Chapter 139 Unwrapping a Gift is Not a Gift
Bandaging is not a difficult task.
Therefore, Xie Yanyu did not refuse. She took the gauze from his hand and helped him bandage the wound.
But just as he was about to wrap the gauze around it, he heard Xie Chengjin say, "Will you bandage it without applying medicine?"
Xie Yanyu: "..."
He was holding the gauze just now and didn't show any intention of applying medicine.
Why did he apply medicine again when she took it?
He had many wounds on his body, both deep and shallow.
Xie Yanyu refused.
She felt a little strange and spoke frankly, "Many of my brother's wounds are under his clothes, on his waist, abdomen, and arms. Applying the medicine would require him to take off his clothes, which would be inconvenient for me. How about you apply the medicine yourself?"
But the next second.
Then I heard him say, "No problem."
Xie Yanyu: "..."
She looked at him again.
He was half leaning against the wall of the car, resting with his eyes closed.
His face, which was already pale to begin with, became even paler.
But for some reason, he seemed to know the doubts in her heart. Without opening his eyes, he explained calmly, "I'm seriously injured and have no strength left."
That's indeed the case.
Li Xun had stabbed him with his sword before, and every time the sword stabbed him, it hit several important blood vessels on his body.
Xie Yanyu was quiet for a moment.
After all, applying medicine is not a big deal. It’s such a small thing that you might as well do it.
She didn't have a strong desire to refuse, so she put down the gauze in her hand and found some medicine from the medicine box: "Then brother, please take off your clothes."
Xie Chengjin said the same thing: "No strength."
He doesn't even have the strength to take off his clothes, what should he do?
Then she would have to help him take it off.
Xie Yanyu rarely felt a little awkward.
She had more and more intimate contact with others.
Compared to all her other interactions, helping him take off his clothes was nothing, and she shouldn't have felt awkward.
But this was the first time she took off a man's clothes piece by piece with her own hands, and because he was covered with wounds, she moved very slowly and carefully to avoid disturbing the wounds.
This gave her a very subtle feeling.
It reminded her of opening gifts. She had never opened one herself, but she had seen others do so, and most people did so with such care.
But what is in front of me is not a gift.
He is her nominal brother.
Xie Yanyu pushed aside his front, revealing his torso, suppressed her thoughts, and began applying medicine. Some deep wounds could be simply sprinkled with powder, but others, not so deep, would clump together and require ointment. So, after treating the larger wounds, she moved on to the smaller ones.
She dipped her fingertips in ointment and applied it to his wound.
This kind of ointment would make people feel a little cool when it came into contact with the skin, but after touching his wound little by little, feeling the texture of his skin and the veins underneath, her fingertips only felt heat -
It could also be because his body temperature has risen.
With only his shirt off, she could faintly see the veins in his lower abdomen winding their way down his skirt. She didn't know why, but they seemed even more pronounced. Her breathing gradually became lighter, and the warmth from their skin-to-skin contact spread through her fingers, up her entire arm, even making her ears feel a little warm.
She looked at him again.
I noticed that he still had his eyes closed, his face expressionless, no change from before. His hand, however, was tightly gripping the corner of the table beside him, as if he was trying his best to endure, perhaps enduring pain.
She applied the medicine faster.
After applying the paint, she pulled at his collar, barely securing it, then stood up and distanced herself from him.
But the next second, his hand was grabbed.
He didn't look like he was weak at all. He was holding on to the corner of the table tightly just now, and now he was holding her hand tightly.
He leaned over, grabbed her hand, and asked her to maintain the posture of extending her fingers to apply medicine to him, and then pressed her fingers to his face: "There are wounds on your face too."
Xie Yanyu: "..."
Xie Yanyu: "Don't you have strength now?"
Xie Chengjin nodded.
Xie Yanyu thought it was an illusion before.
At this moment, I clearly felt that something was unusual about him.
He had changed a little. She paused for a moment, then sneered, "Then why do you still hold me back, brother, just apply the medicine yourself?"
She no longer treated him the same way as before.
Because she gradually stopped being afraid of him.
She could even try to manipulate him, test him, and poke at his sore spots with every word. Her attitude towards him was no longer as respectful as it was at the beginning, and now it was common for her to be slightly aggressive and harsh.
Xie Chengjin is used to it.
He hummed, but still held her hand and leaned over to look into her eyes.
He saw his own face through the reflection in her eyes, took her fingers, pressed them to the wound on his face, and said simply: "I can't see my face."
So use your eyes as a mirror.
So look at you like this.
So I want you to look at me too.
But why did he still hold her hand?
Xie Yanyu was guided by him and touched his face carefully. He had a good bone structure.
Inexplicably, when she touched him, that familiar feeling came back.
In fact, she often felt that his face was subtly familiar, and sometimes it reminded her of a vague shadow in her memory. Someone saved her life when she was young, and he sometimes gave her the feeling of that person.
Every time this feeling came up, she would look at him twice more.
So at this time, she looked at him twice more.
That is, between these two eyes.
Xie Chengjin put down her hand and applied medicine to the wound on his face.
He sat up straight and asked casually, "Why? You look at me like that. Do you think I look familiar?"
Xie Yanyu: "..."
Xie Yanyu looked away.
In fact, most of the time, Xie Chengjin is not like that person.
They are two completely different people.
She knew it clearly in her heart, so she shook her head: "I don't think so."
As soon as these words fell.
Xie Chengjin closed his eyes again, expressionless, and did not respond to her.
Using the technique of shrinking the earth, the carriage moved very fast.
It only took one afternoon to return to Tiandu from Tianjian Sect.
At dusk, the carriage was about to reach Tiandu, but before reaching Tiandu, Xie Chengjin asked the servants to stop the carriage.
The medicines he used for his injuries were all very expensive elixirs that were very effective. In just a few hours, he looked much better.
Because he had been away from Tiandu for too long and had a lot of affairs to deal with, he did not go directly back to the Xie family, but wanted to deal with some things. He planned to get off here and then ask the servants to send Xie Yanyu back first.
But when it was time to get off the bus.
Then he heard Xie Yanyu call him, "Brother."
Xie Chengjin paused as he opened the car door.
She didn't say anything along the way, just staring at his face from time to time, and then called him again.
It can't be that he just remembered something.
He glanced at her sideways: "Speak."
Xie Yanyu asked, "Are you going back home tonight?"
Why ask this?
Xie Chengjin had no intention of returning home, but still said, "If you have something to do, I will come back earlier."
Xie Yanyu: "It's okay."
She looked at him and pointed at his hand: "But before you go, can you let some blood come out first?"
In fact, when she was treating his wounds before, she was thinking about whether she could let some of his blood out. But one basin was still too much. The bleeding from his wounds had stopped. He had to open them again, and tear them deeper, to bleed so much more.
This is secondary.
The more important reason is——
Although she bled him, it was an equal exchange.
But when it was his turn to bleed her, she still wanted him to stab her a few more times.
So when his injuries had healed a lot, she asked again, "I want to start soaking in the mirror today."
These words fell.
She heard Xie Chengjin cough.
There wasn't much expression on the other person's face, but he seemed to be coughing up blood again, probably because the remaining poison in his body was affected.
There was silence in the air for a while.
He handed her the dagger: "Cut it yourself."
He lifted his sleeve and stretched his arm out in front of her, looking very powerful. Some of it was still wrapped in gauze, where she had just treated his wounds. There were more wounds on his upper arm, but his forearm was fine, with only a few scattered, shallow bloodstains.
He asked her to cut his arm and take his blood.
But why didn't he do it himself?
It can't be that I don't have the strength again.
Xie Yanyu felt a little confused: "Why?"
Xie Chengjin didn't say anything.
He didn't even look at her, just quietly motioned for her to do it.
He waited for a long time before the sharp tip of the knife landed on his arm. The moment his skin was cut, blood gushed out, and he thought quietly.
Because it was she who cut his skin.
This time, she will not forget.
*
Xie Chengjin poured a basin of blood.
After he got off the car, Xie Yanyu put the Heart Demon Mirror into the blood.
The attendant was outside and asked her if she had anywhere else to go. If not, he would send her back to Xie's house.
She originally wanted to say no.
But inexplicably, she felt a tugging sensation in her chest.
This was the induction between the love silk Gu. Only one person could make her feel this way, and that was Helan Wei. She could clearly tell that this feeling at the moment was not because the other person's love silk Gu had taken effect, but because the other person was nearby -
This is very strange.
Why is Helan Wei here?
She hadn't seen him for a while since leaving Tianyun Secret Realm, and had no news of him.
But logically speaking, after he left the Tianyun Secret Realm, he should have returned to the Shangqing Immortal Palace or the Helan family.
Why are you here?
Xie Yanyu lifted the carriage curtain and looked out the window.
We hadn't reached Tiandu yet. This place didn't look as prosperous as Tiandu. It was a nearby city, and we didn't know exactly how far away it was from Tiandu. Looking around, we saw streets and markets, as well as taverns and shops.
"Where is this?" Xie Yanyu asked the attendant.
The attendant said, "It's a mortal city, very close to the mortal king. However, recently, evil demons have escaped from the heavens and have come here to cause trouble. That's why you have to get off here."
Mortal city?
Why is Helan Wei in the mortal city?
Xie Yanyu was a little surprised.
The attendant was outside the carriage. Seeing that she was silent, he asked again, "Miss, do you want to come down for a walk?"
Xie Yanyu was just about to say forget it.
But she didn't really want to go back to the Xie family, so she simply nodded and got out of the car.
There was actually nothing worth visiting in the street market. Xie Yanyu looked around twice and felt the pull of the love thread Gu in her heart again. She thought for a while and simply followed the pull to find Helan Wei.
After all, the Heart Demon Mirror is his thing, at least he is very familiar with it.
If she asked him, she might be able to get more and more detailed information about the mirror.
Sensing Helan Wei's approximate location, she walked across two streets and came to a small building.
But when she looked up and saw the inscription on the plaque above her head, she was stunned -
This is……
Brothel?
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