Ning Ran had a dream that night. She dreamt that she was looking for something with her mother.

She had no idea what they were looking for, only that she was very anxious.

It felt as though they would be in big trouble if they failed to find the unknown item, not that she knew what trouble was in store.

Dreams were never known to be logical anyway. Ning Ran soon jolted awake from sheer anxiety.

She immediately saw Nan Chen's handsome face. He stared intently at her and asked, “Did you have a nightmare during the day? What was the dream about?”

“I felt as though I was looking for something, but I have no idea what,” Ning Ran explained while exhaling slowly.

Nan Chen replied, “Well, my body feels itchy, so I'm taking a shower.”

“Guo Si only brought us medicine and towels. There's no soap or shampoo. How are you going to shower?” she asked.

“There's a bar of soap there for washing clothes.”

“That's not for bathing. It'll harm your skin.”

Nonetheless, he insisted, “Well, we can't go days without showering. I'm sure it'll be fine if we use more water to rinse ourselves off.”

“Don't use the bar soap, then. Just shower with clean water and scrub a little harder; that should work. There's a wooden bucket over there with water in it,” suggested Ning Ran.

Nan Chen nodded and replied, “Thanks in advance, then.”

Ning Ran felt a sense of foreboding as she asked, “Why are you thanking me in advance when you're the one showering?”

“My leg's injured now. I can't move around easily. How can I bathe without your help?” retorted Nan Chen.

“But... erm...”

He added, “Might I remind you that we actually have children together? What's wrong with helping me to take a shower? I can always return the favor.”

I can shower alone, thank

Chen returned, “It's settled, then. You'll help me bathe. Boil some water,

Ran had to boil several kettlefuls of water before the water temperature in the wooden bucket was

his shirt, revealing his chiseled muscles. Then, he

you can take it off yourself,” Ning

and I need your help. Why are you

on her face deepened, and she stammered, “I-I... Why don't you shower at night instead? This feels a bit

here in the day; it's safer to shower now. Stop

tried to take off Nan Chen's belt. Her

if you're looking the other

looking at

it off myself,

don't have an arm injury. Why didn't you take off your belt

started working on the belt before I said anything. I only meant to tell you to wipe me down, not take off my

Ning Ran sputtered, “Y-You...”

taken off his belt and was slowly peeling his pants

and shrieked, “You're not seriously

supposed to

shameless! I'm still standing here! Let me wipe your back first before

all his clothes. He only wanted to tease Ning Ran

reaction amused

side with a towel and

“Wipe a bit

I can muster. I'm not some kind of professional scrubber. This is the best I can do. Take it or leave

fine. Take

“Guo Si brought you pen and paper, but I haven't seen

letter, but I eventually decided against it. Guo Si's disembarking in another couple of days, and they'll surely pat him down before allowing him to leave. I don't want to get him in trouble by asking him to smuggle a letter out for me. We can bide our time for

take time to arrive. We might not get our message out

half a month and a

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