Chapter 556: A Precious Night

At that moment, Ye Chen was in Lin Qiyun’s chambers.

As usual, Ye Chen was not sleeping on the bed. He was sitting to the side, sensing the power of the Divine Beast’s Fire Seed to heal his injuries.

Lin Qiyun, however, was unlike her usual self. She rarely slept these days, typically spending her nights in cultivation.

Today, however, she had uncharacteristically skipped her cultivation. After tossing and turning for a while, she saw Ye Chen looking like he was about to head out and immediately called to him.

“Husband, where are you going so late?”

Hearing this, Ye Chen stopped and said, “I’m going to see the old Priest. There’s something I need to ask him.”

Lin Qiyun fell silent.

She parted her lips. “Can’t it wait until tomorrow?”

“What’s wrong?” Ye Chen asked, his brow furrowing in confusion.

“There’s something I want to ask you.”

Lin Qiyun spoke, then hesitated for a long moment before continuing, “That day at the entrance to the tribe… what did you and the Huo family’s Second Elder talk about?”

Ye Chen froze.

He never expected Lin Qiyun to suddenly ask about that.

‘How am I supposed to answer that?’ It was best not to let Lin Qiyun know about the conflicts between the major powers.

With that in mind, Ye Chen simply said evasively, “He told me about the Huo family’s recent situation.”

“Their recent situation…” Lin Qiyun bit her lip. “Husband, you’ve remembered things from your past, haven’t you?”

“Then… can you tell me? What kind of person were you before?”

“Before, I…” Ye Chen started to answer.

But then he remembered. ‘Right now, I’m a sensitive figure in the Black Triangle.’

‘If my identity gets out, it will almost certainly attract the attention of those major powers who are hostile to me!’

‘Take the Huo family. They were one of the top powers in the Black Triangle, but they ended up in their current state just because they were associated with me.’

“I’ll tell you when the time is right,” Ye Chen said, ultimately choosing not to reveal his identity.

“You still won’t tell me?”

Lin Qiyun sounded crestfallen. Her expression darkened, but in the pitch-black room, Ye Chen couldn’t see her face.

But he could tell from her voice that something was off with her tonight.

“Husband, I feel like you’re hiding many things from me.”

“Is it because you still don’t see me as your true wife?”

Lin Qiyun asked.

“…” Ye Chen fell silent, then sighed. “Once my injuries are completely healed, I will tell you everything you want to know.”

“But right now, I don’t have the strength to protect you, so…”

Before he could finish speaking, a shadow flashed in front of him.

A fragrant scent washed over him as a soft, warm body suddenly pressed into his embrace.

“You…” Ye Chen froze, subconsciously wrapping his arms around the delicate figure in his embrace.

Lin Qiyun rested her head against Ye Chen’s chest, her own head bowed, her voice almost inaudible.

“If you don’t see me as your true wife…”

“Then let me truly become your woman tonight!”

“What did you say?” Ye Chen’s heart jolted.

He could clearly feel the soft body in his arms begin to writhe like a water snake.

It was as if she wanted to melt completely into his body.

Her scorching body heat assaulted Ye Chen’s senses.

Lin Qiyun was being exceptionally bold and forward tonight.

The two had long been married but had never consummated their union.

Of course, this was because Ye Chen had been in a coma for a long time, and Lin Qiyun had yet to fully let her guard down around this stranger.

But in the past few days, Lin Qiyun had seen everything Ye Chen had done for the tribe.

And along with her feelings of gratitude and awe, a sense of crisis had begun to grow within her.

She realized that Ye Chen’s background was likely astonishing and that they were people from two different worlds.

A man like him could leave the tribe at any moment.

Perhaps because she had accepted Ye Chen in her heart and now saw him as one of her own people,

she had decided to give herself to him tonight.

“…”

The room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Only the sound of two ragged breaths echoed in the silence.

Ye Chen could clearly feel the cool, soft touch of her lips on his skin.

It was Lin Qiyun, clumsily demanding him.

For a young maiden who had never been with a man, her movements were so very clumsy.

Even in the pitch-black night, Ye Chen could faintly make out the blush on her beautiful face.

“I’m sorry.”

But in the end, under the girl’s stunned gaze, Ye Chen pushed the delicate body away.

Lin Qiyun’s eyes widened in astonishment.

She had clearly felt his heat, his desire.

She was shy, and it was her first time,

but she had been willing to yield to him, to do whatever he wanted.

But she never imagined that after being so completely willing, Ye Chen would actually reject her!

“I can’t let myself be tied down by the title of husband.”

“And I can’t promise you any kind of future…”

Ye Chen struggled to calm himself and said slowly, “Sooner or later, I will have to leave this tribe.”

Lin Qiyun froze.

She was silent for a long time.

Ye Chen didn’t press her, giving the young woman time to think.

‘If it had been any other woman, he might have just taken her.’

‘But he couldn’t do that to Lin Qiyun!’

‘He couldn’t bring himself to simply take her when he couldn’t promise her a happy future!’

“I won’t use our status as husband and wife to tie you down.”

“It doesn’t matter if you leave the tribe in the future.”

The young woman suddenly spoke.

Faint moonlight streamed in, draping her in a hazy silver veil and adding a heart-stopping sort of beauty.

Lin Qiyun looked at Ye Chen earnestly and said, word by word, “I don’t care what you decide in the future. At least for now, in this short time we have together, we are husband and wife.”

“I know you’re like a divine dragon in the sky, impossible to bind to one small corner of the world.”

“We won’t try to hold you back.”

“Honestly, I’ve accepted it. No matter what you want to do, I will always be behind you, supporting you in silence.”

“For tonight, at least… I just want to spend one beautiful night with the first, and perhaps only, husband I will ever have…”

“May I?”

Her voice was gentle and sweet, yet tinged with the nervous fear of rejection.

“…”

Ye Chen said nothing.

Neither did Lin Qiyun.

Her lovely face burned, and her heart pounded in her chest.

The next moment, Ye Chen answered her with his actions.

He kissed her.