Susu didn't believe his act. Seeing a pharmacy not far from the hotel, she said, "Let's go buy some antiseptic solution and you can apply it yourself."
"Ouch, it hurts, it hurts so much," Qin Tianyi cried out in pain from behind her.
Susu quickly asked, "What's wrong? It's just a scrape on your chin. You weren't crying out in pain just now, it can't hurt this much now."
Qin Tianyi clutched his chest with both hands and said painfully, "It's not my chin that hurts, it's here. Those people just punched me here. I didn't feel it then, but it hurts terribly now!"
Susu recalled that he had fought several people alone, a complete free-for-all. He seemed the most skilled, but those people were not to be trifled with, and he had taken his share of blows.
"Give me the car keys, we're going to the hospital right now."
Qin Tianyi didn't give her the keys. He leaned on her, weak, and said, "Can I go back to my room and lie down for a bit? I can't withstand the bumps on the way to the hospital..."
Although Susu suspected he was faking it, she was afraid something might actually be wrong with him, so she asked, "What's your room number?"
Qin Tianyi weakly gave her the room number. Susu had no choice but to help him, "Can you still walk?"
Upon arriving at his room, she had him lie on the bed and prepared to unbutton his shirt to see where he was injured.
He suddenly pulled her forcefully, making her fall onto him unexpectedly.
Susu struggled and said, "You're lying to me, you're not injured, are you?"
Qin Tianyi huskily and mischievously said, "Don't move, just lie with me for a while."
Susu was both angry and annoyed. She raised her fist to hit him but couldn't bring herself to do it. "You want to bully people and then play the victim, knowing I'm soft-hearted and can't bear to let you..."
Before she could finish, Qin Tianyi flipped over and held her tightly, saying, "Just lie with me for a moment. Don't worry, I won't do anything. I just want us to be together quietly."
Ever since he left last time, he had been thinking of her constantly.
Last night, he couldn't sleep in the middle of the night and drove to Dechuan alone. Seeing no one at their residence, he went to the market to look for her and happened to run into some troublemakers.
Even though he knew she would still drive him away, he couldn't help but want to see her, even if it was just to talk.
Susu stopped struggling. She took his hand that had been injured last time and examined it repeatedly, saying with a heartache, "Did you go to the hospital afterwards? Were the glass shards cleaned out? Does it still hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt," Qin Tianyi gazed at her with deep eyes.
She looked up at him from his embrace and gently touched the scraped skin on his chin, softly saying, "You get injured every time you come here. Don't come looking for me here anymore."
"Are you seducing me? Saying the cruelest words in such a gentle tone, yet clearly heartbroken for me." His breathing was completely chaotic.
Susu's face flushed as she quickly denied it, "I didn't mean that, you've completely misunderstood..."
Qin Tianyi acted as if he hadn't heard her. He leaned into her and kissed her.
Susu couldn't speak anymore. His kiss left her dazed, her emotions surging. Her mind told her she couldn't let him see her tattoo, but her body instinctively responded.
However, Qin Tianyi's kiss stopped abruptly and he fell silent. Susu, who hadn't dared to move, quickly turned her head to look at him, only to find that he had fallen asleep.
Susu's surging emotions subsided. Looking at his sleeping face, with dark circles under his eyes and slightly sunken cheeks, she realized he was truly exhausted from his journey.
She wanted to get up and let him rest properly, but as soon as she moved, Qin Tianyi held her even tighter.
He respected her and didn't go any further.
She lay there quietly, lost in the warmth of his embrace, and soon fell asleep, feeling drowsy.
They slept embracing each other for a long time. Susu woke up and the first thing she saw was Qin Tianyi's exquisite, handsome face up close.
Before Susu could speak, Qin Tianyi said in a slightly hoarse voice, "You're awake too."
Susu's eyes widened in full consciousness as she stared at him, her face flushing, and she tried to look away.
But Qin Tianyi gave her no chance to escape, instantly sealing her lips.
Susu's eyelashes fluttered, her breathing became erratic, and sweat began to bead on her forehead and the tip of her nose. She seemed to be afraid of something.
Qin Tianyi didn't understand what she was afraid of. Her body clearly desired him. Perhaps it had been over a year since they had been this intimate.
Before continuing to kiss her deeply, Qin Tianyi looked at her with deep eyes, cupped her small face, and said, "Don't be afraid. You're already aroused. Don't resist me anymore. I'll be very, very gentle..."
Emotion overcame reason. Susu reached up and clung to his shoulders. Heaven knew how much she longed to be in his arms again. Tears welled up in the corners of her eyes.
Qin Tianyi felt her body slowly relax and found an opening to advance.
Like a fish in water, he passionately reached the peak with her...
They were so familiar with each other's bodies, yet there was a sense of long-lost novelty.
This made Qin Tianyi unable to restrain himself from wanting her again. He kissed away the tears from the corners of her eyes and whispered in her ear, "Did I hurt you? Does it hurt a lot?"
"It hurts," Susu managed to utter a word. In truth, the pain in her heart was more profound than anywhere else.
Thinking about how, when she was abroad, she had mistakenly believed Yang Sijie was the one she loved most due to her amnesia, and how hard she had tried to please him, made her feel utterly soiled.
"Let me go take a bath." Susu dared not meet his eyes.
Qin Tianyi still didn't want to let her go, saying, "No rush, let's do it again."
"No, I'm dirty, so dirty, so dirty..."
Qin Tianyi's embrace tightened, his tone heavy but exceptionally gentle, interrupting her. "So that's why. I thought it was something else. Remember our wedding night? I didn't mind even when I thought you had lost your virginity, let alone when you were threatened and had amnesia. If I minded this, would I even be human?"
"You don't understand, any man would mind..."
"There's no point in talking. Let me prove it again." With that, his kiss fell upon her again.
Susu resisted with all her might, pulling the blanket to cover herself as much as possible, but she couldn't budge him an inch.
He continued to take her relentlessly until she felt her body was about to fall apart. Only then did he end the battle, lying beside her, and sighing, "Am I dreaming?"
His words made Susu feel a pang of sadness. She replied, "It's not a dream."
He asked again, "Does it still hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt anymore," Susu shook her head, pushed his hand away, and said, "I need to go take a bath."
Qin Tianyi finally let her go. She carefully got out of bed, covering her abdomen with her hands.
He, however, found her movement strange. As she used one hand to find her clothes and put them on, he suddenly grabbed her other hand, which was still covering her abdomen, and asked, "Why are you covering here?"
Susu hurriedly said, "It's nothing, I just feel a bit uncomfortable in my stomach." Fearing he might see through her, she tried to escape into the bathroom.