In a dim and quiet room.
Zhiyuan sat at the table, occasionally looking up at the door. Occasionally, a ripple flashed across her cold and pretty face, as if there was some indescribable emotion.
Not long after, footsteps were heard outside the door.
“Squeak!”
The door opened.
Lin Jiangnian walked in with a medicine basin, closed the door, and walked to the table.
The rich medicinal aroma spreads in the room, and when inhaled into the body, it gives people a sense of spiritual comfort.
Zhiyuan glanced at the medicine basin on the table, which contained dark green medicinal juice, and his eyes looked a little unnatural.
"It's time to apply the medicine."
Lin Jiangnian pointed to the contents of the medicine basin on the table and said, "Tianxiang ointment, you should know it, right?"
Zhiyuan lowered her eyes and looked at the medicine basin on the table without saying a word.
"It's okay if you don't know me. This medicine can cure your injuries. It works wonders."
Lin Jiangnian said, "Your internal injuries are not serious. You will recover after resting for a while. As for the external injuries..."
"Although the injury isn't serious, if it's not treated properly, there's a risk of infection, or even unsightly scars..."
Hearing this, Zhiyuan, whose face was originally unnatural, turned pale in an instant.
She wasn't really afraid of the wound getting infected, but when she heard that it would leave an ugly scar, her expression changed slightly.
She knew very well that the injury on her back was serious. Under normal circumstances, even after the wound healed, scars would remain. Even with the best treatment, it would be impossible to completely eliminate the scars.
Although the wound is hidden and cannot be seen by herself or others, as a woman, how could she want to have such an ugly scar on her body?
"This ointment can not only heal your external injuries and speed up their healing, but it can also repair scars, ensuring that no marks will be left after healing, and your skin will be as smooth as before..."
Hearing this, Zhiyuan's eyes suddenly lit up, but then a hint of doubt came over her. She stared at the medicine basin on the table and asked, "Is it really so effective?"
"When has this prince ever lied to you?"
“…”
Zhiyuan, who originally had some faith, suddenly didn't want to believe it anymore.
However, she had indeed heard of Tianxiang Ointment. Logically speaking, a plaster like this shouldn't be so simple, right?
As if seeing the doubt in Zhiyuan's eyes, Lin Jiangnian nodded and explained: "This is definitely not the real Tianxiang Cream!"
The real Tianxiang ointment is not that simple. The required process, raw materials and production process are not that easy.
"It's missing a few important ingredients, and there's no time to dry them and grind them. So it's not a true Tianxiang ointment, but it's quite effective in treating external injuries."
Lin Jiangnian raised his eyebrows: "The conditions are simple at the moment, can you please make do with it for now? I'll get you the real Tianxiang ointment when we get back."
Zhiyuan remained silent, knowing that Lin Jiangnian might not have lied to her. After a moment's hesitation, she nodded slightly. Just as she was about to say something, she froze again, glanced at Lin Jiangnian, then quickly averted her gaze, still resting on the medicine basin on the table.
"I need to change the medicine!"
After a moment's silence, she suddenly spoke.
The voice was very soft, with a hint of shyness and uneasiness in it.
After he finished speaking, seeing that Lin Jiangnian didn't react, a trace of shame and anger flashed in his eyes.
"You, you go out first."
Lin Jiangnian stood still, smiling: "Can you change it by yourself?"
Zhiyuan was startled, then lowered his eyes, the shame and anger in his eyes becoming more and more obvious.
Can one person change the medicine?
Can't change!
Aside from the wound on her left arm, the biggest injury was on her back. The blast had caused the wound, and it was particularly severe on her back. Even if she was incredibly skilled, she couldn't apply medicine to her own back.
Clearly, help is needed.
But who can I call for help here now?
In the dim room, an indescribable blush appeared on Zhiyuan's fair cheeks.
She bit her lips stubbornly and said nothing.
In the secret room in the back mountain, she could still be brave enough to bandage the wound on her arm by herself. But this time...
The wound was on her back and she couldn't do it herself.
Lin Jiangnian crossed his arms and looked at Zhiyuan with a smile on his face. Zhiyuan looked a little embarrassed and uneasy, which was quite interesting.
"Do you need my help?"
Zhiyuan remained silent and said nothing.
Seeing this, Lin Jiangnian suddenly felt that it was boring.
He had originally planned to take this opportunity to tease her, but seeing Zhiyuan's unfunny silence, Lin Jiangnian felt bored.
"Okay, I was just kidding."
Lin Jiangnian turned around and walked towards the door: "Shall I call Auntie to help you?"
He had to take off his clothes to apply the medicine, but it was obviously unrealistic for Zhiyuan to do so in front of him. Although they had slept in the same bed last night, this was probably the bottom line for Zhiyuan.
As for asking her to take off her clothes in front of Lin Jiangnian...that's almost impossible.
Lin Jiangnian was not confident enough to make this disobedient little maid undress and tie her belt in front of him.
At the moment, we haven't reached that stage yet.
Lin Jiangnian shook his head slightly, walked to the door, and was about to open it when the sound of the kite came from behind him again.
"etc."
The voice was soft, with a hint of hesitation, a hint of nervousness, and a hint of uneasiness.
"Um?"
Lin Jiangnian stopped and turned his head suspiciously: "What?"
Suddenly I felt that this scene was very familiar, as if it was last night...
Sitting at the table, Zhiyuan was silent for a long time, then turned his gaze away and looked out the window on the other side of the room.
Take a deep breath.
"Come on."
His tone was neither cold nor indifferent, and no emotion could be heard.
"Um?"
Lin Jiangnian's expression was extremely interesting, even more surprised than last night.
"What did you say?!"
He stared at Zhiyuan, but could only see a hint of red on Zhiyuan's fair face, and even the crystal clear ears seemed to be red.
Zhiyuan didn't look at him again, but turned and walked towards the bed. As she walked, she spoke.
"Come here and help me change the medicine!"
The tone was cool and concise, without a trace of nonsense.
More like an order.
How dare a little maid order him to visit the prince?
However, Lin Jiangnian was not angry at all. He even suspected...was her brain damaged?
Or was she no longer Zhiyuan? Had the previous Zhiyuan been possessed, traveled through time? Or was she reborn?
Lin Jiangnian was stunned and looked at the scene in disbelief.
Until Zhiyuan walked to the bed, sat down and glanced back, a trace of shame and anger appeared on his face. He bit his lip, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing.
He turned his head away, as if in a huff. He was angry, unwilling to speak. But then, his face began to feel even hotter.
She didn't like being around people, and she especially didn't like people getting too close to her. Sharing a bed with Lin Jiangnian last night was definitely her limit.
However, perhaps even Zhiyuan herself hadn't noticed. Regarding what happened last night, she seemed to be less resistant than she had imagined.
As for now...
Zhiyuan lowered her eyes, and even though she tried her best to restrain herself, the indescribable shyness still continued to emerge.
She knew that she had to take off her clothes to apply the medicine, and she also knew what would happen... but she really couldn't do it alone.
I need help applying the medicine.
The only person who can help her right now is Lin Jiangnian.
As for that lady...
She is indeed a good fit. The lady is kind and enthusiastic, and treats her very well. She will definitely be happy to help.
But the kite doesn't want to!
She always remained a little wary of strangers and was unwilling to expose herself to their sight.
Especially taking off clothes and exposing your most vulnerable back to others.
That would make her very uncomfortable and insecure!
In comparison, if it was Lin Jiangnian... it seems more acceptable?
Even Zhiyuan herself didn't realize that she had gradually treated Lin Jiangnian as her own.
As someone you can trust?
Zhiyuan was lost in thought when she felt a figure not far away move and slowly approach.
Her heart was in suspense and her nervousness grew.
At this time, Lin Jiangnian had already walked to the bedside. He stared at Zhiyuan for a few seconds, but was still a little unsure... Was she really not a different person like himself?
I stared at the kite for a while, but still couldn't see what was wrong.
"So, did I really change your medicine?"
silence.
"If I don't provide good service, will you please not be angry?"
Still silent.
"Do you need me to help you undress?"
“…”
Zhiyuan suddenly turned around, her voice was very soft, with a hint of shame and anger and a deep trembling.
"I, I can do it myself."
Then, Lin Jiangnian saw Zhiyuan turn around, with her back to him, and put her hands on her waist, gently unbuttoning something.
As the thin string around her waist dropped, the coarse linen clothes on Zhiyuan slowly fell apart. Lin Jiangnian stood behind her, and from his sight, he could follow the girl's slender neck down and glimpse a few traces of snow-white skin through the untied clothes.
Zhiyuan placed her hand on the edge of her clothes at her waist, paused, and as if she had made up her mind, she slowly loosened her hand. The clothes slid down the girl's snow-white and smooth shoulders, exposing her delicate skin to the air.
A gust of cold air seemed to creep into the room from outside, caressing the girl's delicate skin. Her skin was as white and tender as the snow in early winter. Perhaps it was because of the cold or shyness, but after she took off all her outer clothes, she could clearly feel Zhiyuan's delicate body tremble.
At this moment, Zhiyuan was kneeling on the bed with her back to Lin Jiangnian. Her slender, snow-white hands were subconsciously covering her chest with tension. She was only wearing a light-colored girl's bellyband on her upper body, with a thin rope wrapped around her back, small and delicate.
Seeing this scene, even though Lin Jiangnian had been communicating deeply with Xiao Zhu and making rapid progress in his studies, he felt a sense of urgency and wanted to learn again...
Lin Jiangnian quickly looked away: "Why don't you lie down?"
Zhiyuan trembled slightly, but didn't say anything. However, she stood up obediently and slowly lay down on the bed.
Perhaps because he felt a little safer, Zhiyuan breathed a sigh of relief and buried his head in the quilt, not moving.
Lin Jiangnian approached the bedside and looked at Zhiyuan's back, which was as smooth as jade. He checked the wound that had been bandaged before and found that the wound had not worsened. He breathed a sigh of relief.
"Well, shall I change the medicine for you now?" Lin Jiangnian glanced at her.
Zhiyuan buried his head in the bed, motionless, pretending to be dead.
No response, that's the default.
Lin Jiangnian gently reached out and untied the thin string of the bellyband that was hindering the girl's back. As the string fell, Zhiyuan's back was no longer covered by any clothes, and her snow-white body was exposed.
Lin Jiangnian was completely focused, gently removing the bandage from the wound. The wound had healed considerably, but there was still a lot of blood, which looked shocking.
The back that was originally as smooth as jade now looks a bit horrible.
Lin Jiangnian's heart sank.
If Zhiyuan hadn't sacrificed herself to save him, he would have been the one who suffered the most. All these injuries were borne by Zhiyuan for him.
Lin Jiangnian's eyes flashed with anger, but he quickly subsided. His voice was very soft, with a hint of pity: "Does it hurt?"
No response.
The kite really pretended to be dead.
"I'm going to apply the medicine on you now. It might be a little painful, so bear with it."
Lin Jiangnian helped Zhiyuan clean the remaining blood on her back, carefully brought the medicine basin, and then gently applied the medicine to her.
When the cool ointment fell on the wound on Zhiyuan's back, the strong stimulation made her delicate body tremble slightly and tense in vain.
Lin Jiangnian paused and looked up at her: "Does it hurt?"
From under the pillow came Zhiyuan's hoarse voice: "No, it's okay..."
Hearing this, Lin Jiangnian hesitated for a moment, then continued to apply the medicine to her, but his movements were lighter and more careful.
After applying ointment to all the wounds, Lin Jiangnian carefully bandaged them again with bandages.
From beginning to end, the movements were very careful.
After finishing all this, Lin Jiangnian breathed a sigh of relief.
"alright!"
On the bed, Zhiyuan remained motionless. She lay sprawled, her hair disheveled, her head buried beneath it, her snow-white hands lightly grasping the bed, her upper body naked, her lower half barely visible...
Why does this look a little off?
Like afterward?
"I'm going out first?"
Lin Jiangnian looked at her for a few more times before looking away. He gently covered her with the clothes beside her to hide the girl's private parts from his sight. Then he packed up the things in the room and walked out.
"Bang!"
The door closed gently.
It was not until Lin Jiangnian had left for a long time that Zhiyuan slowly sat up in the room.
Beneath the messy hair was a rosy face, white with a hint of red, blushing like snow.
The girl is so beautiful!
It was hard to hide the shyness in those clear and bright eyes.
She looked down at herself, her clothes disheveled and her upper body naked.
It seems like nothing is seen, but also like everything is seen?
Although the bandaged wound on his back was invisible, he could feel Lin Jiangnian's previous carefulness and diligence. He still felt a slight pain in the wound, but it quickly disappeared.
Instead, there is an indescribable emotion.
Like, joy?
The kite was in a trance, and it was hard to describe the feeling.
She grew up in the Jiang family in Jiangnan, and depended on Princess Lin's younger sister for everything, and had almost no contact with any opposite sex.
From childhood to adulthood, the only opposite sex she had come into contact with was the Prince of Lin.
However, in the few years since she entered the Lin Wang Mansion, she had not had much contact with the Lin Wang Prince. Most of the time, it was the master and servant fighting openly and secretly, competing against each other.
To say that I had the most contact with His Royal Highness, I have to start from half a year ago...
It seems that it started after the temple was attacked?
Zhiyuan stared blankly outside the door, worried and anxious.