"Didn't you say it's normal for a boyfriend to buy sanitary pads for his girlfriend, or a husband for his wife? Then it's perfectly normal for me to bring them in for you. Does a girlfriend fear her boyfriend, or a wife her husband, seeing her body?"
Chu Lingtian teased with a wicked grin as he watched Liu Bingxue, her fair and slender legs tightly together, sitting on the toilet.
"You..."
Liu Bingxue, a mix of shame and anger, grabbed the toilet brush beside her in her haste.
*Splash!*
Chu Lingtian tossed the pack of sanitary pads to Liu Bingxue. Without closing the bathroom door, he turned and walked away.
Liu Bingxue, quick as lightning, caught the sanitary pads with her left hand and hastily put down the toilet brush with her right. She slammed the bathroom door shut with a bang.
"You bastard, just you wait, I'm not done with you!"
Liu Bingxue thought furiously to herself as she unwrapped the sanitary pads.
When Liu Bingxue had finished applying the pads and put on her underwear and pants, she stormed out of the bathroom, intending to settle the score with Chu Lingtian. She found him standing by the balcony window, smoking, and a cup of brown sugar water placed on the glass coffee table in the living room.
"Drink it. Drinking brown sugar water when a girl is on her period can indeed make her feel more comfortable."
Chu Lingtian, holding a lit cigarette between his index and middle fingers, turned to Liu Bingxue and said.
Liu Bingxue's heart warmed slightly, but the thought of Chu Lingtian deliberately opening the bathroom door to look at her, acting like a hooligan, and their previous antagonistic exchanges, made her furious again.
Just as Liu Bingxue was about to rush forward and argue with Chu Lingtian, demanding justice for being bullied by him earlier, she suddenly felt an unbearable sharp pain in her lower abdomen.
"Ah..."
The intense pain made Liu Bingxue cry out involuntarily. She clutched her lower abdomen tightly with both hands and slumped onto the sofa.
"What's wrong?"
Chu Lingtian quickly walked to Liu Bingxue's side and asked.
"My, my stomach hurts so much, it hurts so much!"
Liu Bingxue's beautiful eyebrows furrowed in pain.
Within seconds, Liu Bingxue's delicate face turned pale, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead.
Chu Lingtian thought for a moment, squatted down, placed the burning cigarette in his mouth, and with his right hand, slipped it inside Liu Bingxue's clothing, reaching for her lower abdomen.
"Ah, you, what are you doing?"
Liu Bingxue shrieked in fright, her beautiful eyes glaring at Chu Lingtian, trying to get up from the sofa to struggle.
"Don't move!"
"If you don't want this pain to continue, then do as I say."
Chu Lingtian said with a serious expression and an overbearing gaze at Liu Bingxue.
Liu Bingxue was momentarily stunned by Chu Lingtian's dominant aura. It was primarily because, during their time together, she rarely saw Chu Lingtian in such a serious and earnest mood; more often than not, he was playful, nonchalant, and acted like a scoundrel.
While Liu Bingxue was dazed, Chu Lingtian took the opportunity to place his right palm on Liu Bingxue's lower abdomen and began to gently knead the acupoints there.
Liu Bingxue immediately felt the warmth from Chu Lingtian's palm.
But just as Liu Bingxue, filled with embarrassment, struggled to push Chu Lingtian away, she suddenly felt the intense pain in her lower abdomen subside and gradually lessen.
"The reason women often experience dysmenorrhea during their periods is due to poor blood circulation and lowered immunity. I am now massaging a few acupoints on your lower abdomen, which will accelerate blood flow, and your severe pain will soon disappear."
Chu Lingtian said while gently massaging Liu Bingxue's lower abdomen with his right hand.
Liu Bingxue's face was flushed with embarrassment, and she frowned, "I, I don't hurt anymore, much better, you don't need to rub it."
Chu Lingtian withdrew his right hand from Liu Bingxue's smooth, fair, and tender lower abdomen. He then picked up the steaming brown sugar water from the glass coffee table with his left hand and handed it to Liu Bingxue:
"Drink it while it's hot. Get a good night's sleep tonight, and you'll be fine tomorrow."
Seeing Chu Lingtian taking such good care of her, Liu Bingxue's anger towards him had significantly subsided. She took the brown sugar water and began to drink it.
Suddenly, Chu Lingtian opened his right hand, which he had used to rub Liu Bingxue's lower abdomen, revealing a small black curly hair on his palm.
Liu Bingxue looked at the small black curly hair and then at Chu Lingtian's lewd smile, instantly realizing it was hers. Chu Lingtian must have plucked it out while rubbing her stomach earlier.
"Ah... Chu Lingtian, I'll kill you!!!"
Liu Bingxue was furious, but as soon as she moved, the sharp pain in her lower abdomen returned, scaring her into stillness.
Chu Lingtian grinned mischievously, "If you don't move, it won't hurt. If you move, it will. Of course, if you want me to keep massaging you there tonight, I'm agreeable."
"You, you scoundrel! I'll deal with you when I'm better!"
Liu Bingxue placed the bowl of brown sugar water on the glass coffee table, then, suppressing her anger, she quickly walked into her bedroom and locked the door from the inside.
Chu Lingtian grinned wickedly, walked to the dining table, opened a plastic bag, took out some grilled food and baijiu, and continued to eat and drink.
*Ring ring ring!*
His phone rang. Chu Lingtian looked at it; it was Bai Mei calling. He pressed the answer button: "Hello."
"Ling Tian, where are you?"
Bai Mei's voice was warm and carried a hint of intimacy.
After all, Bai Mei and Chu Lingtian had been intimate before, so their relationship was naturally different now.
"I'm at home, what's up?"
Chu Lingtian asked, taking a bite of grilled squid.
Bai Mei said, "Something shocking just happened in our city again. The mysterious man in the ghost mask who killed Young Master Qi Kun of the Qi family this afternoon went to the Qi family manor this evening and disrupted Qi Kun's funeral. He also killed Lu Yong of the Lu family, Zhao Lu of the Zhao family, and Wei Song of the Wei family."
"Any other developments?"
Chu Lingtian continued to ask.
Now that Bai Mei and the entire Red Flower Society were under his command, Bai Mei would report any news from both the underworld and legitimate circles to him immediately.
"The four major families – Lu, Zhao, Qi, and Wei – have mobilized many elite bodyguards and have blocked all major roads in and out of Dachang City. They are conducting a thorough search across the city, determined to find and kill the mysterious man in the ghost mask as quickly as possible."
Bai Mei replied.
"Mm."
Chu Lingtian nodded.
"Oh, and there's one more thing..."
Bai Mei hesitated.
"What is it?"
Chu Lingtian asked.
"I, I miss you, and I want... again. Where are you? I'll come find you."
Bai Mei's shy and seductive voice came from the other end of the phone.