Chapter 578 Next Stop (45)

A magnificent black palace located in the center of the upper district.

It is the lifeblood of the entire city.

After Qiao Xi's identity was confirmed through numerous checks and she was let in, she saw guards from the Tianfa Agency wearing half-face masks and uniforms patrolling the black palace.

They ignored Qiao Xi.

Outsiders who can enter here have all been screened, so they are not worried.

She walked up the stairs.

Upon entering the Black Palace, Qiao Xi felt a powerful force. It was a force beyond the capabilities of ordinary people, and it must be the fragment of the Metal Heart.

They are scattered in different places.

However, there are too many eyes and ears here, so now is not a good time to look for them.

Come upstairs.

The red-carpeted corridor was lined with murals. She paused in front of a room. Here, too, was a vast power. From behind the door, faint, suppressed moans of pain could be heard.

“Hmm…”

However, the voice was soon drowned out by the girl's sharp and slightly piercing laughter.

"Hahahaha, is that all? You're too weak. You're boring to me, No. 65."

Hear this voice.

Qiao Xi knocked on the door: "Miss Baihe, I'm here."

The sudden noise and voice quickly attracted the attention of the girl inside the room.

"Then come in quickly."

The girl in the room grumbled a little dissatisfiedly, and Qiao Xi pushed the door open and walked in.

indoor.

There was a faint smell of blood in the air. The young man kneeling on the ground was wearing a black leather coat, and his exposed limbs were covered with scars.

Blood oozed from the open wound.

Tick-tick-tick.

Falling on the exquisite and beautiful plush carpet.

In the center of the room stood a throne-like chair. A pretty young girl, holding a whip, crossed her legs, and rested her chin on one hand, looking annoyed. She glared at the wounded young man kneeling on the ground as if she felt disgusted.

"What a waste, useless."

Even though Qiao Xi came in, she didn't show any sign of wanting to subdue her arrogance in front of others.

Next to the girl's chair.

It is filled with large furry dolls of various different animal types, and they look very cute.

Yet they are piled together in a disorderly manner.

The number is far beyond imagination.

"No. 64, you're here. Very good. Then hold him down. Use your mouth to clean up his wounds."

The girl said this lazily while sitting on her seat with her legs crossed and holding a doll, waving a small whip from time to time.

She just raised her chin slightly.

He signaled Qiao Xi to attack No. 65 over there.

Following the girl's instructions, Qiao Xi's gaze fell on the scarred young man over there. Miss Lily's auction results were all good, and this young man, like her, was of the highest caliber.

There are usually several people who control the use rights of top-quality auction items.

If something goes wrong with someone, that person will be required to compensate the other parties for the full amount paid during the auction.

Lily is already accustomed to this kind of thing.

"Okay." Qiao Xi didn't say any more nonsense. When she lowered her eyes to look at the young man, she squatted down and took the hand of the handsome young man with a mixed-race look.

“……!”

Perhaps because he had been hurt so much, the young man was very resistant to human touch.

therefore.

The moment Qiao Xi grabbed his hand and touched it, his whole body stiffened and he wanted to struggle out. However, Qiao Xi did not give him the chance and instead held the young man's hand tightly.

The woman in the elegant cheongsam leaned forward and pushed the young man down.

Qiao Xi's beautiful long hair fell from her shoulders. In the room with the curtains drawn, the lit orange star lights did not blur the outline of her face.

Instead, it makes those clear eyes look more indifferent.

She was like a puppet without any emotion, only following orders. Obeying the command of Miss Lily who controlled her, she took the young man's hand and raised it to her lips.

“……!”

Number 65's pupils suddenly contracted, and his body stiffened and trembled for a moment, not knowing what to do. A soft warmth spread from his palm, like the feeling of being licked by a kitten.

It was so strange that he didn't feel repulsed by it.

Qiao Xi's movements were not slow, moving up along the palm of her hand towards her arm. Every time she touched an unhealed wound, she could even smell the soft smell of blood.

That smell of rust.

It quickly spread and filled the entire mouth.

Lily stared at them intently, seemingly with great interest.

The girl's gaze remained fixed on Qiao Xi, looking at the woman's curvy figure illuminated by the hazy orange star lights.

After No. 65's wound was treated in this way, his whole body became stiff and he did not move at all.

Just like a piece of wood.

Lily found it very boring.

After watching for a while, she realized the woman had no expression. Lily also looked away. The girl was leaning on the chair, holding the doll with one hand, her chin resting on her chin. She had already put down the whip.

"That's enough, No. 64. Don't waste your time on that wood. Come to me."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Xi stopped what he was doing and walked up to the girl.

"Hmm... let me think about it, you can give me a massage." The girl tilted her head slightly and said this as if she had thought about it seriously.

However, just as Qiao Xi was about to get up and give her a massage.

Lily, however, lifted her calf at this moment. The pink-haired girl smiled maliciously with her eyes curved. "Who allowed you to get up? Start from here."

She likes to see other people's humiliated and unwilling expressions.

No matter how well the auction items were concealed, when they were asked to do such things and treated without dignity, they would always show a hint of dissatisfaction. Torturing them to the brink of collapse was the greatest joy.

Lily hates these auction items whose identities are unclear.

It's just a trivial item.

How dare you express dissatisfaction with the users?

Those who buy these auction items are the users, and they should enjoy their due rights. Those who are auctioned are no longer people, but just objects.

Qiao Xi held her calf and massaged it.

The strength was just right, kneading her calves neither hurriedly nor slowly. Lily felt good, leaning back in her chair and enjoying her service. The girl was like a little sparrow, chirping and chirping.

"No. 64, do you have anything you like? I can give it to you."

"To Miss Lily, I don't have anything I like."

When the girl heard her say that, she immediately frowned and became unhappy: "No, you must have something you like."

Qiao Xi pondered for a while.

Then he raised his eyes and looked at her slowly: "Can Miss Lily be considered one? But Miss Lily is not a thing. So, I don't have anything I like."

Lily was stunned, as if she didn't expect Qiao Xi to say that.

The girl immediately became interested.

"Hmm? You like me? What do you like about me? Is there any way to prove that you like me——"

The girl's cheerful and light voice was sweet, and she giggled softly, finally giving her already childish face a touch of childish innocence.

"If I prove it, it would offend Miss Lily."

Qiao Xi slowly lowered her eyes and spoke in a low voice, and her gaze seemed to inadvertently fall on the young man next to her, and she added as if unintentionally.

"And the filthy smell of blood will also taint your purity. I don't want to prove my love for Miss Lily in front of such a terrible person."

“Is that so—”

The girl nodded, not quite understanding.

Then she raised her hand and pointed to the door: "Number 65, get out first."

“…”

The young man, lying on the ground covered in wounds and silent, finally supported himself with his elbows and managed to regain his mobility. He should have been seriously injured and unable to move, but he didn't know if it was an illusion.

just……

After having his wounds licked by the woman named No. 64, the pain actually eased a little, so that now when he heard Lily's orders, he could act according to them.

Otherwise it will be delayed by one second.

If you make this willful young lady unhappy, you will never be able to leave.

No. 65 limped out of the room, and Lily finally suppressed the deep disgust in her eyes. When she turned to look at Qiao Xi, she smiled brightly and innocently.

"Is it okay now? Come and prove it!"

What is like?

Lily understands that liking is love, so what is love?

The love we saw in fairy tales as children was the love between a princess and a prince. The love we saw in storybooks was the love between a mother bunny and her little bunny. The love we saw in illustrated picture books as children was the love of a family sitting around the table, eating, laughing and talking.

Many kinds of love.

But which one is true?

Lily asked her mother, but her mother was busy hosting a banquet to entertain celebrities and had no time to pay attention to her.

She wanted to ask her father, but he was having a great time talking to another person in power; there was always endless work to do and endless powerful people to meet.

No one could answer her.

The maids who took care of her said: Miss, you still have us, and we love you.

What is love then? How can we prove that this is not a lie?

Lily was curious.

She picked up the knife from the dining table and stabbed the maid next to her in the abdomen. Blood immediately flowed, crimson soaking through the fabric of her clothes. The other maids screamed in terror, and the one she had stabbed wore a look of terror.

He looked at her in shock and disbelief.

His body was like a swaying kite, and finally the string broke and he fell down helplessly.

Since then.

No maid dared to approach her again, and no one ever mentioned love again. Lily understood that their love was fake. Since it was fake, she didn't need it anymore. She didn't need the person who deceived her to stay by her side. If she was just a doll -

We have as much as you want.

She bought many beautiful dolls and placed them in her room until it was full and there was no more room.

But it still couldn't alleviate the endlessly expanding emptiness in my heart.

Until later.

Lily accepted an invitation from a flattering wealthy businessman and went to an auction. However, among the many auction items, not a single one said they loved her, and they were unwilling to even deceive her, let alone deceive her.

She wondered what No. 64 would do.

She watched as the woman stood in front of her, her slender arms reaching out to her, only to land gently behind her. She wrapped her arms around her small frame, as if to comfort her. The woman held her, one hand gently stroking her head.

"Ms. Lily, this is how I like you. It's actually wrong for such a petite and lovable lonely girl to take such an extreme path because of lack of love."

A woman's gentle voice came from above.

Lily was held in her arms, feeling the unprecedented strange yet gentle breath surrounding her.

The hand that rested on the top of her head was like the hand the maid had stroked when she was very young, long ago, as she was soothing her to sleep.

That's a bedtime ritual.

For the young girl at that time, that touch was the thing she looked forward to most.

Everyone respects her.

Because they all said that the young lady was of noble status, and they were commoners and could not overstep the boundaries.

And now.

Baihe was half-held in Qiao Xi's arms, stroking her head. She subconsciously buried her cheek in the woman's arms. Her two small hands unconsciously grasped the woman's skirt.

Her voice was muffled: "You have overstepped the boundaries and will be punished."

"Miss Lily can punish me however she wants."

The woman seemed to smile, and her gentle voice fell on her ear as lightly as a feather, but it was hard to ignore.

"Are you tired now? It's almost time for a nap. Do you want a bedtime story?"

She asked again.

He slowly stopped stroking the top of her hair and instead half-knelt down to look the girl in the eye. Meeting Qiao Xi's gaze, Lily snorted coldly.

"What are you planning? Don't think you can get away with this!"

"I want to coax Miss Lily into a nap."

The woman admitted her feelings frankly and smiled at her. The hand that was originally half-embracing the girl also dropped down at this time and took her small hand.

"Where is Miss Lily's room?"

Qiao Xi held her hand, tilted her head slightly and glanced at her sideways. There was no impatience on her face, and she seemed to be looking forward to doing this.

Lily hesitated for a moment.

She looked down at Qiao Xi holding her hand, and suppressed the slight strangeness and joy in her heart. She still frowned a little uncomfortable and wanted to pull back.

However, Qiao Xi noticed her actions.

Instead, he pulled her tighter, and without saying anything, he took her by the hand and walked out of the room.

Lily was a little flustered for a moment and started shouting in a boastful manner.

"Hey, hey No. 64! Who allowed you to treat me like this?!"

Unexpectedly, the woman seemed to have heard something funny and was trying to suppress her laughter. She looked at her helplessly, "It's you, Miss Lily. Let me prove my love for you. Give me the right to offend you."

Lily choked instantly.

He stamped his feet in frustration and awkwardly tried to shake off Qiao Xi's hand. However, the woman half-pushed him in and tricked him into revealing the true location of her room.

As soon as the words came out.

Lily was extremely upset when she instantly realized that she had been exposed. She puffed out her cheeks and sulked, ignoring Qiao Xi.

The two held hands on the corridor and left one after the other.

Not long after they left, a young man came out of another room, yawning and rubbing his sleepy eyes. After catching a glimpse of their backs, he let out a surprised "huh?"

"Master."

The butler, who had been waiting nearby, nodded slightly upon seeing the young man emerge. Meanwhile, the elf-like, icy and adorable young man rubbed his chin, seeming to be lost in thought.

"The one that just passed by is——"

Before the young man could finish, the butler skillfully continued, "This is the woman the young master had a quarrel with Miss Lily over the right to use the property at the auction. Today, she was summoned by Miss Lily."