But the next moment, I knew how naive my idea was. After walking a few steps towards me with the fruit knife, she casually picked up an apple from the wooden cabinet at the entrance of the bedroom. After picking up the apple, Han Jingjing used the fruit knife in her hand to peel the apple while shyly responding to me

  "Let me peel an apple for you to eat, and then you can leave after finishing it. In our village, apples symbolize peace and safety, so I also hope that after eating this apple, you will be able to leave safely."

  When I heard Han Jingjing say this, I felt warm in my heart, and then I smiled at her and said: "You're really nice!"

  When I said those four words, I found that Han Jingjing's fruit knife, which was peeling an apple, suddenly stopped, and the whole person froze there. After being frozen for a few seconds, Han Jingjing continued to peel again.

  Sitting on the bed and watching Han Jing peel an apple, I feel very comfortable. Looking at her serious expression, I feel particularly warm.

  Just as I was staring at her in a daze, suddenly, a "hiss" sound came out of Han Jingjing's mouth, and the fruit knife in her hand fell to the ground, along with the apple rolling onto the floor. Then I saw that Han Jingjing's right middle finger had been cut open, with fresh blood gushing out.

  Seeing that Jingjing's finger was cut, I felt a pang in my heart and quickly walked over to her. Then, I grabbed her injured hand and scolded her, "You silly girl, how can you be so careless? Do we have band-aids or gauze at home? Let me bandage it for you."

  As I held her hand and asked her, Han Jingjing looked at me with an expression that I couldn't quite understand, feeling a bit strange. Then, Han Jingjing suddenly asked me in a weird tone: "Gu Yidage, do you care about me?"

  "Why are you asking this suddenly? I don't know if it matters in the future, but tonight, you're my woman, so of course I care." I replied very straightforwardly.

  "If you care about me, then use your mouth to suck the blood off my wound clean, and I'll know you really care about me." As she said this, Han Jingjing deliberately stuck out her small pink tongue and blinked at me with a cute expression.

  "It's nothing, just let me help you suck the blood off your finger, okay." When she made this request, I didn't think much of it at the time and agreed directly. Then I grabbed her cut finger and put it in my mouth.

  But just as I was about to put her cut finger into my mouth, Han Jingjing suddenly pulled back her hand and said to me: "I changed my mind, it's disgusting for you to suck my blood, forget it! Besides, Gu Yidage, the sky is about to brighten up, you should leave early. As for the wound on my hand, I have band-aids in my room, I can wrap it myself."

  Jian Jing suddenly changed the subject, and I didn't have anything to say. Following that, I bent down and picked up the apple she had peeled halfway, and without caring if it was dirty or not, simply wiped it with my hand and started eating.

  "Gu Yidage, it's all fallen on the ground, it's dirty, why do you still want to eat it?" Han Jingjing looked at me with a surprised face.

  "It's nothing, you've finally managed to peel this fruit and wished me safe travels, but then you cut your hand. I won't eat it, how unkind would that be?"

  After saying that to Jingjing, I quickly finished the apple in a few bites. To be honest, the taste of this apple is not very good, it's a bit sour, but I found it particularly delicious.

  After finishing the apple, I went back to the attic window on the second floor. When I returned to the yard, I put the ladder back in its original place and waved at Han Jingjing who was standing by the window looking at me, and whispered to her that if nothing unexpected happens, I will come again tonight...

  After walking out of Han Jing's courtyard, I was happy and excited, although my body was a bit tired from the whole night's activities. But my mood was good, I was thrilled. I knew that today I would be able to have a good talk with Du Jie and Zhang Qi. And I had just hooked up with a stunningly handsome young man, this could be something to brag about for three years!

  After I returned to our "base", I saw that Du Jie and Zhang Qi had both come back, but strangely, Zhang Qi was lying there motionless, seemingly asleep.

  After seeing them, I didn't bow my waist or lower my head, but walked in with my chest out and head held high.

  After I went in, Du Jie that little brat smacked his lips and said to me

  "Hmm, looks like you were quite proud of yourself last night! Look at the way you're walking with your nose in the air, just like a general returning triumphantly! So, how was the outcome of last night's battle?"

  When Du Jie asked me directly, I came to his side, sat down on the spot, and put on a pretentious look. After lighting a cigarette, I blew out a smoke ring and replied: "It wasn't that great, just like the night before, only six or seven times. But last night, I had an incredible beauty, and she was still a virgin! The feeling, in one word, awesome!"

  "Hey? Are you telling the truth or lying? Can you really make a name for yourself in this village by walking marriages?" Du Jie's two small eyes sparkled when he heard me say that.

  "Look, between us brothers, when have I ever lied to you? One is one, two is two, there's no need to deceive you about this! But how about you, what happened last night?" I asked Du Jie.

  "I'm fine, I guess. Last night, I went to another new household, and the woman there was also top-notch and knew how to have fun. But one thing that struck me as strange is that isn't this the second night in a row that I've hooked up with two women? And what's even weirder is that both of them cut apples for me before they left, and coincidentally, they both ended up cutting their own hands while doing it - it was intoxicating!"

  "What? You're saying that both women, one after the other, peeled an apple for you to eat before you left, and they both cut their hands?" As soon as Du Jie said this, I suddenly felt that something was off.

  "Really? How is that possible? Is the chick I hooked up with last night also...? And what's even more disgusting is that after they cut their fingers, they actually asked me to suck the blood out with my mouth. The woman from the day before asked me to do it and I didn't want to, which made her unhappy. But the woman last night asked me to help suck it out and I did. What's weird is that this woman's blood tasted a bit sweet in my mouth, like sugar or something. Even weirder is that there was a fragrant smell to the blood, I don't know if I'm crazy or what, but after sucking on it twice I got a little addicted, hahaha!"

  When Du Jie said that, I suddenly felt that things were a bit off. Because last night, Han Jingjing also helped me peel an apple and coincidentally cut her finger too. She also asked me to suck the blood from her finger, but in the end, she changed her mind. If this is just a coincidence, I definitely don't believe it. It can only be said that either there's some special rule left behind in their village or there's something fishy going on here...

  Just as I was thinking about these things, Du Jie made a gesture to me and said: "Hey, take a look at Seventh Brother. Since he came back, he hasn't said a word, and I don't know what's wrong with him. Just now when you came in, you didn't see that his face was pale, and he had no spirit at all. The whole person looked like he had lost his soul. After coming in, he didn't say anything when asked, and just lay down to sleep. What do you think is going on with him?"

  "What's wrong?" I turned around and took a glance at Zhang Qi who was behind me and seemed to have fallen asleep.

  "Listen, I asked him," Du Jie stroked his chin, putting on a detective-like expression. "Based on my many years of 'clinical' experience, I deduce that there's an 80% chance that Seventh Brother was too excited the day before yesterday, and last night he was unable to perform, his strength halved, and was rejected by Miss Ah Xing. That's why he came back looking so down in the dumps, without any energy or spirit."

  "Is it?" I simply replied to Du Jie with a sentence and then turned my head to take another look at Zhang Qi.

  "It's settled then! The results I generally infer won't be bad. Never mind, I'm going out to take a leak, let's hurry back and sleep to nourish our energy!"

  After finishing speaking, Du Jie walked out of the tent and seemed to have really gone out to pee.

  After Du Jie walked away, I stood up and walked to Zhang Qi's front, then bent down to take a look at his face. But not looking didn't know, one look scared me!

  I saw Zhang Qi's eyes wide open, not sleeping at all. His face was abnormally pale, so pale that there was no hint of blood color, and the whole person seemed to have aged several years!

  I saw Zhang Qi staring blankly, I patted Zhang Qi's shoulder and said: "Seventh brother, you didn't sleep? Why are you so quiet today? You weren't convinced by that kid Du Jie, were you?"

  When I asked him like this, Zhang Qi didn't respond. After two or three seconds, it was unclear whether he was talking to me or himself.

  "Coming to this village was a mistake! Remember, you must never drink the blood of this woman! It's addictive, and once you're addicted, you're done for!"