Xiao Yeyang: "Let me massage it for you, otherwise you will definitely have aching all over when you go back today."
Feeling much more comfortable in her calves and with no one else around, Daohua did not refuse.
During this time, Daohua thought of something her third brother had mentioned earlier and immediately asked, "Third Brother said that you’ll be going out in a few days?"
Xiao Yeyang nodded: "Mhm."
Daohua: "When will you leave?"
Xiao Yeyang looked at Daohua: "I’m afraid I won’t be able to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with you this year."
Daohua frowned: "How long will you be gone?"
Xiao Yeyang switched to Daohua’s other leg to continue the massage: "It depends on how smoothly things go, a short trip might last ten days to half a month, a long journey could be about a month or so."
Daohua: "That long?"
Xiao Yeyang’s expression became somewhat solemn: "This mission is somewhat thorny, so it’s going to take a little longer."
Daohua’s face showed worry: "Will there be danger for you?"
Xiao Yeyang assured her with a smile: "Don’t worry, your two brothers and I will be careful."
Daohua: "In a couple of days, come to Taohua Village with Third Brother and Fourth Brother. I have a big surprise for you."
Xiao Yeyang paused his hands: "What kind of surprise?"
Daohua smiled: "Anyway, it’s something good."
Seeing her play coy, Xiao Yeyang immediately got into a teasing mood. His right hand moved to Daohua’s bare foot and tickled the sole unexpectedly.
This time, Daohua didn’t laugh but instead cried out in pain.
Xiao Yeyang’s expression changed: "What’s wrong?"
Daohua frowned: "My foot hurts."
Xiao Yeyang immediately took off the embroidered shoe and hesitated while taking off the sock, then looked at Daohua: "Shall I have a look?"
Daohua didn’t have the notion that her feet couldn’t be seen by others, and as her foot was in severe pain, she immediately nodded: "Mhm."
Xiao Yeyang hurriedly removed the sock and then saw Daohua’s fair and delicate foot was somewhat reddened: "It must have been scraped by a rock. Bear with it a moment, I’ll rub it for you."
With that, he carefully massaged the sole of Daohua’s foot.
Watching Xiao Yeyang hold her foot and press and move it carefully, Daohua felt a mix of soreness and tickling on the sole of her foot. Thinking about the current social conventions, how a woman’s feet should only be seen by her husband, she began to feel uneasy.
After a while, when her foot didn’t feel as painful, Daohua quickly said, "Xiao Yeyang, that’s enough." She then tried to withdraw her foot.
Xiao Yeyang, not entirely reassured because they still had to go down the mountain later, held onto Daohua’s foot: "Let me rub it a bit more."
Daohua shook her head: "It really doesn’t hurt anymore."
Xiao Yeyang wanted to say something else, but catching sight of Daohua’s ears turning slightly red, he suddenly realized something. Looking at the foot in his hands, he too started to feel uncomfortable.
"Alright then, if you feel pain later, I’ll give you another massage," he said.
With that, he began to help Daohua put her shoes and socks back on.
After putting on her shoes and socks, Daohua stood up: "Shall we go somewhere else now, or head back?"
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