GTB Chapter 133

Chapter 135: Who Told Her to Have Such a Soft Heart

After Shí Yan secured the door, he turned to look at Jiang Jiuchu, who was walking towards the round table. He quickly followed and wrapped his arms around her from behind.

Jiang Jiuchu had just reached the table, intending to pour herself a glass of water, when Shí Yan suddenly embraced her from behind.

Startled, she immediately raised her hand to pry his arms from her waist, but after a moment of hesitation, she lowered it again.

Oh well, considering he helped her suck out the poison today, she’d let him hug her for a little while! She could wait to drink her tea.

Seeing that Jiang Jiuchu wasn’t struggling, Shí Yan’s lips curved into a smile. He gripped her slender waist with both hands and turned her around, his handsome face tentatively approaching her pink lips.

Jiang Jiuchu saw his intention and quickly said, “Your Highness, I’m thirsty. Let me have some water!”

Shí Yan paused his advance, then released Jiang Jiuchu.

Seeing him let go, Jiang Jiuchu quickly turned and took a step forward. She picked up the teapot, poured two cups of water, and turned to hand one to Shí Yan behind her.

Then, deliberately, she sat down at the table, picked up her own cup, and began to drink. She finished one cup and poured another.

Shí Yan finished his tea, placed the empty cup on the table, and stood in front of Jiang Jiuchu, waiting for her to finish.

Seeing this, Jiang Jiuchu finished her second cup and poured a third, even considerately asking Shí Yan, “Would you like more?”

“No more,” Shí Yan said, watching Jiang Jiuchu slowly sip her tea, adding, “Hurry up and drink.”

“Cough… Is… is something the matter?” Jiang Jiuchu nearly choked on the tea she had just swallowed, thinking, “This guy isn’t really waiting for me to finish drinking… that, is he?”

“Yes, there is,” Shí Yan replied directly, looking at Jiang Jiuchu’s knowing expression.

“Oh!” Jiang Jiuchu lowered her head and drank her tea, feeling a little overwhelmed. This was the first time she’d encountered… someone like this.

Her eyes darted around, and she deliberately changed the subject, “How did your clothes get so torn? Are you hurt?”

Shí Yan pulled Jiang Jiuchu up from the stool, “Didn’t you say it yourself? I was in such a hurry to find you that I got scratched by the vines. As for whether I’m hurt, you can check for me later.”

As Shí Yan spoke, he lowered his head towards Jiang Jiuchu’s pink lips. His heart was still unsettled from the earlier worry and needed her to fill the void.

“Miss, the hot water is here.”

Just as Jiang Jiuchu was debating what to do and whether to let him kiss her, Green Lo’s voice came from outside the door.

She quickly turned her head and called out, “Coming.”

“That… the water’s here. You should wash up first!” Jiang Jiuchu said, quickly stepping away from Shí Yan and heading towards the door.

Shí Yan sighed and sat down at the table. There was progress, but it didn’t seem like much.

Seeing that the water was ready, Jiang Jiuchu said to Shí Yan, “You go wash up first!” She was about to get up and leave.

“You’ve helped me wash before. Why are you leaving?”

Shí Yan walked up to Jiang Jiuchu, “I got into this mess today to save you. Shouldn’t you be serving me while I bathe? And checking to see if I’m injured?”

Jiang Jiuchu paused in her movement to turn around and then said to Shí Yan, “Then come here.”

After she finished speaking, she went behind the screen, thinking that she might as well wash. Otherwise, she couldn’t run away from him.

Seeing Shí Yan approach, she began to undress him without another word.

When she saw the scratches on Shí Yan’s body, her eyes flickered.

She immediately hung the removed outer robe on the clothes rack. “You wash first. I’ll go get you some clean clothes.”

Shí Yan watched Jiang Jiuchu quickly walk out from behind the screen, not stopping her, and took off his pants before entering the bathtub.

His intention was only to let her see the scratches on his body. Who told this woman to be so soft-hearted? He had no choice but to resort to this trick.

Jiang Jiuchu opened the bundle, took out Shí Yan’s clothes, and draped them over the screen. She quickly walked back to the table, picked up a piece of pastry, and slowly ate it, her eyes fixed on the screen.

She didn’t know what her feelings for Shí Yan were.

Were the feelings at certain moments liking him, or were they just normal reactions between a man and a woman?

When he kissed her, she seemed to feel only nervousness and didn’t want him to continue.

But when she saw Shí Yan appear in front of her in such a disheveled state today, she couldn’t describe the feeling at that moment. Besides shock, there seemed to be a trace of heartache.

And when he helped her suck out the poison, she seemed to feel more than just gratitude.

But when everything passed, the thoughts in her heart became complicated again. She didn’t know why she felt this way.

The sound of water interrupted her thoughts. She stuffed the unfinished pastry into her mouth and rinsed her mouth with a cup of water.

After waiting for a while, she saw Shí Yan come out dressed and got up to open the door.

Green Lo and Green Intent were waiting at the door with the maids. When the door opened, they quickly came in to change the water.

Jiang Jiuchu called out to Green Lo, who was about to leave after changing the water, “Green Lo, stay and help me wash my hair.”

“Yes, Miss.”

After Green Lo responded and stayed, Jiang Jiuchu saw the displeased look that Shí Yan gave her.

She wondered what his expression meant. Was there anything wrong with not liking to wash her hair and having Green Lo help her? It wasn’t like she was just guarding against him.

Ignoring Shí Yan’s expression, she went behind the screen and began to undress.

Green Lo looked at the bandage on Jiang Jiuchu’s ankle, “Miss, what happened to your foot?”

“I was bitten by a snake by accident, but it’s fine now.”

Green Lo’s expression instantly turned surprised upon hearing this, and after a long pause, she said, “In that case, Miss, you still have medicine wrapped around your foot, so you probably can’t get it wet!”

“Just keep it outside,” Jiang Jiuchu said, supporting Green Lo and stepping one foot into the bathtub while placing the other on the edge of the tub.

Sitting at the table, Shí Yan listened to the conversation while drinking his tea, and the image of slender, fair legs resting on the edge of the tub involuntarily appeared in his mind.

Thinking of this, he quickly banished the image from his mind, secretly thinking that he had become so lustful.

However, the continuous sound of water coming from behind the screen still faintly stirred his emotions.