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

Chapter 1051: Chapter 767: Eagle: Deep Love 100!

On the seventh morning, Lu Xiao woke up for the first time without an episode.

Sunlight trickled in through the entrance, a fine beam landing on his face.

He turned his head, looking at the female curled up in his arms, deeply asleep.

She had grown thinner.

Over the past seven days, she had hardly eaten well, lips cracked, dark circles under her eyes speaking of exhaustion. His marks were everywhere on her neck, collarbone, wrists; some fading, some freshly made just last night.

She stayed by him like this, passing through the cycles of awareness and immersion without a word of complaint.

Lu Xiao raised his broad and slender hand, gently touching her cheek.

So tenderly, as if handling a fragile treasure, or afraid of waking from a beautiful dream.

Shen Tang shifted slightly, burrowing deeper into his embrace, muttering something indistinctly.

Lu Xiao didn’t catch the words.

He lowered his head, pressing his lips to the top of her hair, shutting his eyes again, his heart filled with an aching sourness and gentle contentment, leaving no room for anything else.

Lu Xiao had never imagined a day would come when he’d show such a fallen state outside, and in front of his beloved female no less.

How to describe it? At that time, it felt as if he were brutally sliced open, a perfect shell shattered, exposing all the sordid filth before her.

He painfully closed his eyes, wishing he could end himself.

Yet, she accepted it all with gentleness, without a trace of disgust or disdain, standing by him unwaveringly.

She saw his ugliest side, calmly accepting his flaws.

Lu Xiao ought to feel immense shame, yet in that moment, he felt inexplicably light-hearted.

That feeling of being gently accepted from the outside in rendered him no longer needing to present a perfect facade before others.

He feared his flaws might be judged and rejected, an illegitimate child with an unclear identity, unworthy of inheriting the Lu Family, unworthy of standing in the Family Head’s place, even less so by the Monarch’s side.

Thus, he must always be on alert, to ensure no flaws could be found in his entire being, lest he lose the right to stand firmly in that position.

In front of Shen Tang, he’d always shown maturity and stability, yet deep within, a strand of unspeakable inferiority lingered.

Perhaps an echo of childhood wounds, spanning his entire life, demanding he compensate through stringent standards for that weak yet profound crack.

But now, he doesn’t need to anymore.

No matter his state, she would gently accept, never abandoning him.

The wind outside had stopped.

Sunlight poured through the entrance, illuminating the entire cave.

...

Shen Tang these days was exhausted physically and mentally, sleeping heavily like a deflated mess.

The system’s notification sound dragged her out of chaos.

[Congratulations, Host! Lu Xiao’s affinity has reached "Deep Love 100"! Congratulations, Host, on successfully completing the first target’s strategy task, progress is now 3/5 complete!]

[Congratulations, Host, for achieving the character exclusive strategy title—]

[Unparalleled Minister!]

[A resolute devotion to the Monarch, eternal companionship!]

[This title grants a 20% defense bonus, making the host more adept in battle and better protecting their safety.]

[Large mission rewards are now being issued to the Host—]

[Congratulations to the Host for earning ten thousand points, usable for exchanging all goods in the mall!]

[Congratulations to the Host for acquiring 100 bags of Advanced Survival Resource Packs.]

[Congratulations to the Host for gaining one Life Replacement Talisman, capable of withstanding one lethal attack.]

[Congratulations to the Host for obtaining the special item: Honest Water Drops (one-time use).

Usage: Attach to drinks or food, colorless and tasteless, upon consumption, the target cannot help but speak their innermost true thoughts within an hour, unable to lie.]

[Congratulations to the Host for acquiring the special item: Identity Borrowing Card (one-time use).

Upon use, temporarily acquire background information and basic skills of a given identity (e.g., "Doctor": automatically acquiring medical knowledge), lasting for 24 hours.

Note: Only "knowledge" and "identity proof" can be acquired, not corresponding physical abilities or connections.]

Shen Tang opened her eyes drowsily, her head buzzing, not immediately processing everything.

"What..."

She was dazed for quite a while, absorbing the system’s long broadcast.

Deep Love One Hundred?

Lu Xiao?

Shen Tang blinked, instinctively looking up towards the man within arm’s reach.