In the room,
Qiao Ying sat on the sofa, preparing to give herself shots.
Yesterday, Qin Hanyue originally wanted to bring Older Ming over, but Qiao Ying did not let him. Although she was blind, it did not hinder her much from giving herself shots. It was just more troublesome and took more effort.
She was familiar with this poison. If she let Older Ming come, she would have to teach him bit by bit.
Qin Hanyue took out the needle pack from his coat pocket and carefully handed the needles Qiao Ying needed to her: "Be careful."
Qiao Ying held the needle, first touched the acupoint with her finger, then gave herself the shot.
Qin Hanyue quietly handed her needles without daring to say any extra words to disturb her.
Giving herself shots while blind, and being so calm from beginning to end, she was probably the only one in the world who could do it.
Even Qin Hanyue, who had seen a lot in the world but did not understand medicine, thought she was really amazing. Besides, there was a saying that doctors do not treat themselves.
Because her eyes could not see, she gave herself shots slower than usual, one by one.
The toxin was in her eyes. Most of her shots were around her eyes or her head, more than ten shots in a row.
Suddenly she pulled open one side of her collar, exposing her left shoulder.
She told him: "Hold it for me."
This sudden action caught Qin Hanyue off guard. Her slender neck was completely exposed, and Qin Hanyue looked at the large swath of fair and delicate skin on her collar, her beautiful collarbone, and the black bra strap on her shoulder. His face was slightly stiff as he subconsciously tightened his jawline.
But his hand was already helping, fixing her collar for her.
Qiao Ying tilted her head slightly, stabbed needles into her neck and shoulder with one hand, and her hand giving herself shots touched his hand holding her collar several times.
When he handed her needles earlier, their hands inevitably touched too.
They were close to each other, the room was quiet, and Qiao Ying vaguely heard the sound of him swallowing saliva, so she asked, "Are you thirsty?"
Qin Hanyue's heart shuddered, and his fingers holding her collar subconsciously tightened, "...No."
Qiao Ying said nothing more.
Qin Hanyue felt that these few shots took an unusually long time.
After the last shot, Qiao Ying moved her sore arms, then said, "Why do you not speak the whole time?"
Qin Hanyue held her collar, "...I didn't dare distract you."
Qiao Ying: "No comments after seeing me as a guinea pig?"
Qin Hanyue: "Hearing that this poison is not difficult to solve, I naturally breathed a sigh of relief, but I also regret not being able to do anything for you."
Qiao Ying laughed without saying anything: Businessmen really know how to talk.
Qin Hanyue: "Are there any other injuries on your body?"
Qiao Ying: "No."
The two knife wounds were not deep and could be ignored.
"That's good then."
At this time, Qiao Ying said, "There will be opportunities for you to play your role in the future." Probably because she could not see, she spoke more casually.
And Qin Hanyue no longer avoided anything. His gentlemanly manners were also thrown out the window as his eyes just stared straight at Qiao Ying.
Of course he was looking at her face, not anywhere else he shouldn't.
His gaze was lingering and greedy.
Hearing Qiao Ying's response, Qin Hanyue smiled contentedly, "I hope it won't be the kind of role where I'm experimented on to save you."
She joked, "Even if human experiments were done, Third Master Qin would not be allowed to participate personally."
Being called "Third Master Qin" made Qin Hanyue lose his smile. He was a little helpless.
"Other than not being able to see, does your eye have any other discomfort?" he asked softly.
Qiao Ying: "No."
There was some soreness, but it was bearable.
"Woof!" The dog, who had been sitting quietly to the side, barked at the two, as if calling for attention after being ignored for too long.
Qin Hanyue glanced at the dog and tried asking Qiao Ying, "Is this Lin Cheng on the same level as Ye Si and Cheng Jinyan?"
It was obvious they were not as close as Ye Si and the others.
Qiao Ying: "He came here once before, I met him and made a bet with him. We can barely be considered friends."
Qin Hanyue nodded slightly and asked curiously, "What did you win?"
Qiao Ying: "There is a jade shop called Lin Yuxuan in China that noble ladies love to go to. There are branches in the capital too. Have you heard of it?"
Qin Hanyue: "I've heard a little about it - he lost Lin Yuxuan to you?"
Qiao Ying: "Yes."
Qin Hanyue: "When can we make a bet too? I have quite a lot at stake."
Qiao Ying was interested: "Like what?"
Qin Hanyue: "God's Arms, Arkencroft's arsenal, I guess you'd like both. Cough - and what you said last time too."
Qiao Ying: "What I said last time?"
What did she say last time? What did that cough mean?
Qin Hanyue did not say it out loud, but reminded her, "But I have one request, Qin Yan should not be included."
Understanding what he was talking about, Qiao Ying couldn't help but raise her eyebrows slightly and asked the crucial question: "Do you want to win or lose?"
Qin Hanyue: "Winning is losing, losing is winning."
Qiao Ying: "Mr. Qin's mouth is quite good."
Qin Hanyue: "Hm?"
What does she mean?
Lin Cheng came to ask about Qiao Ying's condition and call them for dinner after timing it.
Qiao Ying had already put away her needles.
Qin Hanyue went to open the door and the two met and nodded to each other.
Lin Cheng: "Dinner is ready, let's have dinner first." Then he left first.
Qin Hanyue: "Thanks for the trouble."
Qiao Ying had already groped her way to stand behind Qin Hanyue. Qin Hanyue turned around, held her arm, and led her out.
Lin Cheng looked back and saw it.
He thought: He has no manners just hugging a cat from her arms, yet she doesn't say anything when her friend directly leads her away.
Too angry to bear, Lin Cheng said, "No manners."
Qin Hanyue glanced at him.
Qiao Ying: "You talk too much."
Sack, the dog who had been guiding Qiao Ying for two days, saw that his job had been snatched away and he was no longer needed. He anxiously ran circles around the two, barking at Qin Hanyue from time to time.
Lin Cheng shook his head at the dog and also said, "No manners."
"Woof!"
At the long dining table.
Lin Cheng sat in the main seat, Qiao Ying sat to his left, and Qin Hanyue sat next to Qiao Ying.
Just after handing needles to Qiao Ying, he was now serving her attentively like a servant.
As soon as the dishes were served, he reported them all to Qiao Ying first, asking her which ones she wanted to eat. He kept handing her chopsticks and picking dishes for her.
"I've removed all the small bones," Qin Hanyue put the deboned fish into a spoon and brought it to Qiao Ying's hand.
At home in the Qin family, they had always followed the rule of no talking during meals. Qin Hanyue led by example. But now, he even asked Qiao Ying if she would eat the green onion in the dish.
He practically just needed to feed it into Qiao Ying's mouth.
Behind them stood seven or eight serving servants who were now completely useless.
It was as if Lin Cheng was the one who didn't belong in his own home.
Lin Cheng: "I didn't ask before, is this friend a male friend or a boyfriend?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Hanyue did not look at Lin Cheng, but looked at Qiao Ying instead.
Qiao Ying: "I didn't realize Duke Lin is such a gossip."
Lin Cheng: "I only gossip about you. Plus, your 'no manners guy' this afternoon made me really unhappy. I won't feel balanced unless you say the same about your friend here."
Qiao Ying: "Let's see, this is our second time meeting, right? What are you unhappy about?"
Lin Cheng: "Then let me ask, how many times have you met your friend here? Or to put it another way, how many times do I need to meet you before I can be as ill-mannered as him?"
Qin Hanyue reminded: "Duke Lin, mind your words and actions."
