Quick Wear: Cousin, Come to the Bowl Quickly

Realizing what she was thinking, Lin Xi's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly withdrew her hand, but her fingertips curled up unconsciously, as if savoring the fleeting warm touch.

Lin Xi felt her ears burning, but she forced herself to remain calm and deliberately raised her voice, bluffing as she spoke.

"Ahem, stand still, don't move, let me check if the wound has been rubbed."

Her cool fingertips touched him briefly, like a dragonfly skimming the water, but Shen Jingyuan tensed up instantly from that brief contact, his entire back stiffening and his breathing becoming somewhat disordered.

He pursed his lips, thinking to himself that it must be because the wound was healing. Otherwise, how could he have felt a sudden, unbearable itch from the shoulder where her fingertips touched to the base of his fingers when he grabbed her wrist in his haste?

Unfortunately, the itching was incredibly irritating, forcing him to use all his willpower to resist grabbing the hand that was carefully pressing and examining the edge of his wound on his waist.

Lin Xi bent down and examined the wound on his side carefully for a while. After confirming that the wound had not been rubbed by the clothing, she finally breathed a sigh of relief and muttered to herself, "Thank goodness it wasn't rubbed... I can re-bandage it after applying the medicine."

As she spoke, she turned to get the bottle of dark brown medicine from the table.

Seeing that she finally looked away, Shen Jingyuan, who had been tense all over, finally relaxed and let out a long sigh of relief without making a sound.

But he didn't expect that the subsequent application of medicine and bandaging would be the real torture for him.

Lin Xi applied the medicine with extremely gentle movements. The cool medicine and the soft cotton felt intertwined with the itching caused by the new flesh growing on the wound, creating a strange kind of torment.

Unfortunately, she was quite domineering. Whenever Shen Jingyuan dodged even slightly, she would click her tongue in annoyance, without saying anything extra, yet she managed to keep Shen Jingyuan rooted to the spot, not daring to make any further moves.

After finally getting the medicine applied, Shen Jingyuan's nose was covered with a thin layer of sweat.

After finally managing to apply the medicine evenly, Shen Jingyuan's nose was already covered with a thin layer of sweat.

However, for him, the real test had only just begun.

Because the knife wound ran diagonally across the lower back, and the location was tricky, the gauze had to be wrapped around the entire waist several times to ensure a secure bandage.

However, the train compartment was not very spacious, and Shen Jingyuan was exceptionally tall and upright, taking up almost half of the space in front of the table by himself.

The two stood facing each other, finding it difficult to move around or dodge.

Lin Xi had no other choice but to bend down, lean forward, and almost half-hug his thin waist, her arms repeatedly wrapping around the gauze from behind him.

She was completely focused, her attention entirely on how to wrap the gauze more securely without hurting him, unaware of how intimate and ambiguous their posture appeared to others.

Shen Jingyuan seemed to be frozen in place, all the muscles in his body stiffening.

He looked down and saw Lin Xi's fluffy hair so close to his face. A few unruly strands of hair brushed against his neck and collarbone with her movements, like feathers gently scratching his bare skin, sending shivers down his spine.

Despite having traveled light and endured hardships along the way, the two of them had only rushed through the simplest washing and grooming, let alone the elaborate makeup and dressing up that she used to do.

Yet she seemed to be soaked in those rich, fragrant balms and lotions from the past, even though she was using the most ordinary, cheap soap from the inn and teahouse, just like him.

She always carried a faint, sweet rose scent, which, now that they were so close, lingered around his nose, diluting the smell of the medicine and disturbing his mind.

What made him even more bewildered was her warm breath.

As she focused on her movements, her breath sprayed unhindered onto his heaving chest, his skin feeling as if it were being branded with a hot iron, the heat quickly spreading throughout his body, making his limbs and bones tingle.

Shen Jingyuan felt as if he were embracing a soft and fragrant warm cloud. His reason was frantically warning him to end this uncontrollable closeness as soon as possible, but his body seemed to have its own will, greedily absorbing this unexpected tenderness, and even unconsciously wanting to get even closer to her until there was no gap between them.

The bandaging process, which only took a few minutes, seemed to stretch out infinitely in Shen Jingyuan's perception.

Shen Jingyuan's usually proud composure was quietly crumbling. He desperately wanted this agonizing torture to end as soon as possible, but in a hidden corner of his heart, a shameful desire was growing, wishing that this moment could be prolonged indefinitely...

As if bewitched, looking at the delicate nape of Lin Xi's neck that was exposed when she lowered her head, Shen Jingyuan's fingers, which were resting on the edge of the table, twitched. He couldn't help but want to stroke it, but he forcibly restrained himself.

"Phew! It's finally done!"

Lin Xi, who had been busy for a while, seemed completely unaware of Shen Jingyuan's increasingly heavy breathing above her. After nimbly tying a knot at his lower abdomen, she finally let out a long breath and straightened up, supporting her slightly sore back.

"Ouch, I'm exhausted." She gripped the edge of the table, grimacing and rubbing her back. She looked up at Shen Jingyuan, raised an eyebrow with a smug air, and said in a haughty tone, "How was it? My first time bandaging someone, my technique was pretty good, wasn't it?"

Shen Jingyuan's eyelashes fluttered slightly as he avoided her bright, sparkling gaze. He looked down at the crooked bow at his waist, his Adam's apple bobbed, and he responded softly, "Mmm."

"Hmph, you're smart enough to know what's good for you." Seeing him nod, Lin Xi unconsciously curved her eyes, raised her chin arrogantly, and resumed her usual haughty demeanor. "Then I'll reluctantly take on the task of changing your dressing later. Okay, now put your clothes on, don't catch a cold."

"it is good."

Compared to his previous hesitant and uncooperative attitude, Shen Jingyuan was now incredibly obedient. Upon hearing Lin Xi's words, he reached out and picked up the coat that Lin Xi had just pulled off and which had silently slipped to the ground.

Seeing Shen Jingyuan turn his back to get dressed, Lin Xi put the medicines scattered on the table back into the medicine box, took out a thermos from under the bed, and instructed Shen Jingyuan, "I'll go outside to get some water. You stay put and don't move around."

"I'll go, your leg is injured." Shen Jingyuan paused in his buttoning and quickly turned around to speak.

Upon hearing this, Lin Xi glared at him with displeasure, her gaze falling on the snow-white gauze around his waist. She pretended to be fierce and said, "Where are you going! You stay put. If you reopen the wound later, I don't want to have to apply medicine to you again."

As she spoke, she picked up the thermos and limped out, turning back to give Shen Jingyuan another word of advice before leaving.

"Stay put and don't wander off!"

The door to the private room was closed, and the sound of footsteps, sometimes light and sometimes heavy, gradually faded into the distance.

The space fell silent instantly, with only Shen Jingyuan's breathing remaining.

He remained in the position of getting dressed, waiting quietly for a moment until the footsteps outside the door completely disappeared before he stopped what he was doing.

He lowered his head, his gaze falling on his waist and abdomen. Then he reached out and lingered on the crooked bow, caressing it for a long time before loosening the gauze and re-wrapping it.

However, at the last step, his fingertips paused on the gauze for a while before finally untying the knot he had already made. Somewhat awkwardly, he imitated Lin Xi's technique and re-tied a crooked bow.