After leaving the hospital, the two drove back to the villa.
Although it wasn't a fracture, as a precaution, the nurse had immobilized Nanyu's ankle to prevent further injury.
Nanyu's limited mobility meant that she had to rely on Tan Linyuan for everything.
But she was as stubborn as a mule. Unless it was absolutely necessary, she didn't want to trouble him.
However, at the moment, Tan Linyuan was the only one she could rely on.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
The most pressing issues were going to the toilet and taking a shower.
The guest bedroom she lived in was on the second floor, but the toilet was on the first floor.
For convenience, she had no choice but to move into Tan Linyuan's master bedroom with an attached bathroom again.
Sometimes when she wanted to get up and go to the toilet, Tan Linyuan would occasionally ask her, "Do you need me to carry you there?"
Nanyu would always blush and reply angrily, "No!"
Then, under his gaze, she would struggle to shuffle towards the toilet and slam the door shut.
Tan Linyuan watched her stubborn back and couldn't help but smile.
She was quite feisty.
At night.
After finally washing up, Nanyu removed the immobilizing plate and was about to close her eyes and go to sleep.
But Tan Linyuan, who was lying beside her, rolled over, reached for a bottle of muscle-relaxing oil on the bedside table.
"What's that you're holding?" Nanyu asked.
"Lie still."
His cool fingertips touched her skin. Just as he was about to lift her ankle, Nanyu instinctively trembled.
The ankle was an intimate part of the body. Being stared at by him like this made her feel indescribably embarrassed.
Nanyu instinctively tried to pull her leg back, but Tan Linyuan's hand firmly held it down. "Don't move around."
Right after he said that, Nanyu felt a cool liquid on her calf.
Then, his fingers started massaging her. "It'll hurt a bit at first. Bear with it."
Nanyu bit her lip and nodded gently.
At first, there was a slight pain, but Tan Linyuan had a good grasp of the massage strength, and the area he massaged started to warm up.
Although they had been more intimate with each other, this was still the first time in such a way.
Nanyu turned her face away awkwardly, feeling her cheeks burning. She had to bring up another topic to distract herself. "Uncle Tan, you can massage too?"
She could feel that his fingers were pressing on the acupoints, and the strength and range were very regular.
"I learned it before," Tan Linyuan replied casually. "It's just amateur stuff. Not worth mentioning."
"When did you learn it?" Nanyu asked curiously, with a hint of prying in her words.
"I attended a few of Master Wenjing's classes when he was still alive."
Perhaps annoyed by her chatter, he pressed a bit harder with his hand, and Nanyu bit her lip in pain.
"Does it hurt?" Tan Linyuan lifted his eyelids slightly.
"… A bit."
"Cry out if it hurts. Don't hold it in."
"…"
Nanyu suspected that Tan Linyuan was deliberately teasing her, but she had no evidence.
Her cheeks were flushed bright red, and her earlobes were burning hot. She couldn't help but lower her head.
Tan Linyuan straightened her legs and gently placed them back on the bed. Then he went to the bathroom to wash his hands. After coming out, he stood at the foot of the bed looking at her.
The room was completely quiet.
For some reason, maybe it was the essential oil, there was still a faint burning sensation in her ankle.
After a moment, Tan Linyuan asked her, "Do you like it?"
When he asked this question, Nanyu gently moved her ankle, and the pain had indeed eased a lot.
Nanyu was stubborn. "… It's just so-so."
"Then I'll use more strength next time."
Tan Linyuan's tone was serious, but there was a glint of amusement in his eyes. He was clearly teasing her on purpose.
"… Tan Linyuan!" Nanyu was both ashamed and annoyed. She blushed and lifted her foot to kick him.
She forgot that her ankle was injured. As soon as she lifted her leg a little, Tan Linyuan quickly reached out and grabbed it.
"You want to be naughty just when you're starting to get better?" Tan Linyuan's smile disappeared instantly. His face darkened, and his tone was admonishing.
Nanyu was stunned for a moment and quickly softened. "Sorry, I forgot."
She was always clumsy and didn't know how to take care of herself.
Tan Linyuan stared at her for a moment and then placed her ankle back on the bed.
"Go to sleep."
After turning off the light, Nanyu still couldn't fall asleep.
Today, she had seen another side of Tan Linyuan, but she still felt that she knew very little about him.
At first, she only knew that he was good in bed.
But the more she got to know him, the more mysterious he seemed.
There seemed to be countless secrets hidden in him.
"Tan Linyuan, are you asleep?" she asked tentatively.
A faint word came from the other side. "Speak."
"Why were you sent to Changuang Temple?" Nanyu thought for a while and decided to start with this question.
Tan Linyuan was the youngest son of the Tan family. Logically, he should have been doted on. How could his family bear to send him to a temple when he was a child?
It didn't seem reasonable at all.
As soon as her voice fell, the other side of the bed fell into silence. There was no reply for a long time.
Nanyu thought he was asleep. "Tan Linyuan?"
"Some personal reasons." His voice was flat, and there was no more after that.
The meaning in his words was obvious. He didn't want to answer this question.
He didn't want to share his private affairs with her, and he definitely didn't want her to step into his territory.
It was at this moment that Nanyu realized that the rule of "only talk about things in bed, not out of bed" was completely in his favor.
He didn't want to reveal any personal information to her, especially his past.
From his position, being able to tell her about the situation of the Chamber of Commerce and the entanglements with the Shen and Qu families was already a great favor.
The two of them were just a fleeting relationship, just maintaining a relationship with no future.
But Nanyu still felt stuffy, as if seawater was flooding her chest, making it hard for her to breathe.
Tan Linyuan knew everything about her, her joys and sorrows, her preferences, her pride and self - esteem...
But all she knew about him was what the public saw. She knew almost nothing about him.
This huge sense of disparity made her feel a moment of daze.
Although they were in the closest relationship, it seemed like there was a vast distance between them.
Her vulnerability was like a spider's web, easily broken.
She involuntarily reached out her hand, but retracted it the moment she touched the man's cheek.
Since their relationship was doomed to end, there was no need to create more entanglements. Nanyu consoled herself.
"I'm a bit sleepy." Nanyu yawned and lost the desire to continue the conversation. "Good night, Uncle Tan."
It seemed that everything had become less important.
She closed her eyes.
After an unknown amount of time, the man turned around in the darkness and reached out to pull her into his arms.
His movements were very gentle. He hardly touched her calf and encircled her in his arms.
Leaning in his arms, the familiar and reassuring scent lingered in her nostrils.
If only this moment could last forever.
Nanyu felt like crying.