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Chapter 609: Chapter 493: She Actually Demands to Loosen Her Clothes After Recognizing Him? She Throws Herself Into Her Husband’s Arms...

The room was hushed and quiet, and Shen Chuwei felt as if she could hear their hearts beating, thumping vigorously.

She watched intently as he unraveled one loop after another... How many layers were there?

Just as the bandage was about to be fully unwound, the man’s movements suddenly stopped.

Shen Chuwei grew anxious, "Why have you stopped? Are you having second thoughts?"

The man shook his head, "No, move the light farther away."

Shen Chuwei suddenly remembered, the man’s eyes couldn’t stand the light, and candles were also a source of light.

"I’ll move the lamp right away." Shen Chuwei picked up the candle on the table, glanced left and right, and her gaze settled on the desk by the wall.

Once placed, she hurried back to her seat, "Alright, you can continue now."

Xuetuan sat on the ground, watching the two bustling about, tilting its head as it looked at the man, seeming to be full of anticipation.

Only then did the man proceed, methodically untying the last three layers of gauze with utmost grace.

In contrast, Shen Chuwei was very impatient, as if she wished she could personally rip off the bandage herself.

While eager and impatient, she also contemplated that she might end up disappointed.

There were no few in this world who resembled each other in looks and voice.

The man in front of her gave her a sense of familiarity, yet, it seemed that he did not recognize her.

The man pulled off the last layer of gauze, and as the bandage fell away, his features were completely exposed to the air.

The man’s eyes were tightly closed, his eyelashes long and dense, his features delicate and well-defined, close to perfection.

The light inside the room was very dim, and Shen Chuwei, looking at the face that resembled Xiao Jinyan, was shocked for a long while.

Xiao Jinyan’s peerlessly handsome face had long been etched into her mind.

The man before her could be said to be identical to Xiao Jinyan.

The man waited a while, and seeing that she didn’t speak, he asked in confusion, "Why are you silent?"

Shen Chuwei clutched the man’s hand with some excitement, her voice choking with tears, "You are Xiao Jinyan, aren’t you?"

The man felt his hand being held by two warm hands at the palm, the touch soft, and he paused, then withdrew his own hand.

"...No."

Shen Chuwei’s smiling face at the corner of her mouth stiffened, and looking at her now empty hands, she stared incredulously at the identical face before her.

"But you look so similar."

The man spoke indifferently, "Haven’t I told you? There are many who look alike."

Shen Chuwei said, "But to look so alike, as if cast from the same mold, that’s too much."

The man tried for a long while but realized he hadn’t heard her inner thoughts tonight; had his mind-reading ability failed?

Indeed, suddenly hearing her inner thoughts and then not hearing them was normal.

However, being unable to see or hear made it difficult to discern the truth in her words, and she was someone whose words did not match her feelings.

"You’ve seen enough, isn’t it time to treat the illness?"

Shen Chuwei’s tone was extremely serious, "The illness definitely needs treatment, but I want to confirm now if you are Xiao Jinyan or not."

The man frowned, "So, after the confirmation, will you give up hope?"

Shen Chuwei nodded her head, "Yes."

The man said, "All right, how do you want to confirm it?"

Shen Chuwei’s gaze went to the man’s chest; he was wearing a white robe, very loose, and the fabric was too thick to see through.

"We’ll have to undress first."

The man frowned deeply, "How can a young girl like you be so unreserved?"

Holding her chin high, Shen Chuwei declared with complete conviction, "I’ve seen my husband’s body who knows how many times, why should I be reserved?"

The man asked, "The person you say I resemble, he is your husband?"

Shen Chuwei nodded vigorously, "Yes, so if you take off your clothes I can check and then know if you are or aren’t my husband."

Just thinking about being stripped of his clothes and examined by a woman, the man’s face turned ashen, "This is preposterous."

Seeing the man growing angry, Shen Chuwei worried he wouldn’t let her check and hastily proposed a compromise, "Let’s start by removing half, taking off the shirt should be okay, right?"

The man’s voice grew colder, "What do you take me for? Something to be toyed with at will?"

Shen Chuwei quickly explained, "That’s not what I mean."

"Not what you mean?" The man scoffed, "And how would you feel if I asked you to strip in front of me?"

Shen Chuwei looked at his tightly closed phoenix eyes and shrugged, "If I stripped, you wouldn’t see anyway. Of course, if you were my husband, seeing wouldn’t matter either."

The man was silent.

After a long silence, the man uttered four words, "Twisting logic to win."

Shen Chuwei pouted, "So, will you let me see or not?"

The man found himself uncharacteristically irritable that day. He calmed his unexplained anger and started to bargain, "First cure my eyes, then I will let you see."