After Accidentally Marking the Cold and Elegant Eldest Princess - Chapter 16

Chapter 16: Your Highness is Very Sweet

The magnolia fragrance slowly seeped out from the back of her neck.

Yuan Jingxue was fully submerged in the bathwater, a shallow layer of sweat forming on her forehead. She tried her best to calm the restlessness within her, yet her desires were difficult to stop once sparked.

Or rather, the desire had never truly vanished. She simply did not want to lose control so frequently.

Yuan Jingxue took a deep breath and slowly let her entire body sink beneath the water. The leaking pheromones were not blocked by the water; as long as there was the slightest gap, they could spread out soundlessly.

Standing outside the bathhouse, Yan Yunti clearly smelled the thickening floral scent. She raised her hand and tapped lightly on the door. “Your Highness, do you need me to come in?”

There was no answer.

The bathhouse was deathly silent; even the sound of flowing water could not be heard. Yan Yunti’s heart leaped into her throat. She knocked again and asked, “Your Highness, I’m coming in?”

No one protested.

Yan Yunti simply pushed the door open. Looking through the white mist, she saw that there was no longer anyone visible in the bathtub!

Did she faint?!

Yan Yunti strode forward to the edge of the tub. Seeing the person submerged in the water, her heart tightened. She grabbed the woman’s arm and quickly hauled her out.

With a loud splash, Yuan Jingxue was pulled above the surface. The resulting spray soaked Yan Yunti’s inner robes through, but she couldn’t care about that. Before she could even clearly see Yuan Jingxue’s state, she asked anxiously, “Your Highness, are you awake? Can you hear me?”

Yuan Jingxue slowly opened her eyes and met a face full of anxiety. As her thoughts swirled, she reached out and grabbed the Qianyuan’s collar, pulling her close. Her voice rose like an incantation: “Yan Yunti, do you want to?”

The back of Yan Yunti’s neck began to burn. Being so close, her gaze swept downward, and the entire scenery fell into her view. Like a magnolia flower thoroughly drenched by rain, there was less coldness and more fragility.

It was impossible to resist. The hand Yan Yunti held on Yuan Jingxue’s arm moved slowly downward until it touched her lower back. Pressing her palm against the small of the woman’s back, she pulled her flush against her own front.

Softness crushed against softness, the sensation vivid. Her inner robes were completely soaked. Looking at the “lotus face” so close to her own, entirely drenched by water, Yan Yunti felt something was slightly off. “Your Highness, why did you submerge yourself in the water?”

Yuan Jingxue did not speak. She released Yan Yunti’s collar and wrapped her arms around the Qianyuan’s neck. Her moist red lips leaned forward and proactively covered Yan Yunti’s lips.

Yan Yunti’s brain went momentarily blank from the kiss. The woman’s warm lips pressed against hers, and her tongue proactively peeked out, darting between her teeth to explore and demand, just as she had done earlier.

The sensation of the wet skin beneath her palm was exceptionally smooth and soft. Yan Yunti was no saint, nor did she possess the willpower to remain unmoved while such a beauty sat in her lap. Her right hand swept around Yuan Jingxue’s lower back to grip her side, while her left hand pressed against the back of Yuan Jingxue’s neck to deepen the kiss.

Their lips and teeth remained entangled. Her canines began to itch again, and the thumb kneading the gland at the nape of the neck alternated between light and heavy pressure, causing the floral scent to leak even more densely.

By the end, Yuan Jingxue could only stay upright by leaning against her arm. Their noses brushed, and their scorching breaths fanned across each other’s faces; even the low panting was exceptionally pleasant to the ear.

Yan Yunti’s face grew hot and her ears reddened. She stepped into the bathtub and couldn’t help but kiss her again.

As a young Qianyuan, she couldn’t withstand even a bit of provocation. Yuan Jingxue thought she would go straight to the main point, but this time was different. Yan Yunti gripped her waist and lifted her upward. Yuan Jingxue was forced to stand on her tiptoes, with only the tips of her toes touching the bottom of the tub, making her posture very unstable.

“Yan Yunti, what are you doing?” Yuan Jingxue looked at Yan Yunti as she crouched down, feeling uneasy.

“I saw that Your Highness seemed uncomfortable just now; I’m going to take a look.” Yan Yunti was afraid of hurting her again and felt she had to see for herself to be at ease.

How could Yuan Jingxue agree to something so outrageous? She reached out to pull at Yan Yunti’s hands, her tone laced with annoyance: “Stop fooling around. Get up!”

“Truly, I’m just looking for a moment.” Yan Yunti refused to give up. The water level in the tub wasn’t too high. Yan Yunti stretched out a leg to block between Yuan Jingxue’s calves. With Yuan Jingxue on her tiptoes and Yan Yunti crouching down, everything was seen with perfect clarity.

As she looked, her throat bobbed slightly. Her breath brushed against her.

“Yan Yunti!” Yuan Jingxue called out in shame and anger.

Yan Yunti looked up to see the beauty’s face red as if on fire. Even though the other was clearly angry, Yan Yunti’s heart beat faster with every second. She spoke honestly: “It looks like nothing is wrong. It’s a bit red; is Your Highness in a lot of pain?”

“I am not in pain. Get up,” Yuan Jingxue replied coldly.

Yan Yunti didn’t move. Her bright phoenix eyes blinked, and she blurted out: “Your Highness, let me taste again if it’s sweet, alright?”

The heat on Yuan Jingxue’s face intensified. She suddenly regretted proactively provoking the Qianyuan; once a Qianyuan became unrestrained, they were impossible to handle. “Yan Yunti, I will say it once more: Get. Up.”

Yan Yunti’s throat bobbed again, and her face actually showed a bit of grievance. “Just now, it was clearly Your Highness who kissed me first and called my name over and over. Your Highness can’t always be like this—refusing to take responsibility after teasing me?”

Yuan Jingxue truly couldn’t pry Yan Yunti’s hands away; she didn’t know how those slender wrists possessed such great strength. Hearing those words, she was even more ashamed and indignant: “Yan Yunti, do not twist the truth! Otherwise, what do you want me to call you?”

“Hmm,” Yan Yunti seized the opportunity to make a request. “How about Your Highness calls me… A-Yun?”

“You…” This was the first time Yuan Jingxue had ever been threatened this way. Yet the one threatening her had a pair of beautiful, watery phoenix eyes; when she looked at her with grievance, it was as if she were the one being bullied.

She was so skilled at playing the victim. Who knew how many young girls she had fooled with those eyes on ordinary days?

Yuan Jingxue averted her gaze slightly to hide the flicker of emotion in her heart. Her lips parted, and she uttered the name in a cold voice: “A-Yun.”

The clear, low tone swirled into her ear. There was no tenderness, no softness, yet it made her grip the slender waist tighter. The fire ignited in her heart became even harder to extinguish.

Yan Yunti looked down into the enchanting scenery and whispered, “Call me again, Your Highness.”

Their breaths intertwined continuously. Yuan Jingxue felt her feet go weak, making it harder to stand. The second time she spoke, the tone was a bit softer: “A-Yun.”

As soon as the words fell, the Qianyuan’s breath covered her.

Yuan Jingxue’s tiptoes suddenly lost their strength. As her body fell, a mist was forced into her eyes.

This time, Yan Yunti was even more gentle and slow—so slow that Yuan Jingxue couldn’t tell how much time was passing. Only the sensations were vivid. The mist in her eyes soon condensed into teardrops, which trembled and slid down, vanishing into the water.

Her hands gripped the edge of the tub, her fingertips turning white from the force. She didn’t dare look down, but the sounds in her ears never stopped.

At a certain moment, her body lost all power. The hands gripping her waist loosened, and she fell downward, landing right into the Qianyuan’s full embrace.

In her blurred vision, she could vaguely see the Qianyuan’s moist lips.

The girl smiled and raised her eyebrows, her expression one of complete satisfaction: “Your Highness… you are very sweet.”