Lu Ziqian watched quietly as she bit her lips until they turned white, and as she breathed rapidly from the pain. Unconsciously, his vision blurred.

He turned his face away and gently wiped away the moisture from the corner of his eyes.

The man looked at the glistening on his fingertips. Was it tears?

He actually shed tears for that woman?

Is it heartache or gratitude?

Perhaps, both are true!

Su Yujiao re-bandaged her wound before limping onto the bed.

She was probably too tired, and she quickly fell into a deep sleep.

Lu Ziqian lay quietly, staring at her peaceful sleeping face, and gently touched her pale, smooth face.

She is very beautiful, with delicate features, and is very attractive to men.

Even now, weak and haggard, she is still heartbreakingly beautiful.

But at this moment, he had no other thoughts than to hold her in his arms.

The man moved closer and gently kissed the woman's fair earlobe, without any lust involved. He simply wanted to be close to her, lying there quietly without doing anything.

Again and again, each touch was gentle, as if he couldn't get enough of kissing her.

He used to not know what love was, but now he seems to understand it a little!

To love someone is to want to get close to them and possess them. When love is deep, one can disregard gains and losses and make selfless sacrifices.

This is how he feels right now. He thinks that if she were in danger, he would not hesitate to sacrifice himself for her.

So, he must have fallen in love with her, right?

A little while later, Mo Shu brought in the porridge. Lu Ziqian saw that she was sleeping soundly and was reluctant to wake her.

"Let her eat after she wakes up."

"yes."

"Wait, what happened after I passed out?"

Mo Shu recounted the events that had just occurred in detail, and specifically mentioned that the young mistress insisted on using her blood because only her blood could save him.

When Lu Ziqian learned that Su Yujiao had endured excruciating pain to repeatedly cut her ankle and bandage his wounds, he was deeply moved and could not calm down for a long time.

What a soft-hearted and sentimental fool she is. Even though she hates and resents him, she still chooses to risk her life to save him.

“Master, I don’t understand love, but I think the young mistress is a good woman and you should cherish her.”

After Mo Shu finished speaking, he knelt down to accept the punishment, as his words had overstepped his bounds.

Just like that night, he was so bold as to knock his master unconscious.

However, his master was soft-hearted and did not punish him after he woke up.

But he still went and took twenty lashes himself; he wouldn't be like Mo Hua, who couldn't recognize his place.

"Go down, and take him down with you."

Lu Ziqian pointed to the sack on the ground. Judging from its appearance, it was easy to tell that there was a person inside, but he was motionless, like a dead object.

The next morning, Su Yujiao was awakened by the pain in her ankle.

She had just woken up and was still a little groggy, her eyes wet as she stared at the man beside her, wondering how she had ended up in his bed.

"woke up?"

Are you hungry?

"Have some porridge!"

His voice is very pleasant, especially when he first wakes up in the morning; it has a slightly nasal quality and is deep and husky.

The man leaned against the headboard, picked up the small bowl from the stove, scooped up a spoonful, gently blew on it to make sure it wasn't too hot, and then fed it to her.

Su Yujiao, fully awake after recalling what happened last night, rolled out of bed and turned her back to her to tidy her clothes.

"You're both getting a divorce anyway, don't do something meaningless."

"What happened last night was just a doctor's instinct. If it were Mo Shu, I would have given him a blood transfusion to save him."

"Besides, you were injured while helping me, so I should save you out of both compassion and reason."

"It's best if we keep some distance, lest..."

Lu Ziqian interrupted her, "So that you won't waver again and be unable to bring yourself to divorce me?"

Su Yujiao was silent for a moment, her voice trembling slightly: "I'm not wavering, I'm just afraid you'll continue to pester me."

"Those past hurts are like nails, leaving countless holes in my heart. Even after the nails are removed, the wounds remain and cannot heal."

"Even though you think everything is in the past, and even if it was a misunderstanding, it can be resolved by talking it out, I can't get over it."

“I can’t pretend that nothing happened.”

"Thank you for your help, I'll go out now."

Lu Ziqian did not try to stop him, but stared at him with a deep and unfathomable gaze.

Between them, it will never end unless he says it's over.

After leaving the room, Su Yujiao learned from Mo Shu that the sack she had been in last night actually contained the imperial physician of the Xiao Nan clan.

Disguised, she asked Prince Xiao about his symptoms through a screen and basically determined that he had suffered a cerebral infarction or stroke.

As a child, she learned many lost acupuncture techniques from the divine physician Mo, which were not taught in school. She was confident that she could cure Prince Xiao's illness through acupuncture and medicine.

However, the return trip will have to be postponed, as she has a foot injury and is afraid she cannot endure the long journey.

However, she was also afraid that if she delayed too long, it would delay Prince Xiao's best treatment time, and his condition would worsen.

So Su Yujiao said, "I'll tell you a few acupoints. Write them down and use them to acupuncture Prince Xiao when you get back. Do it for half an hour every day. It won't cure him, but it will relieve the symptoms."

"You...you're going to let me go?"

"Not now."

"Don't get any funny ideas. When the time is right, I will let you go."

"If you dare to escape, kill me without mercy."

Doctor Wu was so frightened that he shook his head repeatedly, promising that he would never run away.

"Did you remember the acupoints I just told you about?"

Doctor Wu's mind went blank; he had been too preoccupied with fear to concentrate on memorizing acupoints.

Su Yujiao repeated it again, and this time Doctor Wu memorized it carefully.

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