“For fifty yuan!”
Jiang Nuo’s voice was very calm!
Just at that moment, she noticed blood beginning to well up around the man’s wrist—he must have accidentally grazed a farming tool on the side when he collapsed onto the floor earlier.
Having learned medicine from her grandfather since she was a child, Jiang Nuo had picked up quite a bit of medical skill. Skillfully, she tore a piece of fabric from the hem of her skirt and tightly wrapped it around Chu Yanhan’s wrist.
Chu Yanhan alertly tried to distance himself, only to find that his usual nimble reflexes had vanished!
“There’s no disinfecting solution here, so I can only bandage it up simply for you.”
The young girl in front of him lowered her head, careful and patient as she focused on wrapping the cloth strip around his wrist!
This stirred an even deeper sense of tender pity in Chu Yanhan for the young girl before him. “I’m a soldier. This time I’m back on home leave to deliver money to a colleague’s family. Would you like to come with me to the military region? Their health station desperately needs a young comrade with nursing experience like you!”
“A young comrade?” Jiang Nuo was amused by his words, the dimples on her cheeks sinking inward!
Chu Yanhan awkwardly rubbed the back of his head, instantly captivated by the girl’s sweet appearance. His Adam’s apple bobbed up and down!
At the military region, he never liked talking to women, let alone fancied them.
The bed in the east room wasn’t very big; the moment Chu Yanhan sat on it, the entire kang was occupied, so he consciously made himself a makeshift bed on the floor.
He could feel the drug’s effects inside him growing increasingly potent, and only now did he realize it was an aphrodisiac. No wonder old man Gao’s expression had changed so drastically the moment he saw him drink that porcelain mug of water!
Fortunately, he had mistakenly wandered in here today; otherwise, he couldn’t even begin to imagine how much suffering the young girl would have had to endure tonight once that old man drank that medicine!
The moment Jiang Nuo heard that the man was willing to recommend her to the military region’s health station, it felt as though the last straw of hope in her life had appeared!!
By now she had no way out left. Even if she ran back home, her parents would just send her right back!
Jiang Nuo was well-versed in traditional Chinese medicine. “I know you’re not afraid of bugs, but the floor is too cold. Sleeping on it for a night will make you sick. Why don’t you come sleep on the kang after all?”
Chu Yanhan had originally wanted to hold his ground, but the moment he heard the word “bugs,” he sat straight up.
He had been bold since childhood and even held the nickname “Fearless Chu” in the military region, but he had one fatal flaw—he was terrified of bugs!
“The floor really is quite cold!”
Chu Yanhan twitched the corner of his mouth, quickly finding an excuse to save face. “You sleep on the inside, and I’ll sleep on the outside. I absolutely will not do anything out of line, and I guarantee I won’t touch you!”
Jiang Nuo naturally had no choice but to trust him. If she ran out right now and got caught by old man Gao, only to be hauled right back into the main room, heaven only knew how he would paw at her all night. The mere thought of that old face capable of trapping a dead fly made her stomach churn with revulsion!
“Mhm.” With that, Jiang Nuo scooted her body all the way back against the wall until she couldn’t move any further!
Not only was the man in front of her tall with clean, neat clothes, but he was also a soldier, which instantly made her feel a lot safer.
Chu Yanhan could tell that although the young girl wasn’t old, her exquisite and well-proportioned figure was exceptionally developed. Her palm-sized face, flushed pink like a juicy water peach, sat right there before him, making his Adam’s apple bob even faster!
His body, pushed to the absolute limit of self-control, grew increasingly disobedient. Reaching out, he pulled Jiang Nuo’s slender waist into his arms. “I’m sorry, I’ve been drugged. Can I borrow your body…”
Before he could finish the rest of his sentence, he had already taken action!
Jiang Nuo: “……”
She had thought she escaped Old Man Gao’s clutches, only to walk right back into a wolf’s den!
Back in the village, there had been someone who accidentally drank pig breeding medicine. The next day, when family members knocked on the door, they found out the person had kicked the bucket because the antidote wasn’t given in time!
Jiang Nuo was terrified. If the man in front of her really died, then after tomorrow, she would definitely still be forced to live out her days with old man Gao. Rather than that, she might as well just smash her head against the wall and end it right now!
Since the man had promised to find her a job and it was an iron rice bowl at the military region anyway, she might as well make the sacrifice—after all, saving a life took precedence!
Besides, she didn’t plan on ever marrying again in this lifetime anyway; whether her chastity was ruined or not didn’t matter much for the moment!
Chu Yanhan had expected her to refuse and push him away. Never did he imagine that the person beneath him would directly strip off all her clothes, leaving behind only a pink little belly-band!
“Do I need to take off more?” Jiang Nuo’s face flushed red with embarrassment as she still asked for Chu Yanhan’s input!
Chu Yanhan hadn’t expected her to be so compliant, and his heart instantly softened. He started to roll off her, saying, “I can’t bully you! Forget it, I’ll go out to the courtyard and flush myself with cold water!”
Hearing that he was going to look for cold water in the courtyard panicked Jiang Nuo even more.
Just moments ago, she had heard old man Gao pacing back and forth out in the courtyard. Opening the door to the east room right now would be far too dangerous for her!
She grabbed his arm, refusing to let him get off of her. “People in the village say that once you’re poisoned with this, you can only solve it with a woman. Cold water is useless!”
Chu Yanhan’s gaze involuntarily drifted toward Jiang Nuo’s heaving chest, his voice husky. “I’m afraid it will hurt you!”
Even though Chu Yanhan had never done that kind of thing before, the girl beneath him was simply too frail and slender!
Jiang Nuo smiled and waved her hand dismissively. Compared to being ruined by an old man, she much preferred to follow Chu Yanhan to the military region and secure that iron rice bowl!
She knew that once she reached a place like that, even if they discovered she had run away, her family wouldn’t dare go looking for her there. It was much safer!
“I’m not afraid!”
Jiang Nuo’s hands trembled as she wrapped them around Chu Yanhan’s waist, feeling around wildly all over his body. She hadn’t expected the man’s muscles to be so full of springy resilience, and touching them actually started making her somewhat addicted!
The next second, Chu Yanhan ripped off his pants. Taking a deep breath, his thin lips pressed against the girl’s cheek, traveling down to her earlobe, then her neck, inch by inch!
Chu Yanhan: Damn it, why did I get so rushed about this?!
Chu Yanhan couldn’t believe why he had suddenly developed such an intense desire to possess a woman. Having been single for thirty years, the moment he laid eyes on the girl before him, his throat had started to churn—he was certain it wasn’t just because of the drug’s effects, because if it were anyone else, he would have easily kept his composure.
Dawn broke.
The very first thing Jiang Nuo did upon waking up was check whether Chu Yanhan, who was lying right beside her, had skipped town!
If her body had been taken and the promise made to her fell through, she wouldn’t bother living anymore either. She would just end it all with a strip of white silk—there was absolute no way she would ever live with that wretched old geezer outside in the courtyard!