201: Chapter 202 Twin Blossoms Fall, Who Knows Their Mark?

Su Chen shook his head. In his now-sober mind, fragments of memories began to surface.

Wedding...

...garments, en-...

...twined...

...limbs, burn-...

...ing, hur-...

...ried...

...breaths, blurred...

...tears.

And...

...in a...

...daze...

...the intertwined soft...

...moans...

...and...

...calls of two different women.

Yes, there were two.

He looked at Su Daji’s sleeping profile in his arms.

She was still curled in the crook of his arm, her long hair spread out like dark clouds. The tear tracks on her exquisite face had dried, leaving behind only the exhaustion and satisfaction of indulgence.

Her long eyelashes cast a shadow beneath her eyelids; her breathing was steady, and she was sleeping deeply.

Clearly...

...the little vixen had her fill last night.

Su Chen’s gaze slowly shifted toward the inner side of the bed.

No one was there.

Only...

...atop the brocade...

...bedding...

...there...

...were...

...two...

...dark...

...red...

...stains...

...blooming...

...side by side.

Under the brightening dawn...

...they served as proof that last night was not entirely a dream.

The...

...blood...

...had already...

...dried, its color deep and dark.

Like...

...two frozen...

...winter plums...

...in the snow, they...

...snuggled close, indistinguishable...

...from one another. In the...

...folds...

...beside...

...the...

...stains...

...Su Chen keenly caught...

...several strands of hair that clearly didn't belong to Su Daji.

Among...

...them...

...one long strand...

...was even intertwined with a grey-white hair he had shed.

They...

...had...

...formed...

...the shape of a Concentric Knot.

Queen Jiang...

...she...

...did...

...come...

...after all.

Although Su Chen had already anticipated Queen Jiang’s refusal to be left behind when Su Daji made her request...

...he still hadn't expected it.

It...

...was just that...

...as the noble...

...Queen, Jiang Li actually...

...chose...

...to participate in this...

...hasty...

...and desolate wedding between him...

...and Demon Concubine Su Daji in such a manner.

In the final embers of his life, she had branded him with her own mark.

Su Chen’s heart felt as if it were being gently squeezed.

In this round of investment, the system had clearly told him that Su Daji was the only investment target.

Therefore...

...without realizing it, he had quietly come to owe Queen Jiang too much.

The wedding night, the years of youth spent as a couple who were like strangers, her silent watch during the isolation of the Cold Palace, her full support and refusal to leave him in times of peril, and her devotion that was like a moth to a flame even though she knew his heart belonged to another.

Now, even this final night of absurdity had to be added to the list.

Su Chen reached out, his fingertips lightly brushing over those few intertwined strands of hair.

His hand lingered...

...beside...

...those two "twin fallen reds."

After a moment, he finally withdrew his hand.

After the investment ends...

If reincarnation truly exists...

If she really has corresponding traces and attachments in the real world, as he vaguely sensed...

Su Chen made a silent promise in his heart.

He would go and find her.

At this moment, Queen Jiang’s importance in his heart had risen to the same level as his investment targets.

Although he couldn't protect her to a perfect end in this Great Yin...

...in the High Martial World, after several rounds of investment, he was confident he could give her a perfect ending.

While Su Chen was still lost in thought, Su Daji in his arms suddenly let out a soft moan.

Her long eyelashes fluttered and slowly opened.

Her newly awakened fox-like eyes were still filled with a misty haze, and the whites of her eyes were tinged with a few streaks of red.

She stared blankly at Su Chen for a moment before her gaze finally focused.

The memories of last night’s madness also rushed back, and her lovely face instantly turned crimson, the blush reaching all the way to her ears.

Her eyes darted away, not daring to meet Su Chen’s gaze.

Yet, she couldn't help but steal glances at him.

"Great... Great King..."

"Demon Concubine Su Daji last night, really..."

Her voice was hoarse and soft, carrying the laziness and shyness of the aftermath.

Seeing that Su Chen was also awake, she instinctively tried to shrink back into his arms.

However, the movement tugged at a certain soreness.

She could only let out a soft "hiss" and furrow her brow slightly.

Su Chen pulled himself back to the present and looked down at her.

A gentle smile tugged at the corners of his mouth.

Looking at the little vixen before him, who now had an even more charming air of a young wife after their intimacy...

Su Chen felt that something which had just quieted down for a while seemed to be protesting again.

"Truly a little vixen..."

"What? You know it hurts now?"

He reached out his left hand and lightly tapped the tip of her small nose.

"Who was it last night that was so reckless, insisting on 'eating' me?"

"Hmm?"

"How did you... end up being eaten by me instead?"

Hearing Su Chen’s teasing, Su Daji’s face turned even redder.

She buried her face in the crook of his neck and said in a muffled voice...

"The Great King is a bully..."

"It was clearly, clearly you..."

Her subsequent words were as faint as a mosquito's buzz, muffled and unclear.

Su Chen chuckled softly, his chest vibrating, and another small trickle of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.

He endured it, quietly wiping away the blood with one hand.

With the other hand, he reached out to pull her smooth shoulders and back toward him.

He rubbed his chin against the fragrant crown of her head.

"Yes, yes, it was my fault."

After all, he, Su Chen, was the one who had benefited, so he followed her lead.

"Then... is my Beloved Consort satisfied?"

"Is this broken body of mine still... usable?"

Hearing this almost flirtatious remark, Su Daji felt her heart go sour and sweet, as if it were soaked in warm water.

Being able to fulfill the Great King's wish, which was also her own, she was naturally extremely satisfied.

It was just...

She wouldn't get pregnant, would she?

This was what Su Daji was most worried about.

Logically, the probability of a Hehuan Sect disciple getting pregnant from intercourse with others was extremely low, but it wasn't impossible.

If she really were pregnant...

She feared that when the Ji Dynasty’s army besieged Chaoge, she would hesitate for a moment about whether to carry out her original plan—to use her own life to cover the Great King and Jiang Li’s escape to the Jiang State.

At the thought of this...

She lifted her head, her fox-like eyes shimmering with tears.

She gazed at him infatuatedly.

She shook her head, then nodded again.

Hmph.

If it really came to that, it would be better to save the adult.

After all...

She wanted to possess the Great King forever and ever.

But...

She wanted him to live on even more.

"The Great King is the Great King... always the best."

As she spoke, she took the initiative to lean in and planted a firm kiss on his lips.

"Just..."

"You're not allowed to be that... fierce next time."

"Demon Concubine Su Daji... couldn't quite take it."

"Even though I have some cultivation, you were just too..."

She spoke earnestly, and Su Chen felt a bit of pride at first.

But then he remembered that the chance for a "next time" was as faint as smoke.

His eyes dimmed slightly, but he quickly masked it.

He only held her tighter and kissed her forehead.

"Fine, I've noted it down."

A satisfied smile appeared at the corners of Su Daji’s mouth.

She only wanted this answer from the Great King.

It proved that Su Chen cared for her in his heart, rather than simply treating her as a tool for venting his desires.

The morning light grew brighter, and the faint sound of clashing weapons could already be heard from outside the tower.

Although the distance was not close...

...it was enough to pull the two of them back to the cruel reality.

Su Daji also seemed to have sensed something; she lay quietly in Su Chen’s arms.

After a long time, she asked softly.

"Great King, it's dawn."

"Should we get up?"

"Or, if you want to have 'breakfast,' Demon Concubine Su Daji wouldn't mind..."

"Mm."

Su Chen gave an affirmative grunt but pushed away the two "large globes" Su Daji offered up.

(The reading experience for these two chapters certainly won't be very good. Everyone, please bear with it. Censorship was quite heavy, so many parts were modified.)

(Considering how hard the Old Author worked to battle censorship for eight hours so that Old Chen could get some action, please give me some snacks! TwT!!)