Chapter 1133 Heather of the Other Shore Flower Sea (157)

After Heather finished washing up herself, she went over to help Nian Shen out of bed.

Her height made her a perfect makeshift support. She steadied him as they headed into the bathroom, diligently helping him brush his teeth and wash his face.

Washing his face proved a bit tricky. Since his injury was on his back, bending over caused him some pain. So, Heather tiptoed, applied some facial cleanser to his face, worked it in for a while, then wet a towel and carefully wiped it clean for him.

The same went for shaving.

It was her first time ever shaving a man, so she was a bit inexperienced and nearly nicked his skin with the razor out of carelessness.

"Lower your head a bit," Heather said, concentrating intently on his chin. Perhaps because it was her first time doing this, she was even more serious about it. "Don’t move, okay? This is my first time shaving someone. If you move, my hands might tremble."

"You’ve never shaved Ah Nian’s beard before?"

"Shh!" She gave him a stern look. "Stop talking! Aren’t you afraid of getting hurt? If you start bleeding, I’m not taking responsibility—No, I haven’t. This first time is dedicated to you."

"I feel so absolutely honored."

"I told you to stop talking!"

Yi Yang: "..."

Um...

Maybe he had come at the wrong time again?

Seeing the bed empty had surprised him, and then he’d heard voices coming from the bathroom, so he decided to take a look.

Yi Yang hadn’t drawn their attention and silently retreated.

He decided to come back later.

Otherwise, he couldn’t shake the feeling that his life was in danger.

With both of them cooperating reasonably well, Nian Shen managed to finish washing up. Leaving the bathroom, however, was just as much of a struggle as entering it had been.

Nian Shen muttered, "Why hasn’t Yi Yang shown up yet?"

"He already did. Didn’t you scare him off?"

Heather, who had been focusing all her attention on shaving him earlier, hadn’t noticed that Yi Yang had come by a second time.

...

Yi Yang returned after receiving the call, bringing along freshly bought breakfast for two, which he placed on the table.

Just as Nian Shen used to sit by Heather’s hospital bed and share meals with her, now the roles were reversed, with him sitting on the bed as they ate together.

Because it was the same hospital, the same nurses came and went, observing what they found to be a highly amusing situation.

However, the quiet routine was quickly disrupted by a piece of morning entertainment news.

On-screen, the news station aired photos of Qu Leqi in an outfit unmistakably from the previous evening. She had been photographed entering and leaving the hospital, and reporters confirmed that her visit lasted over an hour—meaning, she had spent more than an hour sweetly with her mysterious, hospitalized boyfriend.

Um...

Heather thought, so sometimes the media isn’t completely off-base, huh? They do manage to capture some truths sometimes.

For instance, she could vouch that everything being reported was true. Qu Leqi had indeed spent over an hour getting cozy with someone, and she had indeed visited her boyfriend. That boyfriend, by the way, was currently sitting next to Heather eating breakfast.

Suddenly, it all made sense to Heather—why Qu Leqi had gone out of her way to dress so conspicuously yesterday.

This was most likely a little scheme orchestrated by Qu Leqi herself, aimed at exposing their romance to the public.

Their relationship had been going on for some time now, yet there had been no movement on the media front. Initially, Heather found that puzzling. Now, it all seemed to be falling into place.

This must be her way of going public, albeit in a somewhat unconventional manner.

Nian Shen glanced at the screen, his brows furrowing for a moment before he quickly dismissed it.

Noticing his fleeting look of concern, Heather asked, "Don’t tell me... Miss Qu didn’t inform you before making this public?"