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But it doesn’t matter now.

As long as the person is found.

In the future, he will take action to retaliate.

Time is still long, Jiang Rang thought.

The tears shed now are the meat he will eat later.

Love is freedom, but also taming.

There will always be someone who bows their head first.

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12

Three years later, I walked into a slum in disarray.

After skillfully navigating through three or four narrow paths, I entered a shabby convenience store with no signs of maintenance.

When I stepped in, a gust from the fan blew down a layer of dust from the ceiling.

I lowered my baseball cap and knocked on the door.

“Boss, give me a pack of cigarettes.”

The boss shook a hand fan, not even bothering to lift his eyes.

He threw a pack of cheap, low-quality cigarettes onto the counter.

I stuffed some money in, leaned against the door frame, and lit a cigarette.

I was able to appear here because I had escaped.

Ever since Jiang Rang caught me last time, I actually believed his nonsense.

As a result, I was locked up in his house, forced to quit smoking for half a year, and my butt got injured and inflamed due to excessive indulgence.

Although Jiang Rang wasn’t enthusiastic about sex, he was incredibly disciplined.

I don’t know where he got it from, but he said that doing it every two days helps maintain the husband-and-husband relationship.

The frequency was every two days, and the duration was two days at a time.

It left me directly feeling hypoglycemic.

So, after lying in bed for three days, I decisively ran away.

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What followed can be imagined.

I was hunted down by Jiang Rang, that dog, causing me to hide in this slum, unable to even find a decent cigarette.

I was puzzled; there are so many men and women in the world, why was he glued to my ass like a leech?

Feeling frustrated, I took a deep puff of my cigarette and pushed the door open.

The person sitting on the couch was silhouetted against the light, the shadows outlined his profile, making it more three-dimensional; the shadow of his eyelashes fell under his eyes, accentuating his inherent sharpness.

I was so startled that I almost choked.

“Cough… cough… what are you doing here?”

Jiang Rang’s gaze was deep: “Come back with me.”

“I’m not going back.” Knowing he had brought people, I was no longer flustered since I couldn’t escape anyway. The worst outcome would be being tied to his bed.

“I can endure not having you.”

Jiang Rang reached out and took my cigarette.

“Put out the cigarette. The doctor said if you don’t quit smoking, you’re committing suicide. At this rate, how long can your lungs last? Don’t you have a sense of this?”

In my mind, cigarettes are a man’s little lover.

Without cigarettes, my face looked as if my little lover had died.

“Without cigarettes, what meaning does life have?”

Jiang Rang kissed my forehead: “Brother, you still have me.”

His voice softened, as if he was coaxing me.

“Just think of it as wanting to spend a few more years with me, will you quit smoking?”

I looked at the root of all my troubles, Jiang Rang, who had made me so miserable.

Taking a deep breath, I clicked my tongue, feeling more troubled.

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13

I still quit smoking.

First, because Jiang Rang said he wanted me to be with him for a few more years.

Second, because I couldn’t find any cigarettes at all!

Jiang Rang was like a heavy-hearted official wife.

In just a few years, he had decisively dealt with all my bad habits.

With no little lovers like cigarettes and alcohol, and as for the big lover…

I glanced at Jiang Rang, who lay beside me with a satisfied look.

It looked even worse.

I sighed softly, oh well, let’s live like this for this life.

I kissed Jiang Rang’s lips.

It’s quite terrible to be entangled with a fierce little wolfdog.

In the next life, remember to come and entangle me again, okay?

(End)

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