Chapter 24
Noticing that Leng Huai was acting strangely, Mo Xiaoxin realized that she and Leng Huai were too intimate, and she awkwardly withdrew her hand.
"Well, I'll go and cook the dishes again right away."
Without waiting for Leng Huai's reply, Mo Xiaoxin dashed out.
Qiao Yun and Zi Yu had already left sometime earlier.
As soon as Mo Xiaoxin stepped out, she noticed a guard not far away covering his face. His eye sockets were empty, and his two eyeballs were rolling off the ground.
Mo Xiaoxin was startled. Recalling Leng Huai's actions just now, she suddenly realized that the guard had become like this because of her.
When the guard heard someone coming, he thought it was Leng Huai coming to cause him trouble, and he wanted to beg for mercy: "I'm sorry, Demon Lord, it was my fault. I was extremely foolish and shouldn't have been curious to look. Please spare my life."
The guard trembled uncontrollably; the pain in his eyes had rendered him unable to walk.
Mo Xiaoxin gently comforted her, "Don't be afraid, it's me."
"The Demon Queen..." The guard felt a little relieved when he heard that the person who came was Mo Xiaoxin.
Mo Xiaoxin felt guilty and went forward to help him up.
Although the original owner's magical power was weak, she had loved studying various medical techniques since childhood, and her limited magical power had saved many demonic beasts.
Mo Xiaoxin picked up the still-warm eyeball from the ground. It hadn't been injured long, so there should still be time.
She asked softly, "Do you believe me? I can save you!"
The guard grimaced in pain and nodded frantically. Now that he had lost his eyes, he would repay her life-saving grace if someone could save him.
Mo Xiaoxin tried to use her magic to transfer her two eyeballs into the guard's eye sockets.
The guard felt something warm enter his eye socket, and then his previously excruciating pain gradually subsided.
It felt like his mother's hand was constantly stroking his head, soothing his fear and putting his mind at ease.
When the guard opened his eyes, he saw the woman in front of him.
"Your Majesty! Thank you!" The guard was overjoyed; he couldn't believe that his eyes, which he had just lost, had returned!
Mo Xiaoxin was overjoyed; she hadn't expected to succeed so easily.
She originally thought the original owner's body was practically useless, but now she thinks it seems to be a pretty good walking medicine bag, not only with strong senses, but also with super strong medical skills.
Mo Xiaoxin glanced back at the closed door and whispered, "Get out of here quickly, don't linger in front of him."
The guard bowed repeatedly in thanks before leaving.
As evening approached, Mo Xiaoxin finally finished tidying up the woodshed and dragged her exhausted body back to her room.
The room was pitch black. Mo Xiaoxin found the bed by instinct and plopped down on it. Just as she was about to cover herself with the blanket, she realized that there seemed to be someone lying next to her.
Just as Mo Xiaoxin was about to shout, a large hand covered her mouth.
"It's me."
Leng Huai's voice came from beside her, and the unique fragrance of Leng Huai entered Mo Xiaoxin's nose. The close proximity between the two made her blush and her heart race.
Mo Xiaoxin suddenly realized how she had ended up in Leng Huai's room.
She's made up her mind today; going back to her old room and sleeping on the floor all the time isn't a good idea.
Yes, lately she has been frequently resting in Leng Huai's room, so she has come here out of habit.
This is a bad habit.
Thinking back to their marriage, it was nothing more than a fleeting, superficial affair. Besides, she had no need to feign affection in front of the servants. As long as Leng Huai agreed, what would the servants dare to say? Moreover, was Leng Huai the kind of person who cared about what others thought?
"I'm sorry, I went to the wrong room. I'll go back right away..."
"Do you want the guards to see you staying out alone, so that word gets out that we're not getting along?"
Mo Xiaoxin muttered under her breath, "If we don't get along, we don't get along. It was a marriage without love to begin with, so it's normal for people to gossip about it..."
Leng Huai: "No feelings?"
Leng Huai suddenly bent down and pressed down on Mo Xiaoxin's wrist, and the two of them instantly became incredibly intimate.
He gave a wicked smile: "That's not right. Don't be stubborn in front of me. If you have no feelings for me, why would you want to come to the banquet with me?"
His voice was deep and magnetic, penetrating Mo Xiaoxin's ears and making her heart tremble slightly.
This pose...
Mo Xiaoxin's cheeks flushed instantly. She struggled, but it was all in vain.
"You...you let me go!" Her voice was tinged with panic.
To Leng Huai, it sounded more like she was being coquettish.
Seeing this, Leng Huai not only did not let go, but instead gripped her wrist even tighter and pressed his body closer to hers. Their breaths mingled, and an ambiguous atmosphere filled the air.
Leng Huai slowly raised his other hand and gently stroked Mo Xiaoxin's cheek. His fingertips delicately caressed her tender skin, sliding from her forehead to her eyebrows and eyes, then to her straight nose, and finally resting on her slightly trembling lips.
"Look at her face, it's all red. And she still says she has no feelings for me?" His tone was full of mockery.
Through the moonlight, Mo Xiaoxin could vaguely make out the outline of Leng Huai's handsome face. She couldn't see the expression on Leng Huai's face, but she could imagine the playful smile on his face.
She wasn't blushing at all!
"You...you're a lecher! I'm going to kill you!" she said angrily, but at this moment, in Leng Huai's eyes, she was more like a cat with its fur standing on end, extremely cute.
Leng Huai chuckled softly, the sound echoing in the room adding a touch of ambiguity.
He lowered his head, his warm breath brushing against Mo Xiaoxin's neck, causing her to tremble slightly: "What, can you bear to do this?"
Mo Xiaoxin roared inwardly, "Has this man taken some kind of aphrodisiac tonight? Why is he constantly teasing me?"
He's definitely messing with her on purpose again!
Thinking that she was being deliberately harassed by this scoundrel, she was so angry that her face turned red. She wished she could strangle him right then and there, but she was powerless and no match for Leng Huai.
Mo Xiaoxin closed her eyes tightly, trying to calm herself down: "What...what exactly do you want?"
Leng Huai slowly raised his head, gazing at Mo Xiaoxin's blushing face, his eyes filled with even more mockery.
"What do I want?" He deliberately dragged out his words, gently brushing aside the messy hair on Mo Xiaoxin's forehead with his other hand. "Naturally, I want you to see your own feelings clearly, and stop deceiving yourself."
As he spoke, his fingers slid down Mo Xiaoxin's hair to her shoulder, gently caressing it.
Mo Xiaoxin opened her eyes and glared at Leng Huai: "Big brother, we're a contractual couple, so please stop teasing me. You're scaring me."
Upon hearing this, Leng Huai not only didn't get angry, but instead burst into laughter: "Fear? If you were just afraid, why would your heart beat so fast when I approached?"
Mo Xiaoxin rolled her eyes so hard they were practically falling off. Good heavens, how could this man be so self-delusional and narcissistic?
Does he think every woman likes him?
Who would like an arrogant, conceited, and heartless man?
She wouldn't even take it if I gave it to her!
Unable to contain herself any longer, Mo Xiaoxin spat a mouthful of phlegm directly onto Leng Huai's face: "Damn it, you think I'm being too nice to you?! What do you take me for? To be so disrespectful and mocked by you! Just because you're the Lord of the Demon Realm, you act recklessly and treat me like a plaything!"
Mo Xiaoxin seemed to have been harboring resentment for a long time, and she vented all the pain and suffering she had felt from Leng Huai killing her in the past.
“In the Demon Realm, you’re used to being so domineering and bullying everyone you see. But today you’ve done such a vile thing to me. Let me tell you, don’t think I’m afraid of you!” As she spoke, her finger almost poked Leng Huai’s face, her chest heaving violently.
Mo Xiaoxin grew angrier as she spoke: "You think you're so handsome? You're just a guy with some good looks, what a pipe dream!"
Leng Huai was initially calm, but Mo Xiaoxin actually spat at him. As the Demon Lord, he had never suffered such an insult, and immediately swung his sword at Mo Xiaoxin.
After a burst of exhilarating cursing, the pent-up frustration that had been building up in Mo Xiaoxin's heart for so long vanished.
It's true that you should vent your anger on the spot, otherwise nodules will form over time.
Mo Xiaoxin crossed her legs and calmly watched the lottery wheel start.
[Ding—System notification: Congratulations, host, you have received five million in cash and an additional reward of one spirit stone fragment.]
As the balance in her backpack increased, Mo Xiaoxin felt a growing sense of accomplishment.
Perhaps this is the meaning that money brings to her.
The motivation to move forward, a sense of satisfaction, and a sense of accomplishment.
Mo Xiaoxin cheered herself up and said, "Come on!"
When she woke up again, Mo Xiaoxin was back to the state she had been in when she first stepped into the room.
Given the time constraints, Mo Xiaoxin was much more obedient this time.
Fortunately, Leng Huai didn't make things difficult for her; he just told her to bring a quilt and sleep on the floor.
Mo Xiaoxin pursed her lips, realizing that the scene of Leng Huai sleeping on the floor while she slept on the bed was unlikely to happen.
Oh well, considering she's in a good mood right now, she won't hold it against him.
Mo Xiaoxin was awakened by a gust of cold wind at night.
She groggily opened her eyes and found that the door had been opened a crack, and the cold wind made the door creak.
She looked up at the direction of the bed, but it was empty; Leng Huai was not in the room.
Where did this person go in the middle of the night?
Unable to bear the biting cold wind, Mo Xiaoxin got up to close the door.
Suddenly, a man's voice came from above.
"Come up."
Mo Xiaoxin was startled by the sound. She looked up and saw that the roof beam of the room was empty; there was no one there at all.
Did I mishear?
"roof."
The sound came again.
Mo Xiaoxin recognized Leng Huai's voice, but it sounded muffled, as if there was a wall between them.
Mo Xiaoxin stepped out of the house and back a few steps before she spotted Leng Huai.
Leng Huai, dressed in a black cloak, sat on the rooftop. Against the backdrop of the night, his features appeared even more handsome, yet his sword-like eyebrows revealed a look of worry. His long hair cascaded over his shoulders, giving him an inexplicable air of desolate beauty.
What's going on in the middle of the night? Are you playing the melancholy prince? Can't a person get any sleep?
Mo Xiaoxin didn't want to talk to Leng Huai and went straight back into the house.
I don't want to say it a second time.
Mo Xiaoxin obediently put on her coat, climbed the ladder to the roof, and sat down next to Leng Huai.
This familiar feeling made her subconsciously recall that when she first came into this world, she met Leng Huai on the rooftop.
Before we knew it, she had been in this world for almost two months.
The tranquility of the night always inspires the mind to wander.
She couldn't help but sigh.
The two of them looked increasingly sorrowful.
"Why are you sighing?" Leng Huai asked.
"I want to go home," Mo Xiaoxin said wistfully.
Leng Huai lowered his eyes. It was understandable that Mo Xiaoxin missed home. She had been in the Demon Realm for so long, yet she hadn't been home even once. Although her parents had visited once, it certainly didn't feel the same as going home.
“I will accompany you back after the banquet,” Leng Huai suddenly said.
Mo Xiaoxin was taken aback, realizing that Leng Huai had misunderstood her meaning.
To her surprise, Leng Huai actually took the initiative to bring it up.
Her parents in this world had been very good to her, and she should indeed go home to visit them after getting married. Mo Xiaoxin didn't refuse and agreed, "Thank you."
"You look so worried, what's on your mind?" Mo Xiaoxin asked.
Leng Huai remained silent, gazing into the distance as if recalling something.
Mo Xiaoxin rarely saw Leng Huai so silent and quiet, which was very different from Leng Huai who would kill people at the drop of a hat.
Just when Mo Xiaoxin thought Leng Huai wouldn't speak again, she heard his voice: "Haven't you always wanted to know why I married you?"
"Why?" Mo Xiaoxin was indeed very curious. She perked up and listened intently.
"Because you're stupid! Coming up here so late to stand in the cold wind!" Leng Huai suddenly mocked Mo Xiaoxin, a sly smile on his face.
Mo Xiaoxin's face darkened; he knew this man wouldn't tell the truth!
"You!" Mo Xiaoxin was furious and reached out to hit Leng Huai.
Leng Huai dodged to the side, stood up, and ran forward.
Mo Xiaoxin stood up angrily and was about to chase after Leng Huai: "Don't run away! How dare you tease me! I'll beat you to death!"
Leng Huai was quick and agile; Mo Xiaoxin could not catch up with him.
Mo Xiaoxin stumbled, cried out in alarm, and fell backward, tumbling down the roof and about to fall off.
The feeling of being suspended in mid-air made Mo Xiaoxin's heart sink. If she fell, she would either die or suffer broken bones, and she probably wouldn't be able to attend the banquet tomorrow.
In desperation, she shouted out Leng Huai's name.
"Leng Huai!"
Without anyone noticing, Leng Huai had already met Mo Xiaoxin in front of the house.
The two were very close, and something seemed to flow through their eyes as they looked at each other.
Mo Xiaoxin coughed awkwardly, wanting him to put her down, but the next second Leng Huai expressionlessly threw her to the ground.
She felt as if her tailbone was cracking, and her entire buttocks and lower back were in excruciating pain.
Ugh!!! That scumbag!!
She thought their conversation on the rooftop today would have strengthened their bond, but Leng Huai remained shameless and heartless!
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