Nine Star Hegemon Body Art

Ch 17 A Cold Killing Intent

“I’ll help you.”

Chu Yao took the cloth from Long Chen’s hand and gently wrapped up his arm. She quietly mumbled, “Sorry.”

Long Chen was somehow different from anyone else Chu Yao had ever met. Her impression was that he was the only ‘lower person’ that dared fight back against her.

She could tell from Long Chen’s wild and coarse eyes that he was a man who did not fear heaven or earth. He would rather have himself in pain than hurt Chu Yao; this had touched Chu Yao’s soft inner heart.

When she carefully thought about it, perhaps Long Chen really hadn’t done anything wrong, or maybe she just didn’t know the whole story. This was the first time in all her years that she started to feel a trace of guilt.

“I…” Long Chen was just about to say something.

“You don’t have to apologize. We… today we’ll call it even. I bit you, and you…” Her face turned red. Her chest still felt different from before as she hadn’t forgotten that previous feeling.

“No, I want to say-” Long Chen shook his head.

“Everything that needs to be said has been said. This is over. What more do you want to say?” Chu Yao said a bit angrily.

“Oh pretty woman, what I want to say is that you bit my left arm. Why are you bandaging my right arm?” 

Only now did Chu Yao notice that in her carelessness she had bound the wrong arm. Not only did her face turn completely red, but seeing his helpless expression, she softly cursed, “Scoundrel, why didn’t you tell me before?”

She unbound that arm and then bound Long Chen’s other arm. It was just a flesh wound, so other than hurting a bit, it couldn’t be considered serious.

Long Chen was laughing inside. This beautiful woman at least had a bit of a conscience. His strategy of hurting himself to gain her trust had worked perfectly.

Actually, he had healing medicines within his spatial ring, both for outer and inner wounds. But he didn’t take them out in order to put on a proper show.

Originally, Long Chen hadn’t been expecting his plan to work this well. If his soft approach hadn’t worked, he had been completely prepared to deal out harsher reprisals. Fortunately, she had fallen hook, line, and sinker for his trap. This had greatly surpassed his original expectations.

It was also the first time that he gained a faint favorable impression of the royal family. He gently said, “Your little brother was being used. Zhou Yaoyang wanted to use him to pressure me.”

He then recounted what had happened between him and Zhou Yaoyang briefly. This time he didn’t need to arouse her emotions; all he did was indifferently explain a bit of what he had been through.

“I’m sorry Long Chen. It was I who wronged you.” Chu Yao felt guilty now, feeling as if she had gone too far.

“Don’t worry, I’m already used to this,” said Long Chen indifferently.

Although his speech was very flat, combined with his sullen expression, it gave people a powerful moving visual.

Long Chen’s expression caused Chu Yao to feel even more guilt. It was as if she had rubbed salt into someone who was already covered in wounds.