"You do look absolutely terrified, wanted to say something but didn't tell me, so there's only one explanation left, you've been possessed by a monster?" When I hugged him spontaneously, Yu Longting's body stiffened briefly before his palm finally landed on my back.
This was his sarcastic way of implying that I was not myself while replying to messages, which was why I was particularly scared but didn't seek his help.
I blushed with embarrassment, stammering, "Well... well, that's not it... not possessed at all, I just felt that if I could handle it myself, I wouldn't always need to trouble you."
Due to the fright I had experienced the previous night, I was particularly dependent on him.
Throwing my embarrassment aside, I still held onto Yu Longting's slim waist tightly.
Feeling my body uncontrollably trembling lightly.
Yu Longting pinched my chin, and one cold kiss after another landed on my lips.
His eyes held a brooding, sepulchral darkness, yet each of his kisses was incredibly gentle.
"Should I step aside for a moment?" an embarrassed question from a man came from the doorway.
Only then did I realize the hotel room door was open and there were others present.
My entire face turned blazing red, and I instinctively peeked toward the door.
Just as I caught a glimpse of a man's figure, Yu Longting pressed my head back, and in a very domineering manner forbade me from looking over, his tone icy as he answered, "Go book another room and rest. If you're needed, I'll call you over."
"Alright, I'm at your beck and call, Snake Lord," the man seemed to have a lively personality, his voice cheerful as he spoke, and then the sound of his footsteps receded.
Yu Longting walked over to the door and closed it.
When he turned around, the deep, black darkness of his eyes engulfed me.
It made my nervous heart contract, as if I had indeed done something wrong.
He began unbuttoning his shirt, and while taking it off, he asked, "All right, now can you tell me what happened last night?"
"Uh, you're just chatting with me, why are you also taking your clothes off?" My eyes followed the movement of the unbuttoning downward from his sharp collarbone to his chest and onto his defined abs...
And I felt, rather surprisingly, that Yu Longting taking off his clothes was... cool?
But then an inexplicable sadness enveloped my heart, dispelling all flirtatious thoughts in an instant, and my gaze dropped.
Yu Longting approached me, gripped my wrist, and pressed my hand against his abs, "Wanwan, I want to make you happy."
"Uh... are you using your charm to cheer me up? Could it be??"
I felt like I could never catch up to Yu Longting's god-like train of thought, my fingers pressed against his firm muscles nearly catching fire!!
Yu Longting smiled, "You seem a bit sad, and it's not just from the shock. Don't you like it?"
"I like it, but wait, that's not the point... cough, cough." I accidentally spoke the truth and almost bit my tongue, coughing to hide my embarrassment.
He moved my hand to his heart, touching his slowly beating serpent heart, and for some reason, my heart settled,
"Last night, it wasn't just someone breaking in trying to do something to me. Someone was threatening my mother's life to force me to return to the Lin Family."
My eyes empty, I started with the phone call impersonating Lin Huan from last night, telling Yu Longting everything in detail, hoping he could analyze it,
"After I uncovered that person impersonating Lin Huan, I judged his words to not be very credible, so I did not follow his threat to return to the Lin Family. Instead, I used the Kin-seeking Clothes to determine my mother's whereabouts, and then even more unfortunate things happened..."
"The people who tricked the hotel staff into opening the door came? That's really bad luck, you were drained of blood by the Kin-seeking Clothes, inevitably losing your ability to resist." Yu Longting listened intently throughout, accurately guessing the events I had experienced, his cool fingertips swept across my brow.