Chapter 610: Chapter 610: Always Caring
When the medication was gently applied, Ling Tianyou looked at Gu Ningyue’s scarred back and said, "Wait until it dries before getting up! Shangguan Wuyue said it should take about five to ten minutes. Are you cold? If you’re cold, I’ll turn up the air conditioning a bit."
It was already nearing the end of September, and the weather was gradually turning cooler, to the point where even going out required a coat.
The room was filled with an indescribable coldness, not sure if it was an emotional illusion or truly getting colder.
Gu Ningyue nodded, "Turn it up a bit, it is a little cold."
Ling Tianyou agreed and asked Gu Ningyue, "Normally when I kiss you, you get shy. How come today when I’m putting medicine on you, you don’t mind?"
Suddenly remembering how Gu Ningyue undressed in front of him without hesitation.
Wasn’t she afraid that he would lose control and do something to her at this moment?
Gu Ningyue lay on the bed facing away from him and said, "It’s just putting on some medication. Besides, I trust the famous Master Ling would never take advantage of someone."
Moreover, if Ling Tianyou was in the pain of losing his only brother and still found interest in her scarred back, she would truly be ’impressed’ by him!
Ling Tianyou paused and asked Gu Ningyue, "Besides me, has anyone else done this kind of thing for you?"
Gu Ningyue thought for a moment, "Yes!"
Ling Tianyou’s breath hitched as he looked at Gu Ningyue, "Was it also like this, lying naked in front of him?"
Gu Ningyue rolled her eyes, "How can you apply medication without taking off your clothes? When I first started as an assassin, every training session often left me bruised all over. But later, I got much better at it."
Ling Tianyou asked, "Then who helped you with the medication?"
Without thinking, Gu Ningyue replied, "Of course, it was my master! Who else besides my master?"
In this world, only her master truly cared for her.
Although training was harsh, and she even got angry with her master when she was young, as an adult, Gu Ningyue understood Xia Yingbai’s intentions.
Being an assassin, any slight mistake could cause her to disappear from this world without a trace.
If she didn’t work hard, the only path left would be death.
I must say, Xia Yingbai was a good master.
Apart from her seniors who had already finished their training and were no longer with her master, she was the one who stayed with Xia Yingbai the longest.
Xia Yingbai taught her almost everything, even finding opportunities for her to learn skills from others in the organization.
Just like her master said, "Having more skills doesn’t weigh you down."
The more she learned, the more beneficial it was for her future.
In fact, what she learned proved valuable, providing significant help at crucial moments.
Once, a skill she thought useless helped her win the top spot in an assassin’s competition.
Even now, she still felt amazed and lucky.
Thank goodness she learned that skill from the third uncle in the organization back then!
"What about during missions?" Ling Tianyou doubted, "You’ve never been injured?"
Gu Ningyue recalled for a moment and shook her head, "Since the day I graduated, I’ve never been hurt to the extent that someone else needed to bandage my wounds, I could always handle it myself. Besides, apart from some incredibly lucky accidents, who else could hurt me?"
As she said this, her voice carried a rare tone of pride.
Ling Tianyou smiled, "That’s good."
He didn’t like the idea of his fiancée being seen naked before him by anyone else, even if it wasn’t this exact body, the soul was still the same.
He always cared about everything concerning her.
"Is it dry?" Gu Ningyue couldn’t resist wanting to touch her back but feared it might stick to her hand if not dry, wasting the ointment: "Tianyou, can you check for me?"
Ling Tianyou said, "Just wait a little longer, no rush."
After about five more minutes, Ling Tianyou touched Gu Ningyue’s scars, "It’s dry, you can get up now."
Gu Ningyue acknowledged, took her shirt and put it on with her back to Ling Tianyou. Her back felt nothing at all, the ointment seemed to have an anesthetic effect, even though she was fully dressed, her back felt numb, as if it lost sensation.
"Let’s sleep," Gu Ningyue turned off the bedside lamp and lay down on her pillow.
Ling Tianyou responded and slowly closed his eyes.
Unlike before, he didn’t place his hand on Gu Ningyue’s waist, nor did he hold her in his arms. He lay flat and soon fell asleep with even breathing.
In the darkness, Gu Ningyue looked at Ling Tianyou with a pained expression, then also closed her eyes and gradually fell asleep.
Perhaps because too much happened that day, Gu Ningyue had a terrifying nightmare.
In the dream, endless slaughter dyed the entire sky red, and she got separated from Ling Tianyou in such a setting.
To reunite with Ling Tianyou, she had to break through many obstacles.
In the dream, she led an adventured life that exhausted her to the extreme.
Even so, when she found Ling Tianyou, he had already turned into a corpse.
Gu Ningyue almost collapsed, crying bitterly holding him in the dream.
She felt unprecedented heartache, as if someone was stabbing her insides with a knife.
For the first time, she truly recognized how deep her love for Ling Tianyou was, and it was also her first time crying so desperately for someone’s loss.
When she opened her eyes again, she found herself curled up in Ling Tianyou’s embrace, her tears soaking through his pajamas, and the tears hadn’t stopped, they were still streaming down her face.
Ling Tianyou looked at her with distress, his voice as gentle as the spring water, "You had a nightmare?"
Gu Ningyue nodded with a choked voice, embarrassedly looking at him, "I dreamed the whole world was at war, and when I finally found you, you were already... you were already dead."
Ling Tianyou held the beautiful woman in his arms, gently comforting her, "How could I bear to leave you alone? Don’t be afraid."
"Mmm..." Gu Ningyue replied with a nasal sound, perhaps because Ling Tianyou’s embrace was so warm, she finally
began to separate from the fear in the dream, "Luckily, it was just a dream."
Ling Tianyou gently wiped away her tears, looking at Gu Ningyue, "Be good, sleep. It will be dawn soon..."
