the next day.
The energetic Li Ang woke up first, got dressed and planned to wash up.
Bella was still fast asleep because of overwork.
Just as he was considering whether to wake her up, he heard the door open with a bang, and a cold-faced Aqina filed in with her two daughters.
Li Ang pretended to be frightened and said hello tremblingly: "Good morning...Good morning, madam."
Aqina glanced at his snake eyes, then turned her gaze to the sleeping Bella, and said angrily to her second daughter behind her: "Call your sister!"
The second daughter, Cassandra, stepped forward as ordered.
It happened that Bella was awakened by the movement just now. With her sleepy eyes, her little hands were rubbing all over the bed, calling her fiancé's name: "Leon? Leon, where have you been?"
Upon hearing this, Li Ang stepped forward and grabbed her hand.
Bella, who was not yet fully awake, smelled a familiar scent and clung to him like a snake. At the same time, she opened her mouth to find the position of her neck.
Apparently I was tired after a long night yesterday and a little hungry.
Aqina couldn't stand it anymore and shouted loudly: "Bella!!!"
The eldest daughter was so frightened that she almost jumped out of Li Ang's arms and looked at her mother in horror: "Mom?"
The furious Aqina put her hands on her hips, her majestic figure was like a mountain, and it was an active volcano that was erupting.
"I see that you don't see me as a mother at all!"
"What did I tell you before I went out? In just two days, you climbed into this man's bed!"
"Dirty thing!"
It stands to reason that from the moment Leon entered the castle, Aqina was mentally prepared for what happened in front of her, but when it really happened, she felt uncomfortable no matter what.
It's like something has been lost.
"Mom, I..." Bella stood up and wanted to explain a few words, but immediately realized that she was not wearing any clothes, and hurriedly retracted into Li Ang's arms.
Li Ang looked at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, as if the conflict between mother and daughter had nothing to do with him.
At most, he pulled the quilt to cover Bella.
"Stop talking!" Aqina pressed her chest to calm down: "You two will get married as soon as possible. The time is set to be in a week."
"Never let the Dimitrescu family be shamed again!"
Then, she pointed the finger at Li Ang: "Since you have enjoyed your married life in advance, you will officially accept the gift as soon as the wedding is over, and I will personally host it!"
"Also, you'd better explain to me the problem with your eyes."
"Otherwise I will take it out and crush it into mud!"
Li Ang had expected this and explained with the reason he had prepared in advance: "I don't know. It suddenly became like this. Maybe it has something to do with the injection before."
Aqina didn't quite believe what he said: "It's best like this. I will do a full body check on you before the gift ceremony. If I find anything wrong, you will be dead!"
If it were before, she would never talk so much nonsense and just kill him directly, but she had drank Li Ang's blood.
Even just a tiny bit was enough to affect her thinking.
After saying the harsh words, Aqina left angrily.
The third daughter, Daniela, glanced at the crying Bella with schadenfreude and followed her mother away.
The second child, Cassandra, stayed and shook her sister's hand: "I will come to help at the wedding."
After saying that, he walked out slowly and followed in his mother's footsteps.
Bella cried for a while and seemed to have made up her mind. She looked up with tears in her eyes and said to her fiancé: "What should we do, Leon? How about we run away to a place where no one can find her."
"If mom finds out anything, she will definitely kill you."
Li Ang only asked her one question: "I asked you to choose between me and Aqina, which one would you choose?"
Bella seemed to realize something and lowered her head, her whole body trembling.
"I...I don't know."
"I love you very much, but I don't want my mother and two sisters to be harmed."
"I...I really don't know what to choose."
Li Ang saw that she was timid and had completely lost her usual liveliness and cheerfulness, so he comforted her: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if you don't choose."
...
In the next few days, the originally deserted castle suddenly became lively.
Vampire slaves came in and out, some were responsible for delivering supplies, some were responsible for collecting ingredients, barrels of wine were moved out of the cellar, and everyone was preparing for the upcoming wedding.
Aqina was busy without touching the ground, formulating the wedding procedures, preparing for the gift ceremony, and sending invitations to Miranda's other men, while Daniela followed her mother to help.
Even Bella was taken away by Cassandra, saying she was going to choose a wedding dress.
As the groom-to-be, Li Ang seemed to have been forgotten. As long as he did not leave the castle, no one would care about him.
After hearing the news, the Duke rushed back from outside in advance, and the two met in private.
Everything that can be done has been done, and then we just proceed according to the plan.
The day before the wedding, the weather was unfavorable, the temperature dropped sharply, and it snowed heavily outside. Even the vampire slaves who had no sense and were impervious to cold and heat hid and stopped wandering around.
Li Ang was in a good mood, holding his hands behind his back and looking at the snowy scene outside the window.
Kick! Kick! Kick! Footsteps sounded, getting closer and closer, seeming to be heading towards him.
It's very familiar, and it sounds like the movements that only Bella can make. For some reason, since the two had a relationship, Bella has never used her insect form again, and all her actions rely on her legs.
It came at the right time. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Ang planned to help her make a choice.
He reached out and pushed open the window in front of him. In an instant, the biting cold wind swept in with countless snowflakes, and soon the floor was covered with a layer of white frost.
The temperature dropped rapidly, the fire in the fireplace was shaky, and the originally warm room suddenly turned into an ice cave.
Li Ang stood calmly in front of the window, carefully wiped the short knife in his hand, and waited quietly.
The door was pushed open, and Bella's excited voice came: "Leon, look at what I specially chose for you..."
The excitement turned into surprise, mixed with a trace of panic.
"Wedding dress..."
The cold air hit her face like a heavy hammer. The girl in a white wedding dress staggered back a few steps and then fell to the ground.
The biggest weakness of Bella and her two sisters is temperature.
Insects are cold-blooded animals, and they are no exception. Low temperature will cause them to lose the ability to transform into insect swarms, and long-term exposure to low temperature will cause the body to go dormant or even die directly.
Therefore, the doors and windows of the castle are closed most of the time to maintain the temperature. Only during the hottest days of summer can the three sisters go out for activities.
Of course Bella knew her Achilles' heel, she just couldn't figure it out.
"Why, Li Ang? Why!"
"Aren't we going to get married? I obviously love you so much!"
"I know you hate my body, but I have no choice. I'm already working hard to change it. Why does it have to be like this?"
She cried heartbrokenly, and the delicate makeup on her face gradually faded.
Li Ang remained unmoved at all. He hid the hand holding the short knife behind his back, stretched out his other hand towards Bella, and said expressionlessly:
"Come in, grab my hand and show me how much you love me."
