After Sharing Senses with the Paranoid CEO, the Infamous Starlet was Forced into Pampering Chapter 29
Chapter 29: I Don’t Have a Fetish for Letting Others Touch Your Body
Just as Li Yanzhou was thinking this, he suddenly felt a bit of an itch on his arm. The itch was too inexplicable; he took off Xia Mu’s down jacket that he was wearing, rolled up his sleeves to look, and saw nothing on his skin.
Could it be Xia Mu?
Li Yanzhou turned his head to look at him. Xia Mu was also frowning slightly, not knowing why the man suddenly took off his jacket. Then, Xia Mu tugged at the sleeve around his own wrist.
“I was wondering why it was a bit itchy. Are there really mosquitoes in the dead of winter?”
Xia Mu looked at the swollen, red bumps on his wrist that looked like mosquito bites and found it a bit strange.
Li Yanzhou grabbed Xia Mu’s wrist in one motion and said with a frown:
“Is it only itchy here?”
“It feels like my whole body is a little itchy,” Xia Mu answered honestly.
The examination results hadn’t come out yet. Li Yanzhou was just about to take Xia Mu straight to a doctor when he saw several doctors walking over:
“His various indicators show no issues for now. Since he was changed into warm clothing quite quickly, he did not exhibit symptoms of hypothermia. Going forward, he should drink plenty of hot water and eat sugary, high-calorie foods…”
“Doctor, let me interrupt for a moment. Could you first look at what these are on his body?” Li Yanzhou was extremely anxious.
Xia Mu extended his arm and rolled up his sleeve to let the doctor see clearly.
“Does it hurt or itch?”
“Itches.”
The doctor observed it and then said, “It’s cold urticaria. According to his medical history, you were first soaked in seawater and then splashed with ice water. A low-temperature environment combined with sudden temperature changes easily triggers cold urticaria. Moreover, the symptoms will worsen once the skin warms up, but they will gradually fade after 1-2 hours.”
The doctor then looked at Xia Mu and inquired carefully:
“Do you feel any difficulty breathing? Or an accelerated heartbeat? How about dizziness or abdominal pain?”
Xia Mu rolled his sleeve back down and said, “My heartbeat is faster, and I’m a bit dizzy, but no other symptoms have appeared.”
“We’ll admit you for observation first,” the doctor concluded, then looked toward Li Yanzhou, who had been hovering by Xia Mu’s side asking about his well-being. “You are his family member, right? It’s right around dinner time. Go buy some high-calorie foods for him to eat to replenish his energy.”
“Seawater is highly saline and will stick to the body. Normally, one should shower first after soaking in the sea, but because of the urticaria, the skin will become even itchier if it touches hot water. You can dampen a towel and slowly wipe the seawater off his body.”
“Thank you.”
Li Yanzhou nodded.
Xia Mu didn’t expect Li Yan to actually accept the term “family member,” and his cheeks suddenly grew a bit hot.
It wasn’t until he was settled into the VIP ward that Xia Mu felt a wave of daze. He had just gotten out of the hospital in Sanya, only to enter a hospital in Beijing…
Xia Mu looked at Li Yan, who was currently instructing Qin Yu on matters, and couldn’t help but sigh in realization:
“Am I offending the Tai Sui right now? I’ve been in the hospital constantly these past few days… But, bad luck happening one thing after another also seems to mean that my luck is about to turn around, right?”
Li Yanzhou heard this and found it somewhat amusing. He turned and walked to Xia Mu’s side. Xia Mu lifted his eyes to look at Li Yan:
“But the doctor said to shower after soaking in seawater. Since I was splashed with water, the seawater on my body should have been washed off too, right? Tsk, I should be thanking that anti-fan for giving me a bath. Hiss—!”
Xia Mu was rapped on the head. Li Yanzhou looked at him with displeasure:
“Did your brain get splashed so hard it broke? You’re actually thanking them?”
“I’m just saying. Finding joy amidst suffering is allowed, isn’t it?” Xia Mu rubbed his forehead.
“The composition of the ice water in the bucket has been sent for testing. We still don’t know what all was in it. If there were harmful substances to your body, let’s see if you can still smile.”
“It… it wouldn’t be enough to disfigure me, right?” With Li Yan saying this, Xia Mu also became a bit apprehensive. “I still have to rely on my face to make a living.”
Just as Li Yanzhou was about to speak, Qin Yu walked in carrying a basin of water, holding a towel in his hand.
Li Yanzhou walked over and took them. He placed the towel in the basin to dampen it and wrung it out slightly. It looked like he was preparing to wipe Xia Mu’s body as the doctor had instructed.
“President Li, let me handle this sort of thing, you’d better not…” Qin Yu looked in shock at Li Yanzhou, who was intending to serve Xia Mu, blurting out the words as if bypassing his brain.
Li Yanzhou didn’t speak, shooting a chilling glance at Qin Yu.
!
Save me, I said the wrong thing in a moment of panic. President Li treasures Xia Mu so much, how could he possibly let me see his body?
“You go ahead and keep busy, I won’t disturb you.” Qin Yu immediately shut his mouth and swiftly fled the ward, closing the door firmly behind him.
Xia Mu still hadn’t understood why Qin Yu was suddenly acting like that, and spoke up:
“I can do it myself, or Qin-ge can help. There’s no need for you to trouble yourself with this kind of thing, right?”
“I am the family member. Besides, I don’t have a fetish for letting other people touch your body.”
Li Yanzhou wrung out the towel and gave Xia Mu a look.
That look immediately silenced Xia Mu. However, recalling Li Yan’s recent words, he couldn’t help but say, “Actually, the doctor made a mistake; you could have corrected him.”
Why would I correct him?
Li Yanzhou was just about to reply, but his lips twitched and he swallowed the words back down: “Too troublesome.”
After saying that, he stared at Xia Mu’s face, his thin lips curling up slightly as he said, “Take off your clothes.”
“Why?”
Xia Mu asked reflexively, crossing his arms over his chest and looking up at Li Yan warily.
Li Yanzhou merely hoisted the towel in his hand toward Xia Mu, too lazy to spout nonsense.
“I, I can do it myself.”
“Fine.”
Xia Mu didn’t expect Li Yan to actually be so agreeable this time. The ward was very warm, and Xia Mu had long since taken off his down jacket, leaving only a thin long-sleeved shirt underneath.
Because his skin needed to be wiped, Xia Mu had no choice but to take off his shirt as well. He saw his body covered densely in red, itchy wheals.
It was too itchy. Xia Mu was just about to scratch when Li Yanzhou caught his hand with lightning speed: “No scratching, otherwise I’ll help you.”
Li Yanzhou’s body also felt itchy due to their shared senses, but the degree of itching was lower than Xia Mu’s, so it was still tolerable.
Not being able to scratch was too agonizing. Xia Mu bit his lip tightly, his eyes brimming with tears as he picked up the towel to wipe his skin. However, he couldn’t reach his back, so he had to wash the towel and hand it to Li Yan:
“I can’t reach my back with my hands, could you help me?”
Li Yanzhou took it and gently wiped the areas on Xia Mu’s body that were covered in urticaria, fiercely noting down another strike against that anti-fan in his heart.
Once Xia Mu finished sponging down his whole body, Li Yanzhou handed him a set of pajamas: “Change into this. It’ll be more comfortable to sleep in.”
“Thank you.”
Xia Mu was genuinely grateful from the bottom of his heart. In reality, he didn’t understand why Li Yan was so good to him. If it was simply because he wanted to sleep with him, there was absolutely no need to do all this.
But Xia Mu really couldn’t figure it out. He put on his pajamas and struggled with himself for a good while. Finally, as if making up his mind, he tightly gripped the blanket next to his hand, lowered his head, and bit his lip as he said softly:
“Um… Li Yan, once I’m recovered, if you still want… this body of mine, I agree to what you said. But, just for one night… you can only sleep with me for one night.”
Translator’s Note: Poor Xia Mu is suffering from “Cold Urticaria” (寒冷性荨麻疹), which is a genuine allergic reaction where the skin breaks out in hives and gets extremely itchy after sudden exposure to cold temperatures (like ice water). Xia Mu is finally willing to throw Li Yan a bone to repay his debts, but I don’t think Li Yanzhou is going to be satisfied with “just one night”!