I want flowers too
"Do you need to hold flowers when you confess your love?" Xixi noticed the flowers in the boy's hand and asked curiously. She tilted her head, her red eyes gleaming with innocence, and her tail swayed unconsciously.
She remembered that Gu Tinglan seemed to have confessed to her, but he only said that he liked her, and there were no flowers in his hand.
She also wants flowers...
Didn’t Gu Tinglan’s confession that night count?
Gu Tinglan stood behind her, frowning slightly when he heard the words, and put his slender fingers on her shoulders without leaving any trace: "Why, you want it too?"
"I don't really need it." Flowers were of no use to Xixi. She just felt a little unhappy that Gu Tinglan confessed his love to her without holding flowers.
But Xixi would not admit it.
"But Lin Mo always knew to bring flowers when he confessed his love," Xixi muttered, "Why did you tell me you loved me on the Ferris wheel that day, but you didn't have anything in your hand?"
Gu Tinglan felt very unhappy when he heard the word "Lin Mo" from her mouth, but her subsequent words obviously focused more on her dissatisfaction with him not sending flowers.
After figuring out the reason, Gu Tinglan's depression instantly disappeared. He pressed his mouth and asked, "Don't you need it?"
She looked up at him, a sly smile on her lips: "If it's from you, I might consider accepting it."
Xixi was just joking and didn't think he would agree.
However, to her surprise, Gu Tinglan just snorted softly and raised his hand to rub the top of her head: "Wait."
The next morning, Xixi drowsily opened her eyes. On the bedside table stood a large bouquet of black roses, each one a dazzling sight, its stamens faintly gleaming with a faint crimson glow. Pinned to the bouquet was a card with the following intricately written words:
"To the most special little succubus."
Xixi's tail exploded instantly. She picked up the bouquet and took a deep sniff, but the next second she was choked by the strong smell of blood and started coughing.
"What, what kind of flower is this?" She looked up in horror and saw Gu Tinglan leaning against the door frame.
Looking at the somewhat panicked Xixi, he smiled and said slowly, "The Hell Black Rose was watered and grown in the blood pool of the demon world." After a pause, he added, "I specially had it picked from your hometown."
Xixi: “…”
She looked down at the bouquet of flowers in her arms that exuded an ominous aura, and suddenly felt that ordinary human roses were pretty good too.
"Why, you don't like it?" Gu Tinglan took a few steps closer and looked down at her. "Didn't you say you wanted to spend money?"
Xixi silently pushed the bouquet aside: "Well... I don't think you really need flowers to express your love..."
Gu Tinglan narrowed his eyes: "It's too late, I've already picked them."
"No, how did you know there was such a flower?" Xixi asked cautiously, "Besides, the entrance to the Demon Realm isn't that easy to find."
The Demon Realm was once a horrific place. It was said that anyone who entered it would be killed, with bones piled all over the place. But that was in the past. There were other demons in the Demon Realm before, but now they have all perished, leaving only the succubus who are harmless to humans.
Succubus are not docile by nature, but are restricted by the rules set by the Tree of Life. They only have the ability to protect themselves and cannot commit evil in the human world.
"Well..." Gu Tinglan dragged out the last word until he saw Xixi's anxious expression, then he confessed everything, "I didn't go to the Demon Realm."
"But money talks."
Xixi: “……?”
Is money so powerful?
Seeing that she was still a little confused, Gu Tinglan said, "I've said before that there are departments in the human world that can deal with you."
“They also get paid to do things.”
"Is that so," Xixi learned something new. For a succubus, the most important thing is spiritual power. For humans, the most important thing must be the money he mentioned.
"Then why did you give me such a weird rose?" Xixi frowned. "It smells terrible."
"I looked up some ancient books before," Gu Tinglan thought she was being hypocritical at first, but now that he realized her dislike wasn't fake, he immediately took the flower away. "They say this Hell Black Rose is a great tonic for demons."
"I didn't expect you wouldn't like it." His tone was completely different from the playful indifference just now. It became a little awkward, like a child who had done something wrong.
Seeing this, Xixi also retracted the obvious disgust on her face. She walked closer and took Gu Tinglan's hand, "You are right, it is indeed a tonic for demons."
"But that's not the case with succubi," Xixi said lightly, "Demons eat people, but succubi don't."
"Besides, we don't want to be succubi. We have to maintain this kind of life because we can't break the curse."
At this point, Xixi's tone was a little depressed, "I can't even think about dying."
Gu Tinglan suddenly clenched her hand, so hard that Xixi let out a soft hiss. He immediately loosened his grip, but still held on stubbornly.
"Please, don't mention these two words." Gu Tinglan's voice was terribly low, and there was a darkness in his eyes that Xixi had never seen before.
Gu Tinglan knew that he used to think Xixi was magical. She would lightly say that she was going to disappear. He was right in front of her and she only needed to touch him to save her life, but she always liked to ask for his opinion.
No matter if he really disagreed or was just teasing her, she would not force it and would calmly accept the fact that she would disappear.
He used to think that she was fearless because she would be reincarnated, but he didn't expect that she really didn't want to live, and living made her suffer. Even now that he was by her side, she didn't seem to change her mind.
The boy in front of him looked very strange.
Xixi was stunned for a moment, her tail unconsciously wrapped around his wrist, and she soothed him, "I just..."
"No, it's just that." Gu Tinglan interrupted her, and put his other hand on her cheek, gently stroking the two small teardrop moles under her eyes with his thumb. "Since the curse cannot be lifted, then live well."
His fingertips were a little cold, but they made Xixi's face inexplicably hot. She muttered softly, "I've lived for thousands of years, and it's so boring..."
"Then come with me." Gu Tinglan suddenly leaned over and rested his forehead against hers. His lips moved, wanting to say something, but he suddenly remembered that human lifespan was just a blink of an eye to her, so what qualifications did he have to make a promise?
Xixi opened her eyes wide, her crimson pupils reflecting his features so close to her. She suddenly noticed that Gu Tinglan's eyelashes were trembling slightly, and his breathing was faster than usual.
He didn't finish the rest of the sentence, but Xixi understood his implication, "But, you are a human."
Gu Tinglan stood up and let go of his hand as if nothing had happened: "Well, don't worry, I will always be with you."
"Even if it's a human." Gu Tinglan pulled Xixi out. After breakfast, they still had to go to class.
Xixi herself said she still wanted to go.
"Wait!" Xixi grabbed the corner of his clothes, "Flowers..."
Gu Tinglan didn't even turn his head: "Throw it away."
"No!" Xixi picked up the strange bouquet of black roses and trotted after him. "This is the first time you've given me flowers."
Gu Tinglan paused slightly, and raised the corner of his mouth almost imperceptibly: "It's up to you."
In the corridor, several girls looked at the flowers in Xixi's arms with envy, but their faces turned pale when they smelled the blood. Xixi shook her head proudly and deliberately moved the flowers closer to them: "Do they look good? Gu Tinglan gave them to me~"
The girls embarrassedly made an excuse and fled.
In the classroom, Pei Song stared in amazement as Xixi put the bouquet of flowers into the vase filled with holy water - this was the vase that Gu Tinglan had specially placed next to her seat this morning.
"Fuck, Old Gu, you..." Pei Song didn't finish his words before Gu Tinglan's gaze froze him in place.
Pei Song's family belongs to an exorcist family, but because demons have been extinct for a long time, Pei Song has not learned anything. However, he saw at first sight that Xixi was a succubus. Although actual combat is not necessary, theory is still necessary. Gu Tinglan got the ancient book from Pei Song's family.
Sissy lay on the table, her fingertips gently fiddling with the petals. The black rose gradually lost its bloody color in the holy water, turning pure ink, its center gleaming with a faint blue light.
Xixi didn't know that it contained holy water, she just thought it was magical.
"That's much better." She smiled and turned around, only to find Gu Tinglan staring at her in a daze.
"What's wrong?"
Gu Tinglan retracted his gaze and casually played with the ends of her hair: "Nothing. I was just thinking..."
"What are you thinking about?"
"Thinking about how to make you live longer." His voice was soft, but it made Xixi's heart skip a beat.
The sunlight outside the window was just right, shining on the bottle of fresh black roses. Xixi suddenly felt that perhaps it would be nice to have someone to accompany her in her long life.
but……
"Shouldn't you first think of a way to keep yourself alive longer?" Xixi tilted her head, puzzled, "Then you can supervise me."
"If you die first, you won't know whether I'm dead or not, and you won't be able to stop me."
"That's right," Gu Tinglan nodded, "Then I'll go look through the ancient books to see if there's any elixir that can grant immortality."
He said it lightly, but it was obviously a joke, and Xixi knew it.
After all, greedy humans have been pursuing immortality since they became conscious. They have tried all kinds of methods, but unfortunately none of them have succeeded.
Xixi knew how difficult it was, so she didn't take it to heart.
She secretly hooked Gu Tinglan's little finger and winked slyly when he looked at her: "Then you have to work hard, Master Gu."
Gu Tinglan held her hand with his backhand, interlocking their fingers: "Well, I'll keep my word."
Immortality was impossible, but he would strive to find a way to lift the curse. He wouldn't force Sissi to live, but he had to give her a choice. Perhaps after the curse was lifted, she would find another interesting human who could bring her joy in his place, and then she would no longer have thoughts of suicide.
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