After running back to her room, Bai Xiaoruo quickly closed and locked the door.

She pressed her entire back against the door, panting heavily.

Oh my god...

Oh my god! I'm going crazy!

She covered her face with her hands, her cheeks still flushed slightly.

How did he manage to get away with it again?

I was so stupid; I shouldn't have shown up in front of him again.

Isn't this a lamb delivered right to the wolf's doorstep? How could the big bad wolf possibly refuse to eat it?

She hurriedly buttoned up the top of her pajamas, checked that the door lock was secure, and rushed back to bed, pulling the covers over herself and huddling under the covers.

Her hand unconsciously touched her lips, as if his scent still lingered on them.

How embarrassing!

Bai Xiaoruo also tucked her head under the covers.

Just thinking about how we almost ended up in something inappropriate for children gives me a headache.

Thinking about it carefully, he had disliked and resisted her so much these past few days, but just now... perhaps it was because he had been drinking and was drunk that he acted inappropriately towards her.

Oh well, never mind! Whether he's drunk or not, he's clearly...

I don't want to think about it anymore. I should go to sleep now. Once I wake up, I need to go back first thing tomorrow morning. I can't stay here any longer.

Otherwise, he would really take advantage of us completely.

***

The next morning at 6 a.m., Bai Xiaoruo called Uncle Li and asked him to come pick her up.

She didn't even bother to eat breakfast there. She put her clothes back on from the night before and sneaked downstairs before everyone else got up.

Outside, the driver's car had arrived, and she quickly ran into it.

It's stopped raining today; it seems the rain stopped around midnight last night.

"Let's go, let's go quickly," Bai Xiaoru urged.

"yes."

The driver started the car and slowly drove away from the Xuan family's old house.

Only by leaving this place of trouble can we truly feel at ease.

Bai Xiaoruo propped her head up with her hand, leaning against the car's handrail, yawning repeatedly.

I have to go to school today. I didn't sleep well last night, so it looks like I'll have to take a nap during class today.

As Uncle Li drove, he saw Bai Xiaoruo sitting in the back seat in the rearview mirror and couldn't help but ask, "Miss, were there a lot of mosquitoes in your room last night?"

"Hmm? Why do you say that?"

"You have a few small red dots on your neck, those must be mosquito bites."

"Huh? Tiny, little red dots?" I ran out as soon as I got up this morning, after rinsing my mouth and washing my face. I didn't even look in the mirror carefully. Are there really any little red dots?

Bai Xiaoruo quickly took out her small mirror from her bag and looked at herself.

Upon seeing this, she felt even more ashamed and indignant!

He shrank back, covering his neck with his hand guiltily, afraid that someone would see him again.

These aren't mosquito bites or little red dots at all! This...this is clearly a "strawberry"!

All of these were marks he left last night.

It won't be so easy to get rid of it in a short time.

How am I supposed to go out and see anyone today? Besides, it's so hot... Sigh! I guess I'll just have to wear a scarf to school.

***

When Bai Xiaoruo walked out of the school gate after school in the afternoon, Ji Ziqian came to pick her up again.

Bai Xiaoruo lowered her head and tugged at the scarf around her neck, trying to make herself look better, afraid that Ji Ziqian would notice.

She was, after all, his girlfriend now. Recently, Ziqian had become particularly suspicious. Several times when they went out together, he would inexplicably bring up Xianmingyu, and they almost got into an argument. If he saw these marks, he would definitely overthink things.

"Xiao Ruo." Ji Ziqian saw her from afar, and before Bai Xiao Ruo could even walk over, he had already run towards her impatiently.

"Hmm... Brother Ziqian, you're here." Bai Xiaoru smiled at him, not knowing what to say.

"Xiao Ruo, are you cold?" The temperature today is at least in the thirties. It's so hot that you can wear short sleeves. Why is she still wearing a scarf around her neck?

"Ah? Uh, no, it's alright, it's just a bit windy today." She chuckled awkwardly, continuing to fidget with the scarf around her neck, but Ji Ziqian noticed the faint red mark.

What happened? Is she injured?

"Xiao Ruo, what's wrong with your neck?" He was about to touch it when Bai Xiao Ruo was so frightened that she took two steps back and covered her neck tightly with her hands. "No, no, my neck is fine, there's nothing wrong with it."

"Xiao Ruo, tell me the truth, what exactly happened? I clearly saw it just now."

"Brother Ziqian, you've mistaken me for someone else. My neck is really fine. Are you here to take me home? Let's go back now, I'm a little hungry." Bai Xiaoruo pulled Ji Ziqian's hand and started walking towards his car.

Ji Ziqian felt something was wrong the more he thought about it. Bai Xiaoruo was usually not so concerned about her neck, so why couldn't he even touch it today?

There's definitely a problem.

Taking advantage of her inattention, he directly ripped off the silk scarf tied around her neck. Before Bai Xiaoruo could cover her neck with her hands again, Ji Ziqian had already seen several "hickey" marks on her neck.

He's not stupid; how could he not recognize what kind of mark it is?

An overwhelming sense of humiliation washed over him from head to toe; in just one night, she had actually...

Was she really that impatient? Was she that reluctant to part with that man?

Ha...how ironic...

"What is this?" he asked her in return.

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