Episode 14: A Familiar Intimacy

  "Lo Lo——"

  Ye Xiu called out her name, his voice carrying a certain suppressed tone, low and hoarse, as if it came from the depths of the earth, making people inexplicably anxious.

  Yu Luo struggled in terror, but it brought him even heavier and more suffocating pressure.

  "I told you, don't move."

  In the darkness, his black eyes were terrifyingly gloomy. If you accidentally looked into them, you would lose your way and never find your way out again.

  "When did you graduate, huh?"

  His lips left the corner of her mouth and moved to her ear, his thin lips intentionally or unintentionally sliding over her exposed collarbone due to the tug-of-war, she was flustered, so she didn't notice the flames jumping in his eyes.

  "Six, June."

  It's now March, and in three more months, once she finds a job, she'll be free.

  "I heard you went for an interview at Nie's place today?"

  Yu Luo was shocked in her heart and looked at the man on her body in disbelief. How did he know?

  "Lolo, don't try to hide it from me. Why are you looking for a job? Can't I support you?"

  Ye Xiu's voice pierced into her ears, through the thin eardrum, directly to her heart, which was pounding with fear.

  "Brother, I want to live on my own."

  "Is that so?" His hand carelessly stroked her pale cheek, which had turned white with fear, and slowly moved down to linger on her slender neck. "You're in such a hurry to leave me?!"

  His voice suddenly became furious, Yu Luo only felt a suffocation, the whole person had been caught by the neck and lifted up, heavily thrown towards the head of the bed.

  Yu Luo panted heavily, her swollen feet hitting the metal bed frame, causing tears to fall immediately. She desperately wanted to jump out of bed and escape, but was ruthlessly grabbed by the ankles by someone behind her and pulled back onto the bed.

  "Ah——"

  Yu Luo could no longer bear the pain and let out a loud cry, his hand tightly grasping his foot, which was precisely the swollen red spot, tears streaming down his face, the piercing pain came flooding in like a tidal wave.

  Ye Xiu's anger dissipated quickly due to her tears, and he looked down at the foot in his hand which was no longer small and delicate because of its redness. His thin lips were pursed tightly, but the force on his hands relaxed quietly.

  He stood up and looked down at the small woman on the bed.

  "Lolo, don't think about leaving one day, because I won't allow it."

  The door slammed shut behind her with a loud "bang", and Yu Luo bit her lower lip tightly, tears falling down. Why did her brother have to treat her like this? She felt she could no longer live in this house, or by his side.

  After a while, there came a knock at the door.

  "Miss."

  It's Uncle Li's voice.

  Yu Luo forced himself to get out of bed despite the pain in his foot and opened the door. Uncle Li was standing anxiously outside.

  "Miss, how can you be so careless?"

  Mr. Li handed over a bottle of ointment, and Yu Luo gratefully accepted it, with tears that had not yet dried up again about to fall.

  "Silly child, what's there to cry about."

  "Uncle Li, thank you. How did you know I hurt my foot?"

  Yu Luo did not notice a flicker in Uncle Li's eyes.

  "Hmm, just now the servant said that you were limping when you went upstairs, so I guessed that you had sprained your foot and found a bottle of ointment for you."

  "Thank you, Uncle Li."

  Yu Luo revealed a sweet smile, enduring the pain as she applied ointment to her ankle, cool and very comfortable.