Huo Beixiao didn't let go; instead, he held her even tighter.

Jiang Qiaoqiao: ...

Could it be because he realized she had already discerned the feelings between him and Xu Yizhou?

She swallowed hard, wondering if she should tell the man that she didn't actually care about his sexual orientation.

They can still live their own lives under the same roof, just as they initially agreed.

We can get a divorce when the time is right.

Jiang Qiaoqiao looked up at the man's cold, hard jawline and dark face. In the end, she swallowed the words that were already on the tip of her tongue and didn't dare to breathe loudly, letting him carry her back into the house.

The moment Jiang Qiaoqiao's bottom touched the bed, the tall man's figure slammed down on her...

Jiang Qiaoqiao's eyes widened, and before she could even react, the man sealed her lips with his.

The man's kiss was filled with anger, rough and urgent, and he accidentally bumped his teeth against her lips.

"hiss……"

Jiang Qiaoqiao couldn't help but gasp, letting out a soft, aggrieved cry, "It hurts!"

The man paused.

The next moment, a large hand gripped the back of her head, and a deep, husky voice coaxed, "Be good, just bear with it, it won't hurt for long."

Jiang Qiaoqiao: ...

Her heart skipped a beat for no reason. This...this line...

He wouldn't be thinking of...

Her hand unconsciously rested on the man's narrow waist.

The man's eight muscles on his waist and abdomen were clearly defined, while the air in her mouth was being plundered by him.

Her heart felt like it was going to jump out of her chest, and her hand unconsciously wandered from the man's waist and abdomen to his strong back.

However, his subordinate suddenly touched a centipede-shaped scar.

She was suddenly startled, and instinctively put her hands on the man's chest, pushing him away.

Huo Beixiao's deep eyes were filled with a bright desire as his dark eyes met hers, which were like black grapes.

He certainly felt her touch the scar on his back, and a slight smile played on his lips. "Scared?"

"I want to see." Jiang Qiaoqiao didn't answer, but stared at him intently.

Huo Beixiao was stunned for a moment, then sat up straight and showed her the scar on his back.

Jiang Qiaoqiao's eyes unconsciously welled up with tears.

Her trembling hand reached for the scar on Huo Beixiao's back that stretched across half of his back.

"How did this happen?" Her voice trembled slightly, and even sounded a little like she was about to cry.

Huo Beixiao panicked and quickly put on his clothes, pulling her into his arms. "Qiaoqiao, don't be afraid. I'm sorry, did I scare you?"

Jiang Qiaoqiao bit her lip, suppressing her sobs as she shook her head, her watery eyes looking at him. "Does it hurt?"

She cares so much about his old injuries; she definitely doesn't have her eye on that pretty boy Xu Yizhou.

Huo Beixiao's lips curled into a pleased smile. "These are injuries from many years ago, they don't hurt anymore."

"When I was fifteen, I went to the countryside to collect things. I encountered a rainstorm and a mudslide. Several houses were buried, and people were buried inside."

After I was rescued, I was about to leave, but as I was leaving, I happened to see a child in the corner of a collapsed house through a crack. She was sitting there motionless, neither crying nor making a fuss, nor asking for help.

By then, most of the villagers had already evacuated, and her family was nowhere to be found. When I dug her out, a large tree next to us fell down, and I was hit by it. This scar on my back is from when a branch pierced my flesh.

Jiang Qiaoqiao felt a lump in her throat as she listened.

Because that child back then was none other than her.

When Huo Beixiao was knocked unconscious, his parents and brother happened to arrive with the rescue team.

She was so frightened that she didn't care about Huo Beixiao. She rushed into her mother's arms and fainted as soon as she started crying.

When she woke up, the disaster was over.

The whole village was busy rebuilding their homes, and she couldn't possibly trouble her parents and brother to help her find some benefactor at this time.

I could only keep this to myself.

Although Huo Beixiao was her nominal brother-in-law in her previous life, they never met due to various circumstances.

Unexpectedly, things took an even more unexpected turn in her life, and she ended up marrying him.

Jiang Qiaoqiao was preparing to tell Huo Beixiao that she was the child he had saved back then.

Before she could even speak, she heard the man's cold voice ask her, "Qiao Qiao, why are you so concerned about Xu Yizhou's love life?"

Although the man tried his best to control his voice, Jiang Qiaoqiao had gotten to know him well enough during this time and could still hear the unease in his voice.

Jiang Qiaoqiao: ...

Was he afraid she would discover his relationship with Xu Yizhou?

She chuckled awkwardly, "It's nothing, I just noticed that Dr. Xu is quite old and still lives in the clinic, so I was just curious and asked."

Huo Beixiao frowned slightly.

Based on his understanding of Qiaoqiao over this period of time, Qiaoqiao was not the kind of person who would be curious about other people's private affairs for no reason.

He needs to come up with a solution.

After Jiang Qiaoqiao finished speaking, the room fell silent.

The air was thick with awkwardness as they thought about the inexplicable intimacy between them earlier.

"Um... nothing's wrong, I'll go to sleep now." Jiang Qiaoqiao said awkwardly, then quickly leaned against the innermost part of the bed, closed her eyes tightly, and went to sleep.

Perhaps because she was weak after being sick and needed to rest, she soon fell asleep.

Looking at her peaceful, sleeping face, Huo Beixiao suppressed the restlessness in his heart and made a decision.

*

The next day, as soon as Xu Yizhou opened the door of the clinic, he saw Huo Beixiao standing outside like a tree stump.

Startled, he exclaimed, "Hey, Boss Huo, what are you doing? Standing at the door so early in the morning..."

Xu Yizhou was speaking when he suddenly remembered something. "Could it be that your sister-in-law has a fever again? Quick, let me go with you to see her."

As Xu Yizhou spoke, he busied himself getting ready to fetch the first-aid kit.

Huo Beixiao walked into the infirmary with a blank expression and sat down. He looked at Xu Yizhou with sharp eyes and called out, "Come here and sit down."

Xu Yizhou:......

He looked at Huo Beixiao's gloomy face, completely baffled. What was wrong with Boss Huo? His eyes were like knives.

When did he offend him?

Thinking of this, Xu Yizhou realized something. He looked at Huo Beixiao awkwardly, and after considering it carefully, he said:

"Boss Huo, um... I didn't mean to call you a beast last night. I just got emotional in a moment... Please don't take it to heart!"

"However, as a doctor, I still have to remind you. Your health is rather weak, so please try to restrain yourself a little..."