GTB Chapter 111

Chapter 111: The Front Hasn’t Been Scrubbed Yet

Chapter 111: The Front Hasn’t Been Scrubbed Yet

Jiang Jiuchu was about to pick up her tea to rinse her mouth when she heard this and looked at Shí Yan in shock.

She hadn’t misheard, right? He wanted her to serve him in his bath and help him change? And he said it so matter-of-factly?

She really wanted to ask him, “On what grounds?” But her subconscious told her not to say that, or she might not get anything good out of it.

She thought for a moment and said with some difficulty, “Wouldn’t that be inappropriate? Hasn’t Your Highness always washed himself?”

Shí Yan looked at Jiang Jiuchu as if she were an ungrateful wretch. “What, I served you in dressing and drinking medicine, and even took care of you all night. Now that it’s your turn to serve me, you’re unwilling?”

Hearing the words “drinking medicine,” Jiang Jiuchu felt uncomfortable all over and looked at Shí Yan pleadingly, “But I’m still a patient and need to rest.”

“Catching a cold requires some movement to help the blood circulate faster.” Shí Yan said, urging, “Hurry up! I said, serving you… has to be repaid.”

Jiang Jiuchu felt like she was being forced into a deal and, unable to do anything else, tentatively asked, “Isn’t Your Highness afraid of being seen naked by me?”

“Not afraid. Anyway, I’ve already seen you naked, so consider it a repayment. I’m always fair.”

Shí Yan’s tone was somewhat careless, but the slight curve of his lips made Jiang Jiuchu feel that he was up to no good.

Her eyes darted around quickly, then she raised her hand to her temple, sighing uncomfortably, “Oh! I feel a little dizzy.”

After she finished speaking, she pretended to cough, “Your Highness, I feel terrible. How about I serve you another day?”

With that, she got up and wanted to walk towards the bed, but the words behind her stopped her in her tracks. “Since the cold is so serious, let’s take a bath together! Soaking more will help you recover faster.”

Hearing this, Jiang Jiuchu quickly turned around and waved her hand, “No, no, I’ve already washed… already soaked.”

Shí Yan got up and approached Jiang Jiuchu, his words carrying no room for refusal.

“But I think you need to soak a bit more, or you’ll have another fever tonight and disturb my sleep.”

As he spoke, he wanted to pick Jiang Jiuchu up by the waist.

Terrified, Jiang Jiuchu quickly retreated, “That… it’s not that serious. I’ll get Your Highness some clothes.”

As she spoke, she quickly turned and walked towards the wardrobe, thinking to herself, “If this man really wants to be served, he can find maids and servants! Making her do it is clearly just to amuse himself.”

Seeing her take the clothes, Shí Yan’s lips curled up, and he turned and walked towards the bathroom.

Inside the gauze curtain, by the bathing pool, Shí Yan looked very patient, watching Jiang Jiuchu slowly enter and slowly put down the clothes.

He opened his arms to Jiang Jiuchu and said, “Hurry up and take off your clothes! You won against me in chess today, and I plan to win back after bathing!”

Hearing this, Jiang Jiuchu’s heart ignited with hope. In order to play a game of chess with him later, she no longer dawdled and mustered up the courage to walk in front of Shí Yan.

She thought, “He’s almost seen her naked already, and now she’s just helping him take off his clothes, what’s the big deal?”

Anyway, she wasn’t the one undressing, she thought, and her fair hands reached for Shí Yan’s belt.

But her slightly hesitant hands still revealed her state of mind at this time. Even though there was still an undergarment inside, the act of pulling a man’s belt made Jiang Jiuchu feel extremely embarrassed.

But the arrow was on the string, and she had no choice but to grit her teeth and yank. When the clothes opened, the man’s lean waist, previously wrapped in the belt, instantly relaxed, revealing the spacious undergarment inside. She secretly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that it wasn’t such a big deal after all.

She quickly looked up at Shí Yan, seeing him looking down at her, his eyes filled with a playful mockery and a bottomless exploration.

She quickly lowered her head and went behind him, avoiding the uncomfortable gaze, and reached out to pull off his outer robe.

She hung the removed outer robe on the clothes rack and walked back in front of Shí Yan, her head drooping, to pull on the thin straps of his inner garment.

At this moment, a feeling of grievance suddenly rose in Jiang Jiuchu’s heart, and a sense of being forced instantly made her eyes sting.

She knew she shouldn’t feel wronged. They were already married, and she should be doing these things anyway. Besides, Shí Yan didn’t seem to have forced her into anything except this time.

Thinking this, the stinging in her eyes instantly receded. She pulled open the belt on Shí Yan’s waist and went behind him again, then reached out to pull off his inner garment.

What she didn’t notice was that the feeling of grievance she had revealed for a moment was caught by Shí Yan, who had been staring at her. If she hadn’t adjusted quickly, she would have had to endure the man’s jealous anger.

The moment Jiang Jiuchu pulled off Shí Yan’s inner garment, she immediately turned her head to hang it on the clothes rack, and said while hanging the clothes, “Your Highness, let’s not take off your pants!”

After she finished speaking, she turned around slowly when she heard no response, only to see that Shí Yan had already taken off his middle pants and was walking into the pool in his underpants.

She immediately turned her head away, her face flushed with shame. This was the first time she had seen a man’s naked body so clearly.

The last time in the bath, she had only seen his shoulders and arms. Now, she had seen his entire back, wide shoulders and a narrow waist. He didn’t look so thin as he did when he was wearing clothes.

Shí Yan sat in the bathing pool, his eyes moving to the corner of his eye, and said in a low voice to the person behind him, “Come scrub my back.”

Hearing the sound of water, Jiang Jiuchu turned back to look at the pool, thinking, “She didn’t want to go and help him bathe!”

“You helped me put on my clothes, and now I’m helping you take off your clothes. It’s just right.”

Shí Yan’s lips slightly curved. “Haven’t you heard a saying? A drop of kindness should be repaid with a spring. Just the act of me going to the palace to save you is enough for you to scrub my back, right?”

“Hurry up, I don’t have any patience.”

The urging sound didn’t allow Jiang Jiuchu to think too much. She immediately stepped forward, squatted by the pool, took the dry towel next to her, spread it in her palm, wet it, and began to scrub his back.

Jiang Jiuchu pursed her lips tightly, scrubbing very hard, thinking, “Scrub if he’s shameless, what is she ashamed of?”

Through the wet towel, she could feel the man’s back was incomparably tough. Her hands ached from using so much strength. She sighed in her heart, “No wonder men are naturally stronger than women. Every inch of their skin is very hard.”

She finished scrubbing quickly while thinking wildly and asked, “I’m done scrubbing, is that okay?”

Hearing this, Shí Yan turned around, revealing most of his chest on the surface of the water, staring at Jiang Jiuchu’s panicked eyes. His coercive tone slowly opened his mouth with a hint of ambiguity, “The front hasn’t been scrubbed yet.”

Looking at Shí Yan in front of her, who looked like an evil monster, Jiang Jiuchu was so shocked that she stood up quickly, retreated, and threw the wet towel in her hand at him, “Scrub the front yourself!”

After she finished speaking quickly, she ran away, afraid that Shí Yan would catch her back. She thought to herself, “Let whoever wants to do it, she can only do it this far, not a bit more.”

Looking at Jiang Jiuchu fleeing in panic, Shí Yan reached out to pick up the wet towel she had thrown at him, and a light smile overflowed from his thin lips. If the art of scheming occupies the right time and place, how can you escape?