Mu Wanting smiled slightly; he truly was the man she had once loved.
Shen Xinglan had just finished drinking the soup when Mu Wanting spoke up.
"Turn around, I need to change your dressing."
Shen Xinglan cooperated well, but when Mu Wanting got close to his wound and breathed on his abdominal muscles, he felt itchy as if insects were crawling on him, and his abdominal muscles twitched involuntarily.
She couldn't help but look up and immediately saw Shen Xinglan's bright red ears.
He awkwardly looked away, his voice low and hoarse.
"Don't do anything unnecessary."
Mu Wanting curled her lips into a smile. It seemed that even the aloof and unapproachable Shen Xinglan was not indifferent to such intimate touches.
She deliberately slowed down her movements while changing the dressing. By the time she finished, Shen Xinglan's entire face was flushed, but her tone was icy cold.
When will my injury heal?
"Want to know?" she raised an eyebrow.
Seeing his cold demeanor, she couldn't resist teasing him.
She moved closer to him, and he subconsciously turned his head. Mu Wanting's lips brushed against his cheek, and he felt a tingling sensation. Even she was stunned for a moment.
Mu Wanting smiled and said, "If you want to know, why don't you move your leg a little?"
Shen Xinglan stirred, staring at her in shock, her already pale face turning even paler.
"Why can't I feel anything in my legs?"
"Just as you think, you'll never be able to stand up again."
Shen Xinglan's face turned even paler, and she stared blankly ahead, her eyes unfocused.
He murmured.
"From now on, I'll never be able to stand up again..."
Mu Wanting knew he was in a bad mood and didn't want to suffer for nothing, so she picked up the wooden bowl she had carved and left.
Shen Xinglan was surrounded by a low mood. Looking up at the cloudless sky, she felt that life was bleak.
Even when he was being tortured and beaten to death, he still held on, believing that he still had a chance.
Even though the emperor ordered his exile, he believed he could clear his name and force the emperor to allow him to return to the capital through his own abilities and schemes.
However, he was crippled. As someone who had been enfeoffed as a king based on his military achievements, he was crippled.
Then he would no longer be able to use his unique skills, and he would no longer be able to fight the enemy on horseback.
When it was time for dinner, Shen Xinglan's mother brought her fish soup, but Shen Xinglan refused to drink it. So, Shen Xinglan's mother went to find Mu Wanting.
"Wan Ting, you have the technique, why don't you force-feed it to Xing Lan?"
Mu Wanting was surprised; it really was her mother.
Mu Wanting brought out the bowl and handed it to Shen Xinglan.
"If you want to die, then eat this bowl of poisoned fish."
Shen Xinglan raised her dark eyes to look at him, eyes filled with a murderous aura that seemed to have been born from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
"Don't provoke me, I don't want to drink."
Mu Wanting smiled and said, "My mother once cured a patient who had broken his leg for many years. As long as we find her and have my mother teach me the method, I will help you recuperate over time, and you will eventually recover completely."
Shen Xinglan's dull eyes lit up.
"As long as you're alive, there's hope; if you starve to death, you have nothing left."
"Besides, if you die, who will you rely on for your family? It's normal for you to feel emotional and not eat because you feel crippled. But your body is injured now and needs nutrition to recover. If you don't eat, you won't get enough nutrition and you'll ruin yourself."
Shen Xinglan frowned, lowered her dark eyes, and after a long while, she took the rice bowl and ate it quickly and elegantly.
Mu Wanting said, "If you know where my mother is, you can tell me, and then your leg will be saved."
A spy said that his mother had seen Shen Xinglan in the Northwest before she disappeared.
Therefore, she could have treated Shen Xinglan herself, but she chose to bring Xia Chan into the picture.
Shen Xinglan paused, then shook her head.
Mu Wanting narrowed her eyes. It seemed she still hadn't gained Shen Xinglan's trust. She needed to keep trying.
She took his rice bowl and gave it to Chen's mother to wash, then massaged his legs and feet to prevent stiffness.
As Shen Xinglan watched her lower her head and earnestly massage his legs, the pent-up frustration in his chest was soothed.
He thought, she must really love him terribly.
Although she was also wearing prison clothes, her beauty was unparalleled, and her hair was neatly combed. No matter when, she was the most dazzling one. Among this group of beggar-like exiles, she was like a celestial being.
But this most dazzling girl only had eyes for him. Even though he was disabled, she remained devoted to him, and this pampered young lady even took on the work of a maid to serve him.
He was not unmoved.
However, he was unable to reciprocate her deep affection.
He gripped her wrist, instinctively loosening his grip.
"No need."
Mu Wanting removed his hand with her other hand.
"This massage is necessary, otherwise your muscles will atrophy later, and the treatment will be much more difficult."
"If I'm not available, I'll have my mother, Shen Yujiao, Shen Xinghe, or Xingyi come and massage me."
Shen Xinglan felt a strange sensation upon hearing the words "Star Shift".
She addressed everyone else, including him, with their full names, and even when she called him "husband," it was with a hint of teasing. But she called Shen Xingyi so affectionately...
But soon he found it funny. She liked him so much that she was willing to be exiled for him. How could she possibly have anything with Shen Xingyi?
She really loved him.
His doubts were an insult to her unwavering affection.
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