Volume 2

87 Ta Lai's Nightmare

His lingering warmth spread across my lips and my eyes trembled in the dark. Loosening my grip on his head, I pushed him off before sitting up—like a panicked hare, the series of my action happened in mere seconds.

After getting up from my position, I stared at the darkness ahead without being able to see him.

In that same darkness, I could hear his panting breaths.

“Ah…. Accident, it was an accident.” Lifting an arm, I scratched the back of my head awkwardly.

Before Nie Zun could even respond, I felt a tremor beneath my feet and light filled my eyes once more.

Rubbing my eyes from the sudden intrusion, I could make out the clean and lit stone room when my sight cleared. Nie Zun got up slowly from opposite me and I followed suit. Behind us, Ta Lai’s voice bounced off the walls. “Well done. You did better than I expected; I had thought you would at least get torn to shreds before making it out of there.”

……

As expected, you were planning to torment us!

“Since time is scarce, let’s continue onto our next segment....