Chapter 66: Heartbroken Su Guanqing felt Jiang Tong’s hot breath…

Su Guanqing didn't even dare to speak out to stop Jiang Tong, for he was afraid that if he spoke out, he would make an uncontrollable sound.

Suddenly, a hand gently touched his cheek, with dripping water, washing away the stains on his face bit by bit.

Su Guanqing's jade-like face appeared in front of Jiang Tong, but because he had not seen the sun for a long time, his complexion became even whiter.

Jiang Tong held his face, looked left and right, and a look of dissatisfaction appeared in his eyes——

He hasn't shaved in the past six months, and his beard has covered half of his face.

Su Guanqing still didn't dare to move and let Jiang Tong hold his chin. He didn't know what Jiang Tong was doing and couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

Suddenly, something cold and sharp touched his cheek.

"Tongtong!" Su Guanqing was suddenly startled.

"Don't move, I'll help you shave your beard." She held the razor that the butler had prepared for Su Guanqing and placed on the table.

Su Guanqing was stunned: "Why do you want to shave your beard?"

“It’s not pretty.”

Su Guanqing felt a little aggrieved. He wanted to keep his beard, but Tongtong didn't like it, so he reluctantly gave it up. In the end, he was forced to tilt his head back and wait for Jiang Tong to shave him.

Jiang Tong actually had no experience. Although she had dressed as a man all her life in her previous life, she still couldn't grow a beard no matter how hard she tried to dress as a man. Now, when she was shaving Su Guanqing's beard, she was a little nervous, afraid that she would scratch his face.

She leaned down, getting very close to him, and was extremely careful with every move she made with the knife.

Speaking of which, she was very familiar with using the horseshoe knife, but she was unfamiliar with the razor blade.

Su Guanqing could feel Jiang Tong's hot breaths lingering on his face. Underwater, he clenched his fingers nervously. Because of the deformity, any pressure on his fingers was excruciating. But at this moment, he couldn't care less; he needed this pain to sober himself up.

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When Zhong Wanci came over with Jiang Huaishan, Su Guanqing had already finished bathing and was sitting at the table eating, and Jiang Tong was serving him food.

"This is shredded pork with Beijing sauce. Try it." Jiang Tong's voice was steady, but her expression was soft and hurt. Her eyes were fixed on Su Guanqing's hands.

His five fingers were no longer able to control the two thin chopsticks properly, and he could only hold them in a very awkward position.

He couldn't pick up anything, so he could only bury his head and shovel the food into his mouth.

...He was in such a mess even when eating, and I wonder how he managed to survive in the cell with no one to take care of him?

Jiang Tong felt a pang of pain in his heart, turned his head away, and tried to regulate his breathing.

When she turned back, Su Guanqing had already eaten half a bowl of rice and was obviously very hungry.

Jiang Tong hurriedly picked up some food for him: "Eat slowly. If it's not enough, there's more."

Su Guanqing nodded and continued to pick at the food. He hadn't eaten fresh, steaming food for half a year. At this moment, he felt that this was a feast of delicacies and the most delicious food in the world. He couldn't even speak.

Jiang Tong complained to him: "You are so hungry. If you had known, you should have eaten first. Why did you have to take a shower first?"

Su Guanqing didn't say anything, just smiled at her innocently and continued eating.

While eating, footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door.

"Jiang Tong! Come out!" Jiang Huaishan stood at the door, panting, covering his chest, staring at Jiang Tong with wide eyes.

Zhong Wanci supported him and stared at Jiang Tong intently, but her eyes were red.

Hearing Jiang Huaishan's voice, Su Guanqing hurriedly put down his bowl and chopsticks and was about to stand up: "Uncle."

Jiang Tong held him down: "Eat your meal."

Zhong Wanci also said, "Good child, eat first, and then we can talk." After that, she winked at Jiang Tong and asked her to go out and talk.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Tong ignored Jiang Huaishan and Zhong Wanci, and still sat next to Su Guanqing and served him food.

Jiang Huaishan was so angry that he almost fainted. Zhong Wanci hurriedly stroked his chest to help him calm down.

When Su Guanqing had almost finished eating, the doctor he had invited arrived.

Jiang Tong invited people in to examine Su Guanqing.

The doctor who treated his eyes sighed several times when he saw Su Guanqing's hand. He had never seen a patient with so many disasters!

The doctor carefully examined Su Guanqing's ten finger bones and asked him to try to hold something. He found that he couldn't even hold a bamboo stick steadily, let alone chopsticks!

Jiang Huaishan also saw Su Guanqing's twisted and deformed hands. As soon as he saw them, it was as if someone poured a basin of ice water over his head, and the anger in his heart disappeared instantly.

Zhong Wanci stood aside, covering her eyes with a handkerchief, and just cried.

Jiang Tong and Su Guanqing were the only ones who remained relatively calm in the entire room.

Jiang Tong asked, "Doctor, can his hand be cured?"

The doctor sighed again: "It can be cured, but..."

Seeing the doctor hesitate, Jiang Tong quickly said, "The cost of the medicine is not a problem."

The doctor waved his hand. "It's not about the money. To cure it, we have to break the dislocated bones and reconnect them. This is nothing more than torture."

Su Guanqing's face paled. After all, his fingers were connected to his heart. The agony of the torture he had endured was still fresh in his mind. Furthermore, since he couldn't see, his other senses would only be more intense. Even his normally steadfast character couldn't help but feel a sense of fear when asked to do it again.

"Then, what about the medicine? Can it relieve the symptoms a little?" Jiang Huaishan asked.

The doctor said with a look of pity: "The effects of acupuncture and medicine are only better than nothing."

Seeing Su Guanqing's face full of resistance, Jiang Tong squatted down and held his hand: "Guanqing, why don't we endure the pain and heal your hand first."

Su Guanqing hesitated for a moment: "I... I want to cure my eyes first and then my hands." That way at least the pain will be relieved a little.

When Zhong Wanci saw them holding hands without any hesitation, she pinched Jiang Huaishan anxiously.

As soon as Jiang Huaishan saw Jiang Tong's actions, his eyelids twitched and he stared for a long time, but Jiang Tong was so focused on Su Guanqing that he didn't even glance at his father.

Jiang Huaishan cleared his throat and said, "Please, doctor, prescribe some medicine first. We can talk about reconnecting the broken bones later when the child has figured it out."

"Yeah, okay."

After sending the doctor away, Jiang Huaishan talked with Su Guanqing for a while, basically asking about his situation in prison.

The servant came to report that the west wing had been cleaned up. Jiang Huaishan said to the servant, "Please help Master Su back to his room."

But Jiang Tong was not willing to let anyone help her, so she helped Su Guanqing stand up.

"Tongtong, stay here. Dad has something to tell you." Jiang Huaishan said.

"Wait a moment, I'll take Guanqing there first." Jiang Tong ignored him and supported Su Guanqing and was about to leave.

"Jiang Tong!" Jiang Huaishan's patience ran out, and he started to scowl again.

Su Guanqing sensed something was wrong and quickly said in a gentle voice, "Tongtong, I'm fine. You can talk to your uncle and aunt first. I'm in the west wing and won't run away."

Seeing him say so, Jiang Tong did not insist and only told the servant to support him carefully.

After Su Guanqing walked away, Jiang Huaishan angrily said, "Jiang Tong! Do you know what you are doing?"

"I know." Jiang Tong's expression was calm.

"You don't know!" Jiang Huaishan raised his voice. "If you knew, would you help him bathe? And treat him like this... like this..." He gestured with his hands, imitating the way Jiang Tong had pulled Su Guanqing's hand just now. "How disgraceful!"

"Guan Qing's hand was injured like that, you all saw it. If I didn't help him, he wouldn't be able to bathe and wash his hair by himself."

Zhong Wanci's eyes were red as she said, "But Tongtong, you're already engaged to the young prince. If the matter with Tongguan Qing gets out, as the saying goes, people's gossip is terrifying, and your reputation..."

Jiang Tong raised her hand to interrupt her: "Guan Qing and I have never crossed the line, so why should we be afraid of what others say?"

"Nonsense!" Jiang Huaishan slammed the table. "Look, which bride-to-be looks like you?"

"Dad, have you forgotten who put Guan Qing in jail and who crippled his hands? Do you want me to be an ungrateful person?" Jiang Tong said coldly.

"You!" Jiang Huaishan retorted to her and almost died of anger.

Zhong Wanci hurriedly stroked his chest to help him calm down.

"There are plenty of ways to repay a favor. Who says you have to sacrifice yourself?" Zhong Wanci said, "Tongtong, I know you care about Guanqing. We can support him for the rest of his life. We have so many servants, is there no one who can take care of him? Do you have to take care of it yourself?"

"I don't feel comfortable if someone else is in charge." Jiang Tong said.

Seeing that Jiang Huaishan and Zhong Wanci were about to say something, Jiang Tong waved his hands: "Dad, Mom, you don't have to say anymore. I know my limits on this matter."

The way she spoke didn't sound like a young girl waiting to be married, but rather like an old lady with great prestige. As soon as she spoke, she actually stunned Jiang Huaishan and Zhong Wanci.

When Jiang Tong had already walked out of the room, Jiang Huaishan finally reacted and roared, "Where are you going!"

"I'll go see if Guanqing is settled." Jiang Tong didn't even turn his head or even stop, and disappeared into the bamboo grove outside the door in the blink of an eye.

"Did you see that? What a good daughter you raised! What does she look like? I think she should be the one to take care of this family!" Jiang Huaishan was weak to begin with, and he could hardly stand at this moment. He sat down weakly, but he was so angry that he slammed the table, making a loud "bang bang" sound.

Zhong Wanci stamped her feet anxiously, "Huaishan! What should we do? Are we just going to let her do whatever she wants?"

Jiang Huaishan slowed down and said, "Just wait until after the wedding. After the wedding, when she marries into the Prince of Qing's mansion, can she bring Guan Qing with her?"

"It was fine before Guan Qing was not here, but now that Guan Qing is back, do you really think Tongtong is still willing to marry the young prince?" Zhong Wanci asked.

Jiang Huaishan was shocked when he heard this. "According to His Majesty's decree, the young prince can only inherit his father's title after getting married. If Tongtong breaks off the engagement, won't the young prince's inheritance of the title be in vain?"

Zhong Wanci was still chattering: "Well, actually I don't care whether Tongtong becomes the princess or not, but looking at your situation... Well, it's not that I'm heartless, I only have this one daughter. If I don't choose the right man for her, she will suffer for the rest of her life." As she spoke, she was obviously thinking of her own marriage, and she glanced at Jiang Huaishan angrily.

Jiang Huaishan didn't pay any attention to the twists and turns in her mind. His mind was full of - My Jiang family cannot let down the late emperor!

"No, we can't let Tongtong continue to be so willful!" Jiang Huaishan said.