Chapter 554

Di Jin, who indeed had this thought, could only reply helplessly, "Letting you beat me to death was my doing."

"Ah?" Xiao Xiao Li didn't even drink her milk, her big eyes staring wide open~

Jiu Li didn't urge him to drink either, staring blankly at the two sitting side by side on the soft cushion.

Shen Qingli, on the contrary, was the calmest; she had actually suspected this all along.

"So that you and I, our karma becomes deeper, right?"

"Smart." Di Jin didn't elaborate.

It's all in the past; just reminisce.

If it weren't for the older sister insisting on asking, he wouldn't want to say it.

But even if he didn't elaborate, Shen Qingli still had a vague sense of it.

But with Xiao Xiao Li and Jiu Li present, it wasn't suitable to pursue the questioning further.

Until they were alone, entwined in an embrace——

Then she asked, "Did you still do something?"

"What?" Di Jin absentmindedly stroked her cheek and slender neck, then kissed her tempting red lips.

Shen Qingli lightly covered his mouth, pushed him back a little, then gazed at his ink‑black, deep eyes: "We could go so smoothly; you must have done something else."

Di Jin gently grasped the hand she had over his mouth, sighed helplessly, "It's been a long time; I can't really remember… uh… let me think."

Di Jin, who had originally intended to be vague, under Shen Qingli's clear, penetrating gaze, had to answer honestly: "I did. I gave my life to grant you rebirth."

Shen Qingli frowned, "What does that mean?"

Di Jin leaned in to kiss her forehead, then explained, "You can understand it as a divine talent unique to me."

"Huh?" Shen Qingli pressed further.

"That is, I can let our divinities influence each other."

"You gave me life, then let me die."

"So I can also grant you life,"

"And also let me die?" Shen Qingli picked up.

Di Jin stiffened……

Shen Qingli already smiled faintly.

"Yes."

Di Jin admitted.

"If the older sister doesn't choose me."

"Why not take you along?"

Di Jin asked himself, he had never been a good person.

If he couldn't obtain the older sister, he would surely take her away.

"You're surprisingly honest."

Shen Qingli could feel that, as he answered that sentence, the hand gripping her neck increased its pressure.

However, even though he admitted that, if such a day ever came, he would absolutely not do that; he would only let her live.

How could she not know him? This mouth is also quite stubborn.

Shen Qingli had already lunged forward to bite him! Provoking a round of mutual biting.

……

Afterward.

Exhausted, Shen Qingli sank into deep sleep.

Yet she slept uneasily, her spirit seeming to drift everywhere.

At first, it felt as if her soul had been shattered by a palm strike, scattering and falling into the heavens.

A feeling of extreme loss of control, unable to command herself, like duckweed, made Shen Qingli uncomfortably furrow her brow.

But even though it was awful, she still hadn't awakened……

But Di Jin, who had been holding her as she fell into a deep sleep, was startled awake; opening his eyes, he saw her uneasy state and immediately called out, "Li'er? Wake up. You're having a nightmare."

At their level, they shouldn't be plagued by nightmares, so Di Jin grew anxious, "Li'er!"

Having already probed her soul with his own, he tried to awaken the person in his arms as quickly as possible.

But Shen Qingli's state was subtle, as if her soul were scattered across the nine heavens and nine netherworlds, impossible to call back.

"Older sister!" Di Jin called anxiously.

Shen Qingli felt her soul contract!

Only then did she suddenly "awaken" and open her eyes.

Yet her eyes welled with moisture.

Di Jin's breath hitched, "What's wrong?"

Shen Qingli didn't speak, but stared blankly at him.

This only made Di Jin more panicked; he had already placed his hand on her forehead, sensing her soul's condition.

That feeling of her soul being shattered across the nine heavens and nine netherworlds was gone; it seemed just now had been his illusion.

"Does it hurt?" Di Jin asked again, pressing his forehead against hers.

His divine breath gently seeped into her sea of consciousness, warm and soft, "soothing" her spirit.

"It's fine, just a nightmare."

His firm, steady words and breath were like a shot to the heart, settling into Shen Qingli's heart.

It let her indeed scattered soul return completely to its place.

She immediately tightly embraced Di Jin, her husband…

Di Jin could sense her unstable emotions, and he held her even tighter while coaxing, "It's okay."

After a while, she hoarsely asked, "When I beat you to death, did it hurt you a lot, right?"

Di Jin blinked slightly, then gave a bitter smile, "Didn't I say it's all in the past? Why, did you just have a nightmare related to this?"

"Impossible," Di Jin thought, "it shouldn't have any effect."

"Not really, maybe empathizing, but you shouted me awake, I haven't had a chance to really feel it."

These words made Di Jin instantly hold her tighter, "Why would you go experience these things?"

"I—"

"Are you brain‑damaged? I suffered once, you want to suffer again?"

"Are you scolding me?" Shen Qingli was shocked!

Di Jin, however, pinched her cheek, "Yes, I not only scolded you, I hit you too. It's been so long; asking about it is enough, and I've already told you. Why do you still want to empathize? Is life too easy for you?"

"I—"

Di Jin, not letting her speak further, seized her lips.

He then pressed his body onto hers…

Since he wasn't tired, he would make her suffer more!

So as to avoid unnecessary suffering…

He almost tortured Shen Qingli to death, but he made her angry!

In the end, the self‑inflicted Di Jin had to coax her himself, "All right, stop crying, I won't bully you anymore."

Shen Qingli ignored him completely! Earlier when she cried, he didn't stop, and now he's putting on an act…