Rebirth: Contract Husband Falls in Love with Me-Chapter 451 - 232: Changing the Dressing
"Let’s not talk about this anymore! I’m fine now, isn’t it just troubling myself unnecessarily to keep talking about it?" Shi Fengju suddenly laughed again.
Sang Wan also smiled, a flash of confusion crossed her mind as she nodded and laughed: "Exactly! Delving into that would indeed be too confusing!"
She then helped him clean up the wound, gently wiped it with a clean cotton towel, evenly applied amber ointment, slowly massaged it to let the skin absorb the ointment, and finally wrapped it with two layers of gauze.
She carefully placed his leg on the couch and Sang Wan finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling weary and slightly sweating on her forehead.
She then proceeded to check the wound on his arm which was much better than the one on his leg, indeed it had already scabbed. She cleaned it with a wet towel, applied ointment, and bandaged it, quickly finishing the task.
"Tomorrow, just let Steward Zhang and the others handle this! You must be tired," she said, lifting her head. Only then did Shi Fengju notice her slightly sweaty forehead and her somewhat hurried breathing, and he couldn’t help but feel compassionate.
Sang Wan smiled softly and shook her head, gently saying, "The men are rough, it’s better if I do it! It’ll be easier tomorrow!" She had traveled a long distance to take care of him. If she were to stand aside and lazily instruct several male servants to do the work, what would that look like?
Shi Fengju also felt happy about her personally taking care of him, and upon hearing this, he simply smiled noncommittally, just thinking about ensuring she took plenty of breaks the next day.
After finishing these tasks, Sang Wan called someone to come in and clean up the wooden basin, towel, etc., and then helped Shi Fengju onto the bed to lie down. Without waiting for her to speak, Shi Fengju had already instructed someone to bring in hot water for him to bathe, and two maidservants hurriedly went to prepare it.
Once the water was ready, everyone modestly lowered their gaze and hurriedly exited, gently closing the door behind them.
Sang Wan immediately felt a bit awkward, looking at the steaming hot bucket of water in front of the bed, feeling the hot steam rushing towards her face, making her feel waves of heat.
"Miss Wan, are you intending for me to do it myself?" Shi Fengju chuckled lowly, his eyes filled with interest as he looked at her.
"I’ll get a clean inner wear for you first!" Sang Wan finally found a transitional excuse, turned around to the wardrobe, fetched a set of white soft silk inner wear and placed it beside the bed, then rolled up her sleeves to unbutton his clothes.
Shi Fengju cooperated passively, not taking any initiative, intentionally making her fully attend to him. Sang Wan couldn’t help but secretly criticize him, feeling a mix of annoyance and playful irritation, suddenly stripping him completely bare.
In front of her, bare as he was, Shi Fengju didn’t feel any restraint or discomfort, and instead leaned back more leisurely, flicked a few strands of hair that draped over his shoulders to the back, and laughed, "Miss Wan, hurry up a bit, I’m starting to feel itchy all over with this hot water!"
Sang Wan, teased by him, let out a light laugh, her previous awkwardness somewhat eased. She quickly wet the towel, wrung it half-dry, and began to wipe him down.
The warm towel moving across his body made Shi Fengju comfortably sigh, closing his eyes in enjoyment. Wherever the towel wiped, patches of blush appeared on his fair skin. It seemed the hot steam opened his pores, and the familiar scent of him burst forth, mixing with the steam and hitting her face, causing Sang Wan’s heart to slightly heat up.
Shi Fengju wasn’t faring much better. Initially, seeing her embarrassed state, he only intended to playfully tease her, but as she came closer, the soft like jade touches and cool delicate fingertips intermittently grazing his skin accelerated his blood circulation, causing his body to feel a tingling sensation as if struck by lightning, his desires rising uncontrollably, and he found himself parched but dared not move.
He could keep his body still, but he couldn’t control his body’s innate reactions.
Initially embarrassed, seeing her even more embarrassed, his discomfort suddenly vanished, replaced by a keen interest as he watched her, unable to suppress a smirk forming at his lips.
In her heart, Sang Wan had already cursed him countless times as "shameless, despicable!" Yet, it was just a bathing, and still, it had escalated to this! With injuries all over his body yet still thinking of such things, really, she didn’t know what to say.
If Shi Fengju knew she held such disdain for him inside, he would surely cry foul—it wasn’t within his control after all, if anyone were to blame, it would have to be her. He was a normal man, and with her tending to him in such a manner, it would be terrible if he had no reaction at all.
