Chapter 46 Farewell
Lu Qingmian's fingertips trembled. He then cupped Jiang Jinyue's face with both hands, lowering his brows and speaking in an extremely serious tone, "Jiang Jinyue, do you know what you're saying?"
Jiang Jinyue lowered her eyes, her lips pouting slightly as she mumbled, "I need to eat a little... I promised Grandma."
"No regrets?" Lu Qingmian asked again.
Jiang Jinyue shook his head slightly, and finally raised his eyes with a firm look. It was obviously an extremely ambiguous matter, but Jiang Jinyue made it seem like he was preparing for an exam.
Lu Qingmian smiled, then suddenly lowered his head and pecked Jiang Jinyue's pouting lips.
"Fool."
Jiang Jinyue frowned: "I'm not stupid!"
Lu Qingmian let go, stepped back a little, and glanced at the wet wipes and tissues lined up. "Then let me see your resolve?"
"Determination?" Jiang Jinyue tilted his head, somewhat confused.
Lu Qingmian tapped the corner of his mouth with his slender finger. "Use the determination here."
Jiang Jinyue's face turned red instantly, and the bright red spread down her cheeks, even her collarbone, which was half-covered by her neckline, became pink and smooth.
"How...how do I prove it?"
Jiang Jinyue's red eyes were half closed, and the complex patterns in her eyes were faintly visible under her snow-white eyelashes. Her fair cheeks were adorned with overly red lips. After becoming a vampire, she had a seductive temperament, but the expression in her eyes was too innocent.
He was really asking Lu Qingmian how to prove it, wanting to get a practical answer.
This small single room is used to store miscellaneous items. The walls are mottled and peeling, and an old-fashioned yellow light bulb hangs from the ceiling. In the corner filled with cardboard boxes and other miscellaneous items, there is a single iron bed squeezed in.
Although the bed was covered with two layers of bedding, it was still uncomfortable. Jiang Jinyue was squatting beside the bed while Lu Qingmian was sitting on it. Now their positions were reversed. Jiang Jinyue was pushed onto the bed and knelt beside it while Lu Qingmian stood aside, looking down at him.
The old wooden windows creaked in the autumn wind, but the sound could not reach Jiang Jinyue's ears.
He was so nervous that he didn't know what to do with his hands and feet.
Lu Qingmian's long gaze made the courage that had been rising in his heart drop again and again. If he had not made a promise and agreed to the boss's grandmother, Jiang Jinyue suspected that he would have rushed out.
After a long time, Lu Qingmian finally spoke and ordered calmly: "Open your mouth."
Jiang Jinyue bit her lower lip, hesitated for a moment, then slightly opened her red lips, and pressed her little fangs against her lower lip, creating two cute little dimples.
He dropped his gaze again, staring at the edge of the iron bed, studying the shape of the rust on it.
"Open wider." Lu Qingmian didn't move and gave the order again.
When Lu Qingmian spoke without emotion, his voice was cold, low and magnetic, full of the feeling of a superior, but in this cramped little room, the cold tone coupled with the embarrassing command only made the atmosphere more ambiguous and difficult to describe.
Jiang Jinyue opened her lips a little wider, and was so nervous that she didn't know what to do with her tongue. She moved it slightly, and the tip of her tongue flashed past her lips.
"Not enough, open it wider."
Jiang Jinyue didn't move, his arms supporting the bed seemed shaky. He quickly raised his eyes and glanced at Lu Qingmian, then lowered his eyelashes in panic after meeting those dark eyes.
He thought of the 20cm long beverage bottle. Even if he opened his mouth as wide as possible, he couldn't swallow the bottle!
Jiang Jinyue looked a little scared, closed his eyes, and didn't dare to look.
The bedding beside him sank as Lu Qingmian sat down next to him. The small single iron bed made a sound as it could not bear the weight.
"Turn around." Lu Qingmian's voice came from beside him.
Jiang Jinyue kept his eyes closed and mouth open, rubbing his knees on the quilt, and turned to Lu Qingmian.
Seeing Jiang Jinyue's well-behaved appearance, Lu Qingmian raised the corners of his mouth and couldn't help but praise: "So good."
Jiang Jinyue's small Adam's apple moved, and his overly long hair rested on the back of his neck, with a few strands pressed into his collar, making people want to tear his collar open.
Lu Qingmian leaned closer and lowered his eyes to see the tongue between Jiang Jinyue's lips.
Jiang Jinyue closed his eyes, but his senses were infinitely magnified. He felt slightly cool fingertips pressing on his lips, then reaching into his mouth and hooking his tongue.
"Lu Qingmian..." Jiang Jinyue couldn't help but open his eyes, his voice muffled by the fingers in his mouth.
"Yeah, I'm here." Lu Qingmian responded in a low voice, his fingers circled around the tip of his tongue, and then rubbed against Jiang Jinyue's small fangs.
This pair of fangs, which are the symbol of vampires, has never really played a role since it appeared in Jiang Jinyue's mouth.
The little fangs were extremely sensitive, and Jiang Jinyue couldn't help but stretch her neck and put her fingertips on Lu Qingmian's wrist to stop him.
"Don't touch your teeth..."
Instead, Lu Qingmian pressed the little fangs even harder, then suddenly withdrew his hand and lowered his head to kiss Jiang Jinyue before she could react.
The powerful kiss conquered Jiang Jinyue's mouth in an instant. The timid tongue had nowhere to hide and could only be bullied by Lu Qingmian. Jiang Jinyue hummed and tried to speak, but could not utter a complete syllable. The arms that were supporting the bed lost strength, and the whole person fell forward and fell into Lu Qingmian's arms.
Lu Qingmian stretched out his legs, pulled Jiang Jinyue in front of him and kissed her passionately.
His long eyelashes drooped, and he would occasionally pull away a little between kisses to appreciate Jiang Jinyue's messy expression.
Jiang Jinyue's knees were still kneeling, her waist bent into an incredibly graceful arc, her hands supporting Lu Qingmian's chest, her head a mess, unable to think of anything. She only remembered to seize the time to breathe in the gaps that she had finally got, for fear that she would not be prepared before the next long kiss came.
The wind grew stronger at night, and the old windows could not block the wind from coming in. The light bulbs on the roof were blown to and fro. Under the dim light, the shadows of two people reflected on the wall swayed back and forth, becoming more and more intimate.
Jiang Jinyue had long forgotten about eating and did not notice that Lu Qingmian reached out from his clothes and took out the folding knife he always carried with him during the kiss.
The subtle sound of the knife swinging could not even drown out the creaking of the window. Jiang Jinyue's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened, the tip of his nose twitched slightly, and the red light in his eyes became brighter.
Lu Qingmian pulled away, ending the long kiss.
Jiang Jinyue looked down and saw Lu Qingmian's bloody wrist.
While Jiang Jinyue was immersed in the kiss, Lu Qingmian quietly took out a knife and cut his wrist.
The wound was very deep, and blood kept flowing along the fingertips, staining the bed red.
Jiang Jinyue's heart tightened, and the vampire instinct of craving blood surged in his body. He grabbed the bed tightly under him, controlling the urge to pounce.
"Lu Qingmian..." Jiang Jinyue was very puzzled.
Lu Qingmian raised his hand, placed his bleeding wrist to Jiang Jinyue's lips, and whispered, "Eat it quickly, don't waste it."
As his wrist moved closer, a sweet and fishy smell several times stronger than essence rushed into his nose. The complex patterns in Jiang Jinyue's eyes completely emerged, and his little fangs pressed against his lips.
Although he can eat animal blood and fill his stomach by absorbing essence, Jiang Jinyue is a vampire after all, and nothing can attract him more than human blood.
Jiang Jinyue held Lu Qingmian's wrist, his fingertips stained with warm blood. He obviously wanted to bite it and swallow it, but he tried hard to restrain himself, and his bloodshot eyes were full of heartache.
"Why?" Jiang Jinyue asked.
"Don't you need energy?" Lu Qingmian pulled Jiang Jinyue over and held him in his arms, his fingertips gently brushing the corner of Jiang Jinyue's lips. "How could I bear to let you eat that kind of dirty stuff?"
It was self-evident what the dirty things Lu Qingmian was referring to were. Even if Jiang Jinyue was mentally prepared, even if Jiang Jinyue took the initiative to bring it up, even if Jiang Jinyue was willing, Lu Qingmian was reluctant to do so.
What's more, now that Jiang Jinyue has become a vampire, his senses are more influenced by vampire instincts. What if he regrets it after he turns back into a human?
Lu Qingmian didn't want to see Jiang Jinyue regret it, and even more so, he didn't want to take advantage of him.
He put his wrist against Jiang Jinyue's lips, and blood stained his lips. For a moment, he couldn't tell whether Jiang Jinyue's lips or the blood was redder.
The sweet blood flowed into the mouth through the gap between the lips, even carrying Lu Qingmian's body temperature.
Jiang Jinyue couldn't help but tighten his grip on Lu Qingmian's hand, his small fangs pressing against the wound on his wrist, his plump and soft lips pressed against Lu Qingmian's skin, his snow-white eyelashes drooping, and he finally couldn't resist his vampire instincts and began to swallow in big gulps.
Blood rapidly drained from the body, and the pain in the wound gradually eased and became a little cold. However, Jiang Jinyue's lips were warm, warming the skin on Lu Qingmian's wrist.
The blood belonging to another person was swallowed into his stomach, and Jiang Jinyue's dry body was nourished. He felt that the abilities that he could only vaguely perceive in his body in the past became clearer and clearer. The branches hanging outside the window stretched out their branches, and green buds emerged from the soil.
The tender buds grew rapidly and turned into thorny roses clustered under the window.
Jiang Jinyue couldn't control himself a little. He bit Lu Qingmian's wrist with his sharp teeth, gently piercing the skin and making two small holes next to the knife wound.
Unlike the wounds Lu Qingmian had cut himself, the small holes bitten by Jiang Jinyue didn't hurt at all. They even gave Lu Qingmian a strange shivering feeling. The wounds felt numb and tingling, and even the cuts didn't hurt anymore.
Lu Qingmian indulged Jiang Jinyue in swallowing his blood, and the fingertips of his other hand gently teased the ends of Jiang Jinyue's hair. His body trembled slightly because of the trembling feeling spreading from the small blood hole.
The little fangs seemed to have some magical power, which actually made Lu Qingmian's body produce an extreme joy.
He closed his eyes and simply smashed his head on Jiang Jinyue's thin shoulders.
The red light in Jiang Jinyue's eyes flashed, and his lost brain suddenly woke up. He opened his mouth and reached out to feel Lu Qingmian's pulse, "Lu Qingmian!"
"I'm alive, don't be afraid." Lu Qingmian said softly, and hooked his arms around Jiang Jinyue's waist lovingly.
Jiang Jinyue breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his eyes and saw the wound on Lu Qingmian's wrist, his eyes flashing with heartache and guilt.
He lowered his head again, and his soft lips slowly touched Lu Qingmian's wrist, but he restrained himself from swallowing another drop of blood. Instead, he stuck out the tip of his tongue and gently swept it across the knife wound and the small blood hole he had bitten.
An even more astonishing sense of pleasure spread from the wound. Lu Qingmian's big hands tightly pinched Jiang Jinyue's waist. His breathing became heavier. He forced himself to restrain himself from immersing himself in pleasure in front of Jiang Jinyue, which would be too embarrassing.
When Jiang Jinyue looked up, the wound on Lu Qingmian's wrist had completely healed, and his skin was intact, as if he had never been injured.
Jiang Jinyue hugged Lu Qingmian tightly, burying his cheek in Lu Qingmian's chest. Listening to Lu Qingmian's steady heartbeat, his heart felt soft as if wrapped in cotton. He kept rubbing his cheek against Lu Qingmian's clothes, speaking with a slight nasal tone, "Lu Qingmian, why are you so good to me?"
Lu Qingmian chuckled, "Just because I fed you a little blood, it's all right now? You're so gullible."
It’s not just a little blood, Jiang Jinyue retorted in her heart, but didn’t say it out loud. She just buried herself tighter in Lu Qingmian’s arms.
Lu Qingmian felt a little dizzy. He lay down on the bed, slowly closed his eyes, and fell asleep in a short while.
Jiang Jinyue nestled quietly beside Lu Qingmian without disturbing him.
Nearing midnight, Jiang Jinyue quietly got up and planned to go find the boss's grandmother.
Lu Qingmian, who should have been fast asleep, suddenly opened his eyes and said, "I'll go with you."
His voice was a little hoarse, as if he was sick.
Jiang Jinyue knew that Lu Qingmian had lost a lot of blood and would need a long time to recover. She was very worried and said, "I can go by myself. I'm very strong now!"
Lu Qingmian shook his head, very persistent.
Jiang Jinyue had no choice but to go out with Lu Qingmian.
The small courtyard was very quiet, but the lights were on in the kitchen, and bursts of fragrance wafted out from it.
The door to the kitchen was open. As soon as Jiang Jinyue and Lu Qingmian arrived, the boss's grandmother came out to greet them.
She had lost her usual casual and nonchalant demeanor and appeared nervous and awkward. She seemed afraid to ask more questions and only said, "Young man, I've cooked the dumplings."
Jiang Jinyue nodded and asked, "Where's Zheng Yue?"
The boss lady understood and said, "The girl fell asleep a long time ago and didn't know I came out."
Jiang Jinyue felt relieved and asked, "Is there a more secluded place?"
"Yes! Yes!" The boss lady pointed to the warehouse that Lu Qingmian had cleaned during the day, "That's it!"
Jiang Jinyue walked into the kitchen and helped the old lady pick up the dumplings and walk towards the warehouse with Lu Qingmian.
Unlike the small warehouse where Jiang Jinyue and Lu Qingmian lived, this warehouse was very large. Lu Qingmian had just cleaned it up in the afternoon, and the windows were open to loosen the dust.
There were several tables standing against the wall of the warehouse. The boss's grandmother came over, set up the tables, brought in three benches, and wiped them carefully.
Steaming dumplings were placed on the table. Jiang Jinyue looked over the boss lady's shoulder. Two black butterflies were quietly staying there, gently fluttering their wings.
Jiang Jinyue took a deep breath, looked at the boss's grandmother, and said softly, "Grandma, don't be afraid."
The boss's wife shook her head vigorously, "No, why would I be afraid?"
Jiang Jinyue lowered his eyes, raised his wrist to his lips, and bit his wrist hard.
Two blood holes suddenly appeared, and trickles of blood flowed out, dripping down Jiang Jinyue's wrist.
Lu Qingmian frowned fiercely when he saw this scene, and the boss's grandmother was also very surprised.
"this……"
Jiang Jinyue didn't say anything, just stretched out his arm and let the blood flow.
The blood suddenly stopped in the air when it was about to fall to the ground, then flowed upward against gravity and returned to Jiang Jinyue's palm.
Soon Jiang Jinyue's palms were filled with blood. The blood gradually solidified and accumulated, flashing with tiny red lights, and turned into a rose flower that looked like it was carved from red crystal.
Jiang Jinyue faced the boss lady, crushed the rose with force, and then blew gently on the broken petals.
The tiny petals fluttered and flew into the boss's grandmother's eyes.
The boss's grandmother felt pain in her eyes, and she subconsciously closed her eyes and rubbed them with her hands. When she opened her eyes again, she saw two black butterflies hovering around her.
"This is..." She vaguely realized something and became a little excited.
Jiang Jinyue didn't say anything. He spread out his palms, and two black butterflies flew over and landed on his palms to suck his blood.
The pitch-black butterfly wings appeared to have blood lines that seemed to have life. After a moment, the two black butterflies flew away and turned into two wisps of misty red light.
The red light dissipated, and two young men, one tall and one short, appeared.
The two young men were also very surprised at their sudden appearance. They looked at each other and immediately looked at Jiang Jinyue.
The boss's grandmother covered her mouth, unable to remain calm any longer, and looked very excited.
Jiang Jinyue put his bleeding hands behind his back, and the two bloody holes on his wrists were healing rapidly.
He glanced at the moon outside and said, "From now until the sun rises, this is the time I can give you, only this once."
The two young men walked up to the boss's grandmother and held her arms, one on the left and one on the right.
The boss lady came to her senses and looked at Jiang Jinyue with gratitude along with the two young men.
"That's enough. One night is enough."
Jiang Jinyue nodded, and left the warehouse with Lu Qingmian, leaving the space to the family who had been reunited after a long separation.
In order to prevent any accidents, Jiang Jinyue did not go far. He and Lu Qingmian sat on the big tree next to them with the help of vines, hugging each other and looking at the moon above their heads.
In the moonlight, the door of the warehouse was half-open. Through the window, one could see a family sitting at the table inside, eating dumplings. They were talking and laughing, and at first glance, they looked no different from an ordinary family.
Jiang Jinyue looked for a while and then looked away, looking at Lu Qingmian who was hugging him.
Lu Qingmian's lips were a little pale, and he looked a little weak due to blood loss.
Jiang Jinyue felt very distressed, and quietly hooked Lu Qingmian's fingers, squeezed her own fingers into Lu Qingmian's fingers, and interlocked theirs.
"Lu Qingmian, is there anyone you want to see but can't?"
Lu Qingmian lowered his eyes, looked at Jiang Jinyue carefully, and shook his head.
"The person I want to see is right in front of me."
Jiang Jinyue's heart trembled, and her red eyes reflected Lu Qingmian's face deeply.
"Lu Qingmian, if you continue like this, I will become more and more dependent on you."
"Then don't leave." Lu Qingmian curled his lips, seeming to be very satisfied with Jiang Jinyue's words.
The night wind was very cold, but Jiang Jinyue couldn't feel it.
The night was long, but they hugged each other in the tree and didn't feel bored at all.
Soon, the bright moon sank and the morning light emerged.
Time is up.
The door of the warehouse was pushed open, and in the morning light, the figures of the two young men became flickering and blurry.
They stood together with the boss's grandmother and bowed deeply to the big tree where Jiang Jinyue and Lu Qingmian were.
"Thank you for giving us the opportunity to say goodbye to our mother."
As soon as the words fell, the figures of the two young men shattered and disappeared in a breeze.
The relatives around her disappeared, and the boss's grandmother choked with sobs. Her bent waist did not straighten up for a long time. One hot tear after another fell to the ground, wetting the land in front of her.
Lu Qingmian jumped down from the tree first and opened the big black umbrella he brought with him.
Jiang Jinyue immediately jumped into Lu Qingmian's arms and steadied himself.
He stood under the big black umbrella, did not walk towards the boss's grandmother, and did not say anything. He actually didn't know how to comfort the boss's grandmother.
Even if he could allow the boss's grandmother to see her deceased relatives, even in reality, it would only be a flash in the pan.
After a moment, the boss's grandmother slowly stood up, tears streaming down her wrinkled face, but she was smiling.
She wiped away her tears with her old hands, looked at Jiang Jinyue standing under the big black umbrella, and suddenly asked, "Can I... hug you?"
Jiang Jinyue was stunned for a moment, feeling a little at a loss.
He no longer experiences a PTSD stress response when Lu Qingmian touches him, but that doesn't mean he won't experience it when other people touch him.
His PTSD had not been cured, and he subconsciously wanted to refuse.
But looking at the old man in front of him, Jiang Jinyue agreed for some reason.
"good."
The boss lady strode forward and hugged Jiang Jinyue tightly with both hands.
She patted Jiang Jinyue's back gently with her old palm. Although the force was very light, Jiang Jinyue felt a sense of power.
The power of hard work in life.
"You are good, you are a good kid, keep working on it, everything will be fine."
The boss’s grandmother was not tall to begin with, and because of her old age, her bones had shrunk, making her look even shorter.
Jiang Jinyue lowered his head and smelled the scent of the boss's grandmother. It was a scent similar to dried vanilla, dry and fresh, a unique scent of the elders.
The first time he was hugged by an elder other than Wang Xiaoya was when he was suffering from touch PTSD.
The feeling is not unpleasant.
The boss lady slowly stepped back, her face showing genuine gratitude. "Thank you, thank you for allowing me to give the children a good send-off."
"Don't worry, this is our secret."
The boss's wife quickly calmed down. She packed up the empty plates in the warehouse and said, "I've saved some dumplings for you. I'll cook them soon. You can eat them and then go down the mountain."
Jiang Jinyue nodded slightly. He looked at the boss's grandmother's back as she left, and did not move for a long time.
Lu Qingmian didn't urge him, but just stood firmly beside Jiang Jinyue with an umbrella.
After a while, Jiang Jinyue turned around, his eyes shining.
"Lu Qingmian, I didn't have any hallucinations just now, nor did I feel any difficulty breathing."
He is now clearly a vampire who is afraid of sunlight and can only stay in the shadows where there is no sunlight, but there is not a trace of gloom around him.
"Jiang Jinyue, you'll be well soon, completely well." Lu Qingmian said seriously.
Jiang Jinyue was very happy, a happiness that was visibly evident to his eyes. He nodded vigorously, with infinite expectations for the future.
"Yes! I will definitely be fine!"
Under the black umbrella, in the shadow, Lu Qingmian seemed to see the light on Jiang Jinyue, which was brighter than the sunlight.
There is no need for the sun, Jiang Jinyue himself is the sun.
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