Chapter 32: I Only Know How to Feel Sorry for Sister

That slap hadn’t been heavy. After getting home, Pei Ruyu had even applied a cold compress, so logically, the mark shouldn’t have lasted until now.

Unexpectedly, Miao Qingzhi still noticed it.

She also didn’t know why today’s injuries were healing so slowly.

Meeting her concerned gaze, Pei Ruyu didn’t dare say much. She could only bite her lip and answer vaguely, “I got hit…”

Miao Qingzhi lowered her eyes, concealing the coldness within, and feigned ignorance as she gently stroked those faint red marks, sighing softly.

“Why do you always get bullied?”

Before Pei Ruyu could savor the deeper meaning in her words, cold lips had already pressed against her cheek.

No questioning, no fussing.

Her obvious evasion and concealment were met with a kiss of pity.

A gentle blow, a delicate kiss.

Those lips were cold, but they warmed Pei Ruyu’s heart.

Turning around to hug Miao Qingzhi tightly, Pei Ruyu pressed against her cheek and murmured in a low voice.

“Don’t you have anything else you want to ask?”

Miao Qingzhi raised her hand to stroke the back of Pei Ruyu’s head, smoothing it gently.

“Since Sister doesn’t want to say it, then I won’t ask.”

It was a kind of almost unconditional tolerance.

Not asking who, not asking what happened.

The little jealous jar was rarely this magnanimous. Pei Ruyu should have breathed a sigh of relief, but at this moment, feeling the warmth she brought her, she felt even more guilty.

“Not angry?”

Miao Qingzhi’s response was a kiss on the corner of her mouth.

“Angry. Angry that they all bully Sister.”

The voice between her lips was very light, very soft, and the fingertips on her cheek were still gently stroking her wound.

“Unlike me. I only feel sorry for Sister.”

The pity in her eyes was too strong.

A wife so thoughtful and considerate, how could she not love her?

Pei Ruyu’s love for her grew stronger and stronger. She kissed her lips directly.

A soft gasp escaped from Miao Qingzhi’s lips.

The other didn’t refuse, just wrapped her arms around her neck.

Pei Ruyu’s heart was both sore and soft. Forgetting everything else, she followed her heart’s desire, capturing those lips and kissing deeper and deeper.

Her hand on Miao Qingzhi’s waist tightened more and more.

It was a force Pei Ruyu rarely displayed.

Rushing, urgent.

…

Holding Miao Qingzhi in the bathtub to clean up, Pei Ruyu still couldn’t bear to stop, continuing to kiss her reddened ears and sweat-dampened neck.

As if no matter how much she kissed, it wasn’t enough.

“Mm… no more, Sister!”

The girl sitting in her arms giggled and dodged to the side.

That playful, half-resisting dodge only made Pei Ruyu’s kisses land in even more places.

Pei Ruyu laughed along with her.

The bath ball that had been pressed against Miao Qingzhi’s front had been replaced by Pei Ruyu’s hand.

“Don’t move around, or you’ll hit your wound and start crying again.”

That knife wound had already scabbed over, lying across that fair skin like a blemish on a beautiful painting.

Every time she saw that wound, guilt, pity, love, and apology would all surge into Pei Ruyu’s heart at once.

Afraid of touching the wound, the bathwater wasn’t filled too high.

The water couldn’t cover the peaks, so Pei Ruyu had to use her hands to scoop water to wash her.

Pei Ruyu’s movements were careful, but her palm always lingered.

After several rounds of playful teasing, it finally made Miao Qingzhi unable to bear it. She arched her neck and turned to glare at her.

“Sister! You’re not washing me properly.”

That coquettish, reproachful look made Pei Ruyu’s heart flutter even more.

She couldn’t help but laugh, confidently leaning in to capture Miao Qingzhi’s lips again.

“Who told you to kiss me first?”

“I was comforting you because you were unhappy!”

Miao Qingzhi pointed at her own lips, continuing to scold, “And you made them swollen.”

She had kissed too hard just now, pressing and sucking on those lips. They were indeed a bit red and swollen now.

Pei Ruyu willingly admitted defeat, quickly leaning in to blow on them, then lightly licking the slightly swollen lips.

“Then I’ll be gentler, okay?”

Saying gentler, but that unruly hand squeezed hard.

Miao Qingzhi quickly raised her hand to grab one of hers, turning back to bite Pei Ruyu’s neck.

“Sister! You’re too much!”

Even though being bitten on the soft flesh hurt a bit, the smile on Pei Ruyu’s face never faded.

She reached up and ruffled the wet, angry little head, then shamelessly said, “But I’m still unhappy. Can you comfort me again?”

The teeth at her neck finally released.

“How else does Sister want me to comfort her?”

Seeing Miao Qingzhi’s serious, questioning expression, Pei Ruyu almost felt embarrassed.

She never thought she’d one day be acting spoiled and coaxing a kid.

But such innocent indulgence made Pei Ruyu unable to resist taking an inch and asking for a mile.

Her palm left that soft flesh and slid down, landing on her firm waist.

Pei Ruyu bit the ear of the person in her arms, smiling suggestively.

“I want to try what you did to me in my bathroom that night. Maybe that would make me happier?”

Miao Qingzhi laughed.

She couldn’t help but reach out and lightly scratch Pei Ruyu’s chest.

“That kind of thing… Sister probably can’t do it.”

If she really drew blood on the spot and fed it to her sister, wouldn’t she scare her good sister to death?

Miao Qingzhi licked her lips, raised her head, and touched her lips.

“If what you want is this…”

Miao Qingzhi’s left hand also moved down, covering the back of Pei Ruyu’s hand, actively guiding her right hand down into the water.

“Then you don’t need to ask. I won’t refuse Sister anything.”

Pei Ruyu didn’t think much of it, just taking it as her considerate good wife saying she couldn’t do certain positions she didn’t like.

During that week of hospitalization, she had indulged Miao Qingzhi in lighting fires all over her body.

But that brat never once failed to stop halfway.

She still had her pride and couldn’t directly say what she was dissatisfied about.

That unspeakable shame was truly indescribably frustrating.

Pei Ruyu decided to demonstrate with her own body, teaching this pillow princess who overestimated her abilities what good bed manners were.

Looking at Miao Qingzhi’s increasingly hazy eyes and reddening skin, Pei Ruyu felt a sense of satisfaction.

She increased the force in her hand, whispering by Miao Qingzhi’s ear with a smile.

“See, I told you it’s more fun when both people are awake in this kind of place.”

Miao Qingzhi’s toes curled as she suddenly trembled, water splashing out of the bathtub.

The moment she lost her strength, she collapsed onto Pei Ruyu’s shoulder, sobbing and whimpering, “Sister just loves bullying me!”

Pei Ruyu finally eased up a bit, comforting her, and took the opportunity to kiss the thin sweat on Miao Qingzhi’s forehead, coaxing softly, “How is this bullying? Your habit of stopping halfway is the real bullying, isn’t it?”

Miao Qingzhi’s eyes were red at the corners, biting her lip as she looked at her. “Is Sister blaming me?”

“How could I bear to?”

Pei Ruyu’s free left hand had already moved up to Miao Qingzhi’s lips, her thumb slipping into the gap between her lips, slightly prying open her clenched teeth.

The swollen lips had already been bitten to the point of bleeding.

Pei Ruyu gently rubbed the bloodstain, her eyes full of tenderness.

“Don’t bite yourself. You’re bleeding. If you can’t help it, bite me.”

Miao Qingzhi obediently complied. Her wet hand directly grabbed hers.

The finger that had slipped into her lip seam was immediately bitten by Miao Qingzhi.

But this time, the teeth only gently ground, not biting hard enough to draw blood like before.

After just one bite, the tip of her tongue had already pressed against the bitten spot and licked it gently.

Pei Ruyu’s breathing grew heavier, her smile deepening.

Her fingertip couldn’t help but press down a little harder, but she saw the other suddenly get distracted and directly release her mouth to ask.

“What happened to Sister’s hand? Was she bitten by someone?”

In the heat of passion, Pei Ruyu hadn’t noticed that the band-aid on the root of her left index finger had fallen off at some point.

And the band-aids covering the bite marks on the side of her palm had been pulled off together.

Those bloody teeth marks were now right in front of the person in her arms.

Today’s injuries were also healing especially slowly.

Very obvious marks.

One glance was enough to tell they were fresh, bleeding teeth marks.

Pei Ruyu’s breath caught.

Damn it. Now she really couldn’t explain this away.

Seeing her staring blankly at the teeth marks, holding her hand, Pei Ruyu couldn’t help but feel guilty.

After all, being hit and being bitten were quite different.

Especially since her girlfriend was also someone who liked to bite.

Bite marks were inevitably associated with intimacy.

But Pei Ruyu didn’t dare to withdraw her hand at this moment. She could only let her trace the teeth marks one by one, speaking in a small voice.

“What if I said I was bitten by a dog, would you believe me?”

The person in her arms finally bit her lip and turned her head.

Her eyes, already red, were now filled with tears.

“When were you bitten?”

Asking such a critical question right away. Pei Ruyu really didn’t dare answer directly.

She guiltily lowered her head, wanting to kiss Miao Qingzhi’s lips again to divert her attention. But this time, she was directly dodged.

And in those eyes, there was now only pain.

“Was it when I called you?”

Cold sweat broke out on Pei Ruyu’s forehead.

After just a moment of silence, the tears in the person’s arms gushed out.

Ah, why did she have to guess so accurately!?

Forgetting the half-finished business, Pei Ruyu quickly withdrew her hand to wipe her tears.

But the moment her fingertips touched her cheek, they were dodged again.

Her good wife, who had been so clingy just now, now wouldn’t even let her touch her.

It was soft sobbing.

Clearly heartbroken to the extreme, yet she could still not make a fuss, just silently crying.

That tearful appearance, like she was trying to hold back her grievances but couldn’t, made Pei Ruyu’s heart ache more and more.

“Miao…”

“Sister, why do you lie to me again?”

Not giving her a chance to defend herself, Miao Qingzhi continued sobbing.

“So at that time, you were with her…”

“Doing the same things we did at your house that day?”

Hearing this, Pei Ruyu suddenly remembered the experience of being pressed against the table and kissed by Miao Qingzhi when Zhou Wei had called that day.

What goes around comes around.

Afraid that if this continued, she would be sentenced to death by her preconceived notions, Pei Ruyu quickly spoke up.

“It’s different!”

“We didn’t kiss!”

She pitifully raised her hand, showing Miao Qingzhi the blood-tinged teeth marks on the side of her palm.

“See, it’s because I wouldn’t let her kiss me that I got bitten. It hurts so much. I even cried from the pain. It hurts more than the mark on my face.”

Seeing Pei Ruyu’s increasingly skilled pitiful, coquettish act, Miao Qingzhi was unusually silent for a moment.

The Pei person with a mouth had thought this would earn her some sympathy and kisses from her sister. But unexpectedly, this time Miao Qingzhi was especially heartless.

Not only did she not blow on her wound, she even slapped her hand away.

Pei Ruyu called out pitifully, “Wife…”

Miao Qingzhi directly turned her head away, choking, “Get out.”

Pei Ruyu instinctively raised her right hand. “It’s already out.”

Miao Qingzhi: “…”

She was almost laughed out of her anger.

Seeing her ashamed and gritting her teeth, Pei Ruyu suddenly realized.

Oh, she was the one being kicked out.

And kicked out halfway through.

Not daring to stay and make Miao Qingzhi even angrier, Pei Ruyu could only slink out of the bathtub and wrap herself in a bathrobe.

Mm, let the angry girlfriend cool down first.

Maybe after she cooled down, she could coax herself without Pei Ruyu having to do anything?!

Before leaving, Pei Ruyu didn’t forget to crouch by the bathtub and whisper, “Then calm down first? Call me if you need anything?”

Her reward was a splash of bathwater mixed with various stains thrown at her.

Pei Ruyu fled.

Sitting outside the bathroom, looking at her own hand, she couldn’t help but sigh.

So annoying. Why did this evidence have to be delivered so perfectly intact to Miao Qingzhi?

Through the bathroom door came a muffled shout.

“There’s a medicine box in the room. Put medicine on it yourself!”

No longer dwelling on the strangeness of the wound, Pei Ruyu’s drooping eyes instantly lit up with a smile.

Mm, it seemed her wife still cared about her.

Pei Ruyu didn’t stand on ceremony. She found the medicine box, but she didn’t apply any medicine. She just sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed, waiting for the person inside to come out after cooling down.

Half an hour passed. An hour passed.

But the person in the bathroom still hadn’t come out.

Pei Ruyu grew more and more anxious. Forgetting whether Miao Qingzhi was still angry, she quickly went to knock on the door.

“Wife? Can I come in?”

Give her one second to consider.

If there was no refusal, that was consent.

Pei Ruyu confidently pushed open the door.

She had expected to be met with Miao Qingzhi’s ashamed, angry scolding. But instead, what she saw was Miao Qingzhi sitting in the middle of the bathtub, hugging her knees, trembling, with her head buried in her arms.

Cold water was continuously flowing into the bathtub.

And the water that had been steaming hot when she left was now only cold to the touch.

Had Miao Qingzhi really soaked in this cold water for an hour to cool down?

The thought brought a dense, aching pain flooding into Pei Ruyu’s heart.