As more and more warm water rinsed around his leg, Xiaoyun’s face started to display genuine fear for what was about to happen next.
Not once in his life did he ever expect his wives to go this far. Nor could he understand why his wives wanted him to stay so badly.
"Last chance. If you don’t nod your head, Houqin is going to give your intestine a little wash and a big surprise afterward."
"Mhm!"
Seeing Xiaoyun still trying to break free, Leyan looked over to Houqin, whose hand was holding a showerhead aimed right at his asshole.
Only a switch was needed to turn the gentle splash into a water jet.
"Sister Leyan, isn’t this a little too far?" Houqin quietly mumured as she still hadn’t pulled the trigger despite receiving the signal.
"You’re lucky you haven’t dealt with his sick fetishes."
Leyan didn’t continue any further as her face blushed red. But at the same time, Houqin could notice the sudden quietness from Xiaoyun.
"Time for revenge, you pervert."
Xiaoyun immediately started panicking again as he could hear somebody else walking closer and clearly took the showerhead out of Houqin’s hand.
"Sorry——Mhm!"
"Too bad! You should not have lied to us. You know how much our ass hurt the next day when you told us anal wouldn’t hurt?"
With the flick, the showerhead immediately started shooting out jets of water as Kate slowly moved it closer and closer to his exposed rear.
"Hm——Mhm——Hm!"
Not a single one of Xiaoyun’s wives stopped Kate.
They just stood on the side and watched as she aimed it directly at the tiny hole. Even Lily stood there and watched it in silence.
"Okay, that’s enough."
As Leyan snatched the showerhead away, they could all see Xiaoyun’s face looking exhausted beyond relief.
"Honey, stop acting. Those water jets can’t even make it past the rectum... But if you don’t nod your head, we’re going actually to do it."
"Mhm!"
Xiaoyun’s face instantly returned to normal. But he still didn’t nod his head, only making a bunch of muffled sounds instead.
"Leyan, I think he wants to say something." Wuli quietly murmured.
"Kate, take it off."
Kate quickly took off the mouth restraint that had been strapped to the back of his head, allowing their husband to talk freely.
"W-Why do you guys want me to stay so badly? At least give me a reason before I consider accepting it."
All of Xiaoyun’s wives immediately looked over to Leyan, almost as if they themselves didn’t know why either.
"Because..."
Everyone watched as Leyan herself walked up to the metal crossbar that Xiaoyun had been clamping down to the whole time.
"Honey, do you remember when you went to the basement for the first time with Nami? And how you confessed about it on the same night?"
"Yeah, what about it?"
All of the bystanders looked over to Nami for a second, who scratched her head in confusion as they turned their attention back to the two of them.
"I was doing a little cleaning around the house... Then I thought to myself, maybe I should go clean up the basement as well."
"When did that happen?"
"Before Spring Festival... And guess what I found in there?"
"The time machine? That thing had been broken for years at this point. It’s only a one-time use."
"Not that. Think."
As Xiaoyun tried to dig into his memory, he really couldn’t figure out what Leyan could be talking about.
Even Nami herself looked just as confused, as she couldn’t understand what Leyan could have found in the basement.
"Here’s a hint: it’s in the cabinet." Leyan quietly whispered as she leaned down to his right ear again.
"The time machine’s mechanical layout?" Xiaoyun answered.
"Not that."
"The letter to myself? What does that have to do with anything? It’s just a letter telling me what time I should go back in."
"You missed a key detail."
"What?"
Slowly, Leyan took off the blindfold, allowing him to see his surroundings finally. He was in the middle of the bathroom.
All of his wives, alongside Lily and Houqin, were standing a few steps away, with Leyan standing right in front of his face.
"The letter said all of the settlements he went to in the apocalypse collapsed. Think about it, not a single settlement survived."
Xiaoyun didn’t say a single word back. His mind was thinking back to the letter, yet his memory had a hard time remembering the exact words.
"You went far and wide, yet you never found a safe place to call home. Doesn’t that tell you what kind of condition is out there?"
"But..."
"There is no but. Your trip is going to be a one-way trip... I’m scared, Xiaoyun, I don’t want to lose you again..."
As Leyan collapsed on top of his lap, Xiaoyun couldn’t speak up at all. He knew exactly what she was talking about.
The other Xiaoyun in the different universe had clearly stated no large settlement, directly contradicting the ’safe’ capital he was going to visit.
All of the reports he had received from Yueyue’s agents about the North: The whole purpose of the meeting was to build up humans’ last defense.
Yet, a foreshadowed result of total collapse.
Defeat for humans at the hands of the zombies. One that he himself had experienced, not of his own, but in a different universe.
"I have to go."
Leyan stared in silence. Her face looked genuinely confused by the determination in his voice and in his eyes.
"If I don’t go, we’ll be next... There has to be something I can do to change this outcome. I know I can do it."
"The north is so far away from us. There’s almost zero ways for us even to send any troops to help." Yuqi immediately argued back.
"Life finds a way."
"Xiaoyun, this is just irresponsible," Yuqi argued back as she fully stood with Leyan on this issue.
"We’re not going to run away from the problem. The best chance we got to change the outcome is for me to go up there."
Despite Xiaoyun’s plea, none of his wives looked convinced. They all had already made up their mind when Leyan said the answer.
"Honey, you don’t have any responsibility to save anyone... Why not just stay here and be with us? Think of our kids and us."
Leyan’s soft words rang in Xiaoyun’s ear multiple times. But he resisted the urge to fall into their warm embrace.
"I have already made up my choice. Nobody is going to change it no matter what... Nothing you do is going to change my mind."
The moment Xiaoyun repeated his answer, a frown appeared on Leyan’s face, followed by the rest of his wives.
Especially Kate and Anna, who looked extremely disapproving of his decision after hearing Leyan out.
"Xiaoyun, do you really not care about our babies? You really want our kids to grow up without a father?" Anna pleaded in her soft voice.
"I do... But there are responsibilities as a man that I can’t put aside."
"Stupid responsibility... Stupid idiot..."
Kate quietly murmured in anger as she looked annoyed by his choice, but she knew Xiaoyun was being the bigger man in his decision.
"So you’re going to pick your toxic, stupid masculinity over us?" Leyan questioned, her face grew colder and colder as she stared down at him from above.
"I... I pick you guys."
"Then nod your head and don’t go."
"I’m still going."
"Why?"
"Because I have to as a leader. I made a promise to everyone in the town... There are people out there who put their trust in me for a better future."
"So you picked the People over us?"
"N-No, that’s not what I mean. But I—"
"I heard enough of your excuse, you stupid, stupid, idiot!"
Leyan started punching him on the chest, tears running down her face as she helplessly collapsed onto his lap.
"Why do you always do this to me? Why! Why! Why! I don’t want to lose you again, you stupid idiot!"
Everyone watched in silence as no one dared walk up. They could see their husband’s muscles bounce with every hit from her fist.
"Sorry."
"I don’t want to hear sorry, you dummy!"
Just as Leyan raised her fist up to his face, it turned into an open palm as she gently brushed over his cheeks.
"I’m not going to let you go this time. I’m not making the same mistake again." Leyan softly whispered as she held up a warm smile.
"Mom..."
As Nami raised her voice out of concern, Leyan turned her head around to look over, then spoke the last few words that made Xiaoyun scared.
"What are you all waiting for? He’ll never learn until we give him a hard lesson... Tianci, bring out the douche from the cabinet."
"No, no, no, don’t listen to her, Tianci!"
"Yuqi, go to my room and bring out the dildo strap. I’m going to make him regret making his choice today."
"Wait, wait, wait! We can talk about this!"
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