732 Mutual Promise (1/2)

Thankfully, Iris stopped running and slowed down after Jin Liwei's shouted warning. Otherwise, he felt like his heart would stop if she tripped and hurt herself and their babies inside her. She returned to the bathroom soon after carrying a paper bag containing all his medicines. Then she took a medicated gel and started applying it all over his bruises.

Even though she was already extra careful in her application, he still had to stop himself from hissing in pain. His whole body was rigid, his expression like cold stone.

”Does it hurt?” she asked in a small, worried voice.

He could only grunt for now because if he opened his mouth, there was no guarantee that he wouldn't curse from the pain.

”Endure it for now, darling. I'll be as quick as I can. Then I'll help you get ready for bed, okay?”

Indeed, she did her best to be as quick and as light of hand as she could, but his sudden sharp inhalations now and then indicated how painful his injuries were. When she was done applying the gel, her eyes were filled with unshed tears.

Both of them were silent as she helped clean the uninjured parts of his body with a warm, wet hand towel. Then she tucked him in bed before returning to the bathroom to clean herself as well.

He was lying on his stomach when she returned to bed wearing a rather modest night dress. As for him, he was wearing pyjama pants but with no shirt on to allow his back injuries to breathe and also to prevent the cloth from hurting him if he moved while sleeping. It was the first time in a long while that they wore clothes in bed. They usually slept naked in recent weeks to make it easier for them to have morning sex the next day. [This novel is a contracted work with W e b n o v e l . c o m (remove spaces). If you're not reading this chapter on W e b n o v e l, it has been stolen. It's very discouraging to see thieves profitting from my hard work. Please read this novel on W e b n o v e l. Thank you! -Arria Cross]

This time, however, they had to abstain from sex as advised by Wang Yingjie, hence why they were wearing clothes tonight. It would help minimize the temptation.

Iris leaned down and kissed Jin Liwei on the lips. ”Good night, darling.”

”Good night, love.”

She continued staring at his face.

”Hm? Why aren't you lying down yet? Come on, love. Let's sleep.” He reached over and tried to pull her down on the bed but she resisted, taking his hand instead and kissing it. Then he panicked when her lips trembled and tears started streaming down her face. ”What's wrong?!”

”Liwei…this must not happen to you again. You can't be injured like this anymore.”

He tried sitting up but she gently pushed him back down.

”Don't get up,” she said. ”Just please listen to me.”

”Alright. I'm listening. Don't cry, love. I can't take it when you cry.”

”I can't stop myself from crying!” Annoyance was clear in her expression as she wiped her tears but it was all futile because they just kept on flowing down her face.