Chapter 24: The Kiss and the Cry
She leaned against the young man, completely nestled in his arms, his warm breath tickling her ear as he spoke.
Being held in such an intimate position, Sang Ying felt stiff all over, not knowing where to put her hands, and awkwardly clutched the hem of her clothes.
The young man's words were even stranger.
What do you mean by "When did I ever say I was going to let my junior sister go?"
He plans to keep her locked up in a dark room forever?
Not only what he said, but his whole demeanor today was strange, completely unlike his usual self. Although he said he liked her, why would Xie Lingyu lock her up and then act so inappropriately close to her?
...Is he under a spell?
Thinking this, Sang Ying pushed away his hands that were wrapped around her waist and asked, "Xie Lingyu...did you eat anything given to you by strangers when you were in Nanli?"
Upon hearing this, the young man behind him suddenly chuckled softly.
Her breath fell on the crook of his neck, blurring the air around him. Sang Ying felt a tingling sensation and unconsciously shrank her neck, a strange chill creeping over her. "What are you laughing at?"
"Junior sister is so innocent."
His breath slowly moved up her neck and down to her ear. His cool knuckles cupped her small face, and his fingertips caressed her lips. "When I kissed you until you cried last time, was that what you were thinking too?"
...!!
So, the Xie Lingyu in the illusion last time wasn't created by the Water Moon Mirror Flower, but was actually him!?
The same fierce kiss, and the same habitual kissing gestures—so this unfamiliar appearance of his is his true nature.
Sang Ying felt confused and had a sense of helplessness.
For so many years, Xie Lingyu had always been quiet and reserved in front of her, letting her bully and boss him around when they were still fellow disciples. After marriage, he became even quieter, transforming into the aloof and unattainable beauty of the cultivation world, the leader of the immortal sects, the Azure Jade Sword Lord.
He was a virtuous and upright gentleman in everyone's eyes, including her own.
Now, however… he's locked her up in a gloomy and morbid manner, holding her tightly and refusing to let go?
"What are you thinking about, junior sister?"
My earlobe was bitten, followed by a warm, wet sensation as my earlobe was sucked and licked.
The unfamiliar touch sent shivers down Sang Ying's spine. She jolted awake and instinctively tried to break free. But before she knew it, she was already tightly bound by the dragon's tail and couldn't move.
Sang Ying instinctively covered her ears, panicking, "Xie Lingyu, be normal!"
The young man leaned lazily against the crook of her neck, his fingers idly fiddling with the pendant on her collarbone. "Junior sister, what do you think is wrong with me?"
Her heart pounded, Sang Ying's ears burned, and she grabbed his hand, exclaiming, "Nothing's normal!"
“Last time, when we were riding in the demon realm, I was sitting in your lap and you remained calm and composed, even letting me get off. That’s the normal Xie Lingyu.”
"Xie Lingyu, have you been bullied and oppressed by me all this time, causing some psychological problems? There are quite a few healers who can cure inner demons these days, you should go see one..."
The young man chuckled softly, his handsome eyebrows curving upwards. "You mean last time?"
As he spoke, he took her hand and led her backward.
"Junior sister, do you think I asked you to leave because I wasn't interested, or..."
The young man twirled a strand of hair around his finger, paused, and then spoke in a low, gloomy voice that sent shivers down one's spine, "Afraid you can't help... bullying your junior sister?"
Slender, fair hands covered the little green dragon's tail, their palms full of warmth. Even through her clothes, she could feel the unique temperature of the dragon's tail. In an instant, Sang Ying's ears turned bright red, and she quickly withdrew her hand.
"Xie Lingyu!"
She was both ashamed and angry, and stammered, not knowing what to say, "You... how could you suddenly become like this?"
Xie Lingyu remained silent for a few moments, resting his chin on her neck and lowering his eyelashes to conceal the expression in his eyes. "At fourteen, my junior sister secretly went down the mountain and saved many people. Many people wanted to repay her kindness by marrying her."
"At the age of fifteen, a young master of a sect came to the mountain with an elder. He saw his junior sister drawing talismans and fell in love at first sight. He wanted to arrange a marriage between the two sects."
At sixteen, the head of a chamber of commerce was impressed by his junior sister's abilities and methods, and fell in love with her. He prepared to offer his entire fortune as a dowry, hoping that his junior sister would divorce her husband and marry him.
"At seventeen, among the group of people my junior sister saved, one was willing to become her husband, even without any official status, just to follow her."
Sang Ying was stunned. "These... how come I didn't know about this?"
Xie Lingyu chuckled, "How would Junior Sister know?"
He tightened his arms, and the dragon's tail, covered in smooth scales, wrapped around her. In a completely possessive posture, he completely encircled the girl in his embrace.
Sang Ying felt breathless, hearing his low, clingy, and morbid voice.
"...Junior sister can only be mine."
Sang Ying felt a chill run down her spine.
In other words, he has always been this kind of person, but he has always been pretending, pretending to be that aloof and noble senior brother.
At the same time, a question suddenly flashed through her mind. Why did he stop pretending after pretending for so long?
Because he mistakenly thought she liked the senior brother and wanted to divorce him? But they just made it clear that liking the senior brother was just a misunderstanding.
He said he liked her, so after the misunderstanding was cleared up, shouldn't he act like a gentleman to please her and dispel her doubts? Why is he acting like he's given up now?
The young man moved the hand around his waist and took out a small jade box.
Sang Ying was stunned. Wasn't this the love potion that the Southern Demon King had given her? How did it end up with him?
The young man slowly opened the box with his fair, slender fingers. Inside lay two sleeping insects sealed in small, transparent shells. He picked one up, pinched her chin with one hand, and was about to bring it to her lips.
Sang Ying stared at the tiny insect getting closer and closer, then panicked, "Xie Lingyu! I don't want to eat this!"
The young man's voice was low and cold, "At this point, does Junior Sister think she still has a choice?"
Sang Ying: "..."
Oh no, Xie Lingyu has really changed a lot.
Sang Ying was a little sad. The person she liked had turned into a crazy pervert and was even using a love potion on her to force her to love him. What should she do?
And isn't he just used to pretending to be a gentleman? If he's going to use love potion, he'll use it, but everyone does it secretly and behind the scenes. Who feeds it to someone's face?
Sang Ying tilted her head back, looking resistant as she dodged his hand: "Xie Lingyu, have you forgotten that I hate bugs? You actually gave me bugs to eat!"
Xie Lingyu paused, "You hate bugs?"
Upon hearing his slightly doubtful tone, Sang Ying exploded, "You still say you like me? You've even forgotten that I hate bugs! You don't care about me at all! I knew you were lying when you said you liked me, you bastard Xie Lingyu! Liar!!"
As the tide turned, the young man's momentum waned. He looked at her with his dark eyes, his lips slightly pursed, "...When?"
"That time I went down the mountain to pick up cold noodles, I encountered a giant insect demon with a tail. It laid all its eggs on its tail, densely packed. I held you and cried for an hour, and I didn't eat for three days after I got back. You've forgotten all about it!"
Xie Lingyu was slightly taken aback. Of course he remembered that time, but she had been crying and saying that the monster's tail was disgusting, so he never showed his demon form again.
"...You didn't say it was an insect demon."
Sang Ying choked up. Didn't she say anything?
Never mind, she turned her head away: "Wouldn't you have asked if I hadn't said anything? To be honest, you don't care enough. Anyway, I don't want to eat bugs, so I'd better throw them away. There's still a bottle of medicine, isn't there? The effects are about the same anyway."
The young man glanced at her with his dark eyes, gave a faint "hmm," tossed aside the love potion, and took out a bottle of love potion called "Entangled Love Threads."
I took one out, bit off half of it, and gave the other half to Sang Ying.
Sang Ying glanced sideways and saw him swallow the medicine without any expression. His Adam's apple bobbed slightly, making her heart skip a beat.
She held the remaining half pill in her fingertips, her ears turning slightly red. Well, wasn't it a bit too ambiguous to share a pill?
She hesitated for a while, moving slowly, and was about to open her mouth to eat the half pill when suddenly the young man grabbed her hand and took the medicine away.
"Stop eating."
Sang Ying was taken aback, and for a moment she felt a strange sense of loss that she herself didn't realize. She turned to look at him and said awkwardly, "What? You were just forcing me to eat, and now you're all high and mighty?"
The young man tossed the remaining half into his mouth and ate it, his expression indifferent. "The drug is too strong; you can't handle it."
She felt like she could eat candy, but this girl couldn't. Sang Ying was a little annoyed. "Who do you think you are? Why can't I?"
She reached for the medicine bottle in his hand. "Xie Lingyu, if I can stand it, you have to apologize to me today. And there's the matter of you tying me up, and the matter of you kissing me just now—all these crimes combined..."
Sang Ying's mind raced, recalling the chatter of the wealthy ladies during their tea time. "I'll punish you by making you kneel on a washboard for two hours!"
The young man was dodging her hand when he heard her words. He glanced at her gently and smiled.
"OK."
"However, you really can't take that much of this medicine."
Sang Ying said with dissatisfaction, "Xie Lingyu, you... um."
The gloomy and cold aura around him temporarily faded, and the aloof young man put away the medicine bottle, raised his hand to hold her chin, turned her face around with his palm, and suddenly swallowed her voice.
After caressing and sucking for a while, while she was still in a daze, the tip of his tongue pushed open her teeth and probed in, the sandalwood scent mixed with a faint medicinal taste spreading across the tip of her tongue.
Sang Ying was still sitting in his lap, leaning against him. This position was not suitable for kissing. She pushed his arm away with her hands, and after kissing for a while, she let out an uncomfortable whimper.
The young man quickly released her.
Sang Ying's eyes were already misty and wet. After realizing what had happened, she quickly covered her mouth, her voice muffled: "You bastard Xie Lingyu, you're not allowed to kiss me!"
Xie Lingyu leaned lazily against the bedpost and looked at her. His usually handsome and aloof features were now tinged with a strange and cold aura. His voice was low and contained a smile: "We've already kissed several times. Isn't it a bit late for you to stop now, Junior Sister?"
Sang Ying's ears turned bright red; she hadn't quite caught on yet.
She lowered her hand, about to say something, when she suddenly felt inexplicably agitated. The air around her was hot and humid, making her face feel uncomfortable.
...Is the medicine working?
She turned to look at Xie Lingyu, only to find that his expression remained unchanged after taking a whole pill; he was still indifferent, his dark, glassy eyes calmly looking at her.
The scent emanating from him, the fragrance of sandalwood, swirled around her, making her feel dazed.
Sang Ying patted her face with both hands, her eyes glistening with tears.
No, he ate one pill and was fine, but she couldn't handle it after just tasting a little bit of the medicine. It would be too embarrassing to tell anyone.
But my head was getting dizzier and my thinking was getting slower.
It's so hot.
"Junior sister is dying?"
Hearing this vaguely, Sang Ying quickly shook her head, "How could that be!"
A cool breath suddenly approached, the young man rested his chin on the crook of her neck, chuckled softly, his voice low, and his breath brushed against her ear.
"Why is my junior sister grabbing my tail?"
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