Act 14

{UNEDITED}

Without a single utterance, Yue XiFeng stood and stepped towards the direction of the exit, too annoyed to discuss their "marriage proposal".

Seeing her about to leave, Li Qiang followed suit, swiftly chasing after her before departing figure, only to abruptly grab her wrist, startling her.

The two stood still as Yue XiFeng glared at the sad excuse for a man, crackling flames raging within her, whilst the chains that tightened them loosened.

First, it was the crown and now it was the sleeve!

Her repulsive thoughts of the germs of unwarranted people spreading to her, caused her face to twist in displeasure. She hated feeling dirty from the touch of others, especially those she loathed.

And so, she hated his.

Her veins bulged through her face as her abysmal protruding eyes intimidatingly glared at the man.

Through clenched teeth, she uttered with a low voice,

"Hey, you son of a b*tch, is your brain a measly accessory? When I told you to let go, I meant not spreading your very disgusting being to me."

With a dark and sinister expression, the edge of her lips lifted subtly, while her brows furrowed intensely, uncovering an odd expression. She had to painstakingly calm the raging blizzard within her when their shoulders touched when he inundated (with) her personal space.

Normally, this sort of situation would be considered normal for these two, but one of them was in a horrible mood, and yet she didn't know exactly why. She felt like twisting the man's jaw, dislocating his limbs, later rendering him infertile altogether.

But she knew she could do none of that as she was now, regrettably weak.

Muddleheaded, Yue XiFeng grimaced as her teeth clenched, awaiting an opportunity to unfairly assault the man.

Thoroughly scanning his figure, her figure appeared still, as if she was a docile and obedient doe, filled without single malice filled intention.

As expected, that stillness merely lasted a split second when her foot lifted, evidently having plans to send him on a honeymoon with her dainty leg. A devious smile upon her face, her leg swiftly moved as it bent in a different direction, revealing that she intended for a feint, from a roundhouse kick to a sidekick that aimed for his face.

She knew the hand gripping her wrist was obstructing him from properly reacting, hence she purposefully refrained any effort to escape from it.

Even if he was far more powerful than her, she was nonetheless a proficient fighter as well.

Li Qiang stood still with a calm expression as he eyed at the foot that planned to kiss his face with tranquility. Ever since his reincarnation, he had tenaciously trained in a wide variety of martial arts. All so that he wouldn't get caught off guard by this sort of unprecedented situation.

He knew of the Yue XiFeng that was skilled and feisty, be it then or now, she is extremely powerful.

The sad reality was though he was the Emperor, he had yet to hold the shoes of his Empress, not even once. Indeed, he had lost to her in numerous compulsory sparring matches, remaining triumphant against anyone but her.

She was undefeated as she was indomitable.

Seeing her... come to be like this actually deeply pained his beating heart. Though she remained indomitable, she had fallen, no longer the elegant, noble, and extremely overpowering woman he knew before. That former part of her could no longer be found.

Instead, she was replaced by the devil himself.

His free hand raised to shield his head from the kiss, whilst the hand that grasped her wrist tightened, preparing to receive the impact of it.

But that situation never came to be.

The hand that he tightly gripped harshly nudged instead, as the leg that intended to kiss him smooched his ankle instead, resulting in his loss of balance

His eyes popped out of their sockets as his thin lips slightly gaped, barely disclosing his pearly white teeth. Only Yue XiFeng was able enough to properly witness the startled expression of the man that fell, as it resulted in her to frown in displeasure. Indignant of the swan-like, graceful, and elegant way the man fell.

Letting out a tsk, her foot that landed while he fell stepped on his stomach instead, the collision astounding him completely. The hand that tightly clamped her wrist released itself, causing the other party to feel as though heavy chains released their clutches, liberating her soul.

But that feeling was short-lived as the gaped man revealed a smirk instead, enraptured on reflecting the current situation.

He wasn't displeased at all. In fact, he was very very gladdened that she had done what she did.

It was proof that even if she was a devil, she was still as cunning as she was before.

'Now that's my woman.'

He swiftly thought as his back damaged the poor wooden tiles, a loud and brutal thud reverberating from it.

If it were a normal person, the impact would've been enough to render him a cripple, as the spine shattered from the collision.

However, instead of being submerged in pain, Li Qiang's expression instead twisted itself into a soft and delighted one, resulting in a foreboding storm to enter her heart.

'He's planning something.'

She despondently thought upon the sight of his child-like smile, shivers creeping up her spine.

Preparing to make a run for it, she made her back face his fallen figure and lifted her leg to hurryingly leave the scene.

But it was far too late as a heavy force booted her legs instead, causing a limpid feeling to well in them, rendering it no longer able to run.

Yue XiFeng loudly cussed, knowing what was about to come. Li Qiang would not purposefully hurt her, so she fully knew of his actual intentions.

"Damn it!"

Thus, another kick was all it took for her to stumble from her back, straight into his grounded embrace.

Meanwhile, the two men who stood rooted in place, not a single sound coming from them, remaining utterly perplexed and afraid. All to the point where the two decided to jump off from the window instead. Just to briefly disappear from their sights as their two superiors were busy being intimate while blocking the exit, with the door completely sealed shut.