Huo Yuchen had woken up. He found that he couldn’t move his body and his head still felt dizzy.
Soon he realized there was a woman entangled around him. Huo Yuchen, who had always disliked physical contact with the opposite sex, how could he tolerate this. He wanted to push her away but lacked the strength because of the fever last night.
His movements made the half-asleep Su Ningxi very impatient. “Stop messing around, Xiao Yu.”
Xiao Yu? Who was Xiao Yu? Could it be another man?
Thinking of this, Huo Yuchen's face darkened. This damn woman not only took the opportunity to get close to him when he was sick, but even mistook him for another man. She was simply challenging his bottom line.
He used all his strength to push her away.
This push woke Su Ningxi up completely.
Seeing Huo Yuchen awake, she said, "You're awake."
She was completely unaware of the danger she was in. Her hand reflexively reached out to feel Huo Yuchen's forehead.
Huo Yuchen blocked her hand, staring at her coldly, "Who gave you the nerve to touch me!"
Su Ningxi laughed in anger, feeling that he was crazy. She mocked, "Are you kidding? You had a fever. I took care of you all night. You didn't say not to touch you before. Now that you’re better, you’re upset that I touched you? Besides, please be clear that you hired me. I didn't come on my own."
Huo Yuchen looked at Su Ningxi without speaking.
"What's wrong? Cat got your tongue?" Seeing Huo Yuchen silent for so long, Su Ningxi thought he had nothing to say. She was completely unaware that the glasses she usually wore as a disguise were gone, exposing her bright eyes to Huo Yuchen.
Huo Yuchen was enthralled by Su Ningxi's eyes and couldn't pull himself away. They were very beautiful eyes. He had seen them before at the hotel and thought he was hallucinating in his disoriented state. But her eyes were really beautiful, so clear and bright, like two springs. Her long curly lashes fluttered temptingly, blooming beautifully like flowers in spring. They were so stunning they took his breath away.
Although he had seen many beauties, he had never seen anyone with such captivating eyes. He had to admit he was defenseless against her eyes. As if possessed, he reached out to touch them.
Seeing the approaching hand, Su Ningxi frowned and pushed it away. "What are you doing? You want to hit me?"
Only then did Huo Yuchen realize what he was doing. He cursed inwardly, when had he ever been so out of composure. To cover up his intentions and embarrassment, he nonchalantly said, "I would never lay a hand on a woman. I just wanted to remind you..."
He stopped mid-sentence.
"Hmm?" Su Ningxi prompted.
Huo Yuchen continued, "I wanted to remind you that you have eye boogers on your face."
Su Ningxi immediately covered her eyes. The shock made her heart skip a beat. Where had her glasses gone?
Damn, her eyes must have been exposed. Everyone said her eyes were naturally beautiful. If this man knew she was deliberately disguising herself to trick him, that would be bad.
"Well, since you're better now, I'll get going first." She hurriedly got off the bed. She had to leave this place quickly.
But the more flustered she was, the clumsier she became. Her foot got caught and she stumbled right into Huo Yuchen's arms.
Huo Yuchen let out a muffled grunt!
Just then, Tang Chen walked in and saw this scene.
With an evil grin he asked, "Am I coming at a bad time?"
Hearing the voice, Su Ningxi rolled off of Huo Yuchen as fast as she could and fled the room with her head down.
Huo Yuchen looked at Tang Chen unhappily. "Don't you know to knock before coming in?"
"I did knock but no one answered." Tang Chen blithely ignored his dark expression and walked over.
Huo Yuchen's wound had reopened. The bandages were soaked with blood. As Tang Chen examined it, he chattered, "You're quite lustful huh, injured like this yet still going at it."
One thing he really didn't understand was since they were so desperate for each other, why were they sleeping in separate rooms?
Huo Yuchen shot him a murderous look. Tang Chen wisely shut his mouth.
After changing the dressing, he lifted the blanket, preparing to get up. The few drops of blood on the bed caught his attention. Clearly this wasn't his blood. Although his wound had split open, it wouldn't bleed this much onto the sheets. He recalled Su Ningxi's limping figure as she left and had thought her leg was numb from sleeping. Could she be injured?
Back in her room, Su Ningxi looked at her bloody foot. She couldn't believe she had walked back like this. Now she only felt acute pain.
Suddenly, there was a knock at the door.
"Who is it?"
"Mistress, open the door." It was Wang Ma's voice.
Su Ningxi hopped over and opened the door with dark eye circles. "What's the matter?"
"Mistress, I heard you were injured. Young Master Tang came to take a look." As Wang Ma spoke, her eyes roved over Su Ningxi.
Only then did Su Ningxi notice Tang Chen standing behind Wang Ma.
"How did you know I was injured?" Su Ningxi asked, puzzled.
Tang Chen said, "My brother said so. How passionate were you two last night to end up like this? Didn't I tell you to take it easy when I left?"
Su Ningxi......
Did he only have this kind of thing in his brain?
But how did that man know her foot was injured? Still, it was decent of him to send someone to check on her.
Su Ningxi looked down at her foot. She had only simply bandaged it at the time and didn't know what it looked like now. It was good to take a look, save her the trip to the hospital.
She opened the door wide. "It's just a small injury, come on in!"
Because Su Ningxi's foot was treated too late, it got infected. After Tang Chen treated it, it was wrapped in thick gauze and she couldn't even fit her shoe on.
Looking at her foot, Su Ningxi felt resigned. She really was unlucky. She had only married Huo Yuchen for a short time and had already been injured twice. Could it be they were astrologically incompatible and he countered her?
