When the two returned to Gu's house, Butler Zhang was already waiting outside the door.
He was startled when he saw Su Jinyu taking out large and small packets of traditional Chinese medicine from the trunk, and thought that something was wrong with their husband's body.
Gu Peilang answered the phone while on the road, and went into the study as soon as he got home.
Su Jinyu hugged the medicine and looked at the worried woman in front of her. She didn't bother to talk nonsense with the other party, she just asked if there was a tub for soaking her feet.
Butler Zhang was at a loss, but he still found a wooden barrel from the warehouse that had accumulated a thick layer of ash.
"Is this okay?" The woman came to the man with the bucket.
Su Jinyu nodded, squatted in the laundry room alone and washed the bucket, then went to boil the hot water, and finally staggered into the bedroom of the two with a basin full of water.
All the Chinese medicine in his hand was poured into it, and after a while, the room was filled with a spicy and bitter taste, which could not be said to be pleasant.
Su Jinyu followed the old man's instructions carefully, and took the time to stand aside. While seriously looking at the acupoint map given to him by the other party, he carefully identified each acupoint on it, and experimented on his own leg from time to time.
The set alarm clock rang, Su Jinyu woke up like a dream, raised his hand to cut off the alarm clock, and got up to go to the study to find someone.
As soon as Gu Peilang came out of the study, he smelled the smell of traditional Chinese medicine spreading in the corridor.
The movement of the man's hands paused, and the next second he saw Su Jinyu come out of the bedroom.
The other party saw him, raised his lips and stepped forward.
"The herbs are ready, I was just looking for you."
Gu Peilang expressionlessly let the other party push him forward, and when he saw the steaming wooden barrel in the room, he stiffened slightly.
The wheelchair suddenly couldn't be pushed, and Su Jinyu was a little puzzled: "Pei Lang?"
Gu Peilang turned his back to him, with no emotion in his voice: "I'll do it myself."
The smile on Su Jinyu's face suddenly froze, and he pursed his lips: "Grandpa Zhang said..."
"I can do it alone." Gu Peilang interrupted him softly.
Su Jinyu didn't speak, just silently wanted to push people into the room, but the wheelchair didn't move.
Gu Peilang locked it up.
"I want to help you..." Su Jinyu said, begging in a soft voice.
Gu Peilang closed his eyes. After a long time, his tense body suddenly softened. He opened his mouth with a tired voice: "It's ugly."
He was afraid to scare him.
Su Jinyu's nose was sour, but he still said: "I know, you said, muscle atrophy and degeneration, only a layer of disgusting skin, and hideous and ugly scars... But I'm not afraid."
"They are part of your body. I can't love them, so how can I be afraid?"
The man's body trembled imperceptibly, as if he was scalded by his words.
After a while, he compromised again: "Whatever you want."
Su Jinyu smiled with red eyes, and the wheelchair had no resistance.
The smell of medicine in the room was stronger than that in the corridor, Su Jinyu pushed Gu Peilang to the bed.
The man was still wearing the same suit at work, and he didn't even have time to change his shoes.
Su Jinyu tried the water temperature, and then squatted down in front of the other party.
Gu Peilang tensed up, lowered his eyes expressionlessly and looked at him.
"Do you want me to sit on the bed?" The man's slightly stiff voice suddenly sounded, Su Jinyu looked at him tenderly, and his eyes were clear.
"it is good."
Gu Peilang moved his body onto the bed, Su Jinyu knelt on one knee on the ground, raised his hand and put on the spotless shoe.
The man's hand on the bed suddenly tightened.
Su Jinyu's eyes were sour, but he just smiled softly. He said, "I'm going to take off my shoes."
Gu Peilang's voice was hoarse: "Okay..."
Black leather shoes were taken off, then socks.
The feet that have not seen the sun all the year round are so white that there is no trace of blood, and the pale blue blood vessels are hidden under the thin skin. As the trousers were pulled up, the atrophied legs were exposed to Su Jinyu's sight.
Gu Peilang closed his eyes, the sweet smell of rust gradually spread between his lips
Su Jinyu's breath was trembling and his hands were shaking. When he saw the scar that stretched from his thigh to the top of his knee, he gritted his teeth.
Obviously they are a pair of extremely beautiful legs, but they are not much thicker than their own arms, including the bones.
He lowered his head fiercely, opened his mouth to breathe like suffocation in the corner where the man could not see, and then said in a hoarse voice: "I started..."
Gu Peilang nodded and opened his eyes, the figure of the other party was reflected in his dark eyes.
The pale legs were immersed in the tan hot water, Su Jinyu lowered his head, the cuff of his shirt was folded to his forearm, and his slender fingers poured water on the person's leg while searching for the acupuncture points above, and then gently massaged.
It was not an easy project, the water in the bucket was changed twice.
The man's black hair under the light was already wet with sweat, but he didn't notice it, just focused on the movements in his hands.
Gu Peilang looked at his trembling eyelashes and lost his mind slightly.
A warm hand suddenly appeared on his forehead, Su Jinyu blinked and raised his head.
Gu Peilang leaned forward slightly and bent over, gently wiping the sweat from his forehead.
"Almost all right."
Su Jinyu glanced sideways at the time on the wall.
"Ten minutes to go."
Gu Peilang didn't say anything, his dark eyes were like the sea under the moonlight.
Su Jinyu smiled lightly at him and continued the movements in his hands.
He obviously didn't feel anything, but Gu Peilang felt that he could feel the gentle strength of the other side.
A pair of legs were soaked in hot water and turned red, until the alarm clock set on the phone rang, Su Jinyu straightened up and exhaled, and then took the towel on the side and carefully dried the water droplets on it.
"Grandpa Zhang said that he soaks for an hour every day, and he can start acupuncture when he regains consciousness."
Gently helping the man put on his slippers, Su Jinyu smiled briskly, his eyes sparkling.
Gu Peilang didn't speak, but pulled him when he got up and was about to pour the water.
Su Jinyu threw himself into the man's arms unsteadily, and his nose was filled with the good smell of ebony agarwood on the other side.
"It might be a long time."
"It doesn't matter, Grandpa Zhang also said that you can't be in a hurry. I'll be with you no matter how long it is."
He stretched out his arms and wrapped his arms around the man's waist, and rubbed in the other's arms attached.
The voice was a little apologetic: "I don't know those acupuncture points very well yet, but don't worry, I will definitely learn it well."
Gu Peilang's Adam's apple moved, raised his hand and gently touched the head of the person in his arms, but did not speak.
After the two of them washed up and lay on the bed, Su Jinyu consciously rolled into Gu Peilang's arms, then reached out and hooked the other's ring finger, rubbing the pulp of his finger lightly on it.
Here, it turned out that they were wearing the wedding rings of the two of them.