Chapter 40: The breath blends along the skin and into the flesh
The taste of blood is not very good,
It tastes sweet and fishy, with a hint of rust, flowing along the lips and teeth into the throat, filling the entire mouth.
She put her finger between his lips,
Because of this posture, she leaned forward, very close to him, almost falling on him.
Therefore, Xie Chengjin had to reach out and hold her waist to prevent their bodies from sticking together. He did not use too much force, his palm was lightly placed on her waist, but the veins on the back of his hand were visibly showing.
But even though there is still distance between them,
Her white skirt still fell on him, overlapping with the corners of his dark robe.
Her dark hair brushed through his fingers, feeling soft and reminiscent of cool silk.
Still too close.
Xie Chengjin's mouth was filled with the sweet taste of her blood.
His nostrils were filled with her scent, a faint medicinal odor. Her scent enveloped him like a vine, wrapping around him bit by bit and blending with his scent. It seemed to grow through his skin and into his flesh, like a maggot attached to his bones, and could not be dispelled.
Xie Chengjin didn't like others to get close to him, and he never let anyone get so close to him.
But at this moment he did not make any other moves. He just sat there quietly, staring at her with his eyes downcast.
He found that her expression was peaceful and quiet, without a trace of darkness, as if what he had sensed in his half-awake state before was all wrong. In fact, she didn't want him to die at all. Instead, she was very kind. She took care of his injuries and jumped down to feed him blood to heal his wounds.
Xie Chengjin suddenly felt a little unhappy.
He wanted to kill her because she was cunning, hypocritical, had evil intentions, and refused to change despite repeated warnings.
But she appeared obedient, gentle, and kind.
A moment later,
He turned his head slightly to avoid her fingers pressing against his lips.
*
While feeding Xie Chengjin blood,
Xie Yanyu heard the voice of the system in his head.
The system said that the reason she could stay in the Xie family was because she had to bleed Xie Chengjin every two weeks.
Therefore, there is a scene in the original plot where she bleeds for him.
Now, because she fed him blood, there was a slight progress in his story line, and the progress was increased from the original 5% to 10%.
Xie Yanyu originally did not want to rescue Xie Chengjin, but he had to feed him blood to heal his wounds.
If she saved someone she didn't want to save, that person might come to trouble her in the future and settle previous scores with her, so she would be in a very bad mood.
Fortunately, she heard the system prompt sound at this time, and she felt that she was not completely empty-handed.
She continued to feed him blood,
However, it wasn't long before she felt him turn his head, his lips avoiding her fingertips.
Xie Yanyu paused.
Because I can't open my eyes, I can't see what his current condition is.
She thought for a moment, then feigned concern and asked, "Are you feeling better, brother?"
Xie Chengjin did not answer this question.
His tone was indifferent: "Why did you suddenly think of helping me heal my injuries?"
Xie Yanyu didn't know why he suddenly asked this.
She didn't like being questioned by him, and it was impossible for her to tell him the truth, so she made up a nice story: "Because you are my brother. Isn't it my duty to help my brother heal his wounds?"
Xie Chengjin looked at her: "Really?"
Xie Yanyu couldn't see,
But she was extremely sensitive to sight, and even with her eyes closed, she could feel him looking at her.
So she smiled meekly: "Of course, why would I lie to my brother?"
After she said this,
Xie Chengjin was quiet for a moment.
Xie Yanyu waited for a while, but he didn't say anything. She thought the topic was over. Blood was still dripping from her fingertips. After thinking for a moment, she decided to ask him again if his injury had healed. After all, she was still counting on him to heal and take her upstairs quickly.
But before she could say anything,
She suddenly heard Xie Chengjin laugh.
The laugh seemed to come from his chest. Although it was a very short one, it was surprising enough for him because he was indifferent by nature and always looked emotionless. He was taciturn and even less likely to laugh. At least Xie Yanyu had never seen him laugh.
She didn't even know what he looked like when he smiled.
Will the cold feeling in your body subside, or will it still be like a piece of ice?
This thought flashed through my mind.
But she didn't pay much attention to it, so she didn't think about it.
At the moment, she felt more confused. She didn't know why he suddenly laughed. He was too abnormal. She felt something was wrong and instinctively had a bad premonition.
That's when
She heard him speak again.
There was no smile in his tone, and he said bluntly: "I thought you would want to kill me."
As soon as these words fell,
Xie Yanyu was a little slow to react.
She digested his words for a while, and then a burst of thunder exploded in her ears as if she realized it belatedly, so that she instinctively opened her eyes, wanting to see his expression to tell whether he was deceiving her or explaining this matter to her.
But when the eyes are opened,
I saw the light of day, and then there was a sharp pain.
The light made her tears come out, and she immediately closed her eyes again, covering them with her hands and whispering, "I didn't."
She didn't know how he knew her thoughts this time.
But after a while,
She suspected that he was deceiving her.
After all, she had never expressed any intention to kill him.
The sting in my eyes has dissipated,
She took her hands away from her eyes and said to him, "If I wanted to kill you, brother, I would have just walked away when I saw you at the bottom of the hill. Why would I jump down to feed you blood?"
After she finished speaking,
Xie Chengjin didn't say anything else.
He looked at her, as if thinking about what she had just said, but he noticed that there was moisture in the corners of her eyes.
He had just seen her open and close her eyes, and realized that she might not be able to see the light, but he didn't care about it. Now, looking at the moisture in the corners of her eyes, he knew that these were tears caused by the stimulation of seeing the light just now. He paused, then quietly looked away.
On the other side,
Xie Yanyu could not hear his voice or see his face. She could not open her eyes. Everything was dark in front of her. The unknown outside environment made her a little irritated. For a moment, she reached into her sleeve pocket and touched an offensive magic weapon. She thought that if it really didn't work, she would fight him to the death.
However, at this time,
Then I heard Xie Chengjin talking again——
He said "hmm" lightly.
It was indeed unexpected that she would jump down and feed him blood. No matter how you looked at it, such behavior did not seem like she had any murderous intention towards him.
But he knew her background.
It is dark and damp, she is the dark green moss growing in the rotten soil,
Her thoughts were mostly dark and sharp. She was jealous of him and harbored hidden malice towards him. No matter how she thought about it, she would never take the initiative to donate her blood to heal his wounds.
But her behavior was exactly the opposite.
He glimpsed her fragmented thoughts, but was unable to infer her behavior from them. It was a feeling of being out of control. Outside of order and rules, there was no cause and effect to follow. This feeling of being out of control made him feel disgusted.
He absorbed her blood, and the spiritual power in his body began to circulate.
Some of his injuries had been quickly repaired, and although he was still very weak, he could easily kill her.
His eyes fell on her slender neck before he continued, "But you shouldn't feed me blood."
Because he also had murderous intentions towards her.
His injury was getting better, but she was so vulnerable in front of him. He raised his hand and placed it lightly on her neck.
But she couldn't see, so she didn't feel anything about it. She didn't know that if his hand moved a little further forward, he could strangle her to death. In this way, even if he really reached out and strangled her to death, she might not even realize how she died when she died.
He looked at her indifferently, as if he were looking at a dead person.
However, at this time,
She added, "Brother, don't say that. You're so badly injured, it's my job to feed you blood."
hypocritical.
She is telling lies.
But when she said this, she pretended to be flawless, and the tears in the corners of her eyes hadn't even dried, which made her look more vulnerable and sincere. His eyes fell on those tears again, and he felt a nameless anger in his heart. Perhaps it was because he knew her true nature and would not be deceived by her lies, so he couldn't stand her hypocritical posturing.
So the hand that was about to strangle her neck suddenly turned around.
His fingers fell on her face, wiping away the few tears vigorously, pressing the corners of her eyes until they turned red. When his fingertips touched the warmth of the tears, the thought from before inexplicably reappeared in his mind -
Such a fragile person may cause great disaster in the future.
But she is in this state now, he can strangle her to death with just a flick of his finger, so why should he be afraid of her?
Why break those rules and kill her at this time?
If she really causes a disaster in the future,
At that time, he should also follow the rules and kill and punish her in a legitimate and fair manner.
Instead of making an exception for her again, at this time, he went against his usual code of conduct and killed her.
*
Xie Yanyu didn't know what he was going to do.
When his hand fell on the corner of her eyes, she remembered that her eyes were irritated and tears came out, and she had not had time to wipe them away. But his behavior horrified her. She didn't think he was the type to wipe people's tears, but she couldn't figure out his purpose.
The corner of my eye hurt a little from being pressed by him.
At first, she wanted to endure it. After all, what was his status? What was her status? If he wanted to press it, then let him press it. Don't disobey him for such a small matter.
But later she was really scared,
So, she finally couldn't stand it anymore and turned her head away to avoid his actions.
She raised her hand, showing him the wound on her fingertip, and half-seriously stated her purpose: "Brother, are you feeling better? If so, let's hurry up. My blood might attract demons, so we shouldn't linger here any longer."
Xie Chengjin didn't say anything and didn't object.
But he stood up and took a few steps forward, and didn't hear her follow him. When he turned around, he found that she was still there.
Only then did he remember that she couldn't see.
Because I couldn't see, I didn't know he was going to leave first.
Not only could she not walk like this, it was even more impossible for her to follow him up by flying.
He pursed his lips and looked at her for a long time, with a strange anger in his heart, but finally walked back to her.
She was still a member of the Xie family. Since he had decided not to kill her, he could not leave her alone. So after a moment of silence, he bent down and picked her up.
*
On the other side,
Helan Wei captured the vengeful ghost and put it into the magic weapon.
Beside him, a servant came with a map.
The attendant pointed to a certain location on the map and said, "Sir, I just took it upon myself to use a locating spell to find Miss Xie's whereabouts. I saw that she seemed to have been staying at this location."
The attendant always felt that Helan Wei was a little absent-minded. When he was fighting with the vengeful ghost just now, several of his moves were a beat late.
He couldn't figure out Helan Wei's thoughts, but he always felt that Helan Wei's absent-mindedness was related to Xie Yanyu, so he used the magic to find people.
But in the end, it's self-determination.
After he said this, he secretly glanced at Helan Wei's face.
Helan Wei's expression was gentle and relaxed, not much different from usual, and he didn't look angry anymore.
Hearing the attendant's words, he simply asked, "What do you want her for?"
The attendant replied, "Logically, she was used as bait. Once the resentful ghost's dantian was destroyed, she should be able to move freely and come to find you. I found her so late that I found it strange and went to look for her, but she has been staying in the same place..."
The attendant asked, "Could it be that something happened while you were acting as bait? That would be terrible."
Helan Wei didn't answer.
Although being the bait was risky, he never restricted others. Since she was the one who asked to go, he had no reason to dissuade her.
She said in such a hypocritical tone that she did this to help him and to prove to him that she liked him. If she chose to prove it in this way, she had to be prepared for danger. What's more, Xie Chengjin had said at the time that he would keep the bait safe and would not let her get into trouble.
In this case,
Why should he care about her life or death?
Helan Wei thought carelessly, glanced at the attendant, but his eyes fell on the map.
After a while, he finally took the map.
The attendant pointed at the map and speculated, "Looking at the map, she seems to be at the bottom of a hill. Do you think she fell down, but the hill is too high, and she is alone there, unable to get up? I think if she is okay, she will definitely come to you. Maybe she is isolated and helpless now, waiting for someone to pull her up."
Helan Wei said nothing, and slowly threw the map back to the attendant.
But despite doing so, he turned around and walked towards where Xie Yanyu was.
The attendant asked again, "Sir, are you going to look for Miss Xie?"
Helan Wei paused slightly.
He was silent for a moment, then lightly scolded the attendant: "You talk too much, shut up."
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