Chapter 281: Jealousy Flares Up (1)

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Qiao Chutian returned to Imperial Garden No. 1.

Seeing Auntie Zhang, he inquired about Xiaomai's whereabouts.

"Madam has been sleeping upstairs all this time and hasn't come down,"

Auntie Zhang told him, "Moreover, she instructed me not to prepare her dinner as she won't eat anything and wants to keep sleeping. I'm not sure if she's fallen ill."

"I'll go take a look."

Upon hearing that Mai Xiaomai might be sick, Qiao Chutian became anxious and hurried upstairs.

Pushing open the door, he saw Mai Xiaomai tightly wrapped in a blanket, sleeping on a floor mat, like a zongzi (rice dumpling).

However, her brows were deeply furrowed, as if she were having a nightmare, displaying an expression of pain.

Could she be having another nightmare?

Qiao Chutian set down his briefcase and tiptoed over, bending down to carry her to the bed.

To his surprise, the moment he picked her up, Mai Xiaomai woke up.