The next morning, as the first rays of sunlight slanted into the room, Qin Luo was awakened by a slight tickling sensation on his neck. His disheveled black hair was tangled around his pillow, a playful strand brushing against his chin.
When she groggily opened her eyes, she saw Su Yaoyue's hand frantically retracting. A few strands of black hair were still twirling around her fingertips, like a fawn caught red-handed tasting forbidden fruit, and the tips of her ears were flushed with a peach-like blush.
At this moment, the morning light bathed Su Yaoyue in a soft glow, making her appear even more languid and charming. Her slightly open nightgown slipped off her shoulders, revealing her alabaster skin, and a few strands of messy hair partially obscured her flushed cheeks, highlighting the moisture in her eyes.
Her former shyness was now tinged with tenderness, and a lingering weariness remained beneath her eyelashes, much like a peony glistening with morning dew, quietly blooming with a unique charm in the morning light.
Gazing at the charming woman before him, Qin Luo's lips unconsciously curved into a smile. He lazily stretched his long arm out to his side, a slightly seductive smile playing on his lips.
"What, you think you can just run away after peeking?"
Su Yaoyue's cheeks flushed, and she gave him a coquettish glare, her eyes sparkling with charm.
"Who, who peeked?"
Even so, she nestled obediently into his arms like spring water, her fingertips unconsciously tapping lightly against his chest. The lingering fragrance of her hair mingled with the morning light, swirling between them like a fine net, tightly enveloping this gentle morning.
Qin Luo tightened his grip on her, his warm breath brushing against her flushed earlobe.
"From now on, every morning I want to open my eyes and see you like this."
His voice was deep and resonant, filled with undeniable affection, which made the person in his arms snuggle closer to him, too shy to look up again.
As they whispered tenderly, Qin Luo's gaze inadvertently swept over the magnificent, yet faintly visible, snow-white breasts in front of her, and his Adam's apple bobbed violently.
But Su Yaoyue still retained the delicate fragility of the previous night in her eyes, and in the end, she forcefully suppressed the desire in her heart. With a sigh, she forcibly averted her gaze.
Taking a deep breath to suppress his agitation, he spoke with deliberate calmness, changing the subject as if to say:
"Yaoyue".
Upon hearing his voice, Su Yaoyue looked up and sensitively caught the tremor of his Adam's apple. Her ear tips burned red, and she mistakenly thought that she had failed to satisfy him.
She lowered her eyes, her eyelashes trembling slightly with a mixture of shyness and determination. Her fingertips nervously clutched the hem of her nightgown. After hesitating for a moment, although she was worried that she couldn't handle it, she still took the initiative to slowly move closer to him in order to please him. She raised her jade-like arms slightly, wanting to wrap them around his neck.
Seeing this, Qin Luo quickly grabbed her hand, both amused and exasperated, and said:
"What nonsense are you thinking about now? Your body is so delicate now. If I indulge in pleasure again, you'll probably blame me for being unromantic and for not cherishing you. I can't do something that would be a losing proposition."
After realizing she had been overthinking things, Su Yaoyue was so embarrassed and annoyed that her ears were burning. She turned her face away, not daring to look into his smiling eyes anymore, her subtle movements revealing the shyness of a young girl.
After a moment, she calmed down, and her cheeks flushed again as she recalled the events of the previous night. Then, biting her lower lip, she said in a weak voice:
"Now that Yaoyue has become your wife, I should naturally put you first. If you still have any needs, I don't want you to suffer in silence."
Her pink lips were slightly pursed, displaying the gentle shyness unique to a lady of high society, yet her expression was earnest and stubborn:
"From now on, you don't have to take care of me like this all the time. Although I am delicate, I am not a flower that cannot withstand the wind and rain. As long as it is you, I am willing to do anything."
After saying that, Su Yaoyue snuggled closer to him as if she were shy, her hair swaying gently with her movements, making their sweet words in the morning light seem even more tender.
Qin Luo remained silent, only looking at the soft and delicate woman in his arms. The softest part of his heart was deeply touched. He reached out and tucked Su Yaoyue's loose hair behind her ear, gazing at her with gentle eyes.
Feeling his undisguised gaze, Su Yaoyue felt a mix of shyness and sweetness. Suddenly, as if remembering something, she gently scolded:
"By the way, what exactly is the important thing you've been wanting to talk about all night?"
As she spoke, she gently poked his chest:
"If it weren't for... you would definitely have said it at that time, wouldn't you have been afraid of spoiling the mood?"
Qin Luo's expression slightly hardened. He grasped her hand and said in a deep voice:
"To be honest, I went to see Dean Yuanxuan before, hoping he could help me find some rare and precious materials. But the items I need are too rare, so much so that even the Dean himself didn't know where to begin."
Upon hearing this, Su Yaoyue knew what Qin Luo wanted to say, and her hand, which was being held, tightened slightly without her realizing it.
She bit her lower lip and whispered:
"Regarding finding that thing... perhaps I can help you in some way."
She secretly glanced up and saw Qin Luo's focused expression, his fingertips unconsciously tracing the lines on his palm:
"Even now, you've never asked about my background. Aren't you curious about why I have such confidence, and where I come from?"
Qin Luo raised his hand and tucked a stray strand of her hair behind her ear, pausing slightly as his fingertips brushed against her burning earlobe:
"If you want to talk, I'll listen; if not, I'll just stay with you as you are now. You're mine now, how can you possibly leave me?"
His voice carried a touch of carefree banter, yet it could soothe away all unease.
Seeing Qin Luo like this, Su Yaoyue's worry lessened considerably. She then snuggled closer to him, her breath filled with his cool, refreshing scent.
After a long silence, she finally spoke softly:
"I didn't tell you before because I didn't want to make you too upset. I was born into the Su family of Shangyi Continent, but my mother was a concubine. I have been struggling to make a living between the legitimate and illegitimate children since I was a child."
Five years ago, the struggle for the headship of the Su family was bloody and fierce. My cowardly father, in order to protect his own safety, turned a blind eye to my mother and me. My mother, in order to protect me, died tragically under a hail of blades, leaving me alone to eke out a living in the bloody storm.
"When I finally managed to survive, what awaited me was an even more heartbreaking chill. In order to seize the position of head of the family, my father wanted to use all his daughters as bargaining chips for marriage, treating us as bargaining chips that could be exchanged at will. In their eyes, the lifelong happiness of their daughters was nothing more than a stepping stone to climb the ladder of power."
"Disheartened, I had no choice but to use the teleportation talisman left by my mother on her deathbed and flee in haste overnight. Fortunately, I met an elder of the Lingyuan Sect on the way. She saw that I had good talent and gave me an invitation, which allowed me to enter the Lingyuan Sect and find a place to settle down."
At this point, a bitter taste rose in Su Yaoyue's throat as she forcefully suppressed that unbearable memory:
"If you are looking for any rare treasures, I can go to the Shangyi Continent to search for them for you. Don't worry, although my mother was a concubine, she controlled a subordinate continent under the Shangyi Continent before she died. As long as I am careful, I can still make use of those hidden agents and forces."
After saying that, Su Yaoyue pressed her cheek against Qin Luo's heart, listening to his steady and powerful heartbeat, as if drawing courage from it.
"I have been lying low all these years, hoping to return one day... Now that you are here, I want to help you find the treasure, and I also want to see what those who treated me like trash back then will look like now that I have returned."
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