His Concubine 1

His robe was too large for her, as he had noticed earlier. But it was when she moved to clutch at his arm that he noticed how it had gaps that allowed him to see into the garment. And that left her every curve, her every fold open to his sight. For some reason, he found that extremely arousing, and he could feel a reaction already, underneath his belt.

But the look on her face told him that she had probably misheard, or misintepreted what he had just said to the grey-bearded man. He was just giving an excuse as to why he had not tried the same with Protector Ling before, to help his left leg recover. She probably thought he was talking their session earlier, and how that had weakened his knees!

Of course, the memory of that lovely time was enough to make him long to drag her back to his room. And his bed. So that he could ravish her, and keep ravishing her, all through the night!

Unfortunately, that was not the sort of thing that he should indulge in, so shortly after he had utilised his reserves of qi like he just did! As a martial practitioner, it was something that he certainly was aware of. There were plenty of examples of experts, who had harmed themselves from overindulgence in this particular aspect. As he was well aware.

Still, he had learned all those examples while he was a eunuch, and had yet to taste the temptation of womanly flesh. Now that he had, he could understand why it was so difficult to resist. To think that he had scoffed at all those who had failed to control themselves, back in his other life!

Well, he would have to take care, to not fall into the same sort of trap that they did. It was difficult, but it was not impossible, to keep himself from pouncing on her again. At least, for the rest of the night. Besides, couldn't he simply get her occupied with some other task, that would take her lovely body away from him?

So he chuckled again, and gestured at the injuried boy who was lying on the worn bedcovers. And spoke softly to the young woman who was clinging onto him.

"We'll need to keep him covered tonight, to make sure that he stays warm. And feed him a good bit of water from time to time as well. The pill that I had just fed him will definitely cause his body to sweat a lot tonight, so we'll need to keep him well hydrated."

Yang Xiaoli seemed a little surprised, but she nodded her head at him, acknowledging the instructions that he had just given her. It did concern her younger brother, after all. Not that he was done yet:

"Now, I can ask Protector Ling to help with some of the more physical bits of work, but I believe that you will feel a lot more confident in my skills, and in the medicine that I had just fed him, if you were to deal with your brother on your own. So I shall leave it to you for now."

The expression of Yang Xiaoli's face was gratifying to see. Especially after how he had utterly taken advantage of her earlier, in his bed. The look that she wore made it rather clear that she was not regretting that in the least, after the way that he had treated her younger brother's injuries. Not to mention the fact that he had pushed himself to the point where he was pale, and weak all over.

On top of his exertions on top of her earlier, that is.

Huangfu Yun almost chuckled as he saw how she was struggling to express her thanks, and simply pulled her into his embrace once again. That was a little more messy than he had hoped for though, given how he had just been soaked with perspiration. But Yang Xiaoli did not flinch, and hugged him back with a warmth that could not be disguised.

Which prompted him to lean his head closer, to whisper into her ear:

"I would like nothing better than to bring you back to the bed now, and ravish you again and again. Thoroughly, my dear. But I think you would rather spend your time taking care of your younger brother? To reassure yourself that my pill has really worked a miracle for his injuries?

"I think I have upheld my end of the bargain, don't you agree? Now aren't you glad now that you agreed to be my concubine? Aren't you satisfied?"

He gave her buttocks a quick squeeze before she could tear herself out of his grasp. Which had her giving off a gasp that was quickly transformed into a whine. And one which prompted him to give out another soft laugh. While her face went a bright red all over again. Yang Xiaoli gave him a sharp look thereafter, as her eyes flicked over at Protector Ling.

So she was feeling shy, about his caresses and hugs? Where someone could see? Especially an expert who could probably overhear everything that he had said, by focusing his zhenqi in his ears? Was Yang Xiaoli aware of such a trick? Which made her so embarrassed?

Well, that was just too bad! Because he had every intention of doing that, over and over again. Regardless of whether there was anyone watching!

Then he reminded himself that he should be holding back, and repeated his instructions to her, regarding her care of her brother. Making her repeat some of them back to him, to show that she understood. Something that convinced her that he was taking care to make sure that her brother recovered.

Of course, Huangfu Yun took the opportunity to hiss another matter in her ear, to tell her to take a good rest herself, and not to wear herself out. And that he would be back to take advantage of her again the following day. That had her face turn red, as if she was remembering what she had done, to cause him to treat her like that.

Only after he was done, did he walk of that place, confident that she was already content with what she had done, with the choices that she had made, to save her younger brother's life.

It was time that he worked on his own issues, rather than hers. Time that he took a good look at his own situation, and see if there were any issues with this Huang Fuyun's fat body! And to try his hand at bringing his own martial techniques into his new vessel!

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