Chapter 301 She held his hand
Gu Qianhan's tone carried a hint of politeness: "The Crown Princess is a guest, how can we let a guest feed A-Ning medicine? This is something that I, as her older brother, should naturally do, right, A-Ning?"
Gu Qianning: "No... cough cough cough!"
"You also think the Crown Princess shouldn't be allowed to feed you the medicine? Fine, I'll listen to you. Come on, open your mouth and drink this medicine all at once."
Gu Qianning looked at the steaming bowl of black medicine and became even more terrified.
She suspected that her second brother wanted to scald her to death, or make her suffer from bitterness, or choke to death—whatever the reason, he wanted her dead!
She coughed as she clung to Shen Wantang's arm and shook her head frantically. Several silver needles stuck in her head swayed with her head movements, creating a rather comical scene.
Gu Qianhan seemed to be blind, as if he couldn't see his sister's resistance at all. He even gently pressed his sister's shoulder: "A Ning, it's just a bowl of medicine. You're not a child anymore. Don't resist, and don't move around. Drink it."
Gu Qianning felt an astonishing force on her shoulder, rendering her completely immobile. She looked at Gu Qianhan with a mixture of shock and anger, coughing and coughing.
Gu Qianhan practically shoved the medicine bowl into her face: "Sigh, you're so sick, you can't even speak."
Gu Qianning was screaming inwardly: How dare you say that?! What's wrong with you?! This isn't feeding me medicine, this is taking advantage of my misfortune!
Unfortunately, all she could make at that moment was cough cough cough!
Shen Wantang finally couldn't stand it anymore: "Second Young Master, you can't feed the medicine like this, you'll choke on it, A Ning."
She disregarded the traditional separation between men and women, blocking the medicine bowl while grasping Gu Qianhan's hand that was on Gu Qianning's shoulder, and then gently removed his hand.
Gu Qianning was instantly freed. She glanced gratefully at Shen Wantang, then quickly hid behind her, afraid that her second brother would hold her down again and force-feed her medicine.
Unfortunately, what she didn't know was that Gu Qianhan was no longer paying attention to her at that moment.
All his senses were focused on the back of his hand.
Shen Wantang's hand touched him.
This was the second time she had touched him so closely; the last time was at the very last moment of his life.
At that time, he was broken and covered in blood, and was a pariah whom everyone wanted to kill. But she did not despise him. She used her clean and warm hands to hold his face, fed him a deadly pill, and ended his endless pain.
Now, she touched him again, and was feeding him medicine again, though this time it wasn't being given to him.
Gu Qianhan watched as she took the medicine bowl, blew on the scalding hot medicine to cool it down, and then fed it to Gu Qianning with a spoon. When Gu Qianning coughed, she gently patted her back to help her breathe. Once she stopped coughing, she continued to feed her.
She was so gentle and patient. To keep Gu Qianning from coughing, she even told her some funny stories to distract her.
Gu Qianhan admitted that she was a little jealous of her younger sister at this moment.
Why isn't he the one who's sick?
As Gu Qianning drank her medicine, she glared at her second brother. She now understood why he insisted on personally feeding her the medicine—he wanted to take the opportunity to get closer to the beautiful woman.
They simply removed his hand, and he froze, no longer trying to take the medicine.
After finishing the bowl of medicine, Shen Wantang handed the empty bowl to the maid.
Before the maid could take it, a slender hand reached out and took the empty medicine bowl from her hand.
Shen Wantang didn't react much to this. Gu Qianhan was very proper; he only took the bowl without touching her hand, and since he was closest to her, it was normal for him to take the bowl.
The maid standing nearby nearly popped her eyes out. What was wrong with the second young master today? Why was he behaving so strangely!
Who would dare ask him to take a bowl under normal circumstances? Besides, he's such a cold person, he would never take a bowl if it were handed to him. He would just ignore it. Even if the bowl fell to the ground and broke, he wouldn't take it.
Let alone a bowl, even if someone fell in front of him, he wouldn't even glance at it, let alone help them up!
The maid was puzzled. When she saw him put the medicine bowl on the table, she couldn't help but look at it. But no matter how she looked at it, she couldn't see what was so special about the bowl that would make the second young master willing to take it.
Is it because she is grateful to the Crown Princess for coming to treat the young lady in this cold weather? Is that why she took the initiative?
There probably isn't any other reason.
The maid didn't consider the possibility of romantic feelings at all, because while others might fawn over Shen Wantang because of her outstanding beauty, her second young master would never do that! He had no interest in women!
Shen Wantang didn't linger. She put away the silver needles, said goodbye to Gu Qianning, and when she saw Gu Qianning about to get up to see her off, she quickly stopped her: "Take good care of yourself, don't see me off. If you feel unwell again, remember to write to me."
Gu Qianning felt that it was very impolite and she felt very bad that she couldn't personally see Shen Wantang off after all the trouble she had gone to.
She tentatively asked Shen Wantang, "How about I let my second brother see you off in my place?"
Just as Shen Wantang was about to refuse, Gu Qianhan said, "Just have Steward Cui deliver it."
Shen Wantang nodded: "Alright, then so be it."
She didn't want Gu Qianhan to escort her; having the steward from the Duke's mansion do it was enough.
Soon, she left with her maid.
Gu Qianning's maidservant also followed her instructions to see Shen Wantang off, leaving only the brother and sister in the room.
Gu Qianning looked at Gu Qianhan strangely: "Second brother, why didn't you go see her off? You just missed such a good opportunity?"
Gu Qianhan said indifferently, "There's no reason for a man from the manor to see your friend off. It won't sound good if word gets out."
Gu Qianning understood. Her second brother was again considering Shen Wantang's reputation. He was afraid that he would implicate her, so even though he wanted to go and deliver the gift, he restrained himself.
She thought her second brother was so infatuated with someone that he had lost his mind, but it seems he is still rational and shouldn't do anything excessive.
Even when he took the bowl just now, she noticed that her second brother did not take the opportunity to take advantage of Shen Wantang. He restrained himself and only took the bowl without touching her hand.
Gu Qianning originally wanted to scold him, since he had pretended to feed her medicine to scare her, but seeing him like this now, she couldn't bear to scold him.
She also has someone she likes, and she knows what it feels like to secretly like someone but not be able to get close to them. It's a little sweet, but also a little painful.
Gu Qianhan wasn't distressed by not being able to see Shen Wantang off. He looked at his sister's face, which had regained some color, and asked, "Are you no longer coughing? Are you feeling better after taking the medicine?"
Gu Qianning then realized that she had stopped coughing. She was overjoyed: "Oh my, I really don't cough anymore! A-Tang's medicine is so effective. No wonder Prince Ning was bragging about how she cured his cough!"
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