Chapter: 1820

Before, they were separated by the vast ocean, with her on this side of the sea and Leaf-san on the other.

Now, Leaf-san is right here with me, only a few hundred kilometers away. If I take a car, it'll take four or five hours to get there; if I take the bullet train, it'll be around two and a half hours.

Just thinking about Leaf-san, who's just a few hours' drive away from me, fills my heart with an overwhelming desire to see him.

But again, I can't help but think of my current limitations - going to Tokyo to see him would inevitably lead to my father finding out, so I can only reluctantly give up on this idea.

At that moment, the thick clouds in the sky, which didn't know when they would suddenly disperse, began to gradually reveal a star or two.

Na-na-san let out a sigh, speaking to herself, "It looks like there won't be snow tonight......"

After saying that, she put away her phone and controlled the wheelchair with both hands, leaving the cold and quiet courtyard and returning to her own room.

With the help of the maid, Na-na-san took a soak in the hot springs for a while.

Her bodily wounds were still very severe, almost constant pain 24 hours a day, without any moment's relief from the pain.

Originally, the doctor recommended that she wear a pain pump, which is a device that can automatically deliver analgesic medication to her veins at a steady pace.

Generally speaking, people who have suffered serious injuries or just finished surgery usually wear a pain pump, which can greatly relieve pain.

However, Na-na-san has always refused to use it.

That's because the analgesic medication will cause certain damage to her nervous system. If she uses it for a long time, she may never be able to recover and will likely become a person who can no longer practice martial arts in the future.

So, she just clenched her teeth and persevered with her strong willpower, resisting her bodily pain.

The natural hot springs within the mansion are taken from underground hot spring wells, containing rich mineral substances and rich selenium elements, which have great benefits for the body, able to relieve bodily pain to a certain extent.

However, her body still had lingering injuries, so she couldn't stay in the hot springs for a long time each day. She could only spend no more than an hour there every day. So, Ito Nana's happiest moments are when she's soaking in the hot springs.

As her body is immersed in the hot springs, Ito Nana finds herself involuntarily thinking of Xiao Chen.

She recalls the scene where she was a girl, carrying a sense of playfulness and innocence, searching for him at his estate area.

That time, she was like a sparrow before a hawk, trembling with nervousness.

When she was flustered, she handed the cup of milk tea to Xiao Chen, pretending it was an invitation to drink. However, she didn't expect that he would really take a sip of it.

Right before Xiao Chen took a sip, Ito Nana had just used that straw, and that kind of indirect intimacy is the most intimate thing she's done with a man since she grew up.

That same instance of indirect intimacy has lingered in her memory until today.

Thinking about Xiao Chen's appearance, she subconsciously raised her slender and long fingers on the water surface, writing out "Xiao Chen" in traditional Chinese characters.

The water ripples formed a series of light waves, yet none of them could preserve any of her written strokes.

It was precisely this fleeting mark that allowed Ito Nana to boldly write Xiao Chen's name again and again on the water surface, leaving no trace behind. JrNovels.com