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Chapter 27: So It Was You, You Bastard?:
Everything... it all seemed destined by the heavens!
It seemed... there really was such a thing as fate!
This time, he had truly escaped death!
He was originally prepared to die without regrets, but now... he couldn’t die?
And according to what Yi Xuanzhen had said, the Three Stars of Life Extension could make one an emperor!
Didn’t this mean... his chance had come?
Of course, he had a chance!
In fact, as long as he was alive, seizing control of the entire Mysterious Jade Empire and ascending to the throne wouldn’t be difficult at all!
And now, he had truly survived!
So... why not give it a try?
Why not pick up the ambitions of his youth?
Ling Ye’s gaze fell on Ye Lin in front of him, looking at her slender back.
He couldn’t help but feel the urge to hug her from behind...
He continued, "So... why did you save me? Surely, it wasn’t out of pure kindness?"
Who would give their body out of pure kindness?
After all, Ye Lin was a princess; she would never do something like that!
There must be a reason she saved his life!
How could someone of such high status casually give herself to a man she didn’t know?
"You said you would take responsibility for me... right?" Ye Lin asked. Her face flushed and she lowered her head.
She didn’t even dare turn around.
"Honestly, I’m not too keen on taking responsibility for a woman who’s already lost her first kiss." Ling Ye suddenly smirked playfully.
As soon as he said this, Ye Lin’s eyes widened in shock!
She quickly turned around and stared intensely at Ling Ye!
She stared at his face.
Then, she compared it to the face she had nearly forgotten in her mind...
Although they had been young back then, if she thought about it carefully... there was indeed some resemblance!
Could it be... him!?
Very few people knew about this!
If it wasn’t him, who else could it be?
"So it was you? So it was you, you bastard? I..." Ye Lin furrowed her eyebrow, lifted her hand, and slapped it toward Ling Ye.
This had been the most frustrating event in her heart for so many years!
The greatest shame of her life was this!
And now, the boy from back then turned out to be this man in front of her?
Of course, she wanted to punch him hard, to bite him to death!
But Ye Lin didn’t land the slap on Ling Ye.
He caught her wrist in mid-air!
"You brought it on yourself that time, didn’t you?"
He smirked, looking at Ye Lin, and said, "This time too! It’s all because of you, not because of me!"
Strictly speaking, that was indeed the case.
Back when they were young, it had been because she was acting spoiled and unruly as a princess that Ling Ye couldn’t stand it and decided to teach her a lesson in that way!
And this time, she had actively brought him back.
"How dare you say that!" Ye Lin snorted coldly and wanted to strike again.
But Ling Ye pulled her close, and she suddenly fell into his arms.
"You..."
She wanted to speak, but her mouth was already sealed by Ling Ye!
Sealed in the same way as when they were young!
Ye Lin’s entire body went numb instantly; she wanted to push him away with all her might, but she was powerless.
It wasn’t until a long time had passed that Ling Ye finally lifted his head.
By now, Ye Lin’s delicate face was already as red as a ripe apple!
He actually did it again?
He dared to act like before?
This was simply...
Ye Lin’s face was so red it seemed like it might start dripping blood!
She stared at Ling Ye with a furious gaze, wishing she could bite him to death!
But for some reason, she didn’t want to move at all; she just wanted to lie in his arms and let him hold her...
At this moment, Ling Ye suddenly raised his hand.
He gently caressed her face and her snow-white hair.
Then, in a soft voice, he said, "Thank you."
If she hadn’t saved his life in the end...
He might really have died!
No matter what her reasons were, he should thank her.
Of course, he also had to thank Luo Xinli and Ling Youruo.
The three of them were his lucky stars.
They were his guardian angels!
This unexpected tenderness from Ling Ye made Ye Lin’s heart race.
"Tha... Thank you? Thank you for what?" She stammered, her face still red, and quickly got up, turning her back to Ling Ye again.
"Could you... put on some clothes first?" Ye Lin asked, her voice flustered.
Ling Ye chuckled and then dressed himself.
He then got out of bed.
"How do you want me to take responsibility for you?"
He asked with a smile.
"What do you think?" Ye Lin turned around and glared at him.
He took her first kiss back then, and now he took her first night!
How do you think you should take responsibility?
"What’s your name?" Ye Lin asked next.
She had wanted to know his name for more than ten years.
Unfortunately, he was so skilled in martial arts even back then that she hadn’t been able to catch him!
Now he was finally within her grasp.
No wonder his strength was so unfathomable; it was him all along!
"Ling Ye!"
Ling Ye replied with a smile.
"Ling Ye?"
The name startled Ye Lin.
It was almost as if her name, when reversed, was his name?
Ling Ye, Ye Lin!
Wasn’t that fate?
Wasn’t it fate that the two of them are meant to be together?
Weren’t they destined to be together even in their youth?
Destined to be together!
"Alright, Ling Ye, since I saved your life! And... and you’ve done all these things to me!"
Ye Lin said, her face blushing again, "If I need something from now on, shouldn’t you help me?"
It was a very serious matter.
But she said it with a red face.
Because after everything that happened with Ling Ye, and remembering the incident from their youth...
Of course, she was blushing; of course, she couldn’t stay serious!
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