Chapter 417: Bullying a Respectable Male

After she finished speaking, Jiang Qingli started to pull at Ye Linyuan’s collar.

Ye Linyuan wanted to push her away, but found he couldn’t muster any strength.

His entire body, except for one place, was completely limp.

’This female... She lied to me again!’

Unsure if it was due to his own body’s reaction or his annoyance at being deceived, the tips of Ye Linyuan’s ears turned red with anger, and his expression grew even darker.

"What did you use on me?" Ye Linyuan’s snake-like nature and his experience with numerous experiments made him nearly immune to poison.

’What in the world has this female done to me?’

"You mean this?" Jiang Qingli plucked a small flower from nearby and waved it in front of Ye Linyuan. "Don’t worry, it’s not poisonous. Purely natural and harmless."

Ye Linyuan stared at the flower.

Its petals were pure white and emitted a faint, sweet fragrance, yet it had taken down an S-rank male in an instant.

’Just like her, it’s extremely deceptive.’

Jiang Qingli had just used the flower that 030 gave her before.

At the time, 030 had intended for Jiang Qingli to force herself on Xie Youchen, but it turned out it wasn’t necessary for Xie Youchen.

Now, it was being used on Ye Linyuan.

’Well, at least it’s being put to good use.’

’Oh, right. Back then, 030 had also said that the thing’s effectiveness depended on the other person’s feelings.’

The more a male liked a female, the greater the effect...

At this thought, Jiang Qingli couldn’t help but let her lips curl into another smile. She said to Ye Linyuan, "It’ll be over before you know it. Really fast."

Ye Linyuan’s expression turned even uglier.

’Who’s she calling fast?’

He watched helplessly as the girl stripped off his jacket and then reached for the buttons of his shirt.

Unable to bear it any longer, Ye Linyuan ground his teeth. "Stop."

Jiang Qingli, getting a kick out of playing the villain, let out a wicked cackle. "Weren’t you acting all tough just now? Keep it up."

030, who was standing guard and keeping an eye on the surroundings, also roared with laughter. ’[Scream! Scream your lungs out, no one’s coming to save you! Just be a good boy and let our baby have her way with you!]’

The two exchanged a glance and a smile, looking exactly like a pair of street thugs ganging up on an innocent young man.

Ye Linyuan forcefully turned his face away, his fingers at his side clenched so tightly that the veins bulged.

After escaping the lab, Ye Linyuan had met many people, and he had killed many people.

In the past, he had encountered people who were interested in his looks, but they had fallen silent before they even got close.

Daring to drug him and even get handsy with him—this female before him was the first.

’If she dares to—here, today—’

Ye Linyuan was contemplating how to get his revenge.

But then he felt her rolling up his shirt from the hem.

’She’s in that much of a hurry.’

’Can’t even be bothered to take my clothes off properly.’

In his peripheral vision, the girl leaned down, her hair swaying gently.

Ye Linyuan’s eyelashes trembled, and he closed his eyes.

His fingers unconsciously hooked onto the edge of her combat suit.

But in the next second, what he had anticipated didn’t happen.

Instead, he felt a slight sting on the wound at his waist.

Ye Linyuan lifted his eyelids.

He saw Jiang Qingli with her head lowered, holding a bottle of medicine that had appeared from who-knows-where, carefully applying it to his wound.

The medicine needed a minute to set, and she even blew on it gently. Her movements were tender.

Ye Linyuan: "..."

’She’s treating me?’

As if sensing his gaze, Jiang Qingli looked up and teased, "What, were you expecting something else?"

She shook her head, feigning disappointment. "What’s going on in that head of yours all day? You snakes are so..."

"Shut up," Ye Linyuan cut her off before she could say the last word.

But the two words clearly lacked their earlier force. They even sounded a bit shaky. Paired with his slightly furrowed brow and beet-red ears, he looked for all the world like a poor, helpless male being cruelly bullied by a wicked female.

The little devil in Jiang Qingli’s heart wanted to put its hands on its hips and roar with laughter.

Ye Linyuan used to tease her all the time, and now it was her turn to get him back.

’I have to admit, this feels pretty good.’

She hummed a little tune as she continued to treat his wounds.

Ye Linyuan’s injuries were mostly external wounds from hand-to-hand combat and bullets. Superpowers weren’t very effective on them, so using medicine was faster.

The flower’s effect lasted for about an hour. By the time she finished treating his wounds, Baili Jing and the others would have long since arrived. They could just pack Ye Linyuan up, take him back for a check-up, and figure out how to restore his memory.

’This version of Ye Linyuan... seems rather young.’

’And he’s quite fun to tease.’

Jiang Qingli worked quickly, finishing applying medicine to the wounds on his upper body and tail in half an hour.

When she was done, she checked everything over one more time.

Casually lifting Ye Linyuan’s shirt again, Jiang Qingli pointed to the design on it and said, "Look, here. You asked me to sign my name on you, I drew this pattern, and then you went and got it as a tattoo."

Ye Linyuan, who had regained some of his strength, was sitting up against a tree. Hearing her words, he glanced down at the pattern and curled his lip. "A pack of lies."

Jiang Qingli insisted, "I’m not lying. That’s exactly what happened. I even drew it with a pen."

Ye Linyuan calmly exposed the flaw in her story. "I tattooed this myself."

Although he had amnesia and didn’t know where the tattoo came from, the lines were clean and decisive. It was his own work.

Jiang Qingli hadn’t expected that Ye Linyuan had tattooed it himself.

’Ye Linyuan never told me.’

’No wonder he was so secretive back then. Before I could even ask a couple of questions, he’d start kissing me to shut me up. So it was because he was too embarrassed to let me know he’d carved it on himself by hand.’

’Heh, what a closet romantic.’

The image of Ye Linyuan, head bowed, carving her doodle onto himself made Jiang Qingli think he was adorable.

She raised an eyebrow. "Anyway, when you get your memory back, you’ll know everything."

Jiang Qingli helped Ye Linyuan get his shirt on and asked, "Do you want to wear pants?"

Ye Linyuan said, "No."

’Where would a female like her get men’s clothes?’

’They must belong to her Beast Husband.’

’I haven’t fallen so low as to wear another male’s cast-offs.’

Since Ye Linyuan was uncooperative, Jiang Qingli didn’t insist. She asked 030 for the time and frowned with some concern.

’Strange. Baili Jing clearly said he’d sorted things out and would find me soon. It’s been over forty minutes, why isn’t he here yet...’

’Could something else have happened?’

Jiang Qingli glanced in the direction of the abandoned lab they had just come from.

After staring for a few seconds, her eyes suddenly widened.

Billowing black smoke was rising from the direction of the lab.

Jiang Qingli shot to her feet. Just as she was about to rush over, she glanced back at Ye Linyuan.

The young man’s hands were still tied with a rope. He casually lifted his eyes to look at her. "Going to find your husband?"

Jiang Qingli nodded, speaking rapidly, "I’m just going to check on it, I’ll be right back. Don’t you run off! Or you’ll answer to me!"

After she spoke, she sprinted off in that direction.

Ye Linyuan leaned against the tree, watched her receding figure, and snorted softly.

’A pregnant woman, huh.’

’Moving so nimbly and swiftly, practically flying. How does that look pregnant?’

In his line of sight, Jiang Qingli, in her haste, stumbled slightly as she leaped.

Ye Linyuan narrowed his eyes again in displeasure.

’To be that worried.’

’Her relationship with that man must be good.’

’Then she probably doesn’t need me.’

Ye Linyuan ignored the sudden uncomfortable feeling that surfaced in his heart. With a slight twist of his wrists, the rope fell easily to the ground.

He stood up and flexed his wrists.

He was just about to leave.

But when he turned his head, he met a pair of narrow, elongated eyes.