—”Do you realize you’ve made a mistake now? What were you doing earlier? Eating shit?”
—”Are you coming to beg me now? Where were you when I was fighting for you every night?!”
Every night… Qin Chuan began grinding his teeth as the female warrior’s phone call seemed endless. To suppress his frustration, he decided to make breakfast. When the steaming milk and bread were placed on the coffee table, Su Yao was still on the phone.
—”I’m excited? You’re the one who’s excited! Your whole family is excited!”
—”Aren’t you supposed to be the ‘Cunning and Charming Canghai Great God’? How did you get scared? Didn’t you say you could still go wild with others even without me?”
—”Yao Yao, let’s eat first,” Qin Chuan finally couldn’t take it anymore. But the female warrior continued her relentless tirade.
How could she not be angry?
Just moments ago, when Qin Chuan had stepped out, her phone rang. She thought it was the introverted homebody asking about her preferred brand, but without looking, she picked up, only to find it was Ji Canghai. His voice was full of pleading and fatigue; he was almost in tears. An urgent alert sounded in his king’s interface:
—”Master Luozi Shang of Great Yan has led an army of ten thousand to besiege Tianya City!”
A year ago, Luozi Shang was defeated by Red Medicine Hall, saving Great Xia. He left in anger, promising, “Canghai, you idiot, just wait, I’ll be back in a year to deal with you.” A year later, Luozi Shang returned as promised. With an army of ten thousand, almost all the elite players of Yan, he came to kill, loot, and seek personal revenge. After picking up a call from Nanbo Wan, Luozi Shang quickly logged in and rallied his troops. Ji Canghai was dumbfounded.
The position of the national master of Xia had been vacant since Red Medicine Hall left, and his swift marriage to the Yan princess made it clear what was going on. Compared to Ji Canghai’s title of “Cunning and Charming Canghai Great God” from romance novels, the Thief God Red Medicine Hall was far more prestigious, even if the former was a king of millions and the latter was alone. No one dared to take the vacant position of Xia’s national master. While Ji Canghai had the looks, he lacked the brains to handle national affairs. Before, he had been diligent, thinking only of his people, but after Red Medicine Hall took over everything, he only knew pleasure. His attitude grew more lax by the day, yet his arrogance soared. He took the prosperity of Xia for granted, believing it was all his own doing. As for Red Medicine Hall, who fought tirelessly for him every night, he began to see her as just another female among many. Now that his empire was built, he felt he could live off the land without her. He grew more confident, marrying Liu Li, the princess of Yan, believing that with their marriage, the two countries would unite, and there would be no more wars, allowing him to enjoy his kingdom and the adoration of those naive girls who called him a cunning beauty after reading too many romance novels.
Ji Canghai never imagined that despite their seemingly harmonious marriage, his relationship with his wife was actually falling apart. A minor setback was enough to turn them against each other. After a hard-won reconciliation, they became enemies over a divine artifact. He resented Han Yanyan for abandoning him at the critical moment, and she despised him for being so useless that he couldn’t hold on until the end, watching helplessly as she was eliminated, leaving the task to be continued by an outsider. Thus, Han Yanyan turned to Nan Bo Wan, who in turn sought Luo Zi Shang. Luo Zi Shang, recalling his promise from a year ago, decided it was time to deal with the fool!
Looking at the dense army stretching from the city walls to the Bailong River, Ji Canghai’s legs trembled with fear. He was the King of Daxia, leader of the million-player alliance, the heartthrob of countless beauties in the game. He could hardly imagine life after being dethroned, which would be more painful than losing his parents. But there was no woman to hold up his empire, no royal advisor to shield him from the wind and rain.
Clad in his divine armor, he still stood in the spotlight, his image aligning perfectly with that of the legendary god, but there was no longer a Red Elixir Hall to protect him in secret. Without the Red Elixir Hall, Ji Canghai was like a turtle without its shell.
The health bar of the Tianya City wall kept decreasing; Daxia was in dire straits, and another period of turmoil was about to begin. In his utmost fear and desperation, Ji Canghai turned to Su Yao. He cried and knelt, admitting his mistakes. “Yao Yao, don’t be so heartless, you once loved me, and I still love you. It was my fault before; let’s start anew, okay? I’ll do whatever you say, let you take the throne, Yao Yao, please don’t ignore me! Yao Yao, why aren’t you saying anything? Yao Yao, if you don’t respond, I might lose my throne, Yao Yao!”
Hearing Ji Canghai’s urgent voice over the phone, Su Yao felt a churn in her stomach. How could she have been so blind to accept this man before? It was bad enough he had dumped her, but the more he begged now, the more pathetic he seemed, making her feel nauseous. A man could degrade himself to such an extent! Yet, Ji Canghai continued his desperate pleas, which only irritated Su Yao more! Her good mood was completely ruined! Slam!!!
“Damn it! Are you ever going to stop? What I do is none of your business! I’m still making love, do you care about that too?!” Su Yao roared into the phone before decisively hanging up. Just as she turned her head, she was unexpectedly scooped up by a pair of hands and thrown onto the sofa.
“What did you say you were doing?” Qin Chuan leaned down, propping himself over her, pinning her hands, their faces close. His eyes narrowed as he looked at the patch of fair skin revealed below her neck.
Su Yao’s face still showed the anger from a moment ago. She shook her head to clear her expression, then noticed Qin Chuan’s gaze. “Ji Canghai contacted you?” Qin Chuan asked.
“Yes.”
“He asked you to go back?”
“Yes.”
“Are you going back?”
“…I don’t know.”
“If you want to save the people you love, I can still help you. But if it’s just for your ex-husband…” At the mention of her ex-husband, Su Yao felt sick: “What ex-husband? We have nothing to do with each other!”
Qin Chuan turned her face back, despite her struggles. “You said there was nothing between you?”
I heard everything you just said.”
“What did I say?” Facing the confused little lioness, Qin Chuan gritted his teeth, recalling words like ‘fierce’, ‘big’, ‘hard’, ‘nightly battles’, ‘fierce action’. Oh, he heard it all… How had she lived these six years? Ahhh! Who turned the shy girl who once confessed her love into this?! Qin Chuan almost wanted to kill that fool of a fighter jet, Ji Canghai.
So, in response to the little lioness, the God of Death squeezed his knee between her legs, easily parting them to either side of his body, leaning in closer in a more intimate posture. “Yao Yao, dinner’s ready,” Qin Chuan said in a deep voice.
The last piece of clothing was stripped off Su Yao, she was both ashamed and angry, feeling like she should be in control! Why was she now pinned down by him, unable to move? She tried to kick him but only hit the air, her limbs spread and pinned to the sofa. Damn it, she hadn’t done anything wrong! It was that fool Ji Canghai who called! Could it be that Qin Chuan really thought they still had some lingering connection and wanted to punish her harshly?
Qin Chuan’s kisses moved from her lips to her chest, his long bangs covering his eyes, a strand brushing against her exposed skin, making her tingle all over.