Chapter 35. She looked at the marks branded on Lee Seung-ik's body. ...

Ji Yuan returned to the manor with Sitoro, pondering the princess's words.

To submit to her was her demand.

He agreed.

Ji Yuan decocted the medicine, and by the time Li Chengyi and Lin Yanshu arrived, he had already reduced the liquid over high heat.

Ji Yuan turned to greet Lin Yanshu with a smile:

"My disciple, come and drink the medicine I've brewed for you."

Lin Yan reluctantly accepted the bowl of medicine that looked terribly bitter. Disliking medicine was a family trait passed down between him and his master, especially bitter medicine.

Lin Yanshu's face scrunched up like cotton when she smelled the odor, showing great resistance.

Ji Yuan pushed the medicine towards her face:

"drink!"

Lin Yanshu looked at Li Chengyi pleadingly. Li Chengyi smiled helplessly and said gently:

"Drink it, and I'll give you candy."

Lin Yanshu took a deep breath, knowing she couldn't escape it. She took the soup bowl, tilted her head back, and drank it down. Halfway through, she felt like she was going to vomit.

Ji Yuan naturally saw Lin Yanshu's hesitation and said sternly, "Swallow it!"

He held the bowl upside down, forcing Lin Yanshu to drink it. Lin Yanshu, having finally managed to swallow the medicine, immediately let go, her mouth agape, the bitterness almost making her vomit.

Li Chengyi quickly stuffed a piece of candy into Lin Yanshu's mouth, closed Lin Yanshu's mouth, and then used his fingertip to wipe away the remaining medicine stains from the corner of Lin Yanshu's mouth.

Lin Yanshu waited quietly for Li Chengyi to finish. Li Chengyi withdrew his hand and wiped the liquid off his hands with a handkerchief.

Ji Yuan stared intently at the two of them. Something was wrong, very wrong. His simple-minded disciple was taking the Crown Prince's care far too for granted!

Since he was in front of the master, Li Chengyi felt a little guilty.

For several days in a row, Lin Yanshu was coaxed into drinking the medicine, eventually becoming numb to it. But the final hurdle was yet to come.

Lin Yanshu lay on the bed, waiting for her master to administer acupuncture.

It would be a lie to say she wasn't nervous. After all these years, she finally had a chance to cure her muteness, but she was also afraid that it would all be for nothing.

Li Chengyi dared not leave; he stayed by Lin Yanshu's side without taking a single step away.

"If it hurts, just bite me. I'm not afraid of pain."

Lin Yanshu smiled and said, "I'm not afraid."

Ji Yuan removed the needles, feeling quite uneasy. The needling technique was intense and painful; he feared his apprentice wouldn't be able to withstand it.

He selected acupoints on Lin Yanshu's limbs and finally inserted three needles into Lin Yanshu's neck, each needle stronger than the last.

Lin Yanshu lay flat on her back, looking at the roof beam with a muffled groan of pain, her fingers gripping Li Chengyi's hand tightly. She was covered in a cold sweat from the pain, but she still gritted her teeth and endured it.

The acupuncturist performed the acupuncture as planned, and Lin Yanshu closed her eyes in pain, her brows furrowed.

Li Chengyi saw it all. He even wanted Ji Yuan to stop. Lin Yanshu had to endure such pain, and he even wanted to take it for her.

Ji Yuan removed the needles from Lin Yanshu's neck, and Lin Yanshu could no longer bear it. Her face turned red with pain, and Li Chengyi leaned closer.

Lin Yanshu bit down hard on Li Chengyi's chest. Even through his clothes, Lin Yanshu's bite was incredibly strong. Li Chengyi looked down at her and couldn't help but hiss.

After her master removed all the silver needles from her body, Lin Yanshu suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood, which splattered onto Li Chengyi.

Li Chengyi, enduring the pain in his chest, wiped away the black blood from the corner of Lin Yanshu's mouth and quickly asked:

"What's wrong with Yan Shu?!"

Ji Yuan placed his hand on Lin Yanshu's inner wrist. Her pulse had already calmed down. The remaining poison, under the combined effects of acupuncture and medicine, was expelled along with the stagnant blood. The rest would depend on Lin Yanshu's fate once she woke up.

"It's nothing, I just coughed up the remaining poison."

Li Chengyi finally relaxed. He placed Lin Yanshu on the bed and gently wiped away the black blood from her chin with a warm towel.

When Lin Yanshu woke up, it was already dark. She weakly opened her eyes, and Li Chengyi was right beside her.

Lin Yanshu looked over with a dazed expression. Ji Yuan, seeing that Lin Yanshu had woken up, quickly went forward to check on her.

"My disciple, how are you feeling? Can you speak?"

Lin Yanshu remained silent for a long time. She tried to speak, but she couldn't utter a complete sentence and could only utter a few words intermittently.

With tears in his eyes, Ji Yuan thought to himself that after so many years, his good disciple was finally able to speak. Given time, he would surely be able to speak fluently like a normal person.

During the short time it took for Lin Yanshu to start singing, Li Chengyi had already opened his eyes and was silently watching Lin Yanshu.

Lin Yanshu looked over and saw some bloodstains on Li Chengyi's clothes at the chest. He asked:

"What's wrong with your chest?!"

Ji Yuan said awkwardly, "How dare you say that! When we were getting the needles, you bit us right away, and we didn't even have time to react!"

Lin Yanshu smiled awkwardly, reached out and grabbed Li Chengyi's collar to check his wound.

Ji Yuan covered his eyes and repeatedly said, "This is an insult to scholarship, an insult to scholarship."

He quickly retreated.

Li Chengyi let Lin Yanshu do as he pleased, casually pulling open his clothes, and looked down at Lin Yanshu in front of him.

Lin Yanshu lightly touched it with her fingertips. She really went all out. Deep teeth marks were branded on Li Chengyi's chest and areola, surrounded by a red ring.

Even though Lin Yanshu's fingertips were very soft, they still caused a slight pain when they touched the wound.

Li Chengyi frowned slightly. Lin Yanshu leaned against his chest, looked up at him, and stammered, "..."

Does it hurt?

Normally, Li Chengyi would have refused outright; a real man shouldn't complain of pain.

But now he has changed:

"It hurts a little, ouch."

Lin Yanshu felt very guilty. He had actually bitten Li Chengyi, and bit him so hard that Li Chengyi cried out in pain.

Lin Yanshu frowned with heartache and blew on his protruding nipple.

Li Chengyi looked down and saw Lin Yanshu half-lying on his chest, blowing hot air at him with her small mouth open.

He...cannot look directly at it.

He...reacted.

Li Chengyi retreated to avoid Lin Yanshu noticing his strange behavior.

Lin Yanshu looked at him with some displeasure, then took the medicine and applied it around his chest.

Li Chengyi's voice trembled as Lin Yanshu moved:

"Yan Shu, what if this tooth mark leaves a scar and I can't find a wife? What should I do?"

Li Chengyi had set a trap for Lin Yanshu. Lin Yanshu looked up at him, her eyes wide, and said, haltingly:

No, no, it won't.

After she finished speaking, she thought for a while:

"If, if, there are, scars, um... they probably won't give up being the Crown Princess because of that."

Looking at Lin Yanshu's serious expression, Li Chengyi found her strangely silly, making one want to kiss her.

Lin Yanshu only noticed the abnormality at this moment. She put her hands on Li Chengyi's sides and looked down at him.

Curiosity... Thinking

Question:

"Ah Zhao, why is it bulging here?"

Li Chengyi followed her gaze and his face turned red with anger at Lin Yanshu.

At this moment, his shirt was disheveled by Lin Yanshu, and below...

The culprit, however, looked completely innocent and earnestly asked, "What should I say? Should I say that I couldn't control myself and that my mind was filled with fantasies about her?"

Seeing that Li Chengyi remained silent, Lin Yanshu reached out to lift the hem of his clothes and personally examine what was underneath.

Li Chengyi couldn't bear this any longer. He grabbed Lin Yanshu's wrist, stopping her from going any further, his voice urgent:

"We can't go any lower!"

Lin Yanshu blinked at him, puzzled.

"I am not sick."

Lin Yanshu didn't believe it and secretly increased the pressure on his hand.

Li Chengyi gritted his teeth and looked at Lin Yanshu: "You...you can't treat me like this..."

"Why?"

Lee Seung-ik bluntly pointed it out:

"Because I am a normal man, a man full of vigor and passion."

Li Chengyi's words were cutting, and even the slow-witted Lin Yanshu could understand their meaning.

Her fingertips curled into a ball, and for some reason, Lin Yanshu's earlobes turned red as she looked at Li Chengyi.

"If... you insist on seeing it, I'll show it to you."

Lin Yanshu's heart pounded in surprise at Li Chengyi's appearance. "Look...look at what?"

Lin Yanshu stood there stunned. Seeing that Lin Yanshu did not react, Li Chengyi personally unbuttoned his collar.

Lin Yanshu, like a frightened little rabbit, rushed over and pressed down on Li Chengyi's hand, which was unbuttoning his shirt, and said in a trembling voice:

"No, I'm not watching anymore."

Lin Yanshu also helped Li Chengyi straighten his collar. She looked at Li Chengyi and swallowed hard.

Li Chengyi wasn't much better off; his entire neck was flushed pink.

………………

After Lin Yanshu was able to speak, she practiced speaking in the mansion. Her teacher traveled back and forth between the Princess's mansion and His Highness the Crown Prince, so he entrusted the task of taking care of Lin Yanshu's speaking practice to Li Chengyi.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Chengyi put all the new moves he had learned to use.

He took off his outer robe and walked into the room. Lin Yanshu sat at the desk and looked up at Li Chengyi. Li Chengyi was dressed very differently today, unusually... casual.

Li Chengyi was dressed in a light blue outfit, with the neckline much lower than usual. It seemed that if Li Chengyi made any bigger movements, Lin Yanshu could peek inside through the gap.

Li Chengyi had specially changed his hairstyle, leaving a wisp of hair hanging down. He sat sideways next to Lin Yanshu and asked:

"How's the training going?"

Lin Yanshu replied confidently, "I've practiced it all!"

Li Chengyi leaned over and said incredulously, "Then I'll test you."

Lin Yanshu glared at him: "How do you plan to take the exam?"

"Come and praise me, let's see what you can say."

Lin Yanshu thought for a moment, then said, "Ah Zhao, one in a million, a dragon among men, with excellent martial arts skills, good looks, and a sharp mind."

Li Chengyi was quite pleased and waited for Lin Yanshu to say something next, but Lin Yanshu did not speak again.

That's it?

Lin Yanshu nodded. Li Chengyi gritted his teeth, amused by her words. She was asking him to praise her, and she was just going to say a few words to fool him.

"Yan Shu doesn't know how to praise people at all. Let me teach you how."

Li Chengyi's words carried a hint of flirtation as he leaned closer to Lin Yanshu and whispered in her ear:

"I believe Yan Shu is the best woman in the world. In my eyes, Yan Shu is the most beautiful woman, the kindest woman in the heart, and I like her very much..."