He spoke so suddenly while looking genuinely pained. "What's the matter?" Vania suddenly tensed for a moment.
Still sounding rather depressed, Hanson replied, "You're hurt, that's why." Then, without waiting for her reply, he grabbed her foot and placed it in his hand. "I also want to blow your pain away," he said before blowing on her foot as Jack and James did. "Does it stop your pain?"
Vania only felt itchy all over. Hanson was doing the same as what Jack and James did a moment ago, but it felt totally different. All she felt was that her whole body heated up all of a sudden the instant he blew on her skin.
A hint of a smile finally crept across Hanson's face when he noticed her somewhat unnatural expression. "What's wrong with you, darling? Does it hurt too much?"
No, I don't feel any pain at all, but can you stop bullying me? I'm an invalid! thought Vania.
Looking at her expression, Hanson purposely blew on her foot again as hard as he could for mischief. "How about this? Does this work better?"
Vania promptly retracted her foot and replied nervously, "No, it's not necessary. I'm feeling better already."
Hanson let out a cackle as his nerves calmed a lot. "Why are you so nervous?" What should I do? The more timid my darling is, the more I feel like becoming a bad guy. It's like I'm getting addicted to bullying her.
"I'm not nervous at all," Vania retorted. "It's just that I feel a bit uncomfortable when you do this." She had a strange feeling in her heart, especially now that her heart was beating faster. She found that ever since she got to know him, her heart seemed to have become a little disobedient, for her heartbeat would quicken from time to time. She probably had a condition and needed regular checkups.
"Are you hurt anywhere?" Hanson kept his face close to her while deliberately putting his hand on her chest. "Here?" She just blushed; once a person blushes, their heart beats faster. He even rubbed her chest on purpose, saying, "Let me help calm you down."
"Ah…" Vania jumped in fright, forgetting that her foot was injured. This guy isn't trying to help calm me down. He's trying to make my heart thump even faster! It wasn't until after she dodged him that she realized that her foot hurt. "Ouch."
Hanson didn't expect her to overreact like this. Hearing her cry of surprise, he immediately took her in his arms. "Let me see what's wrong."
"I'm fine," Vania replied. I was just scared by what you did. She wanted to pull her foot out of his grasp, but she couldn't do so no matter how hard she tried.
"Don't move," Hanson grumbled. He found the bruise on her foot horrifying no matter how he looked at it.
Luckily, Lily had prepared the herbal mixture at this moment; all that had to be done was apply the crushed herbal mixture to Vania's foot. "Mommy, let me dress your wound for you." She crouched down at Vania's feet, wanting to dress the latter's wound.
Hanson immediately refused, saying, "Go and take a rest, you guys. Just give me the herbal mixture." He would do everything about his wife by himself.
Daddy's too domineering. The seven children had no choice but to leave reluctantly.
Hanson carefully studied Vania's foot while seemingly pondering how to dress her wound so that it'd look prettier. After all, the latter was a lady and had to look pretty even when she was injured.
Vania urged, "Just apply the herbal mixture to the bruise and bandage it with gauze." She'd never have thought that the man was actually wondering how to tie a beautiful bow knot on her bandage right now.
"Uh-huh," Hanson responded before applying the herbal mixture first.
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