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"": "Footsteps reached his ears.
When Li Yunyi opened his eyes again, Huang Ying was holding a tray with three porcelain bottles on it.
"Sit." Li Yunyi patted the bedsheet.
"There's a lot of residue left from making the medicine, and the equipment still needs washing. Now that you have the pills, you should go back and get some rest. Repairing the talisman arrays must have worn you out." Huang Ying felt a little uneasy.
"I am tired. Then sit down and massage my shoulders."
Li Yunyi spoke again. Though his tone remained gentle, it carried an unmistakable command.
Huang Ying did more than grow uneasy. Her whole body trembled.
"What? Don't you understand me, Miss Huang Ying?"
"I'm tired. I'll rest right here. You will massage my shoulders."
As he spoke, the gentleness and patience in Li Yunyi's eyes gradually faded.
He had never had much interest in Huang Ying to begin with.
How could Huang Ying compare to Shangguan Xingyue's beauty?
It was only the memory of Shangguan Xingyue's half-exposed body that had stoked his desire. Otherwise, he would hardly have taken an interest in Huang Ying.
He had been gentle because he did not want to use force.
Instead, Huang Ying had let it go to her head.
"Well?" Li Yunyi's voice grew darker still.
"Mr. Li... I..." Huang Ying grew even more frightened. "My heart belongs to someone else. Please don't force me... I'm useful. I can make pills for you."
"Of course you'll make pills. But I want your other use right now, too!"
"You refuse the easy way, so you'll get the hard way!"
Li Yunyi abruptly stood and seized Huang Ying's wrist.
His other hand swept over the tray she held. Rather than let the porcelain bottles fall to