“If a child struggles to take medicine, mothers usually grind the pills into fine powder and mix it with water to give. Can you do that for Madame?” recalled Do Jun from Dr. Kim’s advice. He placed the pill on his palm and tried to crush it with his thumb.
However, the tiny fever reducer refused to break, evading his efforts and rolling around on his palm.
“Ah, really.”
There was no time to waste like this.
The last resort was to grind it in his mouth and then give it to Tae Yeon.
Do Jun, who himself hated taking medicine when ill, now had no time to consider such preferences. He put the pill in his mouth and used his teeth to split it in half.
The bitter taste of the medicine he detested filled his mouth, but that was the least of his concerns now.
He quickly spat it out and crushed it with his hand until it was finely ground.
“Tae Yeon, open your mouth.”
He lifted Tae Yeon slightly and put the medicine in her mouth.
Do Jun filled his mouth with water from a bottle and carefully poured it into Tae Yeon’s mouth.
“Hmm.”
Startled by something entering her mouth, Tae Yeon tried to push it away.
Worried she might spit out the medicine he had painstakingly prepared, Do Jun inadvertently pushed his hot breath into her mouth.
The soft touch of Tae Yeon’s lips was clearly felt, making Do Jun close his eyes tightly.
‘What am I thinking, treating a patient like this?’
Do Jun suppressed the strange thoughts that tried to rise in his body and focused on administering the medicine.
Fortunately, Tae Yeon slowly swallowed the medicine and water given by Do Jun.
“You did well. Don’t spit it out; I’ll do it one more time.”
Do Jun repeated the process and finally managed to give all the medicine.
“Ha.”
All he could do now was hope that the small pill would be effective.
Do Jun laid Tae Yeon back down and stepped out of the bed.
He felt a sudden heat in his body, possibly catching something from Tae Yeon.
As he was fanning himself to cool down, a message from Dr. Kim arrived.
[Chief, if her fever is too high, you can’t just leave it.]“What should I do?”
As if hearing his words, an answer came in a follow-up message.
[It might be troublesome, but you need to wipe her body with a cold wet towel until her fever subsides.]“…….”
Do Jun stood there blankly after reading the message.
“Do it myself?”
He laughed at the absurdity of his own question.
“I have to do it, who else would?”
The idea of taking her to the hospital was quickly dismissed.
The thought of someone else touching Tae Yeon’s body made him feel like rage would boil over.
Do Jun hurried to the bathroom, soaked a towel in cold water, tested the temperature on his arm, and approached Tae Yeon.
He started by wiping her exposed arms and legs, then paused again, frozen like a malfunctioning robot.
“Is this really going to work?”
Dr. Kim wasn’t teasing him; it must be an effective method.
Do Jun hesitated to undress his unconscious wife, finding the idea unsettling.
He closed his eyes and cautiously lifted Tae Yeon’s pajama top, then hesitantly wiped her stomach with the towel before withdrawing his hand.
It seemed he couldn’t bring himself to do it.
While he wanted to undress her completely and reduce her fever with the towel, that was only a thought.
In reality, he couldn’t even touch a button of Tae Yeon’s pajamas.
Worried about his inappropriate desires erupting.
“It’s not because I’m embarrassed,” he told himself, justifying his actions as to not startle Tae Yeon when she woke up.
Hesitating for a moment, Do Jun felt like he’d need a monk’s discipline to continue wiping her down without losing control.
He took out his phone, needing someone else to care for Tae Yeon.
He considered calling Hyo Suk, but recalling how she had unhesitatingly attacked Tae Yeon, he dismissed the idea.
Perhaps entrusting Tae Yeon to a trustworthy woman would be better than a man like himself.
Do Jun made a call somewhere.
Do Jun paced the living room like a restless person, aimlessly wandering.
Soon, Madam Choi emerged from the couple’s bedroom.
“Chief, Madam’s fever has gone down a bit.”
“Really?”
“Yes. But just in case, I’ll wipe her with the wet towel one more time.”
“Thank you.”
Do Jun grabbed Madam Choi before she could re-enter the bedroom, pre-emptively explaining to avoid any misunderstanding.
“It’s not that I didn’t want to do it myself.”
“Of course. This task can be surprisingly draining.”
“If I had done it…”
Watching Do Jun hesitate, Madam Choi smiled like a mother watching her grown son.
“It’s better if Madam Choi does it. It’d be troublesome if you got flustered, right?”
“Ah.”
“Let me go back in.”
Having hit the nail on the head, Madam Choi serenely returned to Tae Yeon’s side, leaving Do Jun feeling embarrassed as if she had read his mind.
Brilliant sunlight shone through the large window onto Tae Yeon’s sleeping face.
Startled upon waking, she noticed she was wearing different clothes.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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