"Not much, not much," Wang YuYan said with a smile, while subtly nudging Qin Xuan with her toes.
"Ah, yes, yes, yes," Qin Xuan, after a few nudges from Wang YuYan's toes, finally understood her meaning and immediately nodded in agreement.
"YuYan, your foot seems to be recovering well. Walk less these past few days, and it will be fully healed in a couple more. Otherwise, another sprain would be quite serious," Qin Xuan said, putting her foot down and pretending to be serious.
Wang YuYan secretly glared at Qin Xuan. This scoundrel, couldn't he indulge her by massaging her foot a bit longer, considering she'd brainstormed such a clever tactic?
"Okay, thank you," she said, still playing along with Qin Xuan on the surface, despite her inner discontent.
Hearing the word "serious," Wang YuYan's face showed a flicker of concern. She turned to Qin Xuan and said,
"Qin Xuan, didn't you prepare a lot of herbs for foot soaking before? Go get some for YuYan to soak her feet. Those herbs are very effective and can help her foot recover faster."
Wang YuYan quickly shook her head.
"It's fine, no need, no need. My foot is already better, it's not a big deal. There's no need to waste the herbs Qin Xuan prepared for you."
She had been faking it all along. Her foot was perfectly fine, and she had even shared a kiss with Qin Xuan in her own home. How could she possibly agree to a foot soak now?
"That won't do at all. You work so hard every day. If your foot gets injured again, it'll be troublesome. Besides, with our relationship, what's a little bit of herbs? If they run out, Qin Xuan can just get more," Tantai Yue insisted. She personally went upstairs to Qin Xuan's room and brought down a pack of herbs.
Then she asked Qin Xuan to get a basin of hot water and tossed the herbs in.
Three minutes later, the hot water changed color, indicating that the medicinal properties of the herbs had infused into the water. Tantai Yue then said to Qin Xuan,
"Qin Xuan, when soaking her feet, you also need to massage the sprained area of YuYan's foot. You press it for her. YuYan arrived so early, she must not have eaten breakfast yet. I'll go make breakfast first."
With that, she turned and entered the kitchen.
Qin Xuan was left standing there, stunned.
Was this a divine command to intimately interact with Wang YuYan?
Wang YuYan also hadn't expected things to turn out this way.
But at the same time, she felt a secret joy. This way, they wouldn't have to be so clandestine.
Wang YuYan took off her stockings in front of Qin Xuan. She didn't care at all about revealing her legs beneath her skirt.
After taking them off, Wang YuYan stretched her foot towards him, hiked up her skirt, and giggled,
"Wash it."
Qin Xuan rolled his eyes at her and said with a huff,
"So, the pretense is becoming reality, huh?"
Wang YuYan shrugged.
"What can I do? Are you going to disobey Yue'er's command? Since that's the case, I'm going to start calling her now."
"Yue'er..." Before she could finish, Qin Xuan directly used the knuckles of his index finger to press firmly on the Yongquan acupoint on the sole of Wang YuYan's foot. The sensation of both pain and pleasure instantly plunged Wang YuYan into a state of turmoil.
"Qin Xuan!" Wang YuYan exclaimed in a娇怒 (jiāo nù - coquettish anger).
"Are you massaging my foot or chopping it off! Who massages feet like this! I'm really calling Yue'er!"
Qin Xuan looked somewhat innocent.
"Miss, foot massages are done like this. Don't believe me? Ask Tantai. If you feel pain, then I won't massage it anymore. You can soak it yourself."
Upon hearing Qin Xuan say he would stop massaging, Wang YuYan was certainly unwilling. She quickly said,
"Okay, okay, okay, massage, massage. Just be gentle. You took advantage of me just now, and now you're getting revenge. You smelly man, none of you are any good."
Qin Xuan wiped a bead of sweat from his forehead. Were all women this double-standard? Enjoying his service immensely while simultaneously calling him a smelly man.
Fortunately, his Tantai Yue wasn't like this.
At first, Wang YuYan felt some pain. But as she continued soaking, the pain gradually subsided, replaced by an indescribable pleasure.
Coupled with the herbal water from the foot soak, Wang YuYan felt as if all the fatigue from wearing high heels over the years had vanished. Her feet felt completely rejuvenated.