Chapter 43 (1/2)

Like a prowling dangerous snake, a strong and cold hand instantaneously grabs the neck of the dark silhouette and exerts force Along with an alared into the straw cottage and thrown onto the floor At the saeran aura of bloodthirstiness and callousness, it moves in a trajectory towards the heart of the human silhouette

In the darkness, soh the sneer of a de forward to spilling fresh blood to quench the trehtmare

“Ah!” Someone screams in shock, and sobs and fear are h a withered grass

The wave of darkness billows violently, rattling the forlorn straw cottage The treacherous sharp black dagger slices through the darkness, pierces through the wind, penetrates through the robe and heads straight towards her chest!

His eyes are bright but frigid cold!

In this defining and tense moment, he sees the blurred features on the face and hears that screaony

The darkness suddenly stills, as though a tidal wave has solidified in midair All sound disappears without a trace, and at this h even the blood within their bodies has stopped flowing

The cold and sharp dagger has penetrated through the clothes and plunged into her voluptuous chest Just an inch deeper, and that could have been the end

The world outside the cottage seeain, can be heard The wind blows continuously like the tides, crashi+ng in wave after wave

The dagger has yet to be retracted, and she lies on the floor with her body cohtest

After an unknown duration of ti like a lifeti on her heart slowly lifts and retreats back into the darkness

Pada! A spark of fire lights up the candle on the table

The di a sliver of ware When the radiance reaches the surface of the ground, the hu

At this moment, she looks like a mess Her hair is scattered around, her clothes aren’t in place and her face is frighteningly pale She slowly sits up and looks at the rasps in his hand

That is a black and dull dagger

Lu Chen turns over and gazes at her quietly as well After a short e

The mournful wind quietens down instantaneously, and the chill see’s cohtly She slowly cliaze she directs to Lu Chen After a moment, she says softly, “You almost killed me just now”

Lu Chen is silent for a split er He walks to the side, pours a bowl of water and passes it to Ding Dang Then, with a cal to sneak into e at such an hour”

Din Dang lowers her head Carrying the boith both of her hands, she sits on Lu Chen’s bed and slowly sips on it

Lu Chen walks over to the table and pulls out a stool He sits in front of Ding Dang, not saying a word, si her up

Other than that scare ainappropriate about the situation However, perhaps due to fatigue, this lady seeard

After aplaces the bowl by the side and says, “I was too tired and couldn’t walk to the village in such a state Thus, I wanted to rest at your place for a moment”

Lu Chen glances at her and nods his head, “Sure”

There is bedding on top of the bed, and the blanket still carries a trace of warht that Lu Chen has probably lay here a h it may not be as comfortable as her home, it is still a place of coht

Standing beside the bed, Lu Chen tucks her in Their gazes happen to ht reflects in his eyes Under the blanket, Ding Dang’s body shudders slightly, and a sensation as though she is about to shi+ver violebtly engulfs her However, a split moment later, Lu Chen walks towards the table and bloay the candlelight