Chu Jin closed her eyes tightly, feeling Lu Jingxiu's fingers washing her calves and feet, her hands gripping the edge of the blanket.

The sensation of being touched on her feet and legs by a man made her ears burn, her toes curled up uncontrollably, and the muscles in her calves tensed slightly.

This was the first time a man had touched her legs and feet like this, and she was very sensitive, making it almost impossible for her to control her instincts.

If it weren't for the last shred of reason holding her back, she would have loved to kick him in the face.

Chu Jin endured it for a while, but finally couldn't hold back any longer. She opened her eyes and said fiercely, "Lu Jingxiu! Can you not wash so carefully? Just sprinkle some water and wipe me down casually."

"Have you touched it enough? Stop touching it until the skin is raw."

Lu Jingxiu remained expressionless, his hands continuing their work: "What nonsense are you spouting? Of course, you need to clean the wound thoroughly, otherwise what if it gets infected? You'll be the one crying then."

Chu Jin knew he was right, and his actions... seemed quite proper, but being washed by a fellow villager was just too shameful.

She stared at him for a while.

Lu Jingxiu lowered his head, his profile was clearly defined, and he was focused as he carefully treated a deep scratch on her ankle with a cotton swab dipped in iodine.

From this angle, in this scene...

Chu Jin suddenly chuckled, as if something had occurred to her: "Lu Jingxiu, I suddenly remembered something."

"What is it?"

"Li Qingqing showed me your simp video before." Chu Jin suppressed a laugh, her eyes curving into crescents.

Lu Jingxiu's face stiffened, and an ominous premonition rose in his heart.

Sure enough, Chu Jin's next words came:

"The original body you were in before you transmigrated was squatting in the school, tying Li Qingqing's shoelaces. She was muttering some sweet nothings to herself, and her expression was just... ugh, unbearable to watch."

She paused, looking at Lu Jingxiu, who was squatting on the ground with a blackened face: "Now, the same person, with the same face, is squatting in my living room, washing my feet."

She pulled a cushion from the side and hugged it to her chest, resting her chin on it as she looked at Lu Jingxiu with a smile:

"Tell me yourself, wouldn't you say this counts as a demotion for a domineering CEO? From tying the female lead's shoelaces to massaging a fellow villager's feet."

Lu Jingxiu's lips twitched.

Chu Jin clearly wasn't going to let him off the hook, and continued to add insult to injury: "Tell me, if I took a picture right now and sent it to Li Qingqing, wouldn't she be devastated?"

"Her domineering, simp boyfriend betrayed her and is now squatting at my house, wiping my feet."

Chu Jin said smugly, "Li Qingqing is probably furious. What's the use of being smart? That domineering CEO who used to fawn over her is now my personal technician."

"Ouch! Stop scratching me! Where are you touching me?!" Chu Jin suddenly exclaimed, her leg jerking back, then she gritted her teeth and made a kicking motion, "Damn it! I'm going to kick you!"

Lu Jingxiu quickly pressed down on her calf, his face expressionless: "Don't move, I'm applying medicine."

The two joked around for a while, and Lu Jingxiu didn't say anything more.

He didn't care about the original owner's dark history at all. Chu Jin's sudden mention of it was probably to ease the awkward atmosphere that had just been so embarrassing it made people want to dig their toes into the ground.

Since she chose this method, he would pretend not to know, cooperate, and that would be the end of it.

Soon, Lu Jingxiu applied ointment to all the wounds below her knees.

After finishing all this, he packed up his medicine box and basin, washed his hands, and without lingering, decisively said goodbye to Chu Jin and left her house.

"Click".

The living room door was closed gently.

The room returned to silence.

The smile on Chu Jin's face slowly faded as the door closed.

She lay on the sofa, burying her face deep into the cushions.

She actually wanted to thank him, but in the end she just rambled on.

She said that she wasn't really mocking Lu Jingxiu when she talked about the original owner's videos.

It's because the atmosphere was too ambiguous just a moment ago.

Lu Jingxiu squatted down in front of her, head down, intently cleaning her wounds and applying medicine.

His fingers were warm, and his movements were very gentle.

She then realized that he was actually quite good at taking care of people.

This atmosphere, which made her body stiffen and her heart inexplicably race, frightened her.

That's why she chose to use jokes to cover up all those messy emotions.

She kept her face down for a long time before finally muttering to the empty living room, "...Thanks, fellow villager."

……

Lu Jingxiu got into his car, took out his phone and sent a message to Lu Na, telling her not to worry.

Immediately afterwards, news of Lin Yutang appeared.

He frowned.

Lin Yutang is not usually the type of person who would send him messages in the middle of the night.

Police work is demanding, and overtime is the norm, but she never contacted him for reasons like "not being able to get a taxi".

In the past, when she worked overtime until the early hours of the morning, it seemed that there were always colleagues who went the same way who would give her a ride, or she would simply lie down in the office and sleep until dawn.

Why are you all alone squatting at the entrance of the police station tonight?

Something must have happened.

Thinking of this, Lu Jingxiu sent her a message, asking her to wait for him at the branch office.

Afterwards, he filled up the gas at a nearby gas station before driving to the East Suburb Branch.

Forty minutes later, Lu Jingxiu arrived at the East Suburbs Branch. The office building was brightly lit, as the entire East Suburbs Branch was working tirelessly on the Huang Family Manor case that night.

He sent a message to Lin Yutang saying he had arrived, and a moment later, a figure walked out of the branch office courtyard.

She first looked around, then her gaze settled on his Dongfeng Mengshi parked on the side of the road, and she jogged across the street.

The night breeze blew a few strands of her hair up, which clung to her cheeks before being quickly brushed away.

She opened the car door, sat in the passenger seat, took a deep breath, paused for a moment, and then slowly pulled over and buckled her seatbelt.

Lu Jingxiu turned his head to look at her and smiled, "Have you been waiting long?"

"I didn't have to wait long. I'm sitting inside." Lin Yutang smiled faintly, her legs unconsciously swinging slightly.

lie.

She had actually been squatting on the steps waiting, until her legs went numb.

She only jumped up and pretended to have "just come out" when she saw his car headlights turn from the intersection.

Thinking of this, she felt a little guilty and turned to look at Lu Jingxiu with a face full of apology: "Thank you for coming so late. I'm sorry."

"It's nothing." Lu Jingxiu started the car, his tone calm. "The murderer in the Huang Family Manor case tonight was Chu Jin, the daughter of the Chu family. I just took her back."

He paused for a moment, then said, "I tried calling you tonight, but your phone was off."

Lin Yutang exclaimed "Ah," then explained softly, "I have an operation tonight, so my phone was off. I didn't mean to ignore your calls."

As if afraid he might misunderstand, she added, "Next time, I'll let you know in advance."

Lu Jingxiu hummed in response, not paying much attention.

Following his words cautiously, Lin Yutang continued, "Then Chu Jin... she must have been terrified, right?"

Lu Jingxiu nodded: "Yes, tonight was indeed quite thrilling."

Lin Yutang remained silent for a few seconds, seemingly pondering something.

Then she spoke again: "So, you just took her home?"

"Hmm." Lu Jingxiu nodded, not thinking too much about it. "She was injured tonight, with scrapes on her knees and feet. It wasn't safe for her to go home alone, so I took her there."

After listening, Lin Yutang smiled slightly and said, "It's only right. It's not safe for a girl like her to go home alone in the middle of the night after something like this happens. You did the right thing."

She had already quickly gone through Lu Jingxiu's words in her mind.

Taking a girl home late at night is a legitimate reason, and tonight is the only time like this.

I was just helping out.

Thinking this way, she felt like she didn't have any right to ask these questions, and she also felt that every word she uttered seemed stupid.

So she turned her gaze to the window, watching the streetlights slide past, and said nothing more.

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