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

Chapter 1050: Chapter 766:

His rationality once again became chaotic, eyes blazing as he stared at the female in front of him, his voice tinged with frantic desire, "Tangtang, Return Nest is with you, isn’t it? Please give it to me! I’m begging you! I need it!"

"I promise, just this once, I’m begging..."

Shen Tang ignored him, simply standing there, watching him.

Watching this man who was forever gentle, forever restrained, forever perfect without a single flaw, turn into such a desolate, sick, and mad figure.

Like a jade shattered into pieces.

After a moment, Shen Tang took a deep breath and retrieved something from the space.

A vial of potion.

Lu Xiao’s body suddenly froze.

His gaze was pinned to that vial, pupils dilating rapidly, breathing became heavy and rapid.

The veins on his wrist bulged, vines creaked as he struggled against them.

"Give it to me..." His voice hoarse and unrecognizable, "Tangtang...give it to me..."

He was pleading.

Like a drowning person grasping at the last straw.

Shen Tang held the vial of Return Nest, walking step by step towards him.

With each step, his breathing grew heavier, his gaze more frenzied.

When she reached Lu Xiao, Shen Tang crouched down to meet his eyes.

She looked into his eyes, those eyes once gentle enough to melt ice and snow, now filled only with pain and longing.

"Give it to me..." His voice was no longer human-like, "I’m begging you...give it to me..."

Shen Tang raised her hand.

Lu Xiao’s gaze was fixed on the vial, body leaning forward as if to pounce.

She applied force with her fingertips.

Crack.

The glass vial shattered in her hand, liquid spilling everywhere.

Lu Xiao’s breathing abruptly stopped.

He stared blankly at the fragments on the ground, at the liquid seeping into the soil, pupils contracting violently as if something was dug out from his heart.

Then, Shen Tang leaned forward and kissed him.

The moment their lips touched, she could feel him trembling.

His whole body was trembling, an unstoppable shiver from deep within his bones.

"I’ll be your antidote," she said, lips against the corner of his mouth.

Lu Xiao froze for a moment, then shook his head desperately, "No...I’ll lose control, I’ll hurt you..."

"Then just kill me."

His pupils tightened suddenly.

Shen Tang reached out to remove all the vines, then retrieved a knife from the space.

A specially crafted steel knife bought from the System Mall.

The blade glimmered coldly in the dark, even capable of inflicting real harm upon a powerful Beastman of the Primordial Beast Tier.

She thrust the knife into his hand, then held his hand, pressing the blade against her chest.

"I want to see, how uncontrollable you can become."

"If you truly go mad beyond redemption—" Her voice was light, calm, "then just kill me."

Lu Xiao’s breathing became completely erratic.

He looked at the knife in his hand, at her slightly heaving chest beneath the blade, at those red eyes, unwavering and without a trace of retreat.

His hand trembled.

Trembled fiercely.

The blade scratched the fabric, making a faint sound, yet never pierced through.

He couldn’t do it.

He would rather kill himself than harm her in the slightest.

"Clatter—"

The knife fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.

Lu Xiao knelt before her, tall figure hunched like a tree broken by the wind, burying his face in his hands, shoulders heaving violently.

Then, suddenly thinking of something, he grabbed for the knife again, intending to stab his chest from the back.

Shen Tang’s face changed abruptly, quickly snatching it back, "What do you think you’re doing?!"

"Kill me." His voice was dry and hoarse, almost inaudible, "Tangtang...kill me."

"It’s just death, he’s not afraid, but letting his beloved see him like this is worse than death.

Tears finally overcame Shen Tang.

She knelt down to face him, hands cradling his face.

"Is this how you repay me?"

Her voice trembled, tears falling one by one onto his face.

"You said your life was mine. You said you would never force me to do anything. But what are you doing now?"

She firmly held his face, forcing him to look at her.

"You’re forcing me."

Lu Xiao’s pupils trembled.

"You want me to kill you, isn’t that forcing? Wanting me to watch you die, isn’t that forcing?"

She cried as she spoke, her voice hoarse and broken.

"If you’ve given your life to me, then I won’t allow you to die, do you hear?"

Lu Xiao looked at her, his eyes red as if they were scorched by fire.

Deep in the man’s eyes surged with too many things, pain, guilt, heartache...

"But, I’ve hurt you, I can’t forgive myself..." His voice was dry like sandpaper.

Shen Tang hugged him tightly.

Hugging him closely, as if transferring all her warmth to him.

"I’ve told you, no need to apologize."

She buried her face in his neck, smelling the scent of earth and blood, along with his own faint, long-hidden woody aroma.

"I need you, I can’t live without you."

Her voice muffled, tears smeared all over his neck.

"If you feel sorry for me, want to make it up to me, then get better soon. We still have so many battles to fight, so many people wanting to harm me, how can I be at ease without you by my side?"

She raised her head, eyes red, nose reddened, like a cat drenched in rain.

"Can you really leave me?"

Lu Xiao remained motionless for a long time.

Then, he suddenly tightened his arms, holding her tightly, so tightly as if to crush her, meld her into his very bones.

He buried his face in her hair, shoulders shaking violently.

"...I’m sorry."

The voice came from above her head, hoarse, shattered, carrying too long suppressed sobs.

Shen Tang gently stroked his back, feeling the protruding vertebrae beneath her palm, a pang of pain in her heart.

"It’s okay, no failure, I’ll be with you slowly, always with you... we have plenty of time."

She soothed him, like calming a wounded beast.

"No matter what we face, we face it together, neither of us will abandon the other."

She said a lot, voice soft and light, as if fearing to break something fragile.

Lu Xiao’s breathing gradually steadied, his body no longer trembling so fiercely.

"Promise me." She murmured, "Stay by my side, forever with me, okay?"

Lu Xiao slowly raised his head.

He stared at her for a long time, long enough for the moon to crawl in through the cave entrance, casting a small patch of silver light at their feet.

Then, he lowered his head, resting his forehead against hers.

Nose touching nose.

Breaths intertwined, warm and moist.

"Okay."

His voice was as hoarse as snapped strings, yet each word was clear, as if using all the strength in his life.

"I promise you."

...

Shen Tang didn’t leave the cave again.

Lu Xiao’s Return Nest was still continuously flaring up.

Every time he trembled in pain, slipping into confusion, Shen Tang kissed him.

Lips pressed against his, gently, softly, transferring his pain bit by bit through her lips.

Sometimes it was a kiss, sometimes a hug, sometimes just holding his hand, calling his name over and over.

When he couldn’t hold back, he kissed her.

Fiercely, intensely, as if trying to vent all his suffering this way.

Shen Tang didn’t evade or resist.

She embraced him, letting him vent, letting him take.

Every time he regained consciousness, seeing the marks on her body, guilt in his eyes almost overflowing.

The female didn’t care about any of this, reassuring him that it’s okay, tenderly embracing all his shortcomings.

These days lasted for seven days.

In seven days, they didn’t step out of the cave.

What happened outside, they didn’t know, nor did they care to know.

This narrow, damp space, filled with the scent of earth and blood, became their isolated island.