Chapter 50 Kissing Sleeping Beauty
The air seemed to freeze inside the Regent's Palace's main courtyard bedroom.
Shen Jin looked at the lifeless woman in his arms, his eyes filled with an overwhelming despair.
Yingyi said that it requires "extremely strong obsession".
Shen Jin didn't know what obsession was. He only knew that without her, the rest of his life would return to that infernal hell of only coldness, killing, and the cacophony of inner voices.
She is light.
It was the only warmth he had ever grasped in his life.
“Jiang Mianmian…”
Shen Jin closed his eyes, no longer hesitating or restraining himself. He lowered his head, with an almost pious yet desperate madness, and pressed his lips heavily onto her slightly pale lips.
There are no tricks.
Only instinct.
It was a kiss filled with trembling, fear, longing, and endless love.
He tried to pour the most fervent life force from the depths of his soul, along with those silent cries, into her body through this kiss.
I woke up.
Please, wake up.
If you wake up, I'll give you my life.
Their warm breaths mingled, and the touch of their lips sent a jolt through their souls.
...
In another dimension, in the "dream".
Jiang Mianmian was living the blissful life she had always dreamed of.
This is the most luxurious garden in Jiangnan, bathed in sunshine, filled with the sounds of birds and the fragrance of flowers. She lies on a soft couch paved with gold bricks, holding a sizzling chicken leg in her left hand and an ice-cold cola in her right.
In front of her, seven or eight male escorts who looked like popular idols were dressed in revealing gauze dresses, massaging her legs, feeding her grapes, and singing her songs.
"Rich lady, have some grapes~" "Rich lady, is this pressure comfortable?"
Jiang Mianmian grinned from ear to ear: 【So comfortable! So comfortable! This is the life I've always wanted! No more stern-faced Shen Jin, no more that old hag Empress Dowager, just money and handsome men! Hahaha!】
She opened her mouth, ready to take a bite of the chicken leg that looked fresh and juicy.
Sudden--
The sky has fallen.
The once clear sky was instantly covered by dark clouds, and a huge black lightning bolt struck down, shattering the chicken leg in her hand, sending the handsome men flying, and even shattering the gold bricks beneath her.
Immediately afterwards, an irresistible force, like an invisible hand, grabbed the back of her collar and forcefully pulled her out of this beautiful dream.
At the same time, a warm, soft, and even slightly minty touch sealed her mouth, making it hard for her to breathe.
【Huh?!】
[What's going on? Sleep paralysis? Or is some treacherous subject trying to harm me?]
[My chicken leg! My handsome man! Let me go! I want to go back!]
Jiang Mianmian struggled desperately, but the force was too great, carrying a domineering and unquestionable "obsession," forcibly dragging her consciousness from that illusory Jiangnan garden back to the cold reality.
...
In reality.
Shen Jin maintained the deep kiss, and just when he thought this attempt was going to fail again, and his heart sank to the bottom—
The body in his arms, which had been stiff as a puppet, suddenly moved.
Immediately afterwards, a faint sob, tinged with morning grumpiness and confusion, escaped from between their tightly pressed lips.
"Hmm..."
Shen Jin was jolted awake and suddenly opened his eyes.
Their eyes met.
So close.
He saw those eyes, which had been tightly closed for two whole days, finally slowly open a crack. Those eyes, which were usually so bright and mischievous, were still a little blurry, but they were definitely... focused.
She's awake!
Shen Jin was overjoyed and was about to get up to check.
However, before he could even move, the "channel" that had disappeared for two days and haunted his dreams suddenly reconnected in his mind.
Moreover, his very first sentence almost made him lose his composure on the spot.
Jiang Mianmian stared dazedly at the magnified, breathtakingly handsome face before her. Her brain was still in a daze, but her thoughts had already begun to work instinctively:
Oh my god...
Who is this handsome middle-aged man?
[She's... kind of striking. Such long eyelashes, such great skin, and such soft lips...]
[Is this the new top courtesan in my dream? Pretty good quality! Even better than the previous ones! But that look in her eyes…it looks familiar…like she’s about to eat someone alive?]
Shen Jin: "..."
A handsome older man?
New top star?
In her eyes, he, the dignified regent, was nothing more than a gigolo?
But at this moment, Shen Jin was not angry at all.
He listened to that long-lost, vibrant voice of his heart, and felt that it was the most beautiful celestial music in the world.
She's back.
Jiang Mianmian, who was full of nonsense and carefree, is really back.
Shen Jin slowly released her lips, creating a slight distance between them, but still maintaining the position of holding her in his arms. His breathing was a little rapid, and his eyes were filled with the relief of surviving a disaster and a hint of... triumphant pleasure.
"Handsome older man?"
Shen Jin's voice was hoarse, with a hint of dangerous laughter, "Is the Princess calling for me?"
Upon hearing that familiar voice, Jiang Mianmian shuddered, her dazed eyes instantly clearing.
She blinked, then blinked again.
The face in front of me gradually became clear.
A high, straight nose, thin, amorous lips, and those phoenix eyes that always seem to see through everything…
[Holy crap?!]
[Calm and cautious?!]
【How could it be him?! Where is my Jiangnan garden? Where are my male concubines? Where are my chicken legs?! How come the first thing I see when I open my eyes is this stern-faced man?!】
And... just now... we were... kissing?
Jiang Mianmian subconsciously touched her lips. They were a little swollen and numb.
The feel of this touch... is so realistic.
Memories begin to return.
She remembered drinking Su Rou's wine, then getting sleepy, and then having an incredibly wonderful dream. Just as she was about to enjoy the pinnacle of her life, she was...
Was I woken up by his kiss?
This is outrageous! What kind of fairy tale is this? Sleeping Beauty? Should I thank the prince (scratch that, the King of Hell) for his life-saving kiss?!
Jiang Mianmian looked at Shen Jin, her feelings extremely complicated.
Embarrassment, shame, and a hint of... indescribable excitement.
"Your Highness...?"
She shrank back and forced a dry laugh, "Good...good morning. Are you...training your lung capacity?"
Looking at her cowardly appearance, Shen Jin finally couldn't help but chuckle softly.
He reached out and pulled her back into his arms, holding her tightly as if he wanted to meld her into his very bones.
"yes."
He whispered in her ear, his voice trembling slightly, "I practiced for two days and two nights, and finally... I woke you up."
"Jiang Mianmian, welcome back."
Jiang Mianmian nestled in his arms, listening to the rapid pounding of his heart.
Thump, thump, thump.
Each sound seemed to express his panic and concern.
[Tch...why are you hugging me so tightly...you're suffocating me...]
Although she complained, her hands involuntarily wrapped around his waist and patted him gently.
"Fine, considering how desperately you tried to save me, I'll let it slide that you interrupted my sweet dream."
However… Shen Jin, your heartbeat is so loud.
The noise is so loud... I don't want to sleep anymore.
Sunlight streamed into the room, dispelling all the gloom.
This kiss not only awakened the sleeping princess, but also completely rekindled the lingering, ambiguous feelings between the two.
From then on, no matter how beautiful the dream was, it could not compare to the person in front of me.
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