Qin Hongmian reached up and touched her burning cheeks, then her still-tingling lower abdomen.
How was she supposed to face him?
Chapter 158: Snow Lotus Melts the Ice, A Spring Breeze All Night
That night of passionate "healing" had been like a powerful explosive tossed into the tranquil lake of Qin Hongmian's heart.
Its aftershocks had yet to fade.
Over the next few days, the atmosphere in the bamboo hut grew increasingly delicate.
Lin Xuan seemed to have forgotten everything that had happened that night.
He continued to look after her as attentively as ever.
When he cared for Qin Hongmian, he acted naturally, as though they were nothing more than ordinary friends.
And yet, every so often, he would do something outrageously "over the line," taking advantage of her without meaning to.
Each time, Qin Hongmian's pretty face would flush with anger, her phoenix eyes glinting with fury.
She wanted to cleave him in two. But whenever she raised her hand and saw Lin Xuan's handsome face, wearing a hint of innocence and a broader streak of mischief—
The towering rage inside her would be doused as if by a basin of cold water, vanishing in an instant.
All that remained was helplessness.
And a trace of... embarrassment she would not even admit to herself.
With Lin Xuan's "special" care, her body was recovering at a visible rate.
Her internal injuries had almost completely healed, and her qi was growing stronger by the day.
But her heart was becoming more and more unsettled.
She realized that she seemed to have... grown used to it.
Used to waking in the morning to the aroma of the medicinal porridge he cooked. Used to the teasing yet caring look in his eyes.
She had even grown used to those "dirty" hands of