Under the candlelight, Lü Yang realized his knife wound was indeed quite deep. When he pulled down his pants, parts of the fabric were stuck to the wound, causing him considerable pain, which made him frown.
As he pulled down his pants, Lü Yang immediately covered the wound with the small towel Xia Yan had given him, making sure not a single hair was visible. Once everything was properly covered, he pressed the towel against Xia Yan's hand and signaled that she could help him clean the wound.
When Xia Yan turned around, her face was slightly flushed in the candlelight, but seeing that Lü Yang's wound was well covered, her expression relaxed somewhat. She then knelt down, having Aunt Mei hold a lamp to illuminate Lü Yang's injured area, while she took out a sterile cotton ball to begin cl
