A sudden buzzing filled Su Nian’s mind, twisting into a tangled mess.
What was wrong with her?
She found herself uncontrollably fantasizing about feeding the Horned Demon Bastard medicine with her mouth…
The image of their lips brushing lingered vividly in her mind, impossible to shake.
Su Nian, you’re supposed to be a pure man!
Can’t you have some backbone?
She shook her head forcefully, trying to cast away such unreliable thoughts.
But, that idea felt as if it had taken root, refusing to leave no matter what.
In the Horned Demon Bastard’s eyes, after she had been injured and fainted, she hadn’t taken the chance to take revenge but instead anxiously “rescued” him.
A beautiful girl under his control, with no plans of her own, yet her heart was with him.
If she did this, the Horned Demon Bastard would probably be very pleased, right?
If the Horned Demon Bastard’s mood improved and he believed she had already submitted, maybe he would help her unlock the Collar?
Hmm…
Although the possibility was slim…
At least it was effective!
Maybe it could confuse the Horned Demon Bastard.
Why not… try it?
After all… it wasn’t the first time…
Might as well… do it for freedom!
Su Nian found a perfect excuse and felt a little better.
At this moment, her mind was in chaos; having tried every possible method, the girl began to tread down a “wicked path.”
The next moment, the stunning girl in the dilapidated Sanctuary seemed to have made up her mind.
Gritting her teeth, she opened the medicine bottle, releasing a faint medicinal fragrance.
The deep blue liquid swayed gently inside the bottle.
She held her breath, tilted her head back, and took the medicine into her mouth.
Cold, with a hint of sweetness.
She lowered her head and slowly moved closer to Chu Tian.
Closer and closer…
Her heartbeat quickened, thudding as if it would leap from her throat.
She could feel her cheeks burning, as if aflame.
Don’t be nervous.
Just think of it as artificial respiration.
At this moment, she could clearly see Chu Tian’s thick eyelashes.
The Horned Demon Bastard had transformed from his previous “Horned Demon” form back into a more human appearance.
Unexpectedly, in this form, his eyelashes were quite long.
She took a deep breath, trying hard to calm herself.
‘Come on!’
The girl summoned her courage and gently pressed her lips against Chu Tian’s.
Soft, dry, with a faint metallic tang of blood.
Her heartbeat nearly stopped.
The ruined Sanctuary was extremely silent, with only their interwoven breaths—one after another—breaking the stillness.
The girl knelt on the ground, her sky-blue hair cascading like a waterfall, half-covering the heavily scarred body beneath her.
Sunlight poured through a hole in the dome, casting a golden beam that tightly enveloped them both.
Around them, crumbled walls, toppled sacred statues, and shattered wooden pews lay scattered.
The air was filled with a faint dustiness mixed with a subtle medicinal scent and an indescribable hint of intimacy.
Su Nian’s cheeks flushed a delicate pink, like a ripe peach, irresistible to bite.
She closed her eyes tightly, her long eyelashes trembling slightly, like a startled fawn or a girl waiting for something.
She carefully, bit by bit, transferred the medicine from her mouth into the mouth of the person beneath her.
Her movements were gentle and slow, afraid of hurting him.
The warm sensation from his lips made her heart skip a beat.
She could feel the person beneath her’s lips part slightly, as if responding to her, or perhaps… asking for something.
A strange feeling surged through her like an electric current, leaving her somewhat disoriented, even… flustered.
She forced herself not to think, not to feel, mechanically repeating the feeding motion.
But… Her body trembled uncontrollably, as if… afraid?
Or excited?
As she fed him, Su Nian suddenly sensed the Horned Demon Bastard’s lips beneath her move slightly.
Was it just an illusion?
At the same time, Chu Tian felt a cool, sweet liquid sliding down his throat into his stomach, like rain after a drought.
His parched body instantly nourished; every cell unfurled, greedily absorbing this precious nectar.
This feeling… was familiar.
That familiar softness and warmth, carrying the unique fragrance of a girl and an indescribable emotion, like cool spring water in summer, slightly sweet; like warm sunshine in winter, dispelling all coldness.
‘It was… Su Nian’s lips?’
She was actually… feeding him medicine?
‘This…’
A storm rose in Chu Tian’s heart.
His heart, as hard as iron, now softened inexplicably.
When he had feigned death before, he had imagined many possibilities.
He thought Su Nian might run away immediately.
After all, she had always wanted to escape his control and regain freedom.
He also considered that she might seize the chance to kill him, to eliminate the “threat” for good.
He had done so many excessive things to her before: imprisoning the girl, forcing her to become his Slave, taking humiliating photos, coercing her into all sorts of degrading acts, even using the Lover’s Prison Collar to suppress her Magic power and amplify her senses…
Each one was enough for a normal person to hate him deeply.
Especially for a proud, glamorous girl like Su Nian.
Her hatred was only natural.
But he never expected Su Nian to “rescue” him.
Instead of kicking him when he was down, she repaid cruelty with kindness, feeding him medicine like this.
‘Could it be…’
A dazzling thought flashed through Chu Tian’s mind like lightning in the dark, illuminating his confused thoughts and revealing a brand-new possibility.
Su Nian, who had always shown hatred toward him on the surface and constantly tried to escape his control, had actually… secretly fallen for him?
Before this, although she resisted, spoke coldly, and even tried to fight him, maybe it was just a facade?
A way to protect herself and hide her true feelings inside, like a hedgehog using its sharp spines to guard its soft heart?
And now, seeing him “gravely wounded” and on the brink of death, the girl finally let down her guard and revealed her true feelings, rushing to save him at all costs?
Chu Tian’s mind was a tangled mess, thoughts swirling and colliding, making it hard for him to accept.
He admitted he did have a special feeling for Su Nian.
Was it love at first sight?
A desire to conquer?
Possessiveness?
Or something even more complicated?
All he knew was that he enjoyed having her bound by him, watching her struggle, resist, yet ultimately have to yield.
He enjoyed the angry, unwilling, yet helpless expression in her clear, bright blue eyes.
Of course, he enjoyed any moment spent with her, even just quietly watching her, which gave him an inexplicable satisfaction.
If Su Nian cared for him too, liked him, then all he had done to her before…
‘Was it a wound? A destruction of their potential bond?’
Thinking of this, a trace of guilt, self-blame, and an indescribable regret arose in Chu Tian’s heart.
“Cough, cough…” Chu Tian’s Adam’s apple moved slightly as he unconsciously swallowed the medicine, making a sound.
Su Nian’s feeding motion froze.
‘The Horned Demon Bastard was awake?’
She had “rescued” her Master from sleep, and now—
What should she do now?