Han Ruochen did not know what was going on. But when she thought about the huge amount of money that she had taken from Zhai Muchen, she realised that maybe the matter had something to do with the loan that she had taken. She hurriedly put the clothes inside the washing machine and then hurried inside the house.

"Brother Muchen, did something happen?" Han Ruochen asked as she walked inside the house. Even though she appeared calm on the surface, it was clear that she was really troubled. However, she did not show it on her face.

To her surprise, Zhai Muchen did not talk about what he wanted to say to her but instead started to reprimand her. "You should close the door when you are alone at home. Even though the times have changed, we can never be sure. It is best to do your laundry when you have locked the door and there are no members of the opposite gender at your home."

"..."

"It’s not like that...I was about to go back to the docks; that’s why I left the door open." If not for the fact that Han Ziyan had messed up with her clothes, she would not have stayed for so long. Who would have thought that Han Ziyan would be so childish?

Seeing that Han Ruochen was not taking him seriously, Zhai Muchen sucked in a breath. He then solemnly said to her, "Han Ruochen, you are no longer a child. If not for the fact that your ex-fiancé was a scumbag, you might already be married. As someone who is eligible to get married, you should at least pay attention to your surroundings. I am not saying that you’re a klutz, but sometimes you do not pay attention to what you are doing. You are lucky that it was I who came to your house. What if it was someone else?"

Han Ruochen did not know the thought process of men around her. She might think that her plain, white underwear has nothing special, but as someone who lives among men, Zhai Muchen knows what kind of thought process they would have if they were to see Han Ruochen holding such a personal thing.

For some reason, when he thought about someone else looking at such a thing, Zhai Muchen felt so angry that he had a feeling that he was about to blow up. Because he was angry, Han Ruochen could not help but turn stiff. She looked at the man who had turned solemn and formal and could not understand what was going on. Why was he scolding her for no reason?

However, Zhai Muchen was not done. "You must know that the people in the current society are very complicated. Even if you think that you know them, there is a good chance that you might not be able to understand them. Men always have an invasive nature toward women. You also read the news every day, don’t you? You cannot always perceive the world and the men in it through your lens."

"Bro... Brother Muchen... don’t you think that you are sounding way too serious? I know about all those cases of assault, but I am still at my home, and the village is still better than the big cities. The chances of something happening to me are really low." Han Ruochen was stunned after being scolded. Though she knew that she was a bit careless, she did not believe that something as extreme as that would happen to her. That too at her own home!

And she was not as simple-minded as Zhai Muchen made her sound. She was not someone who was unaware of what could happen to her if she were careless. After all, she had already been schemed against once, but was it really necessary to be this serious about something as simple as washing her own clothes in her own home?

"Do you think that no one will attack you just because you are at home?" Zhai Muchen was so angry that he ended up turning red because of the frustration that he was feeling at that very moment.

Without saying a word, he stood up from the couch and then wrapped his two arms around Han Ruochen’s little waist. He circled her as if he were about to cage her and made sure that she would not be able to escape. "Tell me if I were to do something to you right now, would you be able to beat me?"

"..."

Han Ruochen wanted to say that she could easily beat him if she wanted, but for some reason, she still shook her head and said, "Brother Muchen, I have no idea what is going on in your mind. But I don’t think you will do anything wrong."

When Zhai Muchen heard her response, he was both amused and angry. "How can you be sure? Do you not take me as a man?"

Han Ruochen felt her head buzz. She rubbed her forehead and said, "It is not a matter of being a man or not. You are not the kind of man who would take advantage of a lone woman."

"Why is that?" He was also a man. No matter how polite he was, he was still a man in the end.

"Because you are a soldier!" Han Ruochen knew that Zhai Muchen was not a lustful man; in her past life, this man never touched his wife just because she married him through schemes. A man like him, who could even control his urges in front of his wife, who had both beauty and background, just because he did not like her. Zhai Muchen did not even like that rich heiress. How could he even mess with her?

What was more, he was known for his upright attitude. The chances of him harming her were even less. Compared to that young mistress, she had nothing. Why would Zhai Muchen even try to mess with her?