Chapter 56

I want to eat a puppy, will you give me some?

The warm, moist breath brushed past Sangluo's ear, like the tip of a feather lightly touching her skin, sending a tingling sensation through every inch it touched, making her involuntarily twitch her back.

That inescapable itch spreads from the depths of the soul, piercing through dimensions and seeping into the very bones, giving birth to a beautiful flower, and deep within the flower's heart lies Lin Jin's gentle, spring-like smile.

Cheng Sangluo felt like she had been bewitched by the crazy woman without even realizing it. She was already so thin that you could put your hand on her waist, so why was she still thinking about those things that made her face turn pale?

The puppy shook its head, trying to regain its senses, then turned and cupped Lin Jin's chin, nuzzling its nose against her forehead, vehemently denying, "I don't want to, not at all."

This answer didn't anger Lin Jin. She smiled, tilted her head, and asked in a soft, sweet voice, "Really, you don't want to at all?"

Their lips were almost touching; a slight step forward would allow them to taste the unknown sweetness.

Cheng Sangluo lowered her eyes and stared at Lin Jin's pale lips. For a moment, a terrible impulse to kiss her almost broke through the floodgates.

Fortunately, she regained her senses in time and stepped back.

Her palm was still resting on Lin Jin's deeply sunken cheek, her thumb habitually rubbing it, which also revealed the tightness between her brows.

So thin, it breaks my heart to see her so thin.

Cheng Sangluo answered truthfully: "Is your current body suitable for doing those things? When I said I didn't want to, I meant I didn't want to put you through that, not that I didn't want you."

Actually, some things don't need to be said so clearly. After all, there's no need to explain our relationship, right?

But she spoke so earnestly, her heart and eyes filled with the emaciated Lin Jin.

Just as Ji Nanxing said, people are unaware of their own limitations.

Tonight, Cheng Sangluo also shed her bluffing facade. She didn't want to create a tense atmosphere; she just wanted the woman in front of her to rest peacefully and have a good appetite when the sun was high in the sky.

"You're blushing." Lin Jin teased the puppy's awkwardness. Actually, she couldn't quite see if there was a blush on the wheat-colored skin. She simply wanted to tease the easily embarrassed person.

"No, I'm going to take a shower," Cheng Sangluo muttered, wanting to quickly hide in the bathroom to see if she was really blushing.

"You said it, a shower only takes five minutes~" Lin Jin leaned back against the headboard, a sly smile playing on her lips: "Start the timer now~"

As soon as Cheng Sangluo heard the timer, she quickly walked towards the bathroom in the room.

As she was about to disappear through the doorway, she glanced back at the smug-looking madwoman, but said nothing.

It seemed that after seeing that one glance, the inexplicable anxiety in his heart was put at ease, and the person at the head of the bed was relieved of the anxiety of separation.

Cheng Sangluo thought that it would be inconvenient to take a bath while injured, so she did not choose to take a bath.

She took off her dirty clothes, wet a towel, and quickly wiped herself down.

The door was ajar, and Lin Jin could be heard calling out from time to time, "Cheng Sangluo."

The puppy, hearing the sound, poked half its head out. "What's wrong?"

Lin Jin covered her mouth and chuckled, "It's nothing, I was just calling you."

The puppy rolled its eyes: "Eek!"

After a short while, the woman started beeping again, "Little dog~"

Cheng Sangluo, with a disposable toothbrush still in her mouth and foam at the corners of her lips, craned her neck to look at the crazy woman: "What's wrong now?"

"Would you like to hear your voice?"

"I'm brushing my teeth!" the puppy said impatiently, but secretly sped up its brushing.

Not long after.

Lin Jin stared intently at the time on her phone, looking dejected. "So annoying, how can five minutes feel so long?"

In fact, only three minutes had passed from when Cheng Sangluo ran into the bathroom to wash up.

Perhaps, for Lin Jin at this moment, even that brief separation felt like an eternity, which is why she found it hard to bear such a separation, even though they were in the same room.

When the sound of water in the bathroom suddenly stopped, the empty room became so quiet you could hear a pin drop, with only the silent moon laughing quietly.

Cheng Sangluo appeared before Lin Jin in a sports bra, not wearing a bathrobe, giving off a somewhat naked vibe.

She had a slender figure with no excess fat. The silvery moonlight enveloped her dark skin, giving it a faint glow, as if she were wearing a veil as thin as a cicada's wing.

"Ahem... um... do you have any extra clothes I can borrow?" She raised her hand to cover the bridge of her nose, coughing lightly to ease the awkward atmosphere, which was rather amusingly obvious.

Looking at the embarrassed puppy, Lin Jin's face finally brightened up, and she teased with a smile: "I do have some, but you can't wear my clothes. If you want to show me a crop top, I'd be happy to lend you my whole wardrobe."

This woman, she brightens up at the slightest bit of sunshine. Once she felt a little better, she started finding new ways to play with the puppy.

Cheng Sangluo just wanted to crawl into bed and hide herself away.

But there was still a wicked person sitting on the bed, and her steps became a little more sluggish.

Ugh! I'm so frustrated, I can't stand up or lie down!

"Okay~" Lin Jin coaxed in a low voice, lifting the blanket to greet the shy person: "Come up and keep me company, don't make me wait anymore, okay?"

Yes, let's not keep people waiting day and night. The feeling of counting down the seconds is more painful than having your bones pulled out.

Cheng Sangluo thought about it and realized that this was the first time she had ever been naked in bed with a crazy woman when she wasn't in a state of pleasure.

She sat on the edge of the bed, kicking her slippers listlessly.

The scarred back, illuminated by the dim light, cast an uneven shadow, which, in Lin Jin's eyes, evoked a mixture of heartache and allure.

With limited mobility in her legs and only able to move her upper body, she simply lay down and wrapped her arms around the dog's waist, while also checking if the wound had gotten wet.

Cheng Sangluo instinctively turned to support her head, whispering, "Don't move around, or you'll hurt your foot again."

After saying that, she supported Lin Jin's neck with one hand and quickly leaned against the headboard so that the clingy little devil could lie peacefully on her stomach.

Intimacy without any clothing barriers brings a sense of security.

At least that's what Lin Jin thought. She closed her eyes, listening to the puppy's stomach rumble while enjoying the warmth that her body naturally radiated.

She closed her eyes wearily and muttered to herself, "I thought you lied to me and just abandoned me like that."

Cheng Sangluo realized that Lin Jin's emotional problems these days were caused by her absence.

"Why would you think that?" she asked rhetorically, letting out a long sigh, then said plaintively, "Didn't you say my character was enough to be guaranteed for three million? I wouldn't abandon you even in such a dangerous moment, so how could I just leave you without a word?"

"Because I'm scared. I'm not afraid that you won't pay back the money you owe, I'm afraid you'll disappear without a trace, I'm afraid something will happen to you." Lin Jin's tone was calm, but what she said was full of fear and trepidation over the past few days.

Cheng Sangluo nodded. From her perspective, she could see the madwoman's smooth eyebrows and the straight, prominent bridge of her nose. Because she was so thin, her jawline had a sharp edge, filled with the pain of not being able to eat and not being able to sleep all night.

She gently massaged Lin Jin's chin, as if trying to dispel all the pain, her tone incredibly soft: "You need to learn to love yourself first before you can be loved by others."

"It's so hard, I can't learn it, can you teach me?" Lin Jin smiled and tilted her head. She liked to snuggle up to the puppy's paw; that kind of support not only brought a sense of security but also a real feeling that was steeped in time.

Cheng Sangluo smiled helplessly: "It seems that these kinds of things can only be figured out little by little on your own."

Lin Jin smiled brightly, "Since you won't teach me, then you should love me."

Midnight conversations always carry an inexplicable sadness.

This sadness is faint, as faint as the moon hanging in the sky, an untouchable yet lingering sense of melancholy.

This was the first time the two had discussed the topic of love after countless falling outs and countless nights of revelry.

Cheng Sangluo paused for a moment, then fell into unsolvable thoughts.

She pondered what love was, then laughed at herself for never having been loved by anyone, so what right did she have to lecture a crazy woman about loving herself?

Lin Jin looked up, placed her fingertips on the puppy's forehead, and flicked it on the head. "Hey, don't get distracted."

The puppy covered its forehead and complained, "I wasn't daydreaming, I was thinking."

"Thinking?" the madwoman asked curiously, "Thinking about what?"

The puppy pretended to smack its lips and said, "Thinking about what to eat for breakfast tomorrow."

"Hmph, trying to have a heart-to-heart talk with me, and you dare to get distracted thinking about other things?" Lin Jin muttered irritably, then suddenly smiled, "Eh? I think... I'm a little hungry..."

"Are you hungry? Do you want something to eat?" Cheng Sangluo immediately sat up straight, thinking of finding some fruit for her to eat. "Shall I get you something to eat?"

Lin Jin grabbed the dog, who was on edge, and said coquettishly, "Oh dear, I was just saying, stop making a fuss."

"But you're hungry! What you need most right now is to eat!" Cheng Sangluo raised her voice, almost blurting out the truth in her heart: I can't stand you being so thin, I hate you being so thin, because it makes me inexplicably sad.

Lin Jin teased in a high-pitched voice, "Then... I want to eat a puppy... will you give it to me?"

Cheng Sangluo resisted her temptation and nervously replied, "Okay, I'd be happy to give it to you. Do you have a knife?"

Lin Jin was taken aback, muttering, "What do you need a knife for?"

The puppy said unrealistically, "Which piece of meat do you want? I'll cut it for you right away. It's 100% fresh protein. It's just a matter of whether you can bring yourself to eat it."

"Don't you find this joke too cheesy?" Lin Jin scolded playfully, leaning down to gently press the puppy down, and placing a kiss on the nape of its neck—a kiss she hadn't felt for half a month. "Being able to hold you is already a wonderful thing."

Cheng Sangluo thought to himself, "This crazy woman is even more clingy than usual tonight."

She endured the itch on her neck, swallowed awkwardly, and murmured, "Lin Jin, actually there's another good news I haven't told you."

Lin Jin was so engrossed in the kiss that her responses became brief: "You say~"

When her emotions reached their peak, she bit down hard, as if trying to tear through all the loneliness to fill the emptiness in her heart.

Cheng Sangluo endured the pain mixed with an itchy sensation, affectionately stroking her hair, and announced, "I quit my job at the bar. Are you satisfied?"

Upon hearing that the puppy had voluntarily resigned from Shu Wan's job, Lin Jin looked up in astonishment, her expression dazed, her eyes filled with utter disbelief. "Has the sun risen in the west? Or has an iron tree finally blossomed? Or have you finally come to your senses? You actually resigned from your job on your own initiative. Are you really willing to do that?"

This series of parallel sentences left Cheng Sangluo both amused and exasperated.

She gently rubbed Lin Jin's hair between her fingers, staring at her somewhat amused expression for a while before answering slowly, "It's not a matter of reluctance or reluctance. I've gotten so used to you serving me that I'm numb to it."

She deliberately avoided explaining why, probably because she didn't want to be too direct about her feelings.

After all, blank space is always full of mysterious charm.

But Lin Jin was a woman who could see through the dog's awkwardness at a glance.

Fortunately, she saw through it but didn't say anything. Being able to understand that unspoken feeling was already enough to satisfy people.

She placed her hand on the puppy's head and affectionately ruffled its hair a few times. "Good dog~ Since you've been so well-behaved, what reward should I give you?"

"I'll pass on the reward, I just ask you to stop calling me 'little dog' all the time, okay?"

"No way! You clearly are! Tonight you're like a little dog carrying its own leash to find its owner~" Lin Jin teased with a laugh, while busy showering kisses everywhere.

As the kiss grew more passionate, she whispered in a soft voice, "Good girl, listen to your master... Master wants it... help her satisfy her craving..."

Cheng Sang was at a loss as to what to do with the crazy woman who had been aroused by her desires.

Because she too was ignited by a burning, bone-deep passion.

The man even felt that the air conditioning in the room wasn't strong enough, but he had already stripped off all the clothes he could, and could only forcefully suppress the burning heat coursing through his blood.

Hug me...

"Kiss me..."

"I've never been stingy with my efforts for you... I'm very generous..."

"Sang Luo, give me a little bit of love, okay?"

Lin Jin held the puppy's earlobe in her mouth, whispering sweet nothings over and over again.

"You...sometimes you're even more stubborn than me...I've already told you I don't want to bother you..."

Cheng Sangluo said helplessly, but her restless hands were more honest than her thoughts.

The peaches are plump and juicy.

It fits perfectly in the palm of your hand.

It's as tender as the tips of a budding plant in spring.

It was held between the fingers.

Caress out the joy of tonight.

Cheng Sangluo had previously refused to admit her feelings, but now she was facing new troubles.

She was troubled by her own lust for Lin Jin and the addiction that made her crave more, an addiction she could never shake off.

The addiction was like a surging wave; before one wave could even break off and land on the shore, another would rush in.

But Cheng Sangluo never considered whether this ambiguous relationship contained even a trace of affection.

Perhaps it's not that she doesn't want to, but that she's afraid to think about it.

At this moment, she was very clear-headed, aware of what her every move represented, but more than anything, she was driven by primal instincts.

A person with emotions and desires is born with the instinct to greedily acquire.

She caught Lin Jin's lithe body and pulled her into her embrace, while also checking to see if she had touched her injured foot.

Lin Jin cupped her face in her hands and turned her towards him. "It's okay, if you hurt your foot, I'll hiss~"

Cheng Sangluo stared calmly into the madwoman's eyes, her deep gaze gradually revealing a captivating crimson hue.

She slowly approached, until she placed a kiss on the fragrant earlobe, and sighed in a muffled voice, "Looks like I'll have to ask the manager for leave."

Cheng Sangluo murmured, kissing her delicately, trying to capture both the essence of the madwoman and the tender touch.

She silently prayed in her heart that the lonely moon would close its eyes and not witness this joyous yet loveless affair.

During the kiss.

Clinging to the last shred of her remaining rationality, Cheng Sangluo asked, "Lin Jin, when are we going to get our marriage certificate?"

[Author's Note]

1. Next, we move on to Volume Two, which is also the main focus of this article—the Fall of the Kingdom.

2. My pre-order novel, "The Lover Who Judges Crimes," is so hard to get! It seems crime fiction is really unpopular. I can only keep asking for it every day.

If you like this story and "Dr. Chi," you'll probably like "The Detective's Lover."

After all, it maintains a consistent style and is a series, with Ji Nanxing and Gu Shinian being the grand finale of this universe series.

3. Amitabha, Amitabha, those who understand, understand.

4. It's been a while since I sent out red envelopes, so I'll send one to the comments section of this chapter! [rainbow fart]

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