Chapter 244 Damage
Upon hearing this, Xie Qi instinctively opened his mouth, but Shen Yuanzhu was already fully aware of his every word and action. With a single glance, he knew what this person was about to say.
"If you dare to lie to me..."
As soon as she finished speaking, Xie Qi's heart skipped a beat.
He stared intently at Shen Yuanzhu without saying a word.
Yun Zheng said that Yuan Zhu was the owner of Xie Cui Fang, and he knew what he had done to Xie Cui Fang.
Xie Qi tightened his grip on the bathtub slightly, noticing a buzzing sound in his ears. The feeling of suffocation and sudden weightlessness made him involuntarily tilt his head back, trying to break free from the discomfort.
He looked up and saw that the roof was twisted and deformed, as if it were melting away bit by bit like a burning candle...
Xie Qi had only one thought in his mind: he couldn't let Yuan Zhu worry, and he couldn't let her be afraid.
Subconsciously, Xie Qi pressed the wound on his hand against the edge of the bathtub and rubbed it desperately.
They wanted to use pain to alleviate the emptiness and gradual numbness in their bodies.
Seeing his actions, Shen Yuanzhu gritted her teeth in anger.
She silently prayed for a long time that her husband was ill in the head, and only after she realized that he was ill in the head did she slowly suppress the anger in her heart.
But when her gaze swept over his scarred fingers, she could no longer suppress her anger.
She stepped forward, placed her hand on Xie Qi's hand, and pressed it hard against the edge of the bathtub.
With its rough edges, Xie Qi rubbed it forcefully against the wound, looking at Shen Yuanzhu with confusion.
Shen Yuanzhu asked, "Does it hurt?"
Xie Qi shook his head.
The agarwood pearl intensified the force.
She wanted him to feel pain.
Upon discovering this, Xie Qi suddenly panicked.
“Yuanzhu…”
He tried to get up and hug Shen Yuanzhu, but she pressed him back down.
“Yuanzhu…”
Shen Yuanzhu said, "Xie Qi, I've said it before, if you keep hurting yourself, I won't feel sorry for you anymore."
She pressed harder, holding on tightly: "Does it hurt, Xie Qi?"
"pain……"
Shen Yuanzhu looked into Xie Qi's eyes and said, word by word, "I don't feel sorry for him at all..."
Upon hearing this, the person who had become numb to pain suddenly began to feel pain all over their body.
He bent over, panting heavily, and looked helplessly at his body.
There were no wounds or blood, but he felt as if someone had ripped a hole in his chest, and blood was gushing out of the hole.
Pain flowed to his limbs, his hands...
His ten fingers felt as if they were being crushed by a heavy object, and the pain made it hard for him to breathe.
But what was pressing him down was just a soft, white hand...
Those hands were tender and soft, with a healthy pink hue.
He knew these hands very well; he had kissed every inch of them and touched every inch of his body with them.
But now, she is hurting him.
Yuanzhu said she didn't feel sorry for him at all.
“Yuanzhu…”
Xie Qi's face was pale, and he couldn't help but start to struggle, "Yuanzhu, it hurts..."
He curled up in the water, his forehead covered in a thick layer of cold sweat.
Shen Yuanzhu released her grip and said, word by word, "Then remember this pain."
I've got it, I won't do it again next time.
"I……"
Xie Qi lowered his head, and then revealed a face covered in sweat.
"I've got it..."
He withdrew his hand, intending to put it in the water, but Shen Yuanzhu looked at it and said, "It's covered in wounds..."
Xie Qi looked up, hoping she would say something that showed her concern, but Shen Yuanzhu instead said, "It's ugly."
Upon hearing this, Xie Qi stared blankly at his own hands.
His hands were originally well-defined with long, slender fingers.
In the past, when the two were intimate, Yuanzhu would hold his hand and place her palm against his, comparing the size of their hands.
But now...
The hands were covered in a mix of blue and red, with broken skin and bleeding, and looked extremely unsightly due to the swelling.
Xie Qi watched, and suddenly felt uncomfortable. He stood up from the water and stepped out of the tub.
"Yuanzhu, do you have any medicine for your wounds?"
Xie Qi's eyes were full of anxiety as he held up his hands and examined them repeatedly.
"Yuanzhu, you'll have a scar..."
"..."
Shen Yuanzhu glared at him, then went to the table and took the wound medicine she had prepared in advance.
Upon hearing that Xie Qi would be arriving today, she for some reason asked her wet nurse to prepare these things.
I initially thought I was overthinking things, but now it seems...
Chen Yuanzhu held the pearl in her hand, then turned to Xie Qi and said, "Go back to the bathtub; you're not clean yet."
Xie Qi hummed in agreement and obediently sat back down.
"hand."
She sat outside the bathtub and let Xie Qi extend his hand.
Shen Yuanzhu first fetched clean water and washed his hands, then carefully sprinkled the medicinal powder little by little onto Xie Qi's hands.
Xie Qi looked at her and said softly, "Yuanzhu, are you... still worried about me?"
Shen Yuanzhu did not reply. Xie Qi could not sit still, but dared not struggle.
After wrapping Xie Qi's fingers with a clean cloth, Shen Yuanzhu glanced at him and asked, "Are you the manager behind Jixia Manor?"
Xie Qi immediately shut his mouth and remained silent.
Shen Yuanzhu looked at his bandaged fingers and placed his hands on either side of the bathtub.
Xie Qi smiled again, while Shen Yuanzhu said coolly, "A scar would look bad."
"No, Yuanzhu, trust me, it won't leave a scar."
Xie Qi said, "I..."
He looked down at his body, the scars left by the suffocation, the helplessness, the emptiness, and the numbness now appearing particularly glaring.
Xie Qi suddenly tensed up, somewhat annoyed that he hadn't taken care of his health in the past.
Yuanzhu loves beauty. If his looks fade, wouldn't he be disliked?
Thinking this, Xie Qi suddenly remembered that when he entered the courtyard, Yuan Zhu was standing very close to a young man, who looked very obsequious and was quite an eyesore.
Xie Qi hurriedly asked, "Yuanzhu, when I entered the courtyard, you were standing with a short man with a flat face. Who was that man?"
"..."
Shen Yuanzhu recalled Liang Sheng's appearance and realized that Xie Qi was truly...
Although Liang Sheng was not as tall as Xie Qisheng, he was not short either.
While not exceptionally handsome, he wasn't exactly flat-faced either.
Once this person regained his composure, his words became sharp again.
Shen Yuanzhu ignored him, but asked again, "Xie Qi, are you the mastermind behind Jixia Manor?"
Xie Qi looked at Shen Yuanzhu, feeling uneasy.
After a long silence, he said, "Yuanzhu, do you miss me? If you don't miss me, then I'm not."
He could immediately transfer everything in Jixia Manor to Yunzheng.
"You think I am, and so can I."
Xie Qi's eyes were clear, and his words were utterly sincere.
This thing...
This brought the problem back to the forefront again.
Shen Yuanzhu pinched his arm angrily, and Xie Qi quickly said, "Be gentle, it won't look good if it leaves a scar."
"..."
Now they're scared!
Shen Yuanzhu was furious and turned to leave, but Xie Qi called her back.
He missed Yuanzhu terribly and didn't want to be apart from her for even a moment.
Xie Qi's tone was tinged with a hint of pleading. Shen Yuanzhu paused and said, "I'll have Wei Hu come and wash your hair. You sit there and don't move."
"Come find me after you've washed up. I'll be waiting for you on the veranda..."
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