Chapter 98 Dedication
That night, Cheng Ying, who was drunk, was carried back to her room by Long Buxi.
She appeared drunk, but was actually quite lucid. She thought Long Buxi would take advantage of her drunkenness to consummate their marriage, but Long Buxi didn't touch her. He simply took off her shoes and socks, fed her some hangover soup, and then held her as they fell into a deep sleep.
When Cheng Ying woke up the next morning, she saw Long Buxi's magnified handsome face sleeping on her neck, and her clothes were all intact. She felt no discomfort at all. Relieved, she couldn't help but wake Long Buxi up and ask him, "We're already married. I was drunk last night. Why didn't you touch me?"
Long Buxi's long hair was loose, and even though she was sleepy, her face was still so beautiful that it seemed unreal.
He looked at Cheng Ying with tender eyes and said, "Although we are already married, I will not do anything to upset you when you are not in a good state of mind or unwilling."
Cheng Ying hadn't expected him to respect her wishes so much, and she felt a little touched. "Come with me out of the village. We'll go find my parents, tell them about our marriage, go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to register our marriage, get our marriage certificate, and then we'll have a wedding banquet, and then..."
Long Buxi's eyes narrowed slightly. She straightened up and said coldly, "Why do you want to leave the village and go to your Han people's territory to get your Han people's marriage certificate and gain your Han people's recognition? I am a Miao person. I don't have your Han people's identity documents. You drank the nuptial wine with me and gained the recognition of our whole village. You are my wife. You can go to your parents if you want, but not now."
Cheng Ying retorted, "If not now, then when? Long Buxi, you're not going to make me stay in your village forever, are you?"
Long Buxi: "No."
Cheng Ying hesitated: "Then I want to leave now. I'm not injured or sick. I've stayed here too long. My parents should have finished dealing with Wei Muchen's matter and gone home by now. If I don't go back, they'll worry."
"No rush." Long Buxi got out of bed, put on his coat, turned around and hugged her tightly, saying, "It's not that I asked you to leave. You said you wouldn't lie to me, wouldn't be with any man other than me, and wouldn't get entangled with your ex. But as soon as I'm not by your side, you disappear."
“I believe you will come back soon after you leave the village, but I know that your feet are on your body and your heart is in your body. You can go wherever you want and you don’t have to come back if you don’t want to.”
“Cheng Ying, I don’t want to force you to do things you don’t want to do, but I can’t gamble on whether you have me in your heart or not. So from today onwards, until you have completely placed me in your heart, you can’t go anywhere except here.”
Cheng Ying's heart skipped a beat, her whole body went cold, and she couldn't help but struggle: "Long Buxi, are you crazy? Are you going to do what Wei Muchen did and imprison me here?"
“It’s not imprisonment, I just want you to have only me in your heart.” Long Buxi held her waist tightly, refusing to let go no matter how much she struggled.
“The outside is no different from the village. It’s all about eating and sleeping. There’s nothing fun to do. You’ll stay in my stilted house and stay by my side. Don’t go anywhere else.”
Cheng Ying tried to struggle, but Long Buxi whispered in her ear, "Cheng Ying, you should know my temper. Don't make me angry. You don't want to be bewitched by me and become a fool or a wooden doll like your ex, completely manipulated by me, do you?"
Cheng Ying's pupils contracted sharply, and her whole body trembled uncontrollably. She knew that Long Buxi was not joking. He had completely lost his mind. If she angered him, he was capable of anything.
Her hands fell limply to her sides, and she stopped struggling, letting Long Buxi hold her aching body tightly and whisper in her ear.
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For the next period of time, Cheng Ying stayed in Long Buxi's stilted house, eating and sleeping all day long, living a muddled life, unable to go out even if she wanted to.
Because her room was filled with Gu worms released by Long Buxi.
There were poisonous spiders on the window to prevent her from climbing out and escaping, and a colorful, venomous snake thicker than her wrist guarded the doorway, preventing her from leaving the room.
The room was filled with poisonous insects such as scorpions and centipedes. Even A-Lan could appear in her room at any time, and these insects would stop her if she made any unusual movements.
If she doesn't listen to advice, they will bite her, attack her, and curse her.
Cheng Ying couldn't leave her room and spent her days in a daze, becoming extremely anxious and restless.
She didn't know how long Long Buxi would keep her locked up, nor did she know if the people Long Buxi sent had done their job as postmen properly while she was away. She also didn't know what was going on with her parents after they returned to their hometown, or why they hadn't come looking for her.
She started a hunger strike. No matter what delicious food Long Buxi made, she wouldn't eat it. No matter how Long Buxi tried to persuade her or coerce her, she just wouldn't eat.
If Long Buxi forced her to eat, she would throw a tantrum at him, hitting and scolding him until he was covered in bruises or bitten until she realized she had gone too far and stopped.
Even so, Long Buxi still wouldn't let her go. He stood beside her, quietly watching her go crazy, watching her perform, as if he could see through all her tricks.
Gradually, Cheng Ying stopped her hunger strike and crying, and began to reflect on herself. What exactly was Long Buxi trying to do?
He said he would only let her go if she had feelings for him.
But she clearly has feelings for him, she likes him, she just wants to do her own thing and live her own life, why can't he understand her and force her to stay by his side?
She thought that it might be because she hadn't told Long Buxi that she liked him, which led to his distrust of her and his treatment of her.
So one rainy night, when Long Buxi brought her food, she sat on the edge of the bed, looked at him very seriously and said, "Long Buxi, I like you, I really like you, can you hear me? I'm not lying to you, I really like you."
Long Buxi looked at her with deep eyes, his gaze scrutinizing and insightful. He reached out and gently stroked Cheng Ying's much thinner cheeks, and said softly, "I know, I know you like me, but your liking is not enough for me. I want you to have only me in your heart, and for no one else to exist besides me."
Cheng Ying was stunned, not understanding what he wanted. She had already said she liked him and confessed her feelings to him, so why didn't he trust her?
Perhaps sensing what she was thinking, Long Buxi brought his lips close to her ear and whispered, "You said you like me, so what are you willing to give up for me?"
Dedication? Cheng Ying blinked in confusion, wondering what she could possibly offer, and why Long Buxi used the word "dedication."
From the moment she met Long Buxi, she knew that he was different from everyone else, not only because of his background and personality, but also because of his outstanding appearance and his completely different way of doing things compared to the Han people.
He was eccentric and obsessive, decisive and ruthless, and spoke and acted without any rhyme or reason, relying entirely on his own mood. However, because of his handsome appearance, he gave people the illusion that he was harmless.
When he was with her, he was mostly gentle and harmless, making it hard for her to tell whether he was a good person or had ulterior motives.
He kept her under house arrest in his stilted house. She knew exactly what he wanted to do, but she didn't dare to think about it too deeply.
Between men and women, besides love, all that remains is instinctive desire.
Long Buxi followed her previous words and did not force her to do anything, but he tried every means to make her do things against her will.
This man is not the innocent Miao youth she knew at all; this is his true self!
Cheng Ying looked at Long Buxi. His gaze was dark and deep, like a beast that had been lying in wait for a long time, about to devour its long-coveted prey. It was filled with naked desire and a little excitement, which made her scalp tingle.
The current Long Buxi felt too unfamiliar to her, but if she wanted to leave this place, she would have to pay a price.
She trembled, reached out and hugged Long Buxi's neck, bringing her lips to Long Buxi's mouth.
The rain outside the window drizzled all night.
As winter approaches, it's cold and damp outside, but the two figures huddled together inside don't feel the cold at all.
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For many days afterward, Long Buxi and Cheng Ying stayed in the house. He was young, and after his first taste of pleasure, he would... as long as Cheng Ying didn't refuse.
Cheng Ying was initially somewhat resistant. After all, she had agreed to share a room with Long Buxi to reassure him and let him know that she would not betray him, that she belonged to him completely, and that she would come back to him after leaving Pucang Village.
But after several attempts to get along, she went from resistance to gradually losing herself, wanting only to sink into depravity with him. Her thoughts gradually changed, and she felt that there was nothing wrong with staying in Pucang Village and his stilted house for the rest of her life. She then realized that something was wrong with her.
She suspected that Long Buxi had cast a spell on her, making her change her mind and unwilling to leave him. However, after carefully examining her body, she found that apart from the kiss marks Long Buxi had left on her, there were no signs of insect bites.
She felt something was wrong with her and couldn't help but ask Long Buxi, "When can I leave?"
Long Buxi didn't answer her, but instead brought her a bowl of hot cassava soup and offered her something to eat.
Cheng Ying was used to his silence. She pushed away the sweet soup he brought her and said to herself, "I'm yours now. I won't betray you, and I won't like any other man. Just let me go. I've been in the village for two months. I can't stay here any longer. I have work to do. I need to get out. You can't keep me imprisoned forever. This is a society governed by law. Long Buxi, even if we've consummated our marriage, it's still illegal for you to keep me under house arrest. Do you understand?"
Long Buxi remained silent, picked up a spoon, scooped up some soft, yellow cassava, carefully blew on it to cool it down, and fed it to her.
She turned her head and lay down on the bed, staring intently at the curtains, lost in thought.
Seeing that she didn't speak or eat, and her thin lips were pursed tightly, Long Buxi didn't force her. He put down the bowl of sweet soup and went out.
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