The low, deep voice was laced with vile jealousy.
His voice was so familiar that she would never forget it even in death.
Ye Luan started, immediately looking up, her gaze locking directly into those pair of dark red eyes.
He was clad in a black robe of brocade, his devilishly handsome features impossibly beautiful, but the aura of madness and ferocity that filled his brow was impossible to ignore.
"Meow~"
Snowball, caught between the two, was almost squashed flat, a plump ball of fur.
Ye Luan came back to her senses and immediately hugged Snowball, retreating.
The cold, hard stone wall pressed against her soft shoulder blades.
Nowhere left to retreat!
She clutched Snowball tighter and said calmly, "Didn't I make it clear to Your Highness that day? I don't know you. What are you doing barging into the Shen manor?"
Was he insane?
She had disgusted him so much, yet he still came to block her path.
Xiao Chi Zhan lowered his gaze to her cold and emotionless face, his heart aching with anger.
She had been as gentle as flowing water with Xie Bei Han just now, but towards him, she was cold and pretended not to know him. How admirable!
"Since Miss Shen doesn't know me, why are you holding my cat?"
Ye Luan's eyes flickered slightly, and she handed the cat to him.
"Oh, I found it by accident. Since it's Your Highness's, I'll return it to you."
Snowball, with its round, mismatched eyes, looked left and right. Its fat, almost invisible head nuzzled into Ye Luan's chest.
Xiao Chi Zhan, seeing this, flew into a rage. He grabbed its scruff and pulled it back.
But Snowball extended its plump paws and clutched Ye Luan's shoulder. In the struggle, a few strands of her hair were snagged by its claws onto the dry branches in the crevices of the rockery.
"Hiss, that hurts."
This person and cat were trying to pull her hair out.
Seeing this, Xiao Chi Zhan quickly pulled Snowball away, placed it on the ground, and stood up to tend to her hair.
"Get up, I'll do it myself."
Ye Luan brushed aside his hand and tugged at her own hair.
Xiao Chi Zhan paid no mind, grabbing her hand. His eyes, as deep as a cold abyss, softened slightly.
"Don't move, I'll do it for you."
His voice was soft, his alluring profile showing a faint seriousness. His handsome, clean fingers gently worked at the tips of her hair entangled in the dry branches, his movements extremely gentle.
Ye Luan stared, momentarily forgetting to struggle.
Snowball glared, its little furry legs scratching at her clothes on the ground.
She pursed her lips slightly, returning to her senses.
"Is it done?"
Xiao Chi Zhan deliberately pressed closer to her, his hot breath brushing her ear, his voice low and seductive, "Oh, it's a bit stubborn. Just a moment."
Ye Luan rolled her eyes internally, pressed against the stone wall behind her, remaining motionless.
Her body was almost rigid, yet he pressed forward, pinning her tightly in his embrace.
If she looked up, she would kiss his Adam's apple. Her body stiffened.
An ambiguous and enchanting atmosphere spread around them.
Ye Luan couldn't bear it. She ripped her hair free and was about to leave.
Suddenly, he leaned down, encircling her, and extended his well-defined hand, gently covering her chest. His deep, alluring voice spoke softly.
"Luan Luan, your heart is beating so fast."
He tilted his head to look at her, his alluring red eyes tinged with a faint smile.
Ye Luan blinked, pushing against his chest with her hand. She said seriously, "If Your Highness continues like this, I'll call for help."
"Call for help?" Xiao Chi Zhan grabbed her hand, his smile gradually fading. "Call whom? Xie Bei Han's hidden guards?"
'What have you done?'
He forcefully gripped her waist, pulling her tightly into his embrace, his lips curling coldly. "Do you want to see how they die?"
"You--"
Ye Luan gritted her teeth.
Xiao Chi Zhan didn't want to look at her eyes. He lowered his head, burying it in her neck, nibbling at the soft flesh, his murmurs laced with a morbid obsession.
"Luan Luan, you can only love me, you can only be mine."
The ragged breaths rose and fell in the silent, confined mountain pass, heating up, burning.
Ye Luan pushed him in panic, trying to pry his arms from her waist, but his strength was outrageously immense. He gripped her tightly, pulling her into his embrace.
"I miss you."
He bent down and whispered in her ear, his hot breath grazing her cheek. Before she could react, his slightly cool tongue unresistingly pried open her lips and forcefully entered.
"Mmm~"
Ye Luan's back trembled, and a low moan escaped her. All her senses seemed to stop. The boiling blood spread rapidly from her heart.
She quickly pushed him away.
Xiao Chi Zhan's eyes darkened. He looped one arm around her waist and lifted her, her legs wrapping around his waist. Her back was pressed heavily against the stone wall.
Ye Luan gasped in surprise. Before she could catch her breath, he lowered his head again, pressing down, their lips mingling.
"You damn thing, get off--"
This madman, always so arrogant, wouldn't listen.
He kneaded her fiercely.
Ye Luan, furious, punched his back with her hands and bent her knees to push his waist.
Suddenly, a chill ran over her body. His rough fingertips lightly traced her soft skin, sending a numb, trembling sensation.
Ye Luan felt her entire body stiffen, her scalp tingling. Her eyes were even reddening with anger. She glanced around in a panic and said through gritted teeth,
"Are you crazy?"
Xiao Chi Zhan's eyes were slightly red, his voice hoarse, "Don't you like it?"
Ye Luan really didn't want to talk to him. She struggled forcefully, but he only became more insistent.
She kicked him angrily, wriggling her body to break free.
"The more you struggle, the more I like it. Wriggle harder."
This slut.
"A prince of Da Liang is truly shameless, running to someone's manor to disturb their fiancée?"
Although her voice was sharp, her face, like the blush of spring, was bright red, and her moist lips were tender from his kisses, utterly lacking in lethality.
Hearing her words, Xiao Chi Zhan felt a fire burning in his chest.
"Heh, someone else's fiancée?" A ferocious glint flashed in his sinister eyes. "Luan Luan, don't provoke me with words."
Ye Luan sneered, "I'm not your Luan Luan. You've got the wrong person."
He raised an eyebrow and pressed down hard, startling Ye Luan into a gasp.
"Are you sick?! Get out."
"What? I'm not as good as that good-for-nothing?"
Ye Luan truly didn't understand how he could be so shameless. In her anger, she blurted out, "Yes, you are not as good as him."
As soon as the words left her mouth, Xiao Chi Zhan's face instantly turned grim. Veins bulged on his forehead, and his eyes held a terrifying malevolence.
Although he knew she was lying, the jealousy in his heart made him want to kill!
Ye Luan was frightened by his cold, bloodthirsty gaze, her lips trembling involuntarily.
Xiao Chi Zhan noticed this. He lowered his gaze, desperately suppressing the ferocity within him. When he looked up again, his eyes were full of tenderness.
He gently touched her lips, his voice exceedingly gentle, yet inexplicably chilling.
"Where did he touch you, I'll chop off that part of him. If he dares to lay a finger on you, I'll灭了 Bei Qi."
Ye Luan's heart skipped a beat, her fingers tightening.
"Luan Luan, let's start over, okay?"