Shadow and Light: The Bride Who Clicks Her Way to Love-Chapter 471 - 484: Dark Waters, Bloodstained Terror

Chapter 471: Chapter 484: Dark Waters, Bloodstained Terror

She felt a chill run through her body and couldn’t help but look back, seeing some unknown monster with a gaping maw chasing her, seemingly—seemingly a shark!

How could there be sharks in a freshwater lake?!

Instinctively, she opened her mouth to scream. In her panic, she lost balance and involuntarily sank a bit into the water.

The monstrous fish behind, which might or might not be a shark, bit towards her, but missed her and instead tore open her oxygen tank!

She only heard a faint sound, unsure if it was an illusion, as countless bubbles rose to the surface in the weak light of her flashlight. She felt as if her lungs were being strangled by an invisible hand, choking her, depriving her of any bit of oxygen!

A jolt of dread shot through her heart as the creature took another bite!

She had nowhere to hide this time.

Her heart turned icy cold, and just as she thought she would meet her end in the belly of the beast, suddenly, a darker shadow emerged in the lake, silently, ripping that fish into two. It split from its gaping mouth, and the bloody water was horrifying in the dim light of the flashlight.

She stared wide-eyed in terror, unsure of what happened, as a half-human and half-beast...monster appeared before her.

Lu Shifeng.

She saw Lu Shifeng’s face.

That man’s face was as cold and profound as ever, but his eyes had turned that blood-red from the stormy night. Half of his body still wore a diving suit, while the other half had burst open, revealing skin covered in black scales. It was...

The familiar black scales...

Just like during his mutation on that stormy night!

Su Xingyu’s heart nearly stopped; even the fact that she had lost oxygen seemed unimportant. She watched Lu Shifeng rapidly approach her with only one thought in her mind—

Didn’t he say he merely caught a virus in the mountains?!

Didn’t he say the virus was long cured?!

Why, why?!

She was stunned, watching him swim in front of her, his body still covered with remnants of the fish he killed. Su Xingyu realized he had used his mutated claw to tear it apart.

Lu Shifeng...

Her clear eyes reflected his blood-red ones.

And his half-human, half-beast body.

She couldn’t comprehend what it was, and his form in the dark waters made it hard for her to see clearly. Suddenly, something clicked in her mind, reminding her of her damaged oxygen tank and returning that suffocating feeling as she realized she had been deprived of oxygen for a long time, and her vision began to blur...

The last thing she saw was his blurry silhouette.

Her powerless body sank towards the lake’s bottom as the clouds broke apart and the moonlight gently projected onto the water, casting shadows as his black scaled body faintly appeared, reminding her of some ancient dragon from mythology...

A dragon is a powerful creature.

He...

He was surely going to save her, right?

In a haze, she felt herself being held by him.

He lowered his head and kissed her, transferring oxygen from his mouth to hers, and then she completely lost consciousness.

A long, deep dream...

When she awoke, she found herself in the bedroom of the Lu family’s villa.

She wore a light white silk slip dress, tucked under the blanket, while he lay beside her, an arm draped over her, his elegant and proportioned muscles entirely human.

She suddenly recalled last night’s events, sat up in bed, and uncovered the blanket to stare at him intently.

He was shirtless, his body and arms showing no signs of beastly features, including his slender legs, feet, neck, and face...every inch was utterly normal. She almost wondered if everything last night had been a dream.

Maybe sensing her movement, he opened his eyes.

But she was suddenly startled, her body stiffening—there was still a trace of blood-red in his eyes!

"Xingyu?" He called her.

Instinctively, she wanted to retreat but felt frozen in place.

She just stared at him, trembling as she spoke, "Lu Shifeng, what exactly are you now?"

He sat up, his well-proportioned, sensual muscles in the faint light making her heart skip a beat. He looked at her for a long time, his voice hoarse, "You saw it that night."

She wanted to shake her head, unsure of what to say, wishing she hadn’t seen anything, "You...why did you become like that? Are you...not going to get better?"

He lowered his gaze, his voice calm, "Xingyu, maybe this gene will follow me my entire life. But don’t worry, no matter what happens, I won’t harm you. Call me selfish, whatever you like, even if I’ve become like this, I don’t want you to leave me. You...may have to live with a monster after all."

Her heart trembled, uncertain if it was because he wouldn’t let her go or the fact he had become a monster.

Remembering the scene underwater, she asked, "Was it you who saved me?"

"That was a piranha; it ate the diving coach. The flashlight on its body was the diving coach’s," Lu Shifeng’s voice was calm, "There shouldn’t be piranhas in that lake; someone must have deliberately placed them there."

Su Xingyu felt a chill of fear. Someone deliberately released a piranha?

"Who?" She regretted asking as soon as the words left her mouth. Who else could it be? Probably her good brother or Ouyang Yi!

"How could they..." Her face turned pale.

Lu Shifeng looked at her, looking exhausted, "Xingyu, sorry, I’ll have to keep you in the villa with me for a few days. The appearance of the piranhas indicates this matter is more dangerous than expected. I thought Su Jinnian would at least not try to kill you. You’re very unsafe now and must stay by my side, and I..."

He gestured to his own blood-red eyes, "I can’t go out looking like this; I’ll be directing the company’s operations remotely for a few days, and you’ll stay with me."

She looked into his eyes, seeing his weariness, "Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere? You should see a doctor?"

"I’ve seen a doctor." During her coma, he had consulted Wei Linnan, who marveled at his second mutation but treated him as an experiment subject for observation, without going to extremes.

Wei Linnan even kindly gave him a physical restorative, advising, "Scatana gene mutation requires significant energy expenditure, and you must rest well and replenish your nutrition. It’s odd; they should have their own will, not be controlled by you. What exactly did you do to them?"