Gu Yue, too guilty to look at Lin An, stammered, "It was... it was just a tiny, tiny kiss..."

"Wife! You're awake!"

Gu Yue's delicate little face peeked out from the edge of the bed.

Her purple eyes were wide open, shimmering mist gathering in their rims.

The tip of her nose was red, her cheeks slightly puffed out, making her look both pitiful and obedient.

A soft green glow shone from her hand as a warm life force continuously flowed from her palm into Lin An's body. It tingled pleasantly, as though he had been soaking in a hot spring.

Lin An narrowed his eyes.

Something was wrong.

Since when had this stupid dragon ever been so well-behaved?

With her temperament, the moment he woke up, she should have pounced on him, licking and rubbing against him.

Yet here she was, kneeling properly beside the bed and looking at him with those pitiful eyes.

There was only one possibility.

She had done something shameful again.

Lin An lowered his head, lifted a corner of the blanket, and glanced down at himself.

His pupils suddenly contracted.

His arms were covered in bruises.

There were some on his chest too.

His waist was even more of a miserable sight. Several red marks stretched from his ribs all the way down to his lower abdomen, as though something had tightly constricted him.

Faint finger marks still remained on his skin.

They were bruises left from being held far too tightly.

Last night, he had gone to sleep properly in bed wearing pajamas.

Yet this was what he woke up to this morning.

Lin An abruptly sat up, then collapsed back down because of the sharp pain in his waist.

Grimacing, he clutched his lower back as the veins at his temples throbbed.

"Did you get into my bed last night?"

It was not a question.

It was a statement.

His tone