Eyes Splitting with Rage----
Lu Mingfei understood the true meaning of those words for the first time. He felt as if his eye sockets were about to crack, as though his eyeballs might burst right out of them.
That girl had been trembling just moments ago. She had been clutching the corner of his clothes in fear, begging him not to leave. Yet when he was in danger, she had overcome the bloodline pressure of her ancestor and used every ounce of strength in her body to save him.
Even as she lay in the serpent's jaws, covered in blood, she was still smiling at him.
Why?
Why did you jump down?
Why did you save me?
Why are you smiling?
He opened his mouth, wanting to call her name. But he could not make a sound. Something seemed to be blocking his throat, and those three words were lodged there, unable to rise or fall.
Erii----
Erii----
Erii!
He could only scream it in his heart, over and over, like a madman.
Lu Mingfei felt a sharp, spasming pain in his heart, as if someone had reached into his chest and clenched his heart in their hand.
He could hear his own heartbeat. Once, twice, three times. Every beat struggled in that palm, each one more violently than the last.
He suddenly remembered the first smile Erii had ever shown him—she had looked so beautiful when she smiled.
Now, Erii's smile was the same as it had been then, but she was bleeding.
The great serpent's jaws were slowly closing. Its teeth sank deeper, and more blood flowed. But her eyes remained fixed on him, and the corners of her lips were still curved upward.
As if she were saying: *It's okay. I don't regret it. You have to