"you…!"
Cen Xi felt a lingering sensation in her chest after Shen Jinchen removed his hand, and her face flushed even more.
"Do you want it? Not now, you're too badly injured. You need to rest and recover. Once you're better, I'll satisfy you."
Seeing how shy she was, Shen Jinchen pecked Cen Xi on the lips and then couldn't help but touch the spot he had just touched.
"Shen Jinchen! Get out of here!"
Cen Xi was so embarrassed and angry that she was practically ready to shout through a megaphone.
"Don't get agitated. We haven't eaten yet. You've been starving all day. You can't get emotional, or your wound will reopen. I only did this because I missed you. Don't you miss me at all?"
After reluctantly taking his hand back, Shen Jinchen found a set of clothes that Feng Qin had brought earlier and carefully helped Cen Xi put them on. Then he planned to help Cen Xi up and feed her.
But Cen Xi stopped her abruptly, glared at her, and said to him:
"Your wounds haven't been treated yet. Go wash them first, and I'll apply the medicine for you."
"You feel sorry for me? Then why are you being so hypocritical?"
Shen Jinchen looked at her and let out a low, hoarse laugh.
"No, that's not it! I just think you're dirty. Look at your white clothes, they're covered in red and black stains. How am I supposed to eat like that?"
Cen Xi would never admit that she was genuinely worried. What if she did? What if this man took advantage of her again?
"Saying one thing and meaning another!"
A hint of mockery flashed in Shen Jinchen's eyes before he actually went to clean his wounds.
Perhaps because the injured area was inconvenient, Shen Jinchen eventually called Feng Qin in to help.
Half an hour later, he reappeared in front of Cen Xi dressed in white, and sat down by her bedside with a bowl of porridge.
"Your body can only handle a little porridge right now. I know you don't like it, but make do with it. Once we leave Miao territory, I'll take you to Tianxianglou for a full-course banquet."
"A full-fledged feast, my foot! Whether you can even leave Miao territory is uncertain. Now that the Gu King is gone, your Gu cannot be cured, and you are doomed!"
Cen Xi was still thinking about how he had teased her earlier, so she couldn't help but ridicule him as soon as she saw him.
"Then Ah-Xi, are you... afraid I'll die? Do you want to meet me again in your next life?"
As soon as Cen Xi finished speaking, Shen Jinchen paused in stirring the porridge bowl, staring intently at Cen Xi with an unreadable emotion in his eyes.
"I…!"
Cen Xi really wanted to say, "Go to hell! If you die, I'll be free, and we won't have to see each other again in the next life."
But she suddenly understood the sadness and emptiness in Shen Jinchen's eyes, and she inexplicably wanted to comfort him and give him enough love to melt his heart.
"I...! If I must die, I hope we can be reborn as an ordinary couple, raising children together in harmony for the rest of our lives. Shen Jinchen, I've realized I've fallen in love with you. I suddenly don't want you to die. Please do everything you can to remove the curse."
As Cen Xi was speaking, tears suddenly welled up in her eyes. She felt inexplicably sorry for Shen Jinchen.
Only Cen Xi knew how rare this was. She had never cried for a man before, and she thought she would never. But today, she broke down.
"Why are you crying? Don't worry! Your man is lucky. The curse will definitely be lifted. I still crave your body, madam. I want to see you begging for mercy under me all the time. I want to have you for the rest of my life. How could I possibly let myself die?"
Shen Jinchen put down the bowl, wiped away Cen Xi's tears, and smiled casually. But the mockery on his face and his wolfish words showed his determination to survive in order to get Cen Xi.
"rogue!"
Upon hearing these words, the pity on Cen Xi's face vanished instantly, replaced by shame and indignation.
Does this man have no shame? He dares to say such outrageous things. Does he have any image or demeanor befitting a prime minister of a country?
"I told you, I'm only a rogue to my wife. This is the kind of fun that couples have. Ah Xi, you have to get used to it. Come and drink more porridge. Look at you, you're so hungry you can't even sleep, and you're in a bad mood. If you don't eat, the little devil inside you will probably turn the house upside down before it's satisfied."
With a smile playing on his lips, Shen Jinchen casually glanced over Cen Xi before nonchalantly placing a spoonful of porridge in front of her.
"Was your initial attraction to me based solely on my looks?"
After drinking the porridge from the spoon, Cen Xi asked this question very seriously.
"Indeed! It's your fault for touching my thigh the first time we met. I had a reaction to you, so don't blame me. I was going to make my move on you later."
Shen Jinchen glanced at Cen Xi, chuckled, and readily admitted it.
"Sure enough! Damn it, I'm really screwed. I was right to call you a scoundrel back then. I just touched your thigh during the fight, and you've already got your eye on me. I'm really pathetic."
Cen Xi was truly filled with remorse. If she hadn't impulsively decided to investigate the Prince Heng's mansion, she wouldn't have provoked such a person.
"Meeting you might be my calamity, so Ah Xi, you don't need to be so bitter and resentful. Besides, without me, you might not be able to deal with Yan Shengxiao. We are a double-edged sword, and we are both indispensable. This is the arrangement of fate."
"Do you believe in fate? If we weren't destined to be together, how could we possibly be together? Jun Jianchou loves you so much, chasing you from his past life to this one, yet he still couldn't win you over. Doesn't that prove we're a match made in heaven?"
Seeing that she still cared about what happened back then, Shen Jinchen's smile deepened in his deep, dark eyes, and his first voice revealed his understanding of fate.
"Damn it! How dare you mock Jun Jianchou like that? If you hadn't interfered, we might have gotten together. Oh! How's his injury? I didn't notice when he came in. Quickly send two people to check on him."
Cen Xi cursed Shen Jinchen, then suddenly remembered that Jun Jianchou must also be seriously injured, but he couldn't even get up. He really couldn't go see him right now, so he could only ask Shen Jinchen for help.
"You're so openly concerned about her, aren't you afraid I'll get jealous? Cen Xi, I'm a person too, with emotions and desires. Can't you really care about me a little more?"
Upon hearing Jun Jianchou's name, Shen Jinchen paused in feeding him porridge, a hint of hurt flashing in his eyes, and he was genuinely jealous.
"I...! How am I not caring about you? I just confessed to you, didn't I? I said I like you, didn't you hear me? Jun Jianchou is not my lover, but he is my friend. I treat him like a brother, so can't I care about him? Shen Jinchen, your request is a bit too much."
"Besides, you've seen it yourself, he's already let go of me and won't be an obstacle between us anymore, so why are you still so awkward?"
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