Xia Wan grabbed his hand. "What are you doing?"

Instead of fear, her eyes held a deep sense of confusion.

It seemed as if they didn't understand what he was doing.

Cui Ziqi said calmly, "Apply the medicine."

Xia Wan instinctively felt that Cui Ziqi was still in a bad mood, but the system did not provide any prompts regarding the blackening value or other parameters, so she could only stiffly let go.

Cui Ziqi only unbuttoned two buttons, hooked his fingertips around the collar of her shirt and slid them down her left shoulder until a palm-sized abrasion on her left arm was exposed to the air, then he stopped.

Xia Wan finally understood why he had asked her how Zheng Minghuai had applied the medicine to her.

If Zheng Minghuai applied the medicine to her in that manner, she would feel like she was being taken advantage of.

Her shoulders and the area below them were cool to the touch, but Xia Wan's ears were a faint pink.

Cui Ziqi paused for a moment when she saw the wound, then rinsed it and reapplied the medicine.

He glanced at Xia Wan's flushed face, who had turned her head away, and scoffed softly.

"Why are you blushing when I apply medicine? Did you blush when Zheng Minghuai applied medicine for you?"

Xia Wan clicked her tongue and turned to glare at Cui Ziqi.

Are people not allowed to be shy anymore?

Her fierce expression appeared to Cui Ziqi like a coquettish complaint.

A slight smile played on his lips, but a chilling voice echoed in his mind.

The time left until Xia Wan leaves you has been reduced from sixty-three days to sixty-one days.

At the same time, Xia Wan also received a notification from the system.

[Cui Ziqi's favorability has increased by 3%, now standing at 39%.]

Xia Wan looked up in surprise.

But he ran into Cui Ziqi's cold, red eyes.

(End of this chapter)