The steam made the bathroom dreamy, wreathed in mist.
Mo Junyang who was in dreams hugged Shi Qingxue horizontally and sat beside the bucket, while she was sleeping soundly and wouldn’t wake up. She let him take off her coat slowly and gently and had no reaction.
Mo Junyang did this with facility and didn’t feel guilty, as if he had done it for many times.
Till Shi Qingxue’s fair skin like satin was revealed and she was naked, sitting in his arms, the man’s expression didn’t change, and only his eyes looked gloomier.
Without taking off his clothes, Mo Junyang carried Shi Qingxue into the bucket.
It was no problem for the wide bucket to hold two grownups, and it seemed to have been specially designed for two people to use it.
“Hmm…” As soon as Shi Qingxue entered the hot water, she groaned with pleasure and then leaned against Mo Junyang more recklessly, sleeping more soundly.
Mo Junyang couldn’t help but chuckle. He was satisfied with Shi Qingxue’s posture as she totally trusted him.
However, even when it was convenient for Mo Junyang to take advantage of her, he helped her take a bath only because she had fallen asleep.
He held some hot water and then poured it to Shi Qingxue’s shoulders, washing her from top to toe.
Thirty minutes later, Mo Junyang hugged Shi Qingxue and stood up in the hot water.
He conveniently took off his wet clothes and then brought a big blanket to wrap Shi Qingxue. Afterward, he took a dry towel randomly to wipe away the water on his body and returned to the bed.
Shi Qingxue lay on the brocade quilt. Her skin was fair like snow, and the color was distinct.
Mo Junyang’s eyes were deep, yet he did everything with restraint.
He took a bottle of ointment out of the package and poured some to his palm. When the temperature of the ointment was the same as the heat on his palm, he slowly applied it to the inner sides of Shi Qingxue’s thighs and massaged for her to relax her.
Till he confirmed that Shi Qingxue wouldn’t be unable to walk next day because of the pain on her thighs after they were on the journey for a long time, he withdrew his hands slowly and dressed her with clean clothes.
In the whole process, Shi Qingxue just lay on the quilt and slept soundly, with no consciousness.
In the end, she even yawned gracefully and showed a satisfied smile on her face, like a lazy kitten.
Mo Junyang was amused to see that and finally couldn’t help but rub Shi Qingxue’s nose gently with a sigh. “Fortunately, it’s me. You would suffer losses if somebody else did it for you.”
It was not that he didn’t have the intention, but he had scruple and restrained the desire in his heart.
It seemed that he couldn’t stand it at last. He put on a vest randomly and lay beside Shi Qingxue, even hugging her with an autocratic posture.
He kissed Shi Qingxue’s ear gently, and his eyes became soft again. “Sleep.”
Shi Qingxue slept comfortably and didn’t have a dream.
However, when she woke up next morning, she got restless as she saw that they were close.
She checked her body subconsciously and sighed with relief first. Fortunately, she wasn’t naked.
Nevertheless, she still didn’t relax, and then her face stiffened once more at once.
She suddenly remembered that she didn’t take a bath last night, but the comfortable feeling all over her body obviously told her that she went to bed after having a bath, so the one who helped her bathe was…
“You are awake?”
When Shi Qingxue was making blind and disorderly conjectures, Mo Junyang’s lazy voice appeared next to her ear. The man’s handsome and deep face enlarged in front of her.
Shi Qingxue’s heart beat fast at once.
“I, I am getting up,” Shi Qingxue answered in haste and suddenly got up, keeping away from Mo Junyang.
After she did that, she realized that she overreacted, so she felt more awkward, but she couldn’t go back and lie in his arms again.
She had to get down the bed and dress herself in a flurry. At the same time, she shouted, trying to cover up, “It’s late now. We, you should get up quickly. We need to hurry on with our journey.”
While speaking, she dressed neatly.
However, when she looked back, she found that Mo Junyang was reclining on the bed, staring at her with his narrowed eyes. He looked joyful.
Shi Qingxue’s face got burning hot automatically, and especially when she saw the partly visible solid skin on Mo Junyang’s loose clothes, she swallowed subconsciously. Her eyes were bright, and she looked distracted…
However, next second, she instantly realized her faux pas. She was too indecent.
Shi Qingxue felt that she was embarrassed and could explode when she stood there.
She was so ashamed that she covered her face and shouted angrily and anxiously, “Why don’t you put on clothes? What are you like?”
Mo Junyang had noticed Shi Qingxue’s abnormal behavior earlier and followed her eyes, lowering his head, with slyness and jest in his eyes.
He didn’t fix his clothes but leaned against the bedhead more boldly and lazily. Then he uplifted his brows and smiled. “It’s still early. Why are you anxious?”
Shi Qingxue felt so shy and turned around, with her back to Mo Junyang, saying in panic, “Anyway, hurry up. I will leave you alone and tell the workers to prepare breakfast for us.”
After Shi Qingxue walked out of the room, she sighed deeply with relief and put her cold hands on her burning hot cheeks. She was exposed to the wind in the corridor for quite a while before she calmed down.
When she pondered calmly, she instantly understood that Mo Junyang teased her again. It did happen last night, even though she was unconscious, yet she couldn’t go back to question him.
She just hoped that something so embarrassing would pass quickly and neither of them would mention it again.
Fortunately, Mo Junyang understood that going beyond the limit was as bad as falling short. He could joke with Shi Qingxue, but if he pushed her too hard and made her run away, he would be the one who cried.
When they had breakfast, the two maintained calm weirdly and even became strangers, following the ancient rule that people shouldn’t talk while eating.
Wei Zichao didn’t know what the two masters were thinking about. He thought that they had a quarrel, and he had breakfast in great trepidation.
After eating, he asked cautiously, “Master, next we…”
He was a man, yet he had to look before and behind when he asked about the next schedule, so he felt aggrieved.
However, Mo Junyang and Shi Qingxue couldn’t figure out what the guard was worried about. They looked up at him without previous arrangement.
Even the emotion in their four eyes was the same, indicating, “Just say whatever you want. Don’t hem and haw.”
The guard gritted his teeth and asked, “Are we going to the northern border?”
“Of course yes. We will set out after breakfast,” Shi Qingxue replied quickly.
After replying, she paused for a moment and looked at Wei Zichao hesitantly. “Or do you have something else that is important to do?”
So there was a problem with Wei Zichao?
The guard felt sad and cursed himself secretly, “Why do you worry too much? Why are you meddlesome?”
“I am full. I am going to prepare the horses now.” Wei Zichao finally understood that he was merely a guard and shouldn’t guess his master’s mind which was deeper than the sea.
He guessed everything wrong, and his master disliked him.
He’d better get ready and set out as early as possible.
It naturally satisfied Shi Qingxue. She tried hard to forget what happened last night, which was not difficult. As long as she thought of the war at the northern border, she had no extra energy to think about anything else.
They hurried on with their journey in the following days, which was a long time.
It took them ten days before they reached Rui City, and the next stop was the northern border, less than one hundred kilometers away from Huwenbei.
Shi Qingxue got more anxious, but Mo Junyang requested them to stay for one night at this time.
“It’s only one hundred kilometers. If we hurry up, perhaps we can reach Huwenbei tomorrow. Why do you…” Shi Qingxue was unwilling to waste more time.
However, Mo Junyang asked, “We are only three people now. Even if we go to Huwenbei, what can we do?”
Shi Qingxue was stunned after hearing the question, but she had to admit that Mo Junyang was right.
Her face wrinkled, and she looked hesitant. “What should we do?”
They had come to Rui City, and they couldn’t return without accomplishing anything.
“So we need to make arrangements in Rui City.”
Shi Qingxue suddenly remembered that Mo Junyang’s fiefdom for two lives was Rui City, and he had told her that he had some influence in this city.
In the previous life, King Rui’s heir led soldiers to attack the capital city as if entering a place where there was nobody. Even though Mo Junyang stayed in the capital early and had never lived in Rui City in this life, his influence wouldn’t be much worse than that in the previous life.
Shi Qingxue’s eyes were like stars in the sky at night, and she looked at Mo Junyang with expectancy.
Mo Junyang felt itchy and couldn’t help but reach out his hand to rub her. He answered in a deep voice, “You won’t be disappointed.”
He didn’t say it straightforwardly, while his promise was enough to make Shi Qingxue overjoyed.
“Great!”
Shi Qingxue shouted happily. If she didn’t feel awkward, she might want to rush into his arms.
However, the smile on her face couldn’t be concealed. She said joyfully, “I will wait for you in the hotel. After you make arrangements, let’s set out.”
Shi Qingxue was considerate. Even if they needed to borrow Mo Junyang’s hidden force in Rui City, they couldn’t reveal it, so she should avoid arousing suspicion.
Mo Junyang squinted at her and stated with no emotion, “I said that you would go with me.”
“But your people…” Shi Qingxue hesitated and wanted to explain that it might be improper.
However, when she was about to say it, she saw the man’s cold and sharp eyes, so she held it back and responded meekly, “Okay, I’ll go with you.”
So he really took her as his possession and would bring her with him all the time?
Shi Qingxue complained in silence, but there was more happiness in her heart.
Mo Junyang always attached more importance to anything about Shi Qingxue than himself. They just stayed in Rui City for one day and night and then set out again next night.
The three had an unspoken agreement and didn’t say more about what Mo Junyang did next.