Chapter 32: Caught in the Act

Lu Yuner sat on the stone chair outside, looking at the clean clothes in her arms and thinking for a moment. Then she cut the clothes into long strips of cloth, only able to make an imitation version based on the appearance of sanitary pads.

She carefully considered the quantity issue, deliberately making several layers into one. To fix the shape, she sewed the edges together with a needle. After quickly making one, she immediately came to the door and knocked, “Young Master Su, Young Master Su.”

At this time, Su Qingwan had already taken off his clothes, wearing only a white undergarment. He thought that without a menstrual pad, even if he changed into new clothes, they would only get dirty.

Behind the screen, he heard the knocking sound from outside the room, and Lu Yuner’s voice came through. Su Qingwan covered his lower abdomen and came to the door, seeing a faint, graceful silhouette outside the room. “Elder Sister Yuner, did you call me?”

Lu Yuner: “I’ve already made one. Open the door a crack first, and I’ll give it to you to use for now.”

Su Qingwan lightly bit his lip, a blush appearing on his snow-white face. His voice was so low it was barely audible, “Mm.”

Lu Yuner seemed not to have heard a response and was about to speak again when she saw the door open a crack. Seeing this, Lu Yuner passed the menstrual pad in, her tone warm like that of an elder sister, “Young Master Su, does this size look suitable?”

A slender hand reached in, holding a long strip of menstrual pad. Su Qingwan’s stunned gaze fell on the pad, waves of emotion surging in his heart. With a shy expression, he took it from her hand, “The size is just right.”

Receiving a response, Lu Yuner comforted him, “Then use that for now, change out of the dirty clothes, and I’ll make a few more for you.”

Before Su Qingwan could say anything, there was no one outside the room. He looked at the menstrual pad in his hand, falling into a long silence.

Why would Elder Sister Yuner be so knowledgeable about male affairs? Could it be that Elder Sister Yuner already had someone she loved in her heart?

Thinking this, Su Qingwan’s rounded nails dug deeply into the soft flesh of his palm. The faint blush on his face gradually faded, replaced by a sickly pallor.

Lu Yuner returned to the courtyard and made a few more, then went to the kitchen to boil some hot water. She also washed clean Su Qingwan’s bloodstained handkerchief and took it to dry, then made a bowl of sugar water with hot water.

Coming to the door, she knocked again, “Young Master Su, may I come in now?”

As soon as the words fell, a muffled sound came from inside. Lu Yuner was a bit worried about what state things were in after all this time, so she pushed the door open. Seeing no one in the room, she put the sugar water on the table and rushed towards the screen.

When she was a few steps away, Lu Yuner quickly stopped, hearing soft sobbing from behind the screen. She asked with concern, “Young Master Su, are you feeling alright now?”

From behind the screen came Su Qingwan’s tearful voice, “Elder Sister Yuner, can you come in and help me? Don’t worry, I’ve already changed my clothes.”

Only then did Lu Yuner step behind the screen, seeing him curled up on the ground clutching his lower abdomen. His long black hair made his entire person look pale and bloodless, cold sweat running from his face to his neck, wet wisps of hair sticking to his face.

Lu Yuner was shocked, knowing that everyone’s menstrual pain situation is different. Some people seem as if nothing has happened, while others are in unbearable pain even after taking painkillers.

For example, her college roommate once got her period and fainted from the pain. She then took sick leave and lay in the dormitory, becoming their main focus of care every time, with them bringing her food and drink.

So Lu Yuner was accustomed to giving 100% care when dealing with such situations.

She frowned and hurried forward to help him up, only to find his body was ice-cold. “Is it too painful?”

Suddenly, a pair of long arms encircled his shoulders, and warmth spread from her palms. A familiar cool fragrance wafted towards him. Su Qingwan’s breath caught, his eyelashes trembling slightly. He deliberately leaned closer into Lu Yuner’s embrace, tightly grasping her clothes. His teeth chattered lightly, “Mm, it hurts.”

Seeing him continue to break out in cold sweat, in pain and weak, Lu Yuner didn’t notice anything amiss at all, her attention completely focused on the menstrual pain. She said caringly, “The ground is cold. Let me help you to the bed to lie down.”

But as soon as she helped him up, after just a few steps, Su Qingwan’s legs went weak. His expression was somewhat embarrassed, his gaze avoiding hers shyly, “I… I…”

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Yuner directly picked him up in a princess carry and walked towards her bed. She said matter-of-factly, “It’s normal for men to have their period. Young Master Su doesn’t need to feel embarrassed or constrained. You lie down on the bed for a while first. The bedding has just been changed and no one has slept in it, so don’t worry about any strange smells.”

Every time before Lu Yuner returned to the manor, she would change the bedding anew, with the old ones taken back to the manor for cleaning.

She turned to bring the sugar water, “I made you a bowl of hot sugar water, which can help relieve the pain.”

“Thank you.” Su Qingwan took it with both hands, his complex gaze falling on the bowl of sugar water. He silently lowered his eyes, hiding the darkness in their depths. While stirring the bowl with a spoon, he tried to sound calm but with a hint of probing, “Elder Sister Yuner, how are you so skilled in these male matters?”

“This… I…” Lu Yuner’s expression changed upon hearing this, slightly slow to react. Coming to her senses, she smiled and said, “After all, I will have to take a husband and bear children in the future, so I’ve learned about and studied these male matters in advance.”

Because she had experienced menstruation herself before, she understood better how to protect oneself when facing this matter. But she couldn’t possibly tell him these things, and she also couldn’t let others think she was a pervert, so she could only find this normal-sounding reason.

“So that’s how it is. No wonder you’re so familiar with it.” The light in Su Qingwan’s eyes dimmed again, his hand holding the porcelain bowl suddenly tightening.

So Elder Sister Yuner had repeatedly rejected his feelings because she already had someone she liked. Not only did she protect him so well, but she even studied male matters for him on her own. Did Elder Sister Yuner really like that person that much?

Thinking about how well Elder Sister Yuner treated her loved one, did he himself have even the slightest chance left?

With this thought, Su Qingwan felt a stabbing pain in his chest where his heart was. Forcibly suppressing the pain in his heart, he casually tasted a spoonful of sugar water, but found it bitterly sweet.