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.”

practically yelped in reply, “No! I can shower alone, thank you very

bathe. Boil some water, will you? I don't want

so small that Ning Ran had to boil several kettlefuls of water

chiseled muscles. Then,

sure you can take it off yourself,” Ning Ran mumbled while

I need your help. Why

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

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

away and tried to take off Nan

you're looking the

not looking at

take it off

Why didn't you take off your belt in

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 heart

Ning Ran sputtered, “Y-You...”

Nan Chen had taken off his belt

“You're not

supposed to bathe?” he

here! Let me wipe your back first before you take anything else

Nan Chen had no plans to take off all

reaction amused him to

side with a towel

Chen reminded her, “Wipe a bit harder. Don't be so

I can muster. I'm not some kind of professional scrubber.

Take

pen and paper, but I haven't seen you touch them. I assume you wanted them to write a

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

arrive. We might not get our message out

least half a month and a very precise operation to orchestrate a takeover. We

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