Zhuang Hong looked at Cen Shuang. She was holding a bowl of Chinese medicine. He was not in a good mood. “I’m not drinking it!”


  The color of the medicine did not look good, and he knew that the taste would not be much better. Moreover, he was afraid that it would poison him.

  Cen Shuang saw that Zhuang Hong was not eager to drink it. “This is good medicine. I’ve gotten the prescription from an established Chinese doctor. It’s not something that I just grabbed for you.”


  Although she was not skilled in the kitchen, and this medicine did indeed taste strange, at least she made it. If Zhuang Hong did not drink it, it would be a waste of her good intentions. She quickly brought the bowl to him. “It’s just that it does not taste very good. I guarantee that it won’t kill you.”


  Zhuang Hong rubbed the space between his eyebrows helplessly and asked, “What is it for?”


  Cen Shuang said in a coaxing tone, “Aren’t your legs weak? This medicine is for restoring your energy and strengthening your body. If you drink it often, it will be good for your physique. However, as long as you drink it now, it should help. Who asked you to lie in bed for half a year? It’s fine. Even if you can’t walk anymore, this medicine is good for your overall health too. Also, do you know how troublesome it was to brew this medicine? I grew up without anyone taking care of me. Yet, I spent hours brewing this medicine for you. You’re not appreciating my kindness.”


  Cen Shuang felt very wronged as she spoke. As she spoke, her eyelashes became wet with tears. She sniffled, feeling hurt, and her hands were clenched into fists. Zhuang Hong followed her line of sight and saw a long red mark on her index finger. Her white skin was scalded red and there was a blister on the tip of her finger.

  Zhuang Hong raised his eyebrows, and his gaze fell on her aggrieved little face. “Did you scald it when you were boiling the medicine?”


  Cen Shuang moved her finger closer to Zhuang Hong to let him have a closer look. She looked at the wound on her hand carefully and said, “I accidentally spilled the soup when I was decocting the medicine. Mom has already applied some medicine on it. You clearly don’t appreciate my efforts.”


  Zhuang Hong was really angry and heartbroken. He did not say anything. He just held her hand and took a closer look. He saw that she was in so much pain that she was crying. He said unhappily, “There are so many maids in the house who can do the job faster than you. Can you stop getting yourself into trouble? A blister that came about from a scald needs to be punctured by a needle. You will only feel pain if you leave it like this.”


  Zhuang Hong helplessly reached out to take out the medicine box from under the bedside cabinet.

  When Cen Shuang heard that the needle was going to be used, her expression immediately changed. She quickly shook her head and said, “There’s no need. I have already applied the medicine. It will be better in two days.”


  Zhuang Hong seemed to have seen through her timidity. He seemed to have thought of something and smiled slightly in response. “You’re not afraid of needles, are you?”


  “Who’s afraid of needles? I’m just afraid that you’ll hurt me. You look clumsy. Who knows if you’re even capable of taking care of others?” Cen Shuang had a look of disdain on her face. She talked as if he became disabled after spending half a year in bed.

  Zhuang Hong could not be bothered to react to that. He just smiled and said, “You seemed to be enjoying yourself when it was your turn to stab me with needles. Your heart didn’t ache at all.”


  His hands did not stop moving. Zhuang Hong skillfully disinfected the needles. He raised his head to look at Cen Shuang and said to her, “Just now, your classmate sent you a message. She seemed to have said something interesting.”


  Cen Shuang did not react and asked, “What is it?”


  Zhuang Hong looked at her. “Oh, nothing. Your classmate just asked if we’ve slept together yet, since we’ve been married for so long.”


  Cen Shuang subconsciously raised her voice. “What!”


  Before Cen Shuang could react, the tip of the needle punctured the blister on her finger. Zhuang Hong cleaned her hand, disinfected it, and carefully applied the medicine. He did not stop moving. Cen Shuang was still panicking about the ‘sleeping together’ thing while Zhuang Hong finished what he was doing. He looked at the bandaged finger and then at the ugly colour of the medicine beside him.

  He picked it up and said calmly, “Don’t do it yourself in the future. Just let the maid brew the medicine. The maid will brew it better than you.”


  Cen Shuang looked through her phone and replied casually, “Alright then, I’ll let the maid brew it next time.”


  She scrolled through the chat logs for a long time, but she could not find the message in which Mu Sensen asked her if she and Zhuang Hong had slept together. She could not find what Zhuang Hong had been reading from.

  When she raised her head and looked at Zhuang Hong, her eyes widened in surprise. She looked at the empty bowl on the table and said happily, “Zhuang Hong, you drank it!”


  She had already burned herself to such a state. So, how could he not drink it? Zhuang Hong seemed to be holding back the urge to vomit. He closed his eyes tiredly and said, “Go and get me a basin of water. The taste of the medicine is too strong.”


  He was mostly afraid that he would not be able to hold it in and that he would vomit it out later. If Cen Shuang saw that, she would have made things even harder for him. If he vomited it out, she would be angry again.

  Cen Shuang put down her phone and took out a box of sweets from her pocket. “Here, this will make you feel better. Boyan gave it to me.”