Chapter 219 - 217: A Silent Trial

Chapter 219: Chapter 217: A Silent Trial

Bai Chaosi completely lost his mind.

His mind was flooded with images of Shen Yue beneath Huang Ziyue, panting and moaning in alluring ways.

He couldn’t stand it. He couldn’t accept it.

He no longer cared what impact his actions might have on anyone who saw him, or on the people inside.

He just wanted to stop it—to stop that damned thing from happening.

He slammed his fists against the barrier, one blow after another.

But the only response was the rich fragrance that spilled out with every strike, growing stronger each time.

It was enough to make his eyes burn red with fury.

’Am I too late? Is it really too late?’

’Did they really get together before I could?’

He refused to believe that Shen Yue loved Huang Ziyue more than she loved him.

He refused to accept this reality.

’On what grounds did that man get to have her first?’

’And she... was she really willing to give her body and soul to him so quickly?’

’Does that mean, right now, that man is the one she truly loves? The one she’s willing to love, to give herself to?’

’And me... is there no place left for me?’

’Is there no room for me in her heart anymore?’

A string of questions erupted from the depths of his heart. The fear of losing Shen Yue completely robbed him of his ability to think...

His resentment and helplessness transformed into a primal scream.

"Shen Yue!"

"Come out, Shen Yue! I... I have something to tell you."

His weak yet persistent cries sounded agonizing and heart-wrenching in the courtyard...

"Shen Yue, you can’t..."

"Come out, please come out..."

Meanwhile, inside the room, Huang Ziyue held Shen Yue as they moved from the table all the way to the window...

...and from the window to the floor.

Their bodies were pressed so tightly together it was as if they were trying to merge into one.

The sounds of their panting and murmured whispers stimulated Shen Yue to the point of near-fainting...

She lay against Huang Ziyue’s powerful chest... possessed by him again and again, taken deeper and deeper...

Listening to his deep groans of love, she became completely lost in the clouds of ecstasy...

Outside, Bai Chaosi’s agonized cries formed a stark contrast to the fiery scene within.

The force of his blows against the barrier grew stronger each time.

He was trying to turn the tables, to fight for that slim chance for himself.

But the force the barrier rebounded sent him staggering back time and again.

It was as if he were punishing himself, absorbing the recoil of his own power.

Each time he was violently thrown back, he would charge forward again to continue striking the barrier...

He couldn’t feel the pain in his body, only a thick, suffocating sensation in his chest that made it impossible to breathe...

An unknown amount of time passed as he called out her name again and again.

He was thrown back time and time again.

But the people inside still didn’t emerge. The rich fragrance only swirled above his head, like a cruel judgment passed down upon him...

...leaving him to be devoured by his own emotions and fears.

Slowly, time trickled by...

In the end, his calls never opened that tightly shut door...

He stood limply outside the barrier, his gaze falling to his battered and bruised hands...

At this point, he no longer needed confirmation. The fragrance had lingered for so long; what was happening inside was crystal clear.

’Have I been declared out of the game?’

At that moment, it felt as if a pair of hands were squeezing his heart so tightly that the pain made him wish for a swift death.

He thought back on his past with Shen Yue—the times she had cursed him, hit him, been angry with him—it all replayed vividly in his mind...

’I could always interpret that as a sign that I was in her heart...’

’But now, I’m not so sure...’

He had thought he was constantly working hard, getting closer to Shen Yue.

But he never expected that he was actually getting farther and farther away.

’Is the only one in her heart that man in the room? Is there no place for me anymore?’

It was only at this moment that he felt he had lost the most important thing to him.

’It’s as if she doesn’t need me anymore...’

’I’ve completely disappointed her...’

He just stood there silently, his tall figure exuding a deathly sorrow under the moonlight...

...as if accepting a silent verdict.

His entire being seemed to have shattered, and even his physical shell grew stiff.

He showed no reaction, simply standing guard outside the barrier in silence, completely motionless...

...like a broken body exiled by love, standing quietly in the cold, dead of night.

The bone-chilling breeze whipped against him, lifting his robes and tossing his silver hair.

It even blew away the single, clear tear that slid from the corner of his eye.

「Until the moonlight faded and the sky grew pale...」

Inside the room, Huang Ziyue had not let Shen Yue go for the entire night.

Traces of their wild passion were everywhere.

The dismantled tables and chairs, the collapsed bedframe...

...all spoke to how frenzied the two had been the night before.

Shen Yue felt that Huang Ziyue was like a starved beast released from its cage, taking from her again and again, tirelessly.

Her last memory was of him calling her name, kissing her collarbone, and repeatedly professing his love before she finally fell into a dead sleep.

Even so, the man remained tireless, pulling her into his arms again and again.

She woke and slept, slept and woke, and all she saw was the man’s rising and falling body and the dragon tail coiled around her legs.

Now, as she opened her eyes again, she was met with a pair of dark red eyes, lazy and affectionate after being fully sated.

The man’s powerful arm was wrapped tightly around her, while his other hand propped up his head as he watched her quietly.

It was as if he were admiring his most precious treasure, yet also deeply afraid this was all a dream...

In truth, Huang Ziyue had been watching her for a very, very long time, gazing at her sleeping face...

...repeatedly stroking the baby hairs at her forehead.

He couldn’t imagine that after five hundred years of solitude, he had truly waited for this moment of happiness, with his beloved in his arms.

He had always considered himself to be cold-hearted and unfeeling by nature, but then he met Shen Yue...

’So I, too, could be so afraid of losing someone, so plagued by insecurity...’

’It seems only by staring at her, by watching over her all night without sleep, can I feel that any of this is real...’

’...can I be sure that this tender happiness truly belongs to me.’

Shen Yue was completely naked...

The lingering warmth where their bodies touched made her beautiful little face look all the more tender and alluring...

Her waterfall of long hair, spread across the man’s arm, set off her porcelain-white skin and slender waist, adding a hint of ethereal enchantment.

Especially her eyes, limpid and shimmering like water, seemed to have stars streaking through them when she blinked, her gaze radiant.

In the mere moment she opened her eyes, her beauty made Huang Ziyue’s heart skip a beat...

His eyes were filled with infatuation, possessiveness, and a deep longing for this moment of happiness to last...

He let his heart pound wildly for her...

Shen Yue slowly came to her senses. Looking at the man staring intently at her, she recalled the events of last night.

She remembered how he had kissed every inch of her body.

She remembered him holding her by the waist, their bodies rising and falling again and again.

She remembered him biting the nape of her neck, his deep pants and his voice calling her name.

She remembered him reverting to his primal form, his Flood Dragon tail emerging and coiling around her legs.