Chapter 358: Chapter 358 - 350: Crater
Shen Li laid her down on the bed, went out to pour a glass of water, took out a box of medicine, opened it, and swallowed it with warm water.
Shen Tang glanced curiously, her expression changing slightly. Is this... contraceptive pills?
She had seen him take it before, but hadn’t paid attention. Only now did she realize that Shen Li had always been taking contraception.
Shen Tang’s expression was a bit strange, "What do you mean by this?"
She really didn’t have any plans to have children at the moment, but Shen Li taking contraceptive pills behind her back without informing her in advance made her feel inexplicably uncomfortable.
Shen Li leaned down, hooked her leg around his waist, his voice gentle and husky, "You don’t want children, I am just afraid of an accident happening."
Shen Tang was worried, "There are no legitimate pharmacies in the Empire selling such drugs, these are all sold illegally and haven’t been properly tested. Won’t they be bad for your health?"
"Taking it occasionally is okay." Shen Li said as he lowered his head to kiss her lips, holding her tenderly in his embrace.
Soon, Shen Tang’s enchanting eyes were misty with a watery haze, her eye corners turning red, making her all the more captivating.
The burning passion, the romantic tenderness.
Both worked together, defeating rationality.
Leaving one with no time to care about anything else.
...
Tonight, Shen Li was terrifyingly relentless!
Through life and death, doing his utmost to exhaust her, as if making up for everything owed in the past, all in this one night!
When Shen Tang woke up, it was already the next day.
Shen Tang was extremely exhausted and let Shen Li carry her to the bathroom.
"Xiao Tang’er, you look truly beautiful like this, making it hard for me to let go..." Shen Li looked at the marks left on the feminine body with his handsome face rippling with tenderness and affection, bending down to kiss the love marks on her waist.
The sound of the shower became louder, covering the sounds that started again.
When Shen Tang regained her senses, the sky outside the window had completely darkened.
She moved slightly and gasped in pain, her pretty face showing an increasingly strange expression. She quickly used her healing ability and took a recovery potion from her space, only then did she finally feel like she had reclaimed half her life!
"Xiao Tang must be starving, have some food." Shen Li came in, holding hot porridge and meat pies.
He rarely cooked a meal for her.
On regular days, Shen Tang would be quite surprised by his indulgence, but now, she wasn’t touched at all!
Shen Li sat by the bed, placing the bowl and plate on the table.
Shen Tang angrily kicked him, "You scoundrel dressed as a gentleman, I never thought you were that kind of person!"
Shen Li caught her evenly white foot, gently kneading it, his handsome face showing an increasingly enticing deep smile, "Oh? Still have energy to tussle, it seems Brother Li was too gentle with you, otherwise how about one more time? It wouldn’t do justice to the affectionate name Xiao Tang’er has for me, right?"
"..." Shen Tang’s face turned red, fiercely saying, "In your dreams!"
Shen Li leaned close, pecking her lips tenderly in a heart-stirring way.
Shen Li’s slender jade white fingers gently pinched her face, chuckling softly, "My sweet Tang’er, don’t be mad at me, I promise I won’t do this again, for now, have something to eat, okay?"
Shen Tang looked at the stunning and vibrant red-haired man, not able to muster any anger at all! Especially with those long enticing foxy eyes, smiling at someone with such intent that all three souls and seven spirits would be hooked away, not really wanting to be mad at him!
After Shen Tang finished eating, she yawned, feeling sleepy, "I’ll sleep a bit more."
"Mm, sleep peacefully, I’ll stay by your side, call me if anything happens." Shen Li’s slender fingers brushed through her messy hair on her forehead, tucking it behind her ear, softly coaxing.
Shen Tang closed her eyes and soon fell asleep.
In her drowsiness, it seemed like someone gently kissed her face, forehead, eyebrows, lips... inch by inch, lingering, with affectionate murmurs mixed with moonlight, floating like clouds.
Unfortunately, she was sleeping deeply and didn’t hear.
...
Jia Lan had a long tiring day, coming home late at night, wanting to find Shen Tang.
He knocked on the door, no response.
Asleep?
Can’t possibly be sleeping so soundly?
"Tangtang? Are you asleep?"
Jia Lan called out several more times, still no response.
Jia Lan’s heart tightened, breaking in, and the room was already empty!
On the table was a letter!
He quickly opened it.
— Wind Roar City, Volcano Crater.
Is it that sneaky fox’s handwriting?!
Did the two of them go to Wind Roar City?!
Jia Lan frowned, feeling it strange. Why did the two of them go to that broken place without saying anything? Why not notify them in advance?
Leaving just a hastily written letter, afraid he would disturb their private time together? Truly a cunning fox with many tricks!
Jia Lan went to the Lu Family overnight and told Lu Xiao about it, "Did Tangtang tell you she’s going to Wind Roar City with that fox?"
Lu Xiao frowned, saying in a deep voice, "She didn’t say anything about that to me."
Jia Lan felt uneasy, "Leaving so hastily, it doesn’t seem like her style, could something else have happened?"
Lu Xiao feared something unexpected might have occurred, and immediately disregarded family affairs, leaving them to his father and the clan elders to handle.
He took a team and, with Jia Lan, rushed to Wind Roar City overnight.
...
On the other side.
When Shen Tang woke up, she wasn’t at home but in a strange wilderness.
Beneath her was fluffy red fox fur, and she was lying on Shen Li’s back.
Shen Li was carrying her, running through the wilderness.
The Fire Fox was agile and graceful, stunningly beautiful beyond compare, with nine fluffy fiery red fox tails trailing like flowing clouds across the sky, leaving a long flaming trail like a river of stars, resplendent and ethereal.
The tips of the nine fiery red tails were tinged with a faint golden hue, resembling blooming golden lotuses, illuminating the bleak land like a flame, so breathtaking it made one’s heart skip a beat.
Shen Tang was stunned, quickly looking down, relieved to see she was still dressed.
She turned to look at the dark sky, confused, "Why... why did you bring me to this deserted wilderness? Am I dreaming?"
Shen Li deftly leaped over a pit of rocks, landing in a flat area, like a spirit born of fire, with nine fluffy fiery fox tails swaying gently in the breeze, "Did little Tang’er forget about the Secret Realm?"
He said, "Didn’t you say you wanted to come to the Secret Realm today? I just brought you over while you were asleep, and when you woke up, we would be almost there."
Shen Tang twitched her lips. Why did this sneaky fox seem even more eager than she was!
She held onto the Nine-tailed Fire Fox’s long neck with both hands, her face against the fluffy soft fox fur, which had a faint fragrance, as the scenery quickly passed by.
They hadn’t seen a soul along the way, showing just how remote this place was.
The forest area became less and less, and the ground was covered in barren grass.
The further north they went, the sparser the vegetation became.
Eventually, only scattered stones and barren soil remained, without a single blade of withered grass in sight.
The air also got hotter, subtly distorting, which was uncommon in winter.
The last time Shen Tang came here, she hadn’t passed this place. Now, her clothes were almost soaked with sweat from the heat, continuously wiping the sweat off her forehead.
Shen Li turned his head to look at her, the nine tails extending like flowing clouds in the air, closing in to form a semicircular protective shield, preventing her from accidentally falling while also forming an invisible energy shield, blocking the scorching waves from all around.
Only then did Shen Tang feel better, not as hot anymore.
Soon, a man and a fox arrived at their destination, which was a volcano crater!