CH 4

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After being exhausted the entire day, Yan Hui had hoped to sleep well. Contrary to her expectations, she was woken up when the sky was still dark by the rooster crowing outside. She shut her eyes and tried hard to block out the noise. It had to crow itself tired at some point, she thought. However, it was the same as last night. Once the chickens started crowing, there was no stopping for the rest of the night.

In the early morning, Yan Hui got up from bed with dark circles. Once again she firmly swore that before she left, she would turn that rooster into soup.

When Yan Hui got up, A'Fu, who was sitting in the corner, also stood up. He straightened out his clothes before walking over and standing in front of the bed. He bit his finger and rubbed the blood onto the bedding.

Yan Hui raised an eyebrow after seeing his actions: "You're still thinking about tricking the old granny. You treat her well. You're still acting like you're her grandson."

A'Fu ignored her teasing: "It's done. Let's leave to get food. Stop wasting your breath."

Yan Hui curled her lip: "When are you taking me to the treasure?"

"I'll take you when I go work in the field."

Yan Hui nodded. Her heart suddenly had a funny feeling though she couldn't say why. There wasn't time to ponder on it before the grandma walked in. She beamed and rubbed Yan Hui's face: "The little girl isn't fussing anymore?"

Since she was going to leave after getting the secret treasure anyways, Yan Hui didn't feel like correcting the granny. She nodded and made a sound in agreement. Yan Hui walked out and looked back while closing the door. She caught a glimpse of the grandma leaning on the bed, one hand feeling the bedding and bringing her nose closer to smell it.

Yan Hui felt nauseated and embarrassed by the sight. She promptly closed the door and left.

She suddenly felt a little happy that it was her who was captured and not another girl. At least she had the skills to get away. If it was another person, she was afraid they would waste their entire life away here.

After eating, A'Fu carried a hoe on his shoulder to do work. As promised, he also brought Yan Hui.

The grandma was clearly much reassured after confirming Yan Hui and A'Fu had done the deed. She didn't fuss too much before letting the two go off. Perhaps in Grandma Xiao's eyes, the hymen decided a girl's fate. Whoever it was given to then was also given the girl's fate.

For a moment, Yan Hui couldn't tell if it was bad or good that the snake demon entered A'Fu's body.

When night came, Yan Hui was meditating in her room. She was trying to think of every method to bring back her inner breath, yet after striving for so long, it was still as empty as ever within herself . When she opened her eyes, it was already deep into the night. She was disappointed. The loss of her magic really made her lose her sense of security.

She stifled the defeated feeling in her heart. She was just about to lay down when she realized A'Fu's presence was missing from the room.

Could it be this snake demon snuck out in the middle of the night to suck energy from people......?

There was a sudden splashing sound. Curious, Yan Hui walked over to the window and pushed it open. Under the bright moonlight, she saw the youth in the courtyard. He was naked and taking a bath with the well water. The nights were still cold, and the well water was like ice. Yet he was completely unaffected. The bucket of icy well water poured over his head, but there wasn't a single shiver.

After being with him these past two days, Yan Hui felt, more and more, like this person was like stone. It didn't seem like any external pain or discomfort affected him at all. However he wasn't a stone, so it could only be that he was silently enduring it all.
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