The Female Supporting Character's Counterattack: The Evil King's Doctor Consort's Ent

Chapter 24 Don't Touch Me Without Permission

Gu Lingzhi was startled: "What are you doing? Let go!"

"Take it off!"

Mo Jiuxiao's hands didn't stop, and Gu Lingzhi was no match for him. In no time, her coat was off.

She clung tightly to the inner garment, refusing to let him take it off.

Mo Jiuxiao's face was tense as he calmly said, "You stink!"

Gu Lingzhi felt somewhat hurt.

As a doctor, she has a bit of a germaphobia, but after being in this environment for so many days, how can she keep herself clean?

"Wash yourself clean!"

Mo Jiuxiao was too lazy to pay attention to her.

Gu Lingzhi looked at the bathtub: "I would like to, but could Your Highness please change the bathwater?"

"Dislike?" Mo Jiuxiao squinted at Gu Lingzhi.

Gu Lingzhi raised an eyebrow: "Of course I dislike it."

"Your Highness, you've just been in a fight, you're covered in sweat and dirt, don't you feel disgusted?"

However, she could also see that Mo Jiuxiao was obviously doing it on purpose.

"Somebody come!"

Several soldiers immediately walked in from outside.

Four people carried the large water bucket out, and soon brought in a new one.

Gu Lingzhi looked at the still steaming water and felt a little itchy. She glanced at Mo Jiuxiao sitting at the table next to her, processing a stack of letters, and after holding back for a long time, she finally spoke.

"Shouldn't Your Highness be going out?"

Mo Jiuxiao didn't even look up.

"Are you ordering me around?"

She really didn't have the hobby of taking a bath in front of another man.

"Men and women should not touch each other. Is Your Highness trying to take advantage of me?"

"Didn't you want to force me?"

Mo Jiuxiao didn't turn his head, and his eyes never left the letter.

"If you don't even have that much guts, how can you do it?"

Gu Lingzhi was speechless and could only hide behind the wooden tub and take off her clothes.

Forget about frugality and all that.

If I don't wash it now, I don't know when I'll be able to wash it again.

It was difficult to fetch water in the military camp; it was all done by specialized soldiers, but each person received a fixed amount.

Except for Mo Jiuxiao.

Conditions here are harsh. Gu Lingzhi had seen the tents of ordinary soldiers. Those soldiers slept on hard wooden plank beds. As for bathing, there were no bath tubs. They all went in groups to the river in the woods to relieve themselves.

With great difficulty, Gu Lingzhi took off her clothes, her eyes fixed on Mo Jiuxiao's back, which was tightly covered by an outer garment.

She was afraid he might suddenly turn around and look at her.

The feeling of her heart pounding in her throat was ominous, and Gu Lingzhi plunged into the water with a splash.

The impact was too heavy, and there was a lot of water in the bucket, so a lot of it splashed out instantly.

Some of the liquid even landed on Mo Jiuxiao's clean robes.

Gu Lingzhi wished she could bury her face in the water.

She saw Mo Jiuxiao turn around with his long eyebrows furrowed, giving her a cold look before suddenly standing up.

Gu Lingzhi quickly said, "Oh, I didn't mean to!"

"Dirty!"

Mo Jiuxiao's eyes were filled with displeasure, and a hint of coldness permeated them.

"Your Highness may take another bath."

Mo Jiuxiao glanced at the bathtub: "No need for that, let's go together!"

Gu Lingzhi popped her head out of the tall bathtub.

This military tent was really inconvenient in every way. There were men everywhere outside, and no one would make room for her to take a bath.

“Then I’ll come out and make room for Your Highness.”

She couldn't wash anymore, but she didn't dare to move around recklessly.

Mo Jiuxiao calmly took off his wet robes again.

Gu Lingzhi bit her lower lip and glared angrily at Mo Jiuxiao, only to see Mo Jiuxiao walk in wearing only his underpants.

The bathtub was large and spacious.

But it gets a bit cramped when two people are together.

Gu Lingzhi reached out to push him: "Mo Jiuxiao, don't go too far!"

Mo Jiuxiao placed his arms outstretched beside the bathtub, half of his body submerged in the water, his eyes half-closed as he looked at Gu Lingzhi.

"Whatever you wish to do, I await your decision!"

The other party's attitude was very strange, but Gu Lingzhi could never completely see through this person.

As for the other person's thought process, she simply couldn't understand it.

"Your Highness, I'm finished washing!"

Gu Lingzhi turned around as if fleeing, facing away from him, then jumped out of the bathtub and put on the clothes that were placed to the side.

Although there were still some water droplets on my body, I didn't feel very comfortable.

Mo Jiuxiao didn't speak; he remained in the same position, motionless.

Just then, Bai Junshi's voice came from outside the door: "Your Highness, I have something to discuss!"

"Yes, I understand!"

Mo Jiuxiao responded, then stepped out of the bathtub, slowly and deliberately dried himself off, dressed, and left the house meticulously.

As for Strategist Bai, he waited outside the door for a long time.

It was already dark, and Gu Lingzhi was alone in the military tent. She couldn't help but look at the table.

There were several unfolded letters on the table, which Mo Jiuxiao had just read.

The first line reads that 10,000 soldiers have been dispatched to ambush a dangerous spot along the route of the grain transport team from Nanhuai, and will make their move in three days.

Three days later.

It was the very day that Nanhuai was about to burn Beiyi's grain and fodder.

Mo Jiuxiao's sudden action was clearly an act of retaliation.

Most importantly, why did Mo Jiuxiao let her see the letter? Why didn't he put away such important military intelligence?

What exactly is his intention?

Gu Lingzhi took two steps back and rubbed her forehead.

She gently soothed her fingers, the pain in her left hand constantly reminding her of the danger.

Gu Lingzhi's mind raced, but because it was so late, she unknowingly fell asleep.

When I woke up, there was no one in the tent, but the letter had been put away.

Gu Lingzhi knew that Mo Jiuxiao must have returned, so she lifted the curtain of the military tent and went out.

The soldiers patrolling the gate couldn't help but take another look when they saw her come out.

After all, Gu Lingzhi's appearance was definitely a sight to behold in the military camp.

Her long hair was casually draped over her shoulders, and her eyes still held a hint of sleepiness, giving her a hazy and alluring look.

Gu Lingzhi had no idea about her current situation. She frowned slightly and asked, "Where is your prince?"

The sooner Mo Jiuxiao's injuries are treated, the better, because who knows when Gu Fuling in the capital might try to kill her.

However, even at top speed, it would take more than ten days to travel from the capital to here, and a month at a leisurely carriage.

She doesn't need to worry about Gu Fuling causing any more trouble for the time being; she just needs to settle down here as soon as possible.

"His Highness is still in a meeting!"

"Tell your prince to send the healing supplies, as well as everything I asked him to prepare, to the military tent. When he returns, I will begin treating his hand."

In fact, Gu Lingzhi still had some doubts.

If Mo Jiuxiao wanted to heal the wound on his wrist, why did he cause himself so much harm in the first place?

But Gu Lingzhi doesn't understand other people's worlds. Who knows what Mo Jiuxiao was thinking back then?

She went back into her tent and waited. After a short while, several people came in carrying trays.

Gu Lingzhi almost made a decision after laying out the things she needed.

Everything was prepared perfectly, nothing was missing.

Mo Jiuxiao lifted the curtain and walked in.

Gu Lingzhi narrowed her eyes, but still said calmly, "The letter you left on the table yesterday..."

"You read?"

Gu Lingzhi was interrupted and could no longer deliver the speech she had prepared.

"You put it there for me to see, of course I can see it."

A dark glint flashed in Mo Jiuxiao's eyes, "Unauthorized spying on military intelligence is a capital offense!"

Gu Lingzhi calmly and carefully disinfected each item one by one.

"Anyway, if you want to kill me, you don't need to go to such lengths. Just make up any excuse. I've already washed my neck clean and am waiting!"

She said it as if it were just a casual remark.

Then, raising his eyelids, he stared intently into Mo Jiuxiao's eyes: "Hold out your hand!"

Mo Jiuxiao stretched out his injured hand, and the raised, red and swollen scar on his wrist was very obvious.

Even though it's been a year, he doesn't seem to care that the injury hasn't healed.

Picking up the thin dagger, Gu Lingzhi's eyes were full of seriousness.

The room was quiet.

Mo Jiuxiao lowered his eyes to look at the woman in front of him, a layer of sweat appearing on his delicate forehead.

Gu Lingzhi looked up and felt Mo Jiuxiao's muscles tense. She couldn't help but ask, "Does it hurt a lot?"

Of course, that's obvious.

No normal person could endure such a surgery without any anesthesia.

She looked up at Mo Jiuxiao, only to find that the man's face was a little paler than before, but he had no expression.

"Just do your job!"

Those thin lips still uttered words of cold indifference.

Gu Lingzhi's movements were lighter and faster, but it was a very delicate task, requiring her to connect the broken meridians one by one.

Without any instruments, she relied entirely on her sense of touch to do it, but her left hand was still injured and she couldn't exert much strength.

Finally finishing the tedious sewing, Gu Lingzhi gently wiped her forehead with her sleeve. "All done!"

"So simple?"

Simple?

Gu Lingzhi smiled but remained silent: "Mm!"

Mo Jiuxiao moved slightly and felt that the feeling of losing control had lessened a lot.

Gu Lingzhi reached out and grabbed his arm: "It's best not to move around before the wound heals!"

Mo Jiuxiao removed Gu Lingzhi's hand.

"Don't touch me without my permission, understand?"

Gu Lingzhi looked disgusted, as if she were saying something like, "Who likes to touch him?"

Mo Jiuxiao stood up, his sleeves falling down to cover Gu Lingzhi's bandaged wound.

Gu Lingzhi looked up at him, and a voice came from the door of the military tent.

"Your Highness, troops from Nanhua have appeared twenty miles away."

Mo Jiuxiao frowned upon hearing this.

He lifted his robe and walked out of the military tent.

As soon as the other party left, Gu Lingzhi breathed a sigh of relief. She wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and found a comfortable position to rest.

Half an hour later.

The curtain of the military tent was suddenly lifted, and several men with fierce faces barged in, immediately surrounding Gu Lingzhi, who was sitting in a chair.