Help! The Villainess Trapped in the Beast World's Drama!

Chapter 1052: Chapter 767: Eagle: Deep Love 100! (Part 2)

He closed his eyes, his breathing steady. The morning light fell on his deeply set brow bones and nose, as if gilded with a thin layer of gold.

The man had lost a lot of weight. His features were already especially profound and handsome, and with the weight loss, his cheekbones protruded. Yet the inherent elegance and nobility remained, only masked by fatigue.

Shen Tang felt a fleeting sense of disorientation.

She remembered, back when they were on the Beast World Continent, Lu Xiao’s affinity always stayed at sixty love points and never moved again.

No matter what she did, that number seemed nailed in place, unwavering.

Shen Tang wasn’t too concerned with it; she understood in her heart how Lu Xiao felt about her, and whether that number increased or not didn’t change anything.

She had even calmly accepted long ago that perhaps Lu Xiao’s strategy value would stay at sixty for life.

Unexpectedly, this time it went straight to the maximum!

The system sensed she was awake and bounced out cheerfully: [Host is awake! Aren’t you surprised!]

Shen Tang was still processing, her mind in chaos, only managing a vague ”Mm.”

[Lu Xiao is very self-disciplined and courteous. He appears gentle and composed on the surface but actually has a reserved and aloof nature. There’s no truly perfect person in this world, only a part of oneself forcibly repressed, and a facade of perfection played out.]

[Lu Xiao has been the Lu Family’s heir since childhood. Under his father’s and family’s strict demands, he had to refine himself to flawless perfection, not allowing a single mistake, deeply locking away the part of himself that wasn’t perfect... Over time, perhaps even he couldn’t discern which was real and which was fabricated.]

[He hid that part of his true self so deeply that even former hosts found it difficult to reach the depths of his heart.]

Shen Tang truly empathized with this point; among the five Beast Husbands, Lu Xiao was the only one whose Spiritual Illusion Realm she hadn’t entered.

Entering the spiritual environments of the other four Beast Husbands was then a necessary action. Shen Tang had never received the opportunity to access Lu Xiao’s Spiritual Illusion Realm.

Back then, she occasionally vaguely mentioned wanting to see what his Spiritual World looked like, which he politely refused.

Lu Xiao has a strong sense of personal boundaries. He loves her but with restraint.

Of course, love is also respect.

If he doesn’t want to, she doesn’t force him.

[This time, during the Return Nest outbreak, all those aspects he’d hid for a lifetime were exposed. Those parts he thought unbearable were all torn open.]

The system’s voice softened, carrying a touch of sentiment.

[But the host didn’t despise him, didn’t fear, didn’t retreat, not even hesitating. The host gently accepted his complete self.]

[So, the host has truly reached the deepest part of his heart this time]

[This is the highest level of adoration! Complete psychological dependence on the host!] The system finished, and a wave of pink bubbles appeared.

After listening, Shen Tang suddenly felt her eyes moisten.

She lowered her head, burying her face in Lu Xiao’s chest, listening to his steady and powerful heartbeat.

So nice.

She quietly curved her lips, her nose brushing against his lapel.

Then, a low chuckle came from above her head.

”Awake?”

Lu Xiao’s voice came from above, husky yet gentle, carrying the unique laziness of the early morning. His palm covered the back of her head, and he gently rubbed it.

Shen Tang muffled herself in his embrace, vaguely responding with a ”Mm,” unwilling to lift her head.

Lu Xiao didn’t rush her, simply stroked her hair slowly, like soothing a cat reluctant to wake.

After a long while, Shen Tang finally emerged from his embrace, raising her face to look at him.

Lu Xiao lowered his head, meeting her eyes still misty with moisture, his lips gently curving.

”Had a good sleep?”

”Mm...” Shen Tang rubbed her eyes, suddenly remembering something, reaching out to touch his face, ”How are you? Still uncomfortable?”

Lu Xiao held her hand, pressing it against his cheek, rubbing it lightly.

”Not uncomfortable anymore.”

His voice was soft, as if afraid of shattering something.

”Not uncomfortable at all.”

Shen Tang stared at him for a long while, confirming that the chaos and madness in his eyes had indeed subsided before letting out a long sigh of relief.

”That’s good.” She mumbled before burying her face back in his chest, ”Scared me to death.”

Lu Xiao chuckled lowly, his chest vibrating slightly, making Shen Tang’s ears itch.

”You were scared?”

”Obviously.” Shen Tang muttered, ”With you like that, how could I not be scared?”

Lu Xiao fell silent for a moment.

Then he lowered his head, his lips brushing against the crown of her head, his voice as light as the wind.

”Sorry.”

Shen Tang nuzzled in his embrace, like a small animal losing patience: ”Stop saying sorry all the time. It’s not like you did it on purpose.”