Always by your side
"There aren't so many coincidences in this world; they're just the intentional actions of those with ulterior motives. And the many reasons I'm close to you are all because I like you, I really like you. Yuanli, your existence to me is like an existence beyond my own life."
When he raised his hand, red lines appeared on their wrists, and the light made their eyes sparkle.
"Not an inch away."
The next moment, the red line quickly shortened the distance, and the pulling force pulled Yuanli into Hengjin's arms, holding her tightly against him.
"Yuanli, I told you that even if you like me even a little bit, I will never give up the chance to win your heart. What's more, you love me the most, so I will tie you to my side even if I have to. It doesn't matter if it makes you unhappy. I have plenty of ways to please you and make you happy. Yuanli, we will be together forever. You were the one who told me this first. It doesn't matter. We have a long way to go."
After saying that, he retaliated by wrapping one of her arms around him, and with the hand that was tied to hers, he brought her hand around his waist and forcefully kissed her lips. She struggled against him, but the friction between their bodies ignited the fire of desire in him.
He lost his mind and tried to pry open her tightly clenched teeth, but she stubbornly refused to let go until his hand gently grasped the most sensitive part of her waist. When she let go, he took advantage of the chaos and entered.
Yuanli made up her mind and pretended to be submissive, turning passivity into initiative. When it retreated, she bit the corner of its mouth ruthlessly. The taste of the blood beads melted in the mouths of both of them.
He leaned back in pain and licked the place where she had bitten him. Heng Jin was not angry, but smiled instead.
"Isn't that how you kissed me when you forced yourself on me? Why are you so cruel to bite me now that I'm using this trick? Go ahead and bite me, as long as you're happy. I'm worried that I can't find evidence to prove to outsiders that I'm yours."
"Heng Jin, you bastard!"
She raised her hand to try to repair the bite wound on the corner of his mouth, but Heng Jin cast the spell faster than her, so she couldn't remove the wound.
"You and I both carry our memories with us through this ordeal. You can't deny what happened between us, and you certainly can't pretend it never happened."
He raised his hand that was tied with a red string and interlocked his fingers with hers. His eyes fell to where the red string was entangled and then returned to her face.
"I am forever tied to your hands, and you are also tied to mine, so you can try to escape from me, but as long as I am alive, I can pull you back to my side at any time. Yuanli, one day, we will be married again."
"Who wants to marry you?! Don't you understand? I'm already engaged to someone else! You're interfering in someone else's marriage. How immoral!"
"There's no matchmaker between you two, and you haven't signed a marriage certificate. How can a verbal agreement really be considered an engagement? Let me estimate how long it will take for him to die. It should be... soon, right?"
"What do you want to do?"
Heng Jin cast a spell to seal her mouth, then coughed to clear her throat, and then summoned Xiao Zhu using her usual method.
"What does Xingjun need?"
"I have to go out for a while. If you need anything from me, no matter how big or small, you can go directly to Emperor Hengjin and ask him to tell me."
Xiao Zhu, who was standing outside the door, hesitated for a moment before finally leaving. Yuan Li didn't blame him for not seeing through her. Heng Jin's tone and voice were exactly the same as hers. If she were Xiao Zhu, she wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
Yuanli questioned him with her facial expressions and eyes what he wanted to do. Hengjin said nothing and took her into his arms. In an instant, she appeared in his bedroom.
He had replaced the things he had moved out last time, but the style and arrangement of the furniture were more suited to women's tastes.
Beside his bed stood a large dressing table, entirely made of colored glass. Where the light shone on it, a faint, pastel-colored shimmer emerged. It contained all the necessary accessories for a woman: rouge, lip balm, powder, and black ink, as well as pearl hairpins, hairpins, and headpieces.
Even the gauze curtains on his bed were replaced with the same set of gauze curtains that they most commonly used on the bed in Prince Wen's Mansion.
As for why it was an identical replacement and not the original one in Prince Wen’s Mansion, it was because the original one was with her.
"Does it look familiar? I had it custom-made exactly like it. When I went back to get it, the room was empty, as if it had been robbed. Who do you think that thief could be?"
He walked over to the dressing table and opened the drawers. "I prepared these according to your habits and preferences. If you have anything else you want, just tell me and I'll buy it for you."
She telepathically sent a message to Heng Jin: "Why did you kidnap me and bring me to your bedroom again?"
Heng Jin waved her hand and cast a spell to open the wardrobe door. Half of the wardrobe was filled with his clothes, and the other half was filled with women's dresses.
"These clothes are also prepared for you. I have also embroidered a lot of bellybands for you. They have all been washed and you can wear them directly."
She telepathically transmitted, "Heng Jin! Are you sick? Who would want to wear something as intimate and personal as a bellyband? Unlock the seal on my mouth. I want to speak."
Hearing this, Heng Jin removed the seal on her mouth, looked at her aggrievedly, and said deliberately, "You said before that you really liked the bellyband I embroidered for you. Now you are going to act like you don't want me anymore and don't want the bellyband I embroidered for you anymore?"
"Yes, I don't want either you or your embroidered bellyband." Yuanli said to the red line on her wrist, "One hundred steps."
Seeing that the red line didn't respond, Yuanli raised her hand in front of him angrily, "How do I control this thing? Why can't I change the distance?"
"Maybe, because I don't want you to leave me. It's stronger than you wanting to escape from me."
Yuanli was speechless: "This is not fair!"
"In the six realms, where is there absolute fairness? I actually hope that everything can be fair. Okay, I'm done teasing you. If you want to control the distance, you have to focus on me with all your heart and eyes. Try it?"
“What a hassle.”
Yuanli began to try to do as he said, and the red rope really loosened. The glowing red rope seemed to turn into flowing light, easily contracting and stretching with the distance she pulled.
She wondered to herself, "Why didn't the bullet reach a hundred paces in an instant? Why didn't it work?"
Lifting her hand, Yuanli imitated his tone, incorporating the method he taught her, and chanted, "Never leave."
As soon as she finished speaking, a force pulled Heng Jin into her arms and held her tightly.
"I anticipated you'd use it to distance yourself from me, so when I created this rope, I didn't create an instantaneous teleportation effect. I only loosened the red line enough for you to walk away from me. Otherwise, wouldn't I be tying myself up in knots, giving you the opportunity to push me further away at any moment?"
"That's boring. I've learned how to use it, but how to decipher it... can you teach me too?"
"The fastest and most effective way is for me to die."
"You old thing have lived for so long, and you are still so healthy and strong. How long do I have to wait for you to die? I can't kill you, right?"
"Yes, if you're willing."
Yuanli casually thought of the flame of a burning candle, and with a flick of her hand, she pulled out a small dagger formed of flame. Yuanli blew on it, and the flaming dagger turned into the dark blue color of her own flame.
She placed the dagger on his neck, with the blade just a little distance away from his neck, so there was no possibility of hurting him.
"Why would I be reluctant to kill you? You're not my A-Cha."
"Yuanli, are you really willing to kill me?"
"I can't bear to leave."
After answering the true feelings in her heart, Yuanli rolled her eyes speechlessly at Heng Jin's smiling face, which seemed to be in a good mood.
"I knew you couldn't bear to leave. Yuanli, ah Yuanli, after the peach wine emboldened you and eliminated your reservations, you've become really unforgiving with your words. You usually tolerate and respect me, so you must feel really wronged in your heart, right?"
"I feel wronged, but what can I do? I can't afford to offend you. You are the God of War of the Six Realms—the Emperor of Heaven—and I am just a tiny will-o'-the-wisp, a tiny new god. How could I dare to offend you? I have to be prudent and protect myself. You kidnapped me from my home, forcing me to stay home, and forced me to take on the responsibility of being a god. I have to take risks and accompany you through tribulations. If I'm not careful, I will perish and my soul will be wiped out. I feel so wronged."
Listening to her recount her grievances, the worry on her face, Heng Jin began to regret his selfish actions. He only wanted to do his best to make their relationship smoother this time, but he didn't prioritize putting himself in her shoes and considering whether this was what she wanted.
"What are you thinking about? Your brow is so furrowed. Could it be that after some self-examination, your conscience has suddenly awakened? It's not too late to realize it now. I am also a person with a conscience. When this tribulation is over, please help me unload the burden of the gods and send me home to live my original peaceful and comfortable life."
"Home?"
"Yes, the Netherworld is my home."
"Besides the Netherworld, is there no other place you can call home?"
"Yes, He Qixiu's bedroom, and also my Xingjun Mansion. Xingjun Mansion didn't count originally, but with Xiaobai and the others living there, it can be considered a home. Okay, we've strayed off topic. What on earth do you want to do by bringing me here? I have things to do and don't have time to play house with you."
After saying that, Yuanli was about to leave, but not only was her magic suppressed again to the point where there was little left, preventing her from teleporting back home, but even walking out of the palace was a luxury.
"I don't want to do anything, I just want to temporarily keep you by my side until the third life tribulation begins, so that some people won't be idle and run off to marry other men. You have things to do, so it's best to wait until the drunkenness of the peach wine wears off. I'm free today, so I can accompany you."
"Drunk? I haven't felt drunk at all so far. There's no need to wait for you to leave. I don't need you to accompany me. I can do it on my own. Let me out and don't waste my time."
"The intoxication from the Peach Wine comes late. It's originally a drink offered to the gods and immortals. Magic can't cure it."
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