Chapter 699: He Wants to Go Home

Chapter 699 -698: He Wants to Go Home

He kicked the door open and stormed into the room, instantly stunned by the scene inside.

Something was burning in the middle of the room. Flames flickered, giving off a foul stench.

Judging by the shape, it looked like a person.

Meanwhile, Hua Manman was slumped on the floor. Her abdomen was wounded, her dress stained red with blood, and her face was ashen. She looked as if she could stop breathing at any moment.

She hadn’t expected the person bursting in to be Li Ji. She stared at him blankly, as if wondering if this was all a dream.

A painful fist clenched around Li Ji’s heart as panic and worry flooded his mind.

He ran over, his limbs uncoordinated with panic, and scooped Hua Manman up with trembling hands.

“Why are you bleeding so much?”

Before Hua Manman could open her mouth, he spoke rapidly.

“Don’t talk. Save your strength. I’ll take you to the Imperial Physician right now.”

With that, he ran outside, carrying her in his arms.

At that moment, his entire being was focused on getting Hua Manman to the Imperial Physician; he failed to notice just how light the woman in his arms was.

She was as light as a cloud, her weight almost imperceptible.

Hua Manman tilted her head, pressing her face against his chest and listening to his rapid, powerful heartbeat.

She could feel her life force draining away, her senses growing increasingly dull.

This meant the Main God was also dying.

Hua Manman said, “Do you remember that dream you had when you were a child?”

Li Ji’s mind was consumed with finding the Imperial Physician. How could he possibly remember some dream?

He replied distractedly, “What dream?”

“When you were little, you dreamed you turned into a Three-colored Cat and met a little girl.

That girl’s life was tragic; she lived every day in darkness.

You stayed with her through the loneliest period of her life.

It was because of you that she wasn’t swallowed by the darkness.

The Main God said he used his own power to send me to this world.

But I think it’s because of you that I came to this world.”

As she spoke, her expression grew distant, as if she were falling into a long-forgotten dream.

Scene after scene from the past surfaced in her mind.

The Three-colored Cat from the depths of her memory gradually overlapped and merged with the man before her.

His appearance had changed the fate of her entire life.

The bond between them could transcend time and space.

So she believed—

As long as Li Ji was still here, as long as they still loved each other, she would not leave this world.

Li Ji finally noticed something was wrong.

The woman in his arms was absurdly light, not at all the weight a living person should have.

A strong sense of unease welled up in his heart, and his pace slowed.

He looked down.

He saw that she had closed her eyes, as if she had fallen asleep.

But her body was rapidly turning transparent.

Li Ji immediately panicked.

He held her even tighter, incessantly calling her name.

“Manman! Manman!”

Hua Manman’s recollections were interrupted by the voice.

She slowly lifted her eyes, looked at the frantic man, and smiled softly.

“Don’t be afraid. I’m just a little tired and want to sleep for a while.”

Li Ji couldn’t believe her words.

She looked as if she could vanish at any moment.

The terror of being abandoned again instantly swept through him, nearly shattering his sanity.

He shouted, his eyes rimmed with red.

“You can’t sleep! Do you hear me? I forbid you to sleep!”

It was clearly a command, but his voice trembled so badly it sounded more like a desperate plea.

Hua Manman looked at the tears welling in the corners of his eyes. She wanted to reach out to wipe them away, only to belatedly realize her hand had already turned transparent.

She could no longer touch him.

She could only soothe him with her voice.

“I really do just want to sleep. If you don’t believe me, you can go home and see.”

By now, her body was almost completely transparent.

Li Ji had to press his ear to her lips to barely make out what she was saying.

Her words managed to slightly stabilize Li Ji’s frayed emotions.

He wanted to ask for more details, but before the words could leave his mouth, he felt his arms suddenly go light.

He looked down. She was gone.

Only the blood-soaked dress remained in his arms.

Li Ji’s mind went blank for a moment.

Manman had vanished, just like that.

He remained frozen, his arms still curved as if holding her. He stood there for a long, long time, motionless as a statue.

Until Hua Dingzong came running over in a hurry.

“Regent Prince, have you found Manman?”

Li Ji was abruptly jolted back to his senses.

He looked at the blood-stained dress in his arms, Hua Manman’s last words echoing endlessly in his mind.

‘She told me to go home and see.’

‘What was there to see at home?’

In almost an instant, Li Ji thought of the secret underground chamber at his home.

And Hua Manman’s body, hidden inside it.

Li Ji immediately broke into a frantic run.

‘I have to go home!’

‘Manman is waiting for me at home!’