Chapter Thirty-One: Leng Xiao's Good Days

Yun Li was truly impressed by Leng Xiao. To ensure his status was secured as soon as possible, he injured himself the very next day, then stayed home, waiting for her to finally claim him.

However, when the day finally arrived and she was ready, Leng Xiao seemed overcome by a sudden bout of nerves. She had told him to take a bath, but he had been gone for an unusually long time.

Just as she was about to go out and look for him, the door of the stone house slammed shut. Startled, Yun Li was caught off guard, and in the next heartbeat, a pair of strong, muscular arms wrapped around her from behind.

"A-Li, I have waited so long for this." Her earlobe was gently nipped; it wasn't painful, but it sent her heart racing—partly from the fright, and partly from the sheer bashfulness of the moment.

Because...