The female's eyes were half-closed, her eyelids seemingly too heavy to lift. Patches of red colored her cheeks.
She was curled up listlessly under the animal-hide blanket, her head hanging low.
Hearing the door, An Jin thought Ling Hong had finished brewing the medicine. But as she was about to look up, a chilly embrace enveloped her.
"How are you so hot?" Mi Yin pulled her into his arms. His cool strands of hair fell onto her as his long fingers lovingly caressed her face.
An Jin shivered violently at the touch and burrowed deeper into the blanket, leaving only the top of her head facing him.
The female's scorching body heat transferred through the thick blankets, leaving only a pleasant warmth against Mi Yin's chest. The perfect temperature intoxicated the Snake Beast, and it felt as if his own cold body was taking on the same feverish heat.
But more than that, he felt an uncontrollable pang in his heart.
