After becoming a widow, I became the apple of a rough man's eye.

"I...I'll sit here." She lowered her head, her voice barely audible, her eyes darting around, never daring to look at him.

Qin Lie's brow furrowed instantly.

This woman treats him like a thief.

Outside the cave, wind and rain raged, and the cold wind poured in through the entrance, causing the flames to flicker wildly. Although she was wrapped in that military overcoat, her thin little body was still shivering, and her lips were frozen pale white.

"Sit there?" Qin Lie chuckled, his voice unusually deep in the empty cave, carrying a chilling sense of oppression. "Do you want to freeze yourself into an icicle, or do you want me to collect your corpse in the middle of the night?"

Before Lin Qingqing could retort, her wrist was suddenly tightened.

The rough, hot hand gripped her slender wrist forcefully. Then, a powerful force struck, and she was thrown forward uncontrollably.

"ah--"

The brief gasp was shattered into pieces upon impact.

She plunged headfirst into a hard, burning hot embrace.

Qin Lie spread his long legs wide, trapping her between them. He didn't give her a chance to struggle; his long arms tightened around her, like a steel fence, holding her firmly in front of him.

"Don't move."

A rough, hoarse male voice came from above, carrying an unquestionable command.

Lin Qingqing's body stiffened, and her mind exploded.

too close.

Her back was pressed tightly against his bare, burning chest. Through the lining of his military overcoat, she could even feel the hardness of his muscles, like a red-hot iron that would burn through her back.

The man's intense hormonal scent, mixed with the dampness of the rain and a faint smell of tobacco, enveloped her completely, leaving her no room to breathe.

"B-Big Brother..." Lin Qingqing panicked, scrambling to crawl out, "This...this isn't right..."

"Rules?" Qin Lie sneered, his arm tightening even more instead of loosening. "In this desolate, godforsaken place, I am the rule."

He lowered his head, his chin resting on the top of her head, his heavy breath spraying onto her scalp, sending a tingling, electric sensation through her.

"If you move around again and rub against the wound on my back, I'll throw you out to feed the wolves."

Upon hearing this, the person in his arms indeed became obedient.

Lin Qingqing froze, not daring to move. She was truly afraid of the wound on his back; that bloody, mangled sight just now had made her heart tremble.

Seeing that she had become obedient, Qin Lie's tense jawline relaxed a little.

He adjusted his posture. Because of his back injury, he couldn't lean against the stone wall and could only sit upright. This posture was actually quite tiring, but he didn't utter a sound, simply resting his chin on her shoulder and closing his eyes.

The cave fell silent.

The only sounds were the crackling of dry firewood in the fire and the incessant sound of rain outside.

Gradually, Lin Qingqing felt the warmth.

The man behind them was like a giant human furnace, constantly radiating heat. The oversized military coat wrapped the two of them together, forming a closed little world.

As the chill subsided, drowsiness washed over me.

Having experienced so much fright and escape today, her nerves were on edge the whole time. Now that she suddenly relaxed, her eyelids started to droop.

Its head bobbed up and down, like a chick pecking at rice.

Finally, she couldn't hold on any longer, her body went limp, and she collapsed completely into Qin Lie's arms.

Qin Lie suddenly opened his eyes.

The little woman in his arms was fast asleep. Her face was pressed against his chest, her breathing long and even. Perhaps feeling warm, she unconsciously snuggled closer to him, finding a more comfortable position.

That one brush was enough to kill Qin Lie.

She wasn't wearing anything underneath.

Even through the military overcoat, the sensation was still clearly felt. Especially when she moved just now, the collar of her overcoat opened slightly, revealing a section of her fair and delicate neck, and the area below her collarbone was faintly visible.

Qin Lie's Adam's apple bobbed violently, and the veins on his forehead throbbed.

This is practically torture.

He was a vigorous young man, not some saint. Holding such a fragrant, soft, and completely unguarded beauty in his arms, if he didn't get aroused, he should probably see a urologist.

The senses felt magnified countless times.

His nose was filled with her faint, milky scent, a fragrance that no wildflower could match, which penetrated his lungs and made him feel restless, with all the blood rushing to his lower abdomen.

He gritted his teeth, his cheeks bulging out in a sharp, angular way. The muscles in his arms were taut as hard as stone, as he desperately suppressed the urge to crush her.

Qin Lie closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and tried to use reason to suppress the raging beast within him.

Time passed by, second by second.

As the night deepened, the temperature in the mountains dropped even lower.

Lin Qingqing, who was asleep, seemed to feel cold and instinctively wanted to find a source of warmth.

Her little hand slipped out from the wide sleeve, dazedly made a couple of grabbing motions in the air, and finally pressed precisely onto a burning hot spot.

Those are Qin Lie's abs.

The moment the cool fingertips touched the burning skin, Qin Lie shuddered, as if struck by an electric current, and his whole body instantly stiffened like iron.

That hand wasn't behaving itself.

Perhaps because she found it pleasant to the touch, or perhaps because it was warm, her small hands gently explored the distinct muscles, her fingertips tracing the deep V-line, almost recklessly...

"Well……"

Lin Qingqing let out a comfortable sigh and rubbed her cheek against his chest like a satisfied kitten.

Qin Lie's breathing became erratic instantly.

In that instant, the string of reason snapped to its limit, emitting a precarious cracking sound.

He suddenly opened his eyes, and those eyes, which were usually cold and hard as iron, were now frighteningly red, like those of a starving wolf, radiating a ferocious light that seemed ready to devour someone.

He grabbed the mischievous little hand.

The force was astonishing, as if it were about to crush her wrist.

"hiss--"

Lin Qingqing was awakened by the sudden pain.

She opened her eyes groggily, her vision still blurry, and felt a sharp pain in her wrist.

"What's wrong...?"

With a heavy nasal tone, she raised her head blankly.

The next second, she met a pair of extremely terrifying eyes.

Those eyes shone terrifyingly in the dim firelight, churning within a black storm she couldn't understand, yet which instinctively terrified her.

Lin Qingqing was so startled that she jumped up and all her sleepiness vanished instantly.

She instinctively wanted to shrink back, to escape this dangerous embrace.

"Big...Big Brother?"

His voice was trembling.

But Qin Lie didn't give her a chance to escape at all.

With his other hand, he gripped her lower back tightly, pulling her into his arms, and the two of them were pressed together seamlessly in an instant.

Lin Qingqing could even clearly sense that a heart-stopping change was taking place there.

Her face turned bright red instantly, and even the tips of her ears seemed to be bleeding.

As a woman who had been married (though not consummated), she certainly knew what it was.

She struggled frantically, tears welling in her eyes, "Big brother, let me go..."

"Don't move!"