3.30

There was a burning passion exuding in Yong Guan's eyes, his originally black irises turned darker than before, with his gazes blocking directly into Qiao Chen's eyes, so intense and aggressive.

Qiao Chen clutched the edges of the bathtub, he tried to lift himself up, only to be pushed again into his lap. His face turned cold.

"Why?" Yong Guan's mocked, "Does Xiao Chen can't fulfill my wish?"

No matter how hard Qiao Chen tried to recall all things, he couldn't figure out how they reach to this certain point. Yes, he escapes the late Emperor's obsession only to fall again in this another endless cage.

He finally stopped struggling and put his hands into his chest, giving them a small space in between. His hands were pale, smooth and slender, with fingertips shaped into a lovely arc, nails flourished with jade and pinkish hue, it aroused one's nature to possessed and held that hands. On the contrary, Yong Guan's skin were darker, which made his skin paler and more dazzling.

The cold breeze seeping through the window blew his hair effortless, with remaining wet locks sticking in his skin, waters running to his face down to his neck and finally to his pink lips.

Yong Guan's desired suddenly turned completely into a dangerous state, where he can no longer resist the temptation and beauty this lovely sparrow emanated. His large bulging arms instantly encircled the slender waist of the lovely sparrow, with his other hand gently lifting the wet thin undergarment, hoisting the lingering fabric in the sparrow's legs and finally caressing that bare flesh.

Filling the space between them, Qiao Chen had no choice but to put his palms into the Emperor's broad shoulders, his legs kneeling and sandwiching the latter. He refused to sit on his lap, as the transparent water couldn't hide that monstrous cock rising on the surface.

With the new position, Yong Guan looked up just to face the youth's eye level. The sparrow was only wearing an already wet silk and thin undergarments, soaking in the water for mere minutes, it allowed the fabric to outline his soft figure, the two pink dots on his chest was hard and appetizing, the thin waist, the hips and his buttocks. Those view indeed boasted the Emperor's unruly impulse.

"In the end, I can never force Qiao Chen." He stated firmly, still lifting his face to meet those scorching eyes.

Qiao Chen parted his lips and his glaring eyes turned cold and casual, he sighed, "Must we force ourselves just to manipulate each other? I don't have any idea why the Emperor was keeping me. A sparrow, who used the new appointment Emperor."

From the opposite perspective, Yong Guan was full naked and was displaying his imposing body. The wheat skin color glazed under the blistering heat of the sun, with strong and powerful muscles distributed in all sides, his large figure completely outshone Qiao Chen's smaller body. Even with a bit of force, he can entirely break the sparrow.

In no means, Yong Guan could never do that. Dislocating his ankle was the worst he can do, and he only did that just to insure the monopolization of the lovely sparrow. No matter how harsh those words the sparrow uttered, he can only reply with a cold glare.

"Xiao Chen is such a lovely existence. As I said, Xiao Chen can always escape, but you must remember the consequence." He smirked dangerously.

Qiao Chen pursed his lips and didn't give a response.

His main mission was to escape from the palace and also guaranteed that this country wouldn't be destroyed. This time, he couldn't underestimate the ability of Yong Guan's threat, he knew that once he leaves here, every person he met will surely die in his hands.

His gripped suddenly tightened on his shoulders. He wasn't able to connect to the system, and he had no idea how to escape in this world. First, he needed to figure out and cannot do something reckless.

If sacrificing his body was the only way to eliminate the new Emperor's hunger and craziness, Qiao Chen by no means can do that. Obviously, they have already seen and touch each other's body, and experiencing that again was no different from the past. But there is something that was keeping Qiao Chen from agreeing to that specific request.

It is moral integrity? Or is it something else?

He pursed his lips and empty his thoughts. His eyes looked down and saw the bottomless pupils of the latter, as if he can devour him wholly and one's wouldn't notice that outcome. Qiao Chen suddenly felt that his eyes... was beautiful. The small scar on his left eye made him more dangerous and mysterious. It didn't lessen his beauty, it even added more unique traits.

Just as he was lost in his own thoughts, Yong Guan blocked his own mouth. Qiao Chen was caught off guard, resulting him to completely fell on his lap. Their posture was already ambiguous, and compared to their cold clashes and blazing ambience, the unexpected heated atmosphere between them brought a new kind of air.

Yong Guan kissed his lips aggressively, with his two hands lifting Qiao Chen's buttocks, supporting and pulling him closer. The sparrow gasped and moaned, his beautiful green eyes exuded some tears in the corner appearing more soft and pure, not only losing the elegance but also that cold facade.

It's a pity that when Qiao Chen proceed to offered himself, the Emperor stopped and pulled way.

"This is not what I want." He uttered calmly.

Qiao Chen was in dazed. He didn't expect that such intensely aroused Emperor would back off in closed second.

Their heated affair ended by finishing the bath and the Emperor personally dressed Qiao Chen. He was also the one who changed the bandage on his injured ankle and finally left him for the court.

Qiao Chen life didn't have any complication. He stayed at the unknown room for the whole day and waited for the Emperor to return, then accompany him to eat and sleep. His recovering was very slow and to add to the mere fact that he knew that Yong Guan doesn't want to heal his ankle at all. His day and night passes boringly, after that one confrontation in the bathtub, Yong Guan didn't force him anymore.

Qiao Chen was afraid that he will develop sudden dependency to the latter, he knew that he needed to act now, and couldn't take this route anymore. But Yong Guan seems to have a deep trauma, except for him, two emotionless servants can only enter his room to gave him food. His clothes were personally arranged by Yong Guan, so it means, he doesn't have any contact with the outside world during this week.

He was starting to get frustrated and if it weren't for his high mentality and unique existence, by no means, he will bound to have psychotic dependency to this route.

"I want to go out." He spoke once when they were laying on the bed.

He felt the arm tightened on his waist and the cold voice sounded from behind, "Why?"

"I'm going crazy. This is not the thing that I want, I just want to go out, you knew that I could never escape from this cage. Just go out." He gnashed his teeth.

Instead of getting a response, he felt a light movement of puling off his thin nightgown to his shoulder, revealing that dazzling piece of skin. He stiffened when he felt soft kisses on his neck down to his shoulder.

It's the same again. It seems like the new Emperor was addicted to his neck and shoulder, every night he would kiss and bit him mercilessly but wouldn't take the last step.

"Okay." He heard a reply.

Afterwards, he expected that he would have a chance to get out of that strange place, but he didn't expect that the busy Emperor would accompany him.

His ankle was still injured, and he couldn't walk. Hence, he had no choice but to endured being carried by the Emperor.

Of course, he received strange gazes from the working servants, nonetheless he ignored them.

For almost a month, Qiao Chen's skin become paler without the contact of sunlight, his face appeared more elegant and soft, with miniscule wintery frost between his eyebrow, and that tear mole who seems turned visible to the naked eye. His face was not new anymore, and many servants were familiar with him as the late Emperor's most favored sparrow. But now, the change of temperament was very perceivable, at the past he was like a winter rose that had cold thorns in all side, never be able to touch and was far away from anyone's sights. But now, he was more like a fragile jade, so pure and holy as if a slight dirt would taint his perfection.

It is indeed worthy of the favors of both Emperor. The servants couldn't look at him for too long, because of that dangerous dragon holding that rose, seemingly going to explode at any time and blew fire and magma in every corner, they had no choice but to retract their gazes and resume to their work.

Qiao Chen noticed the difference of the ambience of the palace. It was more lively and vivid, full of respectful and active air, far from those gloomy moments he encounters in the past.

He looked at Yong Guan with complicated gaze. He anticipated that this brute would have less care about this country, but he didn't expect that not only he kicked off those lousy ministers, he even made the palace more energetic and eliminate the fear in people.

Perceiving his gazes, Yong Guan looked down and his lips hooked up, proudly and handsomely.

Qiao Chen looked away and returned to admire the scenery that he almost forgot weeks ago.

After scrolling for almost an hour, Qiao Chen was tired. The purpose of his request was to study the places in which he could find loopholes and tried to form a plan. As he expected, Yong Guan was prepared. He dismissed all the people, leaving only working servants and take him to the place where it was severely guarded. Qiao Chen had no choice but to give up this plan.

They proceed to the Emperor's dragon room and ate their lunch. As they were indulged in the afternoon feast, a servant called out Yong Guan hurriedly. Qiao Chen watched their interaction and saw how the cold Yong Guan's knitted his eyebrows, it seems like there were a huge problem in the court.

He stood up and hesitantly called several shadow guards to secure that Qiao Chen would not escape, before finally proceed to follow the servant.

Qiao Chen lay on the bed and took a deep breath. It was really difficult to take actions with this strong security. He can't also contact the system to get help, and his only last resort was his self.

However, after a couple of minutes, he discovered the peculiarity in the room. He hurriedly stood up, only to found out that all the shadow guards had been knocked down, and a few strange black men appeared before him. He stepped back but instantly felt the huge force on his neck, then his vision was filled with darkness.

The next moment his vision recovered, his eyes met the crazy man who disappeared months ago. The protagonist who mysteriously vanished was at his front in a moment, with his smile growing deeper as Qiao Chen's eyes strictly observe his figure.

It's strange and it's different. He doesn't have the gloominess he should usually exude. The protagonist was still the same, smiling fairly and handsome.

Suddenly, a deep seed of doubt was placed on his heart.

This time, he noticed that he was not tie up and was only laying on the cold ground. The protagonist had two shadow guards beside him, he shifted his eyes and saw the dark moon from afar. He felt disgusted, imagining how long did the protagonist wait for him to wake up.

"Are you awake now?" He asked softly.

Qiao Chen tried to get up and noticed that this place was still within the palace, which confused him.

Seeing his bewildering eyes, Yong An flashed a deep smile, "You're right. We are still in the palace, but my brother wouldn't find us easily." He chuckled.

"What do you want?"

Qiao Chen gnashed his teeth. He never expected that Yong An was still the same as before. It means all his preparations was in vain.

"Oh?" Yong An finally stood up and walked directly to him, "I just wanna finish the game that were playing."

"You've lost a long time ago."

"Lost? What do you mean? Perhaps, are you still confused about things." Yong An laughed crazily, "Let me rephrased that, I lost, but you lost too."

Qiao Chen confusingly stared at him, "What do you mean?"

"See right. Even you was tricked by that bastard." Suddenly, there was anger emerge in the protagonist's eyes, "Everybody got tricked and of course, I enjoy them being a joke at themselves. I expected more from you, Xiao Chen. You've disappointed me."

Qiao Chen was silent, but there was suspicion building inside his mind.

Yong An couched down, closing the distance between them, "Is it strange that I've lost right? Easily? Because, in the first place, I didn't plan to compete with that devil. That bastard knows anything and anyone, I was no match for him in the beginning. That made me frustrated, you know? But at the same time, it made me excited. And you Qiao Chen, the lovely sparrow, made the game more exciting."

The obvious confrontation made Qiao Chen's heart beat wildly, almost getting out his chest.

He refused to believe it.

Yong An smiled even deeper, "It's funny that you are helping that bastard when in fact, he could do it himself. Qiao Chen, you've been played in his palms for a year now. He was your biggest enemy, the enemy of all. And you, a lovely sparrow, just let the monster take that throne."

"Do you remember how I've found out your two pitiful servants? It was him who gave me that clue. He was a manipulative controlling freak, everyone was under his control."

"I don't know what he found something from you, making him interested. Maybe, it's your beauty? Wits? Or temperament?" His face turned dark. "I've accompanied him for almost of my whole life, I've tried to break that facade and let the demon inside him crawled outside. I tried various methods, but he wasn't interested. He wasn't interested in me. It made me frustrated and angry, and also made me sick. Because those wild and dangerous claws hiding beneath those bottomless eyes made me attracted to him, me, his half brother. And I didn't understand why a bitch like you would matter to him."

Qiao Chen couldn't believe anything right now. The whole revelation was simply too immense for him to digest.

No wonder. No wonder Yong Guan could easily enter his chamber even with those shadow guards by the Emperor, no wonder he could easily defeat Yong An. It all make sense now.

And for the protagonist loving his own brother, they can go to hell now.

It made him sick, mad and annoyed. These people were not worthy of being called person. They were too disgusting.

Yong An didn't seem to noticed that his eyes was already releasing transparent water, he smiled sarcastically, "As for the fact that I couldn't get him, I tried to get the thing that he want. That was you, a worthless bitch. Your tears, anger, and pain, I tasted it first, which made me proud for once. I knew he deeply resent me, but he couldn't take his move on me because you still believe that I was your enemy to defeat with, and you thought he was naive and couldn't fight head on with me. For the first time, I've experience his anger, it's beautiful and pleasurable."

They were crazy, Qiao Chen gnashed his teeth. He couldn't believe how severe their craziness would take them.

Yong Guan...

He recalls that name. In the past, he would feel a strong amount of guilt but right now, only pure vast of anger remain. What is his guilt all about?

He sounded like a joke right now.

He was once again back to the time when he got played very hard, helpless and naive, who had no idea how cruel the world was.

After what he encounters, he was still weak and not strong enough.

"I knew he was planning to disposed me, but before he can do that, I would want him to experience the cruelty of the reality that he can't get all the things that he want. I want him to remember me, that I was the one who destroyed his dreams of being with you."

Qiao Chen isn't concerned about that at all. The fire on his inside seems couldn't withstand with his body.

On the darkness night, in full moon, on the coldest air and the silent dusk. The wall thickens, it stands even higher as the confrontation of the past surrounded him.

This time, Qiao Chen would never take anyone too lightly.

This time, the world witness how a bird flew directly into the wildfire in the coldest snow, facing the manipulative cold dragon.

At the same time, the door was forced opened, revealing the cold and calm face of Yong Guan.

Qiao Chen's eyes glowed dangerously, and the burning anger on his heart was tightly suppressed.

If the only way to escape in this realm was to kill the dragon, then Qiao Chen wouldn't hesitate to take it.