In a daze, upon hearing Tang Ning's shy request, Ye Jinyan finally felt his brain, which had been blank due to the huge impact, slowly start to function again, and his ears, which had only been able to hear his own violent heartbeat, gradually regained normal hearing.
It would have been better if he hadn't recovered. Once he did, large patches of red immediately climbed up Ye Jinyan's fair face, making him look like a boiled shrimp, shockingly red. Not only that, the boy's ears were so red that they were almost transparent.
He was at a loss, about to turn around and help Tang Ning up from under the shower, but the image of Tang Ning, completely soaked and revealing her curves, flashed through his mind in an instant. He froze in place, but he couldn't let Tang Ning get soaked like that; if she caught a disease in this weather, it would be a real problem!
Thinking this, Ye Jinyan, caught in a dilemma, paused for a moment, then as if he had thought of something, he pulled open the cabinet above his head. When he saw the neatly arranged white bath towels inside, his eyes lit up.
He pulled out three or four bath towels, turned around and draped them all over Tang Ning, turned off the shower, and then picked Tang Ning up from the ground, her face and body covered in water droplets.
The whole sequence of movements was executed flawlessly, provided that one had to ignore his cheeks, which were as red as Guan Yu's.
Tang Ning, nestled in Ye Jinyan's arms, saw his tightly pursed lips and knew she had done something wrong. She didn't dare to say anything more, but obediently held onto the front of Ye Jinyan's clothes.
Just then, her nose became so itchy that she couldn't help but sneeze.
Upon hearing Tang Ning sneeze, Ye Jinyan immediately looked down at her with a worried expression. "What's wrong? Did you catch a cold from being in the cold water for too long? No, you need to change out of these wet clothes right away!"
As he spoke, he placed Tang Ning on the sofa in the bedroom and then turned and walked towards the door.
"Brother, where are you going?"
Tang Ning hurriedly reached out and grabbed the hem of his clothes.
"Wang Ma and the others are right at the door. I'll have them come in quickly to change you into a dry set of clothes. It would be even better if they could help you take a hot bath. Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere. I'll just wait for you outside."
Ye Jinyan said this in a gentle voice.
Upon hearing this, Tang Ning couldn't help but sneeze again.
Seeing her like this, Ye Jinyan hurriedly went outside. After explaining to Wang Ma and the others, he stayed outside Tang Ning's room, waiting anxiously. He didn't even realize that the water from the showerhead was too strong, and his arms and half of his back were now soaked.
They waited for a full half hour before the door to Tang Ning's room was finally pushed open from the outside.
Wang Ma and the others who came out spoke to Ye Jinyan, who was standing outside, with some concern. They said that Tang Ning's leg wound was wet from being exposed to water, and even the bandage was still wet. To prevent infection, they asked if they should call the Ye family's doctor to come and re-bandage Miss Tang Ning.
Upon hearing this, Ye Jinyan immediately refused. He had been very interested in wilderness survival for a period of time and had even enrolled in a class to systematically learn various skills, including two lessons on bandaging and first aid.
If he knows how, then there's no need to bother others.
Ye Jinyan asked Wang Ma and the others to go downstairs and bring up the first-aid kit and the medicines he had brought back. He then walked forward and saw Tang Ning sitting in front of the dressing mirror, holding a hairdryer and drying her wet hair.
Seeing this, Ye Jinyan hesitated for a moment, but the next second he saw that a strand of Tang Ning's hair had been accidentally tangled in the hairdryer. He couldn't help himself, so he walked behind Tang Ning, reached out and took the hairdryer from her hand, and said, "I'll do it."
After saying that, he turned off the hair dryer, carefully and gently tidied up Tang Ning's strand of hair, and then turned it on again to gently blow-dry Tang Ning's hair.
"Thank you, brother!"
Looking at Ye Jinyan's profile in the mirror, Tang Ning said this sweetly.
Upon hearing this, Ye Jinyan's lips curled up slightly. Then, while drying his hair, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of Tang Ning in the dressing mirror, who was looking at his face and smiling non-stop.
"What are you laughing at?"
Ye Jinyan asked this question subconsciously.
But Tang Ning in the mirror was still just smiling, and shook her head slightly. "I'm not smiling about anything. I just feel happy because you're so good to me, so I can't help but smile."
Upon hearing these words, Ye Jinyan paused slightly. Even though he was trying his best to control himself, he couldn't help but smile. At the same time, his movements as he stroked Tang Ning's hair became increasingly gentle.
They had just finished drying Tang Ning's hair when Wang Ma and the others came up with medicine and a first-aid kit. Not only that, Wang Ma was also carrying a bowl of brown ginger tea.
Upon seeing the cup of ginger tea, before even taking a sip, Tang Ning's face scrunched up in a frown.
She had tried Wang Ma's unique ginger tea before; it was indeed very effective, but it was just too spicy for her throat, and it took her a long time to recover after drinking it.
She couldn't get away with it by being cute, so she compromised and decided to wait a while before drinking the ginger tea, since it was too hot.
After finally managing to get Wang Ma and the others out of the way, Ye Jinyan's voice rang in Tang Ning's ear, "Don't worry, Wang Ma, I'll make sure she drinks it in a bit."
Upon hearing this, Tang Ning's face immediately showed a look of utter shock.
Ye Jinyan, who didn't think he had done anything wrong, sat down in front of Tang Ning, who had a resentful look on her face. He looked at the bandage on her right leg, which was bleeding, and reached out to take the medicine and first aid kit from the side.
"I'll re-bandage you right away, just bear with the pain," Ye Jinyan said, frowning.
"Yeah, it's okay, I'm not afraid of pain."
Despite saying that, she gripped the corner of the pillow in her arms tightly with her hands.
Seeing this, Ye Jinyan moved even more gently.
Carefully unbandage the wound, clean it, reapply medication, and meticulously re-bandage it...
Throughout the entire process, Tang Ning kept her eyes gently closed. Only when she felt the bandages being wrapped around her calves layer by layer did she slowly open her eyes. Her face was slightly pale, whether from fright or pain, and she leaned down to look at Ye Jinyan, who was half-squatting in front of her, and asked, "Is this all I need to do?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Jinyan, who had already begun tying knots in the bandage, nodded as he did so, "Yes, for a wound like yours, changing the dressing again in three days should make it almost healed..."
As he spoke, Ye Jinyan, having finished tying the knot, looked up at Tang Ning.
Who would have thought that Tang Ning, who had just finished showering and changed into loose white pajamas, was leaning over and half-squatting on the ground, which made Ye Jinyan, who had just raised his head, see a deep cleavage.
In an instant, the image of the showerhead he had seen earlier, which he had deliberately pushed to a corner of his mind because of his concern for Tang Ning's health, instantly re-occupied all of Ye Jinyan's thoughts.
He jumped up in alarm.
Because he got up so quickly, he startled Tang Ning, who was completely unprepared.
"elder brother……"
She called out to him in a somewhat bewildered manner.
Just then, Ye Jinyan, who was standing in front of her, felt guilty and flustered as his eyes fell on any part of her body. Looking left and right, he immediately saw the bowl of ginger tea placed behind Tang Ning. As if he had finally found his target, he picked up the ginger tea and brought it straight to Tang Ning.
"The ginger tea... the ginger tea is getting cold. You should drink it quickly, otherwise it will lose its effectiveness if it gets cold."
Ye Jinyan, who was speaking, did not look at Tang Ning, but fixed his gaze on a brown toy bear behind her. This was because Tang Ning's wet appearance earlier, and the scene he had just unexpectedly witnessed, were playing back in his mind in a continuous loop.
This made his heart race and become chaotic. For a moment, he wondered why the heating in the house was so strong, so strong that his whole body was hot, unbearably hot, and even beads of sweat were sliding down his forehead.
"elder brother……"
Tang Ning, who was about to refuse to drink the ginger tea that was handed to her, was about to act coquettishly. But as soon as she spoke, Ye Jinyan's hand holding the ginger tea trembled involuntarily.
"Listen to me, drink it quickly!"
Ye Jinyan hurriedly said this in a gruff voice.
Upon hearing this, Tang Ning knew she couldn't escape it, so she took the ginger tea, closed her eyes, brought it to her lips, and swallowed it down in one breath.
Because she drank it too quickly and the ginger tea was really too spicy, Tang Ning immediately couldn't help but cough, coughing until her face and lips turned red.
Upon hearing her cough, Ye Jinyan hurriedly handed Tang Ning the milk that Wang Ma had prepared earlier. Tang Ning quickly took it and drank the milk, finally feeling much better.
Seeing this, Ye Jinyan, who really couldn't stand it any longer, picked up the cup and bowl and turned to leave. But just then, Tang Ning grabbed his clothes.
"Brother, wait a minute, can you help me to bed first? My foot was just bandaged, I'm scared..."
Hearing Tang Ning say this, Ye Jinyan closed his eyes briefly, then put down the cup and bowl in his hand, bent down and picked Tang Ning up completely, then walked straight to her bedside without looking to the side, lifted the cup, and carefully placed Tang Ning on the bed.
"Thank you, brother!"
Tang Ning, who was hugging his neck, immediately said this happily in his ear. Because they were so close, her breath even brushed against Ye Jinyan's ear, and Ye Jinyan, who had been holding back, couldn't help but shiver.
He instinctively tried to loosen his arms around Tang Ning, but Tang Ning, who was clinging to his neck, didn't let go. Instead, she asked in a slightly panicked voice, "Brother, why did you suddenly shiver? Are you really catching a cold? And your face is so red! No, remember to drink a bowl of ginger tea that Aunt Wang made later, okay? I'm a little worried..."
Upon hearing this, Ye Jinyan turned his head and met Tang Ning's eyes, which were filled with pure worry.
The more she cared about him, the more Ye Jinyan felt that he himself, with his mind full of distracting thoughts, was particularly repulsive, disgusting, and repulsive.
Thinking this, the boy quickly withdrew his hand, stood up straight, looked towards the door, and took a deep breath. "I will, you don't need to worry about me. I have nothing to worry about. Go and rest. I... I'll go out now."
Goodnight, brother.
Seeing that Ye Jinyan was about to leave, Tang Ning hurriedly said this.
"Okay, goodnight."
After leaving those words in a low voice, Ye Jinyan turned and walked out. As he passed the dressing table, he didn't forget to take the bowl and cup that Tang Ning had just drunk from.
With a bang, the door slammed shut, and Tang Ning, who was sitting on the bed, immediately reached out and pulled the blanket over her head. She couldn't help but laugh, and the more she laughed, the more her body shook. In the end, even the blanket shook along with her.
She was just verifying whether Ye Jinyan really liked that kind of thing. After all, his previous icy and abstinent persona was too deceptive. Now it seems that Ye Jinyan is not an iceberg at all, but a live volcano covered with a layer of ice. Just look at the boy who was thinking in that short time. Heaven knows what he was thinking. Her favorability rating increased by 5 points in one go.
None of that matters. What matters is that Ye Jinyan is so much fun to tease. He blushes easily and his whole body seems to scream, "Come and tease me, I'm easy to tease!"
He was clearly thinking about random things, and his eyes were filled with self-blame and shame.
It really is...
It's impossible not to tease him!
Unbeknownst to him, the moment he stepped out the door, Tang Ning, who had just looked so innocent and pure in front of him, immediately broke into such a smile.
Once he left Tang Ning's room and could no longer smell her faint fragrance, Ye Jinyan felt his tense nerves slowly, slowly relax. After relaxing, a strange sense of loss and reluctance washed over him.
With these conflicted emotions, Ye Jinyan slowly walked down the stairs, carrying the cup and bowl that Tang Ning had drunk from. He walked all the way to the kitchen door and bumped into Wang Ma, who had just come out of the kitchen.
As soon as Wang Ma saw him, she immediately took out a bowl and poured Ye Jinyan a bowl of ginger tea. After all, she had clearly seen that Ye Jinyan's body was a little wet, and just in case, it would be best to drink a cup of ginger tea as a precaution.
As luck would have it, just then, Wang Ma's phone suddenly rang. Hearing the sound, Ye Jinyan raised his hand to check the time and realized that it was already 7:30. He remembered that Wang Ma usually video-called her youngest daughter around 7:30 every night, so it was no wonder her phone was ringing now.
Seeing this, Ye Jinyan walked over and took the spoon from her hand, saying, "Go answer the video call, I can do it myself."
"But……"
"There's no 'but' about it. I'm not without hands. Aunt Wang, you should go now."
"Alright!" Hearing this, Wang Ma finally started to walk out, but when she reached the kitchen door, she seemed to suddenly remember something and turned around.
"Oh, by the way, Young Master Jin Yan, you and Miss Tang Ning probably haven't eaten yet because of the rush earlier. How about I ask Xiao Li to make you something to eat later..."
"No need," Ye Jinyan quickly said, "Tang Ning and I have already eaten out..."
They had already eaten. Perhaps it was because Tang Ning had injured her foot that she became a bit more delicate. She saw a ramen shop by the roadside and said she wanted to eat there, so of course he gave in to her. The two of them ate before returning.
Hearing Ye Jinyan say that, Wang Ma finally felt relieved and walked out, leaving behind the words, "Leave the cups and bowls there, I'll come and wash them in a bit," before hurriedly going to answer the video call.
Upon hearing this, Ye Jinyan shook his head with amusement. He had just scooped up some ginger tea with a spoon to pour it into the bowl when the image of Tang Ning holding the small bowl and drinking the ginger tea in one gulp, her little mouth turning bright red, appeared in his mind.
His gaze unconsciously fell on the porcelain bowl that Tang Ning had drunk from, which he had placed to the side.
For a moment, I couldn't take my eyes off it.
After a while, when Wang Ma finished her video chat with her daughter and returned to the kitchen satisfied, she found only a porcelain bowl that had been used to drink ginger tea and a glass that had contained milk in the sink.
Huh?
She looked around in surprise.
Didn't Young Master Jin Yan drink the ginger tea? Sigh, that's how young people are. They rely on their good health and don't listen to the elders. They'll regret it when they actually get sick.
Thinking this, Wang Ma reached out and lifted the lid of the pot containing ginger tea.
After she uncovered it, she realized something was wrong.
This...this isn't right!
Her memory has always been excellent; the ginger tea she drank before definitely wasn't this weak. Could it be that Young Master Jin Yan also drank ginger tea? But if he did, where's the bowl? He couldn't have shared the same bowl with Miss Tang Ning, could he?
It seems she's getting old; she can even forget how much ginger tea to make.
well.
Ye Jinyan, unaware that Wang Ma could accurately deduce his secret nature—that he had drunk an entire bowl of ginger tea from Tang Ning's bowl—was doing something like this for the first time in his life. His heart pounding, he returned to his room, not even daring to turn on the light. Leaning against the door, he slowly slid down, half-squatting on the floor, utterly unable to believe what he had just done. How could he…
He's gone mad, he's gone mad, he's really gone mad.
Ye Jinyan first touched his lips, then slapped his head hard. His eyes were quickly filled with frustration and dejection. He actually...
No, no, I can't think about it anymore, I mustn't think about it anymore, I can't think about it anymore.
The boy slowly stood up from the ground, then turned on the light next to him and headed straight for the bathroom.
Now, take a good shower, get some sleep, and when you wake up tomorrow, these inappropriate thoughts won't come back.
He stared intently at himself in the mirror, and soon the sound of running water came from the bathroom.
It has to be said that Ye Jinyan is stubborn. His past experience is still there. Wasn't it the same before? The more he didn't want to think about something, the more it followed him like a shadow. Not to mention, could he convince his own brain or his own heart?
Sure enough, in the middle of the night, he suddenly opened his eyes wide in terror and rushed to the bathroom without thinking.
Without even taking off his clothes, he turned on the shower and let the cold water spray over his head.
He dreamed of her again, dreamed of Tang Ning again. Last time it was just a simple dream about her taking off her clothes.
This time...
He threw his shorts, which had been stained with some unknown marks, directly into the toilet without even caring whether it would clog the toilet. Ye Jinyan just watched them being flushed away.
He then placed his head under the rapidly flowing water of the showerhead again, but even so, he couldn't wash away everything he had just dreamed of.
He dreamed that...
Upon hearing Tang Ning's startled cry from inside the room, he immediately opened the door and rushed in. Seeing Tang Ning's curvaceous figure, he didn't turn around; instead, he seemed even more bewitched and walked towards her...
She kept crying and pleading in a low voice, but he acted as if he hadn't heard a thing, continuing to do what he had been doing in the movies he had watched.
"Ningning, I want to hear you call me brother..."
"Waaah... Brother..."
Tang Ning's broken cries seemed to echo in his ears even in his sleep.
The more Ye Jinyan thought about it, the more he turned up the water flow from the showerhead. The rushing water stung his head and body.
But he couldn't care about anything else.
Ye Jinyan's current favorability rating: 59.
The next day, Tang Ning received the news as soon as she woke up from her sleep.
Huh?
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