Chapter 129 Killing the Grand Duke (17) Smiling, he let her do as she pleased.
Cold sweat trickled down his temples, soaking his clothes.
Song Qiling had practiced magic for over ten years, but had only been a master for five years. He had passed through dozens of illusions and experienced varying degrees of pain, but he had never tasted such excruciating agony.
In the dark bedroom, she gritted her teeth and sat up, looking around. Beneath her eyelashes, her eyes were already bloodshot.
Chu Yue.
What have you been doing?
A hand gently slid down the side of his neck, stroking along his back. "Senior brother, does it still hurt?"
I felt a cool sensation, like a gurgling spring, flowing through my limbs and bones, and the pain in my body was indeed greatly reduced.
Song Qiling shook her head repeatedly, then turned and buried herself in the arms of the person beside her. For a moment, she couldn't say a word.
It was clearly early summer, yet a chill crept up from the depths of my heart, inch by inch, like being slowly sliced apart on every inch of my skin.
All she wants now is to be closer to this heat source.
Closer.
Feeling the person in his arms trembling, Gu Lianzhou felt a pang of regret. He gently stroked the back of his senior brother's head, running his fingers through the soft hair as if soothing a child, and murmured, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it won't hurt anymore..."
Upon hearing this, Song Qiling immediately sobered up. She looked up at her junior brother, who was standing close to her, and remained silent for a long while before asking, "Does it still hurt?"
Having shared this feeling, she already felt an excruciating pain.
What about Gu Lianzhou?
He was once a powerful being, and when he was devoured by sorcerers, did he suffer a hundred or a thousand times more pain than she did?
Before I knew it, tears were welling up in my eyes, and just as they were about to fall, they were wiped away by warm fingertips.
“I’ve gotten used to it, and I can bear it.” He laughed heartlessly. “A few days ago, I experienced Master Chu’s methods again. He was chopping and hacking like that, very impatient, as if he wanted to devour me alive.”
Song Qiling: "..."
She used to take this as a joke, but now it's completely different.
Chu Yue indeed wanted to drink its blood, eat its flesh, pull out its tendons, and peel its bones.
"What kind of time is this to still be joking with me?" She buried her face in Gu Lianzhou's neck again, rubbing her wet eyes and nose against his clothes, and said in a muffled voice, "I'm really as stupid as a pig, why didn't I ask you these things sooner? If only I had known earlier..."
"Senior brother," Gu Lianzhou interrupted her softly, "This matter has nothing to do with you, so there's no need to blame yourself. I was only able to transform into a demon because of Chu Yue's injury to my bones, and accidentally regained most of my memories."
Song Qiling still had many questions.
“Even so…you are clearly a descendant of the human race, so how could you be that Tai Sui?” She clenched the soft fabric in her hand, pondering, “Could it be that you parasitized the body of the Gu family’s young master through other means?”
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt the person in front of him chuckle. His chest trembled, and his heartbeat was transmitted through the thin clothes. "Senior brother's idea is interesting, but unfortunately, the truth is not so."
Gu Lianzhou lazily rested his chin on her soft hair, his gaze falling into the void. "I am indeed the eldest son of the Gu family of Tianshui, but I am also a mortal. To say that I am a parasite of Tai Sui is not entirely true."
“A hundred years ago, the Tai Sui was devoured by those seeking immortality, but only the heart of the Tai Sui remained.” After a brief pause, he pulled the person in his arms back into the couch, bent his legs and adjusted his position so that she could lean against him more comfortably.
"But this heart was stolen by someone and transported out of the Tai Sui's lair amidst the chaos. After a bumpy and arduous journey, it was eventually bought by a wealthy businessman at a high price."
Song Qiling listened, her brows furrowing slightly. "Since that person believes in the idea of prolonging life, why doesn't he devour the heart of the Grand Duke Jupiter?"
If meat is so nutritious, then what about the heart...?
“Eating a piece of Tai Sui meat can make a person live to be a hundred years old and cure all diseases. That person knew the principle of not being greedy and not being able to chew it properly. After eating Tai Sui meat, he started to think about making money.” Gu Lianzhou sighed. “Moreover, Tai Sui’s heart is neither dead nor destroyed, so ordinary people can’t eat it.”
"This heart fell into the hands of a wealthy merchant. After changing hands several times, it was presented to Gu Jialang of Tianshui as a divine medicine. Later, Gu Jialang gave it to his beloved wife to take. In the end, Gu's wife became pregnant, but gave birth to a son in a difficult childbirth. His name was... Gu Lianzhou."
As soon as she finished speaking, Song Qiling slowly opened her eyes wide.
"Does Senior Brother think I'm despicable?" He lowered his eyes in this posture and saw the girl under his gaze raise her head from his arms, looking at him like he was an idiot. He then spoke with a light sneer: "If you hadn't been human for more than twenty years, I'm afraid you would have been unable to gain your wisdom."
She said with exasperation, "Every step and every link in this process was designed and persecuted by others, not by your own will. How could you be the one who is so despicable?"
After saying that, she leaned close to his chin and bit him.
The force was light, more like flirting.
Gu Lianzhou was quite pleased, and the arms around her waist tightened slightly, pulling her closer into his embrace. "But when I first became human, I did commit many atrocities, such as... what you saw in Elder Zhuang's illusion was not false, but was indeed the work of the Tai Sui, whose consciousness was in chaos."
The sharp teeth on his chin loosened, and a soft, warm hand followed closely behind, gently rubbing the teeth marks.
He smiled and let her do as she pleased. "Perhaps the memory of being devoured before has not faded. Tai Sui hates everything that moves and has also become bloodthirsty and murderous. It leaves no living thing in sight. Now that I think about it, it is understandable that the Gu family is wary of me. How could they protect such a young god of death?"
"Perhaps it was a blessing from heaven that I met my master." At this point, Gu Lianzhou visibly breathed a sigh of relief. "My master was wise and kind-hearted. He saw the abnormality in my body and did his best to completely seal the weak Tai Sui power, protecting me as an ordinary person for more than ten years."
He lowered his eyes to meet Song Qiling's eyes and said earnestly, "I am both the Gu family man you know, and Suiyin, who has only recently become a human being."
“So.” He paused, then raised his hand to brush away the strands of hair that had fallen over his senior brother’s shoulder, his fingertips tracing the exposed skin outside his collar, his words carrying a deeper meaning, “I may be slightly different now than before.”
Song Qiling asked, puzzled, "How is it different?"
Feeling the texture of the skin beneath the thin shirt, her earlobes warmed slightly. "Don't tell me you inherited Suiyin's unreliable nature."
“That’s not right,” he retorted with a smile. “Although the Yin of the year is born from chaos, its nature is very pure, and it dares to love and hate more than I do.”
Song Qiling raised an eyebrow slightly: "Judging from your words, you know about what happened in the illusion that day?"
Now that things have come to this, Gu Lianzhou has nothing to hide. "Yes, Junior Brother is ashamed. Confined by worldly views, I dare not face the desires in my heart. I am not as straightforward as I was when I first became a human."
As he spoke, he frowned slightly, as if lost in memories of the past, and said with self-reproach, "Love has no distinction of high or low, noble or base. I have fallen in love, but I only know how to avoid it, which is a cowardly act."
Song Qiling: "..."
The way this person was talking to himself really resembled someone suffering from a mental disorder.
Thinking this, she quickly interrupted, "Yes, Suiyin is indeed very bold and passionate, but he really scared me. I thought I had met a lecherous man."
He was so shameless, constantly saying he wanted to "eat" her. She had never experienced such an intimate scene in her life.
The movement behind his neck paused. "Senior brother, don't you like it?"
How should I answer that?
Song Qiling suddenly recalled the time when this person was a Tai Sui (a deity associated with the gods), always loving to collect bright and shiny objects, until his feet were covered with heavy treasures, yet he never tired.
Now, in his eyes, is he just like these bright and beautiful treasures, needing to be tied to his side at all times?
Although my junior brother is a bit clingy, he has not done anything immoral or heinous. Besides, he had previously suffered such a terrible misfortune, which is truly pitiful.
Since they are in love, even if it's just coaxing, she should coax them back.
So she followed suit, reaching out to wrap her arms around his neck and pressing her face against his warm chest, saying, "I like it."
Whether she was trying to appease Gu Lianzhou or Sui Yin, Song Qiling clearly felt a burning gaze descending from above onto the top of her head.
The hand behind her neck moved again, but this time it slid down slowly and landed on her back, patting it lightly: "When you're coaxing someone, you don't even look them in the eye. You're not sincere."
He's really learned to take advantage of people.
Song Qiling found it amusing and simply did as she was told, raising her face so that the tip of her nose barely brushed against his chin, which was so close to hers.
"Senior brother was quite enthusiastic about my chin today." The man muttered nonsense, looking down at her. His dark eyes gleamed like glass in the moonlight, staring at her intently. "How about we try biting somewhere else?"
They're getting more and more out of control.
Seeing him lean closer, Song Qiling showed no mercy and bit his cheek.
The young man's skin was so thick it was hard to even look at him.
When the lips touched, it didn't feel like a bite, but more like a kiss.
The warm breath brushed against her cheek, bringing a slight tickling sensation. She awkwardly shrank her neck, letting go of that soft flesh, and retreated a few inches until the back of her head met something hard.
This daybed was barely big enough to accommodate one person, and now that the two of them were lying together, her back pressed against the cold bed wall as she stepped back, leaving her with no way to escape.
As if he had expected this, Gu Lianzhou chuckled and instead of retreating, he moved a few steps closer, asking, "Why aren't you biting anymore?"
Song Qiling wanted to glare at him, but in this cramped space, she had nowhere to look, so she stammered, "I'm not a mad dog, no, I won't bite..."
In the dim light, his lowered eyelashes cast fine shadows on his cheeks, and there were still faint traces of moisture where she had bitten him.
She pursed her lips, trying to turn her head away from the overly tense atmosphere, but he gently pressed her chin against his knuckles, his thumb lightly stroking her lower lip.
Her gaze flickered, landing on his Adam's apple as it bobbed for a moment. She felt his breath getting closer and closer, almost touching her nose, with only a thin line separating their lips.
His knuckles unconsciously curled up, pressing against his junior brother's chest, until the piece of fabric was crumpled.
My heart was pounding in my chest.
She was almost frantically worried that her heartbeat would disturb her junior brother.
They're... way too close.
Last night's physical intimacy could be attributed to drunkenness and loss of control, but now she was perfectly sober, and every sense of her being amplified.
The warmth of his fingertips brushing against her lips, the closeness of her warm breath, and the turbulent undercurrents in her unfathomable eyes.
Amidst his chaotic thoughts, his scalding breath abruptly shifted away, instead drawing close to her ear, his voice soft and faint.
Song Qiling heard it clearly and slowly opened her eyes wide in disbelief.
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