Young Brother-in-law Is Now My Husband

Lu Qiang allowed Jiang Yuyan to walk again, but she lost her balance the moment she took one step, and Lu Qiang held her. He expected it to happen again, so he was ready to hold her.

Feeling unable to walk on her own, tears rolled down Jiang Yuyan's eyes as she felt frustrated.

Lu Qiang hugged her while supporting her to stand up, "It's okay!... It's okay!" He then lifted her in his arms and took her to the bathroom.

As they entered the bathroom, Lu Qiang made her sit on the huge circular white marble bathtub corner and prepared to fill it with water.

Jiang Yuyan quietly sat there, lowering her head as she felt embarrassed that she was alone with Lu Qiang, while Lu Qiang was busy filling the tub.

Once Lu Qiang finished preparing, he moved towards Jiang Yuyan, who sat there while staring at the floor. Lu Qiang knew she must be feeling embarrassed or shy.

He didn't talk much, just instructed, "It's ready."

"Hmm!"

Jiang Yuyan didn't look at him and tried to stand up, but her legs still felt weak, and she found it difficult to move.

Lu Qiang stopped her, lifted her in his arms before she could understand what he was up to, and carried her inside the bathtub. 

Kneeling in the bathtub to put her down, Lu Qiang allowed her to sit, as her back rested at the bathtub wall. 

Jiang Yuyan still didn't look at Lu Qiang, and he could see she was uncomfortable. He preferred to ignore it as she felt weak, and it was dangerous to leave her alone in the bathtub like this. 

"Will you mind if I help you wash?" He asked.

Jiang Yuyan didn't know what to say. She wanted to say 'Yes' as she felt shy but wanted to say 'No' because she didn't want to offend him as she knew he was doing this because he was just worried about her.

She decided it was better to not offend him over feeling shy and said, "I..I won't mind it."

Lu Qiang was in a bathtub with her, his clothes drenched with water. He didn't think about removing his clothes as it would be very awkward for her.

As the bathtub had filled up to its edge, only the head and neck of Jiang Yuyan were visible. Lu Qiang moved closer and pulled her slightly towards him as he hugged her.

This startled Jiang Yuyan, and her body stiffened, but she didn't push him as she trusted him. Lu Qiang's hands moved along her back to search the zipper of her dress.

The moment Jiang Yuyan realized what Lu Qiang was doing, her heart started to beat faster.

Lu Qiang unzipped her dress quickly and moved back to pull it down from her shoulders while looking at her face, which she tried to hide from him by lowering her head down.

Being underwater with the surface covered with the soap bubble, Jiang Yuyan knew Lu Qiang couldn't see her, but still, when he started to pull down her dress from her shoulder, she instinctively wrapped her chest with her arms.

Lu Qiang stopped and said, while looking at her lowered face, "I won't see anything, I promise!"

Jiang Yuyan heard him saying and informed, "It's...It's not like that…I just…can't handle to get… touched… here."

She finished the last line in a broken voice, as murmuring to herself.

Lu Qiang heard it clear what she said and replied gently, as he could understand what she felt at that moment, "Trust me, I didn't plan to. Just let me remove the dress."

Jiang Yuyan trusted him and already knew he never thought to do anything like that. Still, her worries about her own body because of her past incident made her cautious around him subconsciously.

Upon hearing his assuring words, Jiang Yuyan loosened her arms' grip around her chest and allowed him to pull down her dress from her shoulder. While doing so, he made sure to look another way.

Jiang Yuyan noticed, Lu Qiang averted his sight before pulling down her dress from her shoulder, even though he would not be able to see anything because of the bubbly foam in the water.

While looking at him, so many thoughts ran in her mind in those few seconds.

She can do it on her own. She can remove her dress from her shoulder as her legs were paralyzed, not her hands. But why… Why did she want to depend on him? Why did she want him to do it for her? Did she really want him to take care of her? Did she like the way he took care of her and her feelings? Did she like the way he could understand her without her saying a single word? Why couldn't she say no to him?'

Again, so many 'Why' were in her mind, seeing this amazing man, who genuinely cared for her, loved her, and always gave priority to her feelings instead of his own.

When Lu Qiang had pulled down her dress, he looked back at her face and saw her staring at his face and she immediately averted her sight. Saying nothing, he helped her remove the whole dress under the water by lifting her slightly by hugging her just by her shoulders. He didn't look at her because he knew she would feel more embarrassed.

"Look at me!" Lu Qiang instructed, his voice firm and ordering.

Jiang Yuyan obeyed what Lu Qiang said, and he cleaned her face and then washed her hair too. Because of the nightmare, her scalp and hair had drenched in sweat, so Lu Qiang thought that washing her hair before sleep will help her get a good sleep, which she didn't get because of the nightmare.

Sitting quietly, Jiang Yuyan allowed him to do whatever he was doing.

Lu Qiang got out of the bathtub and drained all foamy water from the tub and filled it with the fresh one.

Lu Qiang didn't look at Jiang Yuyan even once as she didn't wear anything. He stood facing in the opposite direction from her as he let her stay there for a few minutes to shower off the remaining soap from her body.