Shocking! The actress was dragged to the regent's bedchamber every night.

The villains haven't appeared yet, right? I remember there were over ten chapters told from the protagonist's perspective.

[It's not that he didn't appear; the author deliberately held him back. He appeared later but was immediately killed off.]

Has anyone tallied how many chapters the villain disappeared from?

[I didn't notice, it seems to be a timeline of almost three months.]

Three months.

Su Wuli stared at the number, unable to describe the feeling in her heart.

Yu Chen was to be locked in that room for three whole months...

The post continued to scroll down, with some people analyzing the purpose of this plot point.

The main characters were having such a smooth run of success during that period that it would have been impossible if the villain had been there, so the author had no choice but to take him out of the story.

[There's nothing I can do; I feel the author initially made Yu Chen too powerful, making it seem like the main characters couldn't possibly compete.]

Indeed, it's practically impossible to move an inch.

[But I think this is a plot hole; the villain didn't appear, but it wasn't explained where he went either.]

I think the author has run out of ideas; they probably can't think of anything to restrain the villain.

I think the ending was a bit rushed; don't force the villains to become less intelligent.

[In the previous chapters, it seemed like Yu Linxi was making some moves, but the author kept it a secret, so it's probably related to Yu Chen.]

As Su Wuli read these comments, the image of that room flashed through her mind.

For three whole months, he stayed there every day.

She scrolled down, trying to find if anyone said when he would be released.

After flipping through several pages, I finally found one.

[Yu Chen appears in Chapter 264. Due to the invasion of foreign enemies, the people in the court had no choice but to send him out to lead the troops.]

【Then what?】

Then came the war, and after the war, they came back and were...

Holy crap, no way? I haven't even seen it yet, don't spoil it!

[Actually, during those three months, without the threat of Yu Chen, the main characters helped Yu Linxi slowly regain power in the court.]

[War? Isn't the male lead a general? Why would he send Yu Chen to fight?]

[This is where the protagonist group's cleverness lies. The male lead is away on other matters, and besides Yu Chen, there is no one else in the court who can lead troops. Taking advantage of Yu Chen's absence from the capital, they uproot his power completely.]

[So that's how it is. I was wondering how the protagonist group would possibly defeat such a clever villain.]

As Su Wuli watched the heated discussion, she felt a slight chill in her hand as she held her phone.

That's... slow slicing.

She stared at the screen, her fingers hovering over it, trembling slightly.

The door was pushed open, and Su Yuan came in carrying coffee.

"I bought the coffee, half-sweet."

Su Wuli placed her phone face down on her lap, took the coffee, and took a sip.

Su Yuan sat down next to him and started rambling on about what had happened while she was queuing.

Su Wuli listened absentmindedly, responding to her, but her mind was still on those posts.

Su Yuan, who had been talking for a while, noticed that Wu Li wasn't responding, so she nudged her, "Wu Li? What's wrong?"

Su Wuli snapped out of her reverie. "It's nothing, I'm just a little tired and my mind wandered."

After saying that, he picked up his coffee and took another sip.

We finished work later than expected.

After taking a shower, Su Wuli lay in bed, still thinking about the posts she had seen during the day.

I don't know when I fell asleep.

When I opened my eyes again, the room was lit by candlelight; it was the same room and the same furnishings.

Yu Chen sat leaning against the low couch, holding a scroll in his hand, reading with his head down.

Su Wuli subconsciously walked over and sat down next to him.

She leaned closer to take a look at the scroll.

The text above was densely packed with words arranged vertically. She couldn't understand it very well, but she recognized a few words related to war.

Military strategy books.

The words from those posts suddenly popped into her mind.

Not long after returning from the war, he was...

It felt like something had tugged at my heart.

Su Wuli just stared at him, at his lowered eyes, at his fingers as he turned the pages of the book.

The candlelight fell on his profile, making his features very defined.

The man suddenly coughed, then continued reading his book as if nothing was wrong.

Su Wuli asked anxiously, "What's wrong?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Yu Chen looked up at her and asked, "What?"

"You were coughing just now, were you feeling unwell?"

Yu Chen paused for a moment, his gaze sweeping over her face, before replying softly, "It's nothing."

Despite saying that, Su Wuli did not believe it.

"Did you catch a cold?" she asked, moving closer with concern. "Or...or is it too stuffy in the room?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Chen coughed again, this time a little harder than before.

Su Wuli felt a pang of anxiety upon hearing this and reached out to touch his forehead.

He reached out and grasped her wrist.

Her voice was a few decibels lower than before, "It's nothing."

Su Wuli looked at him with her hand suspended in mid-air.

The man's face showed no abnormality, but Su Wuli still felt that something was wrong.

The content of those posts kept replaying in her mind.

He was locked up for three months and no one cared about him.

What if I really get sick?

What if those people simply don't find him a doctor?

Thinking this, she became even more anxious. "Let me see."

She reached out and touched his forehead again.

This time, Yu Chen didn't dodge.

I placed my palm on his forehead; it was slightly warm.

But it doesn't seem particularly hot, just normal body temperature?

Su Wuli was unsure.

"Do you have a fever?" she asked him with concern. "Are you feeling unwell? Is anything bothering you?"

Yu Chen's gaze lingered on her face for a moment, as if he were lost in thought.

Then he spoke, his voice a little slower than usual.

My head feels a little heavy.

He had just been holding her wrist to stop her, but now he's let go.

Su Wuli didn't think too much about it; she just felt a sinking feeling in her heart.

"Anything else?"

"It's nothing."

"You're lying." Su Wuli became anxious upon hearing this and bombarded her with questions.

"A heavy head can't be due to anything else. Do you also feel weak all over? Does your throat hurt?"

Since Yu Chen didn't answer, she took it as a tacit agreement.

"Wait a minute." Su Wuli quickly stood up, wanting to find the medicine. "Do I still have the medicine I brought last time? Anti-inflammatory medicine? Fever reducer?"

She had just turned around when he grabbed her wrist.

"Need not."

"Why don't you use it?" Su Wuli turned to look at him. "You're sick, how can you not take medicine?"

The man's eyes were fixed on her, the candlelight flickering in them, casting a faint glow.

Su Wuli was stunned by his gaze, but she couldn't suppress the anxiety in her heart.

She tried to pull her hand away to find the medicine, but Yu Chen held on tightly.

"I'm going to find the medicine." His face was full of anxiety.

"What are you so nervous about?" Yu Chen asked.

As soon as she finished speaking, Su Wuli froze.

What's there to be nervous about?

Of course she was nervous.

I knew what would happen to him later, I knew he would die.

Now that he's sick, how could she possibly ignore him?

"I..." she opened her mouth and managed to utter a sentence, "You're sick."

"So?" Yu Chen pressed.

Su Wuli was momentarily speechless at his question.

So what?

If you're sick, you need to take medicine. Do you even need to ask?

He suddenly released her large hand.

"Go ahead," he said.

She paused for a second, then turned around to rummage through the things she had brought.

After searching around, it suddenly dawned on me that this was not the previous room, and there was no first-aid kit.

"No..." Her voice trailed off, her brow furrowing. "How can we manage without medicine..."

The man's voice rang out, a little slower than before, "Just bear with it, it'll pass."

Upon hearing this, Su Wuli felt as if her heart was being squeezed tightly.

Just bear with it and it will pass...

Su Wuli looked at the man's seemingly unharmed face, but felt a pang of sadness in her heart.

Isn't he the main villain in the book?

What's going on now?

I endured the pain of being injured, I endured the illness of being sick, and I even endured being locked in this room.

There's going to be a war, and he'll die when he comes back from the war...