Su Wanyan stepped forward to help Yu Nanqing up, but Yu Nanqing grabbed her hand and said, "Tell me first how you left the manor."
His cold gaze seemed to be filled with a hint of resentment.
Su Wanyan couldn't tell the difference and assumed he was just unhappy, so she frowned and asked, "Why are you so gossipy?"
Yu Nanqing looked at her without saying a word.
Su Wanyan gave in: "I'll tell you, I'll tell you." Actually, it wasn't anything she couldn't tell him, but it was precisely because it was a small matter that she felt there was no need to tell him.
"There's a dog hole under the west wall of the Prince's Mansion. It's very well hidden, just big enough for me to squeeze through. Once you pass through the dog hole, there's an alleyway outside. That's how I left the mansion."
He then added, "Xu Si told me."
"..." Yu Nanqing's eyebrows twitched. Crawling through a dog hole?
He pursed his lips and said, "I'm sorry."
He was used to doubting others, and now it proved once again that Su Wanyan truly had no intention of harming him.
"What are you apologizing for?" Su Wanyan didn't understand, but she didn't dwell on it. She reached out and grabbed Yu Nanqing's arm, then lifted him up with a slight back support.
Because Yu Nanqing had an injury on his back, Su Wanyan dressed him very slowly and carefully.
However, Yu Nanqing was very tall, and Su Wanyan made him put his body on top of her, which meant that Su Wanyan's face had to be pressed against his chest.
Yu Nanqing felt her breath tickling his chest, making him feel hot all over. He swallowed and pushed Su Wanyan away: "...I'll do it myself!"
Su Wanyan was pushed by him and was about to say "okay" when she saw Yu Nanqing fall to the side without warning. Startled, she quickly reached out to pull him back, shouting, "Careful! Ah!"
She was not strong to begin with, and when she tried to pull him, she not only failed but also fell to the side of the bed with Yu Nanqing. With a muffled thud, the two of them fell onto the bed.
Su Wanyan pressed her entire body against him.
"Yu Nanqing! Are you alright!" Su Wanyan hurriedly scrambled off him, only to see that Yu Nanqing's face was flushed and his forehead was covered in sweat.
The bandages on his back, already stained with blood, became even redder.
Su Wanyan said with annoyance, "I shouldn't have let you come by yourself. If you can't wear it, just say so. It's not something to be ashamed of!"
He can't even sit still, so how did he poop yesterday?
Supporting yourself with your hands?
Just as I was imagining it, I heard Yu Nanqing growl, "Shut up!"
Once again... he displayed his embarrassment without reservation in front of Su Wanyan...
This would be much quicker and more satisfying to just kill him with a single blow!
Su Wanyan reached out to help him up again, but Yu Nanqing slapped her hand away: "Get out!"
What are you doing?!
"I don't need you!" Yu Nanqing turned his head away, refusing to look at Su Wanyan, and stubbornly gritted his teeth.
Su Wanyan's temper flared up instantly, and she looked at Yu Nanqing with narrowed eyes: "Oh? You don't need me?"
She suddenly grabbed the blanket and flung it away.
Yu Nanqing's pupils suddenly contracted, his expression furious: "Su, Wan, Yan! You're asking for death!"
Su Wanyan met his angry gaze head-on and glared back, saying, "Shut up!"
"You!" Yu Nanqing's five fingers instinctively formed a claw, and an internal force had already condensed in his palm.
However, at that moment, Su Wanyan suddenly slapped Yu Nanqing's face with both hands: "Is your life more important, or your ridiculous dignity?"
Yu Nanqing shuddered suddenly.
He then gritted his teeth, making a grinding sound: "What did you say?"
Fate? How could he possibly have any life left?
He just wanted to maintain his last shred of dignity, damn woman!
Su Wanyan seemed to see right through him, and shouted angrily, "The dignity you want shouldn't be sought from me!"
Yu Nanqing's expression froze for a moment.
Su Wanyan continued angrily, "It's just you and me here, no one else. If you want dignity and respect, you should listen to me and cooperate with me. If you really think you're going to die, you should be buried in style, not as a rotting, stinking corpse when others come to collect your body! That would just make you a laughingstock for those who don't want you to have a good time! Do you understand?"
Yu Nanqing stared blankly at Su Wanyan, her mouth agape and her eyes wide open. Su Wanyan's face was so close, like a lotus flower emerging from clear water, and even her words seemed so pure and untouched by the world.
"Haha..." Yu Nanqing suddenly let out two cold laughs, and the next second, as if he had figured something out, he suddenly burst into laughter: "Hahahaha..."
Su Wanyan loosened her grip, and Yu Nanqing fell backward without warning.
This time, however, she didn't try to help.
Yu Nanqing's back ached from the impact, but he didn't utter a sound. He raised his hand to cover his cheek, gritting his teeth as if he was enduring something, slowly digesting Su Wanyan's words.
Su Wanyan took the clothes and helped him up again. She was also holding her breath and quickly and roughly put the clothes on Yu Nanqing.
This time, even though Su Wanyan was in pain, Yu Nanqing didn't utter a single word of resistance.
After Su Wanyan finished her work and covered him with the blanket again, Yu Nanqing murmured, "Could this be considered... a desperate attempt to survive?"
He never dared to imagine how dignified his death would be. He had been ignored for years and had long since decided on his fate.
Now that Su Wanyan said that, does it mean that he can fantasize a little, even about things after his death?
Will she... stay with him until the moment he is buried in glory?
Su Wanyan pouted: "Am I wrong? It's just you and me here, how embarrassing can you be? Besides, I've seen plenty of other people, not just you."
Does that mean cadavers count too?
Yu Nanqing frowned slightly: "You...have seen many people?"
How could an unmarried woman like her...
Su Wanyan snorted coldly: "Heh, I'm not telling you."
She reached out and moved him to a different position, so he was lying on his side. Her tone was unreadable: "Look, you're being so mean to me, and I'm still turning you over. You won't find another person in this world who is so responsible and generous. Cherish him."
Yu Nanqing grasped her hand, his cold gaze shifting to a different question: "Could it be... that you often take care of others?"
Su Wanyan shook off his hand: "Stop pulling and tugging, I'm angry."
After a pause, he finally sighed and replied, "I haven't taken care of anyone else before; you're the first."
Although the original owner was born out of wedlock, she didn't have to do everything herself.
Needless to say, for the past twenty years her only task has been to study, study, study. Her parents never let her worry about anything at home, and she has never had to worry about food or clothing.
He lived a carefree life for twenty years, but then one day he transmigrated and found himself having to work himself to the bone serving others.
Serving others is one thing, but Yu Nanqing is another, someone who is capricious and uncooperative at all.
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