h4Chapter 354: Chapter 354: Next time you get burned, I’m not helping!/h4

    Xi Nanfeng turned his head and had just taken two steps when he suddenly saw Gu Moqian standing by the kitchen door with Ji Wei on his arm, their gazes filled with unspeakable meaning.

    "Why’d you bring Miss Qin here?" Gu Moqian stared at him with a half-smile.

    "I’m not great at rejecting women... she insisted oning, what could I do?"

    Seeing Xi Nanfeng clearly guilty but still acting all self-righteous, Gu Moqian couldn’t help butugh.

    After finishing his sentence, Xi Nanfeng quickly walked away.

    When he finally rummaged through and found the first aid kit, he came back to see all three of them sitting on the living room sofa.

    Xi Nanfeng ced the first aid kit on the table, took out something resembling a burn ointment, and tossed it to Ji Wei: "You help her apply it."

    Before Ji Wei could respond, the ointment was decisively tossed back by Gu Moqian. He held Ji Wei’s hand and looked at Xi Nanfeng, "My woman isn’t here to y maid for you."

    Gu Moqian nced knowingly at Ji Wei, his deep eyes filled with tenderness: "In this lifetime, she’ll only ever apply medicine for me."

    Xi Nanfeng’s mouth twitched, "It’s just applying some ointment, Old Mo, must you? And besides, Miss Qin is a woman."

    "Even if she’s a woman, it’s still a no."

    Xi Nanfeng was speechless.

    Isn’t this possessiveness a bit over the top?

    He turned his head and saw Qin Sixue holding up her blistered hands, her small face scrunched up. In the end, Xi Nanfeng couldn’t bear it and picked up the ointment to walk over.

    But why did those two pairs of gazes nearby feel so unnerving?

    Xi Nanfeng red at the two "light bulbs": "It’ste. Aren’t you two going upstairs to rest?"

    "Rest?" Gu Moqian dragged out the word, his tone deeply suggestive andzily nced at Xi Nanfeng, "Old Ye hasn’t returned safely yet. I’m not in the mood right now." When has Old Xi ever applied medicine for a woman? Such a rare spectacle – there’s no way he was going to miss it.

    Ji Wei’s face heated up.

    Xi Nanfeng’s mouth twitched even harder.

    For crying out loud, when he said "rest," he meant it literally, alright?

    Gu Moqian refused to leave, so Xi Nanfeng had no choice but to ignore the extra four eyes nearby and turned to look at Qin Sixue. She was seated on the sofa; should he squat down to apply the ointment?

    Just imagining himself squatting in front of a woman, like some cliché scene in a romance novel, made him feel increasingly awkward.

    Qin Sixue, not wanting to see him look so conflicted, broke the silence: "Brother Nanfeng, I... I’ll just do it myself."

    She reached out, trying to grab the ointment from his hand, but Xi Nanfeng suddenly crouched down. Grabbing her small, soft hand, he quickly squeezed a dollop of the milky-white ointment and began applying it.

    "Ahhh..."

    Hearing her reaction, Xi Nanfeng lifted his head only to see Qin Sixue furrowing her brows in pain. Thinking he might’ve been too rough earlier, he immediately softened his movements.

    The minty-scented ointment spread over her burn, bringing a cooling sensation that eased the pain. Watching Xi Nanfeng carefully apply the ointment, Qin Sixue felt her heart skip a beat.

    A man who was never gentle suddenly bing patient and attentive – that was the deadliest kind of charm.

    Softly, Qin Sixue said, "Thank you, Brother Nanfeng."

    Xi Nanfeng’s movements stiffened, and he hurriedly covered up his reaction by stuffing the ointment back in the first aid kit and standing up. "You’re such a troublemaker! Next time you get burned, you can count me out!"

    He mmed the lid onto the first aid kit, grabbed it, and turned to walk off.

    Watching his retreating back, Qin Sixue’s eyes filled with a faint sadness.

    So, in Brother Nanfeng’s heart, she was nothing more than a troublemaker...

    Then again, she had been shamelessly chasing after him all the way to Japan – any man would get annoyed, wouldn’t they?

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