"Damn it!
How could I have slept so soundly? I was supposed to be attending to Divine Doctor Cheng, and I ended up falling asleep first?
"Divine Doctor Cheng, I'm so sorry, I..." Zhao Yazhi was on the verge of tears.
Seeing her expression, Cheng Xiaofan couldn't resist teasing her, "Beautiful lady, what are you sorry for?"
Zhao Yazhi's eyes reddened. "Divine Doctor Cheng, by rights, I should have been attending to you. I didn't expect to fall asleep the moment I got into bed."
"I really didn't mean to!"
"Divine Doctor Cheng, I'll make it up to you now!"
She reached out to unfasten her undergarments.
"No, no!"
Cheng Xiaofan panicked at the sight. "Beautiful lady, the sun is already high in the sky. This absolutely cannot happen!"
Zhao Yazhi insisted stubbornly, "No, if this gets out, people will criticize me, saying I'm ungrateful."
Cheng Xiaofan said, "Beautiful lady, you're being silly. If you don't say anything, and I don't say anything, who will know?"
"Besides, I can see that you truly like me. Why don't you make it up to me next time? How about that?"
Zhao Yazhi lowered her head and thought for a moment.
Unsure of what she was thinking, she nodded with a flushed face and said, "Alright, Divine Doctor Cheng, I'll listen to you. I will definitely make it up to you properly next time!"
The two of them emerged from the bedroom.
Old Man Zhao had already prepared breakfast.
Upon seeing Cheng Xiaofan and his daughter coming out of the bedroom, he immediately beamed and said, "Divine Doctor Cheng, Yazhi, please sit down. I'll go to the kitchen to get your food."
Zhao Yazhi said, "Dad, you sit and talk with Divine Doctor Cheng. I'll go!"
Old Man Zhao replied, "Yazhi, you accompany Divine Doctor Cheng. I'll go!"
In the end, Old Man Zhao went to the kitchen.
In the blink of an eye,
Old Man Zhao emerged from the kitchen.
He held a large red tray in his hands.
On the tray sat a large red ceramic basin, containing a whole freshly stewed chicken. Four red dates floated in the soup, along with other unidentifiable red fruits.
He approached the table, took out the whole chicken, and placed it on the table.
He then handed a pair of chopsticks to Cheng Xiaofan and Zhao Yazhi, and said with a smile, "Divine Doctor Cheng, according to our local customs, the morning after my daughter attends to you, you two must eat this old hen together."
"Eat the chicken first, then drink the soup."
"This is called reciprocity, wishing you a hundred years of happiness together!"
"..." Cheng Xiaofan's head began to ache.
He thought, this feels like Zhao Yazhi and I are a newlywed couple.
They're even wishing us a hundred years of happiness.
What is this all about!
He originally wanted to tell Old Man Zhao that nothing had happened between him and his daughter last night and that he shouldn't overthink things.
But!
When Cheng Xiaofan noticed Zhao Yazhi's extremely nervous expression, he swallowed the words that were already on his lips.
After all, the customs here were too bizarre!
If Old Man Zhao found out that he hadn't touched his daughter, he would definitely feel too ashamed to face anyone.
His beautiful daughter slept in the same bed with a man, yet the man remained unmoved. If this story got out, what would people think?
Would they say the man was impotent? But he was a genuine divine doctor, capable of curing all sorts of difficult illnesses. Could he not cure male virility issues?
The only explanation would be that the woman was not to his liking!
"Divine Doctor Cheng, please start first!"
Zhao Yazhi quickly said to Cheng Xiaofan with a smile, "When eating this kind of chicken, the man must eat first before the woman can pick up her chopsticks!"
There was such a rule?
Cheng Xiaofan felt trapped by the strange local customs.
"Alright, I'll eat first!"
Cheng Xiaofan couldn't be polite any longer. He picked up his chopsticks, took a wing from the old hen, and put it in his mouth. "Ah, this chicken is stewed so well. It's tender, fresh, and fragrant. It tastes amazing!"
...
More than ten miles away from Xinghua Village, there was a town called Boma.
Early in the morning, Han Fei tied a naked young woman to a tree in the courtyard of his mansion and whipped her relentlessly with a whip.
He whipped her so hard that the woman desperately cried for help.
"Shout louder for me, that's more stimulating!" Han Fei continued to swing his whip.
The young woman's skin was ripped open, and her voice was hoarse from screaming.
Several young women nearby watched, trembling with fear.
This Han Fei was a complete pervert.
Every night, after he was done with women, he would tie them to a tree the next morning and whip them severely.
He wouldn't stop until the woman was beaten within an inch of her life.
Under his cruelty, countless young women had met their demise.
While whipping the woman, Han Fei would call other beautiful women to watch, showcasing himself as a powerful figure in front of them.
Those women who could endure his whipping could survive.
Those who couldn't would directly lose their lives.
On this planet of the fittest surviving, no one dared to speak up for women who died from bullying by so-called strongmen.
In the Boma area, the Han family was the overlord.
Any woman Han Fei desired was inescapable from his clutches.
"Why aren't you shouting anymore?" With another whip strike, Han Fei noticed the woman's head hanging down.
Anyone could see that this blood-soaked woman was no longer alive.
"Damn it!"
"She couldn't take it. So boring!"
He threw down his whip and yelled at the beauties beside him, "What are you standing around for? Throw this woman out!"
The women, trembling, stepped forward, untied the woman from the tree, and carried her outside.
Han Fei returned to the house.
He sat in a rattan chair, and a bald burly man immediately brought him tea.
"Young Master, is that woman dead?" the bald burly man asked.
Han Fei took a sip of tea. "Yes, she's dead. Out with the old, in with the new. I'll go to Xinghua Village at noon and bring that beauty, Zhao Yazhi, over."
The bald burly man chuckled. "Congratulations, Young Master, on acquiring another beautiful wife. Zhao Yazhi is a famous beauty in these parts!"
Han Fei laughed proudly. "Yes, this beauty is indeed quite lovely. The main thing is whether she can serve this young master!"
"Young Master, this is bad!"
Just then, a servant rushed in from outside, panting. "I just got some news. I heard that yesterday morning, Zhao Yazhi from Xinghua Village was working in the fields and accidentally ate some poisonous fruit, causing her death from poisoning!"
"What, my beautiful wife is dead from poisoning?" Han Fei jumped up and asked loudly.
The servant immediately shook his head. "She didn't die. She was saved by a young man, and the Zhao family even kept him overnight!"
Han Fei immediately thought of the local customs, and his face darkened.
He grabbed the servant by the collar and yelled furiously, "Are you saying Zhao Yazhi slept with that man last night?"
The servant nodded. "You could say that!"
"How dare you sleep with the beauty I've set my eyes on? You're looking for death!" Han Fei flew into a rage."