Mu Ru heard everything clearly. She looked at Dongfang Mo pitifully and looked around. The lights were very bright. Finally, she asked in a trembling voice, "Can you . . . turn off the lights?"
"Can we turn off the lights?" she asked again.
Dongfang Mo had gotten impatient, and he growled. "Xi Mu Ru!"
He quickly turned his wheelchair and went to the side of the bed. He grabbed her arm and pulled her directly into his arms.
Mu Ru managed to speak. She said, "I'll take...I'll take them off."
Mu Ru saw that he was about to growl again and was so scared that she immediately broke free from his arms. She rolled two times before reaching the middle of the bed.
Looking at Dongfang Mo's devil-like face and his ice-cold gaze, she knew that she had no way out. Mu Ru knew she couldn't resist him. She was powerless and helpless.
Finally, she gritted her teeth and used her trembling hands to undo her buttons. One by one, tears rolled down her face. As she cried, she took off her pajamas.
"Don't cry!" Dongfang Mo said.
Dongfang Mo's cold and harsh voice was getting louder.
"If you don't want to take it off, then forget it. Don't make it look like I'm forcing you. This is something that should be consensual between husband and wife. If you don't want to, then go back to the Xi family and get Xi Muxue to come and wait on me."
Xi Muru, whose tears were already streaming down her face, gritted her teeth and forcefully stopped herself from crying further. However, her hands were still trembling uncontrollably. Fortunately, Dongfang Mo did not urge her to take off her clothes faster.
Finally, five minutes later, she took off her coat and knelt timidly on the bed. She looked at Dongfang Mo, but he did not make a move.
"Xi Muru, are you scared of me that much? Do you think my fingers as sharp as ice blades that can pierce through your body?"
Dongfang Mo's voice was like the snow wind blowing in the Tian Shan mountains, cold and piercing her bones.
Dongfang Mo was very dissatisfied that she was retreating. His ghost-like face wore a gloomy expression as he continued to tease her.
"Looking at you, I am wondering if you really are a good and decent girl like your father claims."
Mu Ru's mind was racing. Of course she wasn't, because she had been attacked by a stranger the previous night. An unknown demon haunted and soiled her, and she had shed blood because of it.
However, she definitely couldn't tell Dongfang Mo about it. She had no evidence to prove that she had been raped by a demon. She knew that Dongfang Mo wouldn't believe her. He would definitely think that she was making up a lie to deceive him.
Moreover, what right did Dongfang Mo have to say that she was not a decent girl?
It wasn't like he caught her sleeping with another man. He was going to make assumptions based on whether she had shed blood or not. It didn't make sense to her!
Mu Ru gritted her teeth and prepared to speak.
"Dongfang Mo, what right do you have to say that I'm not a decent girl?"
"Xi Muru, even a fool knows that there's blood the first time. You didn't shed blood. That is enough evidence."
Dongfang Mo's tone left her embarrassed.
"Yes, it's true that most women have blood the first time," Mu Ru answered.
She managed to completely calm down. She then looked at Dongfang Mo with a mocking gaze before she spoke again.
"However, I believe that you are educated. You must have some knowledge concerning physiology and women's anatomy. You should know that a woman who engages in rough physical exercise or activities can break it. Playing basketball or riding a bicycle can break it. Because a woman does not shed blood, how can you say that a woman is no longer decent?"
Dongfang Mo was slightly stunned. He gazed deeply at Mu Ru, who had forgotten to cover herself up just to engage in that conversation with him. His expression sank. It seemed that he had indeed underestimated her.
"Then, you mean..."
Dongfang Mo looked at Mu Ru mockingly. She was still curled up on the bed and staring at him vigilantly.
"Then it's possible that you didn't shed blood because of those particular reasons?" he asked.
"Yes!"
Mu Ru was calmer than ever.
She would rather die than tell Dongfang Mo that she had no longer shed blood because she had been raped. If she did, she knew he would send her back to the Xi family.
She felt that if she was returned to the Xi family and would be replaced by Xi Muxue, she would be living a worse life with the Xi family. She was sure that they would blame her for their misfortunes.
She knew that her father, Xi Yuancheng, would not let her off. She knew that Xi Muxue would not let her off either. Who knew what Mu Xue would do to her?
"All right. Since you say you're a good girl, then..."
Dongfang Mo stopped and looked at her meaningfully. Then, he turned and wheeled himself towards the door. He said, "You'll be my wife from now on."
He added, "From now on, you can be my wife here. However, you're the one who chose this path. You can't blame anyone else!"
Mu Ru closed her eyes for a moment. She only opened them when she heard the sound of the door closing. Her heart was still pounding. 'That damned Dongfang Mo. That disgusting Dongfang Mo,' she thought. She was relieved that she had finally managed to muddle through the ordeal.