"Well, that's changing. You will see me every day, and you will stop being injured," Langfei huffed with a resolute shake of his head. He gave it another few seconds, then checked Zhuiying's shoulder. Fortunately, it didn't appear that they tore it too badly with their... activities, and Langfei was able to move on to applying a numbing salve to remove the broken thread and stitch the skin closed again, which he worked on in quiet, meticulous silence.

"I'll lay with you," he offered as he finished with the stitchwork, moving on to a fresh roll of bandages. "So behave."