Shocking! The actress was dragged to the regent's bedchamber every night.

Yu Chen's voice was right next to her ear, his breath hot against her earlobe, and his low laughter still lingered in the air.

Su Wuli's face was burning red, and she dared not move in his arms.

His temperature was so hot it made her scalp tingle, as if she had a fever again.

My mind was a mess; that low chuckle was still ringing in my ears, like something was scratching at me.

She wanted to say something, but didn't know what to say.

After hesitating for a while, he finally managed to say, "The injury on your hand hasn't healed yet."

The voice was very soft and weak, lacking any power.

"No," she added.

Yu Chen remained silent.

The next second, Su Wuli was caught off guard and was lifted up by one hand.

Before I could even react to what was happening, everything blurred before my eyes, and I was face to face with him.

Su Wuli straddled his lap, her waist held by the uninjured hand, less than half a foot away from him.

Yu Chen's face was right in front of him.

He looked down at her, his eyes filled with darkness.

"One hand," he said.

Su Wuli was taken aback, unsure of what he meant.

But then Yu Chen slowly approached, his voice low and husky, "I can sleep with you too."

The intense, brooding gaze so close to her sent a chill down Su Wuli's spine.

He spoke again, his words carrying a deeper meaning, "It's not like we haven't tried before."

Su Wuli's mind went blank for a moment, recalling that time in the woods...

Her face burned even more, and she lowered her eyes, not daring to look at him. The tips of her ears were so red they looked like they were about to bleed.

There was nothing to say in rebuttal.

The man's gaze remained fixed on her face.

That sense of aggression was like an invisible net, trapping her inside.

Su Wuli felt uncomfortable under his gaze and turned her head away to avoid his eyes.

"I……"

She opened her mouth as if to say something, but then didn't know what to say.

My mind was a jumbled mess, with only one thought remaining.

This can't be done; we have to get off him.

She instinctively began to struggle.

However, he held her waist so tightly that she couldn't break free at all.

Su Wuli pushed his chest with her hand, but it didn't budge.

I pushed it again, but it still didn't move.

"I...I'll go get you some water."

The words slipped out of her mouth, and she was stunned for a moment.

Pouring water?

The last time he had a fever, she used this excuse to get out of bed and run to get him some water.

But he doesn't have a fever now.

That excuse was so stupid, so stupid that she wanted to bite her own tongue off as soon as she said it.

Yu Chen didn't speak, he just looked at her.

The look in his eyes was as if he were looking at something interesting, or as if he wasn't thinking about anything at all, just staring.

Su Wuli felt even more guilty.

I didn't dare look him in the eye and kept moving.

She pushed against his chest with her hands and moved her legs, trying to get off him.

"Let go..."

Before she could finish speaking, she struggled too hard and lost her balance.

She instinctively tried to grab something, her hand flailing wildly in the air.

The hand on her waist didn't support her forcefully; it just watched her slide down.

Then she collapsed to her seat.

But it went astray.

She straddled him, but lost her balance and ended up sitting directly on his thigh.

Yu Chen's thighs were all muscle, as hard as iron.

The moment she sat down, she was caught off guard and bumped into that hard muscle.

"Um……"

A muffled groan escaped from his throat.

It feels soft.

She spoke up before she even realized it.

Then she froze.

This pose.

She straddled one of his thighs, leaning against him.

That's so embarrassing.

Su Wuli looked up and was caught off guard by his gaze.

Yu Chen looked at her, his expression unchanged.

But the darkness under his eyes seemed to have deepened a bit.

Su Wuli's face was burning red, and she didn't know whether to move or not.

Su Wuli froze there, not daring to move.

That leg was pressing against her, hard and stiff, with muscles that were too clearly defined.

She could even feel the pulse of the blood vessels below, transmitted through the thin fabric.

too close.

She kept her head down, her ears burning.

The muffled groan from just now seems to still linger in the air, impossible to suppress.

Yu Chen didn't move.

However, Su Wuli could clearly feel his breathing become heavier, each breath spraying onto her forehead, so hot that she wanted to dodge but couldn't.

A few seconds later, the hand that was wrapped around her waist loosened.

Su Wuli felt relieved, thinking he was going to let her down.

However, the next second, the hand moved to her lower back and gently pressed down.

She sank deeper into his legs.

When she touched the hardest muscle on his leg again, she shuddered and almost groaned again, but Su Wuli bit her lip hard to hold it in.

"What are you hiding for?" His voice came from above, deep and hoarse.

Su Wuli pursed her lips, not daring to look up, afraid of seeing his eyes.

His large hand was still on her lower back, without applying any force, just resting there.

But his fingers gently caressed the skin on her waist through the thin fabric.

It was very light; I don't know if it was intentional or unintentional.

But each blow sent a shiver down her spine.

"How many days has it been?" he suddenly asked.

Su Wuli was stunned for a moment, not understanding.

"How many days have you been gone?"

At this moment, Su Wuli realized that he was talking about entering a dream.

It has indeed been several days.

After he had a fever last time, she had some real-life troubles: filming, kidnapping, police station incidents—a whole bunch of messy things piled up at once…

She didn't answer.

The hand slowly moved up her lower back, down her spine, segment by segment, as if counting her bones.

The movements were so slow that it made her heart tremble.

"The injury hasn't healed yet," she said again, her voice even softer.

His hand suddenly stopped.

Yu Chen lowered his head and looked at the person in his arms who was curled up in a ball with their ears bright red.

The shadow of her eyelashes fell on her cheekbone, trembling slightly.

He lifted her up a little.

With just that one lift, Su Wuli's breath caught in her throat.

Yu Chen's face came closer, his nose brushing against her earlobe.

"Scared?" Hot breath hit my ear.

Su Wuli went limp.

She wanted to say she was scared, but felt it would be too embarrassing to say it.

To say I'm not afraid would be a lie.

In the end, she didn't say anything, but simply turned her head and buried her face in his neck.

Yu Chen paused for a moment.

He then chuckled softly, sending a shiver down her spine as her cheek pressed against his neck.

His hand returned to her waist.

This time, he grasped her completely, tightened his grip, and pulled her into his arms.

Su Wuli tensed up, afraid to move.

But his hand began to move, slowly sliding down from his waist across his hip bone and stopping on his thigh.

He pinched it.

Her legs were so thin that a man could easily wrap his hand around most of them.

"You've lost weight."

Upon hearing this, Su Wuli didn't know what to say.

She just buried her face even deeper, her breath spraying into the crook of his neck, warm and wet.

His fingers lingered on his thigh for a moment before moving upwards.

He gently caressed it through the fabric.

The movements were very light, as if they were testing something.

Each touch made Su Wuli's heart tremble, yet she dared not dodge, afraid that any movement would cause her to touch something she shouldn't.

The man's breathing became heavier.

But Su Wuli could sense that he seemed to be holding back.

His hands roamed over her body, slowly and deliberately, as if confirming something, or perhaps delaying something.

After a long silence, Yu Chen suddenly spoke, his voice even hoarser than before, "Does it still hurt?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Su Wuli's face burned even hotter; she didn't know how to answer.

It doesn't hurt?

It sounds like an invitation no matter how you look at it.