Chapter 100 Touching Her Feet
It was already dawn when Chen Ning woke up. She slept very soundly, but she always felt that someone was watching her while she was half asleep and half awake.
Turning around, I saw Xiao Nanchen lying on the bed.
Did he stay up all night last night?
Shen Ning's heart moved slightly.
She didn't move, but slowly turned her head. What caught her eye was Xiao Nanchen's exceptionally straight nose. Looking down, he saw his thin lips tightly pursed, and his jawline was sharp and distinct.
She suddenly recalled last night when she was leaning in Xiao Nanchen's arms in the mountains, with his chin resting on her head... cough!
What are you thinking about!
"Anan." Shen Ning said in a low voice.
Xiao Nanchen suddenly opened his eyes, reached out his hand to touch her forehead, and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that she did not have a fever.
The two looked at each other, and inexplicably looked away. Shen Ning whispered to him, "I'm fine. Just let Qiyue come in. You go back to your room and have a good rest."
In just one night, a faint stubble had appeared on his chin.
Xiao Nanchen knew that Chen Ning had been sweating all night and must have washed up, so he hummed and stood up: "I'll have someone prepare some food for you."
After a while, Shen Ning washed and changed her clothes with Qi Yue's help, ate something, and then went to see Mu Yao.
Mu Yao was brought back and placed in Shen Qingbai's room. Shen Qingbai slept in Xiao Nanchen's room last night. Qi Yue helped Shen Ning walk over there, and whispered to Shen Ning as she walked: "Miss, that woman is very strange."
Qiyue whispered, "She can hardly move, and she refuses to let the maid help her bathe, or even let others apply medicine on her. She looks like a monster."
Shen Ning patted Qiyue's hand: "She has helped me many times. She has a pitiful life experience and has suffered a lot. I can understand if there is anything strange about her."
Qiyue immediately said: "If she helps the young lady, she is helping Qiyue. I will treat her well."
When she arrived at the door, Shen Ning knocked on the door: "Miss Mu, I am Shen Ning."
Mu Yao responded softly from inside the room: "Madam Shen, please come in."
When Shen Ning walked in, she saw Mu Yao sitting on the head of the bed in a white undershirt, with her long hair loose. Her facial features were still bright but her face was pale. She looked both beautiful and pitiful.
Shen Ning secretly sighed in her heart, if she didn't have the ability to protect herself, such beauty was indeed not a good thing for a woman.
"What do you think, Miss Mu?"
Shen Ning walked over and sat directly on the bed, pulling her hand and placing it on her wrist.
The pulse is steady and strong, nothing serious, it seems to be just some superficial injuries.
Mu Yao also shook his head: "I'm fine, nothing is wrong, thank you Madam Shen for saving me..."
She looked at Shen Ning's hand on her wrist, and carefully placed her other hand on the back of Shen Ning's hand: "I really don't know how to thank Madam Shen."
Shen Ning was somewhat helpless: "You saved me several times, so I should be the one to thank you."
She asked Mu Yao, "Who else is in Miss Mu's family? What are your plans for the future?"
Mu Yao lowered his head: "My parents have passed away. I used to have an older brother, but now I have lost contact with him... I am the only one left alone."
"She is beautiful and lonely, no wonder." July said in a low voice.
Chen Ning patted Qi Yue to shut her up, then asked Mu Yao in a gentle voice, "If Miss Mu has nowhere to go, would you be willing to stay with me?
My shop, Hua Yingxue, happens to need a female assistant. The first month's salary is nine qian of silver, and there will be additional rewards for the goods sold. After a month, the salary will be one tael and two qian per month. Miss Mu will definitely have no problem supporting herself."
Mu Yao opened his eyes wide in disbelief: "Manager Chen is willing to take me in?"
She was still holding Shen Ning's hand. Shen Ning gently pulled her hand away, smiled and nodded: "Miss Mu has done me a great favor, so it is only natural for me to provide you with good food and drink, but I thought that perhaps you would prefer to have a job to support yourself."
She said, "I'll find a small courtyard nearby for you to settle down in. This way, Miss Mu won't have to worry about anything."
Before she finished speaking, Mu Yao suddenly reached out and hugged Shen Ning, she sniffed and said in a muffled voice: “Madam Shen, why are you so good.”
This man looked thin but strong. Shen Ning laughed helplessly: "It is the girl who has done me a great favor. What I have done for you is really not worth mentioning."
Patting Mu Yao gently, she said, "The maid said you didn't want others to apply medicine on you, but the wound on your back is quite serious. If you don't mind, I can take a look at it for you, okay?"
Mu Yao pursed her lips and glanced at Qiyue.
July: "What are you looking at me for?"
Shen Ning waved her hand with a smile: "Xiao Qi, go and see if my medicine is ready."
"Oh, okay, miss." July immediately turned around and jumped out.
Shen Ning asked: "Is it okay now?"
Mu Yao seemed a little reserved and whispered, "A lowly slave who can be fucked by anyone is acting like this. Will Madam Shen think I'm being pretentious?"
Shen Ning shook her head: "No, don't worry, lie down, let me see how your back is injured."
Mu Yao turned around and slowly lay down as she was told. Shen Ning pulled down her clothes, revealing her back. Mu Yao tugged at her clothes with some uneasiness.
Perhaps it was because she had been abused too many times that she was afraid, so Shen Ning didn't care. When she saw the whip wounds on Mu Yao's back, her brows immediately frowned.
"Worse than beasts!"
She gritted her teeth and cursed, then took the ointment next to her and carefully applied it to Mu Yao. Mu Yao's back suddenly felt a little tense.
"Does it hurt? I'll be gentler."
Shen Ning felt very uncomfortable, and she lightened her grip a little. While applying the ointment very carefully, she lowered her head and blew gently to relieve Mu Yao's pain.
Mu Yao lay there, his tense back trembling slightly.
Shen Ning comforted softly: "It really hurts, you don't have to endure it, it will feel better if you scream out, I will prescribe you a prescription to reduce swelling and relieve pain later."
She reached out to brush away Mu Yao's sweat-soaked hair that was scattered on her cheek, but the next moment, her hand was grabbed.
Mu Yao grabbed Chen Ning's hand and placed it on his cheek, pressing it very carefully. His breathing was slightly panting, as if he was in great pain.
In fact, Mu Yao doesn't look very old, but he has suffered a lot.
Shen Ning touched her ear and whispered, "It's okay, I'll protect you from now on."
Mu Yao hummed softly, his voice trembling and hoarse.
After settling Mu Yao down, Shen Ning returned to her room. She needed to change the dressing on the wound on her foot to remove the poison, and also drink some detoxifying soup.
When I went out, I saw Eryue kneeling in the corner facing the courtyard wall with his head down, and Yuanyue was talking to him next to him.
Shen Ning was about to go over, but Yuan Yue turned around and shook her head at her. Shen Ning paused for a moment and didn't go over.
Since this household has been handed over to Yuanyue, let him handle it.
When Shen Ning returned to the room, she saw Xiao Nanchen already waiting there.
He must have gone to shower and change clothes. Seeing her, Xiao Nanchen stood up and walked over to her: "Your foot is still injured, why are you running around?"
Shen Ning smiled and said, “Go see Miss Mu, she saved me.”
Xiao Nanchen frowned slightly.
That Mu Yao gave him a very bad impression. He looked like a weirdo and didn't seem like a decent person. But after hearing Shen Ning say that the man had a miserable fate, and she had saved Shen Ning, he didn't object to Shen Ning bringing him back.
"Let me see the injury on your foot."
"It's okay, it's almost healed, I can change the medicine myself." Shen Ning smiled.
But Xiao Nanchen didn't discuss it with her. He ignored her refusal and directly picked her up and put her on the bed, then sat on the stool at the foot of the bed.
Unable to avoid it, Shen Ning simply gave up hiding.
Anyway, I just took a shower, so my feet won’t smell.
Xiao Nanchen put Shen Ning's feet on his legs, took off his shoes and socks directly, and bent his ankle to check the injury.
After changing the dressings and removing the toxins all night long, and drinking the decoction, the swelling on the ankle that was originally red, swollen and purple had subsided, leaving only the wound.
The blood scab on the wound was still slightly black, but the black color was very light.
Xiao Nanchen finally breathed a sigh of relief… It was also at this moment that he suddenly realized that one of his hands was wrapping Shen Ning's feet in his palm.
Xiao Nanchen was tall, so his palms were naturally big. He had practiced martial arts since he was a child, so his knuckles were slender and powerful. He directly held half of Shen Ning's foot in his palm.
There was a clear contrast between the wheat-colored hands and the fair and smooth feet. Xiao Nanchen unconsciously rubbed the back of Shen Ning's feet with the tip of his thumb before letting her go.
Shen Ning raised her eyes and saw Xiao Nanchen standing up with a normal expression.
She thought it must be her illusion...why would Xiao Nanchen suddenly touch her feet?
This isn't something my king would do!
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