As Li Qianfan carried Su Nanyin down the Great Wall, she felt as if she were dreaming.
Only after she was placed in the car did the unreal dream shatter, and she was abruptly thrust back to reality. Her brain, which had turned into a mush, instantly "separated wet and dry," recovering its usual intelligence and shrewdness.
"We must get away from the crowds as quickly as possible. If people don't see me and Qianfan together, then they shouldn't see us."
This was Su Nanyin's first thought upon regaining consciousness. She quietly instructed Li Qianfan to close the car door and leave in a hurry.
But Li Qianfan's face showed a complete lack of concern.
Why close the car door?
Helping Su Nanyin check and treat the injuries on her knee was not something shameful, so why hide it?
If they were to close the car door and hide inside to check her injuries, that would be even more suspicious!
Leave?
The sooner the injury was treated, the faster it would heal. Why the rush to leave?
"Tch. You look like you're feeling guilty about something."
Li Qianfan snorted, reclined the passenger seat to a 130-degree angle, and then stopped.
Su Nanyin's face immediately darkened.
Her eyes flickered with shame and anger.
Li Qianfan ignored her, took out a simple first-aid kit from the car, and continued babbling, "Auntie Nanyin, you really look guilty right now. What, did you really do something you shouldn't have?"
Auntie Nanyin again!
Su Nanyin froze for a moment, her gaze towards Li Qianfan rapidly turning cold.
Li Qianfan's face was filled with mockery, but his eyes, as they met hers, were incredibly clear.
"Do whatever you want to me. My 50 kilograms are yours."
After looking at him for a full sixty seconds, Su Nanyin closed her eyes and completely relaxed.
If this little brat didn't care about gossip, then what was there for Su Nanyin to fear?
Not only was she not afraid, but she also felt an inexpressible sense of relief.
The sky that was about to collapse had been propped up by the man in her family!
"What do you mean my hundred-plus pounds are yours? That sounds really ambiguous."
Li Qianfan muttered, glancing back at the tourists queuing at the ticket gate. He stepped on the car door's lower edge, took out small scissors from the first-aid kit, and gently pulled up the black silk on her knee with his left hand.
Her knee had scraped, and the blood had stuck to the black silk.
But when bandaging the wound, it had to be cleaned.
It hurt.
Su Nanyin, with her eyes closed, immediately furrowed her brow.
Although Li Qianfan spoke lightly, his actions were very careful as he cut away all the black silk stuck to her knee.
Her knee was bruised and already swollen.
Compared to her fair skin, it looked incredibly shocking.
The key was a scrape the size of a lighter.
The wound itself wasn't critical.
What Li Qianfan worried about was a potential fracture.
If not handled properly, it could lead to complications (many people who injure their bones experience pain in bad weather. Especially with age and calcium loss, they might become cripples on rainy days).
Li Qianfan frowned slightly, then grabbed the remaining silk and tore it with a ripping sound.
Su Nanyin gasped in shock.
She hurriedly opened her eyes and instinctively shouted, "Li Qianfan, what are you doing!?"
"To prevent you from becoming a cripple on rainy days. I need to use friction to generate heat to dissipate the stagnant blood accumulated on your knee, thereby allowing the liniment to best treat your injured knee. Without even going to the hospital, I can confirm if your knee is fractured."
Li Qianfan babbled, leaning against the car door, cradling the leg with both hands, and rapidly rubbing the fair skin above and below her knee. "Don't overthink it. In a doctor's eyes, there are no genders, no young or old. I'll just treat this leg like an elephant's leg."
Su Nanyin—
cursed, "Damn it, your mother is the one with elephant legs."
Li Qianfan's hands didn't stop. "If you don't like elephant legs, then cow legs, pig legs, or dog legs are fine too."
Su Nanyin was furious.
Forgetting her injured knee completely, she raised her leg to kick him.
As soon as she lifted it, she cried out in pain and her left foot fell limply.
"You brought this on yourself."
Li Qianfan was ruthless. While spewing venom, he quickly grabbed the roll of bandages with his left hand before Su Nanyin could curse, and stuffed it into her mouth.
She quickly reached to take it.
Li Qianfan said, "Bite down on it, so you don't curse, or start whining later."
Su Nanyin didn't care. She took out the bandage. "Damn it! You little brat, you, oh!"
An intense itch.
As Li Qianfan's hands generated heat with professional speed, an intense itch rose from the scraped area, transmitting like an electric shock to Su Nanyin's central nervous system, causing her to involuntarily let out a gasp.
It was truly breathtaking—
She quickly shut her mouth.
Her originally pale face instantly turned red.
But Li Qianfan acted as if he were deaf, not hearing her breathtaking gasp.
His already furrowed brow became even tighter.
Of course, he had heard the gasp.
It was from her instinctive reaction that he quickly determined Su Nanyin's scrape was far more serious than he had anticipated.
He felt some regret.
He regretted not having quickly massaged her leg to promote blood circulation when she first injured it.
That way, there wouldn't be bruising, and he wouldn't have to spend at least twenty minutes working to clear the stagnant blood.
"You'd better bite down on the bandage!"
Li Qianfan's hands moved rapidly, and without looking up, he said, "The itching will get worse very soon. Of course, if you want to scream, then go ahead and howl."
Su Nanyin—
truly wanted to kick this tactless brat to death!
But she could also see from Li Qianfan's solemn expression, and the fine sweat appearing on his forehead due to the rapid movement of his hands, that her injury was indeed very serious.
She didn't want to become a cripple.
So she could only curse the brat in her heart and obediently put the bandage in her mouth.
Soon.
Her whole body trembled like an electric shock.
As the stagnant blood at the wound gradually dispersed with Li Qianfan's fast-moving hands, the indescribable sensation made it impossible for her to control herself.
Why do people scream when in pain?
Because screaming releases pain.
The intense itching caused by this rapid blood-circulation therapy was perhaps even more unbearable than the screams of agony.
Seeing her biting the bandage tightly, her face so red it looked like it would bleed, Li Qianfan knew she couldn't bear it any longer.
So he raised his hand and pulled the bandage from her mouth.
Oh—
The increasingly loud gasps, in the swirling snow, were exceptionally pleasant to hear.
At least.
Shen Haoyu, who had been cursing the homeless man, heard it from a long distance away as he walked towards the exit.
He paused, looked up.
Through the swirling snow, he saw Li Qianfan holding a leg and doing something. His eyes lit up, and he instinctively walked over.
"Hoo—"
Li Qianfan, whose ears were filled with "oh"s, let out a long sigh of relief.
He raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, then looked closely at the knee.
The swelling had subsided, leaving only the scrape.
Looking at Su Nanyin, she was completely exhausted and weak, her body covered in sweat, as if the torture had finally ended.
"You need to supplement calcium. Besides calcium deficiency, you have some other hidden ailments. I'll prescribe some medicine for you and give you a good regimen. I guarantee that after three treatments, your insomnia will disappear. Good sleep will make you younger and more beautiful. You won't look like an eighty-year-old anymore. At most, you'll look like seventy-five."
Li Qianfan was spouting nonsense while cleaning her with alcohol.
But Su Nanyin knew the little brat was right.
She had been suffering from insomnia for over a year.
Originally.
She had planned to go to Piaomiao Village after the new year to have Xiao Zhuang, who was skilled in traditional Chinese medicine, treat her.
But the crisis from the East Land maritime transport proved that she would never be able to go to Piaomiao Village in this lifetime.
Her voice was weak but firm: "I'll be eighteen forever!"
"Who are you kidding?"
Li Qianfan said ruthlessly, "Do you think you're an anomaly like Sister Wujiang, just an ordinary mortal woman?"
Where's the knife?
Su Nanyin started looking around for a knife.
"Also, you need to exercise more in the future. Go for a jog in the morning, play badminton, things like that. Don't just sit there like a pig after eating. Even though you can eat a lot without gaining weight, and you don't even have fat on your waist, without proper exercise, even the best physique is useless."
Looking at Su Nanyin's plump waist, Li Qianfan couldn't help but say, "You shouldn't wear crop tops like this anymore. You're about to become an old lady with wrinkled skin and white hair, still trying to be as beautiful as a young girl! If you're not ashamed, I'm embarrassed for you."
Su Nanyin weakly cursed, "If you keep spouting nonsense, do you believe I'll kill you?"
"Always cursing. And you have the nerve to call yourself Guanyin Sister."
Li Qianfan looked disdainful. After bandaging her knee, he pulled her clothes over her, shook his sore hands, and turned to look at someone not far away. "Idiot, I'm talking to you! You, come here."
Shen Haoyu, who was watching them from the corner of his eye, shivered.
But he pretended to look confused and pointed to himself, asking, "You, are you talking to me?"
With a bang.
Li Qianfan slammed the car door shut and said coldly to Shen Haoyu, "If you don't want to die, then get over here quickly."