Chapter 13 Kowtowing to the Divine Doctor to Apologize

Chen Dong returned to Sweet Water Village with Wu Meiling's daughter, and it was already late at night.

The light in Wu Meiling's house had been on. Since Chen Dong had left, her heart had been suspended, constantly worrying about her daughter and Chen Dong.

Thump thump thump!!!

Hearing the knock, Wu Meiling immediately went to open the door and seeing Chen Dong holding her daughter, a suspended heart finally settled down.

Chen Dong chuckled and said, "Sister-in-law, rest assured, the child is fine."

"She slept all the way."

Wu Meiling's eyes brimmed with tears as she carefully took the child, thoroughly checked her, and sighed in relief when she saw the child was unharmed: "Come in and sit, take a rest."

Chen Dong followed Wu Meiling into the house.

The house contained only some simple furniture and lacked household appliances; although modest and shabby, it was clean and tidy.

Holding the child, Wu Meiling saw Chen Dong was drenched in sweat, his clothes soaked: "Why are you covered in sweat?"

Chen Dong wiped the sweat beads on his neck: "There were no vehicles when I was coming back to the village. Worried that you might be anxiously waiting at home, I ran back holding the child."

From Sweet Water Village to the county seat, it would take at least five to six hours on foot, especially at night.

Chen Dong, having walked the whole way, must have been exhausted.

"You go take a shower first."

"I'll find you a clean set of clothes."

Feeling uncomfortable in his sweaty clothes, Chen Dong agreed and turned into the bathroom.

Inside the bathroom, there was a twin-tub washing machine, on which some of Wu Meiling's clothes were placed; a few jackets on top, and some undergarments below. Chen Dong glanced at them, noticing most of the intimate underwear was black.

"Size."

"So big."

Chen Dong's gaze lingered on a black bra, inwardly shocked.

"Take a shower."

Chen Dong took off his clothes, threw them on top of the washing machine, pulled the curtain, and turned on the shower head.

Whoosh!!!

After washing off the sweat and grime, feeling much fresher and cooler, he took the nearby towel, which had a pleasant fragrance and even harbored the scent of Wu Meiling; he dried himself and was about to put on clothes when he realized the clothes he placed on the washing machine were gone.

"Huh? Where are the clothes?"

"I clearly left them on top of the washing machine."

Chen Dong looked outside the curtain and saw the clothes on the washing machine were missing.

Creak.

The bathroom door was pushed open and in came Wu Meiling holding clean clothes, just in time to see Chen Dong looking for his clothes.

Swish!

Wu Meiling's face instantly flushed red, she instinctively closed her eyes, but the image of Chen Dong's body kept appearing in her mind. She barely opened her eyes a slit, covertly watching Chen Dong, and couldn't help swallowing.

"My goodness, Chen Dong's body is too good."

"Especially all those muscles, they must feel so elastic to the touch."

"Bah, bah, bah… Wu Meiling what are you thinking…"

Chen Dong coughed: "Sister-in-law, coming in without knocking."

"You saw everything."

"You ought to take responsibility for this."

Wu Meiling hurriedly explained: "I... I... It wasn't intentional...."

Chen Dong interjected: "Ah... it wasn't intentional... that means you definitely did it on purpose... well… it's not that it can't be..."

Wu Meiling, sweating nervously, quickly tossed the clothes she held to Chen Dong, speaking disjointedly: "I... I... I saw your clothes on the washing machine soaking wet... so I washed them..."

"Found a clean set of clothes..."

"You... you quickly put on your clothes... I'll go out first..."

As Wu Meiling turned to leave, she sneakily glanced at Chen Dong, shy yet reluctant.

Slam!

Wu Meiling forcefully closed the bathroom door behind her.

Chen Dong picked up the clothes, likely left by Brother Zhuzi from before, clean and tidy, and put them on before stepping out.

Waiting outside, Wu Meiling, whose blush had not yet faded, saw Chen Dong emerge and, in a daze, she thought she saw her deceased husband, momentarily stunned.

Chen Dong noticed Wu Meiling's daze: "Are you okay?"

Wu Meiling snapped back to reality, bitterly smiling to herself. It wasn't her husband resurrected; the person in front of her wasn't her husband but Chen Dong wearing her husband's clothes.

Yet, the two looked strikingly alike.

"Ah..."

"That... I'm fine..."

"It's getting late... why don't you... go rest..."

Before Wu Meiling could finish, Chen Dong interrupted her: "Yes, it's late."

"Let's hurry up and go to bed."

Wu Meiling's fading blush deepened suddenly as she stammered: "Uh... what... what did you say?"

Chen Dong chuckled: "Nothing much."

"Just that it's late, and we should rest."

"Go to sleep quickly."

Wu Meiling became immediately tense, her palms sweating as she clenched her clothes: "What I mean is... it's late... you should go back and rest early..."

Seizing the rare opportunity that night presented, Chen Dong didn't want to miss out: "Sister-in-law… it's already so late… almost dawn…"

"I'm afraid of the dark when walking alone at night."

"Let me stay here."

Wu Meiling's heart skipped a beat, her mind instantly replaying the scene of seeing Chen Dong's body in the bathroom, her insides growing restless.