Ling Aotian's tone became cold again: "You must listen carefully to my other rule. You must answer my questions! Otherwise, you will be punished twice!"
Liu Xiaoya looked at him: "I know!"
"explain!"
"Because I didn't come to you within two minutes!" She seemed to want to say something else, but didn't and kept her mouth shut.
Ling Aotian looked at her: "Do you feel aggrieved?"
Liu Xiaoya stopped talking again.
"Answer!" He raised his voice.
"Yes." she said.
Ling Aotian sneered: "This is nothing. There will be many more punishments like this in the future. Don't feel aggrieved. If I don't treat you like this, you will be a little wild horse that can't be tamed! You will make me lose face!"
Liu Xiaoya lowered his head, neither looking at him nor speaking.
"Speak." Ling Aotian got angry looking at her.
"What did you say?" She looked up at him.
Ling Aotian felt that he had failed. It seemed that this punishment had no effect on this little country woman.
"Tell me, you know I'm doing this for your own good!" Ling Aotian had to teach her patiently.
"Well, I know you do it for my own good!" She said calmly, without any emotion.
Ling Aotian didn't want to say anything more to her. He felt that no matter how much he talked to her, it seemed to have no effect. This country woman was just like a stone in the toilet - smelly and hard.
Giving her a lesson once or twice is far from enough. Punishing her to kneel down is like scratching an itch, but it has no effect at all!
It doesn't matter, I have plenty of time to tame her! He sneered again in his heart.
Liu Xiaoya turned around and walked out. After kneeling for a long time, her legs were sore and numb, and she couldn't stand firmly, as if she was drunk. Instead, she walked to the top of the stairs, holding on to the stairs and slowly went down.
Watching Liu Xiaoya walking down the stairs with difficulty, Ling Aotian's heart seemed to be grabbed hard by a big invisible hand, and he suddenly felt tight.
After punishing Liu Xiaoya, his heart did not feel the joy he expected. On the contrary, Liu Xiaoya's stiff back, her torn clothes and the scars on her back were always flashing in front of his eyes.
He felt a little suffocated in his heart and felt inexplicably uncomfortable. He stood up and walked out.
When Ling Aotian came back, Liu Xiaoya was preparing lunch. He walked into the kitchen and said, "Here are your clothes, take them."
Liu Xiaoya glanced at him, walked over and took the clothes, looked at them and saw that they were some brand new underwear, and said, "These are not mine." She wanted to hand them back to him.
"I bought this for you!" Seeing Liu Xiaoya's confused look, Ling Aotian got a little angry: "I smashed your clothes, I'll pay for it!"
Liu Xiaoya retracted his hand.
After walking out, he turned back and added: "If it gets broken in the future, I will still compensate you!"
He made it clear that he didn't buy her clothes because he felt guilty for beating her. He wanted her to understand that buying her clothes was one thing and punishing her was another. He asked her not to have any illusions and not to think that he wouldn't do it in the future.
Punish her again!
Liu Xiaoya said nothing.
After a few days of calm, Ling Aotian was sometimes at home and sometimes not at home, and there were no more conflicts between the two.
During the weekend, Lu Xueqin was on vacation, Ling Aotian picked her up again, and the two went directly upstairs.
Ling Aotian and Lu Xueqin have been continuing their program upstairs. Liu Xiaoya has never gone upstairs since making them two cups of tea. She turned a deaf ear to and was indifferent to all their performances!