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As Ye Wen slept soundly, Huo Yu'er regained her freedom, but the furious flush from before had faded. Only her dark, unsettling gaze remained, sending a chill through anyone who saw it.
Gradually, Huo Yu'er let out a low laugh.
As the saying went, the more you endured, the angrier you became; the more you yielded, the more cheated you felt. A fruit she had painstakingly nurtured for fifteen years had finally ripened, only to be snatched away right before she could harvest it! How could Huo Yu'er possibly swallow that insult?
But if the first taste was gone, then so be it. Huo Yu'er refused to have no part in this whatsoever!
Slowly, Huo Yu'er climbed onto Ye Wen's bed.
Clearly, though, Ye Wen was in no condition to rise again or fight another round. But that did not trouble Huo Yu'er. Breathing in that scent so similar to her own yet wholly different, she wrapped Ye Wen in her arms like a massive coiling python, covering him in her own scent.
That night, Ye Wen indulged in tenderness during the first half, but slept especially restlessly during the latter half.
Ye Wen's fighting ability was not actually that poor. Having mastered the fifth soul skill, Power of Creation, he could use Life Force to strengthen his waist at any time and turn the tables on Huo Yu'er. But seeing how proactive Huo Yu'er was, and knowing it was her first time, Ye Wen did not want to push her around too much. He figured that losing the first time was no big deal.
What Ye Wen had not expected was that the girl who usually looked so delicate possessed such astonishing stamina. By all logic, his cultivation far surpassed hers now, so he should have been able