She Could Still Blush and Her Heart Race?!

Ever since Le Ling had been stopped outside the Worship Hall that day and then "invited" inside for dinner.

Every evening afterward, whenever she passed the Worship Hall on her way back, she would take the initiative to go in and have dinner with Qian Daoliu.

And after dinner, Le Ling tacitly allowed Qian Daoliu to walk her back.

Qian Daoliu was naturally delighted that Ling'er was willing to dine with him and take a brief moonlit stroll with him after dinner!

However, every time he escorted her to her door, Le Ling would refuse to let him inside.

No matter how much the man coaxed and pleaded, she simply would not agree!

Even when he said he merely wanted to go in for tea and conversation, she still refused!!

Because Le Ling still minded the fact that he had once been married and had a son, she could never truly let it go. That was why she resisted him so strongly!

Qian Daoliu naturally knew about the resistance and misgivings in her heart.

But what had already happened could not be changed. He could only let time slowly wash it away and let her gradually accept him again.

And the reason he wanted to enter her room, aside from wanting to spend more time with her, was so that he could conveniently treat her Nightmare Affliction after she fell asleep.

That way, he would not have to keep doing something as improper as climbing through windows!

Thus, what Qian Daoliu wanted most now was for Le Ling to move into the Worship Hall.

Not only would it make treating her Nightmare Affliction more convenient, but he would no longer have to climb through windows. And if she lived closer to him, it might even deepen their relationship.

Unfortunately, whenever he brought up moving into the Worship Hall, Le Ling always refused!

Helplessly.

Qian Daoliu could only indulge her and continue being a Great Offering who climbed through windows!

This continued day after day between them.

Le Ling also went to Spirit Hall Academy every day to study and cultivate in the Simulated Cultivation Environment.

She kept up this cultivation for half a month.

She could clearly feel that her Soul Power had increased considerably. She should not be far from breaking through the level-forty bottleneck!

Not only had she learned quite a bit about martial souls and Soul Power at the academy, but she had also found a way to increase her Soul Power as quickly as possible.

That Simulated Cultivation Environment in particular was tremendously helpful!

It made her especially happy!

But there was also something that frustrated her greatly: the red mark on her neck.

Half a month had passed, yet it had not faded in the slightest!

Every day before going out, she would check it in the bronze mirror, only to find that not only had it not faded, it had become an excessively vivid red!

What on earth was going on?

Back when they had been together, whenever passion ran high, Qian Daoliu would also be unable to help leaving marks on her neck.

But they would usually fade within a day or two!

So why had this mark remained for half a month this time?!

Could it be that after becoming a level-ninety-nine Peerless Douluo, Qian Daoliu's mouth had become poisonous?!

She had never heard of poisonous angels either!!

Le Ling could not figure it out. As a result, from that day onward, whenever they had dinner, she would occasionally stare at Qian Daoliu's thin lips.

At first, the man did not notice.

But her curious, puzzled gaze was far too intense. It was impossible for him not to notice!

That day, it was once again time for their dinner.

"Ling'er, if you keep looking at me like that, it'll be hard for me to control myself!"

With her staring at him nonstop, Qian Daoliu simply set down his chopsticks. Curling his lips with an ambiguous, teasing smile, he looked at her.

Only after hearing his reminder did Le Ling realize there was something wrong with her gaze.

She gave an awkward cough and immediately lowered her head to eat.

Seeing her reaction, Qian Daoliu did not hurry to ask why.

He leaned back against the broad chair, propped his head up with one hand, and watched with a faint smile as her little head nearly burrowed into her bowl from embarrassment.

Only after she had finally finished eating did he ask, "Ling'er, why were you staring at me just now?"

"Uh..."

She had already swept all the dishes from the table clean, so she could no longer hide her embarrassment by burying her head in her food!

"Well... I..."

Le Ling really wanted to ask why the red mark on her neck had not faded even after half a month.

But she stammered "I" for ages, unable to figure out how to ask.

Qian Daoliu was in no hurry at all and merely watched her quietly.

"Y-You're not allowed to look at me like that!"

For some reason, Le Ling's cheeks actually flushed under the man's deep gaze, and she even felt her heart beating a little faster!

Qian Daoliu took in every bit of her reaction.

From her response, he knew that perhaps Ling'er hated him for breaking his promise all those years ago, but she still had feelings for him deep down.

The man swiftly reached out with his large hand. Before she could react, he pulled her up, dragged her over, and placed her on his lap.

He lowered his head, and his thin lips kissed her without hesitation.

"Mm..."

Le Ling panicked at once, struggling as she reached out to push him away.

He held her every night, but she had always been deeply asleep then, so Qian Daoliu could not help losing control for a moment now.

Especially after seeing her blush and her heart race beneath his gaze, it became even harder for him to suppress his desire to kiss her while she was awake!

The man held her tightly, pressing her into his embrace as he kissed her freely yet gently.

Although Le Ling struggled with all her strength, she simply did not have enough strength to break free. She wanted to bite his lips like last time and force him to release her.

But Qian Daoliu was prepared this time. He entangled her completely, giving her no chance to bite him at all!

After a long while, only when he had kissed her to his satisfaction did he let her go.

The moment he released her, Le Ling immediately shoved him away with all her strength, climbed off his lap, and swiftly fled the dining hall.

She ran toward the rooms of the Papal Palace.

Qian Daoliu could have flashed after her, but he had not yet recovered from that kiss.

Because toward the end, he discovered that Le Ling had actually responded to him instead of him being the only one taking the initiative.

She had responded to his kiss while awake. Qian Daoliu was so overjoyed that he forgot to chase after her!

Meanwhile, in the front courtyard of the Papal Palace.

Le Ling rushed back to her room, shut the door, and leaned against it. Her face was inexplicably flushed, and her heart was racing.

What was going on?

Why was she still blushing, and why was her heart racing?!

And hadn't she been resistant toward him, bothered by what happened in the past?

Then why had she responded to him without being able to help herself just now?!

And it was not even their first kiss. They had kissed so many times before, so why was she as nervous now as if it were her first time?!

At that moment, Le Ling covered her burning cheeks with both hands, unable to understand what had happened to her just now.

And because she had run back in such a hurry, she had even forgotten to ask him about the red mark on her neck.

Just then, A Jian, the maid, came out from the inner room after tidying things up and happened to see Le Ling standing dazedly against the door.

"Little Le Sister, what's wrong?"

"Are you feeling unwell?"

A Jian walked over. Seeing Le Ling's flushed cheeks, she thought she had a fever and was sick.

Hearing the question, Le Ling snapped back to her senses.

She raised her eyes to the maid and said, "I... I'm fine... Well, I'm tired and want to rest. Hurry up and leave."

Slightly flustered, she reached out and pushed A Jian out of the room.

"But Little Le Sister, aren't you taking a bath?"

A Jian was pushed outside the door and immediately reminded her about bathing, since she had taken a bath before bed every day for the past half month.

"Not tonight!"

"But..."

"That's enough. I'll bathe tomorrow when I get up!"

Before A Jian could finish, Le Ling had already quickly shut the door.

The maid scratched her head in confusion.

She did not know what was wrong with Little Le Sister, and she did not dare ask too much, so she could only give up and return to her own room next door.

After pushing A Jian out, Le Ling quickly entered the inner bedroom, took off her shoes, socks, outer robe, and trousers, then went straight to bed.

She thought she would not be able to sleep, but to her surprise, she quickly fell into a deep sleep.

Before long, the bedroom window opened from outside as usual. Although Qian Daoliu had not immediately chased after her earlier, he still came afterward.

He entered once more, expertly removed his shoes, socks, and outer robe, then lay down on the bed.

Seeing that the sleeping beauty's cheeks were still slightly red, he smiled and began treating her Nightmare Affliction.