Just like now—even though she was bound by chains, she could still turn the chains that restricted her into her own weapon to help her achieve her goal.
Hou Danxue finished her examination and found nothing. Only now did she vaguely realize that this was Wu Ming’s subjective behavior—her husband was actively courting her!
Her husband was actively courting her!
Hou Danxue was feeling elated when Wu Ming caught her off guard, using the chains to reel her in, pulling her directly onto Wu Ming’s body.
“Hiss…”
The sensation of crashing straight into the chains was not pleasant. Hou Danxue began to miss Wu Ming’s warm chest.
Wu Ming’s body was strong, but that didn’t mean it was hard. Her skin was resilient, but the places that should be soft were soft.
Hou Danxue usually loved sleeping in her husband’s embrace.
Hou Danxue’s pained whimper startled Wu Ming, who immediately became well-behaved and remained motionless.
She watched as Hou Danxue braced herself against the chains to try and stand up, but because the chains were polished so well, Hou Danxue’s hands slipped. She tried again and again, only to fall back into Wu Ming’s arms.
Wu Ming watched long enough and finally, feeling guilty, used her strength to help Hou Danxue up.
Mhm, having Wife standing allows me to see more clearly. If only her face weren’t so cold.
“I’m not playing anymore!”
Hou Danxue, her body covered in red marks and her heart full of anger, unfastened the chains and vented her frustration on them: “Hmph! I’m going to melt you down later!”
Wu Ming was full of regret. She hadn’t even gotten to the part where she would pretend, she couldn’t take it and beg Hou Danxue to unlock her.
Such a good prop—why was it going to be destroyed?
Thinking this, Wu Ming externally joined Hou Danxue in “bullying” the chains. With a surge of strength from both hands, she snapped the chains apart. Hou Danxue fell silent as she looked at the broken links.
She suddenly felt that using chains to bind Wu Ming was not a good idea.
First, the chains didn’t make it convenient for her to do “bad things.”
Second, the chains made of the world’s strongest materials probably couldn’t hold her husband anyway!
All her planning might be for nothing!
“Wife, don’t be angry! I’ve dismembered it! Now, let me apply the medicine!”
Wu Ming was completely oblivious to Hou Danxue’s sudden silence; her mind was entirely focused on the second stage of the plan.
Even with the ointment in hand, Wu Ming was not well-behaved. She had to first pretend to be very distressed and lick the marks, causing Hou Danxue to cry out in surprise.
Stimulated, Hou Danxue’s mood worsened, and her face grew colder.
After Wu Ming finished licking, she looked up, expecting to see Hou Danxue’s eyes brimming with liquid emotion, only to meet a pair of eyes filled with ice and snow.
What was going on?
Wu Ming’s heart chilled. Had she made Hou Danxue angry?
Wu Ming immediately became obedient again, applying the medicine with gentle movements.
“Why… is it that only I am the one who feels pain? Wu Ming… do you even have a heart…”
Hou Danxue felt extremely aggrieved. The thought that she had no way to trap Wu Ming was agonizing.
The physical pain and psychological pain combined, making her suffer intensely.
Precisely because she loved her too much, she had to be the weak one in this relationship.
Because of love, she didn’t dare to hurt her and was unwilling to do so.
But Wu Ming’s departure was, to her, the greatest devastation.
She truly… had such a cold heart!
Clearly, when they first met, she had been passionate enough to melt the coldness that covered her…
“Wife… I was wrong… don’t cry… look at me.”
Hou Danxue was currently consumed by a sense of defeat. She looked at Wu Ming: “You know what it is I want.”
What she wanted… what she wanted was naturally for her to stay by her side forever. Forever and ever.
Wu Ming knew it perfectly well in her heart, but she couldn’t agree.
Her heart was set on freedom.
Besides, could these two things not coexist?
She loved freedom and she loved Hou Danxue. These two were not opposites; it was just that Hou Danxue set them against each other.
She had to evade this question, so Wu Ming began to blur the concepts to coax her.
She picked up the chains that had been broken into two pieces and could no longer lock anyone. She pressed one intact end into Hou Danxue’s palm and held the other end in her own hand.
“Wife, I shall satisfy you.”
Under normal circumstances, these chains would have no effect on Wu Ming at all.
But if she insisted on harming herself, it was not impossible.
Wu Ming funneled her internal energy into the chains. With the addition of this energy, the chains became sharp weapons capable of causing harm.
Of course, she wasn’t stupid. She would deliberately control the internal energy so that the chains were just reinforced enough to leave marks on her body without causing her pain.
Wu Ming’s hand, gripping the chain, swiped across her body, leaving a red mark that left Hou Danxue stunned.
So it could be operated like this!
She had only just discovered this now!
In the beginning, Wu Ming would sometimes be unable to withstand the power of treasures during her training. At those times, Hou Danxue could take advantage of Wu Ming’s weakness to use medicinal fluids on her as she pleased.
Although she would still pay a price at the final moment, she had at least enjoyed herself, so she accepted it.
Later, the medicinal fluids extracted from those treasures had a weaker and weaker effect on Wu Ming, and thus Hou Danxue’s rare pleasure vanished.
She couldn’t use poison on Wu Ming. Afterwards, she had always been in the inferior position between them, and Hou Danxue had to rely on coaxing and deceiving Wu Ming to elevate her own status.
“Wife, you can do whatever you want now.”
Wu Ming saw the bright glimmer in Hou Danxue’s eyes and knew the matter was settled. She had successfully diverted Hou Danxue’s attention and cheered her up.
Although the sacrifice was somewhat large, it was worth it!
Hou Danxue grabbed the “divine tool” Wu Ming had created and pushed her onto the bed.
Without those damned chains separating them, she could freely press against Wu Ming and enjoy her warm embrace.
Hou Danxue used her newly acquired little toy to stroke and scrape, leaving behind row after row of marks that satisfied her. But soon, she noticed something was wrong.
Hou Danxue stopped her movements and stared intently at Wu Ming’s calm face.
Why did she… seem to feel nothing at all?
Clearly, when these marks were made on her own body, they brought tears to her eyes!
How could her husband be so tranquil?
“Wife… what’s wrong?”
Hou Danxue had stopped, making Wu Ming’s heart flutter with anxiety.
Weren’t they playing quite happily just now? How could a person change so suddenly? Her black-hearted wife wouldn’t have thought of some new scheme, would she?
“Does it not hurt?”
“Wife, don’t worry! I am very strong now! Play however you like!”
Wu Ming thought Hou Danxue was simply distressed for her, but she found that as soon as she said those words of comfort, Hou Danxue’s face went dark. She stopped playing with the chains and tossed them aside.
What was it this time?
“Wu Ming… have you noticed… between us… it has never been equal.”
It’s over! Here we go again!
She’s bringing up the topic of me leaving again!
How could this matter be discussed in detail? Hou Danxue would only get angrier the more she thought about it, and then she would be impossible to comfort!
She only wanted a brief period of freedom! This wasn’t asking too much at all!
Wu Ming kissed her directly to block Hou Danxue’s mouth. She tried her best to regulate the other’s emotions, wanting her to drown in love and forget her sorrow.
Only after confirming that Hou Danxue was dazed from the kiss did Wu Ming let her go.
The entranced Hou Danxue looked more like a soft, sweet little cake. Wu Ming’s heart pounded.
Her heart was moved, and so she acted. She licked and nibbled, troubling Hou Danxue so much that she was forced to wake up quite a bit.
“See, you are always the one in the active position.”
She was truly wronged by this. She had always been very well-behaved; as long as Hou Danxue coaxed her a little, she was willing to lie underneath.
“Wife… it seems almost every time I am the one on the bottom, right?” Occasionally, when she took the upper hand, Hou Danxue would make a fuss, and then she would have to accommodate her. Who was really in the active position all the time!
“…I don’t care! You can’t leave!”
“Ha—no! I must go! If Wife is truly so upset, then come after me!” Come after me, and we shall go together…
She wasn’t a greedy person. Hou Danxue only needed to spare half—no, a third of her time to accompany her on her excursions, and that would be enough.
Hou Danxue didn’t understand the hidden meaning in Wu Ming’s words, because Wu Ming gave her no room to think—fearing that Hou Danxue would be harder to coax the more she thought, Wu Ming became exceptionally proactive.
Furthermore, at the thought that they were about to part and that she wouldn’t be able to taste such a delicious sweet cake for a long time, she felt very reluctant.
So for now, she was going to eat her fill!
Hou Danxue was exhausted by the antics. Physical fatigue combined with psychological exhaustion caused her to fall into a heavy, muddled sleep. When she woke the next day, Wu Ming was already gone, leaving behind only a small note she had deliberately left.