Chapter 48 Ankle

... How could she think of herself for everything?

He just thought that Xiaohei or Xiaobai sounded like nicknames for the Black and White Impermanence.

Although he did not believe in ghosts and gods, he also knew that he had to maintain a proper awe of the unknown realm and how could he easily offend other people's reputations.

Shen Yan subconsciously wanted to refute her, but then he thought, no, he came to coax her, if he made her angry, wouldn't all his efforts be wasted?

He nodded and said, "It's for you."

"A nickname given to you must have some connection with you."

...So, he used her favorite color as his name?

But if I heard someone call "Xiaofen", the image that came to my mind was a bright girl in a pink shirt, or a white rabbit with long ears and pink flesh, but not a cold-faced man in black.

It was very strange.

But it might be because he was not a human, and he really didn't understand human habits.

He also meant well, and she just had to adapt slowly.

"Thank you for your care these days, I don't feel uncomfortable anymore, Xiao, Xiaofen."

She almost bit her tongue.

"No need to thank me."

He responded lightly, his eyes fell on her bare feet under the hem of her clothes without any concealment.

"The ground is cold, why don't you wear shoes?"

Ning Yuan lowered her eyes and saw that her pajamas only reached her ankles, and her feet were so carelessly exposed to the man's eyes.

Although I don't know if they have such rules, for women in today's world, there is no difference between being seen barefoot by a man and being seen bathing by a man.

Ning Yuan has a problem of being flustered when she is nervous. The blush on her face continued to deepen. She lowered her head to look around for her embroidered shoes.

Her movements were seen by Shen Yan, but he just thought she was a little surprised.

After all, he had accidentally seen her bathing and undressing before. Compared with these, seeing a pair of bare feet is nothing.

Moreover, she jumped off the bed. Even he saw that the embroidered shoes were right next to her bed. What's the point of her pretending that she couldn't find them? It was

just like she deliberately messed up her room a few days ago.

... Didn't she just want him to help her?

Determined to pamper her, he simply walked to her, bent over and picked her up.

Ning Yuan held her breath nervously as her body suddenly floated into the air. The man in front of her simply skipped the step of looking for shoes and put her directly on the bed.

"Thank you."

Ning Yuan rolled into the bed with her fingertips tightly clasping the quilt. She saw him turn over and fiddle with the water. When he came back, his eyes were still on her feet, and she hurriedly shrank into the quilt.

At this moment, a big hand suddenly circled her slender ankle.

His hand was quite powerful, dragging her whole body from the deep of the bed to the edge of the bed.

She pulled the quilt in panic and said, "What are you doing? You haven't seen enough, right? You can't let people enjoy your feet!"

Enjoy?

This is not an antique painting, what's so good about it.

Shen Yan's hand paused for a moment and said, "You haven't wiped it clean yet, why are you hiding in the quilt?"

He lowered his eyes and pulled Ning Yuan's legs in front of him again.

The next moment, the coolness of the towel spread to the soles of her feet.

The water in the basin had been there for a long time and had long been cold. At first, she shuddered violently, but the man seemed to think that his hand was a little heavy, so he softened his strength and gently rubbed through the handkerchief, easily arousing her itch.

She tried to pull her foot out of his hand, but her ankle was firmly in his hand.

"Don't move." He said softly. This book is exclusively organized by the LK team for you. Ning Yuan had to bite her lip, using the pain to resist the itching from her self-satisfaction. She looked up carefully and saw that he had lowered his eyelashes and looked very serious.

The itching filled her heart.

She shuddered and hummed softly: "Itchy."

The girl's toes twitched lightly, and the slightly moist moonlight reflected on her jade-white skin.

He increased his strength a little: "How about this?"

"A little better." She answered truthfully.

Sure enough, she no longer trembled and struggled, but just obediently let him wipe.

But she was too delicate. With such force, every time he stroked her skin, a faint fingerprint would be left, which would then fade away with the passage of time, leaving it as white as before.

It was like a red plum blossom falling on the snow, then being covered by the snow, and finally returning to the vastness.

His eyes dimmed, and he couldn't help but think of the word "enjoyment" she had mentioned.

What he was doing now, how could it not be considered enjoyment?

Even wiping was so tempting, so what about kissing?

Or even a little harder than kissing...

He glanced at the red mark left by his restraints on her ankles just now, and continued to wipe her clean without making a sound, trying to calm the turmoil in his heart.

But he knew clearly that Ning Yuan was very calm at this moment, and didn't think much about it.

These surges of ambiguity between her and him belonged to him alone, which also meant that he still had a long way to go.

Finally, he tucked the corners of the quilt for her, hid the unnatural look on his face, stood up and said, "You should go to bed."

"Are you leaving?" Ning Yuan showed a pair of eyes from under the quilt.

He said "um" softly.

"I've been very busy lately."

In fact, he was not busy at all, but he was afraid that if he stayed any longer, he would be led by her to think about things he shouldn't think about.

"Will you come to see me again in the future?"

"Yes."

"Okay." Ning Yuan got the promise and closed his eyes, "Then I'll go to bed."

Ning Yuan didn't know whether he had left or not, she only felt a cool breeze around her.

In fact, she didn't know why she was looking forward to seeing this ghost. Maybe it was because no one had ever helped her unconditionally, or maybe she cherished this opportunity that was not available to ordinary people. She

thought she was just one of the crowd. This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team. Maybe it was the arrival of this ghost that broke her original peaceful life and made her feel that she was a little different from others.

And this ghost looked very graceful.

She even missed the warmth around her ankle.

... Isn't that right?

Can ghosts have temperature?

Ning Yuan wanted to ask him clearly the next time she saw him, but she didn't wait for him for several days.

Not only did she not see this male ghost, but even Shen Yan didn't bother her anymore.

It rained heavily last night. When she woke up in the morning, the air was filled with the fragrance of grass.

She was just sitting in a rocking chair in the corridor, reading a book, when she heard the servant in the mansion say, "Have you heard? A big ship capsized near the ferry last night!"

"Yes! It seems to be a ship carrying medicinal herbs!"

"Boxes and boxes of medicine were soaked in the water. What a pity."

Medicinal herbs?

The day before yesterday, Yang Zhiyi came to discuss this year's medicinal herb harvest with her. The supply of medicinal herbs is oversupply and the price is quite low. It might be a good idea to buy some and store them.

She asked at that time: "Since it is a good harvest, it should be difficult for prices to rise again this year, right?"

This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team. At that time, Yang Zhiyi said mysteriously: "You don't know that Shen's Company is buying a lot. I think they will take action. Don't worry, they will not lose money."

She agreed with doubt at that time, but who knew that she would hear such news today.

"Do you know whose cargo ship was overturned?" She asked sideways.

Seeing the young lady, who was usually quiet, suddenly ask a question,

the servants looked at each other in bewilderment: "...You really don't know." Ning Yuan turned around and called out to Soxing: "Change my clothes, let's go over and take a look together."

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Ning Yuan had just lifted the curtain when she saw the hustle and bustle of the riverside. A huge ship was overturned on the water not far from the shore, and several broken wooden boards were floating on the river.

"This batch of medicinal materials is considered to be completely useless!"

"That's right, but at least the people are fine."

...

She got out of the car and walked towards the riverside, and saw that the people who had just been rescued from the water all had the word "Zhao" embroidered on their shoulders.

Zhao...Zhao family...Eldest Princess?

Combined with the news that Yang Zhiyi had told her before, she thought of a possibility at the right time -

could it be that Shen Yan did it?

Although his father is still the head of the family, people who are familiar with him know that Master Shen has let go.

But why did he do this?

To help him vent his previous anger?

Don't be too much, there is no need to make such a fuss.

She hurried forward and was about to ask more clearly, but she didn't see a stone under her feet. Her body suddenly tilted and she felt a sharp pain in her ankle.

She thought she would fall on the muddy grass, but she fell into a chest full of the cold fragrance of winter plums.

The owner of the chest stood still, but he didn't reach out to hold her waist kindly.

When she raised her eyes, she met a pair of light eyes that were a little shy.

"Miss Ning, there's no need to rush into my arms

as soon as you see me." "...Who threw themselves into your arms? I didn't even see you."

She held Shen Yan's arm and tried to stand up, but found that her right foot was powerless and every movement was painful.

You have to learn to give up when you encounter difficulties.

She simply leaned all her strength on his chest and said softly, "Please, carry me to the carriage."

...

I didn't expect this girl to be so bold. It would be fine if she threw herself into Lord Shen's arms in public, but she even acted coquettishly and asked him to carry her into the carriage in public.

The officials behind Shen Yan looked at each other in surprise.

Seeing Shen Yan's hesitation, Ning Yuan pulled his arm to her waist and said, "You have secretly hugged me so many times, why are you pretending now?"

She was really in pain, most likely dislocated, and she had to go back to the carriage to deal with it.

Then she simply put her arm around his neck.

"Hurry up."

The people behind Shen Yan couldn't help but look up, but quickly lowered their heads.

In broad daylight, in plain sight... How could Lord Shen...

I really can't believe that such a man who doesn't like women in normal times has secretly hugged her so many times in private!

Shen Yan saw her frowning face and looked down, then he noticed that her feet were a little strange, so he bent down to follow her and lifted her knees with his arms.

"Then hold on tight."

She said "hmm" softly.

Shen Yan held her and turned around calmly, but behind him were officials and guards who lowered their heads and dared not look directly at the two of them.

"My lords, please go first. I will come later." He said lightly.

...

Ning Yuan's face immediately turned red.

"... Why didn't you tell me that you brought so many people here?"

"Miss Ning, you have beautiful eyes."

He stared at her and praised her out of the blue.

Ning Yuan's face turned even redder.

"... What are you doing?"

"So, I hope it won't be like its owner, good-looking but useless."

Ning Yuan: "..."

It's all because he is too tall and blocks her view!

He held her in his arms and walked slowly towards the carriage, but heard her mumbling softly: "You haven't used me, how do you know that I'm good-looking but useless..."

She was actually very smart, no worse than his subordinates.

However, this sentence made Shen Yan think of something he shouldn't think of.

He pursed his lips and said, "Miss Ning, please respect yourself."

... What was he thinking? He didn't respect himself!

She knew he was annoying!

Shen Yan put her on the couch, squatted down, and patiently took off her shoes and socks.

He stared at her swollen ankle and said, "It seems to be dislocated. Bear with it." He held her foot and lifted it up suddenly. There was a "click" sound of bones closing. Ning Yuan felt a pain in her heart and cried out, "Ah!"

After this cry, the pain in her foot was indeed much better.

"Thank you, Shen Yan."

She wanted to pull her calf back from his hand.

But he didn't intend to let her go, his eyes were fixed on her ankle.

Ning Yuan followed his line of sight and saw two faint fingerprints left that night.

...Did he see through something?

Although Ning Yuan has not yet married him, their engagement has not been resolved, which always makes her feel inexplicably flustered as if her affair has been exposed.

She pulled the hem of her skirt with a guilty conscience: "What are you looking at?"

Shen Yan took the opportunity to push aside her skirt and circled her ankle again, tightly fitting it.

He heard her thoughts and wanted to tease her again. His expression was calm, but he asked in a playful tone: "Miss Ning, what's the matter with the red mark on your ankle?"