“How do you know that Big Black doesn’t have feelings for Little Yellow?” Seeing that she was practically about to bare her teeth at him, he snickered.
Li Man was speechless. She felt that he was completely ignoring her words. “Li Yan, you know what I mean. We -“
“Li Man,” Li Yan interrupted her, “Aren’t you going too far? You’re my wife, but you want to spend money to pass me off to another woman. Do you really find me that terrible?”
“…” She was just trying to help them. “Why are you misinterpreting my good intentions?”
Li Yan curved his lips into a crafty smile. He suddenly embraced her and whispered into her ear, “Before, did you feel my intentions?”
“Scoundrel!” Li Man was furious. She raised her hand to slap him, but he tilted his head back, and her nails left a shallow scratch on his right cheek instead.
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Feeling a prick of pain on his face, Li Yan was about to grab her hand when Li Shu suddenly appeared at the doorway.
“What are you guys doing?”
“Wife? You -” He saw Li Man pitifully backed against the corner and quickly strode over as he raised his question. However, before he could finish speaking, Li Man pushed him away and ran off.
“Wife, what’s wrong?”
Li Shu wanted to chase after her, but Li Yan grabbed him by the arm and said, “Third brother, how did the sale of the wolf fur go?”
“It was alright,” Li Shu perfunctorily answered. Worried about Li Man, he said, “There seems to be something bothering wife. I’ll go take a look.”
“What’s there for you to see? The sky is already dark. If you go into her hut now, you’ll end up scaring her,” said Li Yan.
Li Shu looked at him and saw the scratch marks on his face. “What happened to your face?”
“Ah?” Li Yan touched the marks and smiled. “Oh, it’s nothing. I was just scratched by a wild cat.”
“A wild cat?” Li Shu looked at him dubiously. He clearly didn’t believe this excuse.
Li Yan only smiled. “It’s probably because there’s mice in our home.”
“Second brother, you didn’t do anything to her right?” Li Shu carefully looked at him.
Li Yan curved his lips and pointed at the neighboring hut. “If you want, just go ask her yourself.”
Li Shu wouldn’t dare to go over to her hut at night. He was too worried about scaring her, so he only warned Li Yan, “Second brother, oldest brother had already said that even though wife has agreed to stay, she hadn’t figured out whether or not she can accept us. So, before she makes her decision, we can’t scare her. Otherwise, won’t it be a problem if she decides to run away again?”
Li Yan easily agreed, “I know.
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After Li Man ran into her hut and crawled underneath her quilt, she started to sob.
Although her life in modern-day had been short-lived and unsatisfactory, her parents had treated her as their treasure, her teachers had seen her a good student, and family friends would describe her as a good girl. Everyone had doted on her.
Even that man, who she had a respectful marriage with, if she hadn’t bumped into that adulteress, she would have continued to think that he loved her. At the very least, his actions had led her to believe that he loved her.
But, Li Yan, that jerk, this was already the second time he bullied her. Moreover, what he felt towards her wasn’t love. It was only lust, so she felt even more unbearably humiliated.