Practice makes perfect.
Shangguan Yanran was carried by Fu Rongchen to the outhouse, and after they returned, the medicine was applied again.
After last night, she was much more at ease this time, but her body still tensed up when his fingers touched her skin.
Fu Rongchen noticed it, and his handsome face flushed slightly.
After applying the medicine and tucking her in, he didn't linger. He told her, "Get some rest," and then left.
Shangguan Yanran lay on her pillow, let out a soft breath, and decided to read a storybook to pass the time.
Not long after, the maid brought in the medicine.
Shangguan Yanran wrinkled her nose, looking distressed.
She has always been terrified of taking medicine.
The maid seemed to understand her distress and quickly brought her some candied fruit. "Lord Fu instructed me to prepare this. After you finish your medicine, eat some candied fruit and it won't taste bitter."
Shangguan Yanran stared at the candied fruit on the plate, paused for a moment, and then smiled slightly. Fu Rongchen was quite considerate. But how did he know that she was afraid of bitterness?
She sighed, picked up the medicine bowl, looked at the dark liquid inside, paused, pinched her nose, and gulped it down in one go.
The bitterness spread from the tip of her tongue all the way to her stomach, making her little face scrunch up.
"It's so bitter..."
The maidservant quickly brought her some candied fruit.
Shangguan Yanran popped the candied fruit into her mouth, and the bitterness subsided a little.
At noon, Fu Rongchen was handling official business at the front office when a maid suddenly came over and said with a troubled expression, "Lord Fu, Miss Shangguan refuses to drink her medicine and has secretly poured it away."
Fu Rongchen paused in writing the official letter. "I understand. Go and make another bowl."
"Yes," the maid replied and withdrew.
After lunch, Shangguan Yanran lay down on the bed and fell asleep.
Because of the pain in her buttocks, she could only sleep on her stomach, which was an extremely awkward and uncomfortable position. So when the door was pushed open, she woke up immediately.
Seeing that it was Fu Rongchen who came in, she closed her eyes again and muttered softly, "Why did you come here?"
Fu Rongchen walked in carrying a bowl of medicine. "I heard that someone wasn't taking their medicine and even secretly poured it away, so I came to check on them."
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Yanran was instantly wide awake and turned to look at him. She then saw the bowl of medicine in his hand, and her expression changed immediately.
"I don't want to drink the medicine, take it away right now."
The mere mention of taking medicine made her feel a lingering bitter taste in her mouth, and her expression showed great distress and pain.
"Stop fooling around." Fu Rongchen sat down by the bed and gently advised, "Your injury will heal faster if you take the medicine."
“But I don’t want to get better right away,” Shangguan Yanran retorted.
Fu Rongchen scolded in a low voice, "What nonsense are you talking about? Of course, the faster you recover, the better."
Shangguan Yanran pouted, deliberately misinterpreting his words, "Do you find me annoying and don't want to take care of me?"
Fu Rongchen frowned. "Why would you think that?"
"You said yourself that the faster you recover, the better. Doesn't that mean you're annoyed with me and wish I would get better soon so you don't have to take care of me?" Shangguan Yanran said, making up a lie with a straight face.
Fu Rongchen was amused by her twisted logic, "You just don't want to take your medicine, that's all."
Shangguan Yanran's eyes darted around, and she turned her face to the inside of the bed, secretly plotting something.
She didn't want to take the medicine, and she didn't believe Fu Rongchen could force her to drink it.
Just as she was thinking this with certainty, she suddenly felt a tap on her shoulder. "Yanran."
Shangguan Yanran subconsciously turned her head and saw a shadow looming over her.
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