Chapter 16 Chapter Sixteen

Aini woke up very late the next morning, and she felt like she couldn't keep her eyes open.She stretched out on the soft mattress. "If you want something to eat, you'd better get up quickly." She snapped open the time limiter and saw Lowe sitting at a small table eating chicken, bread, and cheese. "What are you doing here?" she asked. "Why did you bring me here? That bottle of wine! You're drugged." "My brother did it. My impatient brother did it. He put drugs in the wine." "Did he bring me here?" "He brought us while the two of us were asleep."

Aini sat up straight and looked at the room.One bed, one table, two chairs. "He betrayed us and surrendered to the Huo family." She seemed to be talking to herself. "Will he give them the castle?" Lowe looked at her as if she were some country fool. "My brother may be out of his wits sometimes, but he is by no means a traitor." "Then why did he lock us up here?" Lowe looked at the food. Ai Ni got out of bed. "Why did he lock us up?" "Who knows? Eat something," Lowe said loudly. Aini felt her temper boiling up.She went to the door, beat her hands hard, and shouted loudly, but no one came.She called down again through the two narrow gaps, but still no one answered.She turned to Lowe. "How can you eat it? How are we going to escape?"

"You can't escape. My father built this house to keep prisoners." "Then we can only wait for that bastard brother of yours to let us out? Why did I marry into a family like yours? Don't you men have any brains?" Lowe stared at him with fierce eyes, and Annie immediately regretted saying those words. "I..." she said. He raised his hand. "You can go back to your father as soon as we're out." Aini wanted to speak again, but he pushed the chair away and walked towards the window.Ai Ni followed him. "Lowell, I..." He walked away again.

During the day, they spent time in silence and anger, and in the evening food was passed through the cracks in the iron bars.Lowe yelled at Seaman about how he was going to fix him when he was out.Lowe took the food across the room and ate it. As night fell, they still did not speak.Ai Ni lay on the bed, wondering where Lowe was going to sleep.When he lay down next to her, she tried to protest but kept her mouth shut, careful not to touch his body. But when the sun shone into the room, Ernie awoke to find herself nestled in her husband's arms.She forgot all the quarrels and quarrels, and kissed his soft lips.

Lowe woke up instantly and kissed her with all his hunger at the same time.After the kiss, they were all lost in lust, frantically and urgently tearing off each other's clothes, looking for skin-to-skin contact.They bonded quickly and furiously, eager to nourish the passion and hunger that had built up over the past two weeks. After the cloud and rain, they lay tightly together, hugging each other.Aini's first thought was to ask Lowe if she really thought she was ugly, but she held back her tongue. "I saw the ghost," she said at last. "In our downstairs room?"

"She's the lady I was talking about. I thought it was Randy. Have you ever met her?" she asked. "Of course not, there's no ghost there, it's just—" "Just what? When did you see her? Was she embroidering or spinning?" It was a long time before he answered. "Embroidery, a portrait of a woman." Ai Ni was not surprised. "When did you see her? What did she say to you?" His voice was very soft. "That was when Hodry took... her." "Dolly." "Yes, that woman," Lowe replied. "She came back and told me that she was really going to marry Huo... I should have killed her!"

"But you didn't." "I didn't. Then one day when I was practicing archery, an arrow suddenly shot into this tower. I ran up to look for it, and found that the arrow was in that room. At that time, no one dared to go up to that floor, but I The Huo family was so angry that they forgot to be afraid, not to mention that we were in a critical situation at that time, and every arrow was very important." "Is she in there?" She saw Lowe smiling slightly. "I thought ghosts were supposed to be blurry, but she was so real. She gave me back the arrow and said I almost shot her."

"What are you talking about?" "Weirdly, I had a familiar feeling when I talked to her." "Me too. She seems to know all about me. Have you talked to her about Dolly?" "Yes, she told me my wife wasn't that one." She looked at him suspiciously. "What's the meaning?" "I don't know, it makes sense when I'm with her, but it doesn't make sense when I'm away. I think maybe it has something to do with that poem." Annie opened her eyes wide. "What poem?" "I haven't thought about it for years, actually that's kind of a riddle, I think about it...

"When red and red make black, "When black and gold are united, "When red is united with it again, "The truth will come out naturally." Aini lay quietly in Lowe's arms. "What does it mean?" "I don't know," he frowned. "This woman is a ghost. She has been dead for a long time. Maybe I never saw her at all. It's all just a dream." "I'm not dreaming!" said Ernie. "The old lady told me how beautiful Dolly is and how much you love her." "I almost forgot about that bitch, and I don't remember how beautiful she was, she couldn't compare to Randy."

Anila got up the sheet to cover her bare chest, and sat up. "Oh, it turns out that what you want is Randy. In this way, you will have both wealth and beauty." Lowe's confusion was evident on his pretty face. "Randy is a stinky woman, I dare say she designed all of this." He pointed to the locked door. "Why did she do this? Do you want me to forgive you for saying I'm ugly in public?" Lowe sat up too and opened his mouth wide. "I never said that!" "You did! You said you married me for my money, not for my opinion or 'looks.'"

Lowe looked even more confused. "I'm telling the truth. I never met you before the wedding. How could I have any reason other than money?" Annie felt tears welling up in her eyes. "I married you because I thought you...wanted me, and you actually kissed me before you knew I was rich." "After I knew you were rich, I kissed you too!" He got up and leaned against her. "I kissed you too after you took me to that stupid show, and after—" "That's because I'm your wife," she said. "You call me ugly in front of everyone. I may not be as good as Randy and your ex-wife, but many people say I'm cute." Lowe shrugged helplessly. "You don't look bad when you're not crying." Ai Ni began to cry after hearing this.She lay on the bed with her knees bent, her shoulders shaking from crying. Lowe looked down at her, furious.She spoke as if he had done something terribly wrong.But God knows what he had said about her looks?Or is it just a "need" thing?Didn't he just use actions to show that he needs her? He knew he had a right to be angry with her, but somehow her cries softened him.He sat down on the edge of the bed. "Tell me... what's wrong." He spoke staccato, feeling awkward and embarrassed. She didn't answer, but cried louder. After a while he took her in his arms, her tears wet his chest. "What's wrong?" he asked again. "You think I'm ugly. I may not be as beautiful as you, Seaman or Randy, but there are many suitors who write poems praising me for being beautiful!" Lowe wants to say, is there anything people can't do for money?But he wisely refrained. "Not as pretty as me or Seaman, huh? I'd agree with me, but Seaman, some of our pigs look better than him." "Of course she looks better than me." "I think you are much more beautiful than when I first saw you." Aini sniffed and looked up at him. "what does that mean?" "I don't know," he stroked her long hair. "When I first saw you in church, I thought you were just like other women, but now..." He looked into her eyes. "Now I think you are very attractive, and I have thought of you often these few weeks." "I think about you every second," she said, pulling him closer to her. "Oh! Lowe, you can call me stupid and annoying, but never call me ugly." Luo Cheng stood up. "If you don't embarrass me in front of my men, I can tell you that you are the most beautiful woman in the world." This time it was Aini's turn to be surprised. "Me? How could I do such a thing? No way!" "You challenge me to the farmer!" "Yeah! That's because you're whipping innocent people." "You almost set me on fire!" "Because you're with another woman." "You are still disobeying my orders in front of my subordinates!" "when?" "The morning when the Huo family attacked." "I just--" "Nosy," he said sternly. "And that's none of your business. If I'd been more drunk, you'd probably have—" He broke off.He didn't want her to know that the Huo family might take her hostage. "What might happen to me?" His face changed, Ai Ni knew what he was hiding. "What will happen to me?" Lowe stood up and walked to the door. "If my bastard brother doesn't bring anything, I'll burn him alive when I go out." "What would happen to me if you were more drunk?" She wrapped the sheet around her body and walked behind him. "What will happen?" Lowe smiled darkly. "If I catch someone from the Huo family to force a confession, I will hand him over to you." "What will happen to me?" she asked again. "Abducted." Lowe replied quickly, walking back to the bed. "The Huo family wants to arrest me?" Ai Ni said softly. "You're so angry because the Huo family threatened to arrest me, aren't you? Lowe, you love me. " "I don't have time for flirting. Get dressed and Seaman might come in." She purposely let the sheet slide off her body, her bare breasts touching his body. "Lowell, I love you." "Hmph! You haven't talked to me for weeks, and you've made everyone's life such a mess that even Sal has rats in his room. I'm much easier off without women loving me. "His words didn't match his actions as he was hugging the ground. "Seaman taught me a lesson," she said. "I swear to you, no matter how much you hurt me - and I'm sure you will often - I won't close the door on you." "I'm fine, but other people need a clean room and good food." He pushed her away slightly, cupping her face. "I guess my stupid brother locked you up because he wanted you to clean his room and do his laundry." "Oh? So who's going to convince me to do these things?" "Maybe I can," Lowe said, picking her up in his arms. "You tell people we're in bed all day, now your lie can come true." They fell in love long and slowly.They explored each other's bodies with their tongues and hands, and when they were finally united, the love process was more relaxed, intimate, and tender.In the end, they lie in each other's arms. "Shall we hang him or kiss his feet?" Aini said softly. "Hang him," Lowe insisted. "If someone sneaks up—" Aini rubbed his legs against him. "If someone sneaks up, you're too tired to move, so it doesn't make any difference." "You are an arrogant woman, you should give me a good beating." "Who's going to beat it?" she asked. "Of course it won't be the exhausted boss of the Ou family!" "I'll show you who's exhausted," he said, rolling over on top of her, making Aine giggle. They stayed in bed all day and only left for a while while eating. Ai Ni let him talk a lot. She asked him about his childhood, and she asked him about his childhood dreams.She wasn't sure, but it seemed that Lowe had never had a conversation like this with anyone in his life. At dusk, Ernie mentions expanding Murray Castle with her dowry.Lowe was too terrified to speak. "This is not the Ou family's land," he said. "The Huo family took away—" "Yes, yes, I know. But you have lived here for two generations, and our children are the third generation. If it takes another five generations to get back the Huo family's land, don't they have to live here all their lives?" A leaky roof like this? We could add wings to the south, and the walls, of course. We could add churches and—” "No, no, no!" Lowe said, standing up and looking at her. "I won't spend money on this small place. I will renovate it after I get back the land stolen by the Huo family." "Wait until you spend every penny I bring on the war?" Aine's eyes flashed with anger. "Did you marry me just to be rich and easy to fight?" Lowe wanted to answer that yes, and that was indeed why he married him, but he changed his mind. "I married you because of your unparalleled beauty." He said softly and exaggeratedly. Aini's eyes widened in surprise, and she flew into Lowe's arms. "My dear husband, I love you so much!" Lowe hugged her too. "I'm going to use the money as I want." "Of course, as a submissive wife, I will have no objection. But you will hear me through my expansion plan." Lowe grunted. "First you separated me from those women, then you found me a dozen red-headed boys, and now you are going to tell me how to spend my hard-earned money!" "Hard earned money!" she said. "You didn't even show up for the wedding feast! And you insulted my stepmother." "She deserves it, she deserves a few spanks." "You'd be happy to beat her?" Aine asked. "I don't even want to touch her," he said. "It's you, come to the table, my brother has brought food." They embraced and slept together again at night, and Lowe murmured in the twilight that he would consider expanding Murray Castle, and Ai Ni felt that she had won another battle. When she woke up again, she saw Lowe looking straight ahead.She followed his gaze and saw that the door had opened.Aini suddenly felt very disappointed. "We can lock it up again," Aine said innocently. "No," Lowe said. "I have to face the ridicule of my subordinates." Aini hadn't imagined what his people would think of their lord, the dignified master of the castle, who was locked in the tower because of a quarrel with a woman. They didn't have much time to ask questions, because Biga ran in right away, talking as fast as she could.She seemed to mean that Seaman had let the word out that Lowe had ordered his wife locked up and that he was going to punish her himself.In this way, Lowe's reputation is still intact. "What about me?" Annie asked. "They'll believe you're a law-abiding wife," said Biga. "Wife who keeps the law?" Aini called out loudly. "Don't say that about her," Lowe said. "Otherwise we'll never have peace. I don't want to be set on fire again." Biga quickly shut up and stopped talking. Aini reluctantly left the room with her husband.Here she learned something, she knew that what a woman thinks is important probably doesn't mean much to a man.Lowe didn't call her ugly. What's more, he was willing to do a lot for her.She seemed to feel that they were safely crossing a bridge again, and in the prospect of the future Aine could see no hindrance.