Her protecting him so much during this period had lowered his blackening value by 5. Healing him instantly increased it by 20. Was this going to skyrocket?
"Did I offend him?"
The system was equally bewildered: "It shouldn't be. Miss, you've always been very kind to him. His blackening value increase isn't because of you."
Zhuo Lin didn't want to dwell on who was responsible.
Aside from being a little stunned at first, she didn't really care much about it.
Anyway, they had time, thousands or tens of thousands of years... decades. There should be a time when his blackening value reached zero.
Thinking this now, but what happened later truly made Zhuo Lin regret the "agreement" she made today.
By the time she withdrew her hand, Bai Li Chongyan had already fainted. Zhuo Lin skillfully removed his mask and saw his sweat-beaded face.
The knife wounds and burns looked like phantoms, truly pitiful.
She looked at her own hands again.
A long pain is worse than a short one.
Should she wait for him to wake up and discuss it before healing him?
There were less than 20 days until the wedding. If she healed him now, he could come to pick her up with dignity, which seemed better.
Thinking this, Zhuo Lin couldn't help but take action.
The wounds on his face were superficial, so healing them wasn't difficult. Although Bai Li Chongyan frowned and struggled with pain throughout the process, he didn't wake up.
Watching the scars on his face slowly be replaced by new flesh, falling off piece by piece, his entire face seeming to transform into someone else in a short period, Zhuo Lin felt an unprecedented sense of accomplishment.
This sense of accomplishment was something she had never felt even when she was crowned a God Venerable.
She was a god born of heaven and earth, one of the first to be born in the four seas and eight wildernesses, the strongest in combat power. Everything was predetermined, with countless events paving the way, leaving no room for such surprises.
And now, looking at this face, from a ghostly apparition to new life, slowly recovering its original appearance, with refined features and fair, tender skin, it was different from what she had seen of him before.
Back then, he was often exposed to the elements, much darker, his skin firm, handsome and dashing. Now, his whole body was pale with no trace of blood, and the newly grown skin was tender and beautiful, just too fragile.
With his eyes tightly closed and eyebrows furrowed, he lay on the couch, his body trembling uncontrollably from the pain, so fragile it was heartbreaking. Su Dan Novel Network.
After Zhuo Lin healed his face, she felt that since he had already suffered enough today, a little more wouldn't hurt. So, she meticulously examined him, removing even a fine scratch she had accidentally made.
When everything was done, Bai Li Chongyan lay naked, submerged in the soft fox fur.
After undressing him, Zhuo Lin felt that the satin laid on the couch was not worthy of his fair, newly formed skin. She specifically dug it out from her Mustard Seed space.
After that incident, her Mustard Seed space, apart from her innate weapon, was filled with wine. She didn't know when the fox fur had been put in, and it took her some effort to find it.
He curled his body slightly, his skin as tender as a newborn's. His sweat-soaked hair fell obediently like the rest of him. His face still had beads of sweat, which only enhanced his fragility.
He bore no resemblance to the general who had once galloped across battlefields.
Those people had brutally broken his proud spirit and inflicted illness upon him, turning the former national hero into the grotesque figure he had become.
They must have been very happy, like those who had been arrogant towards him yesterday, as if by trampling him underfoot, they were omnipotent.
Unfortunately for them, they encountered her.
Zhuo Lin suddenly felt that revenge wasn't such a bad thing.
Originally, she had only intended to teach those people a lesson, to make them pay a thousandfold. But now, she wanted this man to take action himself.
The system sensed her dangerous thoughts and quickly said: "Miss, you can't instigate the villain to kill. His blackening value is already high, and his merit value has plummeted. He should be saving people to offset this..."
"Offset what? What did he do wrong?"
Clearly, he did nothing wrong.
He was loyal and patriotic, devoted to his country and people. Even though he was neglected by his father since childhood and bullied by his brothers, and later gained military power and influence, he never thought of revenge.
From beginning to end, he was the victim.
How could such a person not hate in his heart?
"But..."
"No 'buts'," Zhuo Lin interrupted him. "Didn't you say that whatever he wants, I should give him? If he wants revenge, then I should naturally help him."
System: "..."