"I will send you off one last time" [Global Examination]

[81] Don't Close Your Eyes At Me: The Sick Courting Death

The medicine was very effective. Zhou Qi's fever soon receded.

Miss Yang tied up her dress, lifted her chin and proudly returned to her room. Gao Qi and Zhao Jiatong also let out a sigh of relief.

Many people couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief alongside future Gao Qi and Zhao Jiatong.

Zhou Qi was fine, and should be able to do whatever the Duke asked of her to avoid any further punishment...

They muttered: "Maybe we thought too much. It was just a normal fever."

But even if it was a fever caused by shock... this was still an exam created by the System; could it ever just be a normal fever?

You Huo however didn't think so.

He asked Qin Jiu the time and then looked at the sky outside.

It was only then that they all noticed that the sun had risen.

"Oh... It's dawn now..." 078 scratched the back of his head, "I guess it's back to facing the Duke for breakfast, then going to town?"

"..."

Almost everyone shuddered at the thought of dealing with the Duke; the very same Duke that had killed Zhang Pengyi for his heart, and was now actively targeting the two great masters for both their looks and their physiques...

Gao Qi had been an invigilator for many years, so he was a little unfamiliar with exams. Intuitively, he wasn't as sensitive as the regular examinees. He asked curiously: "What's wrong? Is there something?"

Just as You Huo was about to speak up, Qin Jiu answered: "Just thought the time is a little too coincidental."

You Huo closed his mouth again: "Mhn."

Everyone: "?"

Timing? Coincidental?

...

What was coincidental?

"What are they talking about now?" Wen Yuan murmured, but 154 just shrugged, "Don't know, they'll probably explain."

"What coincidence?" Gao Qi asked again.

"The time Miss Zhou's fever receded." Qin Jiu said.

"..."

"Well... how long does fever medicine take to work?" Someone asked.

"Around half an hour?" Another person interjected, "If anything... it took just the right amount of time."

"Can a fever even be caused from shock?" 078 asked, "I thought you only got fevers from like... infections, because your body fights off things at a higher temperature. If she was just shocked... unresponsive, yes, but a fever?"

"Actually, yes." One of the examinees interjected, "If I'm not wrong, it's called a psychogenic fever, and it's caused by stress. It is actually most commonly affects young women..."

Which was exactly what Zhou Qi was; a young woman.

"Ah, I see..." 078 nodded, "Well, that checks out..."

"What do you mean?"

"Don't you think that Miss Zhou's fever receded just at the right moment?" Qin Jiu pointed out the balcony: "It's dawn. All the restrictions at night have been lifted and her fever has receded."

It was as if... her fever was there to ensure that she stays quietly in her room without going anywhere.

"What does that have to do with each other?" Invigilator F couldn't help asking, "The exam isn't forcing the examinees to comply with the Duke's request, more like threatening you guys to make you fall in line..."