Chapter 185 - Only His Touch (1/2)
After another week of observation, a new symptom arose from Susu's condition. For some odd reason, after her herb baths started losing its effectiveness, Susu's skin became incredibly sensitive. Other than Qian Ling, everyone else who had helped wipe her body could not touch her without leaving burn marks on her body.
Whenever someone comes in contact with her bare skin, she would groan in pain. At first, Qian Ling thought it was the effects of the herbs that made her skin sensitive to touch. Later, she realized that it only applied to certain people's touches.
This afternoon, Qian Ling took her pulse as always. Again, there were no improvements. Chen Mu adjusted her leaning position against his chest while Qian Ling fed her the bowl of herb medicine. A spoonful of medicine went down the wrong pipe as she swallowed, making her choke painfully.
Chen Mu quickly patted her back, but this action confirmed Qian Ling's suspicion. Susu continued drinking the medicine until it was all gone from the bowl. She whispered, ”I'm cold.”
”Cold?” Chen Mu pulled the blanket over her shoulders and started rubbed her arms to warm her up. With his body hugging her from behind, she should feel slightly better than before. As he repeatedly rubbed her arms, Qian Ling made a suggestion.
”Rub her hands too.”
Chen Mu nodded as his chin rested on her bare neck while he brought their hands to his lips. As he rubbed the back of her hands together, he huffed soft breaths to increase her blood circulation. ”Are you feeling better?”
”Mm.. warmer now.” Listening to her drained voice, his heart softened.
He whispered, ”Good. I'll hug you until you fall asleep, so you'll continue feeling warm.”
It didn't take long before she fell into slumber. Qian Ling closed the windows in the room and waited her him to tuck her into bed. Gesturing with her finger, she signaled for him to follow her out.
After that, she leads him to the next room where everyone was already sitting. She had previously messaged everyone for a quick meeting today. She needed to announce some changes to her original treatment plan.
Qian Ling jumped straight to the topic. ”I've confirmed that the herb treatment has stopped working on Susu. I also came up with a new treatment plan. I need everyone's cooperation this time, and nobody can object to it. Understand?”
Looking around the room for everyone's acceptance, she continued. ”When the herb bath began to lose its effectiveness, I've noticed minor changes to her body. Zi Yan, Ariana and Lily are familiar with what I'm about to say. When you touch her body, she ends up groaning in pain. Her body also showed marks.”
The trio nodded their heads as they recalled seeing the irritation on Susu's skin.
”The only person in this room who could touch Susu's body without irritating her skin is Chen Mu. The new treatment plan I've came up with will involve him during the baths. Instead of taking an herb bath on a daily basis, I'm going to strengthen the herbs and have her bath in herbs once every three days.”