Chapter 182: You Are Mine Now
She lifted her head, only to see the eight males surrounding her all staring at her with burning, intensely fervent gazes and expressions full of anticipation, exactly as if they were awaiting to be the one selected.
The meaning behind those eager, desperate expressions was utterly self-evident.
Jun Chengyin set down his knife and fork. His pair of sapphire-blue Chongtong completely reflected her silhouette: Tangtang, this is the royal palace.
Su Miantang: “…” What… what about the royal palace? Could it be that all this time he wanted to invite her to live in the palace, he was intending to??
Aslan’s prominent Adam’s apple bobbed, the sound of him swallowing his saliva distinctly audible.
His gaze, fixed on her enchanting, beautiful face, gradually shifted downward, landing straight onto his absolute favorite spot. It burned so fiercely it seemed as if it could spew fire: Master, Lanlan’s milk addiction is acting up.
Su Miantang: “…” You lecherous tiger, you actually dare to bring up the offenses you committed in the past?
Yue Zhongxian picked up a cup from the side, toying with it idly. His exquisite brows arched slightly, looking completely harmless and brimming with youthful energy, yet the underlying implication was intensely explicit: Sister, don’t you want to try out a perpetual motion machine?
Su Miantang: “…” A thermos cup, a perpetual motion machine.
Uncontrollable, terrifying images flashed through her mind. She let out a light cough, nearly choking on her water.
She didn’t want to.
She would literally die.
Fred and Enzo looked at her with sincere, utterly naked gazes: Tangtang, if it’s too difficult for you to choose, we can do it together.
“Cough~”
Su Miantang coughed even louder.
You two… have you been hanging around Lanlan too much and picked up his bad habits?
“Su Miantang Mianxia, what’s wrong?”
Seeing the situation, Catherine hurriedly passed her a handkerchief.
Su Miantang accepted it, grinding her teeth.
She actually had the nerve to ask her what was wrong?
Asking such a profoundly shameful question right in front of so many people for absolutely no reason—she did it on purpose, right? She was essentially roasting her over an open fire, and she was practically cooked through by now.
Attempting to pretend as if she didn’t understand a single word, she merely wiped the corners of her mouth, inadvertently meeting Tenleson’s deep, dark gaze directly across from her.
The man was currently peeling a lychee with slow, methodical precision. Placing it into his mouth, he chewed it bit by bit, crushing and swallowing it. Throughout the entire process, his cryptic, unfathomable gaze remained stickily glued to her, looking exactly as if he were eating her rather than the lychee. A faint, almost imperceptible curve spilled from the edges of his thin lips, exactly like a silent threat.
Little Marshmallow, you said you would stay by my side.
If you break your promise, don’t blame me for shifting into my animal form to coil around you. When that time comes, I’m afraid you won’t be able to handle it. After all, I have two…
“!”
She immediately averted her gaze, only to see… the Dean—who was always as gentle as jade and never fought or competed for anything—had actually activated his Charm. Within his ink-purple pupils, a mysterious light faintly flickered, radiating absolute seduction.
Miantang, I’ll let you pet my big tail, okay?
It’s fluffy; your absolute favorite.
“…”
The young girl suddenly clenched the silk handkerchief in her hand tightly, her heart rate skyrocketing. The complexion she had just managed to calm flushed crimson all over again.
Lifting her head was wrong, lowering her head was wrong. Looking left was wrong, looking right was wrong, and looking straight ahead was even more out of the question… She felt exactly like a little deer completely surrounded by a pack of ferocious beasts, thrashing around wildly with absolutely nowhere to escape, left with no option but to be devoured alive.
Unable to withstand such intensely burning gazes, she abruptly stood up. “I… I need to go to the restroom.”
The eight males immediately stood up right along with her. “Tangtang, I’ll accompany you…”
“No need!”
She refused with stern words.
“I will return in a moment.”
Her reaction… was she going to the restroom to think it over?
Everyone froze slightly, slowly taking their seats as each harbored their own hidden thoughts.
The Twin Stars furrowed their brows. Did they place too much pressure on Tangtang?
Jun Chengyin withdrew the power of his Chongtong.
The Empress Mother had instructed him countless times that if he wanted to be the Primary Consort, he needed to possess a broad mind and the capacity to tolerate others. Yet he simply couldn’t do it, no matter what.
He only wanted to possess Tangtang all to himself, to possess her completely.
Aslan downed the wine in front of him in a single gulp, absolutely certain that his Master would choose him.
Even if she didn’t.
Out of everyone seated here, not a single one could defeat him in a fight.
Warming up before getting intimate with his Master wouldn’t be a bad idea either.
A trace of a smile touched the corners of Lu Sili’s lips. Miantang seemed to have blushed just now entirely upon hearing about his tail. It appeared she truly did like it very much.
Tenleson let out a light scoff.
Did they really think he didn’t know what they were thinking in their hearts?
Pure wishful thinking.
Smart brain analysis: Your probability of being chosen is 100%.
What?
Yue Zhongxian’s heart surged with excitement, his honey-brown pupils overflowing with a thrilled light.
Why?
Smart brain: Because based on analysis, if I don’t say that, Xiao Zhi’s probability of getting beaten is 100%, aow—
It still got beaten.
Seeing Su Miantang leave the table, Queen Jenny instantly shot a reprimanding glare toward Catherine: Useless! Why aren’t you hurrying over to apologize to Tangtang?
Receiving the signal, Catherine’s expression turned frantic as she hastily excused herself.
Th-this isn’t right!
It was entirely different from the effect she had imagined.
Usually, when a female was asked this, they would smugly and publicly show off how outstanding every single one of their Male Consorts was, claiming they didn’t know how to choose.
Su Miantang, why are you so completely different from everyone else in every single way?
“Phew~”
Arriving at the restroom, Su Miantang finally let out a sigh of relief. Feeling the warm water flowing through her fingertips, a gentle breeze accompanied by the elegant, enchanting fragrance of bamboo leaves suddenly washed over her.
Lifting her head, she peered through the hollowed-out carved window, spotting a lush, vibrant expanse of emerald-green bamboo forest outside.
She couldn’t help but think of Rongrong.
A tiny triangular rice ball, a black sesame molten tangyuan, sitting with his back to her deep within the bamboo forest, holding a bamboo shoot as he ate in the most adorable manner.
And when in human form, as long as she drew even slightly closer or spoke a few extra words, he would blush.
He was so incredibly pure and innocent he didn’t resemble a ferocious beast in the slightest.
Everyone was here today, except for him.
She missed him a little bit…
Stepping out of the restroom, she unknowingly found herself right at the foot of Bamboo Peak.
She wondered how his cultivation was progressing now, and what his current state of mind was like.
Tangtang!
Deep within Bamboo Peak.
Hua Rong’s eyes snapped open.
Seeing only a desolate breeze blowing past and the rustling, swaying bamboo forest.
His gaze gradually dimmed.
Just like countless days and nights before…
Was it a hallucination again?
He missed her, wanted to see her, wanted it so, so badly. Yet he was still so weak; no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t break through to S-grade.
He looked at his own hands in powerlessness.
I should just forget it.
Su Miantang stopped in her tracks, terrified that barging in recklessly might disturb him, causing him to cough up blood due to the urgent fire attacking his heart just like last time.
Give him a little more time; he’ll figure it out eventually.
She turned around, only to be caught completely off guard by a colossal monstrosity. Its body drifted in the distant heavens, yet its massive head was mere inches away—so impossibly gigantic that her pupils dilated to their absolute limit. Her megalophobia triggered instantly, and she fainted straight away. “A dragon…”
“It is me.”
The Purgatory Demonic Dragon let out a sinister, eerie chuckle.
“Little female, you are mine now.”
Catherine had stumbled her way to the restroom in an absolute panic. Finding no sign of Su Miantang, she followed the security monitors toward Bamboo Peak, arriving just in time to witness…
A colossal demonic dragon bursting forth from the clouds, snatching the young girl away, and rapidly vanishing into the horizon.
Th-there were actually dragons in this world!
She was profoundly shocked to her core. It took a long time before she finally snapped back to reality, letting out a piercing scream, “Ah—”
“Somebody, come quick, somebody come quick!”
“Su Miantang has been abducted!”
“The SSSS-grade female has been abducted!”
What?
The voice reached the interior of the grand hall. The eight males heard it and charged out in a split second.
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