Chapter 14 Chapter 14 Slap Him

When Lin Lanting woke up, all around was silent, and the air was filled with the smell of dust and decay.

Judging from the description, it should be something like a woodshed.

He moved his body and found that he was tightly bound and his eyes were covered by a silk ribbon. Lin Lanting almost laughed in anger.

I don't know who was so fearless as to dare to plot against him!

However, the other party probably didn't know that he had spent his youth in the military camp, and he knew all kinds of binding methods by heart.

It will only take a moment to break free.

Lin Lanting moved while keeping an eye on her surroundings.

Halfway through solving the problem, I heard a commotion outside the door, with hurried, light, and quick footsteps.

Soldiers can not only hear the sound of horses' hooves, but also judge the number and shape of the approaching people from the sound of footsteps.

It was obvious that a group of women were approaching; their footsteps were light, and one could faintly hear the tinkling of their jade pendants.

Lin Lanting stopped what she was doing, lay down on the ground, and pretended to be oblivious.

At the same time, he wondered why it was a woman.

He seemed to have never had any conflicts with women, and he rarely even spoke to them.

The only thing he could manage was to exchange a few words with that spoiled princess...

Wait, could it really be...?

Really?

The door creaked open, and light footsteps approached, making Lin Lanting even more curious.

"Alright, you can all leave now."

"I can manage here by myself."

"yes."

really!

As soon as the leading woman spoke, Lin Lanting immediately recognized her familiar voice and spoiled tone.

With a creak, the door closed again, leaving only the two people in the woodshed.

As the footsteps drew closer, Lin Lanting caught a whiff of a delicate, sweet fragrance. The silk ribbon over her eyes was then removed, and the daylight blazed in. Lin Lanting tried to avoid the sudden burst of light, her eyelashes fluttering open.

After his eyes adjusted to the sunlight, Lin Lanting blinked and looked down at the young woman who was looking down at him.

She stood there gracefully, her right fingertips still gently twirling the silk ribbon that had just blindfolded her.

The scarlet ribbon, wrapped around the girl's slender fingertips, swayed and accentuated her snow-white skin.

With a smug expression, it looked like a raccoon that had caught a mouse and was about to play a trick on it.

But it's hard to say who's the cat and who's the mouse.

In the shadows unseen by Huiyi, Lin Lanting had already freed his bound hands.

He just wanted to see what this unruly princess would do next, so he waited patiently without making a sound.

It really is you, Li Huiyi.

Without the slightest sign of panic, Lin Lanting stared straight at the young woman, his voice calm and even carrying a hint of a smile.

Huiyi had come with the intention of messing with Lin Er, but seeing his unhurried demeanor, she felt a little uncomfortable.

"What kind of attitude is this? Aren't you afraid? Aren't you afraid that I, the princess, will torment you to death?"

Huiyi took the long whip from her waist and swung it twice on the ground with great flair, making a cracking sound.

Lin Lanting was taken aback to find that the unruly princess had brought instruments of torture to torment him. He laughed and said, "I do not know what crime I have committed that warrants the princess's private torture?"

Even when faced with the whip, Lin Lanting remained calm and composed, which made Huiyi unable to help but be angry.

Holding the whip against his face, Huiyi viciously and brazenly slapped his handsome face twice, though it wasn't fair-skinned enough. She said with feigned malice, "What crime have you committed? Then today this princess will tell you..."

"Dare to steal from this princess? This is what you'll get!"

Lin Lanting suddenly realized that it was still about the shadow puppet incident from last time.

Helpless yet amused, he lazily advised, "I advise the princess to calm down. It's inappropriate to resort to private torture against me, your subject, or rather, your future consort, over a shadow puppet."

It would have been better if we hadn't mentioned it, but once we did, Huiyi's anger intensified.

With both new and old grudges combined, Huiyi immediately lashed out with her whip, producing a crisp yet deep sound.

Clearly, the sound of that whip striking flesh was a sound that could only be heard if it had struck solidly.

Lin Lanting let out a soft groan uncontrollably, not from pain, but from the suddenness of the blow.

Probably not expecting this spoiled princess to actually whip him, Lin Lanting angrily shouted, "Are you serious? You're really going to whip me!"

With a flick of the whip, Huiyi felt refreshed, and seeing Lin Er's furious expression, she felt even more invigorated.

Meeting Lin Er's incredulous gaze, Huiyi said smugly, "Do you think I was just teasing you?"

As she spoke, Huiyi, caught up in the moment, lashed out with the whip again, producing another muffled thud that pleased her.

"Enough, Li Huiyi, stop right now!"

But Huiyi ignored him and was about to raise the whip for the third time.

Knowing he could no longer show weakness, Lin Lanting shook his hands and the hemp rope snapped open, falling down like dust.

He suddenly stood up from the ground, his body no longer bound, and pressed down on Huiyi like a mountain. He caught the whip firmly and pulled it away with force.

"Have you had enough, you spoiled princess?"

Startled by Lin Lanting's sudden counterattack, Huiyi staggered back a few steps, her expression filled with panic.

"How did you manage to tear such a thick rope? You're like a monster!"

To tie up that scoundrel Lin Er, Huiyi had someone find the thickest and strongest hemp rope, but she didn't expect him to break free so easily.

Could it be that Lin Er is truly born with superhuman strength?

If she had known this would happen, she would have chosen an iron chain to tie him up.

But it's too late to regret it now.

Lin Lanting, who had just received two hard lashes from her, looked extremely ugly. Her eyes were fixed on him like those of a hawk, as if she were about to peck at him at any moment.

Huiyi immediately tried to call for help to protect herself, but before she could make a move, Lin Lanting, who had jumped up from behind, covered her mouth.

It's too late to run now.

Then a warm breath came over, but the other person's words were sinister, making Huiyi shudder.

That's it, she's going to get her revenge on this monster.

"Mmm~"

Because Lin Er covered her mouth from behind, Huiyi was practically half-held by him, her whole body embedded in his arms.

It was late March, almost early summer, and with such a hot body branding her back, Huiyi was in a state of panic, and soon she began to sweat.

But she couldn't speak, she could only make muffled sounds.

She kept elbowing Lin Er behind her, but the result was far from ideal, because Lin Er's body was as hard as a rock. After a series of moves, it was her elbow that was in pain.

Finally, Huiyi had no choice but to resort to the simplest and most brutal method: she grabbed Lin Er's hand that was covering him and bit it hard.

The flesh on the other's palm was a bit hard to bite, and most importantly, even the flesh on Lin Er's palm was hard. She took a vicious bite and bit down hard on the calluses on the other's palm, almost breaking her teeth, and smeared the other's palm with saliva.

But this method worked very well. Whether it was because Lin Er was in pain or disgusted by his saliva, he immediately let go and exclaimed "Huh!"

"Li Huiyi, how disgusting are you?"

Caught off guard by this sudden attack, Lin Lanting's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly wiped his wet palms on his robe.

The dampness was gone, but the slight, itchy pain lingered.

He lost his composure and couldn't help but call the princess a spoiled brat.

Huiyi didn't have time to argue with him. She immediately tried to rush out, but this was the woodshed. She ran too fast and didn't see the broken firewood under her feet. She tripped and fell straight onto a pile of dry grass, which was the place where Lin Lanting had been lying.

Lin Lanting was even more shameless. Taking advantage of the moment she fell, he immediately ran to the door and bolted it shut.

"What do you want to do? I am a princess, and you are a subject. How dare you offend me! I will make sure my father exterminates your entire family!"

In her fear, Huiyi forgot everything and babbled incoherently, hoping to intimidate the raging dog.

As expected, Lin Lanting was amused by the spoiled princess's blustering words.

He mimicked Huiyi's actions, cracking the whip twice on the ground and grinning wickedly, saying, "Princess, have you forgotten that the Emperor recently bestowed a marriage upon us? We are now betrothed. If you exterminate my entire clan, you are only exterminating yourself. Aren't you stupid?"

The so-called "extermination of three clans" refers to the father's clan, mother's clan, and wife's clan

Lin Lanting was not yet married, but according to the imperial decree, she was Lin Lanting's fiancée, and this matter could not be disputed.

"Then I will exterminate your two clans!"

Seeing that the willful princess was still so stubborn, Lin Lanting found it even more interesting. So he walked closer, brandishing his whip, and said in a deliberately wicked tone, "Before the princess takes my parents' and my family's place, I will make sure to get back what I have lost."

"Did the princess just whip me twice?"

"Hmm, it seems so. So, Princess, are you ready?"

He didn't care whether Huiyi paid attention to him or not, and Lin Lanting answered to himself, just like a demon.

The strategies for offense and defense differ.

As Lin Lanting approached with a whip in his hand, looking as if he was about to lash her, Huiyi became increasingly nervous.

She said tremblingly, "I'm telling you, I'm a princess, and you're the prince consort. I can hit you if I want, but you can't hit me!"

"This is insubordination!"

Huiyi hoped her words would calm him down, but it was obviously useless, because she saw Lin Er arrogantly raise his whip.

"Help!"

After crying out for help, Huiyi knelt down and then covered her head.

Snap!

"ah!"

Snap!

"ah!"

Two sharp cracks of whipping followed by the girl's terrified screams, her tone suggesting she had been badly beaten.

Such a commotion was naturally heard by the people in Biqing outside, who immediately went to the door to inquire.

"Princess, what's wrong?"

After being asked, they quickly realized what had happened.

Two lashes were followed by their princess's scream, clearly indicating that she had been whipped.

Realizing that their princess might have been defeated by the second son of the Lin family, a storm of emotions surged within them.

How dare Lin Erlang! How could he possibly do that!

A group of maids immediately began to push the door open, but when they found it was bolted from the inside, they were filled with shock and anger, shouting and cursing outside, but to no avail.

The scene inside the door, however, was rather comical.

After the two lashes, Huiyi found that she didn't feel any pain anywhere on her body.

After feeling it again, I still felt no pain anywhere.

With a look of surprise and uncertainty, Huiyi raised her head and looked at Lin Er, who was standing in front of her wielding a whip.

He burst into laughter, his arrogant demeanor blatantly disrespectful.

He had already thrown the whip on the ground. He stood with his hands on his hips, laughing so hard he couldn't stand up straight. If he hadn't been holding onto the wall, he probably would have collapsed from laughing.

Haha~

"Li Huiyi, how can there be such an amusing person as you in this world?"

"You're yelling so loudly, it's as if I really hit you."

Lin Lanting had no intention of harming this unruly princess. Firstly, although she had just whipped him twice, which was a bit excessive, it was not a reason for him to hit a woman.

Moreover, this girl is a princess, and as a subject, if he were to actually hit her, it would be unacceptable in front of the emperor. He's not that stupid.

So he just wanted to scare the spoiled princess with two empty whips, but she was too scared to even look at them. Her two empty whips were perfectly coordinated with his, as if they had really landed on her delicate body.

Genius!