Su Ruanruan lay limply on the bed, trying to calm herself down.
But a moment later, a slight noise came from outside the door.
She disregarded everything else, fearing that the butcher would return to fight again, and with a quick leap, she rolled off the bed and ran barefoot towards the back door, her ankles burning with pain once more.
She held the door tightly, but could still feel the other person's strength.
My meager strength is utterly insignificant.
"Sir, didn't we agree on something? Three days later..."
With a cry of "Ouch!", the door was pushed open forcefully from the outside, and Su Ruanruan fell to the ground.
The fall made my back hurt even more, and my feet hurt even more.
A man, as large as a small hill, cast a shadow above her.
The shadow crept in, and Su Ruanruan knew she couldn't escape tonight.
"You lied to me all along!"
Not Butcher Zhou?
The voice sounded strangely familiar.
She slowly raised her head, only to meet a pair of cold, piercing eyes. His fists clenched so tightly that the temperature around them seemed to drop several degrees.
"Sir?"
Su Ruanruan then realized that she was barely covered up, and quickly crossed her arms, looking embarrassed.
"Sir, what brings you here?"
Huo Yan gritted his teeth. "What? Why can't I come? If I don't come, how will I know you're lying to me?"
Even though he tried to cover it up, he could still see the marks on her body.
He was feeling down and went hunting in the mountains, but he overheard some women chatting and learned from them that Su Ruanruan was a woman of bad character who had been having affairs with many men.
If you've already had an affair with someone, how can you still be innocent?
What about what happened in the prison cell that day?
It was just a little trick she put on herself.
She truly is a fox adept at disguise.
He followed the man quietly after he slipped into the room, only to hear the two of them moaning softly until she said she wasn't feeling well that day and would meet again in three days.
What else could he not understand? He had been tricked by a woman!
Although he had recovered his gem, he still couldn't swallow his anger.
He hates being lied to the most!
Xinrou said she would wait for him to come back, but in the blink of an eye, she got engaged to someone else.
I was scammed once, then twice.
How could he not know that he was prone to being deceived?
Why are all these women deceiving him?
And there's that bookworm named Mu Bai whom I saw at the city gate today.
He was so foolish as to want to marry such a woman.
Little did he know, this woman was at home having an affair with another man.
How could she bear to deceive someone else's feelings?
Sensing Huo Yan's anger, even though Su Ruanruan was slow to react, she knew why he was angry.
He lost his gemstone, and then he lied to him in the prison cell.
Now he has seen her half-clothed, and on top of that, he is spewing vulgarities at her from outside.
He must not believe her anymore, so he came to settle scores with her.
Su Ruanruan gave an awkward smile, got up from the ground, and said, "Let me explain~"
"Explanation? Ha, I won't believe a single word you say, woman."
His gaze was fierce, sending chills down Su Ruanruan's spine.
She forced herself to ask again, "The gem wasn't found? Nor was it in the bird's nest?"
Huo Yan did not answer her.
He refused to answer that question.
Su Ruanruan bit her lip, somewhat disappointed; she hadn't found it.
"Ugh..." The fishy smell on her body made her feel nauseous.
Oh no, I got taken advantage of today for nothing.
When it rains, it pours; one leaves, another arrives.
Seeing Huo Yan frown and look at her with disgust, the scar on his face twisted in pain.
Su Ruanruan's gaze lingered on his scar for a moment longer before she spoke in a flattering manner.
“I have a friend… about this scar of yours…”
"Shut up, it's none of your business."
Su Ruanruan: ……
"So what exactly do you want? Should I pay you back? Or should you drag me back to jail?"
Su Ruanruan really couldn't figure out what he wanted, so she could only give up and do whatever she wanted.
Huo Yan himself hadn't figured it out. He had felt apologetic, but in the end, he was told that he had been tricked.
The apology vanished, leaving only anger.
Su Ruanruan also has a temper, and even though she's afraid of him, she doesn't want to hold back anymore.
"Alright, sir, take your time thinking about it. I'll be right back."
She put on a coat and took both oil lamps with her.
The room was plunged into darkness in an instant.
While adding firewood to the stove, Su Ruanruan frantically wiped herself with a handkerchief.
How do we deal with that terrifying monster, Zhou the Butcher?
We need to think of a good plan, otherwise we'll be completely taken advantage of in three days.
She still preferred Mu Bai's cute, small physique. If it were the butcher or the rough constable from before, with her small frame, she probably wouldn't have seen the next day's sun.
She carefully wiped the areas that had been touched, and it took her a long time to tidy herself up.
It's unbearably hot during the day and freezing cold at night.
Su Ruanruan shivered and quickly slipped back into her room.
It's too cold at night.
All she wanted was to get back to her comfortable bed.
But when they saw the scene on the bed, they were dumbfounded.
She thought the constable had left, but he hadn't.
She was still lying in her own bed, covered with her own pink blanket.
But she was shivering from the cold.
Su Ruanruan smoothed her furrowed brow, reminding herself not to get angry.
He immediately put down the oil lamp and reached out to push him, "Sir, why are you lying here?"
Huo Yan hadn't had a proper rest for many days, but today was strange. After she took the oil lamp away, drowsiness came over her, and she leaned against the pillow on the unfamiliar bed.
I was feeling sleepy right now and didn't want to talk to her at all.
Su Ruanruan never expected things to turn out this way. Weren't they here to settle scores with her?
What does this mean now?
But her little house was only so big, with a bed, a quilt, a low table with a broken leg, and a rocking chair that Qin Bei had given her.
Where does she sleep?
The original owner's parents' house had long been occupied and used as a storage room.
Where is there anywhere to sleep?
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