Chapter 8: The Little Vixen Deserves a Beating

Her expression was somewhat stiff as she glanced again at Su Jingxuan, hesitating for a moment before speaking. “Are you the young lady that Brother Xuan bought back? Hello, my name is Xiao Qing!”

“Hello, I’m Luo Yunhe. He bought me to be his wife. I am now his wife, his spouse! Also, I’m quite particular. You calling him Brother Xuan feels strange to me. Please call him Master Su from now on—it’s reasonable and won’t cause misunderstandings.”

The girl’s face shifted between pale and flushed as she heard this.

Su Jingxuan looked at his jealous little wife, a faint smile playing on his lips, his eyes filled with endless tenderness.

“Xuan…”

“Miss Xiao Qing, you should listen to my wife. I don’t want anyone to misunderstand, nor do I want my little wife to be upset. If you have nothing else to do, I have other matters to attend to, so I’ll take my leave.”

“Wife, after you finish washing, just come home. If you don’t want to work, you don’t have to.”

“Mm, I understand!” Luo Yunhe smiled warmly at him.

Su Jingxuan cast her a doting glance before turning and striding away.

Xiao Qing watched his departing figure, then glanced at Luo Yunhe before carrying her basin to the riverbank.

Luo Yunhe ignored her, squatting down with the basin and beginning to wash. Her movements were stiff, clearly showing she had never washed clothes before.

“Hah! Someone who can’t even wash clothes wants to be Brother Xuan’s wife? What nonsense!” Xiao Qing sneered.

Luo Yunhe recognized the mockery but did not retort. She truly hadn’t washed clothes before.

The girl’s hands moved swiftly; in no time, she had finished washing the entire basin of clothes.

From watching her, Luo Yunhe understood how to wash clothes and began doing so with some semblance of skill.

“People aren’t born knowing everything. Those who can do everything are just servants,” the sarcasm was clear.

“Who are you calling a servant?” Xiao Qing’s face flushed red as she stood up.

“Oh, I didn’t say you. I didn’t name anyone. If you take it personally, that’s on you…” Luo Yunhe smiled but did not turn to look at her.

Furious, Xiao Qing picked up her basin and headed to the shore. But as she passed behind Luo Yunhe, a malicious thought surged.

Seizing the moment when Luo Yunhe was unaware, she suddenly pushed her.

Splash! Luo Yunhe fell into the river.

Though the water wasn’t deep, she was soaked from head to toe.

“Hahaha, drowning dog…” Xiao Qing laughed cruelly from the shore.

Panicked, Luo Yunhe scrambled out of the water, wiping her face, her eyes sharp as they glared at the laughing Xiao Qing.

In the next moment, she quickly climbed ashore, grabbed Xiao Qing, and plunged her into the water.

“You just can’t keep your hands to yourself, huh? Today I’ll teach you a lesson!” Luo Yunhe pressed Xiao Qing’s head underwater, holding her down firmly.

After a moment, she lifted her head above water, then pushed it under again.

Xiao Qing never expected Luo Yunhe to retaliate so fiercely. Every time she nearly ran out of breath, Luo Yunhe would lift her up just to push her back down. The more this happened, the harder Xiao Qing struggled.

Luo Yunhe refused to be the loser this time. When she finally released Xiao Qing, she slapped her hard across the face.

“You’re so reckless with your hands. Today I’ll give you a proper lesson!”

Both were in the water, but Luo Yunhe clearly had the upper hand, delivering a fierce beating.

“Ding dong!” The sound of chimes rang continuously in her ears.

She hadn’t expected that whenever she fought back, the system would award points.

Listening to the clear, pleasant chimes, Luo Yunhe’s mood instantly lifted.

Xiao Qing, beaten and desperate, begged for mercy. “Ah, I—I was wrong, don’t hit me, I admit it…”

“Hmph, if you dare trip me up behind my back again, don’t blame me for being ruthless!” Luo Yunhe climbed out of the water, soaked and furious.

Xiao Qing hurriedly gathered her basin and clothes and fled.

When Luo Yunhe finished washing and walked back, water dripped steadily from her clothes. The men carrying hoes in the fields paused briefly upon seeing her.

Especially when they looked at her wet, curvaceous figure and delicate, pale face, their gazes lingered.

Most of the village girls worked in the fields and did not have such fair skin.

Now, such a beautiful young lady appeared, soaked from head to toe, inevitably drawing different looks from the men.

Su Ruyi and Su Chenshi came out carrying basins and clothes. Upon reaching the corner, they observed the scene.

They especially noticed the lecherous gazes the men cast at Luo Yunhe.

“Mother, that seductive vixen is at it again!”

“Such a little wanton, even washing clothes she knows how to flirt!”

“I think she’s wetting herself on purpose to attract the men.”

“Ugh, such a lowly creature!”

Luo Yunhe wanted nothing more than to return quickly and paid no attention to the eyes around her.

However, two men carrying farming tools suddenly blocked her path, forcing her to stop.

“Oh? Whose young lady is this? So pretty, and soaking wet this early in the morning, tsk tsk…”

“Miss, what’s your name? I don’t think I’ve seen you before.”

Luo Yunhe narrowed her eyes. “Go away,” she said coldly.

“Oh? A spicy little lady, huh?”

“What are you pretending? Getting yourself wet early in the morning is just to flirt with people, right?” One of the men reached out to lift her chin.

Luo Yunhe quickly grabbed the stick from her basin and struck the man’s hand hard.

“If you don’t want your hand, just say so; I’ll cripple you!” Her fierce strike forced both men to step back several paces.

“Little slut’s got some fight in her!”

Luo Yunhe, hearing their hateful words, threw down her basin and, without hesitation, raised the stick and charged at them.

“Your whole family’s a bunch of little sluts! Where did you wild men come from? Watch me smash your mouths today!” she snarled fiercely.

The two men hadn’t expected her to be so fierce. Seeing the thick stick swinging toward them, they instinctively tried to block it.