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.”

in reply, “No! I can shower

“It's settled, then. You'll help me bathe. Boil some water, will you?

that Ning Ran had to boil several kettlefuls of water before the water

revealing his chiseled

can take it off yourself,” Ning Ran

need your help. Why are you blushing? You

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

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

to take off Nan Chen's belt. Her blind

you're looking the other

not looking at

it

injury. Why didn't you take off your belt in the first place?” demanded

to wipe me down, not take off my belt. I didn't have the heart to stop you when you voluntarily helped to take off

Ning Ran sputtered, “Y-You...”

off his belt and was slowly peeling his pants off

panicked and shrieked, “You're not seriously taking everything off,

am I supposed to bathe?”

standing here! Let me wipe your back

no plans to take off all his clothes. He only wanted to

amused him to no

Ning Ran returned to his side with a towel and began wiping him

her, “Wipe a bit

some kind of professional scrubber.

Take

you pen and paper, but I haven't seen you touch them. I

write a 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

to arrive. We might not get our message out in time if we

replied calmly, “Don't worry; Nanshi Corporation is far too big. They'll need at least half a

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