After fastening the cuff.
Xiao Cheng scooped Jiang Chiyan up in his arms and walked into the bathroom.
The long iron chain around Jiang Chiyan's ankle dragged across the floor, its crisp metallic clinks especially clear in the bedroom.
Xiao Cheng set Jiang Chiyan down, went back out, and returned with ointment and cotton swabs. "Yanyan, I'm going to change the dressing on your back now. Be good and stay still."
Jiang Chiyan agreed.
As Xiao Cheng applied the ointment, he said, "Yanyan, your parents came to see me today. They... accepted us being together."
Jiang Chiyan nodded. The cool ointment spread across his back, and he narrowed his eyes in comfort.
Xiao Cheng narrowed his eyes. "You seem to have known already."
Jiang Chiyan murmured an acknowledgment. "I talked to my dad."
Xiao Cheng asked, "How did you persuade your father?"
Jiang Chiyan lowered his gaze and moved his lips, but still did not tell the truth. "I just agreed to a few... unimportant conditions."
His father Jiang Yun's words echoed in Jiang Chiyan's mind.
-[I can refrain from stopping you and Xiao Cheng from being together.]
-[But I have one condition.]
-[In three years, I'll hand the Jiang Family over to you. After that, there will no longer be a lawyer named Jiang Chiyan in this world, only Jiang Yuan, the Jiang Family's heir.]
-[You can refuse, too, as long as you can keep Xiao Cheng safe at all times and make sure no accidents happen.]
As Jiang Chiyan dwelled on it, he grew a little dazed.
Xiao Cheng stood behind him, applying ointment, and did not see the expression on Jiang Chiyan's face.
Once he finished applying the ointment.
Xiao Cheng washed his hands, picked up an exquisitely packaged box, and walked over to Jiang Chiyan. He