Ye Suo completely removed the blood-stained bandages, then placed my hand in clean water for a while before gently wiping it dry with a towel. He then sprinkled a few drops of medicine from a bottle and slowly applied it to my hand with his well-defined fingers. The medicine was extremely cool, and I didn’t feel any pain. Ye Suo gently spread out my hand, and the young attendant knelt by the bed and wrapped my hand with new bandages, saying, “Miss Long, now your hand won’t have any scars.”
“Is this medicine that magical?” I suspiciously looked at my hands, which were indeed bandaged much better than I could have done.
“Of course,” the young attendant smiled. They both bowed to the silent Ye Suo and said, “We will take our leave now.”
Ye Suo silently nodded, then suddenly seemed to remember something and said, “Prepare some food.”
“Yes.”
He remained expressionless and said, “It’s your wedding day, and you haven’t had a drop to drink all day… You were just complaining about being hungry.”
ally showing concern for me?! I was stunned, suddenly remembering the mother-in-law and those innocent prisoners, and my heart ached. I hurriedly got out of bed: “I don’t want your favor.”
This time he didn’t stop me, standing up with his back to me, speaking in a low, contemplative tone: “Some things cannot be made to not exist just by refusing them…”
He seemed to be speaking to himself. I sat on the bed for a moment, blurting out: “You seem very complicated. Seemingly cold yet considerate, seemingly cruel yet capable of helplessness, seemingly…”
He suddenly turned and stared at me. My words, spoken without thinking, got stuck in my throat.
“Why did you stop?” he asked.
“I… forgot the words,” I was momentarily stunned, then unexpectedly found it amusing.
The lines of his cold, handsome face suddenly softened. As I put on my shoes to leave, he suddenly said, “There’s still food…”
“I said I don’t want your favor,” I replied seriously. “Unless you’re not the Wolf King of Night Mountain, we will always be opponents!”
He said nothing more. As I walked out, I encountered a small guard carrying a sumptuous dinner, who looked surprised to see me. I smiled slightly, then left without looking back.
