Qi Yue woke up drowsily in the middle of the night, half her body pressed down by the man, her whole body sticky and messy.

As soon as she moved, Chang Yuncheng woke up.

Qi Yue hissed and sucked in a cold breath, stimulated by the pain below.

“What’s wrong, what’s wrong?” Chang Yuncheng asked anxiously, his large hands feeling all over her body. He knew he had been too impatient and heavy-handed, afraid he might have hurt her somewhere. The bloodstains on the bed had startled him.

“What do you think,” Qi Yue replied irritably, enduring the various discomforts of becoming a woman for the first time. “I need to bathe!”

Chang Yuncheng rolled up immediately, running naked into the washroom, then running back naked again shortly after.

“Ready, the water’s ready,” he said, reaching out to lift the still-lying Qi Yue.

Although they had already been intimate, this naked contact still made Qi Yue blush.

“I’ll wash myself, you wait a moment,” she said.

“I’ll help you wash, I’ll help you wash,” Chang Yuncheng said repeatedly, entering the washroom naked again.

The washroom was naturally lit with lamps. Chang Yuncheng placed Qi Yue in the bathtub and carefully helped her scrub.

Qi Yue closed her eyes and leaned against the tub to relieve the soreness. Opening her eyes to see this man naked, carefully and properly bathing her, she couldn’t help but laugh.

“Who would have thought you knew how to serve people,” she smiled.

Chang Yuncheng carefully pinned up her hair and rubbed it gently.

“When I was little, I liked to pick up stray dogs from outside…” he said in a low voice. “I’d bathe them and feed them…”

Qi Yue splashed water at him with her hand.

“Little rascal!” she glared.

Chang Yuncheng laughed and quickly held her down.

“No, I’m telling the truth. But they didn’t like it, so I could only raise them secretly,” he smiled while splashing water to wash Qi Yue.

Qi Yue reached out and pulled him.

“Come in quickly, it’s so cold,” she said.

Since the woman actively invited him, Chang Yuncheng naturally wouldn’t be polite and immediately stepped in. In the small bathtub, the two faced each other and pressed together.

“Does it still hurt?” Chang Yuncheng asked in a low voice.

This question made Qi Yue wary.

“It hurts,” she glared.

Chang Yuncheng saw her guarded expression and laughed again. His large hands embraced her and kissed her forehead.

Qi Yue tried to struggle, but there was only so much space here. Her struggling only made them touch more, and then the man’s instinctive reaction arose, hard and pressing against her body.

“Don’t move, don’t move, I won’t…” Chang Yuncheng stroked the back of the woman in his arms, saying hurriedly.

He kept his word. Indeed, he made no further moves. The two soaked for a while, then Chang Yuncheng got up and dried off, still not putting on clothes, just carried Qi Yue out like this. He didn’t return to the daybed but came to the bedroom, pulling the quilt to wrap around both of them.

Qi Yue was truly tired and let this man hold her, falling asleep soon after. After falling asleep, she became restless, quickly breaking free from the man’s embrace and rolling to one side.

This woman…

Chang Yuncheng felt uncomfortable and reached out to pull her back, holding her properly in his arms again.

She belonged to him, completely and entirely to him alone…

Chang Yuncheng nuzzled Qi Yue’s head and closed his eyes contentedly.

It was now past the first month, so construction could begin. Qi Yue rushed to Qianjin Hall early in the morning.

A large group of craftsmen moved into Qianjin Hall, starting work in a bustling, lively chaos.

“Our positioning is surgery. Mm, we can also add gynecology,” Qi Yue discussed with Liu Pucheng.

Liu Pucheng looked at the bright, hope-filled expression of the woman before him, listening attentively with a smile.

“…Whether they can treat patients isn’t the most urgent matter right now. We first need to strengthen technical training in disinfection and nursing care. For surgical injuries and illnesses, treatment is thirty percent, care is seventy percent… An inpatient department is naturally essential…” Qi Yue spoke while gesturing.

“Is your master’s medical hall like this, Young Madam?” Liu Pucheng couldn’t help asking.

“Yes,” Qi Yue smiled.

“Your master, is he still alive?” Liu Pucheng asked carefully.

Alive, but not in this world.

Qi Yue smiled with some melancholy. Modern society seemed like a dream.

She looked outside at the busy craftsmen, the disciples running back and forth. The scene before her couldn’t help but overlap with the hospital from her previous life.

She was about to open a hospital in ancient times, without medical equipment, without the most basic medicines…

“…The disinfectant? Is it ready yet?”

“…Stop the bleeding… Senior Brother, how often should the tourniquet be loosened…”

The noisy voices of the disciples came from outside. The modern hospital scene before Qi Yue’s eyes disappeared, replaced by these busy ancient physicians.

Although she lacked this and that, fortunately she had people—people with great enthusiasm for medicine.

All those things from modern times had ultimately appeared and been perfected bit by bit through human effort, so actually the most important and crucial thing was still people.

“Is it massive bleeding?” Qi Yue walked out and asked loudly, rolling up her sleeves. “I’ll do it.”

Several busy days passed in the blink of an eye, and the project got on track.

Chang Yuncheng stayed to have dinner with Madam Xie every day. When Qi Yue returned home from Qianjin Hall, he hadn’t returned yet.

Qi Yue went straight to wash up. Now she naturally didn’t need to use A’Ru’s room. She had just entered and undressed when Chang Yuncheng came in, startling her.

“Go out, I haven’t washed yet,” she hurriedly covered her top with her hands, but then exposed her bottom, so she hurried to cover below.

Watching this woman struggle up and down, this covering was more enticing than not covering at all.

Chang Yuncheng stepped forward and embraced her.

“What are you rushing for…” Qi Yue said angrily. How could this man be like this?

“I haven’t seen you all day… I’m dying of anxiety,” Chang Yuncheng growled in a low voice, stabilizing the back of Qi Yue’s head with one hand and kissing her fiercely.

After a good while, they separated, panting.

“What are you thinking about all day long!” Qi Yue still remembered what he had said and spoke angrily.

“Yueniang, I’ve been holding back for several days…” Chang Yuncheng said hoarsely.

After that first night, Qi Yue’s body was uncomfortable and refused to let Chang Yuncheng touch her again. Chang Yuncheng was also afraid of hurting her, so he restrained himself from touching her. Having experienced intimacy but then sleeping together every night while only being able to look but not touch—this required tremendous willpower for a hot-blooded man.

Qi Yue was left speechless by his words, not knowing what to say.

“I’m about to leave…” Chang Yuncheng looked at her and said softly.

Qi Yue’s heart immediately softened.

“…I want you…” the man looked at her and said again, his eyes blazing with fire.

Qi Yue’s face immediately flushed red, and her eyes became misty.

“Then, we still need to wash first…” she said softly.

Chang Yuncheng picked her up and sat her in the bathtub. His already tense member directly rushed in with the movement of the water.

Qi Yue cried out in surprise, then was immediately thrust upward forcefully. The large bouncing flesh on her chest was grabbed in one hand. Chang Yuncheng buried his head in.

The sounds of water, panting, moaning, and flesh colliding mingled in the room.

“Chang Yuncheng…” came the woman’s trembling scream.

What responded to her were two sharp slaps.

“Don’t call my name…”

This time Chang Yuncheng barely managed to hold back, his whole body shaking violently. With some annoyance, he heavily slapped the woman’s bottom twice.

Damn it, he never knew his name had such magic power, or rather, when called from this woman’s mouth it had such magic power, making him feel like he was about to explode.

He didn’t want to stop, wanted to keep having her. Have her, a lifetime wouldn’t be enough…

On the eighth day after Yan’er’s surgery, Qi Yue removed her stitches. Everyone in the family came to see after hearing the news. When they saw the red mark on the child’s lip, everyone gasped in shock.

Basically, no one had seen Yan’er’s cleft lip before, so seeing such a wound frightened everyone badly, thinking it looked terrifying…

But Chang Chunlan wept tears of joy. Compared to her previous appearance, her daughter now looked much better.

“…In about half a year, the wound will heal,” Qi Yue smiled, covering Yan’er’s face with a veil. “Don’t let sunlight hit it for these three months…”

This wasn’t considered good yet? Everyone was stunned, and Chang Chunlan was even more incredulous.

“After half a year…” she hesitantly asked.

“After half a year it will heal completely, and the red mark will disappear,” Qi Yue smiled, but then frowned. “However, this suture scar probably won’t disappear. Up close, it will still be very obvious.”

She sighed at this point.

There was no way around it—she still couldn’t achieve the best results…

Chang Chunlan began crying loudly.

“Look, Elder Sister, the medical techniques aren’t perfect…” Qi Yue hurried to comfort her.

“No, this is good enough,” Chang Chunlan pulled Qi Yue and cried, about to kneel down. “Yueniang, I thank you…”

Qi Yue smiled and quickly helped her up.

Here, Chang Chunlan also pulled Yan’er to kneel in thanks.

“Elder Sister, it’s not me that Yan’er should thank,” Qi Yue said solemnly, pulling Yan’er to face Chang Chunlan. “She should thank you. You preserved her life and gave her the opportunity to be treated by me. You went through countless hardships to feed and raise her, and you endured cold looks and disdain to protect her. Elder Sister, others say you’re timid and weak, but I think you’re very brave—braver and stronger than anyone. Yan’er’s life has been unfortunate, but having a mother like you is great fortune.”

She said this while pushing Yan’er forward.

“Yan’er, go bow in thanks for your mother’s great kindness,” she said.

Yan’er immediately knelt toward Chang Chunlan and kowtowed solemnly.

“Yan’er thanks Mother for the kindness of giving birth and never abandoning me,” she said. Having just had her stitches removed, speaking was even more difficult for her, but she used all her strength to say these words clearly.

Chang Chunlan was already crying uncontrollably, holding Yan’er and sobbing loudly.

Others in the room were also wiping away tears. Third Miss was even crying while hugging Second Miss, unable to stand.

Madam Xie wouldn’t join in such excitement. At this moment, she was overjoyed in Rongan Courtyard.

Marquis Dingxi placed a sealed memorial on the table.

“Guess how the Emperor responded,” he said.

The memorial was still sealed, and clearly he hadn’t looked either.

Having not seen the Emperor personally respond to a memorial for years, Marquis Dingxi was somewhat afraid and didn’t dare open it.

What if it was approved? He had shown off plenty in front of Madam Xie and felt quite proud. But what if the Emperor gave him a thorough scolding? That would be scolding Madam Xie—it was all this woman’s idea, nothing to do with Marquis Dingxi!

Madam Xie didn’t care about his petty thoughts. With trembling hands, she took it and opened it.