Chapter 267 (1/2)

Chapter 267: Preparation

Translator: Thyaeria  Editor: Thyaeria

Creak…

The door to the small building was tightly shut. Mu Chen gently eased it open and peeked inside at the spotless interior. Then, he stepped through the entrance and slowly opened the door to Luo Li’s room.

A faint fragrance wafted through the doorway — the kind that could captivate anyone who caught its scent. Mu Chen turned his eyes towards the window, where a young woman lazily reclined. She wore only a thin wrap that showed her pale, glossy legs.

Her slender jade-like arms were wrapped around those legs, and her exquisite porcelain-like face was resting against one knee. Her long hair, usually tied up, was currently draped loosely over her shoulders, like a bright splash of the Milky Way.

She was asleep. So relaxed and peaceful.

Mu Chen looked at her with deep affection in his eyes. He slowly stepped closer.

She sensed his presence the moment he entered her space. The tightly-shut eyes snapped open and her clear pupils flushed with alarm.

But that tension and alarm quickly dissipated when she laid eyes on the handsome youth at her side. A smile crept over her face as she exhaled a weak question that was filled with immeasurable joy. “You’ve returned?”

Mu Chen studied her exquisite face — she was definitely looking a little pale. It didn’t look like it was anything serious, but his heart still ached for her, and his anger towards He Yao boiled hotter.

“I heard that you were injured?” Mu Chen asked as he moved a hand to cup Luo Li’s tender cheek.

Luo Li shrank from his cold touch and shook her head with a smile. “No, I wasn’t.”

“Are you lying to me?” Mu Chen raised an eyebrow as he wrapped one arm around her slender waist, and the other below her knees, and pulled her into his embrace.

“Ah!”

Luo Li softly cried as she wrapped her jade-like arms around Mu Chen’s neck. She stared at him in embarrassment and pouted her small lips, “You just got back, and already started bullying me?”

Mu Chen’s heart pounded as he stared at the young woman pouting her small lips. It was a rare sight for the calm and distant Luo Li to show such a feminine side.

Luo Li noticed that Mu Chen was staring at her rosy lips and flushed a light pink. She twisted around his his arms with a displeased expression. “What are you trying to do?”

“Absence makes the heart grow fonder. What do you think I’m trying to do?” Mu Chen teased. Before Luo Li could react, he bent down and kissed, gently tasting the sweet and fragrant delicacy.

Luo Li stiffened at the sneak attack, but then surrendered to it. She loosened her hold around Mu Chen’s neck and allowed him to do as he wished.

Mu Chen enjoyed the warmth for a good moment, before putting her down. He couldn’t help grinning as he looked at Luo Li, who was now gasping for breath and flushed deep red. “What a delicious taste. I must inform you that this taste now belongs to me. As for how long… an eternity!”

“You rogue! Dream on!” Luo Li’s face became a deep red from his embarrassing words.

“Do you want me to bully you even harder?” Mu Chen grinned as he hugged her a little tighter.

Luo Li glared at him and turned away, fuming.

Mu Chen gently smiled as he laid Luo Li back on the soft bed. However, her arm was still around him, refusing to let go. Finally, he looked into her eyes and furrowed his brows. “How are your injuries?”

Luo Li lightly shook her head, “It’s nothing much. I just exhausted myself. They had the advantage of numbers, but if I’d been fighting seriously, then they wouldn’t have gained an advantage.”

“The experts of the Demon’s Gate might be strong, but they’re nothing we can’t handle. The only problem is their Boss, He Yao. While you were gone, I always had to make sure I saved enough strength to guard myself against him.”

Not even Mu Chen had an accurate gauge of Luo Li’s strength. But since she could challenge more than ten experts of the Demon’s Gate all alone, then she should’ve at least reached the Heavenly Transformation Stage. However, He Yao still hadn’t made a move, so Luo Li had to keep her guard against him. That’s why she’d held back and gotten injured by the other experts.

“He Yao…” Mu Chen’s black pupils flared with a chill. However, he quickly smiled again. “If that guy isn’t going to act like a decent human being, then I don’t have to treat him like one.”

“What are you going to do?” A look of concern flashed across Luo Li’s face. The Demon’s Gate and He Yao weren’t that easy to deal with.

Mu Chen snorted. “They dared to hurt my woman. What kind of man would I be, if I simply took that?”

Luo Li flushed red again and rolled her eyes at him. However, a soft arc rose at the corner of her mouth.