Chapter 36

Lin Shu gasped.

His hand held her sole, and the heat came from his palm, which was hot and comfortable, and there was a strange numbness.

But the wet towel wrapped around the ankle was really cold, the kind that made people cramp.

He pressed her instep with his thumb, and said in a rare soothing voice: "It's just a sprain, the injury is not serious, but it's best to apply cold compress and sleep. It should be fine tomorrow, but if you don't care now, it may be serious tomorrow."

Lin Shu lowered her head, and the feeling in her heart was the same as her foot, with waves of ice and fire.

She wanted to pull her foot back, but she felt that it was too willful.

He treated her as a wounded patient.

Wounded patients who don't cooperate are very annoying.

"No, don't press it,"

She whispered, "I can bear it, I will apply it myself, it's okay."

Liang Jinxi paused, looked up at her, and saw that she lowered her head, her ears were red, and her face was faintly pink... He realized the ambiguity of his actions.

The touch of his hands became particularly sensitive.

Her feet were white as jade, small and exquisite, soft and smooth to hold, and soft and boneless. His heart seemed to be squeezed by something, and his hand went numb from the palm to the arm.

He was silent for a moment and then let go of his hand and said, "Okay."

There was a barely perceptible hoarseness in his voice.

He stood up and said, "Just apply it for ten minutes. You take a rest first. I'll go downstairs and buy some food."

Lin Shu wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say.Knowing what to say, she could only nod and say "hmm".

She didn't say "thank you" until Liang Jinxi walked to the door.

Liang Jinxi paused with his hand on the door handle, and opened the door without saying anything.

Lin Shu waited for the door to close again before he breathed a sigh of relief, covered his face with his hands, crossed his legs, and lay down on the bed.

...What is this?

She is so useless!

Then the door opened again with a "click".

He said at the door: "What do you want to eat?"

Lin Shu: ? ? ?

She jumped up at once, and her foot throbbed for a moment, but she endured it, and said in a panic, "No, nothing special, just simple, hot will do."

They had been traveling all day, eating cold and hard dry food, so they just ate something hot and tasty.

"Okay."

He said.

Then Lin Shu saw a smile on his face.

...So embarrassing.

However, Lin Shu was still able to adjust herself.

Things had already come to this, and thinking about it, it was normal for him and his comrades to get injured during training and missions in the army. The most important thing for her now was not to really hurt her feet, so that she could not walk tomorrow.

No matter how embarrassed and ashamed she was, she had to endure it and do her job well.

…And just now when he held her feet, she felt the roughness and heat of his palms, but did not hear any of his thoughts.

That is, he was just doing things without any emotions, and it would be a big problem if she thought too much.

So when Liang Jinxi came back from buying food, Lin Shu had already adjusted himself.

He brought back a bowl of carrot and crucian carp soup, which was hot and very fragrant.

Lin Shu felt her body warm up as she drank it.

He watched her sip the soup spoonful by spoonful, looking very satisfied, and was very happy in his heart. He smiled and said, "There is also mutton soup below. You just sprained your foot, and I don't know if you are used to the taste, so I didn't buy it."

Lin Shu put down the spoon, licked his lips, and nodded: "I am used to it. I like it very much. My father likes it very much. He said that when he was in the army, he was as happy as drinking wine to occasionally eat mutton soup with his comrades. When I was a child in the military region, whether my uncles came to visit us or we went to my uncles' house for dinner, there was always a pot of mutton soup on the table."

He seemed to drool as he spoke.

"When your foot is better tomorrow, take my brother over and we will eat together in the evening. He also loves it the most."

When Liang Jinxi heard her say this, his face, which looked particularly cold without a smile, became much gentler.

He said, "Okay, let's eat tomorrow night."

After a pause, he said, "The military district you lived in before was Chengxi Military District, right? Are you used to living there when you were a child?"

Lin Shu smiled and said, "I grew up there since I was a child, so how can I have the problem of getting used to it? I heard that many things in a person's bones are engraved from the place where they grew up when they were young, so although I lived in Xizhou City for several years later, Chengxi is actually my root. The food I like to eat, the taste, and the people I feel most at ease with are actually all developed in Chengxi."

She glanced at him as she spoke, as if she was thinking about something, and then deliberately added, "Look, you look fierce, and many people are afraid of you, even Zhenzhen and Zhuzhu are a little afraid of you, but I am not afraid of you. I have always trusted you. After getting to know you a little better, I can quickly feel a sense of intimacy... This should all be developed when I was a child."

Because when she was a child, the uncles and aunts around her were all soldiers in uniform.

They may be rough, even rude, speak loudly, look fierce, and beat children without any mercy, but this does not prevent Lin Shu from trusting them and feeling friendly to them.

Even when she first went to the countryside, she could tell everyone loudly that he was her partner, which was probably because of this trust and kindness in her heart.

Even if she didn't know him yet.

Still unfamiliar.

He obviously didn't expect her to say such a thing.

He was stunned for a moment, then laughed, lowered his head and drank a sip of soup, and then said: "If you live in the military area in the future, you won't be unaccustomed to it."

"Of course not,"

Lin Shu smiled, "That's my home. Speaking of which, I haven't been back for many years. I want to have a chance to go back and see it again."

After dinner, Liang Jinxi cleaned the table and took the enamel pot to the bathroom to wash.

After washing, he brought hot water for her to wash her face, and he checked the rooms one by one.

After Lin Shu washed her face, he came to help her bring water.

Lin Shu couldn't help but say, "Brother Liang, you are really nice."

From what Aunt Hu and the others said, she always thought he had a bad temper and was very fierce. Although he was very upright, he was not easy to get along with and certainly didn't care about other people's feelings, because he was decisive and would definitely look down on other people's weakness and unnecessary emotions.

It seemed to be true when they first met.

But now I realize that it is not the case at all.

He was cold and had a bad temper, but only to outsiders. He was very caring and protective of his family.

The details were well done, thoughtful and appropriate.

...Of course she didn't know that he was good to his family, but he really only cared for her.

Liang Jinxi paused as he held the basin.

He turned his head to look at her.

...Facing her sparkling eyes, he hesitated for the first time in his life.

Maybe it wasn't the first time, but there was definitely no time when his emotions were so complicated.

He reached out and touched her head, saying:"Go to bed early at night and don't think too much."

After saying that, he took the water and left.

Lin Shu would not think too much.

After he left, she sighed and turned her mind to her brother.

Her brother should be at the Lin family now, and she had to think about how to pick him up.

Old Mrs. Lin and the others had finally taken Fengfeng to their place, and they would definitely not let her go easily.

Could it be that she wanted Liang Jinxi to help her snatch it away?

Although she was not afraid of them, she still had to use her brain to ensure that there was no mistake.

*****

Liang Jinxi told Lin Shu not to think too much.

Lin Shu did not think too much.

But he himself was not as calm and indifferent as he showed in front of Lin Shu.

He sent the enamel pot back to the restaurant downstairs, returned to his room, took his clothes and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

...This was his habit, because he would do a lot of training every day and sweat a lot, so even in winter, as long as there was water, even if it was cold water, he would take a shower.

The conditions in the guesthouse were not good.

Generally, half a floor shared a bathroom.

Liang Jinxi was afraid that it would be inconvenient for her to go to the bathroom at night, so he paid extra money and asked for two VIP rooms at the end, which shared a bathroom.

Water flowed on his body and the ground, splashing.

Her fair and tender feet flashed through his mind, and holding them in his hands was like holding his heart in his hands.

When he thought that she was sleeping next door, his breath became heavier.

This was probably the first time in his life that he had experienced the feeling of wanting a woman.

But the two of them had not yet married... Although he had confirmed her feelings, they had not yet married, and he did not want to do anything to her now.

...Because he felt that he would have an impulse when facing her, which he had never had before.

He used his will to cast a gate to block the impulses in his body that would clamor whenever he faced her. If that gate was opened, he himself did not know whether he could control it later.

This was the first time he doubted his control.

But she said that she was willing to go to the military region with him.

Thinking of the cuteness of her lips when she said this, he felt like a torrent flowed through his body.

After taking a shower, she went back and did countless push-ups.

So much so that Lin Shu woke up in the middle of the night and heard the sound of water in the bathroom.

Lin Shu thought, the aunt was right, he was really not an ordinary person, and he didn't treat himself as a human being.

She also had to work harder and be more determined.

*****

The next morning, Lin Shu got up and turned her ankle. The movement was not large and it was fine. She was relieved.

The two of them had a simple meal downstairs and went to the Song family.

"Shushu?"

It was Song Shaobo who opened the door.

When he saw Lin Shu, he was stunned at first, but soon his expression turned into surprise, followed by tenderness.

At that moment, he only had Lin Shu in his eyes, and didn't see Liang Jinxi who was behind him at all. He said softly, "Why are you here so early?"

He frowned again and said, "At this time, when did you return to the city? Where did you stay last night?"

As he spoke, he realized something and turned his head. Only then did he see Liang Jinxi, who was behind Lin Shu to the right, and the smile on his face slowly faded.

"Shushu, who is this?"

Liang Jinxi had been watching the interaction between the two.

Song... He remembered the bookmark that Lin Shu put in the drawer, and the silhouette on the bookmark.

Liang Jinxi looked at him, and with his left hand, he quietly pulled Lin Shu back, and then extended his right hand to Song Shaobo, saying, "Liang Jinxi."

Lin Shu hurriedly introduced, saying, "Brother Shaobo, this is Captain Liang, the son of Aunt Hu who is in the army that I mentioned before."

Lin Shu didn't pay much attention to Liang Jinxi's actions.

She even followed her actions and stepped back... She subconsciously felt that she was blocking him from greeting Song Shaobo.

But Song Shaobo's face suddenly became ugly.

He pursed his lips, his expression relaxed, and reached out to shake hands with Liang Jinxi, saying, "Captain Liang."

After saying hello, he pulled his hand to push the door a little wider, turned around and said to Lin Shu tenderly, "Shushu, come in. You called before the New Year and said you would come. Mom has been waiting for you at home these two days, afraid to miss you."

After saying that, he directly pulled Lin Shu's hand and pulled her into the door.

Liang Jinxi looked at his hand holding Lin Shu's wrist, and his face sank.

Fortunately, I don't know if it was telepathy, Lin Shu was pulled by Song Shaobo, and she turned her wrist smartly and naturally got out of Song Shaobo's hand.

Liang Jinxi saw it, his eyes moved, and a string that was originally stretched somewhere in his heart also relaxed.