Help! The Villainess Trapped in the Beast World's Drama!-Chapter 481 - 464: Will You Regret It?

"This... Linlang Pavilion stopped selling long ago, the rough stone in the store, was it you who bought it?!" Shen Tang quickly realized, her eyes widening.

"Yes." Shen Li looked at her, his lips curling into a charming smile, and said softly, "The moment I saw it, I felt it suited you perfectly."

Shen Tang didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, "I went there specifically to buy this jade stone, thinking about it all the way, not expecting that someone had bought it in advance, and even more unexpected that it was you!"

"Does this mean there’s a telepathic connection between Xiao Tang’er and me?" Shen Li’s slender, jade-like fingers hooked a strand of her hair, bringing it to his nose for a gentle sniff.

The atmosphere between them seemed like ice melting, becoming much more gentle. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Shen Tang felt a bit unnatural inside but did not push Shen Li away. She blinked, her bright, dark cat eyes meeting his gaze, and pouted, complaining, "Oh~ You, the emperor, are too domineering, buying all the rough stones back, leaving me with nowhere to buy them."

She raised her eyebrows, with an imperious tone, "You should still have a lot of jade material in your hands, right? Can you give me some?"

Looking at her arrogant little demeanor, Shen Li’s handsome face broke into an even deeper smile, he regretfully shook his head, "None left."

He did want to give her some, to please her.

Sadly, he really couldn’t take out any more.

"How is that possible?" Shen Tang widened her eyes in disbelief, then looked at the jade carving in her hand that was not even half the size of a palm, frowning with delicate brows, "You bought such a large rough stone, only used such a small piece, surely there’s a lot left."

"I failed many times, only succeeded this once." Shen Li explained.

He is considered a rather casual person.

But in this small matter, he’s overly meticulous.

Even one mistake in carving, if it’s the slightest bit off, is enough for him to destroy it outright.

A large, precious rough stone left only this small finished piece.

Shen Li’s slender, jade-like fingers rested in her warm, soft palm, extending one fingertip to gently rub the little cat jade carving’s head.

The little cat was carved with extraordinary finesse, each whisker distinct, but it was angry, the whiskers slightly raised.

This vivid expression, perhaps there isn’t a second like it in the whole world!

Not to mention those crudely made counterfeits at street stalls, even the so-called master craftsmanship of Linlang Pavilion couldn’t compare!

Shen Li gazed at Shen Tang’s face, catching every subtle expression. He asked nervously, "Xiao Tang’er, do you like it?"

Shen Tang looked at the lifelike little cat jade carving in her hand, gently touching it, the top-quality jade and carving making her unable to part with it.

She nodded sincerely, "I like it very much!"

With that, Shen Tang leaned forward to kiss his lips.

Shen Li’s pupils constricted, his whole body filled with boiling desire!

Shen Tang turned her face away, a bit unnatural, "Ahem, don’t overthink it, this is... a thank-you gift!"

Shen Li held her waist, turned and pressed down, his large hand clasping the back of her head, bending down to deepen this long-awaited passionate kiss.

He said,

"But I am not."

He wanted to kiss her.

Wanted to hold her.

Wanted her.

That was all.

Shen Tang endured Shen Li’s domineering and passionate emotions, finding it hard to breathe, yet it made her feel both shocked and a hint of a long-lost infatuation.

The once aloof Shen Li, who seemed tender and passionate towards her, yet Shen Tang could sense that hidden aloofness, creating a boundary with her.

She could never truly reach into his heart.

But this time, it was different.

Shen Li completely opened up, embracing her with all his might.

It was him actively hugging her, wanting to melt her, rather than her chasing after him...

Shen Li released her lips just before she felt suffocated but still longed for more.

He soothingly kissed the corner of her lips, then her brow, eyelids, finally engulfing her white jade-like earlobe, and gently nibbling.

His hot kisses trailed down her neck, lingering at the collarbone.

In an excited state, males may lose control and partially beastify, the man’s canine teeth grew sharper, licking and biting her collarbone, sending an electric thrill through her body, pain mixed with pleasure!

Shen Tang’s arms were like soft vines, entwining him, letting out low hums.

The robes slipped down, revealing Shen Li’s well-defined back, crisscrossed with shallow red marks, like plum blossoms in the snow.

Nine fox tails coiled around her waist like flowing clouds, lightly sweeping over.

The tips of the tails were tinged with amorous moisture, teasingly brushing against her.

The sweet aroma of a female in heat filled the air, growing ever stronger, enough to drive any male to madness.

Shen Li’s eyes settled with dangerous tenderness, only pulling her deeper into his embrace.

Shen Tang lowered her head to bite his shoulder, leaving crescent moon-shaped red marks with her teeth, her voice increasingly unstable, "If I say I regret now, is it too late?"

The fox tails gently tightened, Shen Li kissed the top of her head, satisfied, "I do not regret."

"Then you’re not afraid..." She furrowed her brows, eyes welling with mist, venting her frustration by biting his chest, stammering, "That, prophecy, your master, the High Priest’s prophecy..."

As for resentment towards Shen Li, so much time had passed, there was really none.

Instead, she felt more gratitude towards him, otherwise, she wouldn’t have come specifically to save him.

What Shen Tang was truly concerned about was this matter.

If being with Shen Li truly led to a tragic end, then it was a destined mistake.

The two should indeed separate, merely strangers, or at most, ordinary friends.

And not be so inextricably intimate and inseparable...

Shen Li’s kiss paused for just a moment, then buried deeper into her neck, "Prophecy doesn’t necessarily come true." His burning lips brushed over her pulse, "Fate is always unpredictable."

"Master’s prophecy doesn’t necessarily have to happen."

His fingertips gently combed through her sweat-drenched hair near her temples, his voice mixed with the hoarseness of emotion, "Besides, could such a great empire with a millennium of foundation collapse because of one female?"

It seemed to make sense.

But Shen Tang was still uneasy, if this wouldn’t happen, why did the High Priest receive this prophecy out of nowhere?

Moreover, the High Priest was someone in the Yiyuan Empire whom even the emperor held in esteem, and his prophecies, obtained by burning his lifespan, almost always came true.

The system comforted, [Host, the High Priest mentioned only an outsider female, didn’t specifically mean you, what if your arrival broke the prophecy?]

Shen Tang’s forehead twitched, gritting her teeth, "Stupid system, do you want to die?!"

[I-I-I, I’ll just go away!]

"... Come back, I’ll overlook it this time, just explain clearly!"

The system covered its eyes, reasoning audibly, [Host is a soul from another world accidentally arriving in the Beast World, you were never part of this world’s original destiny trajectory, your arrival also altered the plot development of the original book, perhaps the High Priest’s prophecy referred to someone else, like the original heroine Shen Qingli.]

[If you hadn’t intervened, she would have been the female with Shen Li.]