Chapter 51: Separated by a Door
A burning, stinging sensation shot through her heart. Sang Ying looked down and followed his finger to see a bright red lotus mark on her chest, vibrant and beautiful.
She was a little confused. "What is this?"
She didn't see it when she took a shower last night.
Wen Liang gently stroked the red lotus with her fingertips, her voice low as she spoke, "Those who have cultivated together with the dragons will bear the mark of a contract. They can never betray the dragons, or they will suffer the backlash of the contract."
He lifted her small face, his dark eyes fixed on her gloomily, "So you can't be with him, just give up on that idea."
Sang Ying: "..."
No wonder he thought of cultivating with her when he went crazy and revealed his true nature. He was also so anxious after returning from the Yaochi Secret Realm, trying to coax her even before his injuries had healed. It turns out he had this idea in mind: to keep her as soon as possible.
Last time, I suspected she liked the eldest brother and that the divorce was so she could be with him. This time, I suspect she likes the second brother and that she doesn't cultivate with him here so she can remain chaste.
Constantly subjected to such suspicious and paranoid speculation, and with him always interrupting her when she tried to explain, refusing to listen to her explanations, Sang Ying was getting a little annoyed. She treated her two senior brothers like family, after all!
And if she really liked her senior brothers, why didn't she enter into a fake marriage with them, but instead chose him?
If it were before, it wouldn't have mattered, since she knew nothing back then. But now she's agreed to be with him, tolerated his closeness, and even agreed to a joint cultivation.
She's said it so many times: she won't divorce him, and she won't fall in love with anyone else. Why won't he believe her?
Sang Ying looked at the person in front of her, but she could never see through his eyes.
He reeked of alcohol, and she wasn't sure if he was actually drunk.
But not long ago, she had personally put the sword tassel on his head.
She's gone to such lengths, doesn't he realize at all that she likes him?
Anger welled up inside her, and Sang Ying, her small face tense, stared directly at him: "What if I insist on being with my second senior brother?"
The surrounding air suddenly seemed to sink, becoming as cold as if one were immersed in icy water, sending chills down one's spine and making one's hair stand on end.
In her vision, those dark eyes seemed to be frozen, vaguely revealing the outline of eerie vertical pupils, and Sang Ying's body trembled uncontrollably.
His voice was very soft, almost inaudible: "What did you say?"
Once Sang Ying gets stubborn, no one can stop her. She bit her lip and repeated, "I said, I want to be with my second senior brother."
"What's wrong? Didn't you say that? I like Second Senior Brother, so what's wrong with wanting to be with him? I'll go confess to him right now and tell him I like him."
With that, Sang Ying jumped off the table and walked towards the door.
The moment my hand touched the edge of the door, my wrist was suddenly gripped tightly by icy finger bones, rendering me unable to move.
Sang Ying turned around, her anger rising, and struggled to free her wrists, "Xie Lingyu, let go... Ugh!"
Her voice was suddenly swallowed up as her wrist slammed against the cold door, and Sang Ying's back pressed against it, her shoulder blades throbbing painfully.
She was forced to tilt her small face up to endure his kiss, which reeked of alcohol and was almost vicious, like he was biting her. He kissed her so hard she couldn't breathe, and soon her eyes turned red.
Sang Ying was furious and wouldn't let him kiss her willingly. She tried to push him away but couldn't. Just as he pried open her teeth and probed inside, she opened her mouth and bit his tongue hard.
In an instant, the sweet, metallic taste of blood spread between my lips and teeth, mixing with the taste of wine.
But the young man didn't stop. Instead, as if he was provoked, he gripped the back of the head with his cold fingers and kissed it even more fiercely.
The surging water elemental energy was mobilized, and water lilies filled the surrounding area.
The dragon's tail coiled around, its golden ring at the end tightening around the floating water lily. The cool scales at the end of the dragon's tail clung to the lotus petals, and the fluffy white hairs at the tip of the tail swept across, becoming stained with lotus dew and soaking into clusters.
Tail……!
Sang Ying reached out to grab the dragon's tail that was clinging to the water lily, but both of her hands were easily grabbed by one of his hands and pressed against the door.
Sang Ying is the type of person who responds better to gentle persuasion than force; the more he acts this way, the angrier she becomes.
He himself is unwilling to listen to her explanation, and he's still acting like this. Is he trying to force her to bow down to him?
When one party resists or doesn't comply, a sweet and intimate interaction turns into a fight on the battlefield, as if they are enemies trying to make the other uncomfortable.
That's exactly what Sang Ying did; she would bite him whenever she had the chance. But every time she bit him, he would kiss her even more fiercely.
The difference in strength was already huge. Even when he kissed her gently for a long time, she couldn't stand it. Now that he was so fierce, she felt like she couldn't even breathe properly anymore. The last bit of oxygen in her chest was completely taken away, and her head was spinning.
When I was released, everything went black.
She was no longer conscious of thinking. Her amber eyes were veiled in a thick mist, her gaze unfocused. Only her instincts controlled her heavy breathing, and her wet eyelashes trembled incessantly.
If it weren't for the dragon's tail wrapped around her and the young man holding her waist, she would have already slid down to the ground, leaning against the door.
After a while, Sang Ying finally regained her senses and became even angrier when she saw herself like this. She was so easily angered by just two kisses. She was really pathetic.
The young man's hand encircled her neck, easily controlling her slender neck with one hand, his fingertips slowly caressing the throbbing veins beneath her thin skin.
His entire mouth was filled with the scent of sandalwood, incredibly rich, as if it had been marked by him, completely belonging to him.
If she's having a hard time, she certainly won't let him have an easy time either.
Sang Ying took a deep breath, raised her eyes to glare at him, met his gloomy and deep black eyes, and continued to speak fearlessly: "So what if you get me? My heart belongs to someone else."
The fingers in her neck suddenly tightened, and Sang Ying let out a sob.
Upon hearing her painful cries, he suddenly relaxed and patted her soothingly.
Slowly pinching her small face and lifting it up, the young man moved his fingertips down and landed on the heart marked by the red lotus.
He spoke slowly, his voice low and gentle, yet chilling, "Junior Sister, is your heart here?"
Cool fingertips gently caressed my heart, slowly and softly.
"If I dig it out, will my junior sister stop thinking about other people?"
"...!!"
Sang Ying felt a chill run down her spine and pressed herself against the door. "Xie Lingyu, you want to kill me?!"
The faint moonlight shone through the cracks in the door onto the young man, his profile hidden in the dim light, his dark eyes indistinct.
Hearing this, he suddenly chuckled softly, cupped her face in his hands, and gently stroked her with his fingertips. "It will hurt a little if you dig it out. I know there is a kind of Gu in Nanli that can silently devour a person's heart without causing any pain."
"But junior sister, you don't need to worry or be afraid. You won't die without a heart. As long as we connect our lives with a blood pact, you can use my blood and soul to sustain your life, and you will be no different from a normal person."
His tone was serious, but Sang Ying felt a chill run down her spine and her hair stand on end.
Help... Xie Lingyu has really gone too far! She actually wants to rip out her heart!
She was now certain that he was truly drunk; Xie Lingyu would never have treated her like this when he was sober.
From a young age, Xie Lingyu paid close attention to her health because she was frail, so he took great care of her in every way.
Even when he locked her in a dark room, he would choose the best bed and the most comfortable quilt.
Even the chains that fastened to her ankles had a layer of fine fleece added to the inner ring, because the chains would rub against her ankles.
A few days ago, she was also menstruating, and they even had to help her change her clothes and wouldn't let her do anything.
I never expected Xie Lingyu to be like this when she's drunk, unleashing her dark side.
...If this continues, will he turn her into sashimi in a little while?
Footsteps could be faintly heard coming from outside the door behind me, getting closer and closer.
Sang Ying heard the sound of jade pendants clashing against sword hilts mixed in with the footsteps, and judged that it was Xiao Lingzhou.
They were immediately overjoyed, as if they had been saved, their eyes lit up, and they opened their mouths to call out to him.
The next second, his mouth was covered, and his voice was muffled.
Sang Ying wanted to bite his hand hard to make him let go of her.
But the next moment, a muffled sob escaped her lips, her eyes instantly reddened, and the wet mist in her eyes thickened, gathering into a crystal tear at the corner of her eye.
Sang Ying reacted a few seconds later, staring wide-eyed in disbelief at the young man who was so close to her.
Surprisingly, he actually kissed her right there in the Chamber of Commerce building, right in the banquet room that was just a moment ago filled with guests clinking glasses and making merry.
After the initial shock, she quickly turned to anger. Sang Ying opened her mouth and bit his hand, using no force whatsoever, her teeth digging deep into the back of his hand.
The young man lowered his head and gently kissed away the tear at the corner of her eye, his voice soft and gentle, "Junior sister bit too hard, relax a little."
How could she possibly relax!
Sang Ying was both ashamed and angry. Instead of letting go, she bit his hand tightly like a puppy, her sharp little canine teeth piercing the skin on the back of his hand, and blood spread across the corner of her lips.
She had little experience with kissing, and the two of them had only kissed once. Although he had coaxed her earlier, hands and dragon tails were completely different concepts.
And how could he, how could he kiss her in a place like this?
Still at the entrance, the Chamber of Commerce members could pass by in the corridor, and even be seen just by pushing open the door... Wait, Sang Ying suddenly remembered...
There were two light knocks on the door behind her, followed by Xiao Lingzhou's voice coming through the thin door panel.
"Junior sister, how is she?"
Sang Ying's shyness reached its peak at this moment. She was about to speak when a muffled groan escaped her lips.
That wicked dragon did it on purpose! He deliberately kissed Xiao Lingzhou when she came over.
Unable to stop Xie Lingyu, Sang Ying could only remain tense and dare not utter a sound, not even daring to breathe, hoping that Xiao Lingzhou outside the door would leave after not hearing a response.
But the young man did not do as she wished. He wrapped his dragon tail around her waist, pinched her face, lifted her up, and kissed her hard.
"Waaah!"
Sang Ying slammed her back against the door and couldn't help but whimper. She bit his hand even harder, her little canine teeth sinking deep into the back of his hand.
Drops fell, and tiny blossoms of blood bloomed on the ground.
Xiao Lingzhou stood outside the door and paused for a moment when he heard something banging on it.
"Junior sister, are you at the door?"
There was no response from behind the door.
But I could faintly smell blood.
Having spent many years in the demon realm and suffered numerous injuries, Xiao Lingzhou was very sensitive to the smell of blood. He immediately frowned and became anxious, "Junior Sister, what's wrong? Are you injured?"
Hearing his concerned questions from inside the door, Sang Ying felt even more embarrassed.
In the banquet room of the Chamber of Commerce building, she stood at the door, and just outside the door was her senior brother, Xiao Lingzhou.
If he finds out...
Sang Ying tensed even more at the thought of this possibility. The young man clearly noticed, lowered his head, gently bit her neck, and whispered, "Junior sister, your second senior brother is asking you a question, why aren't you answering him?"
"Junior sister, weren't you going to confess your feelings to him? Why aren't you saying anything?"
"..."
Sang Ying was in a daze from being kissed, biting his hand with her teeth, unable to suppress her sobs, not daring to utter a single word.
"Junior Sister, did Xie Lingyu bully you?"
There was another knock on the door, and Xiao Lingzhou's voice grew increasingly tense.
The young man rested his hand against the nape of her neck and chuckled softly.
His breath warm against her neck, he pinched her cheek and turned her around to look at the shadow reflected on the door. His voice was low and gentle, brushing past her ear and sending a shiver down Sang Ying's spine.
"Junior sister, should we tell him what we're doing?"
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