Upon hearing this, both men did not change their facial expressions. However, the young lady reacted greatly as she flushed pink from both of her cheeks right down to her neck.
Baili Jia Jue looked up inattentively and met with Nangong Lie's smiling lips before uttering a single word from his mouth, "No."
"Oh?" Nangong Lie thought that he had it right. But upon hearing Baili Jia Jue's reply, the light within his eyes changed. He glanced over at the blushing maiden at the side, "Really, you… You guys have kissed before?"
Having heard this, Helian Wei Wei's fingers froze under her long sleeves. She looked back at the two people, one of them was cold and indifferent like a solid piece of jade while the other was extremely shy. The contrast between the two of them was quite a perfect match.
She chuckled silently and did not say anything, although her mind descended into a realm of confusion.
Based on her understanding of Baili Jia Jue, he would not do anything even if he wanted to leave an impression.
Helian Wei Wei creased her arched eyebrows and felt a slight pain around her temples.
She had never thought of this kind of situation.
But anyhow, even if that person had once given everything up for her, she could never allow her love to be tarnished.
Yet, even so, she had to bring him back.
It had nothing to do with liking or disliking.
Rather, it was a task that she must complete.
Helian Wei Wei moved her wrist and stared blankly ahead. Therefore, she did not notice the young lady shaking her head slightly.
On the other hand, it had piqued Nangong Lie's interest. He spoke into Baili Jia Jue's ear in a lowered voice that only both of them could hear, "If it's not her, then who did you kiss?"
Baili Jia Jue did not answer him. Instead, he ate with an apathetic face.
Nangong Lie was immensely curious about it, "Who exactly was it?"
"Please leave if you say a word again," the young man's voice was chilly.
Nangong Lie's sharp senses detected that he was unhappy today, so he looked in the direction of Helian Wei Wei.
During this period, whenever Ah Jue was unhappy, it was mostly related to this woman...
Helian Wei Wei was massaging her head having developed an intense migraine. It hurt so much that she could barely hear what the others were saying.
This was not normal.
Her stamina was getting poorer since yesterday.
What could be the cause of it?
Theoretically, there should be more than twenty days left and the time left was considered sufficient.
So why was she experiencing such an intense sensation?
Thoughts were flashing through Helian Wei Wei's mind although she showed no traces on her face except that her eyelids were becoming heavier by the second.
Nangong Lie was admiring her for retaining her composure so well, when he noticed that the young man beside him was gazing at the woman with an expression that he had never seen from him before. It was an indescribable feeling.
But that kind of feeling made Nangong Lie think that it was exceeding beyond the original control. This might not be a good thing for Ah Jue...
Everyone had different thoughts running through their minds as they dined. Hence, they did not concentrate on their food. It just so happened that the Emperor needed Baili Jia Jue over for some matters, only then did the lunch came to an end.
When nobody was around, Helian Wei Wei tried to speak to the Red Soul Binding Rope around her wrist with the intention to summon the Fire Qilin from her consciousness.
But all she got in the end was a deafening silence.
Perhaps the method she used was incorrect.
Or maybe she could only get a word in when the Fire Qilin initiated a communicative connection with her first...
A series of conjectures only worsened Helian Wei Wei's headache. Even her body felt a little tired.
Chapter 631 - You Were The One That I Kissed
It was already late when Baili Jia Jue returned from the Palace of Heavenly Purity. While dealing with the Emperor was not a difficult task, the boredom from spending the whole afternoon with the Emperor was excruciating.
Especially when every sentence that came out of the Emperor's mouth was implying on his loss of martial Qi.
Sigh, the Emperor only wanted to keep him from becoming the crown prince.
All these years, he had not gotten sick of using the same dirty means.
The young man sneered as he took off his fur cloak with his left hand. However, he started to frown upon realizing that the room was completely silent.
After taking a few steps forward, there was still nobody at all.
Even the heater stove above the sandalwood table was cool.
Suddenly, a familiar sense of dread permeated from his heart to his soles.
The young man felt cold in his body, even his head was growing heavier.
Again?
Disappearing as she pleases?
He took a deep breath and clenched his fingers slowly.
Enough.
That's enough.
She's just a woman.
There are plenty of other women who are more obedient than her in this world.
I won't care about her anymore.
She had always messed me up completely before disappearing as she wished, it's what she does best.
From the beginning until now, she had always been like that.
It's no big deal, I will just find another woman.
While that was what he told himself in his mind, his eyes gave away the obvious fact that he was deeply hurt.
It was impossible to suppress his emotions.
The young man pressed a palm to his forehead as he started chuckling to himself, then in a deep voice, he shouted, "Someone!" The heater stove might already be cool but he could still sense some warmth, she must not have gone far!
The thought was still in the young man's mind, but as he raised his head, he saw a figure walking out from a corner.
She appeared to have just woken up from her sleep, still having a blanket over her shoulders. She stared at him blankly, probably because she thought he was calling for her moments ago.
"Do you want some tea?" Drinking tea was a habit of Baili Jia Jue, especially during the winter. Helian Wei Wei touched the teapot with her hand, "It's already cold, I'll get someone to pour some hot tea."
Before she could take a step to leave, she was swiftly lifted off her feet from behind and set on the nearest chaise longue.
Regarding kissing skills, Helian Wei Wei could never resist Baili Jia Jue.
His burning torso pressed down against her c.h.e.s.t, his looming body was getting hotter by the minute, almost as if he were trying to incinerate her.
His hand slid across her back and rested on the softness of her c.h.e.s.t. He was cupping it gently yet seemingly with strength.
Helian Wei Wei's body tensed up instantly, all she wanted to do was to back away.
However, he did not allow it as his wide palm was pressed against the back of her head. The tip of his tongue still had light traces of tea fragrance, which slowly infiltrated into her breath.
Helian Wei Wei did not know how this was happening. By the time she came to her senses, he had already buried her deep within his soft fur coat. Baili Jia Jue was panting while his entire body was blazing hot. The way he was looking at her was fueled with wild and fiery passion.
Helian Wei Wei attempted to speak but her mouth was blocked by his body leaning onto her. He then slowly moved downwards, s.u.c.k.i.n.g and nibbling from her neck to her fair c.h.e.s.t.
Helian Wei Wei felt weak throughout her whole body when an electrifying sensation of warmth surged through her body, even her long legs had formed an arch. However, her mind remained clear.
She started pushing him and it seemed like he was losing control over her. Baili Jia Jue then restrained both of her arms above her head with one hand, while his
other hand explored further down her body. His beautiful deep eyes were like a bottomless pit, "Are you rejecting me?"
Helian Wei Wei was aware of his unusual killing intent. She replied with calm eyes and a sigh, "I'm not your personal servant nor that person from the House of Helian. Your behavior is crossing the line."
"Crossing the line?" Baili Jia Jue buried himself in the crook of her neck as he continued to speak, "It was you who provoked me first back then. Since you've done it, why didn't you stay and gave me a little hope? Did you really find it so amusing to push me back into the depths of hell?"
At that time, her emergence was totally absurd.
It was like the break of dawn, where blinding light pierced through the thick dark fog that shrouded him and straight into the depths of his heart.
Everyone had something against him, including his servant girls and his biological mother.
Only she would give him a kiss at the corner of his lips before going to sleep.
She was his only means of grasping at warm affection, yet her affection was not meant for him.
Knowing how much happiness he used to feel would only make this an even harder pill to swallow.
To her, he was merely a Soul Fragment. She would not even consider him as an independent individual.
Eight years ago, he only had her for 10 days, that person got to have most of her time.
Would she kiss that person like how she had kissed him?
Of course, she would. When she was not fully conscious, she would even take him mistakenly for that person…
Baili Jia Jue sneered, which seemed to be directed at himself. He asked in a heavy voice, "Why come back after you've already left?"
Helian Wei Wei lowered her gaze, "You know the reason why."
"You want me to follow you back?" Baili Jia Jue was on the brink of being swallowed by the darkness within his heart. He had been hoping for other answers from her but… was he really of that little use?
Helian Wei Wei was completely taken aback by the coldness and indifference in his eyes. Seeing that he was getting up, she flipped over without hesitation. With a split of her legs, she trapped him beneath her. Her left hand was pressing down on his shoulder as she asked, "Will you follow me back?"
"No." Baili Jia Jue's tone was beyond freezing. It was as if the lights in his eyes had been completely put out, without a single flicker again.
Helian Wei Wei felt a bitter taste in her mouth, "Is it because you've found a reason you must stay behind? You even gave away your first kiss, seems like you do not want to go back with me anymore."
"First kiss…" The lights in Baili Jia Jue's eyes flared up once more as he grasped her wrist tight. "What does my first kiss has to do with you? Why do you care so much about it?"
Baili Jia Jue had immediately pulled her back into his arms again, his low voice resonated in her ears, "Who do you think was the first person I've ever kissed?"
How would she know? Helian Wei Wei had been extremely curious from the start. Did they not say that His Highness was not fond of getting too close to women? Why in the world was he so skillful at doing those things with her?
"It was you. Since a long, long time ago, I've been thinking about how I should kiss you. How I could use my tongue against your lips to make your features express differently. Heh, you seem surprised. Boys tend to m.a.t.u.r.e rather quickly. It's normal being able to figure all these without instructions." Baili Jia Jue's eyes were inching closer toward Helian Wei Wei. She could even feel his breath as he was speaking, as though it was directly hitting on her lips, which caused her legs to weaken slightly.
"Of course, simply kissing would never be enough. If there weren't so many people on the day that you returned, I would have pinned you right down on the sandalwood table and do whatever I wanted to your body, you wouldn't even have any chance to resist me." The young man's voice was elegant and plain, yet it carried a strange force across which made Helian Wei Wei felt as though she was being struck from all sides…
Chapter 632 - Back To Green Dragon Lake
Her flushed face was burning up.
Helian Wei Wei did not expect to get such a reply.
He was the one and only person who would say this sort of thing with an impassive facial expression.
"Why? You didn't sense it?" The young man c.a.r.e.s.sed her waist with his fingers. He smiled sarcastically, which made him even more seductive, "Obviously you didn't. You wouldn't be sitting on top of me with that kind of posture if you had been cautious."
If Baili Jia Jue had not mentioned it, Helian Wei Wei would not have realized how flirtatious her actions were at the moment.
Her h.i.p.s were being held by him, appearing as though they were having an intimate moment…
Wait a second, I only did this to calm him down at first, why did everything become twisted after what he said!
"What else do you want to hear? Hmm?" The young man held her hands as he exerted some strength. As his thin lips glided across the back of her ear, Helian Wei Wei could feel the heat landing at her softest spot.
Helian Wei Wei's heart was beating so fast that it felt like it was going to explode, "I don't want to hear anything." Right now, she only wanted to lift a blanket over herself and stay in there!
"Let me ask you instead, why do you care?" Baili Jia Jue reached out and pinched her chin. His handsome features came closer to her, "Let's be completely clear about it."
Helian Wei Wei paused for a moment and said, "Of course I care, you should know. If you're not completely mine, I'd rather not want you."
"What if I make you stay?" The young man's eyes were at its brightest. It was as if he was holding every last breath for the one answer from her.
She looked at him and shook her head in a stiff manner.
The young man laughed, all the warmth of that moment was completely incinerated.
He thought the fact that she cared about the kiss would naturally mean that she liked him.
In reality, he was wrong.
The reason she cared was and would always be due to the fact that he was a fragment of that person.
That person had always been her one true love.
For that person, she would let go of everything that she could have gotten. Baili Jia Jue could have given her wealth and prosperity but she barely even acknowledged it.
He used to think that she would only like someone m.a.t.u.r.e, someone who was gentle and with a good temperament.
Which was why he worked so hard to be nice.
Even though his efforts were rather useless.
He was still as sarcastic as ever whenever he saw her.
But now, he finally understood that no matter how he had changed, she could not care less.
Because her heart would only yearn for that person.
How obsessive.
Anyone would be touched by such obsession.
Back then, she did not even say a word to him before she left.
He thought that she was a heartless woman. But the truth was that her heart already belonged to someone else...
He had never experienced such feelings before.
To become so battered and bruised from yearning for something unattainable. Yet he still tried with all his heart just so she would see him… for who he was.
"I might hate you after I follow you back. Would you still want to make me go back with you?" Baili Jia Jue's voice was icy, like the frigid air from a winter's night.
Additionally, his hands had moved up around her neck. It was enough to chill Helian Wei Wei to the bones in a blink of an eye.
The word 'hate' was like a sharp knife, threatening against her throat, she even felt pain when she spoke, "Even if you hate me, you must follow me back. Or else you will disappear forever."
"Do you know why Fire Qilin isn't with me now? That's because even if I don't return with you, I will not disappear. I have ample independent persona, it is just a matter of time before I can become what you d.e.s.i.r.e." Baili
Jia Jue's fingers exerted force from them, "Even so, you still want to leave right?"
Suddenly, Helian Wei Wei was struck by an intense headache.
She heard a frail voice from Fire Qilin, "We have a problem here, how's the situation on your side? Are you having any problems? Why do I hear His Highness mentioning about having an independent persona and asking you to stay?"
"Let's not talk about my side first, what happened on your side?" Helian Wei Wei was anxious, "Your voice doesn't sound right."
Fire Qilin was enduring pain as it answered, "People have been dying in the imperial palace and the aura of resentment had spread all over the Capital. While ordinary people cannot detect it, as a mythical beast, I am greatly affected by it. Especially when there is no Mysterious Ice Iron Chain to suppress the Green Dragon, it had shown signs of rampaging. Someone must be plotting something behind the scenes, probably attempting to subdue the Green Dragon in the absence of His Highness. So to destroy His Highness's physical body."
"Qilin." Helian Wei Wei was clenching both hands, "Please burn the Red Soul Binding Rope around my wrist in a moment." She had to go back to stop everything. If Baili Jia Jue's physical body were gone, everything she had done would be meaningless.
Fire Qilin sighed and replied, "Alright." If she had said so, the probability of the fragments returning would be very low...
...
"Who are you talking to?" Baili Jia Jue was intelligent to ask. At this age, certain aspects of him had been awakened. Especially when Fire Qilin was still his mythical beast and that Helian Wei Wei was obviously distracted. The young man squinted his eyes in suspicion, "Is it through that red rope around your wrist?"
Helian Wei Wei was shocked, she did not expect him to see such details.
"Your eyes were fixated on your left hand all this while." Baili Jia Jue spoke with a cold glow from his eyes, "You are leaving me again, am I right?"
Helian Wei Wei hesitated for a second. She finally looked into his eyes in a determined manner and said, "I never wanted to leave you, I've only wanted to bring you back. Baili Jia Jue, you have to know this. To me, your past selves and your future selves will always be you. You cannot simply deny your future."
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