Chapter 284 – Caring
Yan Xiaosi remained completely unaware.
It seemed that Long Yu had tucked the blanket around her too tightly, making her feel somewhat hot. She twisted her body, loosening the bedding a little.
He knelt again by the water basin, dropped the cloth into the water, wrung it out, and sat back on the bed, preparing to wipe Yan Xiaosi’s hands and neck.
Unable to completely kick off the bedding, Yan Xiaosi frowned and continued to twist her body on the bed.
As she moved, she mumbled, “Hot, it’s so hot.”
Long Yu freed one hand, intending to lift the blanket covering her slightly, when he saw her grabbing her collar and pulling it apart.
As her collar opened a bit, her snow-white delicate neck and a corner of her gray undergarment were exposed before Long Yu’s eyes.
Long Yu felt his mouth go dry. He quickly lifted the blanket for her, then reached out to catch the hand that was tugging at her collar.
Yan Xiaosi slowly opened her eyes and looked at him with a gaze full of intoxication.
“Hehe, Long Yu, you are Long Yu, right? Long Yu, why are you here? I thought you were always so cold and didn’t like visiting brothels. It seems all men are the same.”
Long Yu was pleased to be recognized, but Yan Xiaosi’s subsequent words made him frown in displeasure.
What did she mean all men were the same? At least he was different—he never visited brothels, and his mansion was kept clean and proper.
“Be quiet. If you keep making noise, I’ll throw you out.”
Yan Xiaosi, drunk, with a headache and a queasy stomach, was already feeling low. Being threatened, her eyes reddened a bit.
“Long Yu, you’re bullying me. I risked my life to save you, and this is how you repay me?”
Seeing her reddened eyes, Long Yu felt at a loss.
“What are you crying for? I was just saying that casually. I’m not really going to throw you out.”
Yan Xiaosi breathed a sigh of relief.
Perhaps due to the lingering effects of the alcohol, she now felt very hot. With Long Yu holding her hand, she couldn’t pull at her collar, which greatly displeased her.
“I’m so hot. I want to take off my clothes. Long Yu, why are you holding my hand?”
Long Yu, fearing that her mind wasn’t clear at the moment and she might undress recklessly, could only say patiently, “Don’t move. I’ll wipe you with the cloth, and then you won’t feel so hot.”
“Okay.”
This time, Yan Xiaosi obediently blinked her eyes.
Her obedient blinking was utterly endearing to Long Yu.
While gently wiping her hand, Long Yu sighed softly, “If only you were this obedient all the time.”
Yan Xiaosi lay motionless, allowing him to wipe her hands and then her neck, being very cooperative.
After being wiped with the hot water, she indeed didn’t feel as hot anymore. She lay obediently on the bed, her drunken eyes fixed on Long Yu.
“Long Yu is so gentle tonight, it feels like a dream.”
Caught off guard by the praise, Long Yu felt somewhat uncomfortable and hesitated, “Do you prefer me being gentle, or how I usually am?”
Long Yi, having retrieved the Jade Dew Pill from Murong Qinjian, was about to enter when he heard his master ask this question. Frightened, he quickly halted, standing outside the curtain and even breathing as quietly as possible.
Yan Xiaosi answered without thinking, “Nonsense, of course I like the gentle you. The gentle you looks much more pleasing. Usually, you keep such a stern face, as if everyone owes you millions of taels of silver.”
Long Yu coughed lightly, making a mental note of what the little drunk cat was saying now, deciding that in the future when facing the little drunk cat, he would definitely try to be as gentle and humble as possible.
He stood by the bed, looking down at the adorable little drunk cat.
“Are you still feeling hot?”
As the moisture on her body dried, Yan Xiaosi felt her neck getting hot again. “Mm, hot.”
Seeing she was still wearing her outer garment, Long Yu thought for a moment and said, “Then I’ll help you take off your outer clothes.”
Since they were both men, removing just the outer clothes shouldn’t be considered offensive.
Yan Xiaosi blinked, indicating her agreement.
“Eating so much food every day, did it all go to a dog’s stomach? You’re still so thin.”
After removing her outer clothes, Yan Xiaosi felt much more comfortable all over. She tilted her body and lay down on the cloud-like bed.
Long Yu saw her squinting her eyes, about to fall asleep.
Long Yi, having stood outside with the Jade Dew Pill for a long time, heard that the sweet talk between his master and young Master Yan seemed to have concluded. He steeled himself and called into the tent, “Master, I have obtained the Jade Dew Pill.”
Long Yu reached for the blanket and covered Yan Xiaosi from the neck down.
Since her outer clothes had been removed and she no longer felt hot, Yan Xiaosi didn’t resist.
Only then did Long Yu turn his head toward the curtain at the entrance, his voice steady, “Come in.”
Long Yi, carrying the Jade Dew Pill, walked to the bedside under immense pressure. He glanced at the dazed Yan Xiaosi, handed the Jade Dew Pill to his master, and very tactfully withdrew.
Long Yu opened the bottle containing the Jade Dew Pill and brought it close to his nose to smell. A fresh medicinal fragrance spread through his nostrils.
It was indeed the Jade Dew Pill concocted by Murong Qinjian.
“Don’t sleep yet. Take this pill first.”
He went to the table, poured a cup of warm water, sat back on the edge of the bed, first handed the Jade Dew Pill to Yan Xiaosi, then prepared to offer the water.
Yan Xiaosi looked at the pill, which was about the size of a peanut and as pure as ice and snow. She sniffed it and frowned, asking Long Yu, “I’m not sick, why do I need to take medicine?”
Although she was a doctor, she was very averse to taking medicine.
All medicine contains some toxicity; if she could avoid taking it, she would.
Seeing her frown with a face full of resistance, Long Yu had to coax her like a child, patiently saying, “Aren’t you drunk? This is a sobering pill. Take it, and you won’t feel so uncomfortable.”
Yan Xiaosi’s brow remained furrowed. In her half-drunk, half-conscious state, she was exceptionally guarded.
“Are you sure this is a sobering pill and not poison?”
Long Yu: “…”
“If I wanted to kill you, why would I waste a poisonous pill? Wouldn’t it be more efficient to just strangle you with my hands?”
Yan Xiaosi carefully considered this with her muddled brain and realized he had a point.
Long Yu moved the hand holding the pill, bringing it closer to her nose. “You understand medicine. Smell it yourself. You’ll quickly know whether it’s poison or medicine.”
Yan Xiaosi inhaled, sniffing the pill. The medicinal fragrance was pleasant.
She concluded, “It’s good medicine, not poison.”
“Then hurry up and take it so you can sleep.”
