Chapter 28. A long, thin eyelash clung to the tip of his tongue. ...
"……Um."
After Yin Yuan left, Leng Cuizhu immediately put the chicken she was holding on the ground.
The rooster looked around: "...Host, where is this? This room is equivalent to four kitchens."
"The Yin residence."
She leaned on the handrail with one hand and sighed deeply, "You'll stay here with me for the next few days."
Can you still turn into a human?
The rooster shifted its claws, lowered its head, and drew circles on the ground: "Hehe, I can't go on, I'm out of energy, I'm a low-energy chicken."
"Didn't you bring Eun? He should still have a lot of energy left. After all, he's a second-hand product. He had a host before he came to seduce you, so he still has a lot of unused energy."
"This kind of system, where anyone can control it, is unacceptable..."
She only answered the dodder's question and said nothing else: "I didn't bring him. He can find this place; he'll fly here on his own."
"Didn't you say that after you rescued me and Leng Zhen, we would do the missions you asked us to do?"
"Oh... I forgot, hehe."
The rooster nodded: "Great, perfect! After completing the mission, I can transform back into a human and lick the host's lips again!"
Leng Cuizhu raised her hand to cover her eyes and remained silent for a long time.
...Fortunately, she was the only one who could understand what this dead thing was babbling about.
"Host, what's wrong?"
"Don't worry about me, just tell me what task I need to do."
"Host, are you really sure?"
The rooster smacked its lips: "Why don't you take a deep breath first? I'm afraid you can't handle it and you'll faint from the stress."
Leng Cuizhu didn't understand what kind of mission would have such a big impact on her, but she still listened to Tu Sizi's advice, took a deep breath, and tried to calm herself down.
"Okay... go ahead and tell me."
Even at its worst, things couldn't be this suffocating.
But when she heard the dodder utter each word, she couldn't help but cover her face and tremble all over.
"Why...do I have to do this?"
She should have expected this.
There was no way they would reach that point together.
But ironically, she was made to play the villain, forced to personally administer aphrodisiacs to her husband and son, and then have the two of them share a room together.
Everyone knew what was going to happen.
Dodder: "Um... how about you kick my butt? That would make me feel better."
"But the matter of drugging your husband and son with aphrodisiacs can't be delayed any longer. How can there be a book that's labeled as pure erotica but actually written as pure love? They're taking advantage of people's lust."
"If you're going to be 'yellow,' then go all the way! Look, even the name of my system is for curing impotence! So, actually, everyone's having a tough time..."
"Alright, stop talking."
She gripped the shawl tightly on her shoulders: "But... how can I escape Yin Yuan's control and go out to find the aphrodisiac I need?"
While it's difficult to find □□, aphrodisiacs that can replenish qi, warm the kidneys, and invigorate yang are quite common.
Perfect, it can be used on two men.
"Dodder, why don't you go home and look for aphrodisiacs in Leng Zhen's room? He must have bottled and labeled all the medicines he brewed. You can check the labels when you go."
"Aphrodisiac, you must recognize those three words, right?"
"Huh? Haha..." The rooster chuckled dryly. "Host, I don't think your son's room is about aphrodisiacs... He might have aphrodisiac herbs, as you said, but that's just a possibility."
"But his room is filled with an absurdly heavy yin energy; there's no way I, a skinny rooster, could possibly handle it!"
"What's the meaning?"
Leng Cuizhu inexplicably recalled the chilling aura she felt when she entered Leng Zhen's room.
"Don't you think his room is haunted? Every night, you can hear a woman crying from the attic!"
Cuscuta strongly believes that there are no aphrodisiacs in Leng Zhen's room, only yin-nourishing pills.
Thus, Leng Cuizhu had no choice but to try to find connections to buy the aphrodisiac needed to complete the mission.
During the few days that Cuscuta went out of the manor to find medicine, she stayed quietly in her room. Sometimes she would go out for a stroll, but most of the servants in the manor were unfamiliar faces, and she couldn't chat with them. So each time she would quietly leave the crowd and go back to her room.
Everyone in the household knew about her relationship with Yin Yuan, and their attitudes towards her were quite subtle. In any case, she didn't like that feeling... she was always being watched.
She went to see Madam Yin several times, but Madam Yin seemed very busy and each time told her to go back.
In this vast mansion, only Yin Yuan was willing to speak to her.
But she refused.
"My lord, you should go back now. I need to rest."
Yin Yuan was wearing a dark black nightgown with a thin outer robe draped over his shoulders.
"You said it exactly as I described yesterday," he sighed softly, holding his breath. "Lingniang, what else is bothering you?"
“I…I just don’t want to be with you, my lord,” she said, looking up. “I thought I had made myself clear enough, but it turns out…you still think I have a problem.”
"If there really is one, then the knot in my heart is you."
"Being with you makes me feel uncomfortable and depressed."
"Have I made myself clear enough?"
"..."
"Um."
Yin Yuan left silently.
Only after the man had completely disappeared from her sight did she catch a glimpse of the outer robe on the couch.
Yin Yuan forgot to bring his clothes again.
It was like this more than a decade ago. He would always leave something of his at the brothel, forcing Leng Cuizhu to keep it safe and return it to him when he came back. This cycle repeated itself countless times, and she waited for him to come back.
She picked up her outer robe, tossed it onto the chair, undressed, and crawled into bed.
At night, she vaguely sensed something climbing onto the bed and snuggling into her arms.
"Dodder?"
A silver-white head peeked out from under the covers.
"It's Ewan..."
“Dodder has been away from home recently and hasn’t been back.”
The man's long hair was tied into a side braid, with only a few strands sticking to the bridge of his high nose. He smiled, his silver eyes sparkling.
"He's finally gone."
Leng Cuizhu asked in surprise, "You've been waiting outside the whole time?"
No wonder she always felt strange when she was alone with Yin Yuan in the room, as if a third person was watching her. It turned out to be You En.
"Wouldn't that mean you waited for a long time? Aren't you tired?"
"It's well worth it."
The man suddenly pounced on her, grabbed her, and pinned her down.
She didn't feel it was very heavy; on the contrary, she felt very at ease.
The man's chest was warm, and she felt comfortable pressed against it.
He rested his right hand on her shoulder and wrapped his left arm around her.
She obediently wrapped her arms around the man's neck, and gently inhaled the faint fragrance of his hair: "That day, I didn't expect you to come to me with dodder. Yin Yuan didn't do anything to you, did he?"
"He gave me a sum of money."
"Unfortunately, I don't care about money."
His large hand stroked her back, and her lips approached his ear: "Can you untie it?"
The man did not answer, but instead bent down, took the ribbon at her chest, tilted his head back and pulled, and the bodice fell open like water.
He held the bodice in his mouth, then slowly slid it down, his cheek close to her lower abdomen, lifting it up piece by piece.
She grabbed the braided hair and wrapped it around her hand like a leash. When the man wanted to go down and comfort her, she would loosen her grip a little. If he wanted to climb up and kiss her, she would gently tug at it so that he could kiss her more deeply.
You En benefited much more than Yin Yuan.
It's also much easier to use.
As the bed swayed, her wandering gaze settled on the outer robe hanging on the chair.
If Yin Yuan saw her like this, he would probably spit a mouthful of cold blood onto his robe and die of anger before he could even sit down properly.
She laughed out loud, followed by a few soft sighs.
"What's wrong?"
The man bent down and kissed the corner of her lips, which she accepted with a smile, her fingertips tracing the bridge of his nose.
"nothing."
She simply hadn't felt this way in a long time.
On this beautiful night, the autumn sky is clear and the moon is full.
After the afterglow faded, Eun wanted to help her get dressed, but she politely declined.
"This is fine."
"Master, don't catch a cold."
No, it won't.
She shrunk her whole body under the covers, leaving only her head sticking out: "It's warm here."
Eun paused for a moment, then withdrew his hand from under the covers, a faint smile playing on his lips.
After indulging herself, she didn't let Eun sleep with her.
She wanted him to rush back to guard the house, in case there was a thief, since Cuscuta was someone who only ate and didn't do any work.
“Then I’m leaving,” Ewan knelt by the bed. “Will you come back tomorrow?”
"Uh... probably not."
Leng Cuizhu has been busy these past few days plotting with Tu Sizi to poison Eun, and has indeed neglected him.
She touched the man's cheek and said gently, "I'll probably be staying at the Yin residence for the next ten days, so it's inconvenient for me to go back..."
"May I come to see Madam? Just like tonight. I won't be discovered."
"I will transform into a crow and fly to find you. I will not wear clothes; I will remain as I am tonight."
Leng Cuizhu couldn't bring herself to refuse him.
Moreover, he was completely naked.
"When you go back, remember to put on the robe on the chair."
"Or, you can wear that to see me next time."
His body is best enjoyed by her alone.
The man picked up the outer robe from the chair, draped it over his shoulders, wrapped it around his body, and while tidying his hair, placed a kiss on her forehead.
He whispered in her ear, "Then, see you tomorrow night."
After Eun left, Leng Cuizhu also closed her eyes and fell asleep.
As night deepened and dawn approached, a sound arose in the otherwise quiet room.
Yin Yuan pushed open the door and entered, slowly exchanging pleasantries before approaching the bedside.
Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the soft couch outside the curtain.
“Ling Niang…”
He was still wearing his nightgown, just a single layer of clothing, the collar pulled up tightly, revealing half of his neck.
His Adam's apple bobbed, and he remained silent, lost in thought.
A while later, a few rays of morning light streamed in, illuminating his dark nightgown and adding a touch of brightness to his disheveled and listless face, but the result was only to make his misery worse.
He moved to the edge of the bed.
Slowly, little by little, the blankets covering Leng Cuizhu were lifted.
"..."
He pulled the blanket back over himself, stood at the head of the bed, and his tall body blocked the morning light.
Yin Yuan did not leave. After gazing at the woman on the bed for a long time, he squatted down and gently stroked her eyebrows, speechless with emotion.
Looking at her, her eyes were filled with sorrow, and the anger that had suddenly welled up inside him was swallowed back by clenching his fist, leaving only his temples throbbing.
He bent down, kissed the woman's eyelids, and licked the vibrant, throbbing veins on them. The veins on his hands, stretched out on the bed, were taut.
When he turned around, there was a long eyelash stuck to the tip of his tongue.
He closed his lips and swallowed it.
But he still couldn't leave her.
Perhaps never.
It's difficult.
Even if she were to die, he would dig up her grave and kiss her rotting flesh and her ghastly bones.
If there's a foul smell under his pillow, it only means he's hiding her head.
I slept with her in the same bed.
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