The man beneath him paused for a moment, then beamed with joy. Ignoring the fact that her hands were still wrapped around his neck, he pulled Qiu Su close and gently nuzzled her, murmuring, "My wife, my heart aches from missing you so much. Feel it."
"Shameless!" Qiu Su was furious and punched him in the chest. When her eyes fell on the hideous scar on his left rib, she couldn't help but cover it with her hand, as if trying to cover the blood flowing out.
Qiu Su lifted the naked body beneath her and turned him to his side. Sure enough, she found another, slightly smaller scar in the same spot on his back. Further down, there was another hole running across his body. In addition, there were scars of varying lengths, crisscrossing his arms and chest. However, as the scabs fell off, the scars gradually turned into normal flesh color and were not particularly ugly.
At the very least, Qiu Su didn't find it ugly.
Qiu Su gently stroked the two pierced wounds, and the anxious days she spent in the Wu Na military camp suddenly flashed before her eyes. Pei Yuan would never receive the same treatment as her; with his body pierced like this, he would probably be tortured to death. If it were even slightly worse… she dared not think about it.
Qiu Su asked blankly, "Does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt. It doesn't hurt when my wife ignores me."
"How did you get out then?"
"I don't know." Pei Yuan hugged Qiu Su and lay down with her, hooking one leg around her hip in a very lewd and shameless position.
"I was in a cage where I was locking up prey before I fell into a coma, and I woke up at my father-in-law's house. So, I didn't suffer much."
Qiu Su curled the corners of her lips, but her heart ached. "You're lucky to be alive."
Pei Yuan lowered his head and kissed Qiu Su's cheek, inch by inch, until he reached her lips. He paused for a moment before his lips trembled slightly as he pressed them together. Their lips met, but that was all; there was no further movement. Qiu Su looked at the face so close to hers, and a single tear fell as she closed her eyes. Having experienced everything, looking back at those entanglements, they seemed insignificant and unworthy of mention. She thought, being alive was the greatest gift God could bestow upon them.
The lips finally moved, and a sigh escaped his lips as he muttered, "The people on the mountain are really hard to bribe, my wife. I've wanted to come up for a long time, but I've been turned back every time. I've incurred debts just to make the trip up the mountain, and I have nowhere to go. I'm so pitiful, would you take me in? I eat little, drink little, sleep little, and I'll serve you, take care of the children, do the laundry, and cook. Oh, and from now on, I'll take care of all of your and Momo's clothes."
Qiu Su's eyelashes trembled, and she said in a trembling voice, "Who asked you to come back?"
Pei Yuan sighed again, "I can't let go. Every night I hear my wife calling me. If I don't come back, I'm afraid I'll die of heart palpitations in the capital."
“I have never called you that, never.”
Pei Yuan frowned. "So my heart is also broken, piece by piece, and it took a lot of effort to piece it back together. I'll give it to my wife, so that it won't be broken again, okay?"
Always so irreverent, always like this!
Qiu Su turned over and remained silent, her back to him.
Pei Yuan forced himself to take off Qiu Su's clothes and whispered, "Wife, please hug me. The people on this mountain are so stingy. They won't even give me a blanket. I'm freezing."
This is a common saying: couples who quarrel in bed often make up before they get out of bed, and having sex is a quick way to improve their relationship.
Qiu Su, for some unknown reason, got angry and raised her foot to kick, but Pei Yuan was prepared. He nimbly hooked her into his arms with one leg, and his hands were not idle either. In a few quick movements, he stripped Qiu Su of her clothes, wrapped her arms around himself, raised his arm and then sealed Qiu Su's lips with his.
All the movements were done in one smooth motion. Qiu Su only had time to lift her leg and kick once before she was stripped half naked and pinned down.
Her lips were gently bitten and held. Qiu Su bit his lip back, staring intently into his eyes. Seeing the tenderness welling up in them, her heart ached, and she kissed him deeply. The moment their lips touched, their teeth made a soft click.
Qiu Su snuggled into Pei Yuan's arms like a madwoman, their lips and tongues locked in a deep embrace, her nails digging into his shoulder flesh in a fit of rage. Pei Yuan frowned and whispered, "My little kitty, my silly kitty, I missed you, so much."
In matters of the heart, Pei Yuan was always the dominant one. This time, he only allowed Qiu Su to nibble at him blindly for a moment before taking over. He grabbed the back of her head and pressed down hard, sucking on her mouth with such force, as if he were desperately thirsty and wanted to find nectar from her lips. The familiar scent rushed into Qiu Su's nose, slowly spreading, and like a madman, it robbed her of her reason, but instead, a suffocating, aching pain welled up in her chest.
Qiu Su clutched her chest with one hand and wrapped her other arm around his waist, pulling him close. Only when her body was filled with his did she cry out, "I should hate you, I should hate you, but I miss you so much. When I was almost captured by Wu Na, do you know what I was thinking on horseback? I was thinking, Zi Qing, if we never see each other again, will you feel heartache when you think of me? Zi Qing, what am I supposed to do!"
Pei Yuan's forceful advance abruptly froze, his brows furrowing into a deep frown. He had known all along that no matter how carefree she appeared, her heart still belonged to him. If it weren't for that, he wouldn't have chased her all the way to the Southern Frontier and then back to Pingcheng. It was rare that the person he couldn't let go of also loved him with such almost self-destructive intensity. That was enough.
Qiu Su cried as she reached out to hug his waist, which brought him back to his senses. He then went into a frenzy, going deeper and deeper into him.
The two were locked in a passionate embrace, filling the room with an intimate atmosphere. Afterwards, Pei Yuan pulled out a thin blanket from somewhere, covered them both, and stretched out an arm for Qiu Su to rest her head on.