Ji Xinhe was cornered by him, with nowhere to retreat. She felt her medicine-induced symptoms intensifying, almost to the point of breaking her.
Ji Xinhe could only experience a dry mouth and heavy breathing getting worse. How could she possibly not be moved by him?
Even if she cursed at him in her heart a thousand times, she could not deny the fact that she had fallen into his trap again. She was at his mercy, with him interfering with her medicine. Despite the number of times this happened, she was drawn to him, just like the first time, without any hesitation.
The last straw of sanity in Ji Xinhe’s mind was crushed. She leaned forward and kissed his lips that were right in front of her.
A barely discernible smile curling lip appeared at the corner of Mu Houchu’s lips. He took advantage of the situation and arrogantly kissed her back. Ji Xinhe had lost her rationality, and she was lost in the haze of consciousness. All she wanted was to be closer to the man in front of her. She wanted to get closer, just a little bit closer!
Ji Xinhe’s small hands restlessly climbed upon his neck, and she hugged him tightly. Her body seemed to relax with his comfort. She craved to be even closer to him.
Ji Xinhe rarely took the initiative. Of course, Mu Houchu could not pass up such an opportunity.
Just when the atmosphere was becoming intense, a piercing scream suddenly came from outside, "Ah!"
Immediately, there were shouts of surprise from everyone outside.
Following that, Xiao Bei was knocking on the door in panic, "Sister! Sister! Come out now! Something happened to Ding Hui. Ding Hui, he, he..."
Xiao Bei’s voice immediately snapped Ji Xinhe out of her stupor and she hurriedly pushed away Mu Houchu in panic.
Her force against Mu Houchu was obviously too weak to have any effect.
Mu Houchu knew what was happening outside but didn’t seem to care. He wanted to seize this rare opportunity.
However, the commotion outside was getting louder and louder. Xiao Bei didn’t stop knocking on the door, and Mu Houchu reluctantly let go of Ji Xinhe and got out of bed.
But Ji Xinhe, because of the drug’s effect, felt too weak to move, and lay listlessly on the bed.
Mu Houchu lovingly held her in his arms, kissed her cheek, and then took a small porcelain bottle out of his robe. He poured a small pearl-like pill from it, fed it into her mouth, pinched her face lightly, and whispered, "I’ll let you off this time. Next time, you’ll pay double!"
When Ji Xinhe swallowed the pill, the heat burning inside her seemed to gradually subside with the coolness of the pill.
"Mmm..." Ji Xinhe whispered weakly, half-closing her eyes.
Mu Houchu took it as her consent, and with a smile, he put her back into bed, covered her with a quilt, and then quickly dressed himself. He swiftly darted out of the window, disappearing from sight.
Just as he left, Ji Dong and Xiao Bei burst through the door.
"Xin He, Xin He, what happened?" Ji Dong anxiously asked, rushing inside.
Ji Xinhe, now somewhat lucid, rubbed her eyes and propped herself up to sit. "What happened?" she asked.
Upon seeing that she had just awoken, Ji Dong couldn’t help but sigh in relief. ’’Why didn’t you answer when Xiao Bei knocked on the door earlier? He was worried something happened to you. He came to me, so I came to check on you. We couldn’t open the door, so we pushed it open. Good that you were only sleeping. How could you sleep so heavily? Are you tired?’’
Ji Xinhe felt guilty. Of course, she knew what she was doing just now. If it wasn’t for Xiao Bei interrupting her, she might still be with Mu Chu...
Ji Xinhe bit her lip and pounded on her chest regretfully. She was now more and more out of control, letting herself get hooked so easily. This evildoer of a man was really infuriating!
"Sis, what’s wrong?" Xiao Bei blinked and curiously asked her.
Ji Xinhe forced a smile before letting out a dry laugh. "No, nothing. Ah, wait, why did you come here?"
Xiao Bei was getting more and more talkative lately, asking all kinds of curious questions. If she didn’t divert his attention now, he might start asking some other absurd questions!
Only then did Xiao Bei exclaim, "Oh right! I came here to find you for something important! Sister, come out with me quickly!"
Ji Xinhe instinctively knew that something important had happened but was not particularly worried. She put on her shoes and followed Xiao Bei outside.
Stepping outside, she realized that their little courtyard was already in chaos.
There was a crowd gathered around the courtyard gate, pointing and commenting loudly at the scene in the main room.
"Ding Hui! You beast! What are you doing?! Are you looking for death?" Ji Dashan’s bellowing voice rang out, after which he started beating Ding Hui mercilessly with a fire stick.
Scared, Ding Hui hysterically begged for mercy, "Spare me, brother-in-law! I didn’t mean it, it wasn’t intentional!"
"You dare speak!" Ji Dashan was so furious that he was seeing red. He swung his stick and beat Ding Hui again, making him scream in pain.
Ji Xinhe was somewhat surprised. This was the first time she had seen Ji Dashan so angry. It seemed that this time, Ding Hui had really crossed the line.
In fact, Ji Dashan’s bottom line had always been very clear--his reputation and respect, which was probably the only thing he cared about in public. Now that Ding Hui had done something inappropriate to Lady Ding, it was as if he had trampled on Ji Dashan’s face.
Xiao Bei whispered to Ji Xinhe, "Sis, you didn’t see what just happened. Lady Ding suddenly screamed, and I thought something happened. So I went out to have a look. Unexpectedly, I saw her run out of the room in disarray. It scared me! Then, Ding Hui was chasing after her, seeming to want to throw himself at her! The commotion was so big that many villagers came to watch. Dad came home, saw what was going on, and got so mad that his eyes turned red! He started beating Ding Hui right away!"
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