He tightened his grip, making the rope even tighter!
Undeterred, Ji Qingyu tried to pull at the other one with her teeth, but she couldn't budge it at all.
Now he realized that the first rope was not a slipknot, and the knot in his hand had become a dead knot!
"What are we going to do?!"
Ji Qingyu started to get anxious. If he couldn't solve it and didn't go out in the morning, they would definitely come looking for him and make fun of him.
He tried various methods, but no matter the angle, even with his lips chafed raw by the rope, he couldn't untie it.
"We're doomed!"
Ji Qingyu sat on the ground with a mournful face, motionless for a moment.
"Forget it! Let's try again when it's light and we can see clearly!"
He didn't dare to untie the knot on his leg again, fearing it would become a tangled mess.
With great effort, Ji Qingyu climbed into bed and covered herself with the blanket again, her eyes wide open, too afraid to sleep.
He didn't sleep well all night, afraid that he would oversleep.
Her mind was racing with a jumble of thoughts about recent events, but most of them were related to Su Qinghe.
As he thought about it, the scene of her helping him relieve his pain last night came to mind.
Looking back now, he doesn't know what he was insisting on last night. It was just calling her "wife" so naturally that day!
But she deliberately tried to hear it, so he couldn't make a sound, and ended up hurting himself for nothing.
...
In the early morning, Su Qinghe opened her eyes, kissed Lin Xi in her arms, and got up to do her morning exercise.
"Hmm!"
As she passed by Ji Qingyu's door, she heard some indescribable sounds coming from inside.
She would hum softly one moment and then breathe heavily the next.
"?"
Su Qinghe paused at the door.
"What's that kid doing so early in the morning?"
Inside the room, Ji Qingyu sat on the bed, her back bent, biting the knot in her teeth and pulling hard backward.
"Huff~ Huff~"
The knot remained perfectly still, yet he was panting heavily from exhaustion.
As time ticked away, he steeled himself and exerted all his strength, only to hear a loud "bang".
His teeth pulled out a rope, but his upper body couldn't control the force, and his back slammed straight into the bedpost behind him.
"Um!"
He groaned in pain.
"Ji Qingyu, what's wrong?"
There was a sudden knock on the door, and Ji Qingyu heard Su Qinghe's voice.
A flicker of panic crossed his face. Ignoring the pain, he shouted towards the door.
"I'm fine! I'm changing clothes! You're not allowed in!"
He frantically tried to untie the rope binding his hands, but the more anxious he became, the more clumsy and disorganized he became.
Listening to the sounds coming from inside the house, Su Qinghe's expression grew increasingly strange.
Is changing clothes really that much of a sound? Is this kid up to something bad?
"Have you changed yet?"
After a while, she asked.
Hearing that Su Qinghe was still standing outside the door, Ji Qingyu was so anxious that a few drops of cold sweat appeared on her forehead.
He had just freed the rope from his hands, but the rope on his feet remained firmly in place.
"Right away!" he replied, and quickly untied the ropes binding his legs.
What do you want from me?
The door opened from the inside, and Ji Qingyu stood in the doorway, panting and disheveled.
Looking at the man in front of her, who was still wearing his undergarments, had a flushed face, and slightly swollen lips, Su Qinghe's eyebrows twitched.
"Didn't you say you were changing clothes?" She looked him up and down.
Ji Qingyu's face stiffened. "Uh...yes, yes!"
His eyes flickered, and he mumbled, "My clothes got dirty again, so I just changed into new ones. I want to sleep a little longer!"
"What do you want from me?" He awkwardly changed the subject.
Su Qinghe stepped forward, put her arm around the man's waist, and whispered in his ear, "I think we should listen to the doctor and clear our meridians more."
Suddenly, a large hand was placed on her waist, and Ji Qingyu trembled all over, her blush turning even redder.
"No, no need, I'm not in pain anymore today, no need to trouble yourself!" He reached out and placed his hand between the two of them.
Her sleeve slipped down, revealing a section of her fair arm, but it was marked with rings of red marks.
Su Qinghe's eyes darkened. "What is this?"
"Huh?" Ji Qingyu followed her gaze and looked down. When he saw the marks left by the rope, he quickly put his hands down.
"N-nothing, it's just from sleeping on it for too long!"
Su Qinghe knew he was lying, but she was too lazy to call him out on it.
"It doesn't hurt now, but that's only because it's not the first day. You still need to massage it frequently and proceed gradually!"
After saying that, Su Qinghe ignored Ji Qingyu's struggles and lifted her up by the waist.
"Really, it's not necessary!" Ji Qingyu insisted.
As he watched her get closer and closer to the bed, he began to feel anxious.
His rope is still hidden under the blanket!
Su Qinghe placed the person on the bed and sat down herself, but felt something pressing down on her.
"What's that prickly thing on your bed?"
She made a move to lift the blanket.
"Hey!" Ji Qingyu reached out to stop her, but she was a step too late.
The blanket was pulled back, revealing a long, thin hemp rope.
Seeing that things were not going well, Ji Qingyu quickly rushed forward and twisted the rope into a ball, hiding it behind her back.
Why did you put the rope on the bed?
Su Qinghe raised an eyebrow at his actions but did not stop him.
"The red marks on your legs and arms, you didn't tie them yourself, did you?"
When he lunged forward, part of his calf was exposed.
Thinking back to the sound she had just heard, an absurd idea suddenly popped into her head.
This kid, could he possibly like...?
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