Long Yinfeng kept filling her bowl and said, “Don’t rush, or you’ll get choked.”

Mu Xiyue was a doctor back in the 21st century. She used to have meals really fast so that he could continue to check on the patients. Sometimes, she couldn’t even have any rest after she was off duty. She had to always be on call.

Thus, she finished eating very quickly. But Long Yinfeng hadn’t started to eat yet. She was embarrassed. “I... I was really hungry.”

Long Yinfeng smiled and lowered his head, to enjoy the vegetables in his bowl. He chewed carefully in an elegant manner. Mu Xiyue looked at him and her face flushed.

She had been eating in quite a rude way. Long Yinfeng, on the contrary, always behaved elegantly and politely. Compared to him, she was just like a naïve country girl!

Noticing her sight, Long Yinfeng put down the chopsticks and bowl and looked into her eyes. He asked, “Do you remember what you promised me?”

Mu Xiyue was confused. She wondered, “What do you mean?”

Long Yinfeng dropped his eyes and replied in a low voice, “You said you would cure me if you met me again.”

It took Mu Xiyue a few seconds to figure out what he meant! Immediately, she stood up and stared at him with eyes wide open! “You... you’re?”

She stammered, but still failed to express herself clearly.

Long Yinfeng looked up at her and replied, “Yes. I’m the man you met last night.”

It reminded him of what she said in the Imperial Study. She said someone saved her. Luckily, he didn’t expose her.

Mu Xiyue sat down slowly. She didn’t say anything again before she thought about it for a few minutes. “I can cure you of your legs. But only on one condition.”

“What is it?” asked Long Yinfeng.

He wasn’t surprised at all as if he had predicted everything.

Mu Xiyue rolled her eyes, thought about it and said, “A simple one. Let’s be a couple in name only. Then I can cure you of your legs. After you can walk, let me leave. What do you think?”

Long Yinfeng looked serious, as if lost in thought. He replied faintly, “Deal.”

It took so few minutes to reach an agreement, which made Mu Xiyue quite happy! She chatted gaily, “Your palace feels so desolate. I didn’t see anyone else when I arrived.”

Long Yinfeng asked, “You like the buzz?”

“Not really.” Mu Xiyue shook her head, “I was just curious. You know. You’re a prince, anyway.”

“The doctor said I wasn’t well enough to be disturbed. So, I sent away the imperial maids and eunuchs. Only Yanzi, Mo Heng and I live here.” Long Yinfeng explained. He stared at her with gleaming eyes and smiled, “But now there are four of us.”

“Your Highness. It’s time to go to bed. I’ll send you your medicine to your room.”

Yanzi remined him. After all, he had sat for a long time, to keep his new wife company. But it wasn’t good for his health.

He said faintly, “Go get Mo Heng to me.”

Yanzi walked out of the main hall to get Mo Heng. Seeing the inconvenience that he had been experiencing, Mu Xiyue opened her invisible treasure chest with her consciousness.

“Let me give you something. With it, you can move freely even when Mo Heng is away.”

Long Yinfeng was curious about what she meant. Just then, she took out a silvery chair with two big wheels out of thin air.

He touched it and asked, “What is it?”

“A wheelchair.” Mu Xiyue replied and pushed the wheelchair closer, “Let me get you in and have a try.”

“All right.”

Long Yinfeng put his hand on her thin shoulder. Mu Xiyue frowned. She dragged him and with great efforts she finally got him in the wheelchair.  

Sweat sprang up on her forehead. She thought, “Mo Heng had to carry him whenever needed. That really needs great strength.”

Full of curiosity, Long Yinfeng sat in the wheelchair and touched all parts. He asked, “How do I use it?”

Mu Xiyue showed him how to use it. By rolling the two big wheels with his hands, he could go wherever he wanted.

Long Yinfeng imitated what she did and rolled the wheels. As expected, the wheels moved! He used them to steer the wheelchair. From now on, he could go freely even if Mo Heng was away.

“Your Highness!” Yanzi and Mo Heng cried out in surprise. They looked at the moving wheels curiously.

Long Yinfeng noticed the surprised look on their faces. Anyway, he was shocked, too! What an incredible thing! Was Mu Xiyue a heaven-sent gift for her? She could always give him different surprises!  

“I’m going back to my room by myself.” Long Yinfeng said and turned his wheels, heading for his sleeping chamber.  

Mu Xiyue followed up. Since he wasn’t experienced in operating the wheelchair yet, she had to help whenever necessary, by holding the handle and getting the wheelchair back on track.

It was a long way to get back to his sleeping chamber. Long Yinfeng was so glad. He said to Mu Xiyue seriously, “Thank you.”

Mu Xiyue replied, “You’re welcome. It’s a deal. I help you and you help me, too.”

His eyes shining secretly, Long Yinfeng turned his head and said to Mo Heng, who stood behind Mu Xiyue. “Get me in bed. I’m tired.”

Mo Heng walked up silently, carried him on the back easily and put him gently in bed.

Later, he left with Yanzi. And the latter closed the door.

Mu Xiyue stood where she had been and asked in embarrassment, “Where do I sleep tonight?”

Long Yinfeng gave a glance at her. As he undressed himself, he said, “Sleep here tonight. No other rooms had been cleaned yet.”

He took off his coat. Mu Xiyue saw his strong chest where there was a gauze bandage. Last night, Mu Xiyue used it to bind up his wound.

He behaved all right today. She nearly forgot he was wounded.

She walked up and asked with care, “How is your wound? Did you take the medicine I gave you?”

Long Yinfeng pulled gauze bandage off his chest and showed her the inflamed wound. Meanwhile, he replied, “I forgot it.”

Mu Xiyue walked closer to him, frowning. Again, she got the feeling as a doctor. She yelled angrily, “What’s wrong with you? How could you forget to take the medicine! Look at your swollen wound! It must have been inflamed. How can you not cherish your body like this?”

Long Yinfeng looked down on his wound and replied bitterly, “Whatever, I’m a cripple. I don’t care.”

Mu Xiyue opened her mouth, but she bit back the words she would like to have said.

Then, she sighed and took out some medicine from her invisible treasure chest.

“Sit still and let me apply some ointment.”

Long Yinfeng sat there when Mu Xiyue applied some antibiotics on his wound and put him on a drip so that he could get recovered sooner.

Long Yinfeng stared at such weird things in her hand and asked with great curiosity, “Who are you? You’re not Mu Xiyue, are you?”

Mu Xiyue paused and replied, “I’m Mu Xiyue.”

“But you’re different from what people say about you.” said Long Yinfeng calmly.

Mu Xiyue looked up at him and asked, “So, what do people say about me?”