Inside the stone chamber.
In the dark, only the sound of two people's interwoven breathing echoed. One was rough and overbearing, the other fine, shattered, and enduring.
Yun Yun knelt and prostrated before Fan Tian, her back long since soaked through with cold sweat. Her forehead pressed against the freezing stone floor, her teeth biting her lower lip almost hard enough to draw blood.
"You are even more stubborn than I imagined." Fan Tian suddenly spoke, his voice dropping from overhead like a massive boulder pressing down upon her spine.
Yun Yun did not speak. Her fingers clutched tightly at the ground, her nails nearly tearing off.
"However," Fan Tian paused, a hint of playfulness suddenly entering his tone, "your body is far more honest than your mouth."
Yun Yun's breathing trembled violently, her entire being struck by something hitting her most vulnerable nerve.
She raised her head, gazing toward Fan Tian in the dark. Although she could see nothing at all, she could clearly sense his gaze landing upon her, like a scorching flame burning across her skin inch by inch.
"What I promised you has already been done." Her voice was ragged beyond recognition, "Release me."
Fan Tian did not answer. After a long silence, he suddenly reached out and pinched her chin.
"I suddenly regret it a bit."
Yun Yun's pupils contracted sharply.
"You-"
"I shouldn't have given you the medicine." Fan Tian's voice was very soft, yet carried an unquestionable pressure, "Because I cannot tell whether the you of right now is that way because of the medicine or simply due to your innate nature."
A ringing buzz echoed in Yun Yun's mind, and all her persistence, all her endurance, and all her humiliation were completely shattered in this single instant.
She abruptly shook off Fan