"No! Ugh..."
I forced myself to hold back the nausea and crawled desperately to Si Jiangchen's side, hugging his leg.
"Don't kill him. Let him talk!"
I now felt that all the heat was concentrated around the wound on my abdomen. The numb, itchy, and burning pain made my voice tremble slightly.
Si Jiangchen glanced at me in mild surprise, then threw the man to the ground.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
After a fit of desperate choking, the man looked up. "That's right... Women still value their lives... If you want to be human, you have to suffer and endure..."
"Bang!"
Before he could finish his sentence, Si Jiangchen's military - booted foot kicked the man, sending him flying into the wall and then falling to the ground.
"Three days. I'll give you three days to recover."
Si Jiangchen picked me up from the ground, squinted at the man, and said, "Three days later, take us there. If you can't find it, I'll bury you alive."
Saying that, he picked me up again, kicked open the prison door, and walked out.
The soldiers guarding at the end of the corridor outside only dared to run over after hearing the noise. "Commander..."
"Bind the man inside with beef tendon ropes," Si Jiangchen ordered.
The man was a tomb - robber. He had practiced bone - shrinking skills since childhood. He could dislocate his joints and escape from any confinement as small as a snake's den. Beef tendon ropes were just the right tool to deal with such people. Once the tough ropes dug into the flesh, no matter how he broke his bones, he would never be able to escape.
"Yes!"
The soldiers immediately obeyed the order, rushed into the cell, and kicked and punched the man. The man let out a series of miserable screams.
At this time, Si Jiangchen said casually, "Don't kill him. Keep him alive for three days. I still need him."
"Yes!"
...
"... You don't need to carry me anymore."
When we came out of the prison, the sunlight was blinding. I couldn't help but raise my hand to block it.
Si Jiangchen put me down as I asked, but still put his arm around my waist. With his other hand, he grabbed my bitten hand. "It's healed."
I naturally knew it was healed. A wound bitten by teeth would hurt badly, but now there was no pain in my hand at all. The two rows of deep tooth marks that had broken the skin had completely disappeared. Only a little bloodstain from before could vaguely show that I had been injured.
The car was parked outside the prison. Si Jiangchen put his arm around me and got back into the car. "Back to the villa."
The driver started the car.
Si Jiangchen's hand then boldly slipped under my clothes.
"What are you doing..."
I had been feeling as if a heavy boulder was pressing on my heart, but his sudden action startled me. I quickly reached out to grab his arm.
"Checking the wound," Si Jiangchen simply said with his thin lips, then pressed me down on the back seat and lifted my clothes.
"Let go! Let go of me!"
With the driver in the front, I didn't dare to shout loudly. I could only desperately push him away with my hands. "It's okay. It doesn't hurt anymore..."
Si Jiangchen was never one to listen. He grabbed my two wrists with his big hand and pressed them against the chair. With his other hand, he lifted the gauze covering my wound. I could feel his slightly rough fingertips stroking the skin on my abdomen. The itchy and uncomfortable feeling made me can't help but moan.
"Sure enough, it's healed!"
Si Jiangchen's big hand rested on my abdomen. He asked in a low voice, "Actually, this isn't so bad."
"What?" I asked in confusion.
"I've thought about it for a long time, about how we can live in this world for a long time."
Si Jiangchen finally let go of the skin on my abdomen and tidied my clothes up again. "Actually, there are so many villains in this chaotic world that you can never kill them all! Just like the boy you ate today. Do you know... He was only fourteen, but he already had a dozen lives on his hands. A thing like this that can even kill his own kin. Eating him is ridding the people of a scourge. It's good..."
"No! Let's still go find that thing that can turn a ghost into a human..."
I gently bit my lower lip and shook my head.
"Why?" Si Jiangchen frowned. "You don't want to?"
"Yes!"
I'm not some kind - hearted fool, and I would never forgive any murderer on behalf of the victims. I looked at Si Jiangchen and said, "Do you think this world will always be in chaos?"
Si Jiangchen's eyebrows twitched.
"There are many villains in a chaotic world, but in the future prosperous era, everyone will live and work in peace and contentment. There won't be villains like that father - son pair anymore. Then who will we eat? Will we 'punish on behalf of Heaven' even a petty thief who steals something?"
Si Jiangchen didn't expect me to think so far ahead. He couldn't help but laugh.
The low laughter rumbled from his chest. Just when I thought he was mocking my delusion, he suddenly pressed his slightly cool forehead against mine. His slanting peach - blossom eyes stared directly into mine.
"Du Xinghe... Xiao He... You really surprise me..."
His high - bridged nose gently rubbed against mine. His lips with a hint of tobacco flavor touched mine lightly. "The prosperous era you described, where everyone lives and works in peace and contentment, is really something to yearn for!"
"Um."
I was startled by his sudden tenderness and quickly tried to dodge backward.
But he had already grabbed the back of my head and trapped me in his arms. His lips came down and kissed me.
Gently and lightly, like a butterfly landing on a flower bud.
Gradually, I seemed to be bewitched and began to respond to his kiss bit by bit.
It seemed that when he was gentle, he was still like a good person!
...
Si Jiangchen sent me back to the villa. He still had his own business to attend to.
However, he made an appointment with me that three days later, I would go with him to find the tomb where the "Taishang Resurrection Spell" was hidden, following that man.
"Xiao He?"
As I entered the courtyard, I happened to meet Granny Bai.
Although she lived with us here, she still went out to practice medicine every day. Now she was carrying a small medical kit and just came out of the small building. When she saw that I could walk back on my own, her face suddenly changed.
"Granny Bai," I quickly stopped.
"... You."
Granny Bai reached out and felt my pulse. After only a few seconds, she immediately looked up at me and said, "You... You still ate a human?!"
...
When I came out of the prison just now, I was distracted by Si Jiangchen's kiss. It wasn't until Granny Bai asked me sternly like this that my heart suddenly panicked.
"... No, I didn't!!"
I was a bit flustered. The warning from that big white wolf rang in my ears again.
[If you try to bite someone again, it will be your end!]
"Granny Bai, it was that boy who bit me... I didn't bite him!"
I flusteredly defended myself.
I just held his neck down. I never had the thought of biting him!
"Then how did your wound heal immediately?"
Granny Bai let go of my hand. "Xiao He, are you lying to me?"