That night, the most frequently spoken words by Cai were the following three sentences:

"Please don't come over."

"Please show some respect."

"Please have some self-respect!"

Cai was very conservative in some aspects, and even staying in the same room with the opposite sex at night required a long and intense inner struggle. Not to mention, the request made by Wang was a bit excessive, as he directly said to Cai:

"Get on my bed and sleep!"

Perhaps Wang didn't have any evil intentions, he just couldn't bear to see a girl like Cai not sleeping on a bed at night, just barely falling asleep on the carpet.

Cai, however, did not believe that the other party had good intentions. She was vigilant, closely watching every move of Wang, based on the innate sense of caution that girls have.

However, since the two had a master-servant-like relationship, Cai couldn't be too direct in her words. She could only express it in a more tactful way:

"You don't need to consider my feelings. If you think it's inappropriate for me to lie on the carpet, I can find a rope and hang myself from the ceiling..."

Wang slightly imagined that scene and found it a bit frightening. He immediately rejected the suggestion and gave a final ultimatum:

"Give the foolish girl two choices: either you climb up obediently yourself, or I come down from the bed and exert some effort to drag you up!"

"Whimper, I don't want to choose..."

Cai believed that once she climbed onto the bed, there was no guarantee that something irreversible would not happen while she was asleep at night. And even if the other party kept their promise, she couldn't bring herself to be so close to a man, especially since she was wearing that transparent skirt.

Seeing that Cai had no intention of coming over, Wang lost his patience.

Unlike some people who were all talk, he had followed through with his words. Seeing that Cai did not listen and come over, he actually got off the bed.

What happened next was predictable:

Cai tried to evade Wang's capture but failed. The scene that occurred in the room was like an eagle catching a chick. The former was forcefully dragged onto the bed by the latter.

Wang didn't care about making promises again:

"As long as you obediently lie next to me, we can get through tonight peacefully. Otherwise, don't blame me for not keeping my word and doing something against my promise!"

Cai knew that resistance was no longer possible, so she retreated and adopted a submissive attitude, quietly protecting herself.

Wang was satisfied with her cooperation and didn't do anything else. He used his hand as a pillow, turned to one side, and lay down.

Now, the two of them shared a blanket, with a relatively close distance but with their backs against each other.

Cai tightly wrapped her body with the blanket, conscious not to relax at all. It seemed that she wouldn't be able to sleep well for a short period of time.

After an unknown amount of time, Cai only stared at the moon outside, watching it shift along its usual trajectory. At this moment, she heard a shout from behind:

"Speaking of which..."

Cai instinctively tensed her nerves and moved her legs on the bed, shifting her body to the edge of the bed.

Intermittently, Wang asked in a sleepy tone:

"I don't quite understand why the tone of foolish women is always so humble."

Cai thought this question could be answered:

"After I was the only one left in my family, I unconsciously maintained this attitude towards others. After all, being humble is more beneficial for my life in the village."

"Oh, change this habit!"

"You always say unreasonable things."

"I'm serious! Changing this flaw, even if in the future you still maintain a polite attitude when facing others, it can't be from the bottom of your heart."

"Are you asking me to become a hypocrite?"

"Not entirely hypocritical, at least when facing me, a stupid woman's reaction could be genuine, because I am sincere with you."

After saying this, Wang fell silent and resumed sleeping after turning over.

(Whispering) "Duplicitous, hypocritical, sincere..."

Suddenly, Cai felt like she understood something;

But when she thought about it again, it seemed like she didn't understand anything.

For the two of them, this night passed like that;

But the people in the village couldn't sleep peacefully tonight.

The village chief didn't need to say much, he gathered the representatives of each household for a meeting, and they discussed one and only topic:

Safety!

By the dim candlelight, one villager said:

"Although the nun voluntarily went up the mountain to become a sacrifice to the savage demonic tribe, the oracles also said that the village would be peaceful from now on..."

"But things always have the worst-case scenario. What if the savagery of the demonic tribe is beyond what the oracle predicted? The future of the village still cannot be guaranteed."

Just as the villagers said with their own mouths, even though these people could betray their companions without a guilty conscience, they were particularly serious about their personal safety.

During the daytime, they wholeheartedly believed in what the oracle said;

But now it was nighttime, after hours of calmness in their minds, they were somewhat skeptical of speculative remarks.

In the short term, the demonic tribe on the mountain had no plans to move their base;

And the mindset of the villagers clearly couldn't wait for the other side to leave on their own, as they couldn't bear it anymore.

To increase their own sense of security, the village chief took the lead and proposed a practical and effective idea:

"If we want to protect ourselves, relying solely on the village's own strength is definitely not enough. We must seek external help!"