166: Chapter 166 Applying Medicine

Zhao Xiaoshuai was truly exhausted today, so he canceled all subsequent entertainment activities and went home after a simple dinner.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived home, Sister-in-law had already prepared a table full of food and was waiting for him, as if she knew exactly when he would return.

"Xinyi, you didn't go back?"

In the early morning, because Sister-in-law was still lazing in bed, Zhao Xiaoshuai only took Old Xiong home.

He had thought the little girl would go find Sister Wenwen to play on her own, but he hadn't expected her to still be staying obediently at home.

"And here I went to the trouble of cooking dinner for you, waiting for you to come back, and the first thing you say is to kick me out!"

"No, no, not at all. You can stay as long as you like; who would dare to kick you, my little ancestor, out? I haven't eaten yet, so it's lucky you care about me, or I would have starved to death."

"Hmph, that's more like it."

Although he had already eaten dinner, with his current digestive system, eating another meal wouldn't be much of a problem. He would just be a bit full, so eating slowly shouldn't be an issue.

"What's wrong? Is today's food not tasty? You're eating so slowly; it's not like you."

"You should chew your food slowly. Have you forgotten how you were taught when you were young?"

"Pfft, you're the one who always wolfs down food. In the past, you couldn't wait to finish a meal in five minutes."

This was true. In the past, because of his heavy workload, Zhao Xiaoshuai had very little time for himself every day. He would compress his time as much as possible, practically pouring his meals directly into his mouth.

However, he had improved a lot recently, focusing more on the taste of the food and the act of eating itself. It was just that old habits were hard to break, and he still ate faster than the average person.

Since he had already eaten one meal today, he was eating even slower.

When she was little, Chu Xinyi was also quite naughty and wouldn't eat properly, but later, after Zhao Xiaoshuai gave her a spanking, she behaved.

Thinking of the past, she couldn't help but kick her brother-in-law.

"Hiss~"

Unexpectedly, this kick landed right on a bruised spot on Zhao Xiaoshuai's leg, making him wince in pain.

His internal metabolic cycle was much faster than an ordinary person's, so his body was already swollen, though it wasn't visible because he was wearing long sleeves and long pants.

But if he took off his clothes, it would be quite shocking.

"You're acting quite well! I clearly didn't use any strength at all!"

Chu Xinyi had thought her brother-in-law was playing a trick on her, but seeing the sweat on his forehead, she suddenly panicked.

"What's wrong with you? Did I kick that hard just now?"

She hurried over to inspect the injury, but ended up touching Zhao Xiaoshuai's arm, causing him to feel pain once again.

Zhao Xiaoshuai had already gone numb from the pain and hadn't felt much, but after a while, the aftereffects had set in, and being suddenly touched caused a sharp, piercing pain to strike him immediately.

At this point, Chu Xinyi realized something was definitely wrong. She carefully rolled up her brother-in-law's sleeve, and what met her eyes were patches of blue and purple swelling.

She immediately lifted her brother-in-law's shirt, and the result was the same; he looked covered in bruises.

Without any warning, Sister-in-law's tears started falling, plop, plop.

"Who beat you up like this! Aren't you very rich? Why don't you bring a few bodyguards when you go out!"

"It's not what you think, please stop crying first."

In Zhao Xiaoshuai's impression, Sister-in-law had always been a naughty, happy-go-lucky girl.

The last time she cried this sadly seemed to be the time Father Chu secretly cooked the duck she was raising while she was at school.

After much persuasion, he finally managed to explain the matter of him going to a training class to learn martial arts.

"These just look serious, but they are actually just external injuries; they'll be fine after a night's sleep."

"You were in so much pain earlier that you broke out in a cold sweat, how can you be fine!"

"I'm really fine, believe me. When have I ever lied to you?"

Sister-in-law cried harder and harder, and it took a long time to soothe her. She finally quieted down, sobbing intermittently while gently stroking the bruises on his body.

"Take off your clothes."

"Huh?"

This was a phrase Zhao Xiaoshuai had often said to his women recently, so he was momentarily taken aback.

Sister-in-law, however, went into the room and, from who knows where, produced a first-aid kit. He didn't remember having such a thing in his house.

She took out a bottle of safflower oil from it. Seeing that Zhao Xiaoshuai hadn't moved, she assumed he was in too much pain to do it himself.

"Look at me, you must be in a lot of pain right now, right? No wonder you had no appetite for dinner!"

"Don't move, I'll go get some scissors!"

At this moment, Zhao Xiaoshuai finally realized that Sister-in-law just wanted to apply medicine for him and didn't have any ulterior motives. His face flushed red, and he hurriedly said:

"There's no need for that much trouble, it's not that painful."

Seeing him wincing as he started to take off his clothes, Sister-in-law returned in annoyance, "Stop moving, I'll help you take them off."

Her gentle, cool little hands touched the swollen, bruised patches, as if possessing magic, making the pain subside significantly.

However, at this moment, only the two of them were in this huge house, making the scene of Sister-in-law undressing him feel somewhat ambiguous.

"Lift your butt."

"Ah, there's no need to take off my pants, right?"

"Why not? Look at you, you're covered in injuries! Your legs must be the same. Just now, I must have kicked you and caused you pain..."

Seeing that Sister-in-law was about to turn from cloudy to rainy again, Zhao Xiaoshuai hurriedly changed the subject:

"I'll listen to you, I'll listen to everything. Please stop crying; whenever you cry, I get all flustered."

With Sister-in-law's help, he removed his pants, and sure enough, his thighs and calves were also covered in bruises. At least visually, it really looked quite frightening.

Even Zhao Xiaoshuai was startled. He hurriedly checked his health value in the system; it hadn't dropped much, and he finally felt relieved.

Chu Xinyi rubbed the safflower oil in her palms to warm it up, then carefully applied it for him.

In ancient times, there was Guan Yunchang scraping the bone to remove poison; today, there is Zhao Xiaoshuai applying medicine to his bare body.

Distraction is the best medicine for pain.

Currently, Zhao Xiaoshuai's attention was entirely focused on every inch of skin being caressed by those little hands, on the stunningly beautiful face up close, and on that faint, elusive fragrance that could easily stir up the desires deep within one's heart.

Sister-in-law's expression was focused, carrying three parts seriousness, three parts heartache, three parts annoyance, and one part shyness.

Zhao Xiaoshuai could clearly see so many different emotions in that single expression, and each one was very vivid.

She applied the medicine very cautiously, changing positions from time to time, striving not to hurt him.

His arms and chest were fine, but when she applied medicine to his abdominal muscles, he could clearly feel that Sister-in-law was somewhat reluctant to stop. She applied the medicine three times in a row before finally letting go with reluctance.

As expected, abdominal muscles really do captivate both men and women.

When applying medicine to his lower body, Sister-in-law dealt with his calves first, and only at the end did she, as if summoning up courage, reach out toward his thighs.

Actually, Zhao Xiaoshuai was fully capable of doing it himself, but if he were to suddenly "come to his senses" at this moment and stop Sister-in-law to do it himself, he would either be a fool or have a physiological problem.

The outside, the top... the inside.

The atmosphere gradually became ambiguous.

Because they had just eaten in the dining room on the first floor, they had chosen the sofa in the living room on the first floor to apply the medicine.

But as luck would have it, just at this moment, someone opened the door and entered, and a voice that couldn't be more familiar rang out:

"Xiao Yi, I'm sorry. I originally promised to come and keep you company this afternoon, but iSport had some things come up, so I..."

The living room was near the main entrance. As soon as Meng Yawen opened the door, she saw a man and a woman in an ambiguous position near the sofa.

The man was almost naked, sitting carelessly on the sofa, while the woman was kneeling between the man's legs, her hand seemingly reaching that very place.

"What are you two doing?"