The opportunity has come!
Tian Yao almost immediately rushed forward and stood in front of Mo Chen. She forced the sweetest and most obedient smile onto her face and said, "Brother Mo Chen, you've been working hard. Let me do this rough job of waiting on someone. I'm a professional, after all."
In fact, it didn't feel good to say such self - deprecating words, but she really had no other choice.
Mo Chen was taken aback and looked at He Ciyuan.
He didn't say a word but just tilted his chin slightly at Mo Chen.
Mo Chen understood and put down the wooden bucket. Then he quietly retreated with the servant boy and thoughtfully closed the door.
Inside the room, only Tian Yao and He Ciyuan remained.
And the bucket of scalding hot water emitting a strange medicinal smell.
[Boss, give me a definite answer! You're neither nodding nor shaking your head. Should I offer this borrowed "flower" or not?]
Tian Yao's heart was pounding. She gritted her teeth and stepped forward, starting to add cold water to the bathtub to test the water temperature.
He Ciyuan just quietly watched her without saying a word.
The oppressive silence almost drove Tian Yao crazy. Just when she was about to break down, He Ciyuan finally moved.
He turned his wheelchair by himself and went behind the screen.
Immediately afterwards, there came the rustling sound of clothes rubbing against each other.
Tian Yao's heart leaped into her throat.
[Is he... is he going to...]
"What are you still standing there for?" His cold voice came from behind the screen. "Come in and wait on me."
Tian Yao's mind went blank with a loud "buzz".
[Are we going to see each other naked so soon? I just wanted to gain some favor...]
She shuffled around the screen, looking straight ahead with her head almost buried in her chest.
But even so, that imposing figure still caught the corner of her eye.
He was already sitting in the bathtub. The water barely reached his waist. His broad shoulders, smooth and well - built back, and the criss - crossing, different - depth scars on it silently told of a past full of blood and fire.
"Help me scrub my back."
Tian Yao walked over shakily, picked up the cloth towel placed beside the bathtub, her hands shaking uncontrollably.
[Forget it. Do a good job and I might get a promotion and a raise. Do a bad job and I'll get my diploma. My mentor is He Ciyuan.]
She took a deep breath, soaked the cloth towel, and carefully started to scrub his back.
Her fingertips inevitably touched his warm skin. The feeling was firm and scorching, making her fingertips tremble. The cloth towel almost fell into the water.
"Why are your hands shaking?" He Ciyuan's voice came from the front, with a hint of mocking laughter. "Weren't you quite proactive when you threw yourself at me?"
Tian Yao's face instantly burned red as if it could drip blood.
[Bringing up the past! You pervert! You still remember!]
Water droplets slid down his well - defined jaw, rolled over his Adam's apple, and disappeared into the water.
His deep eyes looked especially dark in the steaming heat, like a giant beast lurking in the abyss, staring at its prey.
If he were a normal person, he would surely charm countless young girls.
Her mind went blank, leaving only the instinct to survive.
She randomly scrubbed his body with the cloth towel, her movements completely out of order. It was more like smearing than scrubbing.
[Scrub! I'll scrub! Let you show off! Let you scare me! I'll scrub you to death!]
[It's really endless. Day in and day out, it really makes me mad!]
He Ciyuan watched her frightened and angry look, and the interest in his eyes grew stronger.
He just liked to see her like this, wanting to resist but not daring to, and only able to vent in such a childish way.
She was like a fluffed - up cat with its claws out but not daring to scratch.
Finally, he seemed to have gotten tired of the game.
"Alright. You've been so clumsy. Call Mo Chen in. You can leave."
She had been through a lot of stimulation tonight. There was no need to tease her anymore.
Some things were better left at that.
Tian Yao ran back to her small room in one breath. She closed the door behind her and leaned against it, gasping for air.
Her cheeks were burning hot, her heart was pounding like thunder, and the place on her wrist where he had pinched her still retained the burning temperature.
[I survived...]
That night, Tian Yao had a strange dream.
There were no specific images in the dream, only the lingering smell of medicinal herbs, the scalding steam, and a powerful body covered with countless scars.
She seemed to have returned to that oppressive bathroom, with someone pinching her wrist and whispering like a devil.
But this time, she wasn't scared. Instead...
Tian Yao suddenly woke up from the dream, her heart pounding wildly and a thin layer of sweat covering her body.
She touched her incredibly hot cheeks, and her mind was in a complete mess.
[I'm crazy. I must be crazy!]
She actually... actually had a wet dream about He Ciyuan.
There was nothing more ridiculous than this.
The next day, Xiao Cui came to deliver something to her. Seeing that she seemed a bit absent - minded, she asked about the situation.
"Tian Yao, I feel like you've been acting weird these days. But the eldest young master values you so much now. I thought you should be very happy?"
"Happy?"
Tian Yao couldn't tell whether she was happy or had other feelings. Her mood was like a roller - coaster ride.
"Maybe. But it's really not as happy as you said..."
"What's wrong? I was even thinking about when I could hang out with you. Staying by your side would definitely lead to good things."
Everyone thought Tian Yao might not survive in the end, but the final outcome was so unexpected.
She not only gained trust but also got promoted step by step and survived that assassination.
Xiao Cui leaned closer to her and whispered quietly, "That Nanny Zhang beside the old madam heard that she ended up very miserably later. Even the old madam couldn't stop it. I just thought you were framed at that time. Fortunately, the eldest young master believed you. For this kind of treatment, you should stay by the eldest young master's side well, okay?"
Maybe one day she would become the young mistress, and then she would surely enjoy endless wealth and honor in the future.
Xiao Cui still thought everything was too good.
"Xiao Cui, things in this world aren't that easy. Do you really think it's easy to serve the master? And it's not easy to be a trusted subordinate either..."
One careless move, and she might even lose her life.
"So what? We only live once. If we can really have wealth and honor, I think all the efforts are worth it. You, stop thinking about those messy things all day long."
She already had a good life but always thought about the bad things. If this continued, what would happen?
Don't end up unable to handle a happy and beautiful life even if it came.
Xiao Cui was still too naive. Tian Yao casually brushed off the topic with a few words and didn't say anything more.
After that absurd night, Tian Yao became like a frightened rabbit and completely disappeared from He Ciyuan's sight.