"Husband, you're being naughty again." Lin Xianghuai's smile froze. He hadn't expected her to say something he didn't like.

Was it because he hurt her again?

Lin Xianghuai's thick, dark eyebrows furrowed tightly. He lowered his eyes in self-reproach and lowered his voice, "Does it hurt? I can apply medicine for you."

"You didn't say it hurt when you were doing it, so I didn't know, my husband."

He said in a wronged tone, "Besides, you were clearly comfortable too, have you forgotten? You even asked me to go harder."

"I didn't!" Yuan Jiang gritted her teeth and denied it, feeling ashamed and indignant. She bit her lower lip angrily, as if she was about to faint from anger. Her soft, hoarse voice contained a hint of rage: "Get out of my way."

She stormed out of bed, grabbed her change of clothes, and left. Lin Xianghuai pursed his lips and followed her closely.

"What?" Yuan Jiang turned to look at him, a mocking smile playing on her lips. "Are you going to watch me take a bath?"

"Or have you become so beastly that you intend to continue forcing me?"

Lin Xianghuai was visibly taken aback, his gaze complex and unfathomable. He opened his mouth, then explained with a wronged expression, "I didn't. We're husband and wife; it's normal to do that kind of thing."

"Even if we are husband and wife, this is still forced marriage." Yuan Jiang coldly said this, rushed into the bathroom, slammed the door shut, glanced down at the bloodstains on her body, and expressionlessly washed them off with hot water.

The bathroom had a large wooden bathtub that could hold two adults. It was filled with hot water, and green herbs floated on the surface.

Yuan Jiang glanced at it, then reached out to take off her clothes and got into the bathtub for a soak.

As the hot water soaked her entire body, her tense skin instantly relaxed, and Yuan Jiang's furrowed brows slowly unfurled as she felt the soreness in her skin ease.

The little fox's temper flared up quickly but also subsided just as fast.

A moment later, she came to the reality that Lin Xianghuai was not as easy to win over as she had imagined. His twisted love was suffocating and abnormal, especially given his extreme upbringing. His warped values ​​were hard to reshape. It would be easier to kill him than to make him leave the village.

But she still had a mission to complete, so she had to leave the village temporarily.

Lin Xianghuai was unwilling to leave the village together, so...

She had no choice but to flee the village.

But what about Xiaobao?

Yuan Jiang sighed, feeling that no matter what she chose, it would be wrong. Lin Xianghuai was unyielding, and if he knew that she had run away from the village with Xiao Bao, he would probably go crazy.

She could even imagine the miserable life she would lead after escaping and being caught by Lin Xianghuai...

It's all the system's fault! What kind of lousy tasks are these?!

The system dared not utter a sound, fearing that it would be attacked if it said another word.

After much deliberation, Yuan Jiang finally decided to find a suitable opportunity to escape with the baby. She planned to deal with Chu Xinrong first, then return to find Lin Xianghuai. If she was caught along the way, Lin Xianghuai could do whatever he wanted with her...

Thinking this, Yuan Jiang's worries lessened a bit. The warm water soaked her tired body, and she unconsciously closed her eyes and began to rest.

Lin Xianghuai waited at the door of the bathroom for nearly half an hour without hearing any sound from inside. He became anxious and looked at the closed door. Yuan Jiang's words of "force" came back to mind, and his hand that was knocking on the door stopped.

His long, dark eyelashes slowly drooped, obscuring the complex and deep light in his eyes. He pressed his tongue against his back teeth, clicked his tongue in frustration, and obediently squatted down at the door to keep watch.

He scratched his head, realizing that his wife was angry with him.

But they are husband and wife. Isn't it natural for husband and wife to do this?

Why is consent still required?

Before, when his wife wanted it, she never asked for his permission and would wake him up early in the morning, but he didn't get angry, did he?