CHAPTER 65: CHAPTER 65: IT’S SO DIRTY HERE, HE CHEN

"I..."

"From the back of the courtyard wall, there’s a small hole there... I dug it when I had nothing to do..."

Liu Tiejun could only honestly confess. He Chen’s gaze was too terrifying; he was sure that if he continued to lie, He Chen would drag him to the police station immediately.

"Have you sneaked in before?"

Upon hearing that Liu Tiejun had made a hole in the courtyard wall, He Chen was so furious that he almost kicked him again.

This was a house built by his father with his own hands!

Sometimes He Chen was reluctant to change any of the original layout inside the house, fearing that he wouldn’t be able to recall the faint traces left by his parents in his memories.

Deciding in his mind to repair the hole later, He Chen began to worry whether Liu Tiejun had ever sneaked in before and whether he had peeked at anything.

After all, it was very easy to sneak a peek at the rooms inside these rural mud houses once you got past the courtyard wall. He Chen was particularly worried that Liu Tiejun might have secretly watched Ye Manman.

If that were the case, he might not be able to resist breaking Liu Tiejun’s other leg.

"No, no! Cousin, believe me, this is my first time here. I was just too hungry, there was nothing to eat at home, and I’ve gotten this skinny. I really didn’t plan on doing anything else."

"Cousin’s wife saw me and hid. I was just anxious and grabbed her accidentally. I really didn’t mean it, cousin!"

Liu Tiejun knew how much He Chen valued Ye Manman, so he didn’t dare touch the sleeping Ye Manman at all in the beginning, only standing by the bed, sneaking a bit closer to look at her face for a moment.

Moreover, Ye Manman woke up quickly. As soon as she opened her eyes, she screamed and moved back. Liu Tiejun didn’t think much, only thought of grabbing her to beg for some food, never anticipating that He Chen, who had gone out to fetch water, would return so quickly.

And upon returning, without saying a word, He Chen punched him to the ground, making him so uncomfortable that his lungs are still in pain and he feels he can’t breathe smoothly.

Listening to what Liu Tiejun said, He Chen breathed a small sigh of relief. He had just clenched his fists tightly, fearful that Liu Tiejun might say he’d sneaked in before.

In that case, He Chen might not be able to control his leg.

"Stop calling me cousin. I don’t have a cousin like you. I told your family a long time ago, there is no relationship between our two families, don’t you understand?"

"Breaking and entering is a serious crime. Even though you haven’t yet reached adulthood, it’s still enough to get you some time inside."

Initially, He Chen simply detested his aunt’s entire family, but after today’s incident, he even started to hate them.

Especially Liu Tiejun!

If he had come back a bit later, who knows what terrible things could have happened.

If that were the case, He Chen would hate himself for a lifetime!

"Cousin! Cousin’s wife, I beg you, I don’t want to go to jail! Please don’t tell anyone else, okay? I really won’t dare do it again, I beg you!"

Liu Tiejun was now most afraid of going to prison. He got up directly, and knelt before He Chen and Ye Manman, kowtowing to them, in tears, looking dirty and disgusting, but also quite pitiable.

Ye Manman understood the principle of not going too far in doing things and that Liu Tiejun turning out the way he has is largely due to Li Hongmei’s family education.

If they really forced him too much and he ended up in prison, he might truly become a law-breaking, shameless criminal in the future.

As it stands now, there’s still a chance to start over.

At the very least, he still knows a little shame.

He Chen was apparently also a bit hesitant about sending him to prison, as he truly hated Liu Tiejun for almost harmining Ye Manman. However, looking at Liu Tiejun’s current state, it was really hard to keep a hard heart.

The punch and the kick He Chen gave Liu Tiejun were indeed heavy, something even an adult might not withstand.

Both of them pondered for a while, and it was Ye Manman who spoke first.

"He Chen, maybe we should just let him go..."

She had witnessed He Chen’s ruthless strikes firsthand, and seeing Liu Tiejun in such agony, sweating profusely, guessed he must have been seriously injured.

This was enough of a punishment for his wrongdoing.

Physical punishment is better than crushing his dignity directly; at least it would help him remember and give him a chance to start anew.

In the end, they let Liu Tiejun go, watching him walk out of the He family’s gate, limping pitifully. Both of them felt quite saddened.

They had indeed not paid any attention to Li Hongmei’s family, and if Liu Tiejun turned out this way, it’s likely that Li Hongmei and Liu Dongliang weren’t doing well either.

But He Chen still didn’t plan on helping them in any way, because everything happening now was just what their family deserved.

Ye Manman, who had been extremely tense just moments ago, both frightened and crying, felt extreme pain in the few wounds on her body now that everything was calm.

Looking down, she saw that the wounds on her knee and palm, which had finally formed a thin scab, now had several cracks on the scabs.

Especially on her knee, there was still some blood oozing out.

It’s likely that when she was urgently pulling the quilt to hide at the foot of the bed, she accidentally tore them.

Ye Manman, in pain, welled up with tears again.

"Waa waa, He Chen, this hurts a lot, blow on it for me."

She pointed to her left knee, where a bit of blood was coming out and the skin around the scab was reddish, obviously showing signs of inflammation.

He Chen sympathetically moved closer to blow on it, then hurriedly fetched some medicine and cotton balls, his thick fingers carefully holding the small white cotton ball, gently cleaning the blood, and reapplying the medicine.

"Does it still hurt?"

After applying the medicine, he blew on the area again, and Ye Manman felt a sudden coolness where her hot wound was.

"It seems to hurt less now."

She straightened her leg again, opened her palm, and He Chen carefully reapplied the medicine according to habit.

"This is so dirty, He Chen."

Ye Manman couldn’t ignore the fingerprints on her ankle at all, continuously staring at them.

Every time she thought of Liu Tiejun’s face, stained with snot and tears, she felt that the dirt on her foot was like excrement, loathing it so much she didn’t want to touch her own foot.

So, she stretched her foot to the edge of the bed and let out a delicate hum.

"Humph, it’s all your fault for not being home, that’s why it’s dirty here. You have to take responsibility for cleaning it, and reapply the moisturizing cream."

Seeing that delicate, exquisite foot, He Chen also found the dirt on it extremely irritating.

So he quickly fetched a hot water bottle, poured out some hot water, mixed in a bit of cold water to wet the towel, held her foot with one hand while carefully washing it with the other.

Actually, it wasn’t the first time he had washed Ye Manman’s feet.

Before, he had even helped wash her feet, but today, He Chen didn’t know what came over him, feeling the foot was extraordinarily beautiful, the smooth, elastic touch making him suspect he was holding a piece of warm jade.

Ye Manman’s feet were beautiful, small and white. His large hand could wrap around them completely. The toes, smooth and tender, were neatly trimmed, revealing a light pink color. They looked extremely lovely.

He Chen couldn’t tear his eyes away from them.

He had never seen such delicate feet on anyone before.

Everyone was from the rural countryside, and no one paid attention to foot care. Over the years, even a girl’s feet might have some sort of scars or dirt that couldn’t be washed away, and the skin color tended to be yellow.

Ye Manman, on the other hand, loved to care for her skin, using premium creams for her feet. Holding her smooth, soft foot, He Chen felt a fluttering sensation in his heart.

Out of nowhere, while Ye Manman was not paying attention at all, He Chen lowered his head and suddenly kissed that foot.