Lu Ping dipped his hands in the medicine, then carefully started applying it.
"Mmm~"
Ning Youwei couldn't help but let out a whimper, her toes curling.
Lu Ping's mind also shivered.
In this situation, it was really hard not to let his thoughts wander!
"She's a patient, I'm a healer, and right now healing is what matters."
Lu Ping knew this wasn't the time for such thoughts, he quickly recited this in his mind until he calmed down.
After applying the medicine, he circulated his Inner Strength within, his palms heating up, allowing the medicine to swiftly penetrate Ning Youwei's skin...
The whole application process actually took less than five minutes, but to Ning Youwei it felt like five centuries had dragged by.
"Phew!"
"All done, the medicine's effect has started to work. For the next two days, apply it once a day, and you should fully recover," Lu Ping said, withdrawing his hands and taking a long breath.
Ning Youwei quickly opened her eyes, sat up, and looked down to see that the blister from the burn had really shrunk a lot, and the previously burn-red and blackened skin had lightened significantly.
The sharp pain in her chest had vanished too, replaced by a gentle coolness.
"Lu Ping, this medicine really works!"
Ning Youwei was overjoyed.
Su Jie also heaved a long sigh of relief.
"This medicine is called Essence Dew, it's not just for repairing skin," Lu Ping said nonchalantly, waving his hand.
"Lu Ping, you just saved my life, and now you've treated my burn. What do you want me to do to repay you?" Ning Youwei asked, feeling great, carefully pulling her shirt together a bit to cover up slightly.
"Repayment? Forget it, you promised to take a bath with me before, but you ended up tricking me."
"My senior sister was right, the prettier the woman, the more deceitful!"
"If you had really bathed with me, you wouldn't have gotten burned," Lu Ping said jokingly.
Ning Youwei immediately blushed and said, "You tell me how you want me to repay you—I promise I won't trick you this time. Whatever I agree to, I'll do."
"Really?"
Lu Ping's eyes lit up, and he openly sized up Ning Youwei from head to toe, exclaiming:
"I want to..."
"Still want to take a bath with me? Giggle, but I've been burned now, and can't bathe until I'm healed "
Ning Youwei chuckled.
"I never said anything about bathing together," Lu Ping said.
"Oh? Then what do you want to do together?" Ning Youwei asked.
"I want to... sleep with you for one night, in the same bed," Lu Ping said.
"Jerk! Pervert! Keep dreaming!" Su Jie angrily said.
"Oh? You want to sleep in the same bed?"
Ning Youwei slightly raised her eyebrows, seemingly surprised by Lu Ping's frankness and audacity, but soon she smirked and said, "Of course, once my burn is healed, I promise you, I'll sleep with you for one night."
"Miss, you can't agree to that!" Su Jie panicked.
"I know my limits," Ning Youwei shook her head.
Seeing Ning Youwei agree, Lu Ping nodded, "Alright then, you be assured that the only reason I want to sleep with you is to confirm something."
"What thing needs us to spend a night together to confirm?" Ning Youwei asked, puzzled.
"I can't reveal it just yet; revealing it could cause changes," Wang Chen said gravely, shaking his head.
"Fate?" Ning Youwei frowned slightly.
"Hmph, all this mystic talk, just trying to trick the miss!" Su Jie scoffed.
Lu Ping did not explain further, only saying, "Well, I've taken my bath, I won't stay any longer, I'm leaving."
"Hey, Lu Ping, what's your phone number?"
Ning Youwei hastily called out to him, then hurriedly added, as if to cover up, "Didn't you say the medicine needs to be applied by your hand for full effect? I'll need you to apply it again tomorrow."
"Phone?"
Lu Ping was momentarily stunned, then said awkwardly, "I don't have a phone."
"You don't have a phone?"
Ning Youwei looked at him oddly, then stood up, took out a new phone from her bag, and handed it to him, "I just happen to have a new one; it even has a new card. Only the color is red, do you mind?"
"I don't mind, I like red."
Lu Ping didn't hesitate, took the phone, thanked her, and then left the villa.
"Miss, I always feel that something is off about this Lu Ping."
Watching Lu Ping's departing figure, Su Jie frowned and said.
"What's off about him?" Ning Youwei asked.
"How could it be such a coincidence that someone dared to hire an assassin to kidnap you? You are the esteemed Miss Ning of the Ning Family in the capital!"
"What's even more coincidental is, how did our car suddenly get a flat tire, allowing the assassin to catch up?"
"And what's even more coincidental, how did Lu Ping just happen to be there to save you?"
"And even more coincidental, why did the water heater in the bathroom break down while you were showering, and then Lu Ping just happened to know how to make a medicine for treating burns?"
"Although we only arrived in Jiang City yesterday, we stayed in this house last night and didn't notice any issue with the water heater. Isn't it a bit too coincidental that it breaks down as soon as Lu Ping arrives?"
"Miss, in this world, some things might be coincidental once or twice, but they can't be coincidental three or four times! If all these coincidences are connected, it can only mean there's something off with this Lu Ping!"
Su Jie said in one breath.
"That's right, there is indeed something off with this Lu Ping. He's nothing like the fiancé Lu Ping I had been briefed about!"
Ning Youwei spoke sternly.
"Miss, what do you mean?" Su Jie did not understand.
Ning Youwei smiled slightly, "One of the reasons I came to Jiang City this time was because of this Lu Ping. Now, since even you find Lu Ping strange, why not wait and see what kind of person he really is…"
"Oh, and remember to send out invitations tomorrow, I plan to host a banquet, inviting all the prominent families and celebrities of Jiang City. During the banquet, I will, on behalf of the Ning Group, select a partner…"
...
Meanwhile, after leaving the villa, Lu Ping shook his head.
If Su Jie could pick up on the unreasonable nature behind these coincidences, how could Lu Ping not see them?
Such a series of coincidences are indeed impossible in the real world, and these numerous coincidences must certainly be connected.
And this connection involved Lu Ping having to share a bed with Ning Youwei for a night, which would confirm after prolonged and close contact…
By now, it was almost dark, and Lu Ping had nowhere else to go; he surely couldn't go to that impostor Lu Ping's house, right?
First, he didn't know the place; second, it would be too easy to get exposed.
He simply turned his footsteps towards the Qiao Family's place.
After all, he still had to retrieve an item, and weren't the Qiao couple inviting him to stay at their place?
Then he would not be polite about it.
...
Qiao Family villa.
Jiang Xiuping had already prepared dinner, while Qiao Xueyou brought out a bottle of cherished ten-year-old Moutai.
Seeing that Lu Ping had not arrived, the couple urged Qiao Ziyan to call him.
Qiao Ziyan really didn't want to call,
but after dawdling for a while and unable to withstand the couple's urging, she reluctantly took out her mobile phone and dialed Lu Ping's number.
"Sorry, the number you have dialed is switched off," came the voice prompt from the phone.
Qiao Ziyan was dialing the old prodigal Lu Ping's number, how could she possibly get through?
"His phone is off, he probably won't come."
Realizing the call was not going through, Qiao Ziyan breathed a sigh of relief.
Just thinking about how Lu Ping had pinned her on the bed at noon and the effects of the drug kicking in, she felt embarrassed, furious, and distressed.
At the side, Qingxia also instantly relaxed.
At noon, she had mustered the courage to find Lu Ping to fulfill a promise, but what she ended up discovering was too horrifying… If Lu Ping really came at night, wouldn't she have to fulfill her promise again?
Knock, knock, knock!
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
When Qiao Ziyan opened the door and saw Lu Ping standing there, she blurted out, "Lu Ping, you actually came? How shameless can you be?"
Lu Ping glanced at Qiao Ziyan, "Are you sure you want to discuss who is more shameless?"
Qiao Ziyan instantly remembered her squirming and squealing at noon… her face turned a bright red.
"Young Master Lu, please come in!"
"Ziyan just now was saying you turned your phone off,"
Qiao Xueyou and Jiang Xiuping warmly welcomed him.
"Oh, it's not that it was off, I just changed my phone."
Lu Ping took out his new phone, saying to Qiao Ziyan, "Let's add each other on WeChat."
He mainly considered that he still had to ask Qiao Ziyan for the item, and what if Qiao Ziyan disappeared?
"No adding!" Qiao Ziyan turned around and walked away.
"I'll help you add it." Jiang Xiulan quickly snatched Qiao Ziyan's phone, added Lu Ping, and then after thinking it over, she also shared Qingxia's WeChat with Lu Ping.
"Come on, let's eat!"
"Young Master Lu, have some soup first. I've been stewing this soup all afternoon; it's very nourishing!"
Sitting down at the dining table, Jiang Xiuping earnestly filled a large bowl of soup for Lu Ping.
Lu Ping saw that the big bowl was filled with bull penis, goji berries, pig kidneys, sea cucumber, horny goat weed…
A full bowl of complete kidney-nourishing soup!
Lu Ping immediately thought of the chives spiced up with extra ingredients at noon.
"Well, I'm not really fond of soup."
Lu Ping politely declined.
"If you won't drink it, I will."
Suddenly, Qingxia grabbed the bowl of complete kidney-nourishing soup, lifted it to her mouth, and guzzled it down!