"Xin'er, as long as you love me, I'll give you anything you want." Liu Lieyu said, releasing my hand. He flipped his palm over, and a round, red object began to bounce on his body.
I held my breath, staring in disbelief at the object in Liu Lieyu's hand. This... this wasn't the heart I gave Fei Yan?!
I touched my empty, no-beat chest. I had always thought that my heart had disappeared along with Fei Yan's death, but I never expected it to be in Liu Lieyu's body.
I couldn't help but reach out to take it, but Liu Lieyu suddenly raised his hand to stop me.
I shifted my gaze to Liu Lieyu's face.
"Want it?" Liu Lieyu smiled. "You have to agree to my conditions."
"What are the conditions?" I looked away from Liu Lieyu's face and stared straight at my heart.
"You must love me as you used to, and not treat me coldly and ignore me like you do now."
I looked away, gave Liu Lieyu a mocking glance, and then closed my eyes and lay back down on the bed.
Liu Lieyu is dreaming. I only did what I was told to escape him before, and now you want me to keep trying to please you? Dream on!
If You knew that I spend every day with you... Thinking of this, my eyes welled up with tears, as if I were about to cry again. I forced back the tears. If You knew that I spend every day with you, and even smile sweetly at you, You would definitely, definitely not forgive me.
"You disagree?" Liu Lieyu's dangerous aura emanated from him, his tone icy.
I closed my eyes and ignored it. I knew Liu Lieyu was a lunatic. One second he was like the male lead in a tragic drama, and the next he was the male lead in a domestic violence drama.
If I weren't outmatched by Liu Lieyu, I would have given him a good dressing down.
I was mentally ranting about Liu Lieyu when a sudden, sharp pain shot through my chest, as if someone were squeezing my heart. "Ah!" I couldn't help but groan softly, clutching my chest. Wait a minute, my heart isn't in my chest!
I looked up abruptly, and sure enough, Liu Lieyu's fair hand was tightly gripping my heart, which was pounding with difficulty in his grasp.
"What are you going to do?" I gritted my teeth, enduring the pain.
"You can't hold back anymore?" Liu Lieyu smiled cruelly, his narrow eyes narrowing into crescent moons. With a flick of his other hand, a small cauldron appeared in Liu Lieyu's hand.
"The Nuwa Cauldron?!" I was shocked; all the mysteries in my heart were suddenly solved.
No wonder the destroyed Holy Spring, Guixu, and Changbai Mountain were all restored to their original state; it's all because the Nuwa Cauldron is in Liu Lieyu's hands!
The Nuwa Cauldron can restore all things in the world, including living things.
“That’s right.” Liu Lieyu held my heart in one hand and urged the Nuwa Cauldron on with the other.
"What are you going to do?" I suddenly had a bad feeling.
"Xin'er, if you behave, I'll give your heart back to you, otherwise..." Liu Lieyu smiled faintly, and with a slight exertion of force in his right hand, another sharp pain shot through my chest.
"Make me obey?" I endured the pain but still refused to admit defeat. "Unless you kill me, my corpse will be obedient and at your mercy."
"You!" Liu Lieyu was furious, a hint of ruthlessness flashing across his slender eyebrows. "Then don't blame me for not warning you."
Liu Lieyu's right hand kept tightening, and my chest was getting more and more painful. Large beads of sweat fell from my forehead onto the pillowcase, and the clothes I was wearing on my back were soaked. It hurt so much. I frowned and my vision began to blur.
"Ouch!" I couldn't help but cry out in pain.
Before I lost consciousness, I vaguely saw my small, red heart being crushed, blood flowing onto Liu Lieyu's fair hand, and scarlet blood dripping from between Liu Lieyu's fingers.
"I'm going to die," was my last thought before I passed out from the pain.
"Huff." I gasped for breath as I woke from the pain, surrounded by collapsed walls and... I looked up and saw Liu Lieyu clutching my heart with one hand and urging the small cauldron on with the other.
I looked closely, and my heart was perfectly fine. I gasped for breath. Had I just had a nightmare?
No, I glanced at the Nuwa Cauldron in Liu Lieyu's left hand and immediately realized that Liu Lieyu had crushed my heart and then used the Nuwa Cauldron to restore it.
This freak! Is he even human? Can't he do something decent? He's not even human. I just don't like him, and he tortures me like this? He must have some kind of mental problem. No wonder he could kill his brother with a clear conscience in his past life, and he can kill his brother with a clear conscience in this life too. He's a complete psychopath.
"Liu Lieyu, are you even human?!" I couldn't help but curse.
Liu Lieyu was taken aback and blinked inexplicably.
I thought he had a change of heart, but Liu Lieyu's next sentence was, "I was never human to begin with!"
Damn it, I've gotten into this swearing habit and haven't changed it yet. "Are you even a snake?!"
Liu Lieyu frowned, no longer dwelling on the issue with me, and instead asked, "Xin'er, as long as you act like before, I won't torment you anymore."
I rolled my eyes at Liu Lieyu. Is this guy even human? No, he's not human, he's a snake. No wonder he's so petty and vengeful!
"If you're so capable, then don't use the Nuwa Cauldron to restore me; just let me die!"
Liu Lieyu sneered, "Then we'll take our time. I have plenty of time."
Then, my screams echoed throughout the entire palace.
Every time I wake up, I tell myself not to scream, but each time the pain is unbearable. My lower lip is covered in blood from biting, and my palms are covered in dense nail marks.
Liu Lieyu tormented me all night. The next day, he changed into his luxurious clothes and went out in high spirits. His fair right hand was so clean that it reflected light, and you could not tell that this hand had crushed my heart hundreds of times.
I lay sprawled on the bed, drenched in sweat. The bed was soaked with my sweat, and my once-clean hair was now wet and sticky.
Not long after Liu Lieyu left, several women came in, their bodies hunched over.
"Imperial Consort." The four women first bowed and greeted me.
"Your Majesty, we are here to assist you with your bath," the head maid said, her lips parting slightly.
I was helped up from the bed by four women. My body was limp and I couldn't muster any strength. They were the ones who supported me.
Four women led me to the bathing pool, then helped me undress and served me as I bathed.
I couldn't muster any strength at all the whole time. If they hadn't been supporting me, I probably would have fallen into the water the next moment.
"Your Majesty, please don't argue with the Eastern Emperor, or you'll suffer the consequences." While I was bathing, a woman who seemed more lively couldn't help but advise me.
"Linglong!" another woman called out to stop her. Linglong gave the other woman a playful look and then shut her mouth.
In the past, I might have been interested in chatting with this woman named Linglong, but now I have absolutely no energy for it.
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