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"Slap!"

A crisp sound suddenly rang out, and Qiu Ruoxi was completely stunned.

Ye Xunhuan’s movements were too fast, so fast that she had no time to react before he pulled her from the chair into his arms and delivered a slap.

For a moment, Qiu Ruoxi’s eyes filled with fury. In her life, aside from being disciplined a few times by Qiu Shuihan because of Ye Xunhuan, she had almost never been hit.

After those incidents, she, Qiu Ruoxi, had never been hit by anyone else, let alone had another man slap her buttocks!

After the slap, Ye Xunhuan seemed to feel that it wasn’t enough and once again stretched out his hand to spank Qiu Ruoxi’s bottom: "Daring not to eat, forgetting your last appendicitis hospitalization? Forgetting the doctor’s advice? You need a regular diet, or do you want to be hospitalized again..."

Qiu Ruoxi’s buttocks felt numb and sore from Ye Xunhuan’s spanking. It felt as if half of her buttocks had gone numb, and at the same time, a strange feeling began to arise in her heart, causing her eyes, filled with resentment, to coldly stare at Ye Xunhuan!

The two seemed to have an irreconcilable enmity!

"What are you looking at, haven’t seen this before?" Ye Xunhuan feigned anger, "Still daring not to eat, you’re really rebelling now!"

"If you don’t go eat today, do you believe I will beat you to death..."

Qiu Ruoxi glared at Ye Xunhuan fiercely like a shrew, endlessly nagging. But when she recalled Ye Xunhuan’s earlier mention of the appendicitis hospitalization, her frosty face and fiery eyes slightly improved.

Back when she was hospitalized, although Ye Xunhuan’s words could infuriate her, aside from that, he was definitely a good man; he came to the hospital right after work and stayed with her overnight, taking care of her.

It moved her deeply.

Thinking this way, the anger in Qiu Ruoxi’s heart somewhat subsided, but she still spoke stiffly: "Can’t you speak nicely? Does hitting women make you proud?"

Following her words, Qiu Ruoxi pushed Ye Xunhuan away and struggled out of his embrace.

Hearing Qiu Ruoxi soften her tone, the heart that Ye Xunhuan had been holding gradually settled back into his stomach.

Truthfully, when he had hit Qiu Ruoxi just now, he felt very restless and uneasy inside.

But now it seemed that his father-in-law was right: one cannot always indulge a woman; sometimes, a few hits are necessary.

"I’ve always been speaking nicely, it’s you who refused to eat, saying you’re not hungry..."

"I just am not hungry now, but that doesn’t mean I won’t be hungry later. Can’t I just go eat when I’m hungry later?" Qiu Ruoxi said coldly, her face tense!

Ye Xunhuan opened his mouth, wanting to retort, but he didn’t know how.

This woman really knew how to cover her bases.

So, Ye Xunhuan could only smile apologetically: "Wife, I was wrong, ah, I didn’t know you’re not hungry now. Does your buttock hurt..."

Before Ye Xunhuan could finish, Qiu Ruoxi interrupted him: "You’ve already hit, now you’re asking if it hurts. What’s the point?"

"Wife, sorry, why don’t you take off your pants, and I can apply some red flower oil..."

As soon as Ye Xunhuan’s words fell, a chill immediately appeared in Qiu Ruoxi’s beautiful eyes: "Get out!"

"Wife, I’m serious, let me apply some red flower oil, we’re husband and wife, there’s no need to be shy..."

"Get out!" Qiu Ruoxi said coldly, her eyes blazing as she looked at Ye Xunhuan.

This jerk was trying to take advantage, justifying his actions so righteously and blatantly.

Seeing Qiu Ruoxi’s face gradually turn cold, Ye Xunhuan could only say, "Okay then, I’ll go out first, come down for dinner later!"

Qiu Ruoxi snorted coldly and ignored Ye Xunhuan.

When Ye Xunhuan was about to reach the door, as if he had thought of something, he turned his head again and said, "Don’t skip coming down, if you don’t come down, I’ll spank you later!"

As soon as his words fell, Ye Xunhuan left the study.

Qiu Ruoxi was stunned on the spot.

This bastard had actually threatened her, and for a moment, Qiu Ruoxi was so angry her teeth itched, but she had no way to deal with Ye Xunhuan!

After all, he was holding the ’imperial sword,’ and this imperial sword was named—Qiu Shuihan!

It was Qiu Shuihan who had told Ye Xunhuan to hit her, so complaining was useless.

Possibly fearing that if she didn’t go down, Ye Xunhuan would really dare to come up and hit her, Qiu Ruoxi didn’t dare to stay in the study too long and went straight downstairs.

When she arrived downstairs, Ye Xunhuan was sitting quietly at the dining table, waiting for Qiu Ruoxi.

When Ye Xunhuan saw Qiu Ruoxi coming down from upstairs, a pleasing smile immediately appeared on his face, "Wife, you came down, did you apply any safflower oil?"

"If you haven’t, I’ll apply it for you later, after all, we’ve shared a bed, no need to be shy..."

"No need!" Qiu Ruoxi coldly rejected Ye Xunhuan’s words without mercy.

"Don’t be mad, I know hitting you was wrong of me, I apologize." Ye Xunhuan said sheepishly, "Actually, I didn’t want to hit you, you’re so beautiful, I’m too busy cherishing you, how could I bear to hit you!"

"When I hit you, the pain was in my heart too, but I had no choice, you said you wouldn’t eat, and I was afraid your appendicitis would act up..."

Hearing Ye Xunhuan’s words, Qiu Ruoxi felt as though she had eaten honey, yet she said with a cold face, "Is this slapping me and then giving me a sweet date?"

Ye Xunhuan was taken aback by Qiu Ruoxi’s words and responded, "How could that be..."

"Ye Xunhuan, you probably use these words to coax your other women outside, don’t you?"

Remembering the sight of Ye Xunhuan leaving with Su Guyan, Qiu Ruoxi’s heart was filled with unease and irritation, wishing she could immediately end the collaboration with Su Guyan.

That way, she wouldn’t have to see it, and Ye Xunhuan wouldn’t have as many chances to meet her.

But if she were to end the collaboration with Su Guyan now, it would be breaking the contract, and she would have to pay ten times the penalty!

Ye Xunhuan was taken aback, his mind racing to figure out how this had gotten to other women: "What are you talking about, I haven’t..."

"Ye Xunhuan, I’m not one of those wild women outside that you like to sweet-talk!" Qiu Ruoxi said sternly as she fixed her gaze on Ye Xunhuan, "So, save those words for the women outside, don’t waste them on me!"

As the words fell, Qiu Ruoxi directly walked over to the dining table and sat down.

Ye Xunhuan was utterly confused, what was wrong with this woman?

Why had she suddenly brought up other women out of the blue, something that had never happened before? In the past, Qiu Ruoxi never mentioned them!

Could it be...

Could it be that instead of being repulsed or frightened by yesterday’s events, this woman had actually been won over by his strength?