CHAPTER 1279: CHAPTER 1277: HELPING EACH OTHER

The ancient castle looked somewhat dilapidated, even during the day, it appeared extraordinarily eerie, with a chilling low temperature.

"I’m sorry, Your Highness Lawrence, I messed up the things on the Huaxia side..." A man shrouded entirely in a black robe was kneeling before a young man.

The man seemed to be around twenty years old, very young, with handsome features, shoulder-length brown wavy hair, and wearing clothes that were quite popular among 19th-century European nobility.

The only difference from ordinary people was that the man’s face was extremely pale, as white as paper.

"Messed up? You dare to come see me after messing up?" The man curled his lips into a wicked smile, touching his chin with equally pale fingers.

"Your Highness, please believe me, next time, we won’t fail again." Although the other party was smiling, the man in the black robe was extremely nervous.

"I can forgive you this time, but you must give me something."

"What is it?" The black-robed man seemed pleased.

However, the delight on his face quickly froze, followed by his pupils beginning to dilate.

Unknowingly, the man had already come before the black-robed man, holding a round head in his hand.

"What I want is this." The man gave an eerie smile.

He casually discarded the head, then took out a handkerchief to gently wipe the blood from his hands.

"If the gift for the queen gets messed up again, none of you will need to return."

...

Wang Dadong lifted his head, only to see Li Wan somehow waking up, looking at him with a face full of worry.

"Aunt, I’m fine." Wang Dadong forced a smile uglier than crying at Li Wan.

Seeing the blue veins bulging on Wang Dadong’s forehead, Li Wan felt heartbroken. The pain Wang Dadong was enduring was all for her.

Originally, he didn’t have to endure such pain.

"Dadong, you don’t have to lie to me, I know that feeling. If you really can’t hold on, just give up, and Aunt will die with you." Li Wan said calmly.

When she saw Wang Dadong take the "addictive," she made such a decision in her heart.

If Wang Dadong couldn’t endure the "addictive," she would die with him.

Wang Dadong thought he could overcome the pain brought by the "addictive" through willpower because he hadn’t personally experienced how painful it was when it flared up.

Li Wan could hold on because she didn’t want to die, she couldn’t let go of her useless son.

For Lin Fei, she had to survive.

Wang Dadong was only in his twenties, so young, it’s impossible for him to withstand the pain of the "addictive" flare-up.

Wang Dadong didn’t speak, and by this time, he could barely talk.

The pain increased again.

Really, this kind of pain was ten times worse than being stabbed or burned.

Even someone like him, who had hovered on the brink of death numerous times and had developed an iron will, found it hard to bear.

Li Wan didn’t know what to do, so she just hugged Wang Dadong tightly.

At that moment, Wang Dadong wished he could find a hole to crawl into, so he buried his head deeply in Li Wan’s chest.

The faint fragrance wafted into his nose, like burying his face in cotton, making Wang Dadong feel somewhat better.

In his subconscious, Wang Dadong knew what he was doing was very wrong; no matter how beastly, he couldn’t take advantage of his aunt.

As soon as he felt a little better, Wang Dadong immediately wanted to break free from Li Wan’s embrace.

"It’s okay, Dadong." Li Wan, however, held Wang Dadong tightly and didn’t let go.

She knew that Wang Dadong desperately needed someone to help him through this difficult time.

Trying to endure the "addictive" alone was really unlikely.

In the past, Li Wan only barely got through it by stabbing her own palm with scissors or cutting her leg with a fruit knife.

Since Li Wan had said so, Wang Dadong didn’t forcefully break free anymore. After all, this indeed helped him to distract himself a little.

However, as time went on, the effectiveness of this method of distraction diminished.

"Dadong, if it really hurts, just bite Aunt." Li Wan said with some pain in her voice.

Previously, this was how she resisted the "addictive."

Hearing Li Wan’s words, Wang Dadong indeed had the thought of biting Li Wan.

To be honest, he had had that thought long ago.

He only restrained himself from acting on it.

After all, he’s a man; if Li Wan bit him, he could take it, but Li Wan was a delicate woman, she might not endure if he bit her.

Furthermore, considering his current position, if he really did open his mouth to bite...

In the end, Wang Dadong dismissed that very tempting and exceedingly wicked thought.

Being held by Li Wan like this was already not very appropriate, and to go further... would make him a complete scoundrel.

After about ten minutes, the effect of the "addictive" gradually weakened.

By then, Wang Dadong was drenched in sweat from head to toe.

His physique was much better than Li Wan’s; even without any Inner Strength, the duration of the "addictive" couldn’t last as long as it did for Li Wan.

Seeing Wang Dadong’s breathing begin to steady, Li Wan still didn’t release her hold on him, but gently patted his head and softly said, "You silly child, do you regret your recklessness now?"

"No, I don’t regret it." Wang Dadong voluntarily broke free from Li Wan’s embrace.

Earlier, he had the excuse of the "addictive" flare-up, but now that the effect has passed, staying in her embrace would be unjustifiable.

Although, he actually didn’t really want to leave Li Wan’s embrace.

Li Wan’s arms were exceptionally warm, just like a mother’s embrace.

Li Wan was slightly startled, her beautiful eyes looked into Wang Dadong’s, and she found his eyes completely clear, with no hint of pretense.

"Didn’t you just feel like you’d rather die?" She was somewhat disbelieving that there wasn’t a trace of regret in Wang Dadong’s heart.

Wang Dadong nodded and said, "Yes, I did feel a lot of pain and wished I could die just now, but I know Aunt has endured much more pain than I have, and if Aunt can hold on, why can’t I?"

Li Wan’s face showed an expression mixed with both being moved and helplessness.

What a silly boy, it’s obviously him helping her, yet it sounds like she’s helping him.

"Dadong, go take a shower," Li Wan softly suggested, looking at Wang Dadong’s drenched state. Since things had come to this, there was no use in saying more. From now on, they could only support each other against the "addictive".