Qi Lixiao didn't hear the rest of what Li Zhichen said. Only the three words "my person" kept echoing in his mind.
Qi Lixiao stared blankly for a while. Suddenly, the tips of his ears turned red, and a faint sense of indescribable surprise and excitement quietly crept into his heart.
Hearing Li Zhichen's words, the others regretted it to the core!
If they had known how terrifying Li Zhichen was, even if they were given ten more guts, they would never have dared to provoke Qi Lixiao!
Those cold hands still coiled around the man's neck like a snake. At this moment, he was extremely frightened. Enduring the pain, he desperately pleaded for mercy:
"....Miss, stop hitting! I was wrong! I really know I was wrong!"
Li Zhichen's expression was unpredictable. After a long while, she sneered twice and slowly released her hand.
"The person you should apologize to is not me." Li Zhichen looked at Qi Lixiao meaningfully. "If he forgives you, this matter will be over. If he doesn't..."
Li Zhichen didn't finish the second half of the sentence. Her tone was very calm, but everyone trembled violently.
Hearing this, Wang Tian and the man seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and nodded like pounding garlic.
The two supported each other and stood up. Staggering, they walked up to Qi Lixiao's flatbed cart.
The next second, the two knelt down together and kowtowed three loud knocks to Qi Lixiao!
Wang Tian shouted miserably. There was no trace of his initial arrogance on his bruised and swollen face. He just kept pleading:
"Sir, we looked down on people just now! Please be magnanimous and don't argue with me. Spare me this time!"
Qi Lixiao's pupils darkened slightly. He stared coldly at Wang Tian and felt nauseous even saying one more word to him.
But seeing Li Zhichen staring expressionlessly at Wang Tian behind him, looking as if she would continue to beat him if Qi Lixiao didn't forgive him.
Qi Lixiao's eyebrows twitched. He really didn't want Li Zhichen to have any more contact with Wang Tian. After all, teaching such a scumbag would only dirty Li Zhichen's hands.
So Qi Lixiao lowered his eyes, not hiding the disgust in them at all, and said calmly with a single word: "Get out."
Wang Tian and the man were instantly overjoyed. They breathed a sigh of relief as if they had received a pardon. Afraid that Li Zhichen would go back on her word, they ran away at once.
"Quick, let's go!"
But they hadn't run a few steps when they heard Li Zhichen say leisurely: "Wait."
Wang Tian immediately stopped in his tracks. Cold sweat instantly soaked his clothes.
The moment he turned back, he even thought about where he would be buried.
Did Li Zhichen go back on her word? If he was beaten like this again, he would surely lose his life!
At this moment, Wang Tian threw all his "youthful vigor" and "dignity" out of his mind. His knees went weak, and he knelt down neatly again!
When he knelt down, the other men were also terribly frightened. Immediately, a large number of them knelt down one after another. The scene was quite spectacular!
Just then, some people passing by the city gate heard the commotion and looked over. They saw a group of young masters kneeling in front of a young girl and all cast curious glances.
They saw Wang Tian take out all the silver and valuable things on him and respectfully place them in front of Li Zhichen.
"Miss, we really know we were wrong! This money is just a token of our respect. Spare my life!"
Li Zhichen tilted her head slightly, and a trace of impatience flashed in her eyes.
"Remember, it's 'roll', not 'walk'."
Only then did Wang Tian relax. In the face of life and death, face and dignity were all nonsense!
A smile immediately appeared on his face. He supported himself with his hands, curled his bloated body into a ball, and rolled all the way from in front of the flatbed cart to the city gate before he dared to get up. Then he ran away with a group of people screaming!
It wasn't until the wilderness returned to silence that Li Zhichen walked towards Qi Lixiao.
She took Qi Lixiao's hand. When she saw the fine wounds on his fingertips, her bright almond eyes suddenly became quiet.
"Does it hurt?"
Qi Lixiao was stunned. Although he shook his head with a smile, cold sweat broke out all over his body.
Just now he was too anxious to care about himself. Now that he relaxed, he found that all the bones in his body ached as if they were falling apart.
Qi Lixiao was now just holding on with one last breath. Even opening his eyes was strenuous.
Li Zhichen saw his state. She tightened Qi Lixiao's hand and silently activated her ability.
Qi Lixiao only felt a warm current coming from his fingertips, gradually spreading to all parts of his body. The soreness all over his body instantly disappeared.
When he looked down again, all those wounds had already healed.
But there was no longer the usual smile on Li Zhichen's face. She lowered her eyes, not knowing what she was thinking.
Qi Lixiao intended to cheer her up and asked with a smile: "Zhichen, where's my osmanthus cake?"
The oil paper was opened. Li Zhichen handed the neatly arranged pastries in front of Qi Lixiao. Besides the osmanthus cake, there were also dragon's beard candy, cloud cakes, and even a full stack of Ryukyu sugar!
She had put these things in the spatial bracelet when she was beating people just now, and they were still warm now.
Qi Lixiao stared at the candies for a while and couldn't help laughing. He thought that Li Zhichen really regarded him as a child to comfort.
Li Zhichen wiped her hands clean, picked up a piece of osmanthus cake, and fed it to Qi Lixiao's lips.
Qi Lixiao's eyelashes fluttered slightly. He took a bite of the pastry from Li Zhichen's hand.
The osmanthus cake was very sweet, fragrant, soft, and glutinous. It melted in the mouth. It tasted the same as when he was a child, but it seemed to have an extra taste.
Li Zhichen quietly looked at Qi Lixiao. After a long time, she suddenly blurted out a sentence.
"Qi Lixiao, I will definitely make you stand up again."
Qi Lixiao was suddenly stunned. A strange feeling welled up in his heart, like a gentle spring breeze blowing by. He had never experienced it before.
.........
At night, as usual, Li Zhichen fed Qi Lixiao dinner and wiped his body. Suddenly, she leaned in front of Qi Lixiao. Her almond eyes were bright and she stared at Qi Lixiao without blinking.
Qi Lixiao was a little flustered by Li Zhichen's stare.
"Why are you looking at me like this?"
The next second, a fair finger suddenly appeared in front of Qi Lixiao. Li Zhichen smiled like a fox that had stolen something: "The ten times of calling me 'wife' you promised me during the day. Hurry up and call. Don't go back on your word."
A look of surprise flashed across Qi Lixiao's face. Then he coughed nervously.
"....I'm not going to go back on my word."
It was very quiet all around. Only the red candle flames were flickering. For a moment, a secret and ambiguous atmosphere filled the air.
Qi Lixiao's Adam's apple moved slightly. Under Li Zhichen's expectant gaze, he took a deep breath:
"Wife."
[Health value increased by 2 hours!]
Li Zhichen's eyes sparkled. She stared directly at Qi Lixiao.
"Call again!"
Qi Lixiao's face suddenly turned red. He shifted his gaze uncomfortably: "Wife..."
[Health value increased by 2 hours!]
"Keep calling!"
"Wife, wife, wife..."
[Health value increased by 16 hours!]
[The daily reward for the intimate nickname task has reached the upper limit. Please come back tomorrow, host!]
Li Zhichen was completely happy now. She leaned into Qi Lixiao's ear and said: "From now on, you have to call me 'wife' twelve times every day!"