My Little Girl (61)

Sheng Qianmo didn’t sleep and instead accompanied Shu Nuan for the night . Only once the night ended did he separate himself from her side . He moved her to the bed in a gentle manner and with care left the room to prepare for her breakfast . When he returned, he paused a little .

Shu Nuan didn’t know when she had woken up . Holding her knees, she was sitting on the edge of the bed with her disheveled black hair draped over her face . She was rubbing her sore eyes when she heard the sound of footsteps, then lifted her head to look up, frightened and stumped for words .

“Time to wake up . ” Sheng Qianmo walked over .

Shu Nuan nodded, but as she was about to speak up, she found her throat dry and hoa.r.s.e, as if it had been burned .

Sheng Qianmo poured her a gla.s.s of water . Softly speaking, Shu Nuan mumbled, “Your humble slave thanks Your Highness . ” She then took the cup filled with water and drank it sip by sip .

After she was done, the prince took the cup out of her hand and put it on the bedside table . He held out his hand against her forehead . “Does your head still hurt?”

Truthfully, Shu Nuan wasn’t sure what to say . She shook her hand, and then, with quite some courage, grasped his hand and caressed it onto her forehead . In response Sheng Qianmo stared at her with a blank face . His lips took on an odd angle, as if he wanted to say something but couldn’t find the words .

Sheng Qianmo began to rebuke her . “Can’t you take care your own body? Kneeling there all day, naked?”

After being criticized by him, her eyes turned redder . He grabbed her hands by force, but in doing so he felt the softness and the heat from the fever she still had . She bowed her head and pursed her lips before whispering, “It was Your Highness who told me to . ”

Sheng Qianmo pinched her dainty nose . “You still dare to talk back?”

Tears flowed down Shu Nuan’s face and she gave a choked up sob, as if admitting she had been in the wrong .

Sheng Qianmo found out that Shu Nuan was mortified by what had happened this time . Even though he hadn’t used a harsh tone, she had cried over a few words .

Sheng Qianmo couldn’t bear to rebuke her again . He wiped her tears . “All right, don’t cry . ”

Shu Nuan clutched her fingers tight and pursed her lips . She didn’t dare to speak nonsense nor cry again for fear that he would get angry . ”Are you hungry?”

Shu Nuan shook her head, but Sheng Qianmo still picked her up from the bed and placed her on his lap . She leaned down and held her slender ankle as he put on her shoes for her, and they went out of the bedroom hall .

Seeing the food being served, Shu Nuan began to eat . She already was a glutton and adding onto it her circ.u.mstances, she didn’t stop until every dish was wiped clean . She also didn’t try to explain the matter with Jing Fei as she didn’t want the prince to misunderstand her .

After eating, Sheng Qianmo had her medicine brought in . Her little nose wrinkled up after smelling the medicine . She couldn’t help but twist up her features a little, unable to bear its odor .

But Sheng Qianmo half coaxed and half ordered her . “You have to drink the medicine to recover . ”

Shu Nuan didn’t want to . But she wouldn’t dare disobey the prince either . She had to endure the bitter taste as she opened her mouth a little and allowed him to feed her the medicine .

Sheng Qianmo observed the little girl sipping the medicine with difficulty, but pretended to be calm . Her twisted expression was depressing, but he said while wiping at Shu Nuan’s glistening lip with his fingertip, “You look aggrieved . ”