Looking at Luo Meili's charming appearance, Zhang Xiaoshan's Adam's apple moved as he couldn't help but swallow.
She really was a deadly woman.
But, Zhang Xiaoshan still had some hesitation.
"Hehe, you should come home with me first," Luo Meili continued to persist.
"Go home? In the middle of the night, isn't that inappropriate?" although Zhang Xiaoshan had already decided to give up on Wu Xiaoru, he was after all an unmarried man, and he still had some reservations about going to the house of a widow.
"Hehehe."
Luo Meili was a clever woman; she had already noticed that Zhang Xiaoshan was interested in her but was too shy, which meant she needed to take the initiative.
"Come with me, look at how dirty you are, the big bathtub at my house is so comfortable, I'll clean you up, also, look at all these wounds that Wu Yong that bastard left on my body, you help me deal with them, it would be bad if they scarred," she said.
Hearing Luo Meili say this, Zhang Xiaoshan then compromised.
"Alright."
So, Zhang Xiaoshan followed Luo Meili back to her home.
Luo Meili was the richest in White Dragon Village aside from the village chief's family.
In the whole village, only her house and the village chief's were two-story Western-style buildings.
It was quite imposing.
"You go wash first."
Luo Meili had prepared the bathwater for Zhang Xiaoshan, who went into the bathroom and thoroughly bathed, washing away the mud from his body, immediately feeling much refreshed.
"Hehehe."
Just as Zhang Xiaoshan was about to get out of the bathtub, Luo Meili pushed open the bathroom door, peeking in with a smile at Zhang Xiaoshan.
Apart from a spiritual interaction in his dreams with Dragon Girl Susu, Zhang Xiaoshan had always been very chaste and couldn't help feeling a bit shy and nervous. He sat back in the bathtub awkwardly and said to Luo Meili at the door,
"Auntie, I, I haven't finished washing; just wait a bit."
Luo Meili burst out laughing at Zhang Xiaoshan's nervous reaction.
"I've been through all this before, what haven't I seen? Little Shan, tell me, have you and Little Ru ever? You aren't still a virgin, are you?"
Zhang Xiaoshan's face instantly blushed to his neck.
"I, I, I'm not."
Seeing Zhang Xiaoshan's flustered state, Luo Meili became even more convinced of her guess and felt delighted inwardly.
"Alright, I won't bother you anymore, finish up your bath."
Luo Meili closed the door and left, while Zhang Xiaoshan got up, put on the robe that Luo Meili had prepared for him and came out.
"Auntie, you should wash too, it's getting late. I'll quickly treat your wounds then I need to be heading home, otherwise, it wouldn't look good if people see me here at dawn."
"Hehe, I know," Luo Meili walked into the bathroom.
After ten minutes, she emerged, while Zhang Xiaoshan sat on the sofa, processing the information that Dragon Girl had imparted to him.
Behind the bathroom door, Luo Meili peeked through the crack at Zhang Xiaoshan sitting on the sofa.
She remembered the image of Zhang Xiaoshan treating her in the infirmary today, and his heroic action in the cornfield tonight where he saved her.
This man was so captivating.
In White Dragon Village, there was no other man who could compare to Zhang Xiaoshan.
She had mournfully remained a widow for seven years, always restraining herself, but in the quiet of the night, she couldn't help but let her thoughts wander, especially tonight after being toyed with by that bastard Wu Yong.
At this moment, Luo Meili couldn't help but entertain some thoughts.
"Ah!"
Luo Meili let out a sharp scream from the bathroom.
"Auntie, what's wrong?" asked Zhang Xiaoshan, startled as he stood up from the sofa.
"Auntie!" He called out twice more, with no response from Luo Meili, feeling something was wrong, he hurried towards the bathroom.
"Time is of the essence in rescue, Auntie, if you don't speak, I'm coming in," he said.
After waiting two seconds with still no response, he pushed open the door and charged into the bathroom.
But there was no sign of Luo Meili in the bathtub.
"Little Shan."
Suddenly, a delicate body darted out from behind the bathroom door and wrapped itself around Zhang Xiaoshan.
Zhang Xiaoshan's breathing became rapid, and he was at a loss for what to do.
"Little Shan, these years alone have been so hard for me; help me," Luo Meili pleaded, looking up at Zhang Xiaoshan with teary eyes, as if she had just been released from five years in prison.
Zhang Xiaoshan, touched by Luo Meili's beguiling gaze, felt his entire body go numb.
"No, auntie, I, I, we..."
Hearing Zhang Xiaoshan's intention to refuse, Luo Meili didn't wait for him to finish his sentence but instead pursued, with a look of melancholy,
"What, do you despise me because I'm older, because you think I'm ugly?"
"No, not at all," Zhang Xiaoshan, afraid Luo Meili would misunderstand, hurriedly explained.
"You are the flower of our White Dragon Village; how could you possibly be ugly? And you are not old, this age is the most charming. I like you too, it's just that I am poor now, and my sister-in-law would not agree with this; I can't be responsible for you, which is why I don't want to hurt you."
Hearing this, Luo Meili was even more moved.
Tears slid down her cheeks.
"Silly boy, how is this hurting me? Do you know how long it's been since someone cared for me? I'm already so happy that you feel this way; I wasn't wrong about you, you're a good man worth relying on. My husband has been dead for five years, and I've been all alone every night during these years, not just physically, but also emotionally lonely. I just want a man who cares about me, who knows my warmth and my cold."
"But looking around the entire village, aside from you, Zhang Xiaoshan, everyone else only covets my body, only you care about my feelings. Just for this, I'm willing to give myself to you."
"Little Shan, you're not hurting me, you're saving me, and I'm truly grateful to you. I don't need you to be responsible, I know there's an age gap between us, and the people in the village would gossip, your sister-in-law would never agree; I don't even hope to marry you, I just want you to keep me in your heart and come talk to me in the quiet of the night, to give me a shoulder to lean on, that's enough."
"In the future, if you find someone you love and want to get married, if you want to cut off contact with me, I agree. If you still have me in your heart, I'm willing to be your confidante for a lifetime."."
"Little Shan, please be with me," said Luo Meili.
After speaking her mind, Zhang Xiaoshan let go of his burdens and quickly adapted to the role.