Before Yan Zhuoxu could think any further, his body had already rushed to the screen before his mind could even process it.
She was completely naked at the moment.
Yan Zhuoxu suddenly stopped in his tracks.
He turned his head away to avoid looking.
The knuckles gripping the frame of the screen slowly tightened.
"Master! Miss is slumped over by the tub, her breathing is weak! I don't know how much longer she can hold on..." Chen Bi's voice was anxious, sounding like she was about to cry.
When life and death are at stake, the separation of men and women ultimately prevails.
Yan Zhuoxu closed his eyes.
Use your palms to push the screen aside.
A strong, bitter medicinal smell wafted towards me.
He looked up.
My gaze pierced through the hazy white steam and landed on that huge medicine barrel.
She leaned weakly against the tub, her head tilted back slightly, revealing a section of her fair and delicate neck.
Her face also had an abnormal flush.
Her long, dark hair, soaked through, clung to her face and cheeks, winding and disappearing into the dark brown medicinal liquid.
Her shoulders were thin, like a fragile butterfly resting by the water.
Beneath the surface of the water lies a patch of undulating outlines, obscured by the medicinal liquid, appearing and disappearing intermittently with the gentle ripples of the water, a breathtaking sight.
Yan Zhuoxu's Adam's apple bobbed suddenly.
I quickly looked away, my ears burning uncontrollably.
But in an instant, his concern for her overwhelmed all romantic fantasies.
He strode forward and bent down to touch the side of her neck.
As her fingertips touched a smooth, slightly cool patch of skin, Yan Zhuoxu clenched her prayer beads, forcing herself to focus her attention on her pulse.
Everything is normal.
It seems that he soaked in the water for too long and was temporarily dizzy.
Yan Zhuoxu breathed a sigh of relief.
He withdrew his hand and his gaze fell on the basin of cold water on the ground beside him.
A white silk handkerchief embroidered with a gardenia floats on the clear water.
It's hers.
"This servant will go and fetch another basin of cool water for Miss." After saying this from behind the screen, Shen Bi hurriedly walked out.
By the time Yan Zhuoxu came to her senses, the door had already been closed.
He paused for a moment, placed the prayer beads on the ground, wrung out a silk handkerchief, straightened up, and gently wiped away the thin layer of sweat from Shen Zhiyi's forehead.
Shen Zhiyi sighed in her drowsy state and involuntarily pressed her face against the cool handkerchief beside him.
It looked like it was brushing against his palm.
Yan Zhuoxu stopped moving.
His eyes also darkened.
Shen Zhiyi's long eyelashes trembled, and she lifted her eyelids slightly, her gaze vaguely falling on his face.
Then, it blinked very slowly.
"You've come..." Her red lips parted as if she had used all her strength.
She closed her eyes again and pressed her face against his palm. "Did you come to save me...?"
Her voice was very soft, almost like a murmur.
Yan Zhuoxu's face suddenly darkened.
you?
Who did she mistake him for this time?
Ye Jinghong?
Her tone was so familiar, and she seemed to rely on him so much. Had she been waiting for him all along?
A nameless anger suddenly surged up, mixed with an indescribable bitterness, stuck in his chest, making it hard for him to breathe.
Yan Zhuoxu pursed her lips, and even the air around her seemed to grow colder.
He withdrew his hand expressionlessly.
"You've fainted."
Shen Zhiyi suddenly grabbed his wrist, preventing him from leaving.
"Yes..." A faint smile played on her lips, making her look fragile and sad. "If I hadn't fainted, how could I have been so close to you, pressed against you, leaning against you, yet not pushing me away?"
She pushed his fingertips away and, through the silk handkerchief, placed her face back into his palm.
"I've wanted to do this for a long time..."
His hands were large, his palms completely covering her face, his knuckles threading through her hair and covering her reddened ears.
Yan Zhuoxu curled his fingertips, but they were firmly grasped by her, preventing him from moving.
He was a little angry.
He shifted his thumb, gripping her chin with his hand, and demanded in a cold, sharp voice, "Shen Zhiyi, look carefully, who am I?"
His cold voice was laced with deep anger.
He vowed to pull her out of her wistful fantasies, so that she would clearly see only him.
Shen Zhiyi opened her eyes, saw his face clearly, and was somewhat stunned.
"master……"
She seemed to have finally realized the difference between reality and fantasy.
She finally realized how she looked in his presence.
Her face flushed even more, she bit her lip, and sank into the bathtub, her fingertips gripping the tub tightly.
"You...you saw it all?"
She wasn't wearing anything.
Although the medicine was dark in color, it could not completely block out vision.
Besides, she was so fair it was almost blinding...
Seeing her shy reaction, Yan Zhuoxu withdrew his hand, staring straight ahead at her clothes hanging on the screen, and said indifferently, "It's just a physical appearance, no need to be nervous."
The large hands hanging at his sides slowly tightened.
She tried to turn the prayer beads, but found that her palm was only clutching her silk handkerchief.
His eyes dimmed for a moment.
The air was filled with the rich aroma of medicine.
He could easily detect the sweet, cloying fragrance emanating from her.
Yan Zhuoxu felt inexplicably hot and even had difficulty breathing.
He closed his eyes, pulled a perilla leaf from his sleeve, and held it to her lips. "Keep it in your mouth."
An order that cannot be questioned.
Shen Zhiyi opened her lips blankly.
Be a good girl and hold it in your mouth.
She looked at him with a puzzled expression.
Looking into her eyes, Yan Zhuoxu felt a sudden surge of lust rising in his lower abdomen and abruptly took half a step back.
He turned away, no longer looking at her face.
"Perilla leaves have a refreshing effect. Now that you're awake, hold on for a while. I'll go and call Chen Bi in."
Add hot water again, and the first medicinal bath is complete.
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