After listening to Si Yan's explanation, Jiang Nuo sat cross-legged for a moment, then rolled up her bathrobe sleeves. "Then let me take a look at your stone."
He touched it again, probing its Spiritual Power.
Si Yan tilted his head back and let him touch him, his pale chest exposed. He wondered if Jiang Nuo, who might be mentally unstable, could be touched in the same way. He tightened his arms around Jiang Nuo's waist and was about to speak when suddenly his throat was choked. He looked up in surprise.
" Nuonuo..."
Jiang Nuo's eyes were icy cold, a fierce glint flashing in her red pupils. "You just said, where did this living soul come from?"
Who is your grandfather?
His tone was colder than ever before.
Si Yan had never been treated like this by Jiang Nuo before; her phoenix eyes were misty with sadness and tears.
"Grandpa said... the spirit stone was originally placed in the Purple Forest Mountain to absorb the radiance of the sun and moon, but suddenly a wandering soul was drawn into it. After probing for several days and finding that no one had lost their soul, that's why..."
Si Yan suddenly stopped, looking into Jiang Nuo's eyes in disbelief, her heart clenching as if it were being squeezed. "This soul is yours?"
"Be mine."
Jiang Nuo stroked Si Yan's neck, gently massaging it, but couldn't suppress the anger in her heart.
He didn't know why he had lost his soul as a child, but he knew about Purple Forest Mountain, the mountain behind the orphanage.
"I'm returning your soul to you..."
Si Yan sat up and hugged the person in his arms tightly. Without hesitation, he placed Jiang Nuo's hand over his own and pleaded in a pleading voice, "I don't know, Nuonuo, please don't blame me."
Jiang Nuo calmly looked at Si Yan, at his almost pleading expression, and whispered, " Si Yan, do you know which part of my soul I'm missing?"
"It is the Love Soul, which governs emotions and desires."
Si Yan realized something, her eyes reddening, her chest heaving. "Don't say it... Nuonuo, don't say this."
Jiang Nuo was filled with mixed emotions, and malicious thoughts kept growing within her. She stared into Si Yan's eyes and spoke each word carefully.
"Therefore, Si Yan."
"Do you really like me?"
When you say you love me, is it your soul expressing its affection for the owner of your Love Soul, or your heart?
These words were no less than torture for Si Yan.
To make matters worse, he couldn't think of anything to say in this situation.
The two looked at each other in silence.
Tears welled in Si Yan's bloodshot eyes, and he clung to Jiang Nuo's waist, unwilling to let go. "Then, if I return the Love Soul to you, won't that prove it?"
"You will die," Jiang Nuo said without hesitation. "I will not take back Love Soul for the time being."
"How can I prove it?"
Si Yan's suppressed emotions overwhelmed him; he grabbed Jiang Nuo and threw himself at her, not allowing her to struggle, "You deliberately provoked me..."
" Nuonuo, I don't like this."
Jiang Nuo was pinned down by him, her bathrobe already disheveled and open. Her red eyes were filled with doubt and indifference as she lightly touched the red mark on Si Yan's throat where she had choked him.
"I can't answer your question either."
"I don't care," Si Yan said stubbornly, bending down to kiss Jiang Nuo's hateful lips, his eyes growing increasingly dark and domineering like never before.
"I don't care, Jiang Nuo, you can't leave me."
You can't leave me.
He kissed and teased her wildly, tearing off her bathrobe and leaving it lying carelessly on the carpet. Jiang Nuo barely had a chance to resist.
Jiang Nuo did not resist.
Her fingertips ran through Si Yan's smooth hair, her red eyes gazing at the warm light of the chandelier, a look of both stubbornness and bewilderment on her face.
My thoughts are in a mess; I can't even think straight.
But if he wanted to push him away, Si Yan couldn't stop him.
Jiang Nuo closed her eyes briefly, then suddenly lowered her head and bit Si Yan's neck, causing Si Yan to pause in his movements. He then embraced Jiang Nuo tightly, his eyelashes trembling slightly, and his weak, handsome face finally regained some color.
With his teeth piercing the skin, Jiang Nuo drank Si Yan's blood, a long-awaited experience that brought him immense satisfaction.
" Nuonuo..."
Si Yan coughed softly a few times, then suddenly felt a chill run through her body and pitifully snuggled into Jiang Nuo's arms.
Jiang Nuo had had enough and subconsciously kissed Si Yan's lips as a reward, but paused as she was about to leave.
There was no way Jiang Nuo could convince herself that Si Yan's current situation was all because of his Love Soul.
"Go to sleep."
Jiang Nuo helped him cover himself with the blanket and was about to get up and leave when Si Yan didn't say anything. He just suddenly rolled over and pinned Jiang Nuo down again, kissing her fiercely without saying a word.
The attack invaded her mouth, their lips and teeth intertwined. Jiang Nuo struggled, only to find that her tongue was already tinged with the strong taste of blood.
Fearing that Si Yan might hurt himself rashly, Jiang Nuo frowned and pushed him away, her voice cold, "I told you to go to sleep! Don't you understand?"
You still want to leave!
Si Yan was pushed aside by him, completely losing control, and roared hysterically, " Jiang Nuo, you don't want me anymore."
"I said, as long as I return Love Soul to you, that will prove..."
He ripped the Spirit-Suppressing Stone off, intending to bite his fingertip to sever the bond between himself and the soul within the Spirit-Suppressing Stone through magic, but Jiang Nuo grabbed his wrist to stop him. "If you want to die, I have plenty of ways to do it."
"Then kill me!"
Si Yan's phoenix eyes flashed with ferocity, his handsome face deathly pale. He reached out and gently wiped away the beads of blood that kept welling up from Jiang Nuo's lips with his fingertips. "If you don't want me, you might as well kill me."
Seeing that Jiang Nuo didn't speak, Si Yan looked around and noticed the fruit bowl on the bedside table. He grabbed the fruit knife and shoved it into Jiang Nuo's hand, pointing the blade at himself.
With misty eyes fixed on Jiang Nuo, a tear unexpectedly slid down her cheek. Si Yan choked back sobs, her voice broken, "You laid a hand on me, you treated me like this, it hurts me more than death."
Jiang Nuo: "..."
Her red eyes flickered slightly; she had a bit of a headache.
How come this person is even crazier than him!
" Si Yan, come here."
Jiang Nuo suddenly softened her tone, threw away the fruit knife in her hand, and spread her arms towards Si Yan.
Si Yan cautiously approached, "Aren't you going to kill me? Aren't you going to leave...?"
His body went limp, and he collapsed into Jiang Nuo's arms.
Jiang Nuo held him and laid him flat on the bed. With a blank expression, she took out a set of clothes from the closet and helped Si Yan put them on.
Then, it was taken to Si Yan's hands, unlocked, and found the contact name "Grandpa" among a bunch of contacts.
It was this wretched old man who stole his life.
Jiang Nuo had no time to argue and sat on the edge of the bed to make the call.
A few seconds later, the call was connected.
"What do you need me for so late at night?"
Jiang Nuo looked at the unconscious Si Yan and spoke rapidly, "I am Jiang Nuo. Send someone to take Si Yan away immediately. He is not allowed to come looking for me during this time. If he insists on coming, tell him he will never see me again in his life."
Si Mingde: "..."
Wh-what?
In the middle of the night, Si Yan was picked up by a car and taken back home.
Jiang Nuo, wrapped in a bathrobe, sat alone on the balcony, her red eyes dimming considerably.
[0732, Get out here.]
His voice was as low as ice.
[Questioner, what kind of help do you need?]
[ Lingduan didn't say my Love Soul was on the variety show, you guys are talking nonsense.]
[Guests are included as well.]
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