80 village women marry military officers; it was supposed to be a fake marriage.

Chang Jingxiang felt a soft touch behind him, his heart was filled with excitement and his body was burning hot, but he didn't show it on his face.

The man deliberately took the road furthest from home while carrying Lin Yue on his back. Lin Yue wondered why he was taking such a long detour, thinking it must be tiring.

Then they saw many torches flickering in the area where they had passed not long ago.

"Why are there so many torches so late at night?"

"They're there to arrest people."

"Oh? Could it be that the affair between the Niu family's daughter-in-law and her husband has been discovered? What should we do then? If we get caught, we'll be beaten."

Hearing his wife worrying about others in such a confused state, Chang Jingxiang couldn't help but want to tease her.

"Yes, someone must have reported it?"

“I didn’t tell anyone. I even deliberately went to a place far away from them to collect herbs.”

Could it be that someone else happened to see it too? I thought they wouldn't dare to come out, but it only stayed quiet for two days.

Their cries scared away my prey several times.

"What's that sound?"

"They were crying and screaming, as if someone had been beaten."

"Just like you called me last time?"

"I screamed because you were drugged and made such a big move, I couldn't help it, I..." The voice stopped abruptly.

Lin Yue wished she could bite off her own tongue. How could she just say such a thing?

Does Chang Jingxiang feel ashamed?

Lin Yue shut her mouth tightly, acting like a turtle hiding its head, preparing not to say another word.

Lin Jingxiang was laughing so hard his body was shaking, and he deliberately bounced Lin Yue up a little higher.

Lin Yue really wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into, and tried her best to control her body to make herself feel lighter.

"Relax."

This sounds familiar. Chang Jingxiang said the same thing when he was deeply moved last time.

Lin Yue's body stiffened even more, and she didn't know where to put her hands.

Chang Jingxiang found it really fun to tease his wife, and the gloom that had started last night completely disappeared, making him feel much better.

This might be due to a man's possessiveness; even though it's not someone he likes, he doesn't want anyone else to have a say in it.

At least during the time they were still married, he felt that should be the case.

When he got home, his mother rushed out to greet him, "What happened? What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, Mom, I just twisted my ankle." Lin Yue's face was still red.

Chang Jingxiang carried Yue'er back to the room where they slept on the west side. When he lifted her trouser leg, he saw a bloody gash on Lin Yue'er's fair and straight calf, from which blood was still seeping.

Mother Chang cried out, her face pale, "Oh dear, she's bleeding! What should we do? Quickly take Yue'er to the hospital!"

As she spoke, she patted her son, and Chang's father, hearing the noise, came into the house.

Lin Yue awkwardly crossed her legs and reached out to pull down her trouser leg. "It's okay, Mom. There's no need to go to the hospital. It's just a small injury. I can just rinse it with water. It's so late and I'm disturbing your sleep."

Chang Jingxiang grabbed her hand and frowned. "Don't move around. I'll go get some iodine and gauze. You keep an eye on things."

"No need to look, Mom and Dad, you should go to sleep, it's okay."

"You child, it must hurt a lot, such a long cut." Mother Chang said, tears welling up in her eyes. She wanted to help but didn't know how. She had never seen such an injury before, and it was still bleeding.

Lin Yue's heart skipped a beat, and she stared blankly at Chang's mother. She had suffered many injuries since she was a child, many more serious than this, and no one had ever asked her if she was in pain.

Even with cuts on the soles of their feet, they still had to work in the fields and collect herbs in the mountains. Blood soaked the soles of their shoes, but they didn't feel any pain.

Actually, it hurt at first. I wanted to cry and stay still, but I was always told I was being dramatic.

After hearing it so many times, you realize that this kind of injury shouldn't hurt, and over time you seem to stop feeling the pain altogether.

Chang's mother's concern was genuine, and Lin Yue could feel it, which made her feel a sharp pain in her heart, not knowing whether it was the pain from her wound or her heart.

So this is what it feels like to be cared for.

Seeing Lin Yue's reddened eyes, Chang's mother became even more anxious. "Chang Jingxiang, hurry up! Yue'er is crying from the pain."

When Chang Jingxiang brought in the iodine and gauze, he saw that Lin Yue's eyes were red and she looked pitiful.

Even after he did that to her, he never saw Lin Yue cry. She always appeared so strong that he forgot she was still an 18-year-old girl.

"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and do it, there's so much blood!" Mrs. Chang reminded anxiously.

Chang Jingxiang had received professional training in the army and knew how to handle the situation. His actions were methodical. However, when he was treating the wound with iodine, he knew it would hurt, so he glanced at Lin Yue.

Lin Yue's eyes were red, and you could see tears welling up inside. She was biting her lip tightly, and even though her lip was broken, she still couldn't make a sound.

So that's how she endured it back then. I was really determined back then, she must have been in a lot of pain.

Thinking about this, Chang Jingxiang felt like a piece of trash, wondering why he couldn't control himself.

He eased his grip, bent down and blew on the wound, "Scream if it hurts."

Lin Yue wiped her eyes with the back of her hand, smiled and shook her head, "It doesn't hurt."

Looking at Lin Yue's restrained expression, Chang's parents felt extremely sorry for her. "You must stay on the kang for the next few days and rest well. Your parents will take care of you."

"I'm really fine, I'll be better tomorrow, I can even run." Lin Yue said, trying to get down, but Chang Jingxiang pressed her legs down.

"Be good, listen to me. Everyone feels pain when they're hurt. If it hurts, you should tell me." Chang Jingxiang said, stroking Lin Yue's head in an incredibly gentle tone.

Chang's mother smiled so hard her eyes narrowed into slits. Her silly son had finally come to his senses and knew how to cherish his wife.

Lin Yue stared intently at Chang Jingxiang, her almond-shaped eyes wide open.

She took Chang's father's arm and said to Chang Jingxiang, "Take good care of Yue'er. Your father and I are going back to rest."

Chang Jingxiang watched his parents leave, and when he turned back, he saw that the little woman in front of him was already in tears, and her nose was sniffling.

"Does it hurt a lot? Let me blow on it again."

Just as she was about to lower her head, Lin Yue hugged her waist, burying her face in her clothes and sobbing.

Chang Jingxiang paused for a few seconds, then his hand involuntarily touched Lin Yue's head, gently stroking the back of her head. Neither of them spoke.

Lin Yue couldn't remember the last time she had cried; all she wanted to do now was have a good, cathartic cry.

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Yue released Chang Jingxiang's waist, stepped back, sniffed, rubbed her eyes, and finally noticed the wet patch on her clothes.

Lin Yue frantically pulled at the wrinkles in her clothes, her voice weak and soft, "What should I do? I've gotten your clothes dirty."

"You owe me a new dress, and I also want my shoes."