"Will you listen to me? Hmm? Will you listen to me?"

Even though she was half-dead, with forty percent of her life gone, Shen Meiren could still hear Chi Yuan's gentle, watery voice asking questions.

Stop asking, stop talking, just let him pass out peacefully.

Please!

Shen Yulou finally couldn't take it anymore and surrendered, raising a white flag.

"Listen...be good..."

"I will be the most obedient and good girl to Chi Yuan."

He cried out those words and finally managed to faint.

The high priest's house is always dark.

Chi Yuan was in a good mood today and was willing to let Shen Yulou out of the cage so that he could go to the garden to catch butterflies for him to see.

"Sweetie, how about we go out and play today?"

"Catch me a butterfly."

He lay down next to Shen Yulou, tugging at his earlobe.

"I don't want to go, I'm so tired, I want to rest for a while."

Shen Meiren sniffed and turned over, feeling wronged when she saw his face.

"Alright, then be a good girl and rest for now. When you've rested enough, go catch some butterflies for me."

He picked up Shen Yulou's hair, intending to braid it for him.

"Chi Yuan, I want a cushion, I want a blanket, this place is so hard, it hurts my bones."

Suddenly, Shen Meiren turned over and burst into tears in front of Chi Yuan, tugging at Chi Yuan's sleeve to wipe her tears and snot.

"As long as you behave and listen to me, I will give you whatever you want."

Chi Yuan hugged his head and sighed contentedly, then stroked his back as if he were caressing a rare treasure.

"I will listen to you obediently. I want a blanket, I want a mattress."

"I don't want to stay here anymore, can I lie down on your bed instead?"

Shen Yulou clutched his sleeve and cried incessantly, as if she had been abused by Chi Yuan.

"Poor little one, I feel so sorry for him."

Chi Yuan gently kissed away the tears on his face.

They just let me go to bed!

Shen Meiren cried so hard she could barely breathe.

"Come on, let me carry you to bed."

Seeing such a well-behaved and obedient beauty, the high priest felt nothing but satisfaction and pride.

See that? This is his precious child. He's his child, and it's because of him that he's become like this.

He needs to treat him well for him to continue to listen to him obediently.

Chi Yuan happily placed Shen Yulou on his bed, and the beauty in his arms, whose crying had subsided somewhat, grew louder again.

"What's wrong?"

He frowned, somewhat confused about Shen Yulou's current situation. Was he being unreasonable?

"Waaaah, your bed is so hard!"

Shen Yulou was on the verge of tears.

This bed is as hard as a cage. What's the difference between lying here and lying there?

Upon hearing Shen Yulou's words, Chi Yuan smiled openly, but the smile looked utterly wicked.

"Sorry, I prefer sleeping on a firm mattress."

Shen Yulou gradually stopped crying, staring blankly at the top of her head.

Despairing.

Seeing the beauty on the bed like this, Chi Yuan finally couldn't resist.

I couldn't help wanting to keep tormenting him, yet I also couldn't help feeling sorry for him.

Let's feel sorry for each other first before tormenting each other.

He carried Shen Yulou back into the cage, laid out thick sheets and blankets on the bed, and then carried her back.

"Look how good I am to my sweetheart, now it's time for her to repay me."

Shen Yulou stared wide-eyed and pointed a trembling finger at him.

You beast! You beast!

"Don't look at me like that, I don't like it."

Chi Yuan's eyes were deep and mysterious. He directly covered Shen Yulou's eyes with his hand and pressed it down.

The bells inside the house started ringing again.

...

Shen Yulou staggered as Chi Yuan helped her into his arms, then helped her get dressed and put on her hair ornament.

"Now is the time for you to successfully announce to the people of Miao territory that you have passed my test. Be proud, understand?"

The silver hair ornament that Chi Yuan had put on Shen Yulou was in a mess, and the blush on Shen Yulou's face had not yet faded.

"I really don't want anyone to see you like this."

He pinched Shen Yulou's cheek, and seeing his dignified appearance, his hand clenched into a fist again.