When he saw Xiao Yi Xian like this, Xiao Yan was immediately taken aback.
Fortunately, Xiao Yan was not that slow, and he soon realized why Xiao Yi Xian was reacting this way.
"Um... Xiao Yi Xian, have you never seen... applied medicine to anyone before?"
Xiao Yan had originally meant to ask whether Xiao Yi Xian had ever seen a man bare-chested, but he slammed on the brakes at the last moment!
After all, asking that would have been far too forward!
So he changed the question.
Still, it made sense when he thought about it.
Xiao Yi Xian was only a year or two older than Xiao Yan to begin with, and she had not experienced much more than he had.
Even at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, she had only been responsible for examining patients and dispensing medicine.
How would she ever have seen a man's body?
So, after Xiao Yan asked, Xiao Yi Xian's cheeks grew even redder, and her head drooped even lower.
"Hahaha, it's fine. I don't think you're really suited to this sort of thing, Xiao Yi Xian. I'll do it myself."
Xiao Yan smiled, easing Xiao Yi Xian's embarrassment.
With that, Xiao Yan prepared to apply the medicine himself.
Though the wounds on his back were hard to reach, if he sprinkled enough powder, some of it was bound to land on them.
That was what Xiao Yan figured.
"No! Let me do it. A lot of these injuries came from shielding me. How could I do nothing? I wouldn't be able to rest easy!
Trust me, Xiao Yan. Though this is my first time applying medicine to someone, I'm very good at it!"
At that moment, Xiao Yi Xian finally stopped worrying about her shyness and bravely raised her head.
Only, Xiao