Shen Qing checked her body again, but couldn't feel anything on her upper body except for the gauze.
It looks like they've taken off all their clothes.
She sighed and turned to look at Chunju: "So all my clothes have been cut up?"
Although the wound was in a sensitive area, she felt unsafe without any clothes to cover her body, so she needed to make sure there were any intact clothes she could wear as soon as possible.
Chunju understood her, wiped away her tears, and immediately stood up: "I was just about to go back and get you some clothes."
"Then you should go quickly."
Chunju closed the door and left, but soon opened it again.
Shen Qing didn't look at her, her eyes fixed on empty space: "Did you forget something?"
Chunju didn't say anything, but a series of steady footsteps slowly approached.
Shen Qing could tell that this was not Chunju's footsteps, so she immediately turned her head to look at the person who had come.
It was Cheng Zhiwen.
She breathed a sigh of relief and whispered, "I thought someone had suddenly come in."
“It’s me.” Cheng Zhiwen walked to the bedside, glanced at the tray containing gauze and medicine, and said, “I’ll check your wound and change your dressing.”
She then remembered that he had cut her clothes, and felt extremely embarrassed. She clenched her fists under the covers and declined, saying, "No need, let's wait for Chunju to come over."
Although they had kissed and hugged, the thought of standing naked in front of him and being stared at made Shen Qing feel uncomfortable. She preferred to wait for Chunju to come before changing her dressing.
“It was a Western medicine operation that performed the surgery on you,” Cheng Zhiwen said softly. “A drainage tube was implanted in the wound. You need to change the dressing and disinfect it regularly, otherwise it will cause an infection.”
Shen Qing was aware of the infection that would result from burying a foreign object in the wound.
The injury is on my breast; if it gets infected, wouldn't I have to have the entire breast removed? There aren't any doctors these days who can perform such a major surgery…
Thinking of this, Shen Qing quickly replied, "Then I'll trouble you."
Cheng Zhiwen placed the tray beside her, bent down, and lifted a corner of the quilt.
Shen Qing thought he was going to lift it completely, so she quickly closed her eyes.
Unexpectedly, I didn't feel cold; my body remained warm, except for my shoulder blades, which felt a bit chilly when they came into contact with the cold air.
Shen Qing opened her eyes slightly and looked down at her body.
Cheng Zhiwen only lifted a corner, revealing only one side of her chest.
Right now, she's holding a small pair of scissors and carefully cutting open the gauze.
Shen Qing closed her eyes again, her face flushed.
Once the gauze was removed, her entire breast would be exposed to his view.
She gritted her teeth, her whole body tense, resisting the shame in her heart.
The gauze was finally lifted, but at the same time, something soft touched her genitals.
She opened her eyes again and peeked out—Cheng Zhiwen had covered the tissue below the wound with a small piece of gauze.
call……
Her tense emotions eased a little, and she looked at Cheng Zhiwen again.
His thick eyebrows were furrowed, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. He stared intently at her wound, holding a cotton ball in one hand and awkwardly wiping it back and forth.
It is said that a focused man is the most charming. At this moment, a strange feeling suddenly struck Shen Qing's heart.
Without thinking, she blurted out, "Why did you save me? Why did you apply the medicine to me?"
Why did he have to do it himself when he could have just left it to the doctor and Chunju?
Cheng Zhiwen paused in her hand movements and looked up at her.
Their eyes met.
Shen Qing saw conflicting emotions in his eyes.
She became increasingly certain that Cheng Zhiwen must have other feelings for the original owner of this body, but she didn't know what those feelings were yet.
Cheng Zhiwen lowered her gaze and continued applying the medicine to her wound, her eyes focused intently on it: "If I don't save you, and you die, who will tell me the truth?"
So that's how it is... Shen Qing suddenly realized.
Suddenly something tugged at the wound, and the pain spread throughout her entire body. Shen Qing snapped back to reality, her hands clenching into fists as she endured the pain.
Cheng Zhiwen glanced up at her, then looked down at her wound with focused attention: "I'm sorry, I disinfected the drainage tube."
Shen Qing, her face pale, said, "It's nothing."
Recalling the voice she heard before she fainted, and remembering that Cheng Zhiwen had just said that a Western doctor had performed the surgery on her, she asked curiously, "I remember that before I fainted, it seemed like a traditional Chinese medicine doctor came to me?"
"At first, local doctors came and said that they could only remove the porcelain shards directly and then sprinkle the medicine powder inside."
Shen Qing gasped, excitedly saying, "That blood could spray all over my face, right? No need for any medicine powder, I'd be dead already."
Cheng Zhiwen smiled and said, "That's why I had Lao Xu make a trip to Shanghai to bring over a Western doctor to perform the surgery for you."
Shen Qing sighed, "Old Xu must have worked so hard making those two trips back and forth."
The cotton ball that was rolling on the wound suddenly stopped moving. Shen Qing thought it was done and said, "Is it done? Then you need to help me re-wrap the gauze."
The cotton ball continued to roll, and she realized that he had done it on purpose.
She didn't know what he was thinking, but seeing that he had regained his cold expression, she couldn't help but ask with concern, "What's wrong?"
He glanced at him and sneered, "Chunju and I have been watching over you for two days and two nights. It's not hard work. Old Xu has worked the hardest."
"Huh?" Shen Qing exclaimed in surprise, "I slept for two days and two nights?"
Didn't I not go back to the Gao family for two days?
The old woman will probably suspect her of having an affair again and kick her out of the Gao family home...
Just then, the door was suddenly kicked open.
Shen Qing turned his head at the sound and saw a group of people rushing in with sticks in their hands.
She was startled and immediately realized that she was half naked. She hurriedly reached for the blanket, and at the same time the bed curtains fell, completely covering everything inside the bed.
A tall figure stood before the bed—it was Cheng Zhiwen.
Hidden behind the bed curtains, Shen Qing felt a sense of peace, as if in a small world. She covered the wound with the cut gauze again and then pulled the blanket over her body.
Outside the bed curtains, someone shouted loudly—
"Guards! Seize this adulterous couple and throw them into a pig cage!"
Shen Qing felt the name sounded familiar, but couldn't immediately recall who it was.
Then, Cheng Zhiwen calmly asked, "Who goes there?"
"I am this slut's uncle! The Third Master of the Gao family!"
Shen Qing was startled, thinking to himself: What is Gao Laosan doing here at this time?
Outside, there was a commotion. Gao Laosan led the chanting of slogans: "Adulterers! Drown them in a pig cage! Adulterers! Drown them in a pig cage!"
Shen Qing felt a chill run down his spine.
She is currently disheveled, injured, and in a room with Cheng Zhiwen. If she is caught, it will be difficult to explain herself.
If she were really captured and thrown into a pig cage, she wouldn't be able to resist, given her frail health.
In just a moment, she was covered in cold sweat, her heart pounding so hard it felt like it was going to jump out of her throat.
The noise outside grew louder and louder, and she could even see through the beige bed curtains that the people were holding sticks and approaching Cheng Zhiwen.
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