Chapter 20: He cares about her!

Her scent filled his nose, and when he looked down, he saw Ji Pianran's beautiful face.

A great desire to protect her arose in his heart.

Gu Chen's throat felt a little dry.

He swallowed, his voice tight.

'Your foot is bleeding. If you don't properly bandage it, the infection will get worse.'

As he spoke, Gu Chen had already walked over to the edge of his own bed.

Their bodies pressed together, and the beating of their hearts became uncontrollably fast.

Gu Chen gently laid Ji Pianran on the bed.

Worried, he looked at her and said, 'Don't move, I'll go find the medicine box.'

After saying this, she turned around and walked out.

Tang Tang had been standing on Gu Chen's bed the whole time. Seeing her mother's bleeding foot, she understood what was going on and helped Ji Pianran lie down.

The little girl spoke in a baby voice.

'Mommy, you lie down quickly and wait for Daddy to come and heal you.'

Ji Pianran looked at Gu Chen's plain white bed sheet.

Blinking, she looked a little embarrassed.

This was Gu Chen's bed.

Although they had been married for three years, they had only done that sort of thing once, when Gu Chen had been drunk.

Later, he would make excuses to go to the city to work, and never bothered to care for himself or his daughter.

Whenever he came back, the two of them lived separately.

Now she was being asked to lie in his bed.

Ji Bianran felt awkward about it.

She spoke indifferently.

'It's fine, if you don't want to lie down, just sit for a while.'

Hearing her mother say she didn't want to lie down, the little girl was anxious and aggrieved.

She pursed her lips.

Tears quickly formed in her eyes, and then a small water bag bulged.

'Mommy is sick, so she has to lie down.'

Tang Tang was only two years old, and she didn't know the complicated human relationships between adults, nor could she understand why her mother didn't want to lie down in her father's bed.

She only knew that her mother was sick.

She just wanted to make her mother feel better.

The little girl felt more and more aggrieved the more she thought about it.

Her mouth fell open, and she hated that she couldn't cry immediately.

Ji Pianran patiently explained.

'Tantan, mommy is a girl, and daddy is a boy, so mommy can't lie in daddy's bed, okay?'

Upon hearing this, a trace of confusion flashed in Tantan's dark, black eyes.

Her little head just couldn't figure it out.

She was a girl too, so why could she sleep with daddy every day?

But why doesn't mommy sleep with daddy?

What is the reason for this?

Tang Tang pouted her lips, as if she had suddenly figured something out.

She looked at Ji Bianran.

'Mom, do you dislike Dad?'

She was young, but not stupid.

She could sleep with Dad, but not Mom, so it must be because Mom dislikes Dad!

It must be!

That's right!

Now, Tang Tang, who thought she knew the truth, felt even more aggrieved.

It turned out that Mom dislikes Dad!

Tangtang likes Dad, but why does Mum dislike Dad?

Tangtang is unhappy.

After all, she is just a child, and when she feels a little uncomfortable, she can't hold back the tears.

Ji Pianran looks at Tangtang and sees the tears welling up in her eyes. She is at a loss for words.

'Tangtang, be good. Mum doesn't dislike Dad. How could Mum dislike Dad?'

She has never disliked Gu Chen. If she really had, there would be no Tangtang.

It was just that the disappointment and difficulties of life had gradually frozen her heart, which had once been warm and enthusiastic.

She was just used to living a life of mutual indifference.

'Then lie down!'

Tang Tang was a little anxious at this moment.

She looked at Ji Pianran menacingly, like a little angry kitten.

She looked extremely cute.

Ji Pianran had no choice but to nod.

'Okay, okay, mommy will lie down now, don't cry, Tang Tang.'

Seeing that her mother had given in, the little girl broke into a smile.

She quickly held Ji Pianran up with her little hands and laid her on Gu Chen's pillow.

Then she covered Ji Pianran with Gu Chen's quilt.

Mommy is hurt.

Lying on the bed with a quilt covering her should make her feel much better, right?

The little girl didn't have much strength, so she struggled to pull Gu Chen's quilt over her mother's body little by little.

Ji Pianran lay on Gu Chen's pillow.

She was still covered by Gu Chen's quilt.

It smelled warm and dry, just like she had noticed earlier.

The nervousness and fluttering in her heart that she had just suppressed came rushing back, unannounced.

She felt a little distracted.

What kind of relationship did she have with Gu Chen now?

Just these past few days.

She had clearly felt Gu Chen's concern for her.

But was he really attracted to her?

Or was he just trying to make up for the fact that he was the child's father?

He was just being nice to Tang Tang, and she was the child's mother after all.

So she was just along for the ride?

Gu Chen fumbled around in the living room and found the medicine box, which was just a small wooden box that was a little worn.

Inside were some gauze bandages, burn cream, Chinese herbal medicine, and so on.

He carried the box into his room.

He saw Ji Pianran lying on his bed.

His heart couldn't help but tremble.

Ji Pianran heard a noise and knew that Gu Chen had returned. He hurriedly struggled to get up.

Gu Chen hurriedly stopped him.

'Don't move, just lie there. I'll help you dress the wound, it'll be quick.'

Ji Pianran couldn't bear to lie there anymore.

He struggled to sit up and leaned against the head of the bed.

He didn't know if it was because the quilt was so warm, or because of the different feelings in his heart,

It made her delicate face flush with a rosy hue.

It looked great under the dim yellow light.

'That, I'll just sit up.'

'Mm,'

Gu Chen didn't stop her.

He took the iodine out of the box.

He was afraid that Ji Pianran would feel pain.

He looked at her worriedly, 'It will hurt a little, so you have to bear with it.'

Ji Pianran nodded, 'Mm!'

Gu Chen poured the iodine on the cotton wool and used his other hand to hold Ji Pianran's foot.

Her foot was very thin, but her skin was pale and tender.

Because she had been standing on the ground barefoot just now, the cold temperature made her heart ache.

Feeling the warmth from Gu Chen's palm, Ji Pianran's body tightened.

She bit her lips embarrassedly.

Her calf trembled involuntarily.

After all, these were her own feet, even though they were married in name only and she was the mother of the child.

However, this was the first time that Gu Chen had grabbed her feet.

It was also the first time that a man had stared at her feet like that.

It would be a lie to say that she wasn't nervous.

Gu Chen just thought that Ji Pianran was afraid of pain and hurriedly comforted her.

'Relax, I'll be gentle,'

he said, and then he took some cotton soaked in wine and gently and carefully wiped it on Ji Pianran's wound.

After rubbing a few times, he couldn't help worrying about hurting Ji Pianran, so he lowered his head again and gently blew on her ankle.

He wanted to make her feel better.

Ji Pianran watched as Gu Chen's face moved closer and closer to her ankle.

Her heartbeat quickened instantly, almost jumping out of her throat.

She tensed up and hurriedly said, 'No! I'm fine.'

This is getting intimate!

He's even blowing on my feet!

Gu Chen smiled.

'It's fine, relax.'