Side Story 2: The Price We Paid

Side Story 2: The Price We Paid

The Regent's Palace, main courtyard bathroom.

The huge bath was steaming and filled with mist.

But what should have been a beautiful atmosphere was now filled with tension.

"Pei, Yun, Jing!"

"Tang, Li!"

Two voices rang out simultaneously.

Pei Yunjing, dressed in a soaked undergarment, clutched his chest with a look of grief and indignation, pointing at Tang Li opposite him:

"Turn around! Don't look! That's my body!"

Meanwhile, "Tang Li," with her stunningly beautiful face, adopted a boss-like posture and sneered:

"Your body? I'm using it now."

"Besides..."

He glanced down at his chest, his tone full of disgust and helplessness:

"I know my wife's body inside and out. What's wrong with taking a look? But you..."

Pei Yunjing (in Tang Li's body) narrowed his eyes, his gaze sweeping across the woman opposite him, who was using his body but making a effeminate gesture of covering her chest:

"If you dare to use my body in such a shameful position again, I will... commit suicide right now."

No, no, no!

Tang Li (in Pei Yunjing's body) was startled and quickly lowered her hand, trying to strike a majestic and imposing pose. However, she used too much force and almost slipped into the water.

"Splash—"

Water splashed everywhere.

This day was a disaster for both of them.

Pei Yunjing listened to gossip all day in the back courtyard, and felt like his brain was about to explode.

Tangli spent the whole day in the cold wind at the military camp and almost got her skin chafed while riding a horse.

"We must switch them back!" the two shouted in unison.

"How do we switch?" Tang Li asked with a bitter face. "That damn system has run away without even leaving an instruction manual."

Pei Yunjing pondered for a moment. Although he didn't understand anything about systems, he understood military strategy—returning the way he came to reassess the battle situation.

"What were we doing when the switch happened last night?" he asked.

Tang Li blushed, her eyes darting around: "Uh... it's just... that."

"Which one?" Pei Yunjing pressed on.

"It's just... sleeping! Sleeping together!"

"wrong."

Pei Yunjing shook his head, a sharp glint appearing in his almond-shaped eyes that had originally belonged to Tang Li:

"I remember, my hand back then..."

He stretched out his slender fingers, pointed to "his" chest, then to his neck:

"Also, we were... kissing."

Tang Li: "..."

Help! It feels so strange to hear you say this with my face on it!

“So…” Pei Yunjing concluded, “To get it back, we must restore the scene.”

"Restore? Here?" Tang Li pointed to the bathtub: "Last night it was in bed!"

"The bed was kicked down by you in your anger just now (actually, it was Pei Yunjing who kicked it while Tang Li was on top of him)."

Pei Yunjing said without changing his expression:

"Moreover, water conducts electricity (this is knowledge that Tangli has explained before), so the effect may be even better."

"come over."

He beckoned to the tall "himself" with his finger.

Tang Li looked at the "domineering CEO" opposite her with her face on top of his and swallowed hard.

Although...

This feeling is so weird! It's like looking in a mirror, and the reflection in the mirror wants to sleep with yourself!

"Hurry up!" Pei Yunjing said impatiently.

"Coming, coming!"

Tang Li steeled her heart and closed her eyes.

Anyway, that's my husband's core! What's there to be afraid of when it comes to my own husband!

She controlled Pei Yunjing's tall body and clumsily lunged forward.

"Splash!"

The two collided in the water.

"Hold on tight," Pei Yunjing commanded.

Tang Li stretched out her long arms and pulled the "petite" Pei Yunjing into her arms.

The texture is strange.

The first time she hugged a woman from a man's perspective, she realized... how soft and small she was.

"Lower your head."

Pei Yunjing tilted his head back (using Tang Li's face), closed his eyes, and the way his eyelashes trembled made Tang Li's heart skip a beat.

She slowly lowered her head, looking at the face that belonged to her, getting closer and closer.

This feeling of self-inflicted transgression... is kind of exciting.

"Hmm..."

Their lips touched.

The moment their lips touched.

"Sizzle—!!!"

A blue arc of electricity suddenly exploded between the two people's skin where they touched!

A tingling sensation, like being struck by lightning, instantly swept through my entire body.

The world spun around them, their souls were forcibly pulled away, collided and spun in the void, and then fell heavily to the ground.

...

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Pei Yunjing suddenly opened his eyes, panting heavily.

The heavy, powerful, and energetic feeling has returned! Internal energy surges through the meridians, and the five senses instantly become sharper.

He's back!

He looked down at his hands; the knuckles were distinct, and his palms were calloused—they were his hands.

Looking up again, Tang Li across from her was rubbing her chest in a bewildered expression, then letting out a surprised scream:

"Ah! My breasts! I'm back!"

She happily splashed a handful of water.

"Great! Finally, I don't have to bear your hard body anymore! It's killing me!"

Tangli was excited and wanted to climb ashore.

Suddenly, a large hand reached out from the water and grabbed her ankle.

"Trying to leave?"

A deep, magnetic, and dangerous male voice came from behind.

Tang Li stiffened and turned around.

Pei Yunjing was leaning against the pool wall, his wet black hair plastered to his cheeks, and water droplets sliding down his muscular chest.

Those long, narrow phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, no longer filled with the helplessness of before, but with... calculation.

"Now that we've switched back..."

Pei Yunjing pulled Tang Li back into the water with a forceful pull, holding her close to his chest.

"Then let's settle the score."

"What accounts?" Tangli stammered.

"The first transaction."

Pei Yunjing held up one finger:

"You're eating melon seeds in front of the three armies while wearing my face, and you're even asking about Han Zheng's gossip, ruining my lifelong reputation."

"The second stroke."

He then extended another finger:

"You used my body to buy candied hawthorns on the street and were even surrounded by onlookers."

"The third stroke..."

Pei Yunjing lowered his head and bit her earlobe, his voice terribly hoarse:

"You seemed to enjoy touching me in the water just now, didn't you?"

Tang Li: "!!!"

I'm innocent! It was to recreate the scene!

"Your Highness...I was wrong..." Tang Li tried to plead for forgiveness, "How about...I pay you back?"

"It's free."

Pei Yunjing's hand traced along her waistline, the flames in his eyes now completely ignited:

"I want... interest."

"This time we've switched back, so I don't have to face my own face anymore."

He curled his lips into a wicked smile: "We can... have a proper... in-depth... exchange now."

"Splash—"

The waves surged, and the gasps of surprise were swallowed between the lips and teeth.

The price of this night was destined to be painful (yet sweet), after all, the regent, who had been holding back for two days, was very vengeful.