Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Xia Yanran stared at the scene in front of her in disbelief.
Although she had heard before that there was never a lack of women by Xiao Yi’s side, she had never seen him with another woman after they got together.
The most recent time was also the incident when she misunderstood him and his adoptive daughter.
When he was in front of her, he had never hugged another woman apart from her.
No matter if he was just acting or angering her on purpose, Xia Yanran’s heart still felt like it was stabbed ruthlessly with a sharp, twisted blade.
After the young girl was pulled onto Xiao Yi’s lap, she immediately blushed, not knowing what to do.
She struggled, wanting to stand up but Xia Yanran was faster than her.
“You can help him change his bandage!” Xia Yanran did not say anything else, merely blurting out this sentence before she got up to leave.
Her ankle still hurt, and she was still limping as she stumbled out of the cave.
Only when her slender figure disappeared from the cave did Xiao Yi retract his eyes. He glanced at the young girl whose face and ears were completely red from his action, letting go of her as he glanced at her indifferently. “I’m sorry.”
Although the young girl was innocent and did not really know of the harsh realities of the world, she understood why he had done this.
He was merely using her to chase that older girl away.
The young girl looked down. “I’ll help you change your bandage!”
Xiao Yi took the bandages from her, as he waved his other hand. He said a little weakly, “I can do this myself. You can leave too!”
Ever since she saved him, his attitude had always been very cold and indifferent.
He would even go crazy in the middle of the night. She wanted to help him once, but he pushed her far away.
The young girl knew a little about medicine. Her parents had taught her since young to be a kind person, which was why she wanted to quickly heal this man whose face was covered in stubble and wanted nothing else.
However, since he insisted that he could do it himself, she did not persist. “After you’re done changing your bandage, please remember to eat the food.”
Xiao Yi’s face was tensed as he remained silent.
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After Xia Yanran left the cave, she limped towards the village.
The young boy that saved her was standing at the end of the village. He hurriedly ran over after seeing Xia Yanran, his tanned cheeks a little flushed.
Xia Yanran glanced at his black, bright eyes as she smiled brightly, “Is there a shop in your village?”
The boy nodded.
“Can you take me there?”
The boy shook his head. “I have to wait for my older sister.”
Xia Yanran shrugged her shoulders. “Alright, can you tell me where the shop is?”
“At the village entrance.”
Xia Yanran thanked the boy before she left.
As Xia Yanran walked to the small shop at the village entrance, her forehead was covered in a layer of sweat.
Her ankle hurt so badly.
It was lucky that she had placed some cash in her pockets before she left home.
She bought a bowl of instant noodles.
The people in the village were all very simple and kind. The lady boss noticed Xia Yanran limping and hurriedly called her into her house and brought over an ointment for her.
While Xia Yanran was eating instant noodles, the lady boss sat opposite of her as she knitted a sweater. Glancing at Xia Yanran’s scarlet lips and white teeth, she said mysteriously, “Miss, you’re really pretty, so don’t run about anyhow at night. If you have nowhere to stay, you can sleep in our house tonight.”
Xia Yanran’s long eyelashes fluttered lightly. She sipped a mouthful of noodles before she glanced towards the lady boss in confusion. “The people in the village are all very nice, would they do anything to me?”
The lady boss waved her hand. “Of course not, none of our villagers would do anything to you. You probably don’t know that an injured man arrived at our village a few days ago. He looked really fierce and even almost strangled his savior to death one night.”
Xia Yanran immediately furrowed her eyebrows at this.
Was Xiao Yi the fierce man the lady was referring to?
He almost strangled that young girl that saved him to death?
From the moment he kept trying to anger her and chased her to leave, she had already noticed that something was wrong with him.
When she took the initiative to kiss him and tease him, his body was so tense that he felt like he was going to explode. If it was in the past, he would had long torn her pants and forcefully succumbed to his desires.
He was never one who ill-treated himself when it came to his more carnal desires!
“Lady boss, is there still food in your house?” Xia Yanran took out a hundred dollar bill and passed it to the lady boss. “I’m not full yet, so I want to cook something.”
“Yes, yes, yes. I’ll bring you over there.”
Xia Yanran made a meat dish and another vegetarian dish. She packed them in boxes before she used the stick again to support her way back to the cave.
That damned Xiao Beast, she must have owed him something in her previous life!
When he tortured her so much before, she was waiting day by day for the time to run away from him. She even wanted to kill him.
However, now that she had the chance finally, she was the one who presented herself to him now.
Xia Yanran arrived at the cave once more, noting that the man was dozing off as he lay on that wooden bed.
He did not eat a single bit of the food that the young girl had sent.
Xia Yanran carried the food boxes as she walked towards the bed.
The man did not seem to see her, as he continued to stare at the dark cave wall in a daze.
Xia Yanran lifted the stick in her hand to poke his arm. “I made some food. The meat with long beans smells really good, do you want some?”
The man’s unfocused eyes moved onto her.
When his eyes landed on Xia Yanran’s well-defined face, he furrowed his eyebrows, clearly not expecting for her to return. “When did you become so thick-skinned? Aren’t you going to hide far away after seeing me flirt with a beautiful girl who is younger than you?”
A loud slap echoed through the cave.
Xia Yanran had picked up a rod and hit his arm.
She did not spare him, as he furrowed his eyebrows in pain. “Xia Yanran, you were the one who slapped me first. I didn’t even settle that with you, but you still dare to hit me again?”
She even used a rod to hit him this time? Was she unhappy because he did not hit her with his rod before?
Xia Yanran scoffed, “Look at how pathetic you are now, do you still have the energy to hit me?”
Xiao Yi immediately sat up from the bed.
His eyes glared at Xia Yanran coldly.
It was as if he wanted to skin and swallow her alive.
Xia Yanran stood still, before she opened the food containers a few seconds later.
The fragrance of the food oozed out.
Xiao Yi bobbled his Adam’s apple, as if he almost gave in for that few seconds. However, he moved his eyes away after and stood up from the bed.
“Aren’t you leaving?”
Xia Yanran presented a pair of chopsticks in front of him. “Try it, see if my cooking skills have improved.”
A loud slap sounded.
The chopsticks in her hands were slapped away by him, and they fell to the floor.
Xia Yanran stared at the man, whose mood fluctuated a lot with his foul temper. The emotions she suppressed with her seemed to erupt like a volcano. She threw the box of food on the floor, glaring at the man with red eyes, “What is wrong with you? Can’t you tell me properly about what trouble you have? Or is it because you decided to give up on everything after you were tricked by Second Master Qin? Are you planning to spend the rest of your life in this cave alone until you die?”
Xiao Yi pushed Xia Yanran away harshly. He growled as he stalked away from her, “You don’t have to worry anymore about me!”
Xia Yanran fell to the floor as a result. She stared at his departing figure, feeling extremely bitter as if she had chewed on the bitter herb!
