Chapter 53 Meeting in a Dream

The noise coming from Jingsi Hall gradually died down, and it was already three o'clock in the morning when the last sound of a maid entering the room and closing the door was heard.

On every special day when the disease breaks out, Chen Ting's hearing, eyesight and physical strength will reach a peak. Even in Xuanji Courtyard, he can clearly hear all the movements in Jingsi Hall.

Even the voices of the old lady and Shen Wangshu talking could be heard clearly.

In the darkness, two yellow pupils burned like light bulbs, and the sharp claws nervously rubbed back and forth on the meteorite in the center of the room, making a harsh creaking sound. It would only be quiet for a moment when it held its breath and concentrated to listen for some movement.

This room was still a little small for the monster, so it could only lie half-lying or hunched over in it, with one of its two sharp black claws grinding on the meteorite, and the other carefully holding a delicate purse in its palm.

Ah Nian......

The monster's throat made a hoarse and strange gurgling sound, as if it was calling out something over and over again.

Only by curling up in this small room could he avoid hurting his beloved young lady. His sudden departure tonight must have made Anian very unhappy. Her voice was clearly choked when she was talking to her grandmother just now.

But he must not be discovered by the young lady in this state, otherwise she would be frightened... Anian was afraid of him and would want to leave.

She was so kind that she gave him a purse that she had embroidered herself, and even pierced her delicate fingertips - this was a token of love that condensed the young lady's hard work, representing that they were in love with each other, so he must not let Anian leave him.

The monster placed the small purse on the tip of his nose, sniffing it in fascination while analyzing it. The faint medicinal fragrance was the kind that Anian often carried with her, which meant that she had spent a long time to complete it, otherwise she wouldn't have been contaminated by the smell.

The slight smell of blood was from her fingertips. Anian was very clean and would never leave any blood on the gift, so it was probably because she was too focused on embroidering and didn't notice it.

And all this is for herself. The purse she made so carefully was a gift for herself!

The sweetness surging in the monster's heart made the restlessness and irritability in the body calm down a little. Its mountain-like body was pressed in the narrow space and it could not move. It could only make wheezing sounds when it was happy, and its thick tail swept back and forth excitedly.

Half of its consciousness is now Chen Ting. It is addicted to the love given by the young lady and cannot extricate itself. It holds the small purse in its hands as if it were some rare treasure and is reluctant to let it go.

The other half was a brutal and agitated monster, with its claws ready to tear the soft fabric apart, and it was screaming wildly - how do you know that woman is devoted to you? She has never even seen your true appearance! Maybe she is a spy sent to you by a certain force in the capital!

Chen Ting argued with this voice in his heart: "Impossible, I have already checked the lady's background thoroughly, she just loves me."

"Why do you think she loves you? She bought you off with just a small purse? Even if she is not a spy from the capital, what if she is sent by foreigners? What if she stole the public opinion map and the detailed information of Chen's army? How can you be so lax!"

The voice continued, "You are only temporarily blinded by lust. Get rid of that woman tonight and kill all the people she brought back from outside. No one is worthy of trust except grandma!"

"Believe it or not, even if the soldiers guarding you outside knew what you looked like now, they would regard you as a horrible monster and burn you to death with torches!"

"If you don't kill them all, you will be killed by everyone!"

"Kill, kill them! Kill them all!!"

It started again.

The golden eyes went out in the darkness, and the monster placed its claws on its head, as if trying to suppress the noisy and annoying voice.

Since he regained consciousness, this voice would appear every time he had an attack, constantly tempting him to kill people and slaughter all living creatures around him. Compared to the first time, Chen Ting had been able to ignore its words.

The monster wanted to influence his firm will. If he stayed here alone, perhaps nothing would happen, but if he really rushed out and killed people indiscriminately, he would be killed by everyone.

Chen Ting kept picturing the young lady's delicate and beautiful features in his mind, recalling the details of their time together, the young lady's gentle and caring words, and how cute she was when she was angry...

Finally, he succeeded in completely suppressing the other voice.

His heart became filled with great peace and happiness—this was the first time.

In the past, whenever he had an attack, he had to tie up his hands and feet with iron chains at the four corners of the room to prevent him from losing his mind and running away, but tonight he controlled himself.

The monster fell into a deep sleep. In the other yard, Shen Wangshu, who had returned to the house and cried secretly, also closed his eyes and fell asleep.

In her sleep, there was a voice chattering in her ears, insulting her for being a beauty and blaming her for giving away purses to seduce the emperor.

The buzzing of mosquitoes on summer nights was really annoying. Shen Wangshu turned over and slapped them. The sound immediately disappeared, and was replaced by Chen Ting's voice.

The man who had always been reserved and introverted kept pouring out his love, calling her Ah Nian, Madam, Qingqing, and sweetheart... Chen Wangshu said, "Don't think I will forgive you if you say something nice now, you stinky Chen Ting."

The man seemed to have not expected to hear her response. He paused and tried to explain: "I didn't mean to do that tonight."

She is timid in reality, but can't she strike out hard in her dreams?

Shen Wangshu scolded him rudely: "I don't want to listen, stinky Chen Ting, you dare to leave me and run away in the middle of a date, I will never forgive you again!"

"I acted in an emergency. I didn't expect that I would suddenly... become ill. I know I was wrong."

"I don't care! I hate you so much. It started raining after you left, and I didn't recognize anyone on the roadside. I was almost bullied by a scoundrel when I was taking shelter from the rain..." The beauty cried in grievance, and Chen Ting felt regretful and uncomfortable after hearing it.

"What does that man look like? What's his name? Where did you meet him?" He said, "Don't cry, madam. I will go and vent your anger for you right now."

Anyway, it was just a dream. Shen Wangshu rushed to Chen Ting and punched and kicked him, and then said, "He is short and has a big mole on his face. He should be... in the firewood room of Furong Building now."