novelraw Chapter 559 - 498: Do You Know What You Look Like When You Lie?
Chapter 559 - 498: Do You Know What You Look Like When You Lie?
Sha’s expression remained unchanged, but his voice grew deeper, more dangerous. "Are you trying to use this favor to blackmail me?"
Sang Luo looked him straight in the eye. "The Rakshasa King only needs to tell me, does your word still stand?"
Sha stared at her for a long time, his emotions hidden within those dark, teal, ghostly pupils, his mood impossible to discern.
After what felt like an eternity, he finally said,
"It does."
Before Sang Luo could even let out a sigh of relief, she saw the Rakshasa King rise and walk down the steps.
Her heart tensed again. The man walked until he stood before her, his tall figure almost completely enveloping her. Sang Luo couldn’t even see his expression.
He asked, "Using the favor you earned by saving my life to trade for the lives of these two... have you made up your mind?"
"I have."
"..."
"They are my mates. I... I don’t want to endure the regret and pain of losing my beloveds forever, not again."
After a long pause, a deep voice finally came from above her. "Fine. I will bring them here within ten days."
Sang Luo looked up at him gratefully. "Thank you, Venerable King!"
The Rakshasa King’s expression was calm. "From now on, we owe each other nothing. I will not appear before you again."
"...I understand. Thank you, Rakshasa King, for helping me these past few times. I won’t trouble you again. If there’s no other reason, I will never set foot in the Ghost Domain again in this lifetime."
Sang Luo wasn’t the type to be shameless or enjoy being indebted to others, but for some reason, after she said this, the atmosphere seemed to grow even heavier.
"I will set out for the Purgatory Land tomorrow. Within ten days, I will send your two mates out of the Ghost Domain. If they transgress again, I will not be merciful," Sha said coolly.
Sang Luo nodded hurriedly.
’I will definitely keep a close eye on my family!’
Sha walked to the entrance of the palace. Seeing that she had no intention of leaving, he turned back, frowning. "A living person has no need to stay in the Ghost Domain for long. You should go back and wait for news. Since I have promised you this, I will not go back on my word."
"It’s only ten days, I can wait here! I wouldn’t want to trouble the Venerable King to make another trip!"
After that whole mess with Ye Wushuang, Sang Luo honestly didn’t quite trust the Ghost Clan’s integrity. She had to see Sha bring her men back with her own eyes.
Seeing the unpleasant look on Sha’s face, Sang Luo’s gaze swept over his exposed, muscular chest, and she suddenly understood something. "Ahem, of course, if the Rakshasa King feels my staying here ruins the mood and gets in the way of you and your beauties having fun, you can just kick me out!"
"...Whatever." He didn’t seem to care. "You can pick a palace to stay in for now."
Sang Luo pointed casually. "I saw one on my way here. The palace next to this one seems nice, and it’s empty. If the Venerable King doesn’t mind, I could stay there."
Sha glanced in the direction she was pointing and didn’t say much. He simply summoned a few Servants to clean up the side hall and arranged for her to stay there.
...
「At nightfall.」
「Fenglu Hall.」
Worried about Yan and Quan Jin’s situation, Sang Luo tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.
In the small hours of the morning, her mind grew groggy, and her eyelids began to feel heavy. She drifted off to sleep without realizing it.
The Rakshasa King appeared inside the hall.
He sat on the edge of the bed, gazing at the sleeping woman. Dark hair, snow-white skin, soft and enchanting. As he drew near, he could smell the faint, elegant scent of lily of the valley on her.
A beautiful face and excellent Fertility, enough to make any male dream of her.
He couldn’t help but reach out, wanting to touch her face.
But the next second, Sang Luo’s eyes fluttered open. She was a light sleeper, and the slightest movement beside her had woken her up. Her gaze was still a bit hazy.
Sha retracted his hand, his expression unchanging.
Sang Luo didn’t notice his movement. She looked at the black-robed man by her bed as her thoughts slowly returned, blinking her long, curled eyelashes that were like Butterfly Wings. "Rakshasa King?"
’How could he be here?’
She subconsciously scanned the unfamiliar palace, remembering that she was temporarily staying in the Rashamon Palace. ’There’s nothing wrong with the Rakshasa King wandering around his own palace... but for him to come here late at night instead of dallying with the beauties in his harem... no matter how I think about it, it’s a bit strange.’
Sang Luo’s voice held a hint of teasing. "Is the Rakshasa King not seeking the company of the beauties in his palace?"
"I don’t feel like it," he said matter-of-factly, not hiding anything.
When he wanted something, he wanted it. When he didn’t, he had no interest.
But Sang Luo didn’t believe him. She recalled the gossip she’d overheard and, after a moment of silence, found a sudden burst of courage to say deliberately, "But I heard that the Rakshasa King kept a beauty in his palace to warm his bed a few days ago. He doted on her for seven days and seven nights without letting her go, making all the other beauties in the palace burn with envy."
’If I hadn’t interrupted him, he’d probably still be in her tender embrace.’
Sha looked at her. "You don’t want me to mate with them?"
"COUGH! COUGH!" Sang Luo’s face flushed red. She hadn’t expected the great Rakshasa King to be so... blunt!
She shook her head awkwardly. "I’m just an outsider. It has nothing to do with me which beauty the Rakshasa King wishes to favor! You made yourself very clear before. I’ve long since accepted my place. Admittedly... I was a little sad at first, but I’ve come to terms with it. I sincerely wish for the Venerable King to have a noble child soon!"
"Do you know what you look like when you lie?" His fingers brushed against her brow.
"..."
A lump formed in Sang Luo’s throat, and she said no more. She rolled over, buried herself in the blankets with her back to him, and said, "Please don’t forget our agreement, Venerable King!"
Sha silently watched the small "mound" curled up on the bed. His tall figure gradually faded into the darkness and disappeared.
...
’I told myself I’d long since come to terms with it.’
’The heart-wrenching, soul-crushing pain of the past had, after so many years, faded into a faint, dull ache and regret when I recalled it.’
’Beyond that, there were no other emotions.’
’In the past year, I had never even thought of Sha. To me, he was just a stranger I had met by chance.’
’If things went as expected, the two of us would never meet again in this life, and I felt no sorrow over it.’
’But whenever I saw Sha, I would subconsciously think of Lan Cang. I knew with absolute clarity that they were two completely different people, but some part of Lan Cang’s soul would always be within him. I could never deny this fact.’
’Sha was clever and cunning. He knew all of Lan Cang’s memories with me and could easily exploit that sliver of weakness hidden deep within my heart.’
’Sha didn’t understand me, but Lan Cang, who had been with me through thick and thin for years, knew everything about me. With just a look or a word, he knew what I wanted to do, whether I was happy or sad, and whether or not I was... lying.’
’The Rakshasa King... is truly cunning!’
After calming herself, Sang Luo finally emerged from the blankets. The hall was quiet; the man who had been by her bed was long gone.
She raised a hand to wipe the dampness from her face, her expression now calm. Once this transaction was complete, she would not come to the Ghost Domain again.
’There will be no connection between me and Sha anymore!’
’Perhaps I don’t need to stay here after all. A high and mighty being like Sha would disdain to use deceit, and he couldn’t be bothered to waste time on a small fry like me. It would be better to return to the Beast World and wait for his good news.’
Just as Sang Luo stepped out of the hall’s entrance, she bumped into a dark figure.