Chapter 22 Shards

[System Prompt: You have angered the other party. Please act quickly to avoid death!]
No! He’s angered him!
Ji Linmo dared not make any more small movements and instead obediently held the other tightly in his arms.
The "Ghost Bride" said nothing, nor did he move.
In the deathly silence, only the mournful sound of the wind remained.
Wind?
Ji Linmo glanced outside the door in confusion; the open doors were letting in a chilling, ghostly gale.
Whoosh—
Already, the candlelight was faint; the candle facing the door suddenly flickered out.
Damn it! What terrible timing.
With his surroundings plunged into darkness again, Ji Linmo’s breath caught.
He tried to break away from the Ghost Bride, but it was too late.
A cold aura surged instantly into his organs, freezing him inch by inch from the inside out.
Almost uncontrollably, Ji Linmo shivered from the piercing cold, his cheeks drained of color, his lips gradually turning a bruised purple.
He doubted he could survive even a minute in this embrace—within a dozen seconds, the Ghost Bride might drain his life force, leaving him to freeze to death.
"That’s enough... you can let go..."
Ji Linmo, trembling, tried to push the Ghost Bride away, but the other wrapped his arms around him instead, gazing at him with a teasing smile, and laughed aloud.
"Learn to repay kindness properly."
["Ghost Bride" current mood: pleased. Affection +1]
What?
Ji Linmo exhaled a cold breath; ice began to form on his back, tiny crystals growing visibly.
[Alert! Player "Ji Linmo" is about to enter a state of shock! Please avoid the source of danger!]
Without the light of the red candles, the Ghost Bride, now uncontrolled, once again became obsessed with the wedding night.
Damn it! Damn it!
He felt the Ghost Bride opening his clothes, cold hands reaching toward him. Ji Linmo could endure no more; something snapped inside his mind.
"Get away!"
With all his strength, Ji Linmo thrust his elbow into the Ghost Bride’s face.
Twisting his frozen body, he rolled off the bed and onto the floor.
What a joke! To die in the Ghost Bride’s embrace, frozen like this—he refused such an absurd end!
Thud!

"Let go!"
A large hand seized Ji Linmo’s ankle, halting his crawl forward.
Ji Linmo had no time to look back before pain shot through him, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood.
The Ghost Bride had brought his knee down hard onto Ji Linmo’s back.
[System Prompt: You have completely enraged the other party. Please act quickl