The man tormented by excruciating pain felt his mind suddenly clear. All the buzzing noises ceased abruptly, and all the bone-corroding pain was suppressed.
So comfortable…
So warm…
So delightful…
He let out a pleased hum and instinctively raised his head to look at the finger that had relieved his suffering.
But as soon as he lifted his head, he lost contact with the fingertip, and the severe pain surged back. Startled, he hurriedly leaned his head forward again!
Only when he touched the fingertip once more did he hum contentedly.
Shen Yuanwei watched the fool’s bewildered expression and couldn’t help but chuckle softly.
Xiao Lingzhao immediately became alert at the sound and stared warily at Shen Yuanwei.
His scarlet eyes narrowed, and he instinctively opened his mouth to roar and threaten Shen Yuanwei.
Shen Yuanwei raised an eyebrow and mischievously withdrew her finger slightly. “Still want to roar at me? Then you can suffer in pain.”
Without the touch of her finger, overwhelming pain swept over him. The man tensed up in agony, gazing at Shen Yuanwei with helplessness and grievance. The ferocious roar that was about to escape his lips instantly turned into a pitiful whimper.
Seeing his pitiful state, Shen Yuanwei touched his forehead with her finger again.
This time, the man learned his lesson.
He no longer dared to act out. He cautiously watched Shen Yuanwei, retracting all his ferocity, and even his gaze became clear.
He gently rubbed his head against Shen Yuanwei’s finger, like a cat drawn to catnip. He shed his aggressiveness and became docile and clingy.
Shen Yuanwei murmured, “So well-behaved… then I’ll give you a little more reward…”
She shifted from touching him with one finger to placing her entire palm against him, gently stroking Xiao Lingzhao’s cheek with her hand.
Xiao Lingzhao felt extremely comforted.
His eyes remained fixed on Shen Yuanwei without blinking. When he saw her smile at him, he immediately emitted a soft, kitten-like sound from his throat.
He was showing weakness, but also enticing.
He wanted to use this method to lure Shen Yuanwei into letting her guard down, to come closer to him, to give him more comfort…
Shen Yuanwei understood his intention. “Want more? Then you mustn’t hit me like you did your father.”
As she spoke, she cautiously took a step forward.
The tall man stood there quietly, gentle and harmless.
Shen Yuanwei took another small step forward, closely observing Xiao Lingzhao’s reaction.
Seeing that Xiao Lingzhao remained calm and obedient, showing no signs of aggression, Shen Yuanwei took a larger step.
But the moment she got very close to Xiao Lingzhao, he suddenly struggled to extend his shackled hands and triumphantly pulled his little prey into his embrace!
“Mm—”
He held his little prey tightly in his arms, as if he had obtained the treasure he had long dreamed of!
He glared warily and fiercely at the crowd at the door, selfishly refusing to let anyone take her from him, and quickly retreated to his territory with Shen Yuanwei in his arms!
He leaned his flexible waist backward, pulling Shen Yuanwei down with him as he sat, forcefully seating her in his lap and not allowing any struggle.
“You…”
Shen Yuanwei fell abruptly onto the man’s lap. When she looked up, his strikingly handsome face appeared close before her eyes.
A very handsome man.
Very beautiful eyes.
Even though those eyes were terrifyingly scarlet, they were still beautiful.
She didn’t want to be so intimate with the man in front of everyone. He might be a madman, but she wasn’t. Just as she reached out to push him away, unexpectedly…The man suddenly lowered his head and captured her seemingly magical finger, giving it a gentle lick.
The sudden warmth made Shen Yuanwei’s heart skip a beat.
How could this man be like this!
She immediately tried to withdraw her finger.
But sensing her retreat, the man actually clamped down lightly with his teeth while staring fixedly at her with crimson eyes full of threat.
As if warning that if she dared retreat further, this finger would be bitten off!
Shen Yuanwei locked eyes with the man.
There was no reasoning with someone whose mind was this unclear.
She could only let the man nibble on her finger while muttering to herself with a mix of disgust and inner conflict.
“Did you brush your teeth? How long have you been imprisoned? Your mouth isn’t smelly, is it?”
As soon as she finished speaking, a dark figure appeared under the eaves.
It was Xiao Lingzhao’s personal guard.
Staring in shock at Shen Yuanwei who could actually calm the Young General, he rapidly defended his master—
“Not smelly at all! Our Young General is the cleanest! He just bathed and washed up half an hour ago! I gave him the bath myself, I brushed his teeth myself, I know best! He’s not smelly! Not the slightest bit smelly! If you don’t believe me, just hold him and plant a few kisses to see!”
Shen Yuanwei glanced at the guard in surprise.
Wow, she’d finally witnessed a living die-hard fan.
Just suggesting his Young General might have bad breath made him more agitated than the Young General himself, practically jumping with indignation.
But this guy really knew how to scheme for Xiao Lingzhao—Xiao Lingzhao had already hugged her and nibbled her finger, and now he wanted her to actively kiss him a few times?
Pfft.
Shen Yuanwei paid no attention to the guard’s words, but Xiao Lingzhao seemed to have caught them.
The man released her finger and slowly turned to look at her face, his crimson eyes fixed unblinkingly on her lips as his throat moved slightly.
With her hand freed by the man, Shen Yuanwei watched as his handsome face drew closer to hers inch by inch.
She wore a guarded expression.
What was he trying to do?
Wasn’t he supposed to be out of his mind? But when someone told him to kiss her, he could understand?
Hah, let him try kissing her. Though she wouldn’t mind being kissed by a beauty, with so many people watching, she’d definitely smash this guy’s dog head to pretend to defend her purity.
Shen Yuanwei narrowed her eyes and prepared to slap him, but the man seemed to understand her silent threat. While greedily staring at her face, he slowly lowered his head and tentatively buried his face in the crook of her neck.
With his large head already nestled in her neck, he kept glancing up at her cautiously, as if afraid she might explode.
“…”
Shen Yuanwei tilted her head to look at this fierce yet timid man and couldn’t help laughing.
He knew how to read the situation.
Even mad and confused, he understood knowing when to stop and not pushing too far.
She raised her hand and gently patted his back.
The man immediately relaxed, humming happily.
He stared at Shen Yuanwei over and over, his long eyelashes fluttering, then obediently closed his eyes and completely surrendered to burying himself contentedly in the crook of her neck.
So comfortable.
The feeling of the severe pain in his head being suppressed was so comfortable, it intoxicated him.
Even though he still lacked clear consciousness, even though he didn’t know who the person in his arms was, he knew he must hold this person tightly and never let go. Otherwise, he would fall back into the bitter hell of suffering.
At the courtyard entrance.
Everyone was stunned.
The servants rubbed their eyes, staring in disbelief at the two people locked in a tight embrace in the middle of the courtyard.”What’s… going on here?”
“Even Old General and Old Madam can’t approach the enraged Young General, so why can this young lady?”