Lin Xihe slowly came to her senses and realized that her knees were cold and painful, as if countless needles were pricking them.
She couldn't help but feel extremely regretful, blaming herself for loving to read sadomasochistic novels in the first place.
Why don't you like reading sweet romance novels? If I could travel into a sweet romance novel, I could live a wonderful life every day instead of being in such a desperate situation.
Lin Xihe had made up her mind. She would rather suffer Mu Ruoyan's bullying in the long journey ahead than have any emotional entanglement with him.
Lin Xihe knelt there all night, and as the night deepened, drowsiness overwhelmed her like a surging tide.
Her head kept drooping uncontrollably, almost touching the ground.
However, the slightest sound would instantly wake her up, and she would force herself to kneel upright once more.
The next day.
Mu Ruoyan woke up from her sleep in a leisurely manner, but did not get up. Instead, she lazily turned to her side, propped her head up with her hand, and looked at Lin Xihe with great interest.
Looking at this stubborn woman, who would rather endure the entire night on this cold, hard floor than submit to him, he felt as if a heavy stone was lodged in his heart, and a pent-up anger was hard to dissipate.
"How did it feel to kneel all night?" Mu Ruoyan finally asked, her voice carrying a hint of barely perceptible provocation.
Lin Xihe tried to respond, but when she opened her mouth, she was shocked to find that her throat felt like it had been burned, hoarse and painful, and every syllable was extremely difficult to utter.
He coughed twice before speaking, "It's...it's dawn now, can we set off?"
"Don't rush, I'm still not fully awake," Mu Ruoyan said unhurriedly.
"Then, Young Master Mu, please continue." Lin Xihe turned her head away, her eyes revealing a hint of helplessness and annoyance, and continued to stare at the ground in front of her.
At this moment, there were sounds coming from the bed again, accompanied by the rustling of Mu Ruoyan getting dressed.
"I slept so well last night with a beautiful woman keeping watch. If every day could be like that, wouldn't that be wonderful?" Mu Ruoyan continued to ramble on, saying those irrelevant and frivolous things while tidying her clothes.
Lin Xihe remained unmoved by his words, choosing silence to respond to his provocations.
Upon seeing this scene, Mu Ruoyan's anger flared up even more.
He strode up to Lin Xihe, casually reached out and gently lifted her chin. An irresistible force compelled her to look up and meet his gaze.
"You really are making my patience run out bit by bit. What use is your mouth if you can't speak properly?" A hint of annoyance flashed in his eyes, and his words were full of accusation.
"I've been kneeling all night, can you please let me up?"
Lin Xihe didn't want all the pain she had endured that night to go to waste, so she could only suppress her humiliation and disgust and ask in a pitiful tone.
When Mu Ruoyan saw that Lin Xihe finally responded, and then glanced at her bloodless, pale face, for some reason, the anger that had been building up inside her dissipated somewhat.
He released Lin Xihe's chin and then reached out his hand in front of her, seemingly to help her up.
Lin Xihe felt a strong sense of resistance when she saw his outstretched hand.
She absolutely loathed the feeling of being treated like a plaything and manipulated at will.
Although her knees were numb from kneeling for so long and every movement was excruciating, she still turned to the side, reached out with difficulty, grabbed the wooden strip on the door, and with all her might, managed to stand up unsteadily.
Mu Ruoyan stared blankly at her empty hand for a moment, then withdrew it.
"Get out of here. We'll depart in half an hour," Mu Ruoyan said coldly. Although her tone still carried a commanding air, it lacked some of her previous arrogance.
Hearing the answer she had been longing for, Lin Xihe felt a great weight lifted from her heart, but on the surface she simply replied, "Thank you, Young Master Mu. What happened yesterday will not happen again."
At this moment, she was extremely weak, her body swaying precariously. She could only hold tightly to the door and the wall, relying on their support to barely drag her heavy steps toward her room.
Every step I took felt like walking on cotton, soft and weak, and I could fall down at any moment.
After finally getting back to her room, she lifted her skirt and trouser legs to look at her knees, only to find that her once fair knees were now covered in bruises.
She took a deep breath, endured the pain, picked up the ointment that Tao Musheng had prepared to reduce swelling and bruising, and carefully applied it to the wound.
Afterwards, she struggled to change into clean clothes, tidied herself up a bit, picked up her luggage, and dragged her exhausted body to the lobby of the inn for a meal.
Although she had no appetite and felt nauseous, she knew she needed to replenish her energy, so she forced herself to eat some food despite her discomfort.
Fortunately, Mu Ruoyan did not break her promise this time.
Not long after, he also went downstairs to the lobby for a meal.
During this time, he ignored Lin Xihe completely, as if she were invisible.
But after finishing his meal, he immediately instructed his servants to prepare for departure.
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