Chapter 4: 4.六天七夜之第一天（2）

“I want to take a bath first, so I can eat earlier.”

She wanted to bathe. For the past few days, the first thing she did every morning upon waking was to bathe. To wash away the lingering scent of that perverted man left upon her body.

“Alright.” The man outside the door was exceptionally easy to negotiate with. “I will instruct someone to prepare the water for you now.”

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The water was prepared quickly. After the people left, Lin Huiyin reluctantly propped herself up, limping her way to the bath, and jumped in.

The water quickly enveloped her entire body; the temperature was just right, soothing the aches and pains throughout her limbs.

Lin Huiyin nestled lazily in the water and slowly closed her eyes, her thoughts drifting into a trance.

In truth, she was not from this place.

She was originally a modern girl from the twenty-first century. She had gone to sleep one night, only to wake up and find herself inexplicably dropped into this completely foreign world.

While she was in a state of total bewilderment, she happened to encounter the eldest young master of the Zhou family, Zhou Luochen, who brought her back to the Zhou residence and provided her with the best arrangements.

She knew that her beauty was her most powerful capital, and that Zhou Luochen’s actions were driven by a purpose.

However, since she was not a person of this land, her heart yearned only to leave and return to her original world; therefore, she had no intention of becoming overly entangled with the people here.

Yet, before she could fully understand the nature of this world or how she might return to her original world, she encountered a series of scheduled kidnappings.

Thus, during the six days and six nights since her arrival, the only thing she had done was try every possible way to avoid such kidnappings.

But those kidnappings were impossible to avoid.

She was like a little white mouse trapped in a cage, waiting every night for the cat to come and prey upon her.

Another knock at the door disturbed Lin Huiyin's thoughts. She replied nonchalantly, “Who is it?”

“Huiyin, are you ready? Breakfast is going to get cold.” From behind the door, Zhou Luochen's voice came once more.

“Not yet, almost done,” Lin Huiyin replied.

“No rush, I'll have someone reheat the food in a moment,” Zhou Luochen replied before departing.

By now, Lin Huiyin had regained a bit of strength in her body. She quickly raised her hands and began to scrub her skin vigorously.

In truth, the scent left by that perverted man had long since vanished from her body, but she always felt as though she were filthy, as if no amount of washing could ever make her clean.

Lin Huiyin bathed for a very, very long time, scrubbing until her skin turned red and the skin on her hands became wrinkled from being soaked in water, making her original complexion impossible to see, yet she refused to stop.

She even grew more forceful, as if she had to physically scrub a layer of skin off her body before she could feel any sense of relief in her heart.

By the time Lin Huiyin finished her bath and was getting dressed, Zhou Luochen had sent someone to urge her once more.

She truly was not used to these ancient clothes, and her body was covered in the marks left by that perverted man. She couldn't even find someone to help her, so she could only struggle through it alone.

Just as she had finally managed to put on her garments and was preparing to tie her waist belt, the door was kicked open from the outside.

Lin Huiyin looked up, glanced at the aggressive Murong Yue standing at the door, and then lowered her head with an indifferent expression to continue tying her belt.

Murong Yue was Zhou Luochen's cousin, and had liked Zhou Luochen since they were children.