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Xiao Jinyu tried to embrace him once more, but the broken arrow in his chest was still in the way, making it impossible to hug from any angle...

He had to give up, and as he lifted his head to look at the Crown Prince, his brother whom he hadn’t seen in half a year, he noted that he seemed much thinner.

"Crown Prince Brother, I’ve missed you to death."

Xiao Jinyan: "..."

Shen Chuwei watched from the side as Xiao Jinyu took the initiative. It was supposed to be a touching scene, but after seeing him try several times to hug Xiao Jinyan, she couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Xiao Jinyu stared at his Crown Prince Brother for a long while. Normally, if the Crown Prince saw that he was injured, he would certainly be worried about him, and if he saw him on the battlefield, he would praise him.

Yet the Crown Prince just stared at him without saying a word.

Bearing the pain from his wound, Xiao Jinyu turned his head to quietly ask Shen Chuwei, "Sister-in-law, why do I feel like there’s something off about the Crown Prince Brother?"

Xiao Jinyan: "..."

Shen Chuwei looked up at Xiao Jinyan, noting his furrowed brows and his helpless sigh. She turned her gaze back to Xiao Jinyu and whispered, "At first, he treated me the same way."

Xiao Jinyu’s eyes widened in surprise, "Ah?"

When he came back to his senses, he asked with a look of astonishment, "Did my brother have a change of heart?"

Although the two were whispering, Xiao Jinyan could still hear them: "..." Talking about him as if he weren’t there, was that really okay?

Shen Chuwei looked at the broken arrow on his body and felt that the most pressing matter was to remove it!

"We need to treat that injury first; you’re bleeding profusely, and it doesn’t replenish as quickly. Later I’ll explain in detail."

Xiao Jinyu looked down at the broken arrow in his chest, which was still bleeding, and nodded, "Alright, sister-in-law, you remove it. Just let the Military Doctor go help out; there are many wounded today."

Xiao Jinyan flatly refused, "No, men and women should not touch."

Shen Chuwei tugged at Xiao Jinyan’s sleeve, "Your Highness, didn’t you hear that there are many wounded today? We don’t have enough people to treat them, besides, it’s just removing an arrow."

Xiao Jinyan cast his gaze downwards, "Doesn’t that require removing clothes?"

Shen Chuwei responded affirmatively, "To bandage the wound sure requires removing clothes."

Xiao Jinyan flatly refused, "Then it’s out of the question."

Watching the Crown Prince Brother’s reaction, Xiao Jinyu whispered to Shen Chuwei, "My brother is jealous, doesn’t seem like he’s had a change of heart."

Shen Chuwei glanced at Xiao Jinyan and whispered to Xiao Jinyu, "Because I found him and reminded him. Who knows what would have happened if I found him later?"

Xiao Jinyan: "..."

Shen Chuwei looked up at Xiao Jinyan and negotiated, "Your Highness, I’ll only be responsible for removing the arrow and treating the wound; you help with the rest. Is that okay?"

Xiao Jinyan finally nodded his agreement.

Seeing the Crown Prince Brother consent, Xiao Jinyu turned and instructed, "Military Doctor, you go ahead and help out. We don’t need you here anymore."

The Military Doctor bowed low and left.

Xiao Jinyu obediently sat on the bed, waiting for the arrow to be removed.

Shen Chuwei asked Qin Xiao to fetch the medicine box and turned to say to Xiao Jinyu, "I’ll use some anesthetic on you, so you won’t feel a thing when I pull out the arrow."

Xiao Jinyu puffed out his chest, speaking nonchalantly, "No need, sister-in-law, just pull it out directly. I can bear this kind of pain."

Shen Chuwei eyed the broken arrow for a good while, the arrowhead had notches on both sides, which could easily get caught in the flesh during removal, and it would definitely be very painful without an anesthetic.

"If the arrowhead gets stuck in the flesh, I’ll need to insert forceps into the wound to pull it out, which could be several times more painful than just pulling it once. Are you sure you don’t want the anesthetic?"

Hearing this, Xiao Jinyu no longer insisted on acting tough, "Then sister-in-law, use the anesthetic. If I can avoid the pain, I will."

"Alright~"

Qin Xiao brought and opened the medicine box, proving to be of some use as Shen Chuwei’s assistant after all this time.

When Shen Chuwei was extracting the arrow, Xiao Jinyan was there to assist, and the removal went smoothly, although it took some time to pull out the arrowhead that was embedded in the flesh.

After Shen Chuwei finished, she left the rest to Xiao Jinyan and Qin Xiao, as all the medicine was ready.

Xiao Jinyu raised his head to look at Xiao Jinyan in front of him and saw him with lowered brows and eyes, a somewhat unfamiliar expression in his gaze.

"Crown Prince Brother, are you unhappy?"

Xiao Jinyan looked at Xiao Jinyu and spoke two indifferent words, "Not at all."

Xiao Jinyu pressed, "Then why are you ignoring me?"

Xiao Jinyan held up new clothes to help him dress, and Xiao Jinyu cooperated fully.

After Xiao Jinyu had changed his clothes, Shen Chuwei poured a cup of tea and came over, handing the teacup to Xiao Jinyu, "Have some tea first."

"Alright." Xiao Jinyu was indeed thirsty at the moment. Taking the teacup, he drank a few sips and couldn’t resist asking Shen Chuwei, "What exactly is wrong with my brother? He couldn’t have become silly from a fall, could he? It’s possible with such a high cliff."

Shen Chuwei lifted her foot and kicked Xiao Jinyu lightly; he really would say anything~

"..." Xiao Jinyan turned his head towards Shen Chuwei, questioning with a look, "Is this really my brother?"

Shen Chuwei stated earnestly, "The very same brother, no substitutions."

Xiao Jinyan’s gaze returned to Xiao Jinyu, so different from what he had imagined.

Seeing Xiao Jinyu’s confused face, Shen Chuwei explained helplessly, "Prince Jinyu, actually, His Highness doesn’t remember us. His brain isn’t damaged."

She had to go to great lengths to convince Xiao Jinyan to believe her and be willing to come back to the camp with her.

Xiao Jinyu suddenly understood and, looking at Xiao Jinyan with a different gaze, introduced himself very seriously, "Crown Prince Brother, I’m your younger brother, your full brother Xiao Jinyu.

We get along very well, and you don’t have to worry about me vying for the position of Crown Prince with you. "

Xiao Jinyan: "..."

Shen Chuwei: "..."

She swore, Xiao Jinyu being serious was genuinely earnest—though occasionally, his earnestness could be somewhat foolish~

No wonder Xiao Jinyu was so earnest in saying this; among the princes, the struggle for the position of Crown Prince was rife with intrigues, with a calm surface belying undercurrents and lethal dangers behind closed doors.

With the Crown Prince Brother having lost his memory, he had to make his stance clear.