Chapter 210

Before coming over, he had already agreed with Ganyu to let her stay there, so as to avoid exposing the identity Zhong Li was deliberately hiding for the time being.

Seeing him approach, La Signora kept retreating.

The scorching flame burning within her heart made her instincts yearn to pounce on him right then and there, to feel the warmth and reality of Hearing Luo Li's body.

Yet her reason left her at a loss for what to do.

At this moment, where was the prestige and imposing aura of the Fatui Harbinger from Snezhnaya? She was merely a pitiful girl who loved but could not have.

She could treat the Anemo Archon with contempt, heap sarcasm upon the Geo Archon, and proudly curse the Electro Archon, yet she could not utter a single word to the man before her.

"What, it's been so long, can't you recognize me anymore?"

Hearing Luo Li acted as if he hadn't noticed this, until he had forced the cold and glamorous beauty into a corner.

Her usually slender waist and long, beautiful legs stiffened; La Signora lowered her head, as if the person who had dared to mock the Geo Archon just moments ago was not her.

Hearing Luo Li gently reached out to lift her chin, forcing the beauty's gaze to meet his own involuntarily.

Rosalyne was very uneasy, especially when she saw his gaze fall upon the area covered by her mask; she had an even stronger urge to flee.

He must know everything she had done by now.

For the first time, Rosalyne felt a sense of confusion regarding her own fallen self.

Yet, unexpectedly, there was no disappointment in Hearing Luo Li's eyes; instead, he opened his arms with a faint smile of reunion.

"Shall we have a hug like the one before we went to study? By the way, a reunion should always last a little longer than a parting."

No matter what Rosalyne was like now, to Hearing Luo Li, she was no different from that Princess of the Windblume Festival back then.

If one were to discuss the cause and effect, he himself was the reason she had become like this.

Her fingers twitched, and before Rosalyne, who longed to throw herself into his arms, could take action, she was already pulled into Hearing Luo Li's embrace.

Unable to restrain her emotions any longer, the high-and-mighty Harbinger followed her instincts and melted into this warm, reassuring embrace.

Zhong Li watched this pair of lovebirds embracing from the side and sighed silently.

This friend of his truly had an uncountable number of romantic debts.

He didn't know where he got all that energy to provoke so many women all day long.

The moment he held Rosalyne, Hearing Luo Li couldn't help but lament that things had changed and people were different; five hundred years had brought such great changes.

For instance, the two of them couldn't embrace as closely as he could with Ganyu; perhaps even Raiden Makoto was slightly inferior in comparison—she hadn't been this big back then.

Moreover, the cold beauty couldn't suppress her emotions, which was far more intense than Ganyu.

It was a good thing he had left that girl in the next room, otherwise she would surely be jealous if she saw this.

It was unknown how much time had passed, until Yun Jin had finished singing a play below, and Zhong Li finally couldn't bear to watch any longer, coughing lightly to interrupt the two.

It was hard to imagine they would be like this while he was still here; if he weren't around, he didn't even dare to imagine it.

Releasing Rosalyne, Hearing Luo Li led her step by step to sit down again.

What made her stronger than Ganyu was that the cold beauty at his side did not shed any tears.

Perhaps her tears had already run dry five hundred years ago when she transformed into the Crimson Witch.

"You knew I was still alive when you were in Mondstadt, right? Why didn't you look for me? That guy Venti came to blackmail me for a bottle of fine wine after you ripped his heart out."

Hearing Luo Li tried to bring up the topic in a light and teasing tone, but these words made Rosalyne's eyes turn inexplicably cold.

That rat who stole from the granary actually dared to do such a thing.

Her cold queen persona flashed and vanished, and she then lowered her head slightly to face Hearing Luo Li: "I'm sorry, I caused you trouble."

Zhong Li: "???"

Weren't you just being so subservient? Is this what women are like, turning their faces faster than flipping a book?

"What kind of trouble is that? It was just a jar of wine."

Sensing the atmosphere had become a bit more lively, the "fishpond owner" Hearing Luo Li looked at the crown mask the cold beauty had deliberately turned away, exposing the unblemished side of her face to him.

He paused and reached out to touch the mask.

Rosalyne turned her head away in a panic.

"Is this the scar left behind when you became the Witch?"

"How did you know?" she responded subconsciously.

"Take it off and let me see."

Rosalyne hesitated; it was precisely because she didn't want the man she liked to see her incomplete side that she had fled to Liyue, only to walk right into a trap.

Even though Hearing Luo Li's tone wasn't forceful, and was even filled with pitying gentleness, the beauty couldn't find the words to refuse.

In the end, Rosalyne still didn't take it off herself, but she did turn her head back...

Seeing this, Hearing Luo Li stopped for a moment, then removed the mask for her.

The next moment, a butterfly-shaped pattern branded with fiery red lines appeared in Hearing Luo Li's eyes.

He was stunned for a moment, then met Rosalyne's uneasy, self-deprecating, and pitiful gaze.

After a while, just as the light in her eyes was about to dim.

"It's beautiful."

This heartfelt sentence made Rosalyne's eyes widen; the crazy love that could no longer be contained overflowed from her eyes.

"Really?"

"Yes, it's beautiful. I was almost mesmerized just now."

Hearing Luo Li repeated it again; he wasn't lying to her, but truly felt it from the bottom of his heart.

He had thought her face was shattered and disfigured, making it exceptionally hideous and terrifying.

Who could have expected it to be a fiery red pattern? Not only was it not scary, but it actually added a touch of passionate, bold, and ambiguous allure to the cold beauty.

If one didn't look closely, it was almost no different from a tattoo.

Moved beyond words by these remarks, Rosalyne never expected that he could ignore even her flaws.

The love that had been dormant for five hundred years was constantly awakening, the crazy love that made her burn herself and consume her own body.

Now, it was lighting a flame in her heart, one that kept expanding until it consumed her entire body.

Even if these were sweet words coated in poison, she was willing to swallow them with pleasure.

Moreover, Hearing Luo Li's eyes were so sincere and clear.

A sourness surged in her nose, but unfortunately, the tears that had long since run dry could not reappear.

Following this, Rosalyne uncontrollably raised her head and lightly pecked the corner of his mouth.

Watching from the side as Hearing Luo Li persuaded such a proud and arrogant cold beauty into this state, even Zhong Li had to sigh that he was worthy of being Hearing Luo Li, a true master.

The other party was one of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers, La Signora.

Her influence swept across the seven nations, and she possessed authority comparable to a god, bestowed by the Cryo Archon.

Just a moment ago, she hadn't even held him, the Geo Archon, in high regard, yet now she was like a little wife, holding her head high to show herself off, letting an old friend whisper in her ear.

This ability was something he estimated he would never be able to reach in this lifetime.

PS: There are two more chapters; I estimate I can only finish nine chapters by dawn. I'm exhausted, boo hoo.