However, after several frightening experiences with him, she was already accustomed to it.

She quickly grabbed a towel and haphazardly tied it around herself, then clutched the edges tightly to prevent it from slipping off:

"Aren’t you downstairs entertaining guests? I’m going to take a shower, so please leave."

Thinking of the king and queen who might have been made into dog meat stew by him, she couldn’t help but feel a pang of heartache.

What kind of heart does this man have?

Fiancée, beloved dogs raised from childhood... these are such precious things in life, yet he is so cold-blooded and heartless!

He seemed not to hear her words, his gaze transfixed, landing on her towel-covered but still mostly exposed snow-white chest.

Staring, unwavering, relentless.

She endured the burning heat on her cheeks, fine, let’s see how long you can keep staring!

"Doesn’t seem like you’re too badly hurt. Beth made it sound so serious, was it just to arouse sympathy?"

She froze.

He wasn’t looking at her chest, but at her hand covering her chest?

Probably Beth told him her finger was injured, and she exaggerated a lot.

She couldn’t be bothered to explain: "Mm, it’s nothing. Please go downstairs."

His face darkened.

He had come to ask, yet this woman was so ungrateful, and his tone grew heavier with displeasure: "Take off your clothes!"

Liang Anya panicked: "What kind of madness are you up to now?"

"Didn’t Beth tell you to get help with the bath? She’s with Xiaoxiao!" Implying, he’s here!

"No need, I’ll wait until Beth finishes before taking a bath." She moved towards the bathroom door, intending to go out, but just as she was about to pass by him, he blocked her path with his natural height advantage.

He picked her up like a little chick, lifting her to the edge of the bathtub, his gaze burning like a beacon: "You undress, or I’ll help you undress."

This woman still doesn’t want to?

In his entire life, he had never bathed someone!

This woman, how did she earn such a blessing over several lifetimes?!

She restrained her shame and anger, seeing the persistence on his face, her fingers clutching the edge of the towel finally loosened one by one.

Forget it, it’s not the first time he’s seen it all anyway!

Liang Anya sat on the edge of the bathtub, back to him.

He applied the shower gel with a bath ball, rubbed it a little, and started to scrub her back.

His hand touched her back for a split second, and she reflexively shivered and shrank her body.

But then she heard his impatient voice coming from behind: "What did you go off and do? Covered in sweat, dirtier than a beggar."

Saying this, he leaned his head down, burrowing into the nook of her neck, took a deep breath, and sniffed her body: "What kind of smell is this!"

She was startled, the courage she had a few hours ago to sneak off into the forest completely vanished, fearing he’d smell something and find out where she’d been. Nervously she stammered: "No, nothing much. Just wandered around the garden outside the castle for a while. The sun was too hot, too bright, so I sweat a lot."

Luckily, the man behind her quieted down, saying nothing more.

She let out a soft sigh of relief.

The washing process lasted for an hour.

Si Yuheng treated her like a doll, scrubbing each part of her until it was fragrant, carefully avoiding her fingers.

Then, he brought in the ointment Beth had taken upstairs, lifted her hand, and began applying it to the small wound on her nail.

"Hiss..." She softly cried out in pain, instinctively trying to pull her fingers back, but he held them tight.

"Serves you right. Getting hurt while cutting your nails, stupid!"

Damn it, wasn’t it because he wanted to pull her nails that she accidentally hurt herself?

She gritted her teeth.

Why is it that no matter what this man says, he always manages to sound so righteous, as if he’s the one who’s right!

Only after he had evenly applied the ointment did he release her.

She hastily threw on a large bathrobe, quickly running out of the bedroom.

He followed but did not leave.

"You’re done, you can go downstairs now." She tightened the robe, moving around to the opposite side of the bedpost, trying to stay as far from him as possible. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

But Si Yuheng remained unhurried, sitting on the sofa, staring at her with a gloomy gaze.

"... Si Yuheng, aren’t you going downstairs?" She felt something was wrong, the man in front of her visibly more gloomy.

"Now that you’re done, it’s time to discuss something serious." His tone turned cold as if it dropped below zero.

Her heart started pounding fiercely: "What serious matter..."

"Where did you go after you left my room this afternoon."

What was bound to come, came still.

Could she never escape his scrutiny after all?

Her heart gave a fierce twitch, and she used her clenched fists to steady herself: "...Didn’t I just say in the bathroom I went... I wandered around the small garden outside the castle for a while."

"You did say that, but," his enchanting blue eyes flashed coldly, "you’re lying."

So he had figured it out in the bathroom just now.

He had deliberately said she was filthy to test her!

If she didn’t admit it, he must have already built up a stomach full of anger.

She shuddered but still resisted stubbornly: "I’m not, not lying. I really didn’t go anywhere."

"I’ve said it many times, I don’t like liars, sweetheart, your memory is really bad."

She dared not meet his hawk-like gaze: "I really didn’t..."

"Do you want me to take out the dirty clothes you left in the laundry bin and analyze the substances stuck to them to find out where you’ve been, or should I throw Beth into the basement for severe interrogation to tell me if you were in the room this afternoon?"

He spoke quickly, each word sharp.

She swallowed her spit, and her clenched fist finally loosened.

Thinking she could get away with it, she was too naive!

He managed so many people at the Beiming Hall, how many subordinates lived under his watchful eye, and his vigilance was naturally above that of ordinary people!

Every action she took in this castle, how could he not have been aware?

She met his eyes, mustering her courage: "Yes, I did go out this afternoon, I didn’t go to the small garden, I went to the forest again! But, I was just out for a walk, just like last time, I was just walking the dog! If I really wanted to run away, do you think I would naively sit on a stone waiting for you guys to find me last time, and this time come back voluntarily? Since I chose to come to A Country with you, I wouldn’t just think about running away now and then. Even if I’m not thinking of myself, I have to consider Xiaoxiao’s safety, at least, I won’t return to the country for now! When I occasionally say I want to return to the country, it’s just angry words, I just don’t want you to do things that disrespect me...! Are you thinking with your ass, why do you lose your temper so often! I’ll say it again, I didn’t run away, I didn’t run away! But, the way you’re being unreasonable, self-righteous, and using your subjective judgment to question others’ motives is really starting to make me want to run away!"

She rattled off all at once, using up the little strength she had left.

After the last word left her lips, she nearly collapsed, clinging to the bedpost for support, breathing lightly.