Chapter 18 Bathing
After dinner, Chen Qi followed Yu Zhong and Yu Jing back to the East Courtyard. As soon as she entered the East Wing, she heard someone knocking on the door. She hurried to open it and found it was the maid Chun Liu.
Chunliu said that she had already boiled hot water and sent it to the rooms of the eldest master, the eldest daughter, and the third daughter. She asked the second young lady when she needed it so that she could bring it over.
Chen Qi thought, she didn't know when Xie Yuduo would come back, she was afraid the water would get cold.
"Second Master hasn't come back yet. You've been busy all day, so go and rest first. When I need it, I'll go get it myself."
Chunliu went back.
Chen Qi walked around the east wing twice, carefully looking at every corner of the room, and took the pajamas that were hung in the bathroom, folded them neatly, and placed them on the bedside.
He turned around and opened the wardrobe again, took out the clothes he was going to wear tomorrow, and put them aside.
When she was about to make the bed, Chen Qi suddenly remembered the embarrassing things that happened last night, and her heart was still pounding.
If I make the bed early, wouldn't it seem like I'm anxious when Xie Yuduo comes back and sees it?
Seeing that he is a jokester, I am afraid that he will laugh at me again.
Thinking of this, she simply put the half-laid out quilt back to its original state.
Chen Qi made up her mind. Since she had nothing else to do at the moment, she opened the window and took a peek. She saw that the lights in the main house and the west wing were off.
Since everyone was asleep, I might as well take a shower myself. I took a copper kettle and went to the east room next door to get hot water.
I had just taken it twice and just entered the house on the third trip when Xie Yuduo came back.
He saw Chen Qi carrying a large copper pot, so he took two steps at a time and snatched it from his hands.
"Why are you bringing this up? Why didn't you wait for me to come back?"
Shen Qi smiled embarrassedly.
"I have nothing to do anyway, so I'll find something to do that won't be too stressful."
Xie Yuduo went into the bathroom and poured some hot water. Seeing that the water was still steaming, he immediately took her hand and took a closer look.
"Fortunately, I didn't get burned. From now on, don't do things like this until I come back."
Chen Qi laughed.
"How can I be so delicate? When I was at home, I did everything too."
"There wasn't me before, but now there is me."
When Chen Qi heard this and looked at his tall back walking in front of her, her heart warmed and she no longer felt embarrassed.
Xie Yuduo quickly fetched some water and asked Chen Qi to wash up first.
Chen Qi did not refuse this time. She turned around and went to the bathroom. Thinking that he was just outside the wall, she closed the door carefully and took off her clothes quietly.
When her whole body was soaked in the comfortable hot water, Chen Qi gently scrubbed her snow-white arms, and suddenly a strange question popped up in her mind.
"Has he... has he ever read those weird little picture books like I have?"
I guess not. Otherwise, why were his movements so awkward at the beginning last night?
But if he had never seen it before, then his ability to learn without any teacher would be... too amazing, right?
Could it be that I have some talent for this?
Chen Qi thought for a long time, and when he came to his senses, he felt his face was hot. He quickly splashed some water on his face and shook his head vigorously, trying to get this ridiculous idea out of his mind.
Perhaps she was distracted by this incident, and when she came out of the shower and put on her clogs, she accidentally hit her calf on the stool.
"Ouch!"
"What's wrong?" There was an immediate response from outside.
"No, nothing."
His steps were so quick that before Chen Qi could react, Xie Yuduo had already opened the door.
The two looked at each other, one was neatly dressed and the other was naked.
In an instant, her face turned redder than her calf.
"I accidentally hit my leg."
Although I had seen everything I needed to see last night, it was still different from being wet all over and showing it to everyone in its entirety now.
Seeing that Chen Qi was very embarrassed, Xie Yuduo was afraid that she would be embarrassed, so he tried to look away, walked forward, took out a cotton towel for wiping her body, and handed it to her.
Chen Qi immediately took it and wrapped herself in it, barely covering her body.
Xie Yuduo held her arm and let her sit steadily on the stool beside him. He squatted down and looked down at her white calf. Fortunately, only a layer of skin was broken and there was no bleeding.
The light was dim, and the lines of his profile were clearly visible in the dim light. The blue stubble on his chin made him look more handsome and sharp.
He was looking down to check his injuries when he noticed the faint scent of the beauty after her bath wafting over, with an ambiguous and damp smell.
He felt a vague and indescribable throbbing in his heart, and his Adam's apple moved slightly, but he was afraid of scaring Chen Qi, so he tried to speak naturally.
"There's some medicine for sprains and bruises up front. I'll get some and be right back."
"No! Don't go. It doesn't hurt anymore."
In fact, it still hurts a little, but if she asks her husband to go to the store to get medicine in the middle of the night, Chen Qi is afraid that she will be too embarrassed to see anyone tomorrow.
Xie Yuduo gently stroked the skin around the wound.
"Well, be gentle."
Almost subconsciously, Chen Qi remembered that she had been saying this last night, over and over again, murmuring until her voice became hoarse.
I suddenly felt that all the blood in my body was rushing to my face.
Xie Yuduo didn't know what he was thinking about, he chuckled, then changed the subject and rescued her.
"These clogs are hard to wear. I bumped into them several times when I first wore them."
"Well... I... I just need to wear it a few more times." Chen Qi's voice was trembling.
Seeing how nervous she was, Xie Yuduo couldn't help but tease her.
"What are you afraid of? Will I eat people?"
Chen Qi blushed, and seeing his deep eyes and slightly pursed thin lips, which seemed to contain some desire that was difficult to conceal, she turned her head slightly to avoid his gaze.
"No, I'm not afraid of anything."
Then, an eager breath came over.
"Don't be afraid, I saw it all last night."
The voice was low and clear, like a gentle temptation.
He was such a handsome and upright man, yet he spoke such soft and provocative words, his voice rising low and making people's temples and ears numb.
Before Chen Qi could react, he stood up, stretched out his long arms, picked her up horizontally, and walked towards the bedroom.
Chen Qi's body suddenly flew into the air and fell into his strong arms again. She quickly hooked her arms around his neck like on their wedding day.
The wedding was just yesterday.
But she felt that it seemed like a long time had passed.
As the two of them walked, the cotton towel on her body slowly slipped down with her steps, but she really couldn't care less at the moment.
This time, he held the girl effortlessly. He took a few steps and placed the girl in his arms safely in the soft quilt.
Hey, didn’t you make the bedding yourself?
Chen Qi didn't have time to think about it. She saw that the cotton towel on her body had spread out a little more and could no longer cover her fair body.
She quickly rolled and crawled into the bed, covered herself tightly, and then threw the half-wet cotton towel back to him.
Xie Yuduo grabbed it with his big hand, caught it, and walked away with a smile.
However, this time he washed faster than last night.
Even so quickly, by the time he stepped into bed, Chen Qi had already put on her pajamas very appropriately.
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