Chapter 104
Chapter 104
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>Translator: Ryuma
>Chapter: 104
>Chapter Title: Wedding
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Holding a cup of tea, Li Huowang slowly sipped it. It wasn’t that he liked tea; it was just that dinner had been too salty.
He used the lid to push aside the foam on the surface and took a gentle sip. A rich bitterness filled his mouth.
“Should’ve guessed it—Village Head Wu’s family definitely doesn’t have any good tea.” Li Huowang spat a couple times, set down the teacup, and turned toward his bedroom.
He hadn’t slept well last night because of that nightmare, so he needed to go to bed as early as possible tonight to conserve energy for tomorrow’s journey.
As he walked toward the bedroom, Li Huowang’s mind didn’t idle. He thought back to last night’s nightmare and those two jade pendants.
“When the hallucination hits again, should I try bringing something over?” Li Huowang didn’t hesitate long on this question.
“Try it! But not the jade pendants—something that absolutely couldn’t exist here, like an IV drip or handcuffs.”
“If I can’t bring it over, that proves the world over there is fake, and I won’t have any regrets leaving it behind. But if I can...”
Lost in thought, Li Huowang unknowingly arrived at his bedroom door.
With a “creak,” he pushed the door open. But everything inside disrupted his train of thought.
Red candles on the table, red double happiness characters pasted on the walls, red pillows, red bedding—everything was red, including the red veil covering the head of Bai Lingmiao, who sat on the edge of the bed.
Seeing all this, Li Huowang’s heart skipped a beat. He froze at the threshold where the room’s red glow met the night outside, a flicker of struggle on his face.
Li Huowang knew what stepping inside meant. It wasn’t just gaining a wife—it came with heavy responsibilities and promises.
After a moment’s hesitation, Li Huowang took a deep breath, stepped in, and locked the door behind him.
He approached the bride and spoke.
“Are you sure you’ve thought this through? You must understand what’s wrong with me. Are you really okay marrying a madman?”
“Mhm.” A pair of small hands gently grasped Li Huowang’s callused palm.
“Senior Brother Li, marry a chicken, follow the chicken; marry a dog, follow the dog. No matter what happens in the future, I’m willing to spend my life with you.”
Bai Lingmiao’s voice was as soft as ever, but it carried an uncharacteristic resolve.
With the woman saying that much, any further hesitation from Li Huowang would make him less than a man. He reached for the red veil, but she shyly dodged.
“Senior Brother Li, that kind of thing... I’m shy. Can you blow out the lamp first?”
Li Huowang turned to the table, flicked his sleeve, and the red candle gradually extinguished.
That night, they tangled intimately in bed. Only then did Li Huowang understand why people said women were made of water.
Two hours later, in the pitch-black bridal chamber, Li Huowang collapsed heavily onto the bed, gasping for breath.
He gently stroked the hair of the girl lying on his chest, savoring the wondrous sensation from moments before.
“Husband~” That word sent shivers of delight through Li Huowang’s entire body.
“You should still call me Senior Brother Li. I’m not used to that one.”
“Okay, whatever you say. You’re the head of the household—I’ll do anything you tell me to.”
Bai Lingmiao pressed her ear to Li Huowang’s chest, listening to the heart racing beneath his skin.
Li Huowang let out a deep breath, pulled the girl in his arms closer, and planted a kiss amid the hairpins in her lustrous locks.
“Once the matter with Danyangzi is settled, we’ll head home—for real this time. Back to your home, where we’ll properly hold the wedding ceremony.”
“What about your hysteria? Is there really no way to cure it?”
“I don’t know. That’s just what I heard. The abbess at Peaceful Mercy Nunnery has no reason to lie to me about something like this.”
Li Huowang’s hand slid down, caressing the smooth, slick skin.
“But it’s fine. Now that I have you, I’ve truly taken root in this world. I absolutely won’t let those flimsy hallucinations from over there control me anymore.”
“Hee~” Bai Lingmiao seemed utterly delighted. Her limbs wrapped tightly around him as she nuzzled her head against his chest.
For some reason, Li Huowang realized that Bai Lingmiao in bed felt completely different from the one off the bed.
She’d said she was shy earlier, but she hadn’t been shy at all.
“Are all women like this?” Facing this situation for the first time, Li Huowang felt a bit inexperienced.
Sensing her starting to squirm again, Li Huowang pressed her down with his hand.
“Wait, I just noticed something.”
“What is it? I’ve got the proof of my purity.”
Li Huowang chuckled wryly.
“No, not that. I mean my senses feel totally different.”
“Senses? What kind of senses?”
“It’s like all my senses have become way more sensitive—every single one.” Li Huowang recalled that ecstatic sensation from before. Something was off about it.
It hadn’t been obvious earlier, and Li Huowang thought he’d misremembered. But after what just happened, he was certain: besides his enhanced recovery, his perception had also improved across the board.
Be it touch, smell, or even taste.
“Is this another power from Ba Hui?” Li Huowang realized that both abilities it had granted him were tied to sacrifice.
As he explained his discovery to Bai Lingmiao, he suddenly felt a stabbing pain in his right index finger.
“Hiss~! Why’d you bite me?”
“Does it hurt? More than before?”
“Of course it does! It’s bleeding—how could it not?”
“Then Senior Brother Li, it looks like you were right. It really can heighten pain.”
The next second, Li Huowang felt his bitten finger sink into something soft. Bai Lingmiao’s gentle sucking quickly soothed the pain away.
“You told me about the Wandering Lord before. Have you ever heard any legends about Ba Hui?” Li Huowang asked.
“Mhm mhm.” Bai Lingmiao, with his finger in her mouth, shook her head.
“Mhm.” Li Huowang opened his eyes, staring into the pitch-black room as he pondered.
“Why would Ba Hui grant me these two abilities? What kind of existence is it, exactly?”
Unbidden, Li Huowang tried to piece together Ba Hui’s form in his mind, but he ultimately failed. With normal human perception, he simply couldn’t imagine it.
“Knock knock knock~!” In the dead of night, someone suddenly rapped on the door.
Li Huowang tensed up instantly. He flipped over, pulling the girl on his chest into his arms and yanking the covers over them tightly.
“Who is it? Unless it’s urgent, we can talk tomorrow.”
“Senior Brother Li, it’s me. Can I come in? I don’t know what happened—I woke up in the woodshed.”
The voice was soft and familiar. Li Huowang realized in an instant: it was Bai Lingmiao!
If Bai Lingmiao was outside the room, then who was in his arms?! A chill swept over Li Huowang.
“Hee hee hee, husband~” Li Huowang felt the thing in his arms shrink, then slip out from under the covers in an instant.
He flung off the blanket and lit the red candle as fast as he could. But in the small bedroom, he was now alone.
“Senior Brother Li, what’s wrong? Did something happen?” Bai Lingmiao called from outside the door.
By now, Li Huowang’s gaze had shifted to his finger, pale from being sucked.
The jagged, everted wound didn’t look like it could’ve been made by normal human teeth at all. It was more like the savage bite of some sharp beast tooth!!
(End of Chapter)