“Are you okay?” Fei asked with concern.
Xing Lian ignored her and tried walking again.
This time she was prepared, and it felt much easier, but the cold draft in her lower half made her feel a bit awkward.
“It’s so cold.”
Xing Lian squeezed her legs together.
Realizing she wasn’t wearing any underwear, she turned to ask for it.
Fei looked around and saw the small scraps of cloth torn to shreds in the corner.
She walked over, picked them up, and handed them to her.
Xing Lian fell silent upon receiving them.
Her eyes reddened, and she went to a corner of the Mountain Cave to crouch down, refusing to speak.
Watching Xing Lian curled up in the corner, Fei felt a bit strange.
When she had been completely naked just now, Fei hadn’t felt like bullying her, but now that she was dressed, why did she suddenly have an urge to tease her?
Was it because being partially covered was more enticing?
Or was her pitiful expression simply too endearing?
Fei was getting a bit restless and wanted to get close to Xing Lian, but thinking of her weak body, she forced herself to hold back.
‘I already hurt her just now, so I can’t continue for a while.’
Fei swallowed hard and walked to Xing Lian’s side.
Xing Lian’s body flinched, but she soon stopped caring.
She had no ability to resist; this woman could do whatever she wanted.
However, she had been so gentle just now, so she probably wouldn’t turn hostile suddenly.
Xing Lian thought to herself.
Her guess was entirely correct; Fei indeed had no intention of continuing to bully her — at least not for the time being.
“Your feet seem to be injured.”
Fei hadn’t noticed before, but as Xing Lian walked on the ground just now, her legs trembled slightly with every step, and she couldn’t help but stand on her tip-toes.
Fei observed closely and found blood seeping from the soles of her feet.
‘Injured?’ Xing Lian froze.
Her delicate, cute toes curled as she felt a needle-like pain.
While traveling through the forest earlier, she had stepped on stones and thorns.
She hadn’t treated them at all, and now they seemed worse.
“Let me see.”
As she was thinking, her ankle was suddenly grabbed and her small foot was lifted.
Fei looked at it for a moment and said with great heartache, “The wounds have split open. To avoid infection, I’ll clean them first and then apply some medicine.”
“Ap… applying medicine?”
Xing Lian’s body couldn’t help but tremble.
Thinking of the shameful experience of having ointment applied earlier, she subconsciously wanted to refuse.
However, applying it to the feet was different from applying it there, so it should be fine.
Thinking this, she allowed the other woman’s movements.
Fei carefully cleaned Xing Lian’s feet and then began applying the ointment.
‘It tickles… it’s so ticklish.’
Xing Lian didn’t feel much at first, but when the center of her sole was rubbed, she couldn’t take it anymore.
This body was already sensitive, and the soles of her feet were especially so.
She laughed until tears came out.
“Are… are you done yet?” Xing Lian asked with tears in her eyes.
“Almost,” Fei responded softly.
Xing Lian bit her lip and endured it.
But one minute, two minutes, three minutes… five minutes passed, and she was still applying the medicine.
Xing Lian lost her patience.
‘She couldn’t be doing this on purpose, could she?’
“Ahn!”
Just as she was thinking, someone suddenly scratched the sole of her foot, causing her body to jolt.
“What are you doing!?” she questioned, puffing out her cheeks.
“Sorry, I didn’t do it on purpose,” Fei apologized softly.
The naive Xing Lian believed her.
However, Fei soon repeated the trick, and this time Xing Lian couldn’t take it anymore.
She wasn’t stupid; how could she not know she was being played?
‘Darn it, this villain!’
She played with her so much just now, and now she dared to tease her again!
With new and old grudges combined, she forgot her fear and raised her foot to kick out.
Fei was completely unprepared and took a kick right to the face.
She was momentarily stunned.
“Little one, you…”
“What about me? I’m going to kick you! You pervert!” Xing Lian scolded, her face flushed with anger.
She knew this wasn’t wise and could easily enrage the other party, but she wasn’t even afraid of death, so why would she fear making someone angry?
If she wanted to kick back, that was fine.
Even if she beat her to death, it didn’t matter.
She didn’t want to keep swallowing her frustration.
Fei didn’t know what Xing Lian was thinking.
If she did, she would have certainly said she was overthinking.
Xing Lian was so cute, how could she bear to punish her?
Let alone just one kick, even if she were kicked a dozen times, she wouldn’t do anything to the little one.
And could that even be called an attack?
It was soft and fleshy.
Being stepped on the face by her foot actually gave Fei a sense of enjoyment.
Xing Lian was blind and couldn’t see the expectant expression on a certain someone’s face.
She didn’t know her words had hit the mark — Fei really was a pervert.
Her body was weak.
Although she had just rested, she felt exhausted after only moving for a little while.
Leaning against the wall, she closed her eyes and fell asleep soon after.
Seeing that Xing Lian was asleep, Fei carefully picked her up and placed her on the bed.
She covered her with a soft blanket, kissed her cheek, and then left quietly.
***
When Xing Lian opened her eyes again, the pain in her body had lessened significantly.
Her hands and feet weren’t as sore as before, and her spirit had improved.
“Yawn.”
She covered her mouth and yawned, rubbed her eyes, and sat up by bracing one hand against the bed.
The familiar touch, the familiar wall — this seemed to be where she had slept before.
Xing Lian wanted to escape, but considering she was blind and unfamiliar with the area, she could only give up the idea helplessly.
“I’m so hungry.”
Xing Lian rubbed her belly.
Although she had eaten two fruits earlier, she had engaged in strenuous exercise afterward, and now they were mostly used up.
She desperately wanted to eat something.
But she was just a prisoner; she had no right to make demands.
‘What exactly does she want to do with me?’
Not knowing the other’s goal or where she was, the future felt like a mist.
Xing Lian felt very flustered.
When she was first brought here, she thought she had met a kind person, but after being bullied so harshly, she knew the other woman was not a good person.
Did that woman keep her here as a tool for lust or as emergency rations?
But if she were just a tool, why was she so nice to her afterward?
While she was lost in thought, the sound of footsteps suddenly approached.
“Little cutie, you’re awake.”
Fei entered the Mountain Cave and saw Xing Lian sitting on the bed with her knees hugged to her chest.
A bright smile appeared on Fei’s face.
Xing Lian looked toward the direction of the voice and then lowered her head.
Seeing how cute the little one was, Fei’s heart felt even more delighted.
However, when she saw those lifeless eyes, her joy turned entirely into pity.
She hadn’t noticed before, but after spending more time together, she realized the little one had an issue with her eyes.
She seemed unable to see.
Being blind meant she couldn’t hunt, which meant she was weak and could only be bullied by others.
Before meeting her, there was no telling what kind of miserable life the little one had lived.
No wonder she was so thin and small but it was fine now.
With her around, she would definitely protect the little girl and raise her to be fair and plump.
She wouldn’t feel the slightest bit of disdain.