Feng Yunshu stormed straight inside. "Helan Yanting, get out here! What are you hiding for at this moment?!"
The room was pitch - black. Although she couldn't see clearly, Feng Yunshu keenly smelled the faint, cold scent that was uniquely Helan Yanting's. Thus, she was sure he was in the room.
"Madam, cough, cough, cough..."
Finally, from the direction of the bed in the darkness came the man's somewhat weak voice, followed by a familiar fit of coughing.
In the past, hearing this cough would have made Feng Yunshu worried. But now, it just infuriated her.
"Helan Yanting, how long do you still want to keep up this act? Do you think you can get away with faking your death with a double? Do you think I'm so stupid and easy to deceive?"
Feng Yunshu strode towards the bed and confronted Helan Yanting. Outside, the wind and rain were still raging. This night was destined to be turbulent.
Helan Yanting stared at her silently, his eyes filled with complex and profound glints.
Suddenly, the room fell silent. The only sounds were the wind and rain outside, and the atmosphere was a bit oppressive.
Xiaoling, following behind, wagged her tail. Watching this scene, she couldn't help but feel anxious. What was going on? Was her mistress being bullied? Should she teach this Prince Helan a lesson?
"Speak up! Why aren't you saying anything? Weren't you always so smooth - tongued calling me 'Madam'?"
After a long silence, Helan Yanting finally spoke again.
"Why is Madam so angry?"
Helan's tone was very calm. "I remember Madam said we should stay out of each other's way and made three rules. I thought Madam would always be polite to me. I don't know what I did wrong to make Madam so unhappy."
Feng Yunshu clenched her fists. How could this man suddenly become so annoying?! Cold and aloof. This must be his true self, right?
All the tenderness, good - temper, and careful care he had shown her before were just acts, right?!
The more Feng Yunshu thought about it, the sadder she became. Bitterness welled up in her heart. Her nose twitched and her eyes welled with tears.
Even so, Feng Yunshu still bit her lower lip tightly, desperately holding back her tears. After taking a few deep breaths, she tried to make her voice sound cold.
"Helan Yanting, you don't have to keep guarding against me like I'm a thief. Using multiple identities to test me, being different in public and in private. If you insist on this, I don't think I need to stay in the prince's mansion any longer."
Just thinking that everything this man said and did to her was an act made Feng Yunshu feel as if a stone was weighing on her chest, making it hard for her to breathe. She had never felt like this before.
Even when she was punished by her master for making mistakes in the past, she had never felt so wronged.
Helan Yanting fell silent again. Feng Yunshu frowned and made up her mind. "Prince Helan, I'm going to divorce you."
"Hmm?"
"Didn't you hear me clearly? I said I'm going to divorce you! I'll go back to my room right now and write a divorce letter, then move out of the Helan Prince's Mansion. From now on, you go your way and I'll go mine. We'll have nothing to do with each other!"
After saying that, Feng Yunshu stamped her foot and turned around angrily, about to leave.
However, as soon as she took a step, she was suddenly pulled back by a force. Feng Yunshu was caught off - guard as her wrist was grabbed, and she stumbled and fell onto the bed.
Seeing her mistress about to fall, Xiaoling's heart skipped a beat. Just as she was about to step forward to protect her mistress, she saw Helan Yanting firmly put his arms around Feng Yunshu's waist. Then he flipped over and pinned her under him.
Ah! Her mistress's innocence was at stake!
Xiaoling shivered in fright and was about to stop them. However, just as she was about to release her spiritual power, a big hand suddenly picked her up and put her in his arms, then carried her out.
"Hey! Put me down! Who are you?!"
Xiaoling was held in Yan Liu's arms. She struggled with all her limbs for a while but it was in vain. Xiaoling was extremely angry and was about to use her spiritual power to deal with the person in front of her, but she found that she had used up all her spiritual power for the day.
Xiaoling looked at Helan Yanting's room with teary eyes and silently prayed in her heart, "My mistress, you must protect your innocence. Xiaoling will surely pray for you in silence!"
Outside, the storm still lashed at the window panes, making a crackling sound. Inside the room, however, the temperature was rising rapidly. The breathing and heartbeats of the two had already intertwined, making it hard to tell them apart.
Feng Yunshu was pinned on the bed by him. She could clearly feel the man's scorching hormonal aura, which made her mind go blank.
"What are you doing?! Get off me now!"
The last bit of consciousness in Feng Yunshu made her immediately reach out to push his chest, struggling to get up. But Helan Yanting's body became even hotter, and his breathing became rapid.
"Madam, stop moving."
Helan Yanting leaned over to her ear. His voice, as if desperately suppressing some strong emotion, was extremely deep and magnetic.
In the chaos, Feng Yunshu felt something pressing against her. Her mind went blank with a buzz, and her face turned as red as if blood was about to drip.
In her previous life as a cultivator, she accidentally came across some picture books secretly hidden by her senior brothers, about things like "The Golden Vase and the Eyebrow" and the techniques of double cultivation. Now, she quickly understood Helan Yanting's reaction.
"Helan Yanting, don't do this... Can't we talk things out? As long as you get up, please don't move. I don't want double cultivation!"
Feng Yunshu remembered that her senior brother once said that if one accidentally fell in love or had a physical relationship with the opposite sex, it would surely affect their cultivation. Even worse, they might never achieve immortality in their lifetime.
She still wanted to ascend to immortality and see her master. She couldn't lose her virginity!
Hearing Feng Yunshu's trembling voice, as if she was about to cry in a hurry, Helan Yanting's face twitched slightly.
"Does Madam dislike me so much? Don't you want me to touch you?"
Feng Yunshu shook her head. "It's not that I dislike you. I just don't like this. Please get up first. Can't we talk things out?"
"Really? You said it yourself during the day that you disliked me for being weak and sick and having a short life, so you wanted to dump me and find a new lover."
Although Helan Yanting had her trapped in his arms, his tone sounded a bit aggrieved.
"Aren't you a cunning old fox? Aren't you very sly? Then didn't you see that I actually recognized your identity during the day?!"
Feng Yunshu really didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She was clearly angry, but thinking about his expression and the words he said in the evening, she was so angry that she laughed.
"Oh? So you were actually trying to anger me on purpose?"
"Hehe, it's the same for both of us. Didn't you also put on a disguise to play tricks on me?"
"I just want to ask you one question."
"Hmm?"
Feng Yunshu remembered that it was she who came to question him. How come he had taken the initiative now? What was going on?
But suddenly her heart started to beat faster. She wanted to know what question he would ask. Her palm unconsciously clenched the quilt under her body. She was completely enveloped by his aura...
"Do you have feelings for me in your heart?"
"Bang - "
It was as if countless gorgeous fireworks were exploding in her mind. His deep voice seemed a bit unreal.
"I..."
Feng Yunshu slightly parted her lips, and her heart beat even faster.
"What about you? You've been putting on an act in front of me for so long. Have you ever been sincere?"