Quick Wear: Cousin, Come to the Bowl Quickly

While Lin Xi turned around to take the medicine, Song Guanwen looked around with a red face, found his clothes thrown aside, and struggled to pull the clothes over and put them on.

But when he stood up, he pulled the wound on his back, and a dull pain came. Song Guanwen couldn't help but gasp and fell back onto the kang.

Seeing this, Lin Xi immediately exclaimed, "Cousin! Be careful!" She quickly put the bowl of medicine in her hand on the small table on the kang and reached out to help him.

But her hand hadn't even touched Song Guanwen yet, and he quickly shrank back as if he had been burned by a spark, somewhat awkwardly avoiding Lin Xi's outstretched hand, and said, enduring the pain: "No, I'm fine."

Even though Lin Xi was slow to react, she noticed his evasive gesture. Her outstretched hand suddenly froze in mid-air, and the tears in her eyes that had not yet dissipated suddenly threatened to surge again.

"I'm sorry, cousin, it's all my fault...it's you..." She withdrew her hand somewhat dejectedly, her tone filled with obvious self-blame and loss.

Upon hearing her words, Song Guanwen immediately realized that she had misunderstood his actions. He opened his lips and wanted to explain something, but before he could say anything, Yang Guifen behind Lin Xi had already walked forward and interrupted the dull atmosphere between the two.

"What do you mean it's okay? The injury on your back needs to be healed for a few days." She first glanced at Song Guanwen, who tilted his head slightly, as if he was very uncomfortable with being naked in front of others, and then picked up the palm-leaf fan that Lin Xi had just thrown aside and fanned herself.

"Drink the medicine first. I'll boil the purslane water later. After you've wiped yourself, have Zhang Zhiqing and the others carry you back. Don't stay out of the sun for the next few days."

Hearing this, Song Guanwen, who had been calmly moving his fingers to try to pull off his clothes, suddenly froze. Only then did he understand why he was lying here naked.

Song Guanwen raised his eyes slightly, his gaze wandering on Lin Xi's back for a long time. After hesitating for a moment, the desire to relieve the itchiness and pain on his body finally overwhelmed the sense of shame. He pursed his lips and slowly retracted his outstretched hand.

"Thank you, auntie." Song Guanwen looked up at Yang Guifen and said thank you softly.

Hearing this, Yang Guifen waved the palm-leaf fan in her hand nonchalantly, "Why thank me? If you want to thank someone, thank the men in your courtyard. Oh, and this girl too. If you don't wake up soon, I'm afraid her tears will flood my courtyard."

At this point, Yang Guifen nudged Lin Xi with a look of disappointment. "What are you standing there for? Just now, you were calling me cousin and crying like the sky was falling. Now that your cousin is awake, why don't you help him get up and drink the medicine?"

There was still a tear hanging in the corner of Lin Xi's eye. Yang Guifen pushed her forward a small step. She raised her face hesitantly and looked at Song Guanwen pitifully.

Song Guanwen subconsciously wanted to say no, but just as he moved his lips, he met Lin Xi's eyes that were as red as a rabbit.

Recalling the hurt that instantly appeared on her face when he dodged her hand just now, and looking at the cautious look in Lin Xi's eyes at this moment, Song Guanwen could only swallow back the words that were on the tip of his tongue, sighed, and nodded inaudibly at Lin Xi.

Lin Xi, who caught his subtle movements, suddenly had a look of surprise in her eyes. She raised the corners of her mouth quickly, then bent down and stretched out her hand towards Song Guanwen.

As if dazzled by the brilliance in her eyes, Song Guanwen awkwardly shifted his gaze away, curled up his fingertips at his sides, and finally placed them on Lin Xi's palm.

Lin Xi helped him sit up and put the bowl of medicine in front of him. Song Guanwen forced himself to shift his attention away from the warmth of his palms and shoulders that had been touched by Lin Xi. He took the bowl of medicine with a frown and drank it all in one gulp.

However, although Lin Xi helped him drink the medicine, at Song Guanwen's insistence, the person who washed his body with the purslane medicine was replaced by Li Bin outside the house.

However, while scrubbing, Yang Guifen, who was waving a fan and ordering Li Bin to be gentler, suddenly seemed to think of something and asked casually with some confusion.

"By the way, I see that in your basket, besides purslane, there are also wild mint and dandelions. Have you learned to identify herbs?"

Song Guanwen, who was gritting his teeth to endure Li Bin's rough hands and feet, which made his skin itchy and painful, subconsciously looked at Lin Xi who was standing by the kang when he heard this.

Lin Xi's body stiffened, and she avoided his gaze guiltily. Song Guanwen's heart moved, and he suddenly understood one thing - Lin Xi's words seemed to be said deliberately for him to hear...

As the sun was setting, under the gaze of the educated youth, Song Guanwen, who had changed his clothes, lay on Li Bin's back, with a little tail named Lin Xi following him closely, and finally returned to the educated youth site.

It was not until she sent Song Guanwen back to the male educated youth's house and watched Zhang Jianguo and Li Bin settle him down that Lin Xi's tense nerves finally relaxed a little.

Only then did she realize that she had hurriedly followed Song Guanwen to the captain's house, and was so focused on his condition that she didn't even notice that she was sweating.

Now that she had finally relaxed, she felt the blue cloth jacket on her body sticking to her skin, damp and rising and falling with her breathing, which was extremely uncomfortable.

Lin Xi raised her sleeves and smelled the scent on her body, and immediately frowned in disgust. Thinking about how she had just been wandering in front of Song Guanwen wearing such clothes and had not been tactful enough to move forward, she couldn't help but pout and patted her head in annoyance.

"No wonder he wanted to hide from me just now and wouldn't let her wipe his body." Lin Xi tugged at her sleeves, muttered with a bitter face, and turned around to go back to the house to clean herself up.

But after taking a few steps, a familiar voice came from behind, "Lin Zhiqing, wait a moment."

Hearing this, Lin Xi turned around and saw Chen Caiqing standing in the shadows at the base of the wall. She asked with some confusion, "Chen Zhiqing, what's wrong?"

"Come here, I have something for you." Chen Caiqing waved at her, motioning Lin Xi to come forward.

"Ah? For me?" Lin Xi seemed to be unable to figure out what Chen Caiqing, whom she was not very familiar with, could have for her. She pointed at herself uncertainly.

"Yes, it's for you." Chen Caiqing nodded with a smile and took two steps towards her.

Seeing that she looked serious and didn't seem to be joking, Lin Xi could only frown and walk to her side, asking in confusion: "What is it?"

"Here, this." Chen Caiqing opened his palm towards her, revealing what was inside - a tin box with some paint peeling off.