78 Woo me Softly (1/2)

WEI LI LIAN

YIYUAN

The place they were at was noisy with base sounding voices that scathed her ears. Li Lian could smell all sorts of soapy scents which bubbled the air.

As Yuwen Hong entered a certain room, that she recognised by tiled floor, she heard hoarse cheers, whistles and laughter.

”Can I have some part of that meat, Grand General?”

”How much would you charge to lend her to me?”

”What brothel sells such kind?”

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Yuwen Hong stopped mid step and the room instantly turned eerie quiet. Li Lian could hear them disperse and leave by the shuffling of their feet.

Aiya. He didn't do anything to them, yet they were running away like wimps.

He took a couple of more steps, before he put her down on an elevated comfortable chair. She felt dizzy because of the effect of staring at the floor for the past few minutes.

It was after blinking a few times that she realised that she was in the men's bath chambers. The exorbitant wide room was a flush of white and gold color, curtains draping all over around the blue pools. The noise of the bubbling pools that rung in the air was almost musical.

'Heaven help me!'

Behind him were generals walking in and out nakedly exposed.

How shameless. Why did he take her to this place? She lifted her hand to smack him again though he caught it expectantly.

”Easy,” his voice was hoarse, ”I deserved only one.”

”Really? And why exactly did you deserve it?”

She would love it if he admitted that it was wrong to make false promises but it would take much to have that from him. He took her hand to his nose and breathed in the scent of it. He bent it and started to lovingly kiss her temple.

”Yuwen Hong!” she warned. It was the first time that she was using his name on him.

He stubbornly continued to usher her with kisses. The opposite of what she anticipated. She was not in any comfortable position to feel anything with naked men running out and about behind him.

Some generals dipped themselves in the pool, others were being massaged by maids, soaked themselves in soap and the rest walked in and out. The wide room seemed to have doors that led to many more rooms.

Yuwen Hong agitatedly sighed, feigning exasperation.

”Earth to Li Lian,” he waved her back to him.

It was the first time that he was also saying her name with her fully conscious and functional. She loved how it rolled on his plush lips and had the aura of possession when he said it.

'Say it again, Yuwen Hong' she wanted to whisper, but rather she asked, ”Why am I here?”

”For you and I to have space,” he replied matter of factly.

Space? In a place like that? Two men chasing each other in cotton underwear caught her sight. The one behind hit the one in front, and a girly scream pierced the air.

Maybe she understood him. These men didn't seem to care about them at all. It was like her and him were among a den of animals minding to themselves.

”Focus on me, Li Lian.” He repositioned her head so she could look at him. ”I'm all that matters,” he coyly smiled.

Hazel met with amber. His gaze was digging through her eyes into her soul. With Yuwen Hong, everything was easy. It was a simple thing to connect with the other, so why did things have to be complicated?

”Are you not going to ask me how I know your name?” She brought back the main topic at hand.

”Grand Consort Shu?” His hot breath was like lava on her skin.

Yuwen Hong was reacting cooly than she wanted him to. Did that mean he had nothing to hide?

”She told me everything.” It was her attempt to intimidate him.

He looked up at her and smiled. It was that sort of smile that reached his eyes. The one that said, he was fascinated. ”If she told you what I don't want you to know, you would be on your knees and not slapping me.”

He was playing mind games that she couldn't understand.

”I will never bow before you,” she declared and he broke into laughter.

”Oh you will, Little Fox, you will.” He pushed her hair to one side from her neck. His thumb began to caress the curve of it smoothly, then worked down to her collar bone before coming up to her face.

”I like this,” he touched her nose, ”and this,” he touched her eyes, ”and this too,” he touched her lips.

”How are you close to Grand Consort Shu?” She ignored his words of flattery that made her stomach flip.

”Am I?”

”She said you like me.”

”I lust after you,” he clarified.

It stung but she made sure to keep a neutral expression as if it didn't affect her. At least he was being honest about his feelings.

”Right,” she sucked in air and looked aside. She could not hide her feelings from gracing her face any longer.