Before she could speak, Xie Zhiyan had already unscrewed the cap of the ointment, taken out a cotton swab from the drawer, and scooped out some ointment. He originally wanted to apply the medicine to Shu Ying, but worried that he might hurt her by being too rough, so he could only put the cotton swab back into Shu Ying's hand.
"This medicine is quite effective for abrasions. It feels cool and refreshing when you apply it. The wound may itch a bit while it's healing, and this medicine contains some anti-itch ingredients."
Shu Ying gently blew on it, and Xie Zhiyan handed her the trash can. He then took out the first-aid kit from the cabinet and cut a piece of gauze that was neither too short nor too long.
"It's hot now, so I'm wearing short sleeves. I'll wrap the wound a little to avoid accidentally touching it."
He was very thoughtful. Although he had little experience in taking care of people, he instinctively found out what Shuying needed.
Shu Ying looked at the man she had chosen with satisfaction, increasingly admiring her own judgment.
Xie Zhiyan held the gauze in his hand and touched her wrist with his fingers. The gentle warmth of his body made Shu Ying's arm feel as if it were on fire.
The phrase "skin-to-skin contact" inexplicably came to her mind here.
Thinking of their wedding night, she blushed so much she wanted to disappear into the ground. Xie Zhiyan liked seeing her shy expression, so he didn't deliberately expose her.
Wherever his fingers lightly brushed, Shu Ying would involuntarily tremble. She kept trying to pull her hand back, but Xie Zhiyan only needed to exert a little force to hold her wrist completely in his hand.
He deliberately lowered his body, and you could see his bronze skin through his collar.
Shu Ying glanced away somewhat awkwardly, unable to help but let his mind wander. He felt as if this person was doing it on purpose.
"Don't get the wound wet for the next few days. I'll change the dressing for you every day. It's best not to use this hand for physical exertion."
Xie Zhiyan spoke in a low voice, even deeper than usual, sounding magnetic. Shu Ying's ears tickled, and she blushed even more.
She quickly moved further away, creating distance between them, and stared at him with a serious expression.
"When we were in the yard just now, didn't you say you had something else to say? What did you want to tell me?"
When the topic turned to business, Xie Zhiyan's expression changed. He looked at the first button on his collar on his phone and sat up straighter.
"This is the first time I've met Sister Song today, and I feel a sense of familiarity. I don't know how to describe this feeling to you. It's like seeing... a relative."
Actually, this sounded a bit abrupt, but Song Zhaodi was a woman, and he didn't want Shu Ying to misunderstand.
Shu Ying was completely confused, but she had a bold guess in her mind and vaguely understood what Xie Zhiyan was going to say.
"She looks a lot like my mom when she was young. At first, I thought it was just my imagination, but when she smiles, the feeling becomes even stronger. Yingying, I know you must think I'm talking nonsense. I suspect Xie Wanying isn't my sister. What if there's some intricate connection between us?"
Xie Zhiyan's thoughts were in disarray, and he didn't even know where to begin, but looking at Shu Ying's earnest gaze, he knew that Shu Ying would understand.
She took his hand and said softly, "Actually, when I first met Sister Song, I thought she looked a lot like you. To this day, I still think it was a coincidence or fate. Zhiyan, this matter not only concerns Xie Wanying and Sister Song, but also our two families. If the situation is not as we think, Sister Song will not know how to conduct herself in this family."
Because of her past experiences, Song Zhaodi had always been cautious. She had an underlying sense of inferiority. After living in the capital for so long, she had finally become more cheerful than before. Without solid evidence, Shu Ying did not want her to suffer from all this trouble.
Xie Zhiyan nodded thoughtfully. He understood Shu Ying's concerns, but he also believed in telepathy.
He turned his head and started rummaging through the bedside table. Shu Ying looked at him suspiciously. "Zhiyan, what's wrong?"
Xie Zhiyan went down to the bottom shelf of the bedside table and saw the familiar photo frame. He picked it up and took it out. "This is a photo of my mother when she was young. You see, even if it's a coincidence, Xie Wanying and I have never been close. And what about her recent actions? If one thing is a coincidence, what about all these things when they're connected?"
We can't just brush it off with a coincidence.
Looking at the wedding photo of Huang Meiling and Xie Wenyuan, the woman with a gentle smile is completely identical to the current Song Zhaodi, both in face shape and facial features.
This made the two of them hesitate.
“If Sister Song really is your sister, then everything Xie Wanying has done recently makes sense, because you two are not blood siblings at all, so she has no affection for you. She is hoping that something will really happen to you, so that all the family property will be hers alone.”
In fact, Shu Ying had been puzzled ever since she discovered that Xie Wanying was making some underhanded moves.
After all, they are related by blood, and they are family members whose bones are connected even if they are broken. There was no hatred between them, and there was no grudge between them. So why can't Xie Wanying stand to see Xie Zhiyan doing well?
Even when Xie Zhiyan was seriously injured, his first instinct was not to take care of him, but to secretly rejoice.
People around me have said countless times that Xie Wanying doesn't look like anyone else in the Xie family. There are plenty of parents and children in the world who don't look alike, but the Xie family has never taken it to heart.
Even though Xie Wanying's grades weren't very good when she was in school, Huang Meiling and Xie Wenyuan didn't put too much pressure on her.
To put it casually, with so many members of their family engaged in scientific research, how could their ancestral graves possibly keep emitting auspicious smoke?
But if Xie Wanying doesn't have the Xie family's genes at all, wouldn't all of this make sense?
Shu Ying's thoughts were racing. After thinking for a long time, she suddenly slapped her thigh hard. "Do you think Xie Wanying already knew that she wasn't the Xie family's biological daughter?"
Now that he has raised her for so long, even out of gratitude, she shouldn't harbor such hostility towards Xie Zhiyan.
Unless she knew all this before they did, because she was worried that not being Xie's biological daughter would cause the Xie family to favor one side over the other, and even more worried that losing this identity would mean losing everything she had, that's why she hoped every day that something would happen to Xie Zhiyan.
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