The next day, Liu Lieyu got dressed, got up, and glanced at me lying on the bed like a dead body. He stared at me for a moment, his lips twitching slightly as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he left without saying anything.
After Liu Lieyu left, I pulled the blanket over myself and curled up inside. I couldn't cry anymore.
After calming myself down in bed for a while, I sat up. The blanket slipped down, revealing my fair skin. I looked away, forcing myself not to think about it or look at it anymore.
Liu Lieyu still had some humanity; he left behind a set of women's clothing before he left. I casually put on the women's clothing and walked barefoot in the main hall.
"Your Majesty, what do you need?" Suddenly, a woman with a cool and aloof demeanor, who resembled Huanzi, appeared from the shadows.
"I want to take a shower." I tightened my clothes, and a hoarse voice came out of my mouth, my throat also feeling a sharp pain.
"Follow me." The woman bowed slightly.
I followed the woman and soon arrived at the bathing area.
It is still built of black stone, surrounded by several screens, and the warm spring water is steaming.
Without looking much, I took off my clothes and went into the bathtub, scrubbing my skin vigorously until it became red and swollen.
During this time, the woman stayed beside me, watching me without saying a word or disturbing me.
Suddenly remembering something, I turned to the woman and asked, "Do you have birth control pills?"
The woman raised her head, her face calm, and slowly said, "Your Majesty, I cannot give this to you."
I looked away and didn't linger. These were all Liu Lieyu's men; it would be no use pleading with them.
But then I touched my stomach. What if I'm pregnant? I don't want to have Liu Lieyu's child, otherwise how am I supposed to explain it to You?
After I took a bath, the woman brought me a new set of clothes.
The palace here was empty and desolate, devoid of anything, and black all around, which matched Liu Lieyu's thick black snake tail.
The thought of Liu Lieyu's snake tail makes me gag.
I was imprisoned by Liu Lieyu again, and I couldn't leave every day. I sat on the steps of the main hall all day, looking at the sky outside. The hall was always dark, just like my mood.
Liu Lieyu often came to keep me company, but he would either scold me with a cold face or brutally tear off my clothes and force himself on me.
I've gone from feeling resentful and sad to being numb. Sometimes I really want to die, but Liu Lieyu often tells me which beauty You is with today and which beauty she's playing with tomorrow. I think to myself, I must endure until I can see You again.
How long are you going to keep going like this?!
I glanced calmly at Liu Lieyu and ignored him. The wall inside the bed, after being punched by Liu Lieyu, seemed to be on the verge of collapse. A fist-sized crater appeared in the black wall, and cracks around it spread to the ceiling. Small stones rolled onto the bed.
"Say something!" Liu Lieyu grabbed my chin, burning with rage, his red eyes glaring at me as if he wanted to devour me.
I simply closed my eyes, out of sight, out of mind. At worst, they could just kill me anyway; after all, these days were bleak and hopeless.
"What exactly do you want from me?" Liu Lieyu roared, seemingly suppressing his anger. "You betrayed me first! You promised to stay with me forever! I treated you with all my heart, yet you've been conspiring with Fei Yan to leave me?! What exactly do you want from me?"
I glanced at Liu Lieyu and said coldly, "Why can't you just let me go? I've already told you I don't love you."
"Impossible!" Liu Lieyu roared as if provoked. The already crumbling wall collapsed with a crash as he shouted, and I watched helplessly as the inside of the ceiling came crashing down on me.
I instinctively closed my eyes, as if my face had been hit by small pebbles. After the storm subsided, I opened my eyes and saw a huge rock on Liu Lieyu's back.
Liu Lieyu braced himself with his hands in front of me, the falling broken stones all hitting him, and looked at me with red eyes.
I just stared coldly at Liu Lieyu, wondering why I didn't smash him to death.
However, my idea, though beautiful, is impossible to realize. Even if ten mountains were to fall on Liu Lieyu, he might not be harmed.
I suddenly noticed some figures outside the hall hesitating whether to come in. Liu Lieyu obviously noticed them too. "Get out!"
As soon as Liu Lieyu finished speaking, the figure outside the hall vanished without a trace.
Liu Lieyu moved his body and got up. He threw all the stones that were pressing on him to the ground. Two-thirds of our bed was destroyed by the collapsed wall, and the remaining third would probably have been destroyed if Liu Lieyu hadn't held it up.
Liu Lieyu got up, but I remained motionless on the bed, like a dead rag doll.
"No, you can't not love me. I've already paid the price, how can you not love me?" Liu Lieyu muttered to himself by the bedside, covering his head.
This is the second time I've heard Liu Lieyu say that I shouldn't not love him. I frowned, feeling that something was wrong. Why was Liu Lieyu so certain that I would love him? When Liu Lieyu was in the mortal realm, as a seasoned and experienced snake demon, seducing an ordinary college student was indeed a piece of cake. He could manipulate "me" at will. But since we both regained our memories, Liu Lieyu should understand that his tricks are obviously no match for Nv Xin.
Why does Liu Lieyu keep saying this? Is there a price to pay? And what is that price?
I felt like I had grasped some key point, but it slipped through my mind and I couldn't recall it.
I blinked, grabbed the clothes from the bedside, put them on, and sat up. "The price? What price?"
Liu Lieyu paused, slowly raised his head, stared at me with an inscrutable expression, and after a long while spoke, "No, you misheard."
"Did you hear that wrong?" I don't think so. There must be more to this than meets the eye.
"Xin'er, please, don't be so cold to me," Liu Lieyu suddenly pleaded, grabbing my hand.
I glanced at Liu Lieyu's hand that was gripping mine. What kind of trouble was Liu Lieyu up to now? Was he going to play a melodrama today? Ha, I still remember that night with Liu Lieyu.
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