Poisoning
"Ring ring—"
The cat toy with the bell twirled nimbly in Shen Yi'an's hand. Yun Jin still couldn't control her feline instincts. She seized the opportunity, pushed off with her hind legs, and her taut body shot forward like lightning.
"Bang!!!"
With a loud thud, Yun Jin's little head slammed solidly against the sofa leg!
"Meow!" Yun Jin's vision blurred instantly, and she could only collapse softly to the ground, covering her head with her paws, her head buzzing from the impact.
"Are you alright, Xiaoyun!" Shen Yi'an was startled. He quickly dropped the cat toy, picked her up with a pained expression, and checked her forehead. "Let me see, thankfully, it's not swollen."
Yun Jin let out a few weak "meows" in his arms.
What an embarrassment for a cat! What a terrible day! First it fell into the trash can, then it bumped its head on the sofa leg! And there was even a camera filming it!
At first, Shen Yi'an thought Yun Jin was just stunned from the impact, so he gently comforted her with his hands. But after a while, Yun Jin was still lying limply in his arms, her eyes closed and her tail no longer wagging. Shen Yi'an suddenly felt a little panicked.
"Xiaoyun, are you alright? Don't scare me!" Shen Yi'an winked at the staff behind the camera, anxiously seeking help.
The staff behind the camera whispered among themselves but did not take any action.
Yun Jin, who was pretending to be dead with her eyes closed, could feel Shen Yi'an clenching his fists and tensing his muscles. Realizing that she could no longer keep up the act, Yun Jin suddenly flipped over and landed on the ground, flicking her tail.
This sudden recovery startled Shen Yi'an, who almost slipped off the sofa.
After regaining his balance, Shen Yi'an pointed at Yun Jin, who had a mischievous grin on her face, and said in a reproachful tone, "Little Yun, you're a bad cat that's deliberately trying to scare people."
"Meow~" Yun Jin looked up at Shen Yi'an triumphantly.
But why are there afterimages on Shen Yi'an's fingers?
Yun Jin felt a strong wave of dizziness wash over her. She shook her head vigorously and squinted at Shen Yi'an.
Immediately afterwards, a wave of nausea surged up from her stomach. Yun Jin immediately covered her mouth with her paw, enduring the discomfort, and ran a few steps to a corner, her back heaving uncontrollably.
"No way, wait a minute!" Upon seeing this, Shen Yi'an was on high alert. He rushed forward and immediately reached out his hand without hesitation. "Xiao Yun, spit it on my hand, it's okay."
However, Yun Jin's condition at this moment was not just nausea. She was covered in sweat, her body was weak, and she was in so much pain that every second of breathing was painful. It felt as if an invisible hand was gripping her stomach and churning it violently.
"Yue—!"
She couldn't hold it in any longer and suddenly vomited.
A metallic scent rose up, and Yun Jin was horrified to see a small pool of scarlet liquid on Shen Yi'an's slender palm!
It's blood!
"Yun...Yun Jin, what happened to you?!" Shen Yi'an looked at the blood on his hand, his voice rising involuntarily, but he forcibly suppressed it again, "You..."
"I...don't know...yue—" Yun Jin's face was pale, and before she could finish speaking, another stream of scarlet liquid uncontrollably surged from deep in her throat.
Blood stained Shen Yi'an's hands and dripped onto the floor, spreading a small, glaring red.
Yun Jin felt all her strength draining away, and the scene before her eyes began to spin. Shen Yi'an's face began to distort, and his shouts became erratic, as if they came from a distant place.
Shen Yi'an quickly pulled her into his arms and used his body to shield Yun Jin.
"Teacher Shen, please move aside a bit. You're completely blocking the camera; we can't get a shot of Xiaoyun," the staff member with black-rimmed glasses whispered.
Yun Jin struggled to lift her head in Shen Yi'an's arms. Through the gap in his arm, she could see the dark camera behind him closing in step by step, and even other staff members curiously gathered around.
Just then, Shen Yi'an exclaimed in horror, "Yun... Yun Jin, your tail! Why is your tail appearing and disappearing?"
These words struck Yun Jin like a thunderbolt!
She turned around in disbelief to look behind her. Her fluffy tail was flashing in the air as if stuck, sometimes solidifying and sometimes becoming transparent.
Yun Jin looked at her claws again; the pink paw pads already showed the texture of human skin.
Yun Jin gasped, her lips trembling with immense fear: "Shen Yi'an... I feel like I can't control my form right now."
She saw Shen Yi'an's hands trembling as he held her, his mouth opening and closing as if he were saying something, but Yun Jin could no longer hear him. The sound of her heart pounding wildly in her chest was deafening, and the sounds of the outside world seemed to be veiled by a layer of gauze.
She could barely make out some words: "You...in the room, there are no...cameras, here I..."
Yun Jin felt an itch in her throat, and a trickle of blood seeped from the corner of her mouth, but she didn't bother to wipe it away.
Just before the staff member's gaze fell on her, she darted out of Shen Yi'an's arms like lightning!
Although her limbs slipped and slid as she ran due to fear and weakness, she dared not stop.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
"Why is Xiaoyun running so fast!"
"Be careful, it seems to be stressed. Be careful not to get bitten."
Amidst the gasps and commotion from the staff, Yun Jin charged left and right, knocking aside countless people's legs and overturning numerous medical equipment supports.
Finally, she saw the door!
With her last bit of strength, she burst through the door and rushed inside. Then, she immediately flipped over and desperately hooked the door shut with her claws, slamming it shut with a loud bang.
After doing all this, Yun Jin collapsed softly onto the cold ground, her chest heaving violently, indicating that she was still alive.
We're safe for now.
After taking deep breaths to calm herself, Yun Jin's mind gradually cleared.
what happened?
Why did she suddenly vomit blood?
What's even more serious is why she can't control her form now.
The noisy footsteps and voices outside the door sounded like a death knell. Yun Jin struggled to prop herself up, but failed.
It's over... She no longer has the strength to get up, and the ability to lock the door is now beyond her reach.
Yun Jin thought dejectedly, but what she saw out of the corner of her eye made her feel even more as if she had fallen into an ice cave!
A dressing mirror reflected Yun Jin's terrible state. There was still a trace of blood at the corner of her mouth, making her look like a vampire. One of her eyes had turned into a human black pupil, while the other eye had the eerie vertical pupil of a cat!
Her body was gradually growing larger, and the fur on her arms and legs was slowly receding, revealing the human skin underneath.
Yun Jin gritted her teeth, desperately trying to change back, but her body wouldn't obey her commands.
No! No! No!
Just like countless nightmares before, Yun Jin became a monster that was half cat and half human!
The noisy footsteps outside the door grew closer and closer, as if they were about to burst in and reveal the terrifying nature of Yunjin to the world.
With a soft "click," Yun Jin saw the door lock being turned from the outside, and the door being pushed open a crack, briefly letting the chaotic noise from outside into the room!
Yun Jin closed her eyes in despair.
However, the expected situation did not occur. After the door was pushed open, it immediately clicked shut from the inside.
Yun Jin dared not raise her head.
"Yun Jin! How are you now?" When Shen Yi'an's familiar voice rang out, Yun Jin bit her lower lip, feeling like crying.
Her tense nerves relaxed slightly, but then an even greater panic emerged.
No, I can't let Shen Yi'an see her like this, she'll scare him!
"Don't come any closer! Don't look at me!" Yun Jin shrank back, her voice trembling with weakness, "I look... horrible right now, you..."
Before she could finish speaking, she felt a pair of warm and firm arms lift her up in an irresistible embrace.
"Ah!" Yun Jin cried out softly, futilely covering her face with her paws while struggling in a tearful voice, "Please! Don't touch me!"
"Yun Jin, listen to me, how are you feeling right now?" Shen Yi'an's voice was low and deep, without a trace of hesitation or fear, as if she had just accidentally tripped and fallen. "Don't lie on the ground, it's cold."
He carefully, as if he were holding some priceless treasure, gently placed Yun Jin on the bed.
"What happened? Why did you suddenly..." He sat on the edge of the bed, his voice full of heartache.
Yun Jin turned her back to him, wrapped herself tightly in the blanket, and curled up into a ball, as if that would make her normal.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
An impatient knock came from outside the door, so forceful that it made the door rattle. Accompanying the knock was a loud inquiry.
"Teacher Shen! What's going on inside? Filming isn't over yet, is something wrong? Please open the door!"
Each knock felt like a heavy hammer blow to Yun Jin's heart. She looked desperately at the door that seemed ready to be smashed open at any moment, her hands trembling with fear and pain.
"Ignore them! I'll figure something out," Shen Yi'an's voice was firm. He wanted to pull off the blanket to check on Yun Jin's condition, but his hand stopped in mid-air.
Shen Yi'an withdrew his hand and asked anxiously, "How are you feeling now? Do you...do you need to go to the hospital?"
“Now that I’m like this… I can’t go to the hospital,” Yun Jin’s voice came from under the covers, heavy with breaths. “Besides, the doctor… he can’t cure me.”
"After all... the doctor has definitely never seen me... a creature like me before." Yun Jin tried to ease the tension, but failed.
"Yun Jin, it's alright." Shen Yi'an leaned down, trying to make his voice sound calm, even though his heart was pounding in his chest.
"Wait for me, just a moment. I'll go deal with those people outside. I'll be back soon. Everything will be alright, everything will be alright."
Yun Jin, still in bed, heard Shen Yi'an get up, walk quickly to the door, open it, and then quickly close it again.
Shen Yi'an... can you stop them?
Before Yun Jin could think any further, a violent spasm interrupted her thoughts. To her horror, she saw that her left hand had transformed into the shape of a human arm covered in white down, with her fingers curling up uncontrollably and her fingertips becoming extremely sharp.
Intense pain spread from her chest to her whole body. Yun Jin bit down hard on the blanket to keep from screaming. Another wave of nausea surged through her stomach, and blood slowly seeped from the corner of her mouth, staining the blanket red.
Perhaps, Yun Jin was already beyond saving when they rushed in; despair washed over her like a cold tide.
Suddenly, a loud "bang" came from outside the door! It sounded like something had been pushed over and smashed to the ground, and someone was shouting something.
The noise outside the door grew even louder, with exclamations and cries of dissuasion mingling together, as if a fierce conflict had erupted.
Why did it turn out like this? Yun Jin asked blankly, caught in a vortex of pain.
As her vision gradually blurred, Qin Yi's smiling face with her head tilted appeared before her eyes, and her devilish whispers echoed in her ears.
“I remember you loved performing in front of everyone when you were little, but this magic trick shouldn’t be just for me to enjoy alone.”
Was everything that happened today part of her plan? But she wasn't even here...
The noise outside grew closer, but the last thing that came to her mind wasn't fear or resentment, but Shen Yi'an's light purple eyes, which sometimes held a gentle smile and sometimes were filled with endless sorrow.
Shen Yi'an...
Her lips moved silently before fading into the boundless darkness.
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