Ye Mo carried the basin into the room, let Liu Duo wash her hands, and then tossed the water outside. All the while, neither of them spoke.

After she washed her hands, Liu Duo laid sideways on the bed in silence. Ye Mo closed the door after he entered got into the bed and hugged Liu Duo again.

This time she knew better. She let him hug her, as long as he did not force himself on her. She closed her eyes and drifted to sleep.

As he hugged her, he felt she was no longer struggling or resisting. He chuckled silently, as though he had gotten what he wanted.

But he could not sleep. He felt smug and restless, and it was a great feeling.

Some time went by. Liu Duo was breathing steadily, already asleep, while Ye Mo's eyes were wide open, unable to sleep. He suddenly felt that hugging his wife was filled with both happiness and agony!

He held Liu Duo's hand a few more times to resolve his biological urges. She did not react at all, busy dreaming.

After finishing his private business, he helped wash her hand. Finally pleased with himself, he resumed hugging her and managed to sleep with a smile on his face. In his dreams, Liu Duo was everywhere. One was quarrelling with him, another was complaining to him, the third one was fighting with somebody else, and the fourth was conversing happily with his brothers... all in all a series of emotions. He felt that she was the most interesting woman he had ever seen, and she was cute too!

Once this person had a substantial change towards the other party, anything bad about them would become mesmerising in his eyes.

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In the morning, around six or seven, Liu Duo stirred awake. Her blurry eyes suddenly snapped open really wide. Ye Mo was not awake yet, and he was still hugging her from behind.

This fellow still hasn't let go at this hour! Get off me, geez!

She freed herself from his embrace, ignored him, got down from bed, and put on her clothes.

Ye Mo, being pushed aside, also opened his blurry eyes. He had been over-excited last night and only managed to fall asleep at two or three in the morning.

Liu Duo took her comb and stood under the roof, brushing her hair. As she did so, she remembered what had happened the previous night, and her face uncontrollably flushed red.

She thought, this fellow is even more shamelessly perverted than Liu!

On the other side, Ye Mo wrapped himself in the blanket and smelt Liu Duo's remaining fragrance on it. Then he dozed off again. He was too tired.

In the kitchen, after keeping busy for a long while, Ye Ling was carrying a basin of water out to pour when he saw Liu Duo brushing her hair. "Duo Er, are you hungry? Food will be ready soon."

"Oh, alright."

Ye Ling did not see Ye Mo, so he peeked into the room behind Liu Duo. He was curious why his brother had not woken yet.

Usually around this time, Ye Mo would either be chopping firewood or sweeping the leaves in the yard.

"Duo Er, why isn't Mo awake yet?"

At the mention of that name, her lips twitched and she snapped angrily, "How should I know? I'm not his keeper!"

The fool must have overindulged himself last night and slept really late! Don't think that, just because I was asleep, I wouldn't know he used my hand again! She thought furiously.

When she had woken up, she could feel her hand go limp, like it was exhausted after doing long hours of work.

Ye Ling observed her red cheeks and how she was gritting her teeth. He wondered, What's that for? I just asked about Mo, and Duo Er suddenly got impatient.

She saw Ye Ling looking at her, so she forced a smile, "Ling, he might have been tired from working in the fields yesterday."

"Oh."

"Mo tired himself. He should certainly sleep longer."

Ye Ling innocently nodded his head and bought her story. He entered the kitchen to prepare breakfast.