161: Chapter 161 "It's too late to regret it now, Auntie."

Late at night, in the master bedroom on the second floor.

The sound of water in the bathroom had stopped at some unknown time.

Lin Yuan leaned against the doorframe, smoking, and through the frosted glass, he could faintly see the curvaceous and graceful silhouette inside.

"Lin Yuan, can you... go out?"

Su Muxue's voice came from behind the door, lacking some of its usual coldness, but filled with a bit more panic.

She had wanted to lock the door just a moment ago, but when her fingers touched the latch, she hesitated and didn't press it down.

Su Muxue comforted herself, thinking that with Lin Yuan's current physical fitness, a lock wouldn't be able to stop him.

"It is my duty to prevent you from freezing yourself to death tonight." Lin Yuan exhaled a puff of blue smoke and replied righteously.

There was a long silence inside the room, and finally, only a low curse mixed with helplessness and shyness came out: "Bandit..."

A few minutes later, the door opened.

Su Muxue walked out wearing a conservative silk bathrobe, her long, wet, black hair draped over her shoulders.

As soon as she lay on the bed, the surrounding air seemed to faintly solidify.

Lin Yuan extinguished his cigarette and lay down beside her.

Su Muxue subconsciously shrank toward the edge of the bed.

She looked down at her slightly cyan-colored palms, where the cold energy was uncontrollably creeping up along her meridians.

Growing up in that cold-blooded Su Family, she had become accustomed to using indifference as armor, rejecting the approach of all men.

But this man beside her...

He never asked if she was willing.

During her most desperate moment at the Su Family ancestral hall, he had carried her out with an almost overbearing attitude.

It was overbearing, yet it made her feel an unprecedented sense of peace.

Suddenly, a strong arm crossed her waist, applying slight pressure, and pulled her entire body into a scalding embrace.

"You... mmm..."

Su Muxue instinctively raised her hand to push against his chest, but when her palm touched his solid muscles and scorching body temperature, the frost gathered at her fingertips actually showed signs of melting.

The strength of her resistance grew weaker and weaker, and in the end, her fingers just gripped the corner of Lin Yuan's clothes tightly.

After waiting for a long time, the expected intrusion did not happen.

The man was simply holding her, using his massive vital energy to help her suppress the cold energy rampaging within her body.

At this moment, Su Muxue smiled self-deprecatingly.

This broad chest was originally supposed to belong to her niece.

She had only briefly occupied it for a moment on the day she was taken out of the Su Family.

"If Su Xiaonuan finds out... she will probably hate me, her aunt, to death."

She thought with a sour heart, but her head unconsciously snuggled into Lin Yuan's neck, completely relaxing her tense nerves.

[Ding! Target Su Muxue (Beauty 90), Favorability +2%, Current Favorability: 25%.]

Middle of the night.

Ice formed on Su Muxue's fingertips, and deep blue frost rapidly spread along her arms.

The extreme cold caused her to knit her brows in pain in her sleep, her delicate body trembling continuously.

Lin Yuan not only did not let go, but instead held her even tighter, allowing that frost to spread onto his own body.

He lowered his head and kissed the woman's cool forehead soothingly: "With me here, sleep easy."

Under the breathing technique left behind by Grandmaster Ling Suzhen and Lin Yuan's extreme suppression of vital energy, the violent cold energy began to become docile.

The anticipated loss of control did not occur.

By the time the sunlight shone through the window, the entire master bedroom was like an ice and snow castle.

The windows were covered with thick ice flowers, and even the water glass left on the bedside table last night had frozen into a solid block of ice.

Lin Yuan opened his eyes.

Su Muxue was sitting on the edge of the bed.

There were a few strands of silver-white in her black hair, and her pupils were shimmering with ice blue.

She raised her hand, watching an ice needle condense at her fingertips.

Three seconds later, the ice needle shattered into snow powder.

"No rampage."

Su Muxue's voice was very steady.

Lin Yuan sat up and glanced at her.

"Congratulations."

The Ice Empress who fought alone to the death in her previous life had finally awakened in this one.

And she woke up in his bed.

Lin Yuan checked his attribute panel:

[Host: Lin Yuan] [Physique 64 (+4)] [Mental Energy 105 (+7)] [Superpower: A-Rank [Dimensional Space] / S-Rank [Sky Torrent] / S-Rank [Wild Resonance]]

His Mental Energy had finally broken through 100 after Su Muxue awakened.

He could even hear the sound of Captain Han Xue's holster snapping shut in B1, perceive the rhythm of Chiba Sakura's breathing in B3, and capture the faint yet real life fluctuation in Jiang Xiaowan's womb next door.

While Lin Yuan was still immersed in his own joy.

Su Muxue glanced at the white lab coat by the door.

That was the last boundary she had left for herself.

But this time, she didn't reach out to take it.

She suddenly understood that she wasn't staying here because of her awakening.

It was because from that moment at the Su Family ancestral hall, she had already not wanted to return to a place without Lin Yuan.

"Lin Yuan."

Su Muxue looked up, her ears turning red.

Her gaze was straight, not dodging.

"I don't want to lie to myself using excuses like doctor, elder, or reason anymore."

In the room, frost crawled outward along the bed legs.

Crack.

The thin layer of ice on her palm cracked.

Su Muxue lowered her head.

A long time later, she spoke.

"After today, I think I won't be able to find any excuse to be alone with you again."

"This time, it is not to suppress a rampage."

As these words fell, the cold air in the room actually leveled out.

Like the last door being pushed open.

Su Muxue stood up and threw herself onto Lin Yuan.

She placed her hand on Lin Yuan's chest.

Her palms were very cold.

Lin Yuan looked at her.

"Have you thought it through?"

Su Muxue closed her eyes.

"While I haven't regretted it yet."

Lin Yuan leaned down and kissed her cool lips.

Su Muxue's body stiffened for a moment.

Afterward, she did not push him away.

She was used to wrapping herself in her white lab coat.

Calm.

Professional.

Making no mistakes.

But today, for the first time, she did not use coldness to disguise herself.

The frost in the master bedroom melted a little, then quickly condensed again.

Lin Yuan could feel the coldness inside her body.

It was not just cold on the surface.

But the colder it was, the more it could ignite the possessiveness in one's bones.

Su Muxue bit her lip, her fingers gripping his shoulders.

She did not call for him to stop.

Nor did she reason anymore.

Only at one moment, her breathing became chaotic, and she cursed in a low voice.

"Bandit."

Lin Yuan lowered his head.

"It is too late to regret it now, Aunt."

Su Muxue closed her eyes.

"Shut up."

"You... and Su Xiaonuan are not married... don't call me that..."

[Ding! Target Su Muxue (Beauty 90), emotional fluctuation reached the extreme!] [Favorability critical hit +18%, Current Favorability: 43%.]

Nine in the morning.

The first thing Su Muxue did upon waking was to reach out to find her white lab coat.

As soon as she sat up, she frowned.

Lin Yuan leaned against the headboard, watching her.

Su Muxue forced her feet to the floor.

The next second, her knees went weak.

Lin Yuan reached out to support her waist.

Su Muxue had no expression on her face, but her ears turned red very quickly.

"A weakness reaction after awakening."

Lin Yuan nodded.

"Mm, I believe you."

Su Muxue's fingertips paused at her collar.

She really wanted to refute him.

But her legs did not cooperate.

She could only put on the white lab coat with a cold face.

This bit of dignity had to be salvaged.

Dining room.

When Lin Yuan and Su Muxue went downstairs together, everyone's chopsticks stopped.

Su Xiaonuan glanced at her aunt.

Her gaze swept over the uncovered marks on her neck.

The corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

Jiang Xiaowan held the porridge for pregnant women, her eyes rolling around.

Dog thing.

The efficiency is really high.

Tang Qiqi lay on the edge of the table, muttering softly: "Has Dr. Su officially become a regular?"

Qin Yumo raised her hand to press down on her head.

"Eat."

Tang Qiqi was pressed to the edge of the bowl, but she didn't forget to add: "I'm just asking, do you want me to make a set of Elsa's clothes?"

Su Muxue picked up her chopsticks.

Her face was very cold.

But her hand almost failed to pick up the food.

Wang Ya peeled an egg for Lin Motong, pretending she didn't hear.

Lin Motong looked at Su Muxue.

"You are very cold right now."

Su Muxue looked at her.

Lin Motong said seriously: "But Uncle Lin is not afraid of the cold."

The dining room was silent for a second.

Tang Qiqi almost laughed out loud but was pressed back down by Qin Yumo again.

Liu Qing's voice suddenly interrupted everyone.

"The South Suburb Military District has completely collapsed."

"Director Li Wenhui killed the Third Battalion Commander!"

"The grain depot was looted!"

"The garrison has fallen!"

Liu Qing pushed up her glasses.

"The largest remnant force is approaching Cloud Top Palace."

"The one leading them is Director Li Wenhui."