Chapter 22

Zhan Hanjue watched as Ye Ningxuan got closer and closer. Her slightly pouting red lips had a moist luster. She was like a bright red cherry that made one salivate and want to swallow her in one gulp. He couldn’t help but feel his throat itch and his body heat up.

Ye Ningxuan leaned closer and closer, almost kissing him.

Despite himself, Zhan Hanjue closed his eyes and waited for that soft touch.

Still …

There was a thump as a head hit his chest.

Zhan Hanjue opened his eyes and saw that Ye Ningxuan had fallen asleep in his arms.

He laughed bitterly and shook his head in spite of himself.

He quickly pushed her head away and looked at her face closely. He was so close that he could see her features clearly.

She looked a little like her childhood self… but also very different.

“Young Master, Young Madam…”

“She’s drunk. Get someone to make a bowl of hangover soup and send it over.”

Zhan Hanjue carried Ye Ningxuan back to her room and bumped into Butler Wu on the way.

Butler Wu nodded quickly and immediately instructed the servants to make some hangover soup.

After it was cooked, he sent it over personally.

Zhan Hanjue laid Ye Ningxuan on the bed and removed her shoes and unbuttoned her clothes to remove her clothes.

However, as he was taking her clothes off, he heard a knock on the door and had to stop what he was doing to answer it.

Butler Wu brought over the hangover soup. Zhan Hanjue took it and closed the door. When he returned, he helped Ye Ningxuan up and put it to her mouth.

“Ye Ningxuan, drink it or you’ll have a headache tomorrow,” Zhan Hanjue ordered coldly.

How could Ye Ningxuan be so obedient? She was unwilling to be obedient even when she was sober, let alone when she was drunk now.

She took only one sip and shook her head vigorously.

In the end, she couldn’t help but spill half a bowl of hangover soup on herself.

Startled, Zhan Hanjue set the bowl aside at once and drew a tissue to wipe her wet skin.

Perhaps it was too sticky and uncomfortable. Ye Ningxuan closed her eyes and muttered as she started to tug at her clothes.

When Zhan Hanjue threw away the wet tissue and turned his head, he saw that Ye Ningxuan had already taken off her shirt and was only wearing her underwear.

Zhan Hanjue looked away, startled.

But soon, Ye Ningxuan pounced on him and hooked her fair arms around his neck. She leaned her face against his neck and muttered, “Take me to the shower. I want to shower.”

“Go by yourself,” Zhan Hanjue said, pushing her away with some irritation.

Ye Ningxuan fell onto the bed and her head smashed down heavily, instantly waking her up.

She opened her eyes and looked blearily at Zhan Hanjue, who was standing beside the bed. She couldn’t tell if his face was flushed with anger or embarrassment.

She laughed foolishly and struggled out of bed. Suddenly, she leaped forward, then actually jumped onto Zhan Hanjue’s back and hugged him tightly.

Zhan Hanjue was startled and his hands flew back to brace himself.

When he realized that she had jumped onto his back, he knew it would be difficult to shake her off.

“Get down, Ye Ningxuan,” Zhan Hanjue chided.

“I won’t come down, so don’t even think about getting rid of me,” Ye Ningxuan said coquettishly.

“Ye Ningxuan, come down. If you don’t, I’ll have to be rough with you.” Zhan Hanjue gritted his teeth.

“How so? You… you can’t even do it.” Ye Ningxuan smiled and touched his abdomen.

Zhan Hanjue stiffened, his face turning redder.

But this time, it wasn’t shyness. It was anger.

She actually said he couldn’t do it?

“Jerking off in the middle of the night, marrying a wife… for appearance’s sake. Do you have kidney deficiency?” Ye Ningxuan exhaled into his ear gently.

The warm breath surrounded Zhan Hanjue’s ears, and an indescribable numbness quickly spread from his ears to his entire body.

For the first time, he actually realized that his ears were his sensitive spot.

“Ye Ningxuan, you asked for this.”

Zhan Hanjue gritted his teeth and forcefully pulled her off his back. He carried her, who was struggling and screaming, to the bathroom.

Soon, there was a scream from the bathroom.

“Ah, don’t touch me. Let go. Ah.”

“Boohoo, Zhan Hanjue, you’ve gone too far.”

Zhan Hanjue came out of the bathroom. His hair was wet. When he came out, he casually took it off and threw it on the ground. He changed into a new set of clothes.

After a while, Ye Ningxuan hugged herself as she came out of the bathroom while trembling.

She was wide awake. Cold water was poured over her head directly. It would be a wonder if she wasn’t wide awake.

There was only a bra on her upper body. In any case, Zhan Hanjue was blind, so she wasn’t afraid. She took it off and threw it on the ground angrily. She found a nightgown and angrily returned to the bathroom to take a hot shower.

“Zhan Hanjue is such a jerk.”

Ye Ningxuan cursed angrily as she took a shower. The cold water from before seemed to have seeped into her bones. She could still feel the cold even after taking a hot shower.

She felt that she would definitely catch a cold tomorrow. Although she knew medicine, the reason she focused on studying medicine was because she wasn’t in good health. She would catch a cold at the drop of a hat. A doctor could treat others but not oneself. Every time she caught a cold and had a fever, she was very helpless.

“Even after that, he still had no reaction. He really can’t do it.” As Ye Ningxuan washed, she thought of what had happened before she was carried into the bathroom.

She had teased him while she was half-sober and half-drunk. She wanted to test him to see if his illness was real.

However, the last time she checked his pulse, she didn’t find out that his kidney was weak. Could it be because of other problems?

Ye Ningxuan thought to herself, ‘Looks like I’ll have to bring him to find Miracle Doctor Bai Zhi next time. Other than treating his eyes, I’ll also have to suggest that he treat this physiological problem.’

As expected, Ye Ningxuan caught a cold the next day.

Although she got someone to make ginger soup early in the morning and drank a big bowl, she still caught a fever at noon.

When Butler Wu discovered this, he quickly called for an ambulance to take her to the hospital.

Ye Ningxuan was speechless. She wanted to tell Butler Wu that there was no need to be hospitalized for such a small problem!

However, Butler Wu insisted on sending her there. She had no choice. In order not to expose herself, she could only go to the hospital for a day.

She just didn’t expect to meet someone she knew in the hospital.

Taking a break, she went out for a walk after lunch. In the end, she met Ye Xuan in the corridor.

“Why are you here?” Ye Xuan questioned her angrily.

Ye Ningxuan raised her eyebrows. “What? Do you own the hospital?”

“Ye Ningxuan, how dare you speak to me like that?” Ye Xuan scolded angrily.

Ye Ningxuan shook her head and couldn’t be bothered to argue with her. Such a low-level argument was simply beneath her.

But she was about to leave when Ye Xuan stopped her.

Ye Ningxuan snorted. “Do you still want to fight?”

Ye Xuan’s face stiffened and she said stiffly, “How is that possible? We’re cousins after all. We haven’t seen each other for many years, and there were so many misunderstandings when we met. I thought about it and realized that it was my fault for not handling things well. I want to treat you to a meal and make amends. How about we shake hands and make peace?”

“No. I’m not interested,” Ye Ningxuan refused.

Ye Xuan said anxiously, “Ye Ningxuan, don’t be ungrateful.”

“So what if I’m ungrateful?” Ye Ningxuan asked.

Ye Xuan gritted her teeth. “You’re just an orphan with no one to rely on. What right do you have to be so arrogant?”

“On the basis that she is my, Zhan Hanjue’s, woman.”