Venerable Demon King & The Doting Immortal (QT) novel Chapter 126

Chapter 126: "And you... Do you like him?”

"Who is average?" Xiang Yu exclaimed while swatting his hand away. "He is tall and handsome with the most dazzling eyes. He has countless pursuers each more beautiful than the next. The ladies would kill to be his queen," says the Demon King refusing to be labelled as average.

Han Xin’s breath caught for just a moment. The jealousy he had barely suppressed flared within him like an unquenchable flame. He swallowed hard, forcing himself to calm down. He took a step closer to Peng Xiu again, his heart thumping wildly in his chest as he reached for her hand once more.

"And you... Do you like him?" he asked, his voice low and steady but laced with an undercurrent of something volatile.

Xiang Yu chuckled lightly at first finding the question stupid. "Of course, I—" he said before hesitating mid-sentence. The words almost slipped out before he caught himself. It wouldn’t do to profess self-love while masquerading as Peng Xiu.

"I mean," he corrected swiftly, "of course I don’t like him! I am just saying he is quite good-looking, and the portraits you saw were probably exaggerated."

Han Xin wanted to say that he didn’t like it when she praised others and that it hurt, but before he could utter a single word, there was a sudden rustle from the shadows that shattered their moment. In one swift motion, he unsheathed his sword with a metallic whisper that echoed through the trees. The sound startled Xiang Yu.

He ducked instinctively while screaming internally thinking that Han Xin had lost his mind. He thought the annoying immortal was going to kill him for praising himself. Just when he was about to call the Divine Emperor to rescue him, two sharp needles whizzed past them and embedded themselves into the trunk behind him.

Without thinking twice, Han Xin pulled him into his arms just as another wave of danger surged toward them. His body collided against Han Xin’s chest, and a warmth hard to ignore, even under their current circumstance enveloped him. They spun out of harm’s way together and Xiang Yu suddenly felt like a damsel rescued by a handsome knight.

"What was that?" he gasped scanning around for the culprit. He hadn’t fought anyone in a while and his hands were itching to put someone in their place. _{free𝑤ebnovel.com}

"Stay close!" Han Xin commanded fiercely before releasing her for only a heartbeat to assess their surroundings.

’Got you,’ said Xiang Yu to himself having spotted the figure hidden in the trees. With bloodthirst etched across his face, he reached beneath his skirt and unsheathed a dagger adorned with intricate carvings. It wasn’t as dazzling as the dagger Han Xin confiscated from him but it would do the job excellently.