si-mexico Chapter 62 Acupuncture
Chapter 62 Acupuncture
Around 7 PM, someone called Long Chuqing from the courtyard. She was intently watching them embroider. Hearing the voice, she came out to see what was happening.
Upon seeing that it was Qing Tong, he stepped forward and asked with concern, "Qing Tong, it's you! Are you healed?"
"Thank you for your concern, Miss Long," Qing Tong said with a smile. "My injuries are no longer serious; they are just superficial wounds, nothing to worry about."
As a doctor, Long Chuqing said seriously, "Your injury is quite serious. You should rest for a while longer. You can't afford to lose this job."
Qing Tong scratched his head sheepishly: "I felt uneasy just lying around all the time, so I wanted to find something to do. Right now, I'm just running errands around the manor; I haven't been out on any official business yet!"
Seeing that he said this, Long Chuqing didn't say much: "Walking around is good for recovery, but you shouldn't overexert yourself."
"I know. By the way, I came to ask you to go to Qinli Courtyard. The Prince has already prepared a medicinal bath and is waiting for you!"
"Alright, wait a moment, I'll go get the things." Long Chuqing had prepared several sets of silver needles and also refined some disinfectant alcohol.
"His Highness is inside. Miss Long, you may go in by yourself."
Long Chuqing nodded and walked inside, passing the screen and entering the room, where Xiao Han was sitting on the edge of the bed.
He was dressed in a black silk nightgown with the collar slightly open. His hair was half-tied and hung lazily over his shoulders. His skin was slightly flushed from the medicinal bath, and combined with his handsome features, he looked exceptionally... alluring and seductive. The room was also filled with a faint scent of herbs.
Long Chuqing thought to herself, "What a devil! If other women saw this, wouldn't they pounce on him right away?"
She was just expressing her feelings without having any deeper thoughts, just as Fei Feng said, she was a bit slow-witted.
Long Chuqing came over and greeted him with a smile, "Good evening." She placed the things she had brought on the low table beside the bed.
Xiao Han had been staring at her ever since she came in. When she stood in front of him, he said casually, "Why are you dressed so lightly? Aren't you cold?"
"Hmm." Long Chuqing looked at her clothes with a puzzled expression: "It's okay. I was watching Granny Lin and Ziguang embroidering in the room. It was warm inside, so I didn't pay attention when I came out. I don't feel cold."
Xiao Han frowned slightly, watching her busy herself without saying a word.
"I'm going to give you acupuncture to detoxify you," Long Chuqing said as she took things out of the box. "Get ready."
She put her things away and turned around to see him still sitting there, staring at her without moving.
"What?" Long Chuqing hesitated for a moment, then said with a half-joking, helpless tone, "Do you expect me to take your clothes off for you?"
Xiao Han was taken aback by her words, his expression slightly surprised and momentarily embarrassed. However, not wanting her to be smug, he pretended to be calm and said, "Shouldn't such services be provided for such a high consultation fee?"
After he finished speaking, he felt embarrassed. Luckily, he had just taken a bath, so the redness wasn't very noticeable.
Long Chuqing was speechless for a moment upon hearing this, her brows furrowed slightly as she looked at him with a troubled expression.
Seeing her discomfitured expression, Xiao Han felt a little smug.
He was smug for only a few seconds before Long Chuqing actually leaned in and reached out to pull at his belt. With a tug, the fabric of his nightgown slipped smoothly off.
Long Chuqing put the clothes she had taken off aside, turned around, smiled politely, and asked him, "Do you still need me to help you take off your pants?"
Xiao Han hadn't recovered from her earlier actions when she startled him with her words, his face flushing even more. He asked somewhat flusteredly, "Do...do I still need to take my pants off?"
"Leave your underwear on!" Long Chuqing replied calmly and seriously, "If you're too embarrassed to take it off, I can help you. After all, you've given me so much! I've seen it all before."
Xiao Han recalled the scene when they first met. At that time, he was lying naked on the bed, unable to move. He was extremely ashamed and annoyed.
Slightly embarrassed, he didn't dare say anything more and obediently took off his pants and lay down on the bed.
"If you're free during the day, it's better to get acupuncture during the day! It's colder at night and you're more likely to catch a cold."
They were in the warm room, where the temperature was just right so that he wouldn't get cold while giving acupuncture.
Although it is possible to administer acupuncture through clothing, it is better to remove clothing before administering acupuncture if possible.
After a long while, Long Chuqing filled his body with silver needles, and his legs also needed to be needled. She rolled up Xiao Han's underpants to his thighs.
Xiao Han was taken aback by her sudden move. His expression stiffened slightly, and he looked away awkwardly, closing his eyes and trying to calm himself down.
Long Chuqing was unaware of his many thoughts and focused on the acupuncture work at hand.
Xiao Han remained calm for a moment, then secretly breathed a sigh of relief and opened his eyes to look at the top of the tent.
After bandaging her leg, she tidied up her things, putting away anything she didn't need in the first-aid kit.
"Does it hurt?" Long Chuqing asked him after putting her things away. "Tell me if you feel any discomfort."
"It doesn't hurt."
“The first three days are crucial, so we need to give so many acupuncture needles every day,” Long Chuqing explained. “After that, we don’t need to give so many needles anymore, and we don’t need to give them every day, but we still need to take medicine.”
Xiao Han nodded gently: "Yes, it's alright. Compared to the Gu poison taking effect, these few needles are nothing."
Long Chuqing smiled.
After looking at her thoughtfully for a moment, Xiao Han asked, "You asked me last time if I wanted scar removal cream. Can I still have it now?"
"What?" Long Chuqing looked at him in surprise: "What, didn't you say that a grown man doesn't need to?"
Xiao Han didn't answer her question: "Besides scar removal cream, do you have anything else? Like the skincare products that girls use at home?"
When this was mentioned, Long Chuqing became interested. She put down what she was doing, pulled over a low stool and sat down, resting her face on her hands by the bedside, staring at him with a gossipy glint in her eyes.
"Yes, yes," Long Chuqing said enthusiastically. "Are you going to give this to a girl? Then you've come to the right place! I have scar removal products, moisturizing products, whitening products, spot-fading products, wrinkle-fading products—everything you could want. Which one do you want?" She counted on her fingers and introduced the products in detail.
Xiao Han watched her excitedly describe it, feeling helpless at her gossipy expression. He sighed and said, "It's for my mother."
"Oh..." Long Chuqing's excited face disappeared, and she replied with a hint of disappointment. She had thought she would hear some gossip!
Xiao Han looked at her strange expression, puzzled: "Why do you seem a little disappointed when I told you it was for Mother?"
"Haha..." Long Chuqing laughed awkwardly, "No! How could that be? Which one would you like to choose for your mother?"
“I don’t understand these things.” He asked seriously, “What kind do you think would be best for her?”
"Well, I've never seen her before!" Long Chuqing thought for a moment and said, "Of course, if you have freckles, remove them; if you don't, whiten your skin; if you have fine lines around your eyes, use something to reduce wrinkles; if you have nothing and your skin is fair, just moisturize."
"Then let's have a little of everything!" Xiao Han said, indicating that he didn't know anything about these things, so he gave everything to his mother and let her figure it out herself.