Chi Yuan has excellent arm strength; he can wrap his arm around Shen Yulou's waist with one hand and turn him around.

The waist chain should have been cool, but after being scorched by Chi Yuan's blazing body heat for so long, it made Shen Yulou shiver when it was placed on her waist.

Sweat dripped down Shen Yulou's forehead as he expressed considerable dissatisfaction with Chi Yuan's leisurely and methodical movements in tying the waist chain.

"Are you done yet? Have you been tied up for so long?"

"So eager?"

A rough, large hand caressed Shen Yulou's neck. Chi Yuan decided to satisfy Shen Yulou first.

However, he didn't dare say it aloud.

His hand traveled down from the neck to the waistline and finally landed on the hard chain.

"Hold on tight."

The metal was pressed into the fair skin by the force, leaving its mark.

The chain refracted the afterimages of pearls as it swayed rapidly, its brilliance dazzling and unparalleled.

"hiss……"

The sharp pain in his waist made Shen Yulou gasp and try to slap Chi Yuan's hand away.

It was impossible to open it up. Shen Meiren only remembered that she had to change countless waist chains in the end, with dense marks etched into the skin of her waist.

...

"Go easy! It's all your fault, why did you press so hard for no reason?"

Shen Yulou lay flat on the bed, while Chi Yuan held ointment in his hand and applied it to the minor abrasions on his waist caused by the waist chain.

At first, the two of them thought it was just a mark left from using too much force, and that it would fade away soon.

Unexpectedly, after the swelling subsided the next day, red and swollen blood vessels appeared.

"It's my fault, it's all my fault."

Chi Yuan obediently admitted his mistake, scooped out the ointment from the medicine jar, warmed it in his palms, and then gently pressed it against Shen Yulou's waist.

The little boy sat next to his father's head and, imitating his father, poked his own face with his chubby hands.

"Da da!"

Xiangxiang, Daddy Chi is putting lotion on Daddy Chen, and little one wants to put lotion on too!

Turn into a fragrant baby!

The little guy reached out to try and pry the ointment out of Chi Yuan's hand, but Shen Yulou quickly grabbed his chubby hand.

"That's not for applying to your face, that's medicine, for applying to sore spots."

"Ahh!"

Ouch?

Does Daddy's tummy hurt?

The little one wanted to touch his father's belly, but his hands were held and he couldn't move them.

"Don't touch it, baby. If you touch it, the baby will suck its hand, and that will make its tummy hurt."

Shen Yulou turned his head and kissed the baby's belly, and the baby hugged his face and kissed him repeatedly.

Chi Yuan watched the interaction between the father and son with a smile, and helped Shen Yulou pull his clothes back to cover his belly button.

"Okay, that's all done. Now you can rest and relax today."

"Okay."

Shen Meiren shouted at the top of her lungs and turned over to play with the baby's hands and feet.

"I have a question for you."

Seeing Shen Yulou looking bored, Chi Yuan took the initiative to climb over and chat with him.

Do you think forcing someone to love you will make them love you in return?

Oh, you actually took the initiative to repent?

Shen Yulou turned around and stared at him in surprise.

"Focus on the facts, regardless of right or wrong."

Seeing through Shen Yulou's thoughts, Chi Yuan pursed his lips.

"That depends on the situation. I think it has a lot to do with the personality of the person being forced."

"If he were the kind of person who would rather die than submit and whose pride would not be broken, he would definitely harbor resentment, let alone love."

"But it's also possible that, well, if you suppress it too much in the end, it will turn into love born from hate, and love turning into hate?"

Chi Yuan played with Shen Yulou's hair as he continued to listen to his speech.

"And what about you? Do you hate me?"

"Unfortunately, I fell in love with you before you forced me, so all your tricks were nothing more than flirting to me."

Shen Yulou gave him a few flirty winks.

Why are you making that face? Are you hiding something from me?

Seeing Chi Yuan's relieved yet strange expression, he got up and observed Chi Yuan's demeanor up close.

"It's nothing, it's nothing, I'm just a little relieved."

Chi Yuan shook his head, inwardly marveling at his own good fortune, unlike A Ling, whose hair had turned white overnight.

Driven by their innate possessiveness, they will only keep what they want within their own grasp.

Perhaps after being influenced by a lover, one can learn to consider the lover's feelings?

However, whether or not concessions can be made, and whether or not things will change, is another matter entirely.

"Hmph..."

Shen Yulou groaned and lay back down, still suspicious.

"I want to hear A-Ling tell me a story again tomorrow, remember to catch me!"

"Okay, I'll definitely catch you. I'll go with you to listen."