"Mmm, you should go to bed early too." Mu Houchu’s voice showed no emotion.
However, he always acted like this, so Ji Dong didn’t pay much mind to it, nodded, turned around, and closed the door as he left.
Ji Dong went to the latrine, as he had to get up in the middle of the night for it. He went over to check things out when he heard the noise. Fortunately, there was no problem, so he felt relieved.
On the way back to his room, he passed by Ji Xinhe’s room, and when he looked at the locked door, he couldn’t help but pause his footsteps. However, after a brief moment, he walked on directly.
Xin He was already a grown-up girl, and it was inappropriate for him to enter her room. Although he inexplicably had some doubts, he still suppressed them and went back to his room, burying his head and falling asleep.
Ji Xinhe pricked up her ears, and as soon as she heard Ji Dong return to his room and close the door, her heart, which had been lifted to her throat, finally fell back. In an instant, she drilled out of the quilt, still grabbing the clothes that Mu Houchu had just taken off, holding them in front of her and glaring with her round almond eyes, grinding her teeth and said: "You bastard!"
He tricked her into compassion and helped him with his medicine, only to turn into a beast! This man was simply too much!
Ji Xinhe’s sudden departure made his embrace emptier, and the gradually filled room of his heart emptied in an instant. The desire had long since subsided, leaving only nostalgia and reluctance.
Mu Houchu looked into Ji Xinhe’s eyes, which still held some residual heat, his voice hoarse: "You didn’t call me that when you slept with me before."
Even with her thick skin, Ji Xinhe blushed at this moment, her eyes wide as she stuttered, "You—you—you don’t bring up that. I had no choice!"
Mu Houchu’s eyes were filled with a touch of grievance: "So you don’t even recognize me when you turn your face."
Ji Xinhe stared, what kind of look was this man giving her now?! Acting as if she had played with him and then thrown him away!
"Don’t pretend! You know full well that I was poisoned at the time, and that incident was settled. You’ve been living off me for so long, so you should be square by now!" Ji Xinhe said with a stiff neck.
Mu Houchu got out of bed, slowly stood up, and approached Ji Xinhe. She glared at him warily and retreated subconsciously.
But who knew that Mu Houchu would flash in front of her, and by the time Ji Xinhe reacted, he had already hooked a large hand around her waist, forcing her closer. In a low and hoarse voice, he whispered softly in her ear: "Are we even? Sleeping with me once won’t be that easy to repay."
Ji Xinhe shuddered all over: "Then what do you want?"
Mu Houchu hooked his lips gently: "You must have forgotten what I said before. To repay, you have to let me sleep with you until I die."
"You have no shame!"
"Shame or no shame, I want you anyway." Mu Houchu’s lips curled up in a dark smile, his tone filled with domineering certainty.
It seemed that this one sentence had defined her for life, with no chance of change.
Whether it was his overwhelming aura or the strange atmosphere at the moment, Ji Xinhe panicked for the first time. She pushed him away and fled like a street rat, not knowing whether she was unwilling or afraid to face him.
But she was pulled back by Mu Houchu.
Ji Xinhe glared at him somewhat indignantly: "What else do you want?"
But Mu Houchu picked up the clothes she was clutching tightly in her embrace and carefully dressed her one by one, his sword-like eyebrows furrowed: "It’s so cold outside, are you trying to freeze to death by going out like this?"
Ji Xinhe closed her mouth awkwardly and fell silent, looking at the tall man in front of her who was bending down and dressing her one by one, feeling an inexplicable warmth in her heart.
Realizing this strange emotion, Ji Xinhe shuddered awake and quickly shook her head to dispel these messy thoughts. When Mu Houchu finished dressing her and finally let her go, she turned around and ran as fast as she could.
Watching Ji Xinhe fleeing in panic, Mu Houchu lifted the corners of his lips helplessly. He was not a tiger, so why would she be so scared of him?
No, this woman wouldn’t be afraid even if she saw a tiger, so why was she afraid of him?
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The next morning, Ji Xinhe overslept for the first time, and it wasn’t until late when Xiao Bei crawled into her room to wake her up.
"Sister, sister, if you keep sleeping, the sun will come out, and we still have to go to town to sell our pickles." Xiao Bei pushed at her quilt. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺
Ji Xinhe sleepily rubbed her eyes and opened them to see that it was already daylight outside. In an instant, she sat up from the bed: "What time is it now?"
"Sister, get up quickly. Why are you sleeping so late today and still not waking up? Did you have a good dream and didn’t want to wake up?" Xiao Bei said with a playful smile.
As Ji Xinhe remembered what had happened last night, she couldn’t help but shudder. A good dream? That was clearly a nightmare!
Ji Xinhe said displeasedly, "No, I had a nightmare! It was so noisy that I couldn’t sleep."
Xiao Bei blinked: "A nightmare that you didn’t want to wake up from? Sister, you’re being insincere."
Ji Xinhe laughed coldly and pinched Xiao Bei’s cheek, "Xiao Bei, you’ve learned idioms? Are you going to teach your sister someday?"
Xiao Bei gritted his teeth and cried out, "No, no, it was just Brother Mu Chu who taught me this morning. He only taught me this one."
Ji Xinhe let go of Xiao Bei and said irritably, "What does he teach you this for?"
Xiao Bei rubbed his blushing cheeks and subconsciously moved a few steps away. He replied honestly: "Brother Mu Chu said that my sister likes to be insincere the most."
With a "slam", Ji Xinhe slapped the bed, gritting her teeth in frustration: "Mu Chu!"
This damn man was even spreading rumors about her in front of her brother!
Xiao Bei immediately stepped back a few more steps, and fortunately, he had retreated just now, or else he might have been slapped!
Ji Xinhe was going to change her clothes, and Xiao Bei, seizing the opportunity, ran out quickly.
Mu Houchu was in the courtyard, helping Ji Dong chop firewood. Naturally, he could hear Ji Xinhe’s frustrated shouts of "Mu Chu" just now, and seeing Xiao Bei running out in a panic, he smiled and said, "What’s wrong? Your sister is throwing a tantrum?"
Xiao Bei rubbed his chest and still didn’t forget to say good things about his sister, very sincerely: "Actually, my sister is very nice, just a bit temperamental sometimes."
"Mmm, I can see that, but I don’t mind." Mu Houchu said softly with a smile.
Xiao Bei tilted his head and thought about it, feeling puzzled. Why did these words sound so strange?
However, he was still too young to understand the complexities of it and had soon forgotten about it.
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