Edward shook his head helplessly as soon as Daisy left. No wonder she didn't have any romantic relationship within the troop. Who would think that she was beautiful if she looked like that every day? Well, that was a good thing too because he would not have rivals over her affection in that case.
In fact, Edward was completely wrong thinking in this way. It was not that no men liked Daisy in the troop. Truth was that no men dared to go after her. Her usual cold face had already made the pursuers feel daunted. Who would dare to take the risk? She was a colonel!
It was not until Daisy looked at the mirror that she realized why Edward showed a disgust at the sight of her just earlier. She couldn't even help hating how she looked.
She carefully took her uniform off. Damn it! The uniform was rendered useless again. She felt fortunate that it was an old uniform, otherwise, she would be depressed for a long while. But what should she do with her wounds now? She had to apply some medicine on them. How should she explain this to Edward without making him angry? She was baffled. She stayed in the bathroom for a long time, wondering how to solve this problem. It was not until she heard the knocks on the door that she hunched her shoulders and walked out.
"What are you doing there? It took you so long." Edward had taken Justin to his own room. But he didn't expect that she still didn't come out after a long time when he came back. Did she fall asleep in the bathroom? Edward wondered.
"Nothing. The paint on my face is difficult to remove. That took some time. Hush! Don't wake Justin up!" Daisy placed her finger next to her lips to signal Edward to lower his voice. She was back to look beautiful after her shower. Her skin became rosy after being soaked in warm water.
"Don't worry. I have taken him back to his own room." If he had known that Daisy would come back at dawn, he would not have let Justin sleep with him.
"You are so swift." Daisy took down the towel she used to dry her hair and directly walked into the chamber, but Edward gripped her and dragged her back.
"What happened to your face?" Edward narrowed his dangerous eyes and gazed at her firmly without even a blink.
"Nothing. It just got scratched by the thorns in the mountain. It's no big deal. It will heal by tomorrow." Daisy replied with a convincing smile. The wound on her face really didn't matter. She had thought that it was not serious. What she cared more were the knife wounds on her body. When she took off her clothes in the bathroom, she found several wounds were really a little serious, but they were nothing compared to the wounds she suffered before. She was only worried that Edward would get angry if he knew this. But as long as she covered the wounds and prevented them from being noticed by Edward, it would be fine. She could ask the surgeon to apply some medicine on her after she went to the army base.
"Why can't you be more careful with yourself? Let me check if you got hurt anywhere else," Edward said while lifting up her pajamas. He was taken aback upon seeing the crossed wounds on her body. The air around him froze with his gasp.
Um, I can explain for this." Daisy bit her lips. She also didn't want to get injured, if only she could. It really hurt. But as a solder, she had to fulfill her task at all costs even if it meant risking her life, let alone getting injured.
"Daisy, didn't you say you were going out for a field survival training? Okay, it made sense if you got those scratches. But what about the knife wounds? How do you explain this? Don't tell me that you met some beasts. There are no virgin forests anymore and I'm wondering what kind of beasts are you going to bullshit in your lie." Edward was angry not because she got injured, rather it was the fact that she was trying to hide it from him. This was the most unacceptable thing to him.
"Hee-hee. It is no big deal to meet some beasts, but we met cannibals. Not one of them, but a group." In Daisy's eyes, the drugs were more horrible than beasts. So what she said was not an exaggeration at all.
"Are you kidding me?" Edward had the urge to stifle the playful smile on her face. He shouldn't have believed her when she told him that it was only an ordinary field training. How could an ordinary training cause so much injury?
"No. How can I be so bold to fool such a wise man as you?" Huh! She was not a kid. Why would she act like a child who had made a mistake and try to play up to him?
"It's not that you dared to be bold and fool me. You have actually crept to my head and peed on me." Edward stared at her with anger. No matter what, her coming home safely was the best thing to him. Although he did think so, her playful attitude made him very uncomfortable.
"You are so gross by using such a metaphor. But only if I can make it by climbing onto your head." Daisy mocked, nonchalantly. She didn't seem to care about how frightening his handsome face looked. He wouldn't do anything to her anyway. He could only scold her harshly at most and sulk for a while. He would eventually compromise. It was no big deal if he really got mad at her. She decided to ignore him and try to get used to his temper.
"I am not joking, Daisy. I am talking to you seriously. Don't try to change the topic and talk something else to distract me." Edward pursed his lips. Her remarks surprised him. She was so shameless to comment that he was gross, while she also said the same gross thing.
"What do you want me to say? I'm really exhausted. I had a fight with some people during the day and I hadn't slept the whole night. Later I have to go back to the army base. So please stop being angry with me." Daisy yawned. Time passed by so quickly, it was already six o'clock in the morning. If she had known that it would be like this, she would have gone back to the army base first and avoid being questioned by him.
"Have you done anything to treat your wounds?" Edward knew she was tired but he felt annoyed with her casual attitude. He would get very upset whenever she came home with such injuries. He even thought of asking her to quit the troop. But considering how she gained her current position and honor at the cost of risking her life, he found it hard to do so. He couldn't be that selfish to ask her to give up her dream only for the sake of his selfish desire. He was extremely upset and helpless now.
"None yet because no treatment was available in that place." It was not that there was no treatment offered to her. The main problem was that the surgeon was a man and they were outdoors. She was not sure that she could accept being touched and treated by a male doctor in the open air while she was completely conscious. She refused the treatment and decided to come back to apply some medicine by herself. She thought the wounds were not very serious, anyway.
"Wait, I will call Tom and ask him to come here." Edward reached out his hand to take his cell phone as soon as he finished talking. Daisy's wounds looked severe in his eyes.
"You don't need to call him. It's not very serious. You only need to help me apply some medicine." She stopped him by gripping his hand. She felt reluctant to bother Tom because of such minor injuries. She was not as fragile as Edward thought.
"But you got so many wounds, what if they get infected?" Edward frowned. This was what concerned him the most. He didn't know much about these things because he was not a doctor.
I will be fine. I can ask him to do the treatment when I go to the hospital later." At the mention of Tom, Daisy suddenly remembered that Hero had just woken up. She planned to visit him. Thus, she could only go back to the army base after the trip to the hospital. She really marveled at Tom's medical skills. It was magical that he brought Hero back to life. Everybody had thought that it was impossible to save such a dying man. They had to admit that Tom was really an excellent doctor.
"Okay, I will go with you when the day breaks." Edward knew that Hero had woken up from Tom earlier. But he didn't go to see him when he got the news. Edward thought that he had done his utmost to save him and that was enough. There was no need for him to feel that he owed a favor to Hero anymore. He had returned all the favor. Thus, they were even.