"If it's not treated in time, it will leave scars," Zuan warned.

Pei Mianman giggled: "Are you trying to fool me like one of those little girls? Cultivators are different from ordinary people. They have a strong ability to regenerate. I've been injured countless times since I was a child. When have I ever been left with a scar?"

"I thought you were a rich young lady from a prominent family, but I never imagined you had such a hard life." Hearing her say that she had suffered many injuries since childhood, Zu'an was quite shocked. Looking at her sweet appearance and cheerful and affectionate personality, it was really hard to imagine that she had such a childhood.

Pei Mianman's smile vanished instantly: "I don't need your sympathy!"

Seeing her sudden change in attitude, Zu'an didn't care at all: "Don't worry, I won't mention this to Chu Yan."

"Whether you tell me or not is none of my business." Pei Mianman turned her face to the side, but her expression softened a bit.

“If you’re injured, you should get treatment as soon as possible,” Zuan said, rummaging through his belongings and finding a large pile of medicine. “Injuries caused by a sixth-rank expert are not easy to heal. Look at the family competition before, we were injured by that Wu Di. We didn’t pay attention at the time, and now there are still hidden dangers.”

"Is Chu Yan's condition very serious?" Pei Mianman's expression became more complicated.

"Fortunately, with a divine healer like me here, there's nothing seriously wrong," Zu An replied.

"You?" Pei Mianman snorted. "I heard that Mingming relied on Doctor Ji."

“Life is truly as lonely as snow. Every time I tell the truth, none of you believe me.” Zuan took out several kinds of medicine. “Turn around, let me take a look at your wound.”

Pei Mianman hesitated for a moment, then turned around and said in a charming voice, "Don't you dare take advantage of me, or even if you are Chu Yan's husband, I won't be polite to you."

“Look into my innocent eyes, do I really think I’m that kind of person?” Zuan said with dissatisfaction.

Hehe~

...

Zuan noticed a wound about three inches long on her back, the blood of which had soaked through her clothes, but it wasn't very noticeable because she was wearing black night clothes: "That son of a bitch Chen Xuan, he's too ruthless."

"Hmph, he's not much better." Pei Mianman raised her chin smugly, clearly unwilling to be looked down upon.

"Alright, alright, I know you're powerful." Zu An gently tugged and tore open the clothes near her wound.

"What are you doing?" Pei Mianman froze, her grip on the sword tightening.

"Relax, how can I apply medicine to your wound if I don't clean the area around it properly?" Zuan replied. "Don't worry, I'm not so bold as to bully my wife's best friend at her parents' house."

"Hehe, I knew you wouldn't dare." Seeing that he didn't make any further moves, Pei Mianman relaxed a little.

Zuan gently wiped the area around her wound with cotton swabs soaked in medicated wine: "Does it hurt?"

"It's alright, you can continue." Pei Mianman frowned, clearly trying her best to endure it.

The room quickly fell silent, with only the sound of Zu'an intently treating the wound and applying medicine remaining.

The first time her skin had been touched so intimately by a man, Pei Mianman blushed slightly, but shyness wasn't in her nature, and she quickly giggled, "So, how about it, my skin versus your wife's, whose is better?"

Zuan laughed and said, "Do you want me to answer that you're better than my wife, or that my wife is better than you?"

Seeing that he had kicked the ball back, Pei Mianman snorted: "Tch, you're as cunning as a fox. If I wasn't sure you grew up in Mingyue City, I would have thought you were possessed by some old monster."

Hearing her words, Zu An was inexplicably lost in thought. In a sense, his current situation was that of an old monster possessing him. No, at most, a little monster. In his previous life, he was a young man.

After treating her wound, Zu'an said, "It's bandaged up, but you've lost a lot of blood and are very weak now. It's best not to go out and wander around so late at night. Just rest here. Otherwise, if you fall into the hands of some womanizer, I'll be in real pain."

Pei Mianman's eyes sparkled, her brows exuding charm: "I feel that staying here is the most dangerous thing."

"Even if you don't trust my character, you should trust Chu Yan's judgment in choosing a husband. I'll go sleep next door later. Once you've rested enough, you can leave whenever you want."

Pei Mianman hesitated for a moment before saying, "Don't tell Chu Yan about this... and don't tell anyone in the Chu family either."

Zuan couldn't help but laugh: "It was perfectly normal, but you made it sound like we were having an affair. Don't worry, it's a secret between the two of us."

"You can't expect anything good to come out of a dog's mouth!" Pei Mianman spat and slammed the door shut.

Zuan looked annoyed. This woman could at least have asked me to bring a blanket.

However, given his current physical condition, it didn't matter whether he was covered with a blanket or not, so he was too lazy to knock on the door again.

When I got to the next room, I found a few stools, set them up, and lay down to sleep. Suddenly, my heart skipped a beat because there was someone sitting next to me.