Why Don’t You Dare Look at Me

"I... I..." Lily Bai bit her lip. "The Sigil Sect and Divine Realm army have come to the Primeval Demon Wilds. Did you know?"

"What are they here for?"

"To break the formation."

Damian Black let out a cold laugh.

"I want to make another deal with you. How about it?" Lily Bai asked.

"A deal?"

Lily Bai nodded.

Damian Black flashed a wicked smile and suddenly pressed his hand to the space behind her.

Startled, Lily Bai stepped back—right into the lamppost.

Then she was trapped between the lamppost and his body.

Her heart thundered as she stared at him in a daze.

"What are you offering in exchange? Yourself?"

Lily Bai's mind went blank: "..."

He reached out and stroked Lily Bai's face. "I heard you're getting engaged to Henry Xiao?"

His fingers were a little cool, carrying their usual faint fragrance that made her heart clench with every breath.

Already about to get engaged to the Fourth Prince of Drake Abyss, and you still want to make a deal? Aren't you afraid the marriage will fall through?

I'm not engaged to him! No, I mean, I came here because—

His finger pressed against her lips.

Lily Bai's voice was sealed by a spell; she couldn't make a sound.

"Lily Bai, old rules. No matter what you want to trade, you have to show your sincerity first." he murmured almost right against her ear.

Lily Bai flushed bright red, struggling to find her voice: "Risking my life to come find you is my greatest sincerity."

"Is that so?" He looked at her.

Drake Abyss dismantled the execution platform in the ancient ruins and used its special materials to make many lightning-shielding pearls. If our Sigil Sect disciples go in with these pearls, there's a good chance we can break your array core!

So?

But our Sigil Sect disciples will suffer heavy casualties," Lily Bai said. "I want to make a deal: you keep our people alive in the array, and we'll lie and say we couldn't find the array core. Isn't it better if everyone survives?"

Lily Bai said all this while staring at the lamppost beside him.

"Why don't you dare look at me?" Damian Black's attention shifted.

"I... Why wouldn't I dare look at you!" Lily Bai looked at him.

But the moment she looked at his face, she quickly averted her gaze.

She just couldn't look at him directly!

Classic guilty conscience.

"Still won't admit it?" Damian Black grinned wickedly. "Don't tell me—you've fallen for me?"

Lily Bai: "As if!"

"Why not?" Damian said. "Lots of girls like me!"

Lily Bai bit her lip, shot him a glance, and was about to speak when Damian Black suddenly frowned and pulled her behind him.

A sheath of red light wrapped around her, making her invisible.

She was still confused when, at that moment, someone broke through the barrier from outside.

Damian Black said, "Baxa, let her in."

Baxa let her in.

"Brother Shen!" The newcomer flew to him, calling out excitedly.

Invisible, Lily Bai's eyes widened. It was... Snow Yuan.

"Why are you here?" Damian Black asked.

"I've come here so many times and could never get in," Snow Yuan said. "I never thought I'd actually see you this time!"

"I told you not to come looking for me again," Damian Black said.

"Brother Shen... are you okay?" Snow Yuan asked, her eyes reddening.

"Aren't I standing here just fine?" Damian Black replied coolly.

"Brother Shen, you have no idea... how much I've suffered all these years! Every day I wanted to come find you, I—"

"Stop talking like a child," Damian Black said coldly. "If there's nothing important, go back."