Chapter 453: Are you closing the distance to me? (2/2)

When he treated his own injuries, he only took care to apply the medicine and bind it tightly. As long as he wasn’t bleeding or infected, he didn’t care how he did it. But he couldn’t allow any carelessness when faced with Han Yunxi’s skin.

A little flustered, Han Yunxi murmured back, “Your Highness, dealing with chenqie’s injuries is a rather complicated issue. Why don’t I have Mingxiang bandage me instead? She knows how.”

“No need, your lordship will learn,” Long Feiye replied.

“It really is very complicated…” Han Yunxi felt herself left in a difficult position.

“How complicated?” Long Feiye asked stubbornly.

Because her injuries were burns, taking care of the wounds was truly a complex process. Actually, the quickest way for her to heal would be to apply medicine and let it sit without binding up the injuries at all. The body’s natural recovery process would allow new skin to grow over the old in three to four days. But because Han Yunxi couldn’t bear to sit still, she had instructed Baili Mingxiang to bind her injuries up tight. Back injuries were rather complicated to bandage.

Now, Han Yunxi was faced with two tough choices! If she told Long Feiye there was no need for bandages, that stubborn fellow would make sure she did nothing but lie in the bed for days. If she taught Long Feiye how to bind her injuries, he would have to tie the bandage around her front as well, thus exposing her chest. Han Yunxi had found the entire process awkward even when it just involved two women!

And now…

After some internal conflict, Han Yunxi said seriously, “Your Highness, why don’t I just bandage myself?” She prepared to sit up as she spoke, only for Long Feiye to press her head back down with an exceedingly gentle motion.

“Your lordship knows how to do it!”

“Your Highness, if you bind it too tightly it’ll harm the burns, but if you do it too loosely the bandages won’t stay in place at all. It’s better if I do it myself so I know how much strength to use,” Han Yunxi explained desperately.

Long Feiye simply made sure she was lying on her pillow before speaking in a threatening tone, “Just you try moving again!”

Han Yunxi wanted to cry, but she had no tears to shed. In the end she couldn’t help but whisper, “Idiot, you can’t bandage my wounds if I’m not allowed to move.”

Long Feiye heard her speak, but not clearly. He released her and asked, “What did you say?”

“Nothing…” Han Yunxi replied resentfully.

Long Feiye made sure to add in another warning. “Don’t move!”

Han Yunxi grit her teeth and adopted a tense expression as if she was heading for the execution grounds. Long Feiye made a diagonal cut across a square-shaped piece of white gauze, creating a triangle. Then he measured the fabric against her back and applied medicine to two sections on the bandage.

Finally, he said, “Sit up.”

He was going to make a triangular wrap—in other words, Long Feiye was doing a professional bandage job despite not being a medical professional. Because Han Yunxi’s injuries were on her back as well as quite big, this was the best method to ensure a snug binding. Han Yunxi might have been surprised by his knowledge at any other time, but now she was too nervous to pay it any attention. A simple slip of a dudou doesn’t cover much at all.

She could bear baring her back and shoulders, but now… Long Feiye, are you sure about this?

Still entangled in her thoughts, Han Yunxi didn’t move an inch. Long Feiye was serious as ever as he prepared the bandage before glancing over. “Does it still hurt?”

Han Yunxi still didn’t move, much less look at him. Seeing this, Long Feiye only felt more distressed and crouched down by her side. Even his voice grew softer. “It still hurts, doesn’t it?”

Finally, Han Yunxi began to see the ache in his eyes. She quickly shook her head to deny his claims.

“Then sit up so I can bandage you properly.”

Han Yunxi knit her brows at him, not knowing what to do. In Long Feiye’s eyes, she was simply being coquettish. It was the first time any woman had treated him like that, and the culprit happened to be Han Yunxi. Long Feiye’s lips subconsciously drew up into a smile as his voice became doting. “Be good, I’ll help you up.”

His voice was enough to make Han Yunxi’s heart melt. She clearly hadn’t done a single thing, but why…why do I suddenly feel so much closer to this man? It’s like the distance between us has shrunk!

Long Feiye, are you closing the distance between right now?

Over the past six months, she’d never felt such intimacy from him no matter how close he’d drawn to her. This was the first time, but Han Yunxi could hardly dare to believe it. Before Long Feiye simply picked her up, she recovered enough to quickly move into a sitting position, pulling up the covers enough to cover her chest. Her clear, limpid eyes were wide and bright, her gaze mixed with traces of alarm and shyness that seemed to blame him with her look.

Doesn’t he know it’s already horribly embarrassing for me to lie here half-naked, much less to sit up in front of him?

He’s been turning a blind eye to everything, so is he actually dense, or just pretending? Or maybe he’s been acting wickedly from the start!