After several bouts of lovemaking, night had already fallen. The intoxicating pleasures between them were not something outsiders could understand.
The energy Kesha had depleted had been replenished by Hua Zhen. She no longer looked sleepy, and under the warm glow of the lights, her lovely face and exposed fragrant shoulders were flushed pink.
A few strands of hair were disheveled, and her beautiful eyes shimmered like a pool of spring water. The allure of a mature woman was utterly captivating. After their long kiss, the two held each other tightly, savoring the lingering sweetness.
Hua Zhen gently stroked Kesha's smooth back. The silky sensation made his heart stir. He brushed the hair clinging to her pretty face aside, then quietly looked at her, his heart filled with nothing but contentment.
Thinking back on the past, as the years turned, whenever the night grew still, he had only a solitary lamp for company. Though he could ease the ache of longing by constantly studying academic theories, it had ultimately been far too dull, lonely, and endless. Hua Zhen rather admired himself for enduring such days.
He had once asked himself: If he could not find a way to break the Void, was he supposed to never see Kesha and the others again for the rest of his life?
"Then what answer did you give yourself back then?" Kesha suddenly asked, lifting her head from his arms.
Hua Zhen sighed. "I was very conflicted then. Honestly, I had considered throwing everything aside and going back to find you, ignoring that damned Void threat and Black Shadow's cursed targeting, but... ah—
"He Xi's death because of me kept echoing in my heart like an alarm bell at every moment. I didn't dare take the risk. Even if there was only a one-in-ten-thousand