The cotton on the tweezers, soaked in disinfectant, was applied to the wound. Although she was once a professional emergency room doctor and had seen many emergency patients, with some wounds even more serious and rare than the one before her eyes now, she had never been so hesitant to proceed. Perhaps it’s because the injured person was different, leading to the saying that a surgeon usually wouldn’t operate on their own family member.

Suddenly, a large hand grasped hers from the opposite side, startling Xia Xue out of her daze. Looking up, she met a pair of jet-black eyes that were intently watching her, absorbing the moisture in her eyes. But the owner of these eyes only smiled mischievously. "It’s just right to have you here!"

Such sweet talk left Xia Xue feeling a bit unaccustomed; the man she loved seemed to have even changed his personality overseas. "This time, the injury is severe," she said, as if deliberately trying to change the subject, diligently cleaning the wound. "Or is it that I’ve seldom encountered such scenes before?"

"This is just a superficial injury; it’ll heal on its own." Xiao Lin spread his hands indifferently. It took him some time to kill DOMO, but he wasn’t sure what rank those two belonged to within the DOMO group. However, they were already very powerful. "Come! Come over, let me have a good look at you! It’s been a long while since I’ve seen you."

In this sweet moment, Xiao Lin seemed particularly childlike. He reached out his left hand to bring Xia Xue to the bed beside him, domineeringly encircling her waist. "There’s something I need to say!" Thinking of another woman here, Xiao Lin couldn’t help but feel a headache coming on. "It’s about my family."

The other half of the bed suddenly dipped as Raven jumped onto it, whining. Xia Xue turned half her body around to glance backward, just in time to see Raven’s sorrowful eyes, and couldn’t help but laugh. She reached out a hand, using her hip to nudge Xiao Lin to move back, making room for Raven.

"It’s now more attached to you than to me." Playing with Xia Xue’s long hair with his fingers, Xiao Lin seemed to complain jealously about this official owner being disliked. Saying that, he wanted to kick Raven off the bed, only for Xia Xue to give his leg a resounding slap. "Ouch!" Xiao Lin cried out in pain. "I feel like a tiger fallen to the plain, bullied by dogs. Honey, I’m an injured man now!"

"Brother, it’s not a dog, it’s a Mongolian wolf, a much higher level! Hahaha." Raven also let out a howl, standing on its female owner’s side to mock its rightful master.

"I’m so pissed off!" Xiao Lin unhappily buried his face into Xia Xue’s back, the smooth skin and scent immediately causing his blood to surge, and certain parts changed subtly. The person who noticed this blushed but Xia Xue was restrained. She took advantage of Xiao Lin’s slackened attention to slip off the bed, staying too close might tempt him to come up with nonsense again.

"Not these days!" She planted her hands on her hips to thwart Xiao Lin’s eager intentions with a single sentence, hearing his wails, Xia Xue suppressed her laughter. "The wound will split open, and if an assassin comes, how will you protect me with this body?"

The reason was sound and convincing! Xiao Lin looked resentfully at Raven’s slightly smug eyes, wishing to skin this traitorous creature, nudging Raven’s belly with his foot. The latter seemed to be enjoying the game, using its back paw to bat at the incoming foot. With that, the two male creatures were playfully tussling, making Xia Xue on the side both amused and exasperated.

"You two have had enough! Tell me, what were you going to say before?" The female owner’s shout wasn’t a trivial matter, causing the two to immediately stop. Raven curled around to the other side of the bed and lay down, tactfully leaving space for them, its tail flapping against the sheets, reminding of its own presence.

"Murong Lengyue!" Staring into Xia Xue’s eyes, Xiao Lin spoke the four words. He was actually very reluctant to get involved with this woman. He could easily handle the matter himself, but women, to him, were somewhat mysterious entities. He couldn’t predict their logical thoughts. So rather than wait for unnecessary trouble when the two encountered, it was better to let her know first, after all, she understood Xia Xue a bit more.

"Who?" It’s not that she didn’t hear the four words clearly, but she didn’t understand why to mention this person. Xia Xue knew the name, Xiao Lin’s fiancée. Even though she knew Xiao Lin loved her, bringing up this person still made her feel uncomfortable.

"Murong Lengyue, the fiancée chosen for me by the old man!"

Putting it that plainly, Xia Xue wanted to act magnanimous, but she couldn’t really put on such an act. "What do you want to say to me?"

An impending eruption, Xiao Lin bleakly thought; suddenly his back felt a bit painful, and a bit itchy, like the small struggle before a wound’s self-healing, causing his brows to furrow tightly, inadvertently letting out a hissing sound.

"Does it hurt?" This unconscious sound immediately softened Xia Xue. In truth, women are easily placated and deceived, provided they care about you, love you.

"It’s okay! The wound is healing."

"Really?" Xia Xue didn’t quite believe it; she climbed up to take a look, and sure enough, the red flesh seemed to be performing self-surgery, growing new flesh. "How could this be?" This strange sight left Xia Xue astonished.

"It has to do with my special physique, many people want my special blood."

"Is it those people from before?" Xia Xue recalled that beautiful woman, pure like an angel. Xiao Lin nodded. "I won’t hide it from you, our Xiao Family is now entangled in a huge crisis, and Qing Yi is also implicated. Your coming here, I think, is also part of their plan, willing to exchange Sin City for you."

"Wait a minute, are you saying the person who lured me here is your adversary?" Xia Xue was smart, deducing from Xiao Lin’s expression after reading the mails and Zimu’s siblings’ immediate disappearance upon arrival in Sicily, it seemed she had really fallen into their trap by design. "Why do this?"

"Sin City can be considered a massive temptation; without dangling bait, how would you easily catch? Exploiting my crisis and your emotions, this part I dislike a lot." Xiao Lin genuinely loathed such manipulative tactics. While he got Sin City, he also pulled his woman into the mix.

"Haha, I actually find it quite nice!" Women’s thoughts are always strange; Xia Xue giggled. "It’s just now that you officially confront me! About Murong Lengyue, I don’t want to hear. If that’s really the result, that’s a struggle between us women. You’re a man; you don’t need to worry."

"Oh, God, I really want you now!"

"You’ll bleed!" (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)

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