When they got back to the palace Chang was incredibly exhausted. Most of the ride back she leaned her head back against the front of his shoulder, contentedly breathing his smell in. She didnt realize that they had reached the palace again, she only realized when her head rest dismounted and reached for her waist to help her down. She grabbed onto his forearms as he helped her and she was greeted again with the shimmering on her left hand, and it warmed her. A stable hand came forward and took care of the animal while he led her back inside. While heading inside Liang Jian Amal asked one of the maids to send food to their room for dinner as Chang was too tired to attend. The older woman took in Chang"s disheveled appearance with a knowing smile while Chang tried to smooth her hopelessly tangled and frizzed out hair and stared at her toes. The woman bowed and replied she would see to it before ending her scrutiny and hurried off to his Jid"s quarters.
He smiled and continued to lead her towards their area and the second surprise he had brought back for her.
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Over the last few days Li Hua had received a few of the radiation treatments and was feeling a general sense of lethargy" even more so than she already had been experiencing. The first one had left her feeling rather nauseous and weak with a slight burning sensation on the back of her neck. The second treatment, the burning sensation intensified but the nausea did not recur. After mentioning the burning to the doctor they adjusted the machine that fed the radiation, and while she did not feel the burning there was the nausea again. The doctor promised her that it would lessen with time as they adjusted it to her need, this would only be for a week or two.
She had watched as her daughter tried to busy herself as she was unable to accompany her, Hao Jin Ying was busy taking care of her,and Jian had been away. Li Hua knew she would have to tell her daughter soon, truth wasn"t meant to be hidden, she had always taught Chang that; yet was unable to enact her own teachings.
"I know she must suspect that there is something wrong with me, she"s a smart girl and it"s starting to get more obvious with all these side effects and I cant avoid her forever when I am sick." Li Hua thought wryly to herself.
"Thank goodness her husband is back now, he should be able to distract her sufficiently. I"m glad those two made up, he"s a good man, and is good to her. We did good Hénri, I can"t wait to tell you."
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Chang"s hips felt unbelievably sore by the time they returned back to their room. She absentmindedly rubbed a hand on her lower back.
"I need a good stretch and a shower or a hot bath.
Oh and a hairbrush or a comb or something, my hair needs some serious help!" Chang thought.
Before heading in the bathroom she carefully sat herself down on the bed aware of her hurting lady bits.
"Ow if that"s how its gonna be like every time after, I dont want to have s.e.x ever again."
Her face darkened as she thought of this and glowered at the culprit from the corner of her eye. Jian looked at her sitting and went further into the quarters. Seeing him preoccupied with something else Chang decided to clean herself in peace.
She closed both doors behind herself and dropped her dress and underwear as a cloth stop gap in front of the door.
Chang gasped from what she could see of herself. Red and purple marks were all over her front especially around her b.r.e.a.s.t.s. Chang felt herself turning bright red thinking of the actions that caused the marks.
""Put that aside for now, just take your bath."" Chang shook her head and muttered to herself while turning on the water. While waiting she did a few simple stretches hoping to ease the pain in her hips from earlier. When she stretched her arms up she saw more of the marks and groaned to herself head in hands.
"That is so embarra.s.sing he did that everywhere on me! Even down there!"
Chang sat on the side of the tub letting her sit over the edge and flopped on her side holding her face.
Despite her external protests a tiny evil voice kept whispering in the back of her head that she really really liked it and she was gonna want it again. And she really reallly loved what he did with his mouth.
Chang groaned hearing the little devil on her left shoulders words, they were kinda right,
"It felt really good.."