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.”
Ran practically yelped in reply, “No! I
You'll help me bathe. Boil some water,
boil several
chiseled muscles. Then, he looked at
you can take it off
need your help. Why are you blushing? You have two children,
she stammered, “I-I... Why don't you shower at night instead? This feels a bit weird in
one's going to come here in the day; it's safer
tried to take off Nan Chen's belt. Her blind
to take it off if you're looking the other way?
looking
take it off
don't have an arm injury. Why didn't you take off your belt in the first
drawled, “You started working on the belt before I said anything. I only meant to tell you to wipe me down, not take off my belt. I didn't have the
Ning Ran sputtered, “Y-You...”
meantime, Nan Chen had taken off his belt and was slowly peeling his pants off
“You're not seriously taking everything off,
am I supposed to bathe?”
I'm still standing here! Let me wipe your back first before you take
to take off all his clothes. He only wanted to tease Ning Ran a
nervous reaction amused him
side with a towel and
Chen reminded her, “Wipe a
not some kind of professional scrubber. This is the best
Take
you pen and paper, but I haven't seen you touch them. I
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 a better opportunity to get a letter out of this place,” explained
“Letters take time to arrive. We might not get our message
is far too big. They'll need at least half a month and a very precise operation to orchestrate a takeover. We have plenty
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