Five shichen is ten hours.
We walked for ten hours through the mountains and forests.
Although Ye Jingchen usually exercises regularly and travels light, after walking for ten hours, he felt that his legs were no longer his own. What was even more frightening was that he had blisters on the soles of his feet.
His body, which had been pampered for eighteen years, simply couldn't withstand such intense exertion.
After dark, they found a relatively flat and sheltered spot to set up camp. After dinner, Ye Jingchen looked at his swollen calves and blisters on the soles of his feet and fell into deep thought.
Indeed, you'll never know how useless you are until you push yourself!
"Brother, you shouldn't have come!" Ye Jinghe looked at Ye Jingchen's injured leg, his eyes reddening with heartache.
"What do you mean I shouldn't have come? I think I made the right decision to come. If I hadn't come, I wouldn't have known I was so useless! If I had gone to the northern frontier and onto the battlefield like this, wouldn't I have just been throwing my life away?!" Ye Jingchen said, grimacing in pain as he pinched his calf.
"Brother is the crown prince, why must he go to the northern frontier? Why must he go to the battlefield? He himself can't do it, why should he do it!" Ye Jinghe squatted down in front of Ye Jingchen, wanting to reach out and rub his legs, but he didn't dare to touch him, afraid of hurting Ye Jingchen.
At this moment, Ye Jinghe's resentment towards the emperor reached its peak.
"If you don't dare to do it, then let me do it! If the swelling on your calf isn't massaged down, you won't be able to walk tomorrow!" Xie Chang'an said to Ye Jinghe after observing coldly for a while.
"Your brother is already like this, and you still want him to walk tomorrow? Xie Chang'an, you have no heart!" Ye Jinghe looked up at Xie Chang'an and said angrily.
"Pfft—" Ye Jingchen couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Previously, Xie Chang'an had always mocked him for being heartless. Now, it's finally Xie Chang'an's turn to be mocked by Ye Jinghe for being heartless. Truly, what goes around comes around!
Xie Chang'an's face darkened.
"Brother!" Ye Jinghe glared at Ye Jingchen, who was smiling, feeling both angry and heartbroken.
"I'm fine. I'll just massage the swelling in my calves down and pop the blisters on the soles of my feet!" Ye Jingchen said nonchalantly.
Although his body had been pampered for eighteen years, his soul was not a sapling that had not experienced wind and rain, and was not so fragile as to be unable to withstand the slightest setback.
"Let me rub it for you, brother. I can carry you on my back tomorrow!" Ye Jinghe finally placed his hand on Ye Jingchen's calf.
"No need, ouch—" Ye Jingchen couldn't help but gasp. Ye Jinghe's grip was strong, and the sour feeling when he rubbed his leg was indescribable.
"Brother, I'm sorry!" Ye Jinghe was so frightened that he quickly let go of her hand.
"I'm fine, you can continue!" Ye Jingchen said somewhat awkwardly.
When Ye Jinghe kneaded it again, he clearly reduced the force and used much less pressure than the first time.
"Use more force! You're not using enough force. No matter how long you rub, it won't help!" Xie Chang'an couldn't help but speak up after seeing Ye Jinghe rub for a while.
Ye Jinghe turned his head and gave Xie Chang'an a cold glance, tightening his grip on Xie Chang'an's hand.
After a while, Xie Chang'an spoke again: "He's a person, not tofu. Are you afraid of crushing him?"
Ye Jinghe stood up abruptly, glaring at Xie Chang'an with murderous intent.
“I have experience, I can make things easier for you, let me do it.” Xie Chang’an glanced at Ye Jinghe and said to Ye Jingchen.
"No way! How dare you touch my brother's legs?!" Ye Jinghe said without thinking, stepping in front of Ye Jingchen.
Ye Jingchen: ......
"Maybe I should do it myself?" Ye Jingchen said.
"no!"
"no!"
Ye Jinghe and Xie Chang'an spoke up together.
Ye Jingchen rubbed his forehead. "Then let Xie Chang'an come today. I'm tired and want to rest early. Jinghe can help me tomorrow night."
He didn't use a tone of discussion, but rather an unquestionable tone.
"You should just stand aside and learn from this, Jinghe—little brother!" Xie Chang'an gave Ye Jinghe a provocative look, pushed him away, squatted down in front of Ye Jingchen, and reached out to grab one of his ankles.
Ye Jinghe clenched his fists in anger.
After Xie Chang'an grabbed his ankle, Ye Jingchen shifted uncomfortably.
He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that Xie Chang'an's palms were very warm and that he was holding his ankle very tightly, as if afraid that Xie Chang'an would break free.
Before he could think any further, Xie Chang'an started rubbing his calf with his other hand.
"Ah—" Ye Jingchen cried out in pain, trying to pull his foot back, but found that Xie Chang'an had his ankle firmly held and he couldn't move it at all.
"Xie Chang'an, you're hurting your brother, let go!" Ye Jinghe said, bending down to pull Xie Chang'an's hand away.
"How can you get blood and qi flowing smoothly in your legs without using force?" Xie Chang'an said to Ye Jingchen while secretly competing with Ye Jinghe's hand.
"Jinghe, let him massage it!" Ye Jingchen said to Ye Jinghe.
Although Xie Chang'an used a lot of force, his calf did feel a little better after the massage.
"Be gentle!" Ye Jing reluctantly released his grip and took a step back, but still spoke coldly to Xie Chang'an.
"You think you're the only one who cares about your brother? Can't I care about my... His Highness the Crown Prince?" Xie Chang'an showed no mercy in words or actions.
Ye Jingchen struggled instinctively in pain, but Xie Chang'an's hand gripping his ankle was tight and hot, easily thwarting all his struggles.
To avoid worrying Ye Jinghe, Ye Jingchen held back from making a sound, his face contorted with rage.
After massaging one calf a dozen times, Xie Chang'an switched to the other calf, first grabbing his ankle tightly before applying pressure.
He rubbed his legs back and forth for almost half an hour until the swelling finally disappeared. Ye Jingchen's face turned pale with pain, and his legs felt like two soft noodles.
When Xie Chang'an finally released his grip on his ankle, he gently rubbed it a few times with his palm.
Ye Jinghe was still watching from the sidelines when Xie Chang'an dared to be so presumptuous. Ye Jingchen was so angry that he kicked him, but missed.
Afterwards, Xie Chang'an brought over a basin of hot water and personally washed Ye Jingchen's feet. Then, he took out a dagger, sterilized the tip over a fire, and deftly popped all the blisters on Ye Jingchen's feet. Finally, he used a clean cloth to wrap the blisters on Ye Jingchen's feet.
He did all this with an extremely natural expression, which made Ye Jingchen very uncomfortable.
Ye Jinghe remained silent, glancing at Xie Chang'an with a look of surprise and uncertainty, then at Ye Jingchen.
"I need to rest now, you all should go and rest too!" After his foot was treated, Ye Jingchen immediately urged everyone to leave, afraid that Ye Jinghe might notice something.
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