Free Web NovelChapter 138: Chapter 138: Wedding Day
Feng Yansheng seemed to sense her internal struggle.
He leaned in, his voice dropping to a persuasive purr. "Yue’er, think about it. If you reject me, in what position would I stop other Orcs from claiming you? I cannot protect another man’s woman forever without a title. But if you are my wife, I can tell the world to rot."
Yue Yue looked at the baby in her arms, then at the locked doors, imagining the crowd of strange men waiting to claim her. She felt a shiver of fear.
"Fine! I agree! Let’s just do it!" she said hastily, her face flushed with a mix of panic and embarrassment.
Feng Yansheng’s face transformed. The smugness vanished, replaced by a look of pure, radiant happiness.
Before she could take the words back, he cupped her face and captured her lips in a deep, searing kiss. It wasn’t the kiss of a cold priest; it was the kiss of a man who had finally won his greatest treasure.
Han Soi stood by, his muscles tensing. He hated seeing this sly man get his way, but he knew this was the only way to keep Yue Yue safe from the empires.
However, he wasn’t going to let Feng Yansheng have the last word.
As soon as Feng Yansheng pulled away to catch his breath, Han Soi stepped in. He didn’t say a word, but his eyes were burning.
He leaned down and kissed Yue Yue just as passionately, retaliating for the high priest’s bold move and marking his own territory.
Yue Yue was stuck in the middle, her head spinning as she was kissed from both sides by the two most powerful men in the world.
The little black snake, still cradled in her arms, could only blink in utter confusion.
He looked up at his mother, then at the two men hovering over her, his big violet eyes blinking rapidly.
He let out a small, questioning "Awoo?" as if to ask what on earth these adults were doing.
He didn’t understand why they were eating his mother’s face, but he decided that as long as she was fine, he didn’t mind.
Feng Yansheng pulled back just enough to look at the cub and then at Han Soi. "Since we are all ’family’ now, I suppose we should start planning the biggest ceremony this world has ever seen."
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The days passed in a blur. Before Yue Yue could even process her decision, the wedding day had arrived.
She stood in front of a floor-to-length mirror in the high priest’s private dressing chamber, staring at her reflection.
She was wearing a wedding gown that defied logic. It was made of a shimmering, pearlescent fabric that seemed to glow from within, embroidered with silver threads that moved like liquid whenever she breathed.
It was so light yet so regal that she truly looked like a fairy who had descended from the heavens. freёwebnoѵel.com
"I can’t believe I’m actually doing this," she whispered to herself.
Her heart was pounding against her ribs.
Even though Feng Yansheng had treated her like a precious treasure lately, showing her a side that was 360 degrees different from his usual cold self, she couldn’t forget his "crazy" side.
He was still a man who had threatened to lock her away, a man with possessive thoughts that bordered on madness.
She took a deep breath, trying to calm her nerves. "There’s no point in overthinking now," she told herself. I’ve already made the deal.
For my safety and the baby’s safety, I have to be the high priest’s wife. Even if I feel so selfish.
And does she truly have any will in this, even if she didn’t want to...that man would definitely find some other way.
The little black snake was resting on a silk cushion nearby.
He looked up at her and let out a happy, rhythmic hiss. His violet eyes shone with excitement, as if he approved of her beautiful dress.
"Hiss... hissss..."
But suddenly, the cub’s mood changed.
The happy sound turned sharp and distressed. His tiny body stiffened, and his wings twitched as he tried to crawl toward Yue Yue.
Yue Yue’s blood ran cold.
She slowly turned around, expecting to see a servant or maybe Han Soi. Instead, her heart almost stopped.
A man was leaning casually against her bed.
He was playing with one of the cub’s toys, tossing it into the air and catching it again, his expression bored and careless.
What shocked her wasn’t his presence...
It was his robe.
The same white robe. The same strange symbols. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
What was he doing here?
How did he enter her room?
Fear made her legs feel like jelly. She stumbled back, panic flooding her chest. But when she saw her distressed son only inches away from the man’s grasp, her fear turned into deep worry.
The man suddenly lifted his head and looked at her.
"You are beautiful... very beautiful."
"Why are you here?" she asked.
"...?"
"Me? Do you recognize me? Do you know who I am?" He sat down immediately, staring at her with a confused expression.
Yue Yue froze.
She quickly shut her mouth, realizing her mistake. She wasn’t supposed to know him.
After all, this man had only seen her in her white snake form...never her true face.
The man stood up and began walking toward her.
Tap. Tap.
His boots echoed sharply with each step.
"Wait a minute," he said slowly. "Your scent feels very familiar... like someone I know."
He leaned closer, sniffing her like a dog.
Yue Yue stopped breathing when his face came so close that his nose was almost touching her forehead.
Badump.
Badump.
Her heart pounded wildly, but she forced herself to calm down.
How could he possibly know?
He would never connect her to that little white snake.
After all, in this world, no female could transform into her beast form.
Let him sniff her...so what?
Even if the scent was similar, he would only think she matched his strange taste... the same reason he almost kidnapped that snake that day.
