Yunyan Zhang felt vexed when looking at the unconscious savior. She was worried about his situation and also felt helpless about her uselessness.
The savior"s injury was so serious and dangerous that she could not leave him there, even if she felt embarra.s.sed. She still needed to take care of him carefully. Otherwise, once some other illnesses infected him, it would be much difficult to heal. Her savor might not survive.
If things went on like that, she would feel regretful. She would fail the grace of her savior. This would be a pity in her later life.
However, it was too difficult for Yunyan to look after him in that way. She did not know where to start. She would feel embarra.s.sed even when she saw a naked man, not to mention touch him or clean his body. How embarra.s.sing it would be.
Relatively speaking, it was nothing serious. What was more difficult was that she needed to clean the wound for him and bind him up. She also needed to take care of her daily life in that place... It was embarra.s.sing.
His wound was in an embarra.s.sing place, right where the base of his thigh and the lower abdomen met. It was too embarra.s.sing for a virgin to deal with his wound.
Not to mention that Zhang Yunyan was unmarried and had not seen such things, even if she were, it would be shameful to face that kind of things.
When Yunyan thought of it, she would blush and her heart would race. She dared not take any action or look at his chest and back, not to mention his wound.
However, that man was her savior, whose grace was as heavy as the mountain and as important as her parents. It would not be enough to repay everything for him. Without his timely rescue, she might have been raped by the "Three Dragon-driving Monsters" and her life and death would have been unpredictable.
Her savior"s situation was so serious and he had no relatives to take care of him. Yunyan was the only person available. Due to responsibility, or to repay his grace, she needed to take care of him.
The matter seemed to be simple. For Zhang Yunyan, it was too difficult. To do or not to do seemed to be not right. What should she do?
Yunyan had no way and could not let him go. She came up with an idea after thinking for a while: she could ask the hotel waiter for help.
The waiter was confused and was afraid to refuse. He was cleaning his body and asked, "Madam, it is appropriate for you to do this. Serving your husband is what you should do. Why do you ask someone else for help?"
Zhang Yunyan blushed when hearing this. She hurriedly explained, "No, no, we are... not a couple."
The waiter was shocked. Looking at Yunyan, he finally realized. "Ah, you two are brother and sister, but you should not leave him like this. Since you two grew up together, family affection should conquer everything. Looking after your brother is also what you should do."
"We, we are sister and brother, but we are not connected by blood..."
"Oh, I understand. You two are an unmarried couple. It"s OK actually. You will become a couple one day. You"re his fiancée. It"s OK to look after him and you don"t have to be shy. Besides, this man has been injured so badly. Since you are the only one by his side, you should take care of him. Think positively. This is your responsibility. Even if you two have not gotten married, you also should take this duty to take good care of him."
The waiter thought he was a "sensible person" and made a pair in a wrong way. However, that was not his fault. When a man and a woman were in the same room, they might or might not be a married couple.
Yunyan blushed when hearing that, but she had no way to explain. She said in a low voice, "I, I can"t..."
The waiter shook his head. "Ah, you"re too young and have never seen such a serious wound. Perhaps, you have not seen your man"s... wound before. Anyway, you should think positively. This is a special situation, so you should treat it in a special way. You two are in an unfamiliar place and have no one else to rely on. This is what you should do; don"t think too much. You will adapt to this soon. Besides, you two will sleep together sooner or later. Why do you think so much about this?"
Yunyan lowered her head and blushed. Her heart beat fast. She could say nothing because of embarra.s.sment.
The waiter shook his head and felt puzzled. He also thought that Yunyan was naive.
He said when wiping the injured person"s body, "Girl, don"t be shy. Everything will be solved only if you make up your mind. Besides, you can"t ignore this matter. Do you know what the others will think of you? Come on over and see how I clean his wounds and change the bandage. Then, you can do it on your own."
Zhang Yunyan felt more embarra.s.sed when the waiter asked her to get closer. How could she look at the injured person"s body?
However, under the urging of the waiter, she could not escape and could only get closer. She lifted her head to look over and saw a naked man. For an instant, she lowered her head with her face blushing. Even her breath became heavy.
"Girl, you should be softer when cleaning the wound. Don"t use too much energy." He saw Yunyan lower her head and was dissatisfied. "Girl, you should see it carefully. You will do it on your own later on. You can"t always ask me for help."
Yunyan could not say anything because of embarra.s.sment. Should she do it on her own? How could she move on?
She could not disregard her savior and should take the responsibility to take care of him for saving her life. Otherwise, she had no courage to face her savior or be a human being. However... ah, it was too hard.
Yunyan could not avoid that but could not always lower down her head under the urging of the waiter. She had to look over there. She saw the man"s body on the bed clearly, which made her more embarra.s.sed and hotter. She was about to explode.
"Ah, how, how could this happen? This is so embarra.s.sing, so shameless... "
The waiter sighed. "Girl, you really should think more possitively. You can consider that you two have gotten married. It"s your responsibility to serve your husband. "Look. You should clean the wound carefully. When the wound dries, you can put the herbs on it. Then, you can bind him up. It can"t be loose nor too tight."
Zhang Yunyan was ashamed, but she could not ignore the waiter"s instructions. She had to glance at the wound from time to time to learn how to clean it.
She really had no other methods, but could not leave her savior alone. Besides, she could not always ask the waiter for help. The waiter would not come again since the "fiancée" was there.
Yunyan silently murmured, "He is my savor and I have to take care of him. I am repaying the life-saving grace. It"s fine for me to do anything for him. I should take care of him. It"s repaying his grace, repaying his grace..."
In embarra.s.sment, Yunyan was looking for a reason to learn how to bind up the wound. She hoped to calm down her fast heartbeats by the reasoning of repaying his grace. She was forcing herself to learn it. Otherwise, she would still be unable to start.
While embarra.s.sed, Yunyan was blaming herself. Since her savior could spare his life for saving her, why could she not spare all of her efforts to look after him? She would be too coldblooded if she would avoid helping him. That was a way to repay his grace and a responsibility that she should take.
The first glance, the second, the third...
With her observation from time to time, Zhang Yunyan finally knew how to change the bandage and also saw her savior"s body clearly.
She was blushing and her heart was beating fast all the time. She silently murmured, "Ah, just consider that he"s my husband and I am his wife. I should do this, should do this..."
Yunyan comforted herself with that. Although she was so embarra.s.sed, she finally accepted in the end. At least, she would not avoid it anymore.
Since then, Zhang Yunyan had taken up the responsibility of looking after her savior. She wiped his body, cleaned the wound, and changed the bandage every day. Of course, she always squinted her eyes and blushed when she completed all those processes.
Still, Yunyan finally made it and accept it although she felt embarra.s.sed. However, it was really difficult for her. Not to mention she was ashamed at that moment; she even felt embarra.s.sed every time she thought of it.
Zhang Yunyan could control the state of shyness and tried to look after her savior for the best. That was driven by her grat.i.tude for him. She could not allow her savior to die of illness.
Besides, there was another important reason, which encouraged her and reduced her feeling of shyness. She felt somewhat surprised and warm at heart. She even felt magical. In short, she had some unclear feelings and had some encouragement by them.
Previously, in the woods, after the "Three Dragon-driving Monsters" escaped, she went for the injured man with Zhang Lianhu and was greatly shocked at the first time when she saw him. It seemed that her beloved one was facing her.
That injured man looked too much like the second prince from the Tianyue Country. They seemed to be the same person.
Zhang Yunyan certainly did not believe that he was the second prince, it may just be a young man in the modern era. They just looked similar.
When the man saw her, he also seemed to behave a bit unusually. Was he surprised? Joyful? Sad? Or helpless? She could not figure out what it was. Perhaps, it was a mixed feeling.
Yunyan also felt puzzled and was suspecting when finding that he had some unusual feelings of her. She did not know his name or where he came from, but she could confirm that he was not the second prince. He was just a stranger who looked like the second prince.
After the man became unconscious, Zhang Yunyan had no way to get to know her savior"s background. She could figure it out later on.
The appearance of that person made Yunyan think of the second prince, making her miss him more. However, she also had some consolation when facing the man who was similar to the second prince. She felt that her beloved man had come before her. Even if it was fake and illusory, she also felt somewhat gratified.
When wiping her savior"s body and changing the herbs for him, Yunyan was always murmuring, " He is the second prince and I am serving my brother... I am his, his concubine. I should take care of him... He"s the second prince and I am serving my brother... I am his concubine..."
In her murmuring, in her helplessness and shyness, she looked after the patient very carefully. She not only repaid his life-saving grace, but also had sustenance for the beautiful love that she was longing for.
Yunyan knew that the man was not the second prince, but had considered him as a subst.i.tute for her brother of the alternate world. She had the consciousness to take care of her beloved man.
She had been forcing herself to think of her savior that way and had gradually accepted that notion. She was even willing to do that for him. She was serving her beloved brother, while her bitter yearning had a place to rely on and her thoughts of her lost love were also comforted.
In that way, Zhang Yunyan spent every day in embarra.s.sment to clean the wound, change the bandage, and wipe the body of her savior. She would take care of all of his daily matters, carefully and thoughtfully.
Three days later, the injured man finally woke up.
He was excited, touched, and felt admiration when seeing Zhang Yunyan. He seemed to have feelings of love, sentiment, sadness, helplessness, and frustration... In short, his emotions were still complex and were hard to figure out.