Suddenly, a cold breeze swept over him as his gray boxer briefs were pulled down to his thighs.
Qin Yuhe pressed his fingers against his forehead. "There's no need to check this area, is there?"
Song Xinya replied, "Yes, there is. I have to check every single inch of your body."
Qin Yuhe teased, "Mrs. Qin, this is the first time you've been so eager to take my clothes off."
In the past, it was always him who was impatient and eager to strip her.
Thanks to that cobra he had killed, he finally got to enjoy the feeling of having a woman take off his underwear.
So good.
Song Xinya's gaze roamed over Qin Yuhe's body, examining him inch by inch.
Qin Yuhe rested his hands behind his head, looking completely relaxed and enjoying the moment. "Is just looking enough? Do you want to use your hands to touch?"
Smack! Song Xinya slapped his thigh. "I'm doing something serious, stop messing around."
Qin Yuhe chuckled, "Don't just slap my thigh, aim a little closer to the middle."
Completely shameless.
Song Xinya stopped replying, letting him tease her as he pleased.
After inspecting him from head to toe, she said, "Roll over."
Qin Yuhe said, "The scenery on the back isn't as abundant as the front, but it's still worth looking at. For example, my inverted triangle back and my perky butt."
Song Xinya wanted to slap his rear end hard, but she was afraid he might actually enjoy it.
After checking his back, she grabbed his clothes from the side and tossed them at him. "Put them on."
Qin Yuhe complained, "Your service is lacking. How come you only handle the pre-sales and ignore the after-sales?"
Song Xinya replied, "Seeing how fast your brain is working and how smoothly you're flirting, I figured you must have plenty of energy. You don't need anyone to dress you."
Qin Yuhe thought regretfully that he should have pretended to be a bit weaker just now.
There was no redness, swelling, or festering anywhere on his body. Only then did Song Xinya's anxious heart finally settle down.
She lay down next to him, her body completely limp.
Qin Yuhe tossed the clothes aside, stretched out his arms, and pulled her tightly into his embrace.
The woman was warm and fragrant in his arms. Her beautiful, delicate figure gave off the fresh scent of body wash. Her nightgown was loose and thin, her skin slightly cool and silky smooth to the touch.
In the dead of night, lying in bed, it was as if a pause button had been pressed on everything else. Only now did the two of them have a moment of free time to talk.
The day had been far too turbulent. Thinking back on it now, Qin Yuhe still felt like it was all a wild dream.
The image of her catching a snake barehanded for him surfaced in his mind. Just recalling it still made his heart pound with fear.
If an accident had happened, she would have...
He didn't dare think any further.
For the first time, Qin Yuhe was afraid to think too deeply about something.
Even as a hypothetical, he couldn't bear to follow that train of thought.
His arms tightened around her, pressing their bodies closely together without a single gap.
At this moment, Song Xinya was also recalling what had happened during the day.
If he had been bitten by that venomous snake...
Just thinking about it made her heart feel as if it had been viciously lashed by an invisible whip, violently contracting with intense pain.
The arms she had wrapped around his narrow waist tightened their hold.
The two embraced each other, bodies pressed together, sharing their body heat.
With their skin touching, there was an intimate sense of being entirely one.
Yet, it still felt far from enough to soothe the lingering fear in their hearts.
Qin Yuhe made the first move. His tall, lean body swiftly rolled over, pinning Song Xinya beneath him.
He cupped the side of her face with one hand and gently pressed his lips against her forehead.
The woman's face was flushed, her raven-black eyelashes fluttering like butterfly wings. Her snow-white skin was soft and radiant as she obediently closed her eyes to receive his kisses.
From top to bottom, his kisses trailed down her forehead, eyebrows, eyes, the tip of her nose, and her chin.
Finally, the man's lips pressed against her moist ones.
Her lips were soft and fragrant, carrying a sweet, moist, and pleasantly cool sensation.
Their lips gently rubbed against each other.
Song Xinya could feel his rich, refreshing scent. His lips were thin and soft, slightly warm. The moist and tender touch felt like a damp, cool breeze blowing against her face on a summer day just after the rain.
The tip of Qin Yuhe's tongue parted her lips, tasting and probing inward with a gentle force.
Song Xinya's lips were coaxed open.
He reached even more of her moist, soft slickness.
Her mouth was filled with his taste. That intensely present masculine aura, deep yet refreshing, gentle yet lingering, enveloped her tongue from all sides, bringing her a comforting, moist softness.
This comforting sensation traveled through the tangling of their tongues up to her brain, amplified in her mind, and cascaded down through the dense neural network of her body straight to her heart.
It soothed the lingering trauma in both of their hearts.
Qin Yuhe kissed her incredibly gently, as if caressing flower petals. He softly brushed against her red lips before capturing her fragrant, soft bottom lip and sucking lightly.
The intertwining of their tongues was equally soft, never aggressive.
He gave her a very long, deeply soothing, and tenderly lingering kiss.
Doing anything more was out of the question. She was currently worried sick about finding her sister, so he couldn't exactly pin her down and have his way with her.
As a husband, he needed to be considerate of his wife's feelings.
After the kiss, he held her, his palm gently patting her back to coax her to sleep.
...
The next day, in the small town.
Jin Ruizhi, along with his greasy lackeys, bought up all the snake-repelling supplies they could find, including realgar, sulfur, quicklime, vinegar, and tobacco oil.
Next, he walked straight into the largest casino in the area.
Billowing clouds of cheap cigarette smoke mixed with the stench of alcohol hit the face of everyone who walked in.
Jin Ruizhi was dressed in a black shirt and black pants, wearing black diamond studs in his ears. Combined with his flashy blonde hair, he didn't look like a good guy at all.
His aura matched the casino's atmosphere perfectly.
Everyone else assumed he was just another local punk.
Although Jin Ruizhi was lazy and ignorant about practical matters, he was an absolute master when it came to eating, drinking, and playing.
Games like slot machines, Texas Hold'em, Golden Flower, Fight the Landlord, and Guandan came to him effortlessly.
Plus, he was generous with his money. When others ran out of chips, he played the philanthropist, handing out his own chips for them to play with.
Very quickly, he blended right in with the gamblers in the casino.
Seeing that he was a new face, the crowd asked curiously, "With your vibe and generous spending, you don't seem like a local. Where are you from?"
Jin Ruizhi replied, "Jingbei."
"Oh ho, a big city! Why did you suddenly come to a small county town like ours?"
Jin Ruizhi smoothly steered the conversation toward Jian Shuibing. "There's a guy from around here named Jian Shuibing. He gambled with me in Jingbei and owes me a million dollars that he hasn't paid back."
Someone chimed in, "I just saw Jian Shuibing in the casino yesterday."
Jin Ruizhi's eyes lit up. "Was it in this casino?"
"Yeah, right here in this casino. He said yesterday that he'd be coming back today."
Jin Ruizhi had met Jian Shuibing before, and Jian Shuibing knew him too. If he stayed out in the open, Jian Shuibing would definitely turn tail and run the moment he saw him.
Jin Ruizhi played one more round, then made an excuse that he had some business to attend to. He stepped away and hid in the shadows.
Waiting to catch his prey!
