"I really didn't, baby..."

Lan Jingyan was at a loss. Why did he have to say that? He wanted to slap himself right now.

"You do! You definitely do! Tell me, don't you have someone else in your heart? Is that why you're asking this? Who are you really thinking about?"

Yan Xiluo's series of attacks left Lan Jingyan stunned and speechless.

Lan Jingyan had absolutely no idea what Yan Xiluo was up to, and what she was saying made no sense at all...

"No... baby, we see each other every day, we're together all the time. Who would I be thinking about? Don't put such a big accusation on me, okay? It makes me anxious."

Lan Jingyan's face clearly said, "I'm panicking," and "I don't know what I did wrong..."

"Hmph! I don't believe it! What you just said was very suspicious! Lan Jingyan, you're hiding something! You're guilty, you're showing signs of weakness!"

Yan Xiluo, still fuming, wouldn't let go of what had just happened, acting unreasonably, hands on her hips glaring at him.

"Yes, I have a guilty conscience. You bet, a ghost—a demon."

Lan Jingyan was so angry he laughed. His girl wanted to experience arguing? But why did she seem so bad at it?

Has all the sharp tongue you usually have towards others disappeared?

"you!"

Yan Xiluo suddenly choked up. How did he know she had the code name 'Ghost'?

"You investigated me!"

Although Yan Xiluo is not as tall as him, she cannot lose in terms of aura. How did he know that?

"I'll investigate you, my foot! You idiot. Your master, Gui Chi, shouldn't he call you by your code name, Gui Mei, 'Gui Mei'? Huh?"

As far as he knew, all of Gui Chi's apprentices had codenames starting with "Ghost" and consisting of a single character. This wasn't just the rule at Gui Chi's base on Corpse Island; it was the rule for everyone there.

After Lan Jingyan finished speaking, he gently flicked her forehead.

"Lan Jingyan, you flicked me! You're abusing me before we're even married, you're so scary!"

Yan Xiluo planned to continue developing this situation, as she found it quite interesting.

"Ugh, so this counts as domestic violence? Baby, what about when you pinch my cheeks or squeeze my butt... does that count too?"

Lan Jingyan suddenly leaned down and whispered in her ear, his voice very ambiguous.

Yan Xiluo's mind went blank and her face turned red instantly. She felt that he was doing it on purpose. It was one thing to say he pinched her cheeks, but why did he have to say it out loud when he pinched her butt?

"Cough, no! That definitely doesn't count, there's no strength at all."

Yan Xiluo, having gone this far, went all the way, looking at him with a straight face and her head held high.

"Is there any logic to this? Huh? Then wouldn't the scratches on my chest and back count as domestic violence?"

She told him not to speak, but he insisted on speaking anyway, determined to take his shamelessness to the extreme.

Lan Jingyan found it a bit funny that an argument could go so far as to veer off course.

"Then...then why did you pinch my waist and..."

Yan Xiluo suddenly realized something and immediately shut up. This wasn't a no-man's-land; she couldn't just blurt everything out...

"In short, you abused me!"

Yan Xiluo stood with her hands on her hips, staring at the man, determined to continue her unreasonable behavior!

"Same here! Baby, you can't even argue properly, yet you want to argue with me?"

Lan Jingyan looked at the cute girl and couldn't help but chuckle. He had never seen anyone's face and neck turn so red when they were angry.

She even made herself embarrassed by the noise.

"Who...who argued with you? This is clearly a theory lesson!"

Yan Xiluo responded awkwardly, saying it was because he was shameless and said anything that she reacted this way.

"Then you lost the argument, and your performance is the best proof of that."

Lan Jingyan affectionately patted her head, finding the bickering amusing and just a joke, not a serious matter.

"Lan Jingyan! You're so annoying!"

Yan Xiluo went up and kicked him in the calf.

“You really committed domestic violence. There are surveillance videos here to prove it.”

Lan Jingyan knew she was going to kick him, so she didn't dodge and deliberately let her kick him, since she knew the other woman wouldn't kill her anyway.

She wouldn't be willing to do that; at most, she'd just put cotton on it.

"Same to you, I just happened to be returning it to you!"

Yan Xiluo made a funny face happily.

"No, we were just arguing, why didn't you comfort me?"

She saw other couples arguing, and usually it was the guy who comforted the girl. What was he doing just now?

“Baby, you’re not angry.”

Lan Jingyan couldn't resist pinching her cheek.

"Ouch...you pinched me!"

Yan Xiluo started to put on a show of acting, bursting into tears in a second, as if she had really been pinched in pain.

"No way, no way. Baby, I haven't even pushed yet, don't cry."

Even though he knew it was all just tears, he still felt a pang of heartache when he saw her tears fall.

"Waaah..."

Yan Xiluo became more and more excited as she listened, and cried even more vigorously.

"Baby, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have pinched you. Can you punish me?"

This time he was truly at a loss and completely panicked. He was genuinely crying; had he really hit him that hard?

"Waaaaah..."

Yan Xiluo was still sobbing, her body trembling.

"Yan Xiluo!"

Lan Jingyan saw that she was getting worked up. So what if he hadn't had a proper argument with her? Well then, he would make the most of it.

"Wow……"

Yan Xiluo was stunned by his sudden calling of her full name, and this time she really wanted to cry.

He actually called her by her full name? Are you kidding me? And he was so fierce. Suddenly I felt wronged.

Perhaps she was already crying, and that emotion amplified it.

I feel inexplicably wronged, very wronged.

"No...baby, I was wrong."

Lan Jingyan immediately backed down; there was no way they could possibly argue.

He pulled Yan Xiluo into his arms and comforted her.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have raised my voice at you."

His voice was very soft and gentle, afraid that if he spoke louder, she would cry even harder.

"That wasn't just speaking loudly, you were clearly yelling at me! You were being mean to me!"

Yan Xiluo looked up at him with a pitiful expression, her face streaked with tears.

“You were the one who said you wanted to argue. I think it was because I didn’t perform well and didn’t give you enough fun that I barked like a dog.”

Lan Jingyan said seriously, "Just treat it like a dog barking..."

"Wait, I'm a human, I don't want a human-dog relationship."

Yan Xiluo quickly broke free from his embrace and left in disgust.

"Yan Xiluo!"

Lan Jingyan gritted his teeth and squeezed out those three words. His voice wasn't loud, but it was enough to show his displeasure.

"Look, look, the dog's barking again when it's cornered!"

She can accept anything as long as she's not yelled at; she doesn't feel wronged.

“Baby, we are the same kind of people, you can’t insult yourself.”

Lan Jingyan suddenly let out a sinister laugh, which sent chills down Yan Xiluo's spine; it was somewhat terrifying...

"Huh? Is anyone here? Why is someone talking?"

Yan Xiluo began to pretend to be searching for that 'person'.

Lan Jingyan was amused and annoyed again. He simply hoisted her onto his shoulder and strode towards his residence. It seemed he had to teach her a lesson tonight; she was itching for a beating.