1308: A Contented Expression

A Contented Expression

Rubbing his forehead, Chu Qi was about to lie back down when Ji'er's cries rang out again, even more clearly this time.0

As the cries grew nearer and nearer, Chu Qi threw back the covers in alarm and got out of bed barefoot.

He was so distressed that he could not precisely avoid the furniture in the room, and he knocked over several objects as he fumbled about.

Lu Liangwei arrived in front of Chu Qi's room with a howling Ji'er, only to hear a cacophony of objects crashing coming from inside, which sounded rather unnerving in the quiet night.

Glancing at Long Yang over her shoulder, she was about to open her mouth when the doors were yanked open from the inside.

The boy appeared in the doorway, dressed in a white inner garment. His jet-black hair straggled over his shoulders, and his eyes were still covered in bandages. Tilting his head, he listened for a moment to identify where Ji'er was, then reached out and groped around. "Ji'er?"

Ji'er immediately ceased her bawling the instant she saw Chu Qi, but the next second, she burst into an even louder fit of wailing, this time with a woeful edge in it. She stretched her little arms forward with much effort, wanting him to hold her.

Chu Qi felt his heart constrict, and without waiting for Lu Liangwei to hand Ji'er to him, he stepped forward and took Ji'er from her with perfect accuracy.

Ji'er finally stopped crying when she smelled his familiar scent, and she lay her tiny head against his chest, sobbing softly.

Lowering his head, Chu Qi stroked her back gently and whispered a few words to her. Her sobs gradually subsided, but she was still choking after having cried for so long.

Chu Qi hugged her close to him tenderly, patting her on the back while walking around slowly.

Suppressing her heartache, Lu Liangwei said to Chu Qi, "Lil Qi, Ji'er was fine before going to sleep, but the moment she woke up and saw that you weren't there, she started to cry. It looks like we'll have to trouble you with the job of caring for her again tonight."

"No problem." Chu Qi started back toward his room with Ji'er in his arms.

Long Yang squeezed Lu Liangwei's shoulder. Just when he was about to lead her away, he caught sight of something, and he stiffened. "Lil Qi, why is your foot bleeding?"

Lu Liangwei lowered her head. Sure enough, there was blood on the ground where Chu Qi had previously stood, and given the commotion in the room when they had arrived a moment ago, she surmised that he had been scraped by broken porcelain.

"Your Majesty, I think he cut his feet with broken porcelain. I'll go back and fetch some wound infection medication. Can you get someone to bring a basin of hot water? I'm going to treat his wounds later," Lu Liangwei informed Long Yang quickly.

"All right," Long Yang replied before passing the instruction to a servant behind him.

Once the servant was gone, he caught hold of Chu Qi's arm and told him to stay right where he was. The room was unlit, and after lighting a candle and clearing away the broken porcelain on the floor, he finally let Chu Qi inside.

Lu Liangwei and the servant returned at the same time with the medication and hot water.

After removing the porcelain shards from Chu Qi's foot, Lu Liangwei applied medication to his wounds and bandaged them.

When the work was done, she stood back up, only to see that Ji'er had fallen asleep in Chu Qi's arms with a contented expression that could soften the hardest of hearts.

Chu Qi's injured foot was evidence that he cared greatly for Ji'er.

Otherwise, why would such a calm and steady person panic so much when he heard Ji'er's cries to the point where he forgot to wear his shoes and knocked over the furniture in the room?

Sighing, Lu Liangwei said, "Lil Qi, it's been three days. You can remove the bandage on your eyes now."

Hearing this, Chu Qi lifted his hand and removed the bandage.

The sudden brightness that enveloped him made him squint in discomfort.

Lu Liangwei's face lit up with joy. "It looks like your eyes have fully healed, or else you wouldn't have squinted. Don't worry, it's because you haven't seen light for a long time. Once you've gotten used to it, you'll be able to open your eyes fully. Let them rest for a bit first, then open them."

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