Chapter 11 A Complete Madman
In the drizzle, Xie Linyuan stared at the purse in his palm, his expression cold and aloof.
The March rain still carried a chill, and the sky turned completely gloomy. He stood in the drizzle, and under the gloomy sky, his skin appeared a cold, pale white.
As the raindrops drifted by, those peach blossom eyes seemed to be dampened by the spring rain, making them appear even darker and more terrifying.
Xie Linyuan gripped the purse tightly, his thin fingers protruding, veins bulging on the back of his hand, as if he wanted to tear the object in his hand to shreds.
And that is indeed the case.
A moment later, Xie Linyuan glanced at the woman in the mourning hall, and slowly curled his lips into a very soft laugh.
Okay, okay.
Once he let go, the exquisite purse he had just held turned into tattered strips of cloth and fell to the ground.
He turned and left.
As Su Muying got up to leave the mourning hall, she glanced casually at the purse on the ground, which had been reduced to tattered pieces of cloth, just as she stepped out of the hall.
Su Muying was taken aback, then stepped forward to pick it up and recognized it at a glance.
This is the purse she originally intended to burn for Xie Lin'an. She couldn't find it in the mourning hall that day and thought she had lost it. Why is it here...?
And... why did it turn out like this?
The once exquisite purse was completely torn apart, and the lotus flowers embroidered on it were no longer recognizable.
Su Muying looked at the purse she had painstakingly embroidered, stitch by stitch, now turned into rags, and suddenly felt a chill run down her spine as waves of coldness crept in silently.
——
Su Muying did not go directly back to Xie Linyuan's west courtyard, but went to the kitchen. She was going to cook a bowl of ginseng soup for Xie Linyuan herself.
Although she planned to use aphrodisiacs to get pregnant, she also knew that she couldn't rush things. If she took the aphrodisiacs immediately, Xie Linyuan would definitely find out.
After thinking it over, Su Muying decided to take it slowly, starting by making him soup regularly, and then finding an opportunity to add it later.
However, although Su Muying had made such a plan, this matter was ultimately... something that could not be brought to light.
She would never have done such a thing if she hadn't been driven to desperation.
She felt uneasy, her heart taut, unsure when it would snap.
If she were discovered, Xie Linyuan would definitely kill her. Would she even have the chance to live?
But if she cannot give birth to a child for the Xie family, she will not survive.
In this chaotic world, her life was never in her own hands.
...
After finishing the soup, Su Muying personally brought it over.
She asked Xie Linyuan's personal guard and learned that he was in the study, so she carried the tray and walked towards the study.
As she approached the study, the image of her offering herself to Xie Linyuan that night, only to be humiliated, flashed before her eyes. Su Muying couldn't help but tremble, and her shoulders involuntarily shrank slightly.
Just thinking about him makes her tremble with fear.
She was terrified of him, but Su Muying had no choice but to try to please him.
She let out a long breath, forced herself to smile, and then knocked on the door.
But as soon as she raised her hand, it stopped in mid-air.
It's already dark, why are there no lights on inside?
But just now his personal guard, Qingshan, said... Xie Linyuan is in the study.
Su Muying was already afraid of him and dared not and did not want to see him. When she saw that the lights in his room were off, she immediately had the idea of retreating and leaving.
Why don't we leave?
Thinking this, she looked down at the soup she had made and pursed her lips.
After a brief internal struggle, Su Muying finally decided to shout.
If no one answers, she won't go over.
You can send the soup again tomorrow.
"Second Young Master."
Su Muying softly called out "Second Young Master," expecting no response. Just as she turned to leave, an extremely cold laugh came from inside the house.
The laughter echoed through the night, suddenly sending an uncontrollable shiver down Su Muying's spine.
It felt like tiny insects were crawling inside her bone marrow, gnawing away little by little.
She was so afraid of him.
Su Muying was still stunned when, after a cold laugh, a man's voice came from inside the room again: "Come in."
Two words spoken with a clearly commanding tone.
Su Muying's thin back trembled slightly. She looked down at the ginseng soup she had been tending to for several hours, forced herself to smile again, and pushed open the door to go inside.
There were indeed no lights on inside. It was a cloudy and rainy day, and no moonlight penetrated the room, leaving it shrouded in deep darkness.
It was too dark and too cold inside. The chilly feeling of rain seeped into the room, making it even colder.
As Su Muying stepped inside, she instantly felt as if she were being swept away and sinking by something.
She opened her eyes and looked around, only to be met with endless darkness.
Su Muying panicked a little, but she didn't dare to make a sound for fear of angering Xie Linyuan. She could only search for his figure in the darkness.
Afraid of spilling the ginseng soup in her hands, she first carefully placed it on the table next to her.
Actually, it's easy to find. Xie Linyuan's skin is extremely white, which gives off a cold light in the dark.
Su Muying groped her way through the darkness and soon spotted Xie Linyuan.
He sat by the window, his back to the desk, looking up at something unseen. Su Muying could only see his sharply defined profile and his prominent Adam's apple.
His long hair, tied up high, hung down, his skin was so pale it exuded a coldness, and his neck was bent at an angle that looked like it was about to break.
He suddenly turned to look at her; his excessively beautiful face was shrouded in darkness, exuding a chilling, ghostly aura.
Su Muying suddenly froze.
In that instant, she felt as if her whole body was immersed in ice water, and the chill spread to every part of her body.
Su Muying did admit that Xie Linyuan had an exceptionally handsome appearance. She had also heard that he was the object of pursuit for noble ladies in the capital. Many people could not forget his appearance after just one glance. On the days when he went to war or returned to the capital, the streets were crowded with people throwing fruit at his carriage and cheering his name.
He rode his horse, his face as cold as ice, yet unable to conceal his youthful spirit.
But from the moment Su Muying first saw him, she felt only fear and dread towards this great general whom everyone in the capital admired.
She felt that he exuded a ghostly coldness and a beastly strength, as if he could tear her apart at any moment.
I also want to tear her apart.
He loathed her and hated her intensely.
No one was more afraid of him than she was.
"You're here, sister-in-law."
He called her "sister-in-law" again, his peach blossom eyes sparkling with laughter. What should have been a captivating sight only sent chills down Su Muying's spine.
She knew that at this moment, she should go over to him, place the still-steaming ginseng soup in front of him, and tell him with a gentle smile that she had specially prepared this ginseng soup for him for two hours.
She should try to please him.
But Su Muying instinctively sensed danger. She tried to take a step, but found herself standing still.
She was afraid of him.
Suddenly, with a whoosh, a lamp was lit, and the room was filled with light.
Suddenly, light appeared, the darkness dissipated, and Su Muying couldn't help but squint. As her vision blurred, she saw Xie Linyuan get up and walk towards her.
Dressed in black robes with jet-black hair, fair skin and red lips, he exuded an eerie and ghostly aura.
Oppression is rampant.
Su Muying unconsciously took a step back.
"Where did you go today, sister-in-law?" Xie Linyuan slowly walked up to the woman, bent down, and looked her in the eye with his peach blossom eyes. The corners of his eyes were slightly raised, and his smile was like ripples on spring water.
As Xie Linyuan's voice drew nearer and slowly reached her ears, Su Muying reacted with a start, her heart instantly sinking to the bottom.
Did he find out that she went to the pharmacy to buy aphrodisiacs?
Su Muying showed a moment of panic, and although she managed to calm herself down after realizing what had happened, her face was still pale.
Moreover, she subconsciously avoided Xie Linyuan's gaze, her eyes darting around uncertainly.
She felt guilty.
Xie Linyuan noticed all of Su Muying's reactions. He closed his eyes slightly, and then, just as the girl was about to turn her face away, he suddenly raised his hand and pinched her chin.
"Ugh..." A sudden pain shot through her chin, and Su Muying let out a soft moan. Then, the man's cold fingers slowly brushed across her neck, like falling snow, sending shivers down her spine.
Xie Linyuan pressed his thumb against the girl's delicate throat, his calloused fingertip moving back and forth, seemingly gently caressing the vulnerable spot on her neck.
Under the lamplight, a vibrant red hue gradually appeared on the girl's fair neck.
With just a little effort, he can crush it completely.
A deep-seated fear emanated from his fingertips, and Su Muying trembled uncontrollably. However, fearing to displease him, she could only suppress this fear and let him carry out this punishment.
A slight tremor came from the fingertips, like prey cornered by a beast and unable to escape.
The man's long eyelashes fluttered slightly, and the smile in his eyes deepened.
The scraping against her throat became even more forceful.
The girl's fear and trembling intensified.
"Not going to tell? Ha... Sister-in-law is really naughty."
"A master of acting, full of pretense..."
"Didn't you beg for my mercy? Didn't you want to get into my bed?"
Upon hearing Xie Linyuan's words, Su Muying became even more puzzled, thinking that he had discovered her purchase of aphrodisiacs. She wondered if she should confess to him first, making up a reason to appease his anger...
Just as she opened her mouth to confess, Xie Linyuan suddenly licked her ear hard, like a venomous snake. The cold, sticky sensation was like a maggot clinging to her bone. Before she could react, a sharp pain shot through her earlobe.
Xie Linyuan bit her earlobe, and her blood spread on his tongue, a faint taste of blood filling the air.
Su Muying's pupils suddenly dilated, but she didn't dare to move at all.
She heard him say again, "My sister-in-law is now my concubine, how dare she go to my brother and cry like this?"
"Does my sister-in-law even seduce dead people?"
"That's true. My brother was so infatuated with my sister-in-law that he was willing to risk his life..."
"My sister-in-law is truly remarkable..."
So that's what he was talking about.
Although Su Muying felt relieved, she was still anxious. She didn't know what Xie Linyuan would do, so she could only lower her head and reply meekly, "I... I just wanted to talk to your brother..."
Xie Linyuan laughed again, his intensely thick eyebrows and eyes filled with laughter. It should have been captivating, but she only felt fear.
Su Muying's legs began to go weak.
She felt like she was about to collapse.
But Xie Linyuan had no intention of letting her go. His peach blossom eyes darted around, seemingly revealing a hint of pleasure.
He lifted her face, his thumb and forefinger gripping her chin, moving her face from side to side as if it were a toy, seemingly examining her intently, before saying with utter sarcasm:
"Let's talk..."
"That day at my brother's funeral, my sister-in-law was shouting so wantonly. How could she still have the nerve to go to my brother's funeral and speak to him..."
Xie Linyuan brought up the matter of the funeral hall that day again.
These words were like sharp swords, piercing the most vulnerable part of Su Muying's heart.
He was stripped naked in the mourning hall, right in front of Xie Lin'an...
Her sense of shame was shattered once again.
That feeling of being slowly tortured to death washed over me once again.
Her defenses crumbled, and Su Muying's face turned pale in an instant. Those images flashed through her mind, and two lines of clear tears flowed down her cheeks without warning.
Tears streamed down the girl's cheeks, wetting Xie Linyuan's fingertips.
Xie Linyuan's extremely thin eyelids twitched for a moment, and a fleeting emotion that he had never seen before flashed in his eyes.
But it disappeared very quickly.
Xie Linyuan gently touched Su Muying's tears, his tone casual and cold: "Isn't your sister-in-law feeling quite comfortable? Why are you crying?"
Su Muying's tears continued to flow. Under the lamplight, her tear-stained face looked like white porcelain, fair and fragile.
The warm tears on my fingertips gradually began to burn.
Xie Linyuan suddenly felt agitated. He pinched her face with one hand and said coldly, "I told you, you're not allowed to cry."
The sound stirred up Su Muying's fear again. She trembled and shook, remembering Xie Linyuan's words that he would break her legs, and could only force herself to hold back her tears.
He really would break her legs; Su Muying had no doubt about his words.
Xie Linyuan instilled too much fear in her, and he disregarded human ethics and morality. Nothing could restrain such a person. In front of him, under the influence of fear, Su Muying often lost her composure and calmness, because the fear that no matter what she did, he would devour her completely was constantly haunting her.
But no matter how afraid she was of him, she had to force herself to face him.
Only in this way could she have a chance to survive.
After suppressing her tears, Su Muying's eyes regained their calm, stillness, like a tranquil lake.
She came today to bring him ginseng soup to please him.
After delivering the package, she could leave.
Even though Xie Linyuan had said these extremely humiliating things to her, at this moment, Su Muying could only pretend to be obedient and try to please him.
“I just wanted to talk to your brother, he saved my life… Since you don’t like it, I won’t go again.”
Su Muying didn't continue to argue with him about that matter; there was no point in saying more. She also wanted to finish delivering the ginseng soup and leave this menacing figure as soon as possible.
After speaking, Su Muying turned around and brought over the ginseng soup that had been placed on the table.
"Second Young Master, this is ginseng soup that Ying'er specially made for you. It has been simmering for several hours. Would you like to try it? If you like it, Ying'er will make it for you again in the future."
The woman's voice was soft and charming, so sweet it could melt your heart.
Xie Linyuan's long eyelashes trembled slightly.
The ginseng soup was still steaming, and its aroma gradually wafted out, lingering in his nose.
Xie Linyuan's expression clearly showed a moment of stunned silence.
He clearly hadn't expected Su Muying to make him ginseng soup.
He stood there, his pupils, hidden behind long eyelashes, unfathomable, staring for a long time at the bowl of ginseng soup the woman was holding.
I simmered it for several hours... it was ginseng soup for him... I'll make it for him again later...
Is that so?
She was once again displaying a seductive and alluring demeanor.
She's the kind of person who's good at putting on an act; she's all pretense and has no genuine feelings whatsoever.
Lie to him.
She lied to him again.
The woman's words in the mourning hall still echoed in my ears, along with that purse.
The veins on Xie Linyuan's temples throbbed uncontrollably.
He sneered and stood condescendingly in front of her, slowly raising his hand and knocking the bowl of ginseng soup that Su Muying was holding to the ground in an instant.
However, the moment the ginseng soup was knocked to the ground, Su Muying also lost her balance and fell to the ground.
With a loud crash, shards of porcelain littered the floor, and amidst the aroma of ginseng soup, an even stronger stench of blood permeated the air.
In the chaos, Su Muying's hand was cut by a shard of porcelain, and blood flowed out continuously, staining her plain white clothes blood red, which was extremely glaring.
Her face was also stained with a few specks of scarlet blood. When she looked up at him, her eyes were filled with misty tears from the pain, and her lips were clenched tightly, red and swollen from the pain. She looked truly pitiful.
The smile on Xie Linyuan's lips suddenly froze, and a strange emotion flashed in his dark pupils.
It was gone in an instant.
Xie Linyuan laughed coldly, showing no pity whatsoever.
He crouched down, his gaze fixed on the girl's tear-filled eyes. Then, he reached out, palm down, and with a forceful movement, sharp shards of porcelain pierced his palm...
Su Muying heard the sound of shards of porcelain piercing her flesh.
A shard of porcelain pierced his palm, and soon, bright red blood flowed from his hand, meandering and mingling with the girl's blood.
The blinding red continued to spread, and Su Muying's pupils dilated in fear. She opened her mouth in shock but could not utter a word. She felt that Xie Linyuan in front of her might be a madman.
A complete madman.
What is he doing...?
Xie Linyuan was still laughing. As he laughed, he raised his hand, his blood-soaked hand—indistinguishable whether it was his or hers—and slowly traced Su Muying's lips, saying:
“In a few days, the Princess will be hosting a flower-viewing banquet. You and I will attend together. Su Muying, I’m warning you, don’t seduce any other men at the banquet.”
“If my sister-in-law is disobedient and shamelessly seduces others, then I will have no choice but to lock her in a secret room with iron chains, so that she can never… go out again.”
"You can only keep, keep going, having sex with me."
"That way, sister-in-law will behave better, right?"
A note from the author:
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The female lead did 0 things
Male lead: Exceptionally skilled
Female lead: ?
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