Chapter Fifty-two: Submission

  Li Mu stroked his aching head, sat up, and looked down at the woman kneeling under the bed, her body slightly trembling. He said coldly, "No wonder Haoran was so out of sorts today. So, you're the concubine he divorced."

  Xue Lengyu said: "I dare not deceive you, Your Highness, it is indeed me."

  Li Mu coldly snorted: "Not dare to confess? If it weren't for today's circumstances, did you plan on letting me know?"

  "The king has never asked, and it's hard to bring up a conspiracy." Xue Lengyu said, slowly calming down.

  It turns out that Xue Lengyu was actually the concubine of Murong Fu, and Li Mu couldn't help but raise an eyebrow: "If you say you were the concubine who was divorced by Haohuan, he didn't want to lose face in front of me, so it's understandable that he wouldn't mention it. However, today at the wine tower, Haohuan lost his composure, and your calmness is quite unexpected."

  Xue Lengyu thought for a moment and said, "I don't have anything to hide. When I left the Murong residence, I bumped my head and can't remember much about what happened before. I also no longer have any old feelings for Young Master Murong. I'll just discuss things based on how I think now."

  Li Mu didn't say whether he believed it or not, his unfathomable gaze was fixed firmly on Xue Lengyu.

  Li Mu didn't speak, and Xue Lengyu also didn't dare to speak, so they just knelt there on the ground. If it was just kneeling for a night, then that would be fine. After all, today might have made Li Mu quite angry.

  Half a response, Li Mu Fang said: "Get up."

  "Thank you, Your Highness." Xue Lengyu stood up, the ground was icy cold, and his knees were a bit numb. The shoulder that Li Mu had grasped earlier also hurt slightly, he didn't know if it had turned purple.

  Li Mu said: "Now you're telling me this, is it because you want me to retreat due to my relationship with Haoxuan?"

  "I don't dare." Xue Lengyu said: "It's just that I'm afraid of hurting the relationship between Wang Ye and Murong Gongzi, that would be my fault."

  Li Mu suddenly stretched out his hand and pinched Xue Lengyu's chin, making her lift her head to look at him.

  Li Mu let out a cold hum: "As you said, you are now a free person. If I were to take you, even if Haoran didn't know, just knowing our relationship would make him pretend he didn't know."

  Xue Lengyu didn't dare to resist, slightly furrowed her brow, and looked at Li Mu with a calm expression. However, she couldn't control the tension in her heart, and even she could hear the sound of her own heartbeat.

  Li Mu smiled with a corner of his mouth: "So you're also afraid. Xue Lengyu, I really thought you were fearless, that nothing could faze you."

  Xue Lengyu's face revealed a bitter smile: "Your Highness is too kind to me. I'm just a weak woman, now in your hands, my life and death are at your mercy, I have no control over myself. How can I not be afraid?"

  Xue Lengyu's slight tremble was palpable, and Li Mu's mood improved slightly: "You're so scared, yet you still dare to refuse me. Don't you fear that I'll get angry and kill you?"

  For Li Mu, getting rid of a maid in the mansion was as easy as pinching an ant to death.

  Xue Lengyu took a deep breath and said frankly: "Life is indeed precious, love is even more valuable. If it's for the sake of freedom, both can be abandoned."

  "Would you rather die than be mine?" The hand grasping Xue Lengyu's chin tightened slightly, and Li Mu's face drew closer. He had never been rejected, never so directly refused. How could he swallow this insult?

  The atmosphere was a bit stiff, Xue Lengyu understood in her heart that at this time Li Mu wanted nothing more than obedience. It was just that he felt his face had been damaged and he wanted to take it back. If he really got angry, he could do anything.

  Because his face is much more important than his own life.

  "The slave is not willing to die." Xue Lengyu's long eyelashes flickered lightly, and she closed her eyes, finally swallowing the "yes" that had reached the tip of her tongue, with a hint of sadness, she let out a faint sigh.

  I guess this is a compromise.

  For a thousand years, it's been difficult to find someone who would rather die than yield. Even if forced into such a desperate situation, he still couldn't bring himself to be so ruthless. Xue Lengyu sneered at himself in his heart, thinking that he really wasn't the kind of person who could do great things.

  Li Mu's face also had a mocking expression, speaking with grandeur and passion, but ultimately still fearing death.

  But he never thought about it, who is not afraid of death?

  Release the grip on Xue Lengyu's chin, Li Mu's slightly cool fingers gently brushed away the scattered hair on her shoulders. Underneath her collar was a fair and delicate neck and clavicle. At this moment, goosebumps rose, after all, she was just an innocent girl who had not experienced any major events. Even if her body might no longer be unfamiliar, how could her heart not be afraid?

  Xue Lengyu struggled to restrain himself, taking slow and deep breaths to calm his tense emotions. His hands were clenched into fists by his sides, gripping tightly, with fingernails leaving deep marks on his palms, yet he seemed oblivious.

  Li Mu's voice was low and husky: "Is it so hard to obey me?"

  Xue Lengyu actually didn't want to say anything else, but still holding onto a glimmer of hope, she said: "Although the prince's status is noble, he is also human and must have done things he didn't want to do. He should understand what that feels like. I'm not perfect, and it's hard for me to say this without being tactless, but forcing oneself into such a situation, especially when it comes to a woman, is unbearable."

  "Are you saying I'm being too hard on you?" Li Mu's voice was slightly soft, his fingers slowly pinching the button on Xue Lengyu's collar, at this moment, it seemed as if a slight force would shatter it.

  Xue Lengyu said: "What kind of answer does the prince want me to give?"

  This isn't called forcing someone to do something difficult, what is?

  Xue Lengyu didn't respond, but it was as if she had. Li Mu smiled silently: "You're really an interesting girl. No wonder Haoyuan can't forget you."

  Is this also called fun? How can Xue Lengyu not be sad. Following this person with a gap of several thousand years, what else is there to say. This time it's really heartbroken.

  Xue Lengyu smiled wryly. Don't bother with this man anymore, let him do as he pleases. It's just a one-night stand anyway, and it's not like this body is a virgin for the first time. Li Mu is also a handsome guy, with a good figure and looks, I'm sure he has experience too.

  Despair breeds joy. Xue Lengyu suddenly became calm. Who said that since you can't escape the rape of life, all you can do is to pose in the most comfortable position.

  The body that his fingers touched was no longer trembling with tension, and Li Mu was somewhat surprised, and couldn't help but say: "How is it that you suddenly understand? Are you willing to follow me?"

  Xue Lengyu calmly said, "In this situation, I won't be able to change my opinion about you, Your Highness. It's just that I've come to understand that if I don't want to die, I can only accept the price of living. You have never been in such a situation, so you wouldn't understand. Sometimes, what might seem like a trivial matter to you could be a life-or-death struggle for others. I'm sure you're laughing at me in your heart for being afraid of death, but who isn't when they have something to live for?"