"How could it not hurt?"
Wen Xia Nuan sighed in her heart, and seeing Huo Jue enduring the pain, she applied the medicine to him even more gently.
"alright."
Wen Xia Nuan threw away the cotton swab in her hand. Huo Jue picked up the dishes and was about to leave, but Wen Xia Nuan followed him out.
The two of them walked all the way to the kitchen, and Wen Xia Nuan also had time to look at the furnishings in the kitchen.
Actually, there is nothing much to see. It is just a wood stove with a water tank next to it. There is a cabinet next to the water tank, and in front of the cabinet is a table and chairs.
She sat on the chair, and Huo Jue had already taken a ladle to scoop hot water from the pot and started washing dishes.
"Huo Jue."
Under the dim oil lamp, Wen Xia Nuan shifted her body as she sat. She met Huo Jue's gaze and asked, "Where should I take a shower?"
She moved today and her back was covered in sweat. In this summer, her clothes were sticking to her back and it was very uncomfortable.
Huo Jue paused while washing the dishes: "I'll boil some hot water for you later, don't worry."
Wen Xia Nuan responded, and for a moment, the only sound was the dripping sound of water washing dishes.
Wen Xia Nuan held her cheek with her hands, her idle eyes fixed on Huo Jue. The only feeling this man gave her was silence.
He was like a mountain, reliable but silent. His broad shoulders and narrow waist caught her eye, and the whole kitchen seemed to be cramped.
"Why don't you go back to the house and wait?"
"Why?"
Wen Xia Nuan looked at his back, her tone full of complaints: "It's too boring to go back to my room by myself. I don't want to!"
She held her cheeks and said, "Huo Jue, why don't you tell me about your family situation?"
Now she only knows that he has a grandmother and a younger brother who is studying, but what about his parents?
"I'm going to be staying at your house for a while anyway, so it's not good for me to not know anything, right?"
Huo Jue's eyes were as thick as ink. He was silent for a moment, then his deep voice came slowly, "My family currently only has my grandmother and my younger brother. As for my parents, they both died in that struggle session."
He paused, then continued, "There is a young uncle, but he separated from us a long time ago and settled at the entrance of the village. He doesn't visit my family often."
"My uncle has a son who is not married yet. They say they are looking for a date for him."
"So your grandmother is under your care?"
Wen Xia Nuan frowned. This family was too cruel. Their mother was still alive, yet they wanted to leave her to be raised by their nephew.
Huo Jue responded, but Wen Xia Nuan slammed the table and stood up angrily: "Your uncle is such a piece of shit!"
She belatedly felt the pain in her palms, and shook her hands with a grimace, as if this would make it better.
Huo Jue turned around and saw her white and tender palms were red. He quickly put down his bowl and chopsticks and walked over: "Are you okay?"
He anxiously held her palm, and Wen Xia Nuan shook her head: "No, it's okay!"
She retracted her hand, looked at the man with a frown and a concerned look, and comforted him: "It's really okay, I was too emotional just now!"
Wen Xia Nuan looked at Huo Jue. She actually still remembered their first meeting. Huo Jue didn't know who had knocked the bowl out of his hand. She had just entered the village and felt sorry for him so she gave him two steamed buns.
But she didn't expect that these two steamed buns would actually earn this man's lifelong loyalty to her.
Wen Xia Nuan pursed her lips, and finally couldn't help but ask the question in her heart: "Are you willing?"
Huo Jue looked down at her and asked, "What?"
Wen Xia Nuan organized her inner thoughts: "Huo Jue, are you willing to be exploited like this for the rest of your life?"
He pulled the corner of his mouth and said nothing, but Wen Xia Nuan could see his ambition and helplessness in his eyes.
"Your grandmother is also your uncle's mother. Logically, he has the responsibility to support his mother."
Wen Xia Nuan patted his shoulder: "If you are unwilling, I will help you find a way."
Huo Jue finally smiled when he heard this: "It's like you're trying to target Li Tianqi?"
Wen Xia Nuan snorted softly. She could hear the teasing in the man's words, but she remained calm and composed. "I don't think there's anything wrong with me treating him like this. Who made him want to target me?"
She chuckled and looked at Huo Jue: "Anyway, think about it carefully."
On that sultry night, Huo Jue felt what it meant to be relaxed for the first time.
But he couldn't drag Wen Xia Nuan into his family's relationship, so he could only change the subject: "Wen Zhiqing, I'll boil some bath water for you."
Wen Xia Nuan responded, holding her cheek and watching his back as he carried buckets of water and poured them into the pot.
[Our male second is such a hard-working little bitter melon, luckily our female lead loves him so much! ]
[That's right, his uncle is no good. When the second male lead's parents were still alive, he took away all the good things for him. When he was criticized, he said that he had divided the family and didn't enjoy any of the benefits. That's bullshit!]
[He buried all those good things under a tree in his yard!]
[That's right. Even the mud house his uncle lives in was given to him by his mother!]
Wen Xia Nuan looked at the barrage that appeared in front of her again and couldn't help but frown. She didn't expect that there would be such a part here!
"Take a shower!"
Huo Jue's voice interrupted Wen Xia Nuan's thoughts. She looked at the hot water in the pot and urged, "Where is the shower area in your house? Can you help me arrange it?"
Huo Jue nodded and looked at Wen Xia Nuan: "Let's go."
The wooden bucket in his hand was filled with hot water. Wen Xia Nuan followed him. When they arrived at the toilet cubicle, she almost vomited!
"Huo Jue, you want me to take a shower here?"
Wen Xia Nuan's almond-shaped eyes widened as she pinched her nose and ran out quickly because she couldn't stand the stench in the dry toilet.
Huo Jue followed her out and looked at Wen Xia Nuan: "The smell is indeed a bit strong. How about I carry the barrel to your room and you wash it?"
"It's the only way!"
Wen Xia Nuan originally wanted to endure it, but the smell was really too strong, so she turned around and left. Huo Jue sighed and could only follow her.
The look of resignation on his face was as if he had decided to be with her in this life.
Inside the room, the sound of water running could be heard as Wen Xia Nuan washed her body. Huo Jue, who was standing outside, had red ears and tried his best to avoid looking at the window.
But the less he looked, the sharper his hearing became.
Wen Xia Nuan wiped her body, completely unaware of what the man outside the door was thinking. After she finished rinsing, she quickly shouted outside, "I'm done. Come in and get the water."
Huo Jue responded, pushed open the door and walked in. The room was filled with mist, and at the same time, there was a faint floral fragrance coming from the room. When he smelled it carefully, it matched the fragrance of Wen Xia Nuan very well.
Huo Jue's face suddenly turned red, his eyes avoided, not daring to look at Wen Xia Nuan, and he ran out in a hurry with the wooden barrel.
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