After Lu Ye exited the space, Bai Sheng walked to the spiritual spring stone pool. With a thought, a basin for washing livestock appeared about six or seven meters away from the pool.
Then, with another thought, two small wooden houses appeared beside the spiritual spring. One was for a bedroom, and the other for a kitchen.
Behind the wooden houses, she built a warehouse and sorted the items stored in the space into the warehouse.
When the time came, she would buy a thousand or so sacks from town. After the first batch of grain was harvested, it could be stored in the warehouse.
Because of the construction of the wooden houses and the warehouse, the trees in the distance were visibly reduced, and tree stumps increased.
Bai Sheng finished the few physically demanding tasks in the space before coming out.
Seeing Lu Ye lying on the straw mat in the room, with his hands pillowing his head, seemingly pondering something, he appeared somewhat dazed.
This man, even when dazed, was so handsome, like a painting of a young man in deep thought!
Bai Sheng squatted beside him, tugged at his sleeve, and asked, "Lu Ye, are you unhappy?"
Lu Ye came back to his senses, turned his head to look at her, and smiled, "I'm not unhappy."
"You are unhappy!" Bai Sheng stared into his eyes.
Lu Ye's eyes, as deep as an ink abyss, flickered slightly, and the corners of his lips curved up, "I'm not unhappy. It's just..."
"It's just what?" Bai Sheng pressed.
Lu Ye sighed softly and looked at Bai Sheng, "Bai Sheng, I just... I just feel... very useless."
Bai Sheng's expression showed a hint of surprise, "Why do you think that?"
Lu Ye chuckled self-mockingly, "You have a space, the space has water, food, and with a thought, you can manage everything in the space, Bai Sheng, I seem to be unable to do anything for you, it seems you don't... need me at all."
Bai Sheng finally understood the reason. It was this man's pride acting up! He didn't want to be a freeloader and wished to be needed.
She did need him, she needed him to love her, sleep with her, form a loving family with her, plant a few children for her, and then accompany her through every season, until old age.
However, she wouldn't say these things until she was sure Lu Ye loved her.
"Who says I don't need you?" Bai Sheng pretended to be angry, pouting her lips, "I've always needed you! You are skilled in martial arts and can protect me! Having you by my side makes me feel very secure!"
Lu Ye's lips curved slightly, and his eyes brightened, "Anything else?"
"I hate doing manual labor. You have great strength, so I don't have to do a lot of it!"
"Anything else?"
"I'm sometimes impulsive and have a fiery temper, while you are gentle and magnanimous, meticulous in your actions, always tolerating, supporting, and protecting me, which makes me feel particularly at ease and stable!"
Lu Ye could hardly suppress his smile, his eyes sparkling like stars, "Is that all?"
Bai Sheng smirked, "Also... you are exceptionally good-looking, and you have a great body. I'm particularly covetous of your looks and your body!"
Lu Ye's expression instantly changed, the roots of his ears suddenly turned red and hot. He stared at Bai Sheng as if petrified.
After Bai Sheng spoke and saw Lu Ye's flushed face, she realized that she had momentarily lost control of her unrestrained modern soul and had actually uttered some suggestive online phrases!
However, now that the words were out, she couldn't back down in her actions!
She, Bai Sheng, was not like those reserved and shy female leads in many transmigration novels. What she wanted, she went after!
At this moment, looking at Lu Ye's slightly reddened lips and listening to his increasingly heavy breathing, Bai Sheng just really wanted to kiss him!
Go! Kiss him!
She suddenly leaned down and placed her lips on Lu Ye's lips.
Lu Ye's body stiffened, and his breathing became even deeper. However, he didn't respond immediately. Instead, he remained motionless, letting Bai Sheng gently touch his lips with hers.
Just as Bai Sheng's slippery tongue was about to probe between his lips and teeth, he suddenly seemed to awaken and pushed Bai Sheng away.
"Lu Ye! You—" Bai Sheng felt a significant blow.
Did he dislike her?
Disliked her for being dirty? But she bathed and brushed her teeth every day for the past two days.
Disliked her for being ugly? She wasn't attractive now, and she had two strange black spots on her cheeks.
Bai Sheng remained in the position he had pushed her to, looking at Lu Ye with complex emotions in her eyes.
"I... I'm sorry, I..." Seeing Bai Sheng's dejected expression, Lu Ye's face showed guilt.
Actually, they were husband and wife. Even if Bai Sheng kissed him, it was a natural thing. It was just...
"It's okay. It's good to understand your thoughts just by moving your mouth!" Bai Sheng smiled, got up from the ground, and walked out with graceful composure.
Going directly for what she wanted, even if rejected, was a good thing. After all, understanding the truth of the matter sooner meant not wasting more mental energy here, and cutting losses in time.
Lu Ye watched her retreating figure, his expression exceptionally complex. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
As night fell, neither of them entered the space. They lay quietly in the makeshift shelter, on the same straw mat, one on each side, far apart.
Lu Ye thought about the feeling of Bai Sheng kissing him, his heart pounding incessantly. In the darkness, he raised his hand to touch his lips, as if that gentle, trembling sensation was still there.
That night, he had that dream again. In a deep mountain cave, he was intimately entwined with a woman, consummating their union.
Afterward, the woman nestled in his arms and softly asked him if he would love her for all eternity. He replied: For all eternity, until death do us part.
The woman smiled and softly began to sing a song: "Love even in death, not at ease until I cry to smile, my heart remains even as the universe crumbles..."
In the dream, Lu Ye always wanted to see the woman's face clearly but could never do so, as if a mist always obscured his vision.
After waking up, Lu Ye found himself wet between his legs.
He looked at Bai Sheng, who was sleeping soundly beside him, and felt embarrassed.
Ever since his first nocturnal emission, he had been having that strange dream frequently.
The same person, the same scene, repeating constantly. Later, after Bai Sheng came to their home, the dream inexplicably disappeared for a period, but he didn't expect it to happen again today...
Lu Ye didn't know what the dream meant, but he could clearly feel his affection for that woman. Yet, facing Bai Sheng, he also...
He couldn't understand what was happening to him. Was he truly the scumbag Bai Sheng often mentioned?
Lu Ye quietly got up, went out of the shelter, and changed his undergarments in the darkness.
The next day.
Lu Ye woke up and woke Bai Sheng, preparing for their morning exercises. He lifted the curtain and froze.
Outside their door, more than ten people were kneeling in a neat row.
Lu Ye looked around. Except for Zhou Ligen, everyone from Hongshu Slope had come, including Zhou Ligen's wife, Liu Shi.
Granny Tie Zhu, Zhong Pozi, knelt at the front. Seeing such an elderly woman kneeling before him, Lu Ye immediately bent down to help her up, "Grandma Zhong, what are you doing? You're shaming me. Please rise quickly!"
Zhong Pozi raised her hand to stop Lu Ye and said firmly, "Master, in Hongshu Slope, I, this old woman, am the oldest. Today, I will take advantage of my age and speak out of turn. On behalf of all of us kneeling here, I beg the Master for one thing.
We beg the Master to take us as household slaves! We voluntarily sell ourselves to the Master and do not require any payment. We only ask the Master to provide us with food and water daily, so that we may live!"