pick up some food for Xuehuang.

Duke Jingguo looked at his serious grandson and felt helpless: You silly boy, I am helping you!

Xue Huang saw through it but didn't say anything. She just smiled and said, "Thank you, Brother Qinglan."

Gu Qinglan and Duke Jingguo kept picking up food for her. Xuehuang was no longer polite and started eating happily.

Duke Jingguo liked to listen to her talk about the interesting things she experienced in Guigu and her travels in the world, so Xuehuang started chatting with them.

The three of them were talking and laughing, and they were having a great time. The servants beside them could not help but feel surprised when they saw them. It seemed as if these three people had known each other for a long time. Such a harmonious scene seemed like they were a family.

The meal took almost an hour, but most of the time was spent chatting.

Taking into consideration that Xue Huang had fainted before, Duke Jingguo asked Gu Qinglan to send her back to rest first.

At the gate of Gu's house, Xuehuang and Jingguo said goodbye, "Grandpa Gu, I'm leaving first. I'll see you another day."

"Okay," Lord Jingguo smiled kindly, "Go back and rest."

Xue Huang nodded and got into the carriage, followed by Gu Qinglan, and the carriage drove towards the Wei Mansion.

In the carriage, Duke Jingguo also had people bring her many snacks and fruits. Xuehuang was really touched, as this Duke Jingguo was really good to her.

Seeing her absent-minded, Gu Qinglan thought she was feeling unwell, so he asked with concern: "What's wrong with you? Do you have a headache again?"

Gu Qinglan placed his hand on her forehead, and the warm touch instantly brought Xue Huang back to her senses. She shook her head, "It's okay, I was just wondering why Grandpa Gu is so nice to me?"

"This..." Gu Qinglan felt a little uncomfortable.

"What?" Xue Huang asked curiously.

"Because... you saved me, and you are so cute, of course many people like you." Gu Qinglan said. In fact, what he wanted to say was that in the eyes of his grandfather, he had already regarded her as his future granddaughter-in-law, but he was afraid of scaring Xue Huang, so he hesitated and decided to be more subtle. But what he said was also true. Xue Huang had a kind of innocence, pure and flawless, which made people want to keep that clean smile like the sun.

Xue Huang obviously didn't believe it, "Brother Qinglan, you are not telling the truth."

Gu Qinglan was not good at lying, especially in front of Xue Huang. Looking at her big, ink-black eyes, he felt as if she could see through him.