I relied on a system to prolong my life in ancient times.

Chapter 292 Exposing Zhou Lan's Thoughts

It's already autumn, but it's still a bit chilly.

Zhou Lan fell into the water today. Although her life is not in danger, she has caught a cold.

After returning from the garden, he was shivering from the cold. With the help of his maid, Green Pine, he quickly changed his clothes and lay on the bed, covering himself tightly with a quilt. After only a short while, he felt a splitting headache and dizziness.

At this moment, Zi Ru, who was next to Zhou Qingran, brought some snacks and made a few sarcastic remarks to her. Zhou Lan was so angry that she wanted to slap her twice, but she was too weak and could not get up after struggling for a long time.

"Get out, I don't need your fake kindness." Zhou Lan straightened up halfway with the help of her maid and scolded.

“Miss Qiao, what are you saying? Our young lady is just concerned about you. How can you say she’s being insincere? I won’t disturb your rest any longer, Miss. I’ll be leaving now.” Zi Ru said, leaving Zhou Lan without giving her a chance to speak.

"She...she..." Zhou Lan stammered for a long time but couldn't get the words out. She was so angry that she fainted.

"Miss, Miss, what's wrong? Don't scare me!" The little maid, Green Pine, was terrified when she saw her mistress faint.

"Quickly put the young lady down, I'll go get the doctor." Another maid, Luyin, rushed in after hearing Lusong's cries.

"Yes, yes, quickly call a doctor, quickly call a doctor."

The doctor arrived shortly afterward.

"The second young lady has caught a cold, which caused a high fever. Coupled with shortness of breath, this led to her fainting," the doctor said after taking her pulse.

"Doctor, when will my young lady wake up?" the maid asked worriedly. After all, this was her young lady, and if anything happened to her, they would definitely be punished.

"It's alright, I'll prescribe two doses of medicine first. You can brew them and feed them to the second young lady. She'll wake up tonight."

"Thank you, doctor. I'll go get the medicine right away." Green Shade took the prescription and went out.

Green Pine calmed down by then. She was really scared to death just now. She thought her young lady was going to die.

After Luyin and Lusong finished brewing the medicine, they helped Zhou Lan drink it and then quietly stayed by her side.

When evening came, Zhou's father returned and learned of the matter, and came to see Zhou Lan.

"How did you take care of your young lady? Why did she fall into the water?" Looking at Zhou Lan lying pale on the bed, Zhou's father felt a surge of paternal anger and scolded the two maids.

"Master, Miss wouldn't let us follow her, and we don't know why she fell into the lake." The two maids trembled with fright, but Green Shade was a little calmer and told them what had happened.

"What did the doctor say?" Zhou's father knew he couldn't blame the two maids, but his face was still very grim as he asked.

"The doctor said that Miss caught a cold, which caused a high fever, and then she fainted due to the shock. She has already taken medicine and will wake up tonight," Green Shade quickly explained the situation.

"He was so angry that he felt like he was going to have a heart attack? How could he feel like he was going to have a heart attack?" She could understand catching a cold, after all, he had fallen into the water, especially since the lake water was very cold now. But was it something else that he didn't know about that he was going to have a heart attack?

"This..." The two maids looked at each other, unsure whether they should speak.

"Tell me what happened. If you dare to hide anything, I'll skin you alive."

Green Pine quickly recounted the whole story.

Mr. Zhou was furious. It was bad enough that Zhou Qingran, as the older sister, didn't love her younger sister, but she also kicked her when she was down and made sarcastic remarks. Is this how an older sister should behave?

"Go and invite Madam and Miss over," Zhou's father instructed his attendant.

"What brings you here at this hour, sir?" Zhou's mother asked calmly.

"What happened? Look at your well-behaved daughter, she doesn't act like a proper older sister at all, she made Lan'er faint from anger." Mr. Zhou immediately launched into a tirade against Mrs. Zhou.

"What are you saying, sir? What's wrong with my daughter? She's very well-behaved. Besides, Zhou Lan caught a cold from falling into the water. What does that have to do with Qingran? Are you getting senile, sir?" Zhou's mother was not one to tolerate Zhou's father.

"You, ask your good daughter yourself." Zhou's father's hands trembled slightly as he was angered by Zhou's mother's words. In the past, Zhou's mother would listen to him and obey him, but now she always did the opposite of what he said.

Seeing this, Zhou Qingran snorted coldly: "Didn't Father even ask why Zhou Lan fell into the water? Besides, she was rescued by my maid. Isn't it a bit too early to blame me now?"

"Why?" Zhou's father looked bewildered.

“Your good daughter is awake. Let her speak.” Zhou Qingran saw Zhou Lan open her eyes on the bed and pointed at her.

All eyes fell on Zhou Lan, who had just woken up and was still somewhat confused looking at the people in the room.

His anger surged again when he saw Zhou Qingran.

"Lan'er, how did you fall into the water?"

"Father, sob sob, I almost thought I would never see you again." Zhou Lan cried to her father, feeling wronged.

"Alright, Lan'er, don't cry anymore. You've just woken up; be careful not to hurt yourself by crying too much," Zhou's father said lovingly.

Seeing this, Zhou Qingran felt a surge of sarcasm. Where was she before? She hadn't shown any concern for Zhou Lan before, and now she was pretending to be a loving father.

"Lan'er, tell me how you fell into the water?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Lan was unable to cry anymore.

With a shifty look in his eyes, he said, "Dad, I accidentally slipped and fell into the water because I wasn't paying attention."

"Hehe." Zhou Qingran couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The group glanced at her, puzzled. What was so funny?

"Lan'er, what were you doing by the lake? It was so dangerous. If your sister hadn't saved you, you would be dead. You should thank your sister properly."

"Yes." Zhou Lan said thank you through gritted teeth to Zhou Qingran.

"You're welcome. After all, you're in such a state now. Haha, how does it feel to have come up with nothing after all this effort?" Zhou Qingran said with a smile.

"Zhou Qingran, you..."

"What do you mean by 'drawing water with a bamboo basket but ending up with nothing'?" Zhou's mother asked, puzzled, looking at her daughter's gloating expression.

"Of course it's because of Zhou Lan..."

"Zhou Qingran, shut up." Zhou Lan was startled and, despite feeling uncomfortable, tried to jump off the bed to shut Zhou Qingran up.

"Heh, why should you shut up? If you dare to do it, why shouldn't I dare to say it?" Zhou Qingran mocked. Now that you're scared, it's too late.

"Qingran, what exactly happened? Do you know something?" Zhou's mother asked suspiciously.

"Mother, don't worry, let me tell you slowly." Zhou Qingran comforted her mother, and then said to her father, "Father, listen to what your good daughter has done."