Allure of a Country Maiden-Chapter 452 - 450

The cave was dry and arid. Shangguan Xuanyi took out two bed boards from his space ring, spread a cotton blanket over them. After doing all of this, he felt completely exhausted.

He wanted to lie down and rest, but he couldn’t. Xiao’er was still outside in the icy snow. If she stayed there longer, she might fall ill!

Mustering his remaining strength, he crawled out of the cave.

Shangguan Xuanyi laboriously carried Xiao’er on his back, leaning against the cave wall for support. They both collapsed onto the "bed" he had just made.

Right before he fell into a deep sleep, Shangguan Xuanyi thought: The heavy snowfall should soon cover the traces he left when he climbed the mountain. May the snow fall even heavier! He simply didn’t have the energy to do anything more.

Souls also needed rest. Seeing that both of them were safe, Xiao’er returned to her room within her space to sleep.

While their master was asleep, a snake and three geese gathered to discuss their plan.

"Xiao Huang, do you think we should save the man outside or not?" Bai Tian looked at the man who had fallen down but still managed to embrace their master. He was clearly conflicted.

The golden python gave Shangguan Xuanyi a look of disdain, "Don’t save him!"

"But if we don’t save him, who will take care of our master’s body? We can’t leave this space!" Bai Tian was equally conflicted.

"We should wake him up quickly while the master is asleep. Let him take care of our master. Our master has always loved cleanliness, she can’t stand being dirty. If she wakes up and sees that man helping her clean her body, she might want to ascend to the Western Paradise or plummet into hell."

Thinking about the time when their master was so embarrassed she didn’t dare to see anyone for several days, the golden python also thought it was necessary to wake the man up, "In that case, let’s save him!"

Bai Tian thought about how he had to take care of the space by himself recently. If their master was embarrassed again, he would be the one suffering. So, while their master was asleep, they decided to wake the man up, "Let’s do it. It’ll be to his advantage."

"If we wake him up, he can serve as a horse or cattle for our master. How is that advantageous to him? He caused our master to become like a vegetative person, shouldn’t he be punished for that?"

"Tian Bai is right. Let’s save him, but not completely. Let him stay ill so that he can’t travel. This way, he can take care of the master for a few more days."

"Great!" Tian Bai personally went to the space workshop to make a bottle of medicinal pills. He held one pill in his beak and was about to feed it to Shangguan Xuanyi.

"Let me do it!" Seeing this, Bai Tian snatched the pill and aimed it at Shangguan Xuanyi’s mouth, spitting it out.

He couldn’t let another male eat something that his wife had touched!

As soon as the pill touched Shangguan Xuanyi’s lips, it dissolved. The medicinal liquid flowed down his throat and began to digest and absorb.

Evening fell quickly. Shangguan Xuanyi opened his eyes in a flash, seeing Xiao’er lying quietly beside him. He breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously.

Having slept for a while, Shangguan Xuanyi felt much better, his wound was still there, but his illness was almost gone.

He was somewhat surprised but didn’t think much of it. He sat up and saw that it was already dark outside.

He took a night pearl from his space and checked Xiao’er’s condition. As he expected...

There were only the two of them here. Though it was embarrassing, but he was the only one who could do the job. Besides, they were bound to be husband and wife. Shangguan Xuanyi confidently took the charcoal furnace, iron pot, and washbasin out of his space.

Shangguan Xuanyi brought some clean snow from outside and boiled some hot water. He then poured the hot water into the basin, placed it beside the bed, took out a clean towel, then turned to look at the unconscious Xiao’er. He lowered his head and kissed her forehead, "I’m sorry, Xiao’er."

Then, he closed his eyes and undid the belt around her waist. Turning once more, he picked up the cloth from the basin, wrung it out and began to gently clean her body.

In this era, women’s status was not high. Perhaps, no man had ever done such a task, which people would see as both dirty and undignified for men. Despite this, there were still men in the modern era who would take care of their bedridden wives. It had nothing to do with dignity, it was about cherishment.

Shangguan Xuanyi showed no disgust, he was just happy that Xiao’er was able to eat, drink, and take care of her bodily functions every day. This proved that she was still alive, just asleep like a baby, incapable of taking care of herself.

The soul of Xiao’er, who had fallen asleep in her space, was slowly returning to her body without her realizing it.

After Shangguan Xuanyi had cleaned Xiao’er’s body, he took a set of clean clothes from his space ring and dressed her. Finally, as he was tying her belt, Xiao’er’s hand moved. She then opened her eyes.

Xiao’er looked at Shangguan Xuanyi, who was tying her belt with a serious face. She instantly recalled the scene in the carriage. She wondered if it was the same situation again.

She glanced around and saw a basin of water and the clothes she had worn before on the ground.

Then, she felt her entire world crumbling! She closed her eyes, her face flushed red in an instant!

God, you can’t play with me like this! Why couldn’t you let me wake up a minute or two later, or earlier? Xiao’er screamed inside her mind.

Why did she have to know about this?

How did that soul leave her body? Who can tell her if she had called him father!

As he was tying Xiao’er’s belt, Shangguan Xuanyi paused. He thought he saw her hand move just now!

Shangguan Xuanyi looked up at Xiao’er in disbelief. Seeing her flushed face and her expression of resigned acceptance, he was overjoyed!

"Xiao’er, you’re awake!" The excitement in Shangguan Xuanyi’s voice was unmistakable.

However, he quickly realized why Xiao’er was blushing. How long had she been awake? She surely didn’t know that he had helped her change her soiled clothes and clean her body, right? With these thoughts in mind, his face also turned red unconsciously.

He discreetly stored the basin of water and dirty clothes behind him into his space.

He didn’t feel ashamed to take care of Xiao’er while she was unconscious, but now that she was awake and found out what he had done, he felt extremely awkward. He wished he could find a hole to bury himself in.

Avoidance was not in Xiao’er’s nature. Now that Brother Shangguan knew she was awake, keeping her eyes closed would only make things more awkward.

She opened her eyes and saw that Shangguan Xuanyi’s face was also flushed with embarrassment. Well, that brought her some comfort.

Although she felt horribly embarrassed and thought about dying of shame!

But seeing that he was also embarrassed and considering that she was in this state because of him, shouldn’t it be right for him to take care of her? Thinking about this, Xiao’er felt relieved!

It wasn’t a big deal. They could just pretend to be an old couple, with her just being temporarily bedridden. As her partner, he was simply shouldering the unfortunate responsibility of taking care of her. There was nothing embarrassing about it! Xiao’er successfully comforted herself.