Bai Lu stared at his sexy and alluring collarbone for a moment, and when her gaze went up, their eyes met.
It seems like I got caught doing something wrong.
"Cough... Turn around."
Turning around would mean facing the wall, but Xiao Cheng didn't turn around. Instead, he got out of bed, sat on the edge of the bed, and turned his back to Bai Lu.
A bruise the length of a palm covered the old knife wound. The new wound plus the old one created a double layer of purplish-blue marks, turning a deep, reddish-purple that was quite shocking.
It must have been during the chaos at Tianshang tonight that he was ambushed by some treacherous villain. The shape of the wound looks like a chair leg; a wine bottle isn't that long and thin.
Moreover, while the broken bottle contained glass shards, Xiao Cheng's back injury had no shards and no cuts.
The injuries were all hidden deep beneath the flesh.
Bai Lu unscrewed the small bottle, poured some medicinal wine into her hand, covered it with Xiao Cheng's back, and gently rubbed it.
"Didn't you say you weren't injured? What's this on your back? You big liar."
Xiao Cheng turned around and said, "I'm not a liar, I won't lie to Lulu. This little injury will be fine in a couple of days."
"Who told you that a minor injury isn't an injury? You have a back injury and you still carry me? Do you think you're not injured enough?" Bai Lu felt like her heart was stuffed with a wad of waterlogged cotton, aching and swollen.
Xiao Cheng felt the pressure on his back becoming lighter and lighter, and said softly, "Lulu isn't heavy."
"Does the fact that it's not serious mean you can disregard your injuries and act recklessly?" Bai Lu rubbed it hard.
Xiao Cheng grunted, "Lulu, be gentle."
“Gentle pressure won’t work.” Bai Lu continued rubbing: “Grandma said to rub it hard to dissolve the medicinal wine and release its medicinal properties. Rub it until it gets hot and burning; only then will it be effective for the injury to heal.”
As he spoke, he rubbed it harder.
For example, punishing a disobedient child.
The medicinal wine evaporated under the pressure, and the wound began to heat up and become hot. She continued to rub it vigorously.
Xiao Cheng pursed his lips: "Lulu is in pain."
“I’m not in pain,” Bai Lu corrected the child’s grammatical error.
She continued to rub him mercilessly, making him disobey, hide his injury, and insist on volunteering to carry her on his back.
Let's see if he learns his lesson and dares to do it again next time.
The lingering effects of the medicine caused Xiao Cheng's back to feel as if it were engulfed in a raging inferno, burning with intense pain.
He turned around, grabbed Bai Lu's hand, and sincerely admitted his mistake: "Okay, I won't do it again next time."
Bai Lu smiled and hummed in agreement, then withdrew her hand and pushed him back.
Xiao Cheng: "..."
The burning pain struck her back again, completely covering the warmth of Bai Lu's hands, and she could feel nothing at all.
"Lulu?"
"Um……"
Bai Lu had just looked up when Xiao Cheng kissed her. She wanted to ask something, but the words she wanted to say remained unspoken.
The rubbing motion in her hand stopped as he suddenly turned around, and the rubbed flesh slipped from her hand and was caught by him.
Place it on his exposed chest and feel the heartbeat, from steady to slightly rapid.
Her neck was already gripped by his other hand, leaving her no room to retreat, and Bai Lu's mind went blank.
Xiao Cheng's kiss was not a fleeting peck, but rather a fierce attack from the very beginning, as if he were drawing upon and demanding something from someone.
By the time Bai Lu's sluggish brain finally reacted, it was already a complete mess, and she was being kissed into a daze.
Xiao Cheng released his grip at that moment.
The surging flames in his deep eyes were suppressed as he looked at Bai Lu, his voice lower and hoarse than ever before.
"It doesn't hurt anymore."
Do you treat her like a painkiller?
Bai Lu wanted to punch him, but she pursed her lips and held back: "Why didn't you ever cry out in pain when you were injured before?"
"No one used to apply medicine to me."
After answering Bai Lu's question truthfully, Xiao Cheng stared at her slightly flushed face and said, "There will be Lulu in the future."
Bai Lu steadied herself, wanting to say, "I'll leave after my exams," but when she saw the obvious expectation in Xiao Cheng's eyes, she swallowed the words back.
After thinking about it, I still felt it was necessary to remind him: "You can't do this again."
"This is not good, it's inappropriate."
"Why is it inappropriate?" Xiao Cheng asked, not understanding.
Bai Lu prefers to face big shots, because at least for certain issues that cannot be explained in detail, the big shots understand them instantly.
The child, however, understood nothing.
Moreover, a child's memory only lasts one night; when they wake up the next morning, they will forget what happened that night.
Even if I tell him about sleeping in separate rooms now, he'll forget about it tomorrow, and it'll be the same as if he never agreed.
This is really frustrating.
Bai Lu sighed, decided to stop talking, and pushed Xiao Cheng back, saying, "There's still some medicated wine left to apply."
Xiao Cheng was stunned: "Why isn't it finished wiping yet?"
Bai Lu gave him a cold look: "Who told you to expose your back to others? The wound is so long, a little bit of medicinal wine won't be enough."
"I didn't expose my back to anyone," Xiao Cheng argued. "It was someone else who attacked me."
After listening to his explanation, Bai Lu nodded in understanding, and while pouring medicinal wine into her hand, asked, "Did you get your revenge?"
"I've reported it." Absolutely.
Seeing his eyes instantly transform into a cold, vengeful gaze, Bai Lu couldn't help but laugh: "How did you take revenge?"
Xiao Cheng looked at Bai Lu's smiling face and her pure, innocent eyes, and said nothing.
Bai Lu smiled and said, "I'm not afraid."
Xiao Cheng still didn't say anything, even though Bai Lu pushed his shoulder and turned him around, and his back was covered with soft warmth again.
As the force gradually increased, the soft warmth was covered by the scalding heat, and it stopped opening its mouth.
Bai Lu guessed to herself, "Did you break the enemy's leg?"
Now that it had been guessed, Xiao Cheng wouldn't deny it, but he would correct what was wrong: "Step on it and break it."
"You're really amazing!" Bai Lu respected him as a real man, and gave him a hard rub, then two, then three.
"Is this reward alright?"
Xiao Cheng: "..."
Can I say no?
Probably not, because Bai Lu rubbed it harder again: "Acheng, I'm asking you a question, why aren't you answering? Didn't you hear me?"
Xiao Cheng felt a cool breeze on his ear and had no choice but to reply, "I heard you, and I'm very satisfied."
Bai Lu was very satisfied and rewarded him with three more vigorous rubbings, which immediately spread the fiery medicinal effects.
Xiao Cheng pursed his lips helplessly. The hand on his back suddenly disappeared, leaving only the lingering burning pain.
He suddenly turned around: "Finished wiping?"
“Yes, there was only a small area left to clean, but now that’s done, it’ll be fine.” Bai Lu took the small bottle of medicinal wine, got out of bed, and put it back in the drawer of the table by the window.
Turning around, Xiao Cheng was already putting on his clothes, buttoning them up one by one.
After you've fastened the third one from the top, let go.
Her collarbone, with its distinct curves, was exposed beneath the first and second unbuttoned buttons of her collar.
It appeared and disappeared in Bai Lu's eyes.
Xiao Cheng then picked her up and lay down.
Turn off the lights and cover yourself with the blanket.
Bai Lu was stunned for a moment before she realized that after a busy day, she could finally go to sleep.
If the child wants to be held, then hold them.
No sooner had I closed my eyes than Xiao Cheng's deep, magnetic voice reached my ears: "Lulu."
Do you like the new clothes I bought you?
Bai Lu closed her eyes, a slight smile playing on her lips, and answered from the bottom of her heart, "I like it."
Xiao Cheng chuckled softly, then held her and fell asleep peacefully.
—On May 24, 1997, Xiao Cheng gave Bai Lu clothes, shoes and tonics for the first time.
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