Samus leaned down and kissed her.
Shen Zhiyi suddenly widened her eyes.
He... he actually...
Her whole body flushed pink with embarrassment, trembling, almost unable to bear it...
Samus looked up, still savoring the moment, and sighed, "Princess, the wound is deep."
"If you don't apply it carefully, it won't get better at all."
He stared at her with dark eyes, the flames burning inside almost crackling and popping.
What they want to do is self-evident.
Shen Zhiyi: ...
She's almost gotten used to his shamelessness.
She closed her eyes resignedly, "This is the last time."
"But you can't go back on your promise."
Samus's muscles bulged and his blood was boiling. "If the princess cooperates fully, I will release her from the dungeon tonight."
Shen Zhiyi glanced at the sky outside. It was already bright daylight, and there was still a long time before nightfall...
Her eyes flashed with anger as she gave Samuel a soft glare.
He also said he wasn't a dog.
It's clearly a dog!
He went from once a day to once a day...
She felt somewhat helpless, and finally blushed, softly humming in agreement.
Samus was overjoyed.
He applied medicine to his own body, bent down, and held her tightly in his arms...
*
Night falls in the royal dungeon.
Samus, like a venomous snake, silently slipped into the darkness.
He never expected that when he stepped into this place he once hated and feared the most, he would become the one with the final say here.
Samus's gaze slowly swept across the cold stone wall.
Thinking back to just now, Shen Zhiyi was held in his arms and forced to say those tender words to him.
Then she thought of the sharp and vicious orders she had given him before.
Beatings, skinning...
It felt like a different world.
He composed himself.
He frowned as he heard a heated argument coming from deep within the dungeon.
"Don't even think about it, the princess won't like you." Ian's voice was unusually agitated. "You're still saying you like the princess, if that black snake hears you, you're just causing trouble for her!"
"He already hated the princess, and because of you, who knows how much more he'll torment her!"
"Nonsense!" Leo retorted angrily. "If the princess doesn't like me, why would she agree to get engaged to me?"
"She accepted my flower wreath!"
"If Samus hadn't kidnapped her, the princess would be with me right now!"
Ian sneered and said, "Let me tell you the truth, the princess accepted your proposal after discussing it with the Astoria family. It was a two-birds-with-one-stone plan."
"One reason is to win against Shen Xiya at the testing ceremony."
"Secondly, it was to stimulate Samus and help him awaken his ancient bloodline."
"She has absolutely no feelings for you!"
Leo's face turned deathly pale, as if he had suffered a tremendous blow, and he murmured, "I don't believe it... How could this be..."
"How could you possibly keep this from me alone..."
“If it weren’t for your impulsive personality and your past collaboration with Shen Xiya, why would your family have kept it from you?” Ian snorted and said, “It’s no use saying anything now.”
"You have no right to blame the princess."
“If she hadn’t done this, she wouldn’t have been able to save her own life, and your Astoria family would have died along with her.”
Leo looked very annoyed.
He knew, of course, what awaited him and the princess once the queen came to power.
"What do we do now?" Leo asked worriedly. "That black snake might still think that the person who ordered him to be tortured was the princess."
"Now that the Queen has been killed by him, there is no way to prove it."
"Can he still trust the princess?"
Ian slammed his fist on the cage in anger. "The princess has endured humiliation and hardship all these years. Even when she was unconscious, she took the blame for the queen and withstood the pressure to rescue that black snake from the dungeon."
"She even used her own healing power to save him, and wouldn't allow anyone to hurt him!"
"And then what happened?"
"That guy is an ungrateful madman!"
"I heard he's imprisoned the princess and forbids her from leaving the house. I wonder what he's been doing to her behind her back."
"It doesn't matter if I die, but if he dares to harm the princess, I will never let him go, even if I die!"
Samus stood in the shadows.
He felt as if he had been struck by a giant hammer, and his body swayed violently.
I had to reach out and hold onto the wall to steady myself.
Is what they're saying true?
The one who ordered him to be harmed was never the princess, but... Katarina?!
All the little moments I shared with Shen Zhiyi flooded my mind in an instant.
He opened his palm, thinking of that stormy night when she specially came back to hold his hand.
She should provoke his hatred.
There was no need for her to put on a brave face, pretending to review official documents, yet showing him such tenderness.
Did she hold his hand for no other reason than this?
Just because... he is him?
Samus's eyes flashed with surprise, but his heart was greatly shaken.
She never wronged him.
She accepted Leo's proposal only to protect herself.
If her abilities are found to be inferior to Shen Xiya's during the election ceremony, will she still be alive?
What right does he have to blame her?
Samus felt a surge of intense remorse as he thought about the relentless and relentless "torture" he had inflicted on Shen Zhiyi these past few days.
He blamed her for not waiting for him.
But she never imagined that it wasn't that she was unwilling to wait, but that she couldn't afford to wait!
Samus turned and rushed back to his bedchamber.
His breathing was slightly disordered. He stood still, leaning against the door frame, looking at Shen Zhiyi lying on the bed, exhausted and asleep, his eyes reddening.
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