"Yu Longting, listen to me make excuses, no no no, listen to me explain." I repeatedly waved my hands, "What I said was only a stopgap measure to save my life."

Yu Longting's gaze was very light, chewing over those four words, "Stopgap measure."

"Yes, yes, yes, you see, if you are not interested in her, even if you let her go, she can come back on her own." I felt like I was being skinned alive under his gaze, and I swallowed my saliva.

Yu Longting's long brows mischievously arched, "So, you were just talking big."

"Right, right, right, just talking big, talking big, it can't be real." I looked at him with a disgruntled face.

Yu Longting's brow furrowed even tighter, and his eyes were full of terrifying anger.

I thought he was still angry, so I nervously closed my eyes.

Then I felt a coat draped over my shoulders, as if it were Yu Longting's own robe scented with a faint musk.

Something cold touched my swollen cheek from the beating.

Secretly opening my eyes a crack, I saw his cold fingertips gently caressing my cheek.

He leaned in, his lips very close to my cheek.

Could he really kiss me when I looked so hideous, as swollen as a pig's head?

Just when I thought his kiss was about to land, he just gently blew on it.

He cherished me like a precious treasure, gently caressing with his fingertips, questioning in a voice that poured from his thin lips, "Why didn't you say a word after being beaten like this?"

"I'm fine, it doesn't hurt much, you don't need to be so worried." What I was actually thinking was, didn't he hate me more than that woman in red?

Even with such grievances, should I really pour my heart out to Yu Longting?

That would be truly naively adorable.

The woman stood there dumbfounded, completely stunned, then resentfully and angrily shouted, "Longting, you're being far too gentle with her. This woman doesn't deserve you; she is even less fit to be the Little Snake Lord's mother..."

"My name, is it something you can just blurt out?"

Yu Longting's entire aura became more and more chillingly murderous, "Liu Hongluan, you dare to hit my woman and harm my son?"

"No no no, Snake Lord, I haven't harmed the Little Snake Lord... really..." Liu Hongluan had none of her earlier arrogance under Yu Longting's fearsome presence, and she attempted to run.

The moment she transformed into a long white object, planning to scale the tree trunk and escape,

Yu Longting flicked his sleeve, releasing two Yellow Talismans.

The Yellow Talismans, one after the other, attached to Liu Hongluan's body, forcing her to return to her human form.

And completely out of her control, she walked toward us like a marionette, "Snake Lord... what are you going to do... you... don't... don't kill me..."

"Scared now?" Yu Longting held my hand, and with the back of that hand, slapped Liu Hongluan's face in the same spot as mine.

Liu Hongluan was completely disoriented, holding her cheek, "You... you hit me? You actually let that woman's filthy hand hit my face... We're from the same sect!!"

"What 'that woman,' she's my wife." Yu Longting grabbed my hand again and slapped Liu Hongluan's cheek, "If you weren't from my sect, I would have already twisted your neck, understand?"

I saw Liu Hongluan glaring at me with eyes so bulging they seemed set to fall out, so I hurriedly said, "That, my hand hurts, Yu Longting, her face is too thick. It hurts to hit her."

Big brother, can you not sow so much hatred for me?

My mother and I finally had a couple of days of peace~

"Let me see, it's really red. Let me blow on it." Yu Longting held my hand, blowing on it carefully several times, complaining coldly, "Damn, an ugly woman is an ugly woman, with skin thicker than the average person."

The corner of my mouth twitched entirely; his words are more poisonous than snake venom...

So insidiously toxic... and still furiously drawing hatred toward me...