You're Even More Nervous Than I Am?

Chu Youwei stood there awkwardly after hearing Lin Xiaowan's words. Thinking that men and women should not touch without propriety, she instinctively wanted to refuse, but then she remembered that he had been injured saving her and could not bear to do so. Besides, with their engagement binding them, refusing before everyone did not seem appropriate.

After some deliberation, she approached Lu Feng with a flushed face.

Lu Feng had likewise been startled by Lin Xiaowan's sudden suggestion. Coming back to his senses and seeing Chu Youwei already close by, he said awkwardly, "I can do it myself."

Ordinarily, Lu Feng dealt with such minor wounds very roughly. He was not skilled at delicate bandaging, and would simply leave them exposed to the air; they would heal in three to five days.

"Let me do it," Chu Youwei said, taking a deep breath. She looked at Lu Feng with pity. "You were hurt like this saving me. Let me at least do something for you."

Seeing this, Ji Zhi and the other guards tactfully moved away, leaving the space to them.

Remembering what Chu Xuanhe had instructed Chu Youwei before their departure, Chu Youren assumed that she was doing this to get close to Lin Liyun and probe the Lin Family's true strength, so he did not stop her.

"Relax," Chu Youwei said as she carefully unwound the strips of cloth wrapped around Lu Feng's shoulder like a rice dumpling. Feeling the muscles in his torso grow tighter and tighter, she could not help laughing. "Why do you seem even more nervous than I am?"

Lu Feng's face flushed in embarrassment. How could he not be nervous? He was not really Lin Liyun, and the woman before him was not his betrothed wife. Such intimate contact while pretending to be