Xu Tingchuan originally planned to have Ni Sitian stay in the hospital for observation overnight.
But after she finished her IV drip, she insisted on going home, and he couldn't do anything about it, so he had to carry her out of the hospital.
Ni Sitian wrapped her arms around Xu Tingchuan's neck, leaning her head against his body, feeling exceptionally safe and secure.
She felt like a bottle adrift at sea, finally boarding a large ship, feeling a sense of being safely embraced.
Tonight, she seemed to have a deeper understanding of the words "we are husband and wife," and the man holding her seemed to be someone she could rely on.
In front of him, she didn't need to hide much of herself; after all, they were going to spend their whole lives together, and she couldn't hide it forever.
"What are you thinking about?" Xu Tingchuan asked when he saw her spacing out in the rearview mirror while driving.
Ni Sitian snapped out of her daze, withdrew her gaze from him, her cheeks slightly flushed, and shook her head.
She couldn't very well tell him that she was staring at him so intently that he seemed exceptionally handsome today.
This made her even more grateful for her impulsive decision at the time.
Back home, Xu Tingchuan settled Ni Sitian in bed, then went to the kitchen to make her a cup of brown sugar water and brought it to her.
Then I filled up a hand warmer and let her hold it in her arms.
Ni Sitian looked at the hand warmer, feeling both amused and exasperated: "Although it's no longer summer, the temperature is still in the teens. Won't it be unbearably hot to hold this?"
"The doctor said warming it up would relieve the pain a bit." Xu Tingchuan lifted the blanket and tucked it into her arms.
Ni Sitian smiled helplessly and adjusted it to a comfortable position on her stomach.
After washing up, Xu Tingchuan came out and saw that Ni Sitian was still awake. He lay down next to her and asked in a low voice, "Are you still not feeling well?"
"It's not that it hurts, it's just a bit swollen and uncomfortable." Ni Sitian muttered to herself as she faced him, "The hand warmer is a bit too hot."
Xu Tingchuan had no experience in taking care of girls with menstrual cramps. When she said that the hot water bottle was too hot and that she felt bloated and uncomfortable, he reached out and touched her abdomen, moved the hot water bottle away, pushed up her clothes, and placed his palm on her stomach, gently and slowly massaging it.
"Is this any more comfortable?" He looked up at her and saw that her face was very red, so he smiled and said, "It seems that the hand warmer is really too hot. Look how hot you are, you've turned red."
Ni Sitian's ears turned red. His broad, calloused hands were on her abdomen, and the sensation was exceptionally clear, dry and warm, as if it had a magical power that made her bloating pain seem less painful.
As he gently and slowly kneaded her hands, it felt as if a trickle of fluid was constantly flowing out from below.
She was a little shy. Girls always seem to feel like they smell of blood when they're on their period. He was so close to her and even rubbing her stomach. Would he smell it too?
"I can do it myself," she said shyly, trying to move his hand away.
Xu Tingchuan pressed one hand tightly against her stomach and pulled her into his arms with the other, whispering, "Don't move."
She felt his body seemed a little tense, and when she looked up at his face, she saw a kind of heat surging in his eyes.
Although she had little experience, she had seen that look in his eyes twice before.
He couldn't be...
"Don't worry, I have no intention of fighting a bloody battle yet." Xu Tingchuan saw the doubt and uncertainty in her eyes as she tried to move away from him, so he interrupted her reverie with a half-smile.
Ni Sitian was embarrassed; he had seen right through her thoughts.
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