I forgive you this time.
At the dinner table, the only sound that could be heard was Xixi's loud mouthfuls of food. After the "fierce" fight just now, the peace at this moment seemed a little strange.
Gu Tinglan supported his chin with one hand, and his deep eyes reflected the figure of Xixi concentrating on eating. The corners of his mouth inadvertently raised with a touch of imperceptible tenderness.
Xixi was eating her favorite meat. Even though her heart was full of worries, she still thought it was the most delicious thing in the world. She deliberately forgot the truth in her mind that would affect her mood, even if only for a moment. She just wanted to calm down and savor the food carefully.
After all, she went out last night and a day has passed. She hasn't eaten yet. Although she doesn't feel hungry, her mouth will inexplicably secrete saliva when she sees delicious food. After eating, she can still question Gu Tinglan, and he won't run away.
There is no need to give up the delicious food on the table in front of you. It is just torturing yourself!
Xixi hypnotized herself over and over again, persuading herself to calm down.
After being satisfied, she raised her eyes and looked at the young man in front of her with resentment. Her eyes were scorching, meaning 'You'd better confess, otherwise you're dead', which could not be ignored.
Of course, Gu Tinglan had no intention of ignoring it.
"So, what do you want to ask?" Seeing that she had already put down her chopsticks, Gu Tinglan spoke first, "I will definitely answer truthfully."
"You must tell the truth. If you dare to lie to me again, you're dead." Xixi looked at his shameless appearance and was very angry. He kept hiding things from her one by one. Did he think she was easy to bully?
Gu Tinglan had an apologetic smile on his face, his voice trembling slightly, "I didn't mean to do that. I didn't stop you from finding the truth, did I?"
"I'm really glad that you didn't choose to bear it alone." He reached out to rub Xixi's head, but was dodged neatly.
His hand froze in mid-air, but there was no embarrassment on his face. He just withdrew it naturally.
"Stop pretending! Do you think I don't know you've been following me?" Xixi raised her lips in a playful smile. She stood up and looked down at Gu Tinglan, who was a head shorter than her. "You have my mark on you..." She gently curled her fingers in Gu Tinglan's hair, deliberately dragging out the last word. "Have you forgotten?"
"I haven't forgotten." Gu Tinglan didn't stop her teasing actions, nor did he get angry, as if he had expected her to find out.
"Really?" Xixi's eyes darkened, and the hand that was curling her hair stroked down his cheek to his collarbone. "Then you did it on purpose?"
Xixi didn't wait for his answer because she already knew the answer. Her hand stayed on his collarbone for a moment, then continued to explore down, into his shirt collar, until her fingertips touched a bump. She pinched it hard, with a hint of punishment.
The punished Gu Tinglan frowned slightly and tightened his jawline, but did not interrupt her.
Until sweat broke out on his forehead and the little devil in front of him seemed to have no intention of stopping, Gu Tinglan stretched out his hands and suddenly hugged Xixi in his arms.
"Ahhh——" Xixi was so absorbed in the game in her hands and his restrained yet seductive expression that she fell into his arms without noticing, her hands subconsciously wrapped around his neck.
"You——" Xixi was about to get angry, but was suddenly blocked by a slightly wet and cold lip, "Um——"
To Xixi, this behavior made her feel like she was trying to cover up something. He was the one who concealed it first. He was wrong, and she just wanted to punish him. How dare he stop her and even shut her up!
Xixi was having fun and her anger was half gone, but he provoked her anger again. She opened her mouth and wanted to bite his lips hard, but she didn't expect him to leave first.
"It's my fault." His voice was gentle and a little hoarse. Xixi paused, as if the pause button was pressed.
Gu Tinglan bent down and looked at Xixi in his arms, his eyes full of heartache. He moved closer, put his forehead against hers, and kept saying over and over that it was all his fault.
He didn't dare to say it in his heart. He didn't dare to say that the Gu family was involved in her current situation, for fear that she would leave him.
But now, he didn't intend to hide it. "I'll tell you everything you want to know. I'll tell you everything I know, okay?"
He is such a selfish coward.
Xixi was angry because he lied to her. He only needed to tell her. She was not that fragile. But at this moment, looking at the boy's loss of composure, she felt a little reluctant and could not bear to be angry.
She raised her head and stared at the boy's fair neck. As if she had made up her mind, she quickly attacked that place and bit it.
"Hiss--" Gu Tinglan was caught off guard. He frowned and squinted his eyes, and could only see Xixi's furry head.
"Does it hurt?" Xixi asked playfully, lifting her eyes as she took her teeth away from his neck.
"It hurts." Gu Tinglan answered truthfully.
Xixi chuckled twice: "That's right."
Seeing an unusually clear tooth mark on his fair skin, she leaned forward and licked it twice, mumbling, "I'll forgive you this time."
As if she had found a fun toy, she licked it here and there and couldn't stop.
Gu Tinglan's eyes darkened. He put one hand around her waist to prevent her from falling, and with the other hand he stroked her head and gently pulled her away.
"What are you doing?" Xixi's eyes were tinged with red, revealing a natural charm. She had no idea how tempting she was at the moment. She half-heartedly stuck out her tongue, licked her lips, and asked naively, "Is it not okay to just lick them?"
Gu Tinglan didn't say anything, he just put his hands on her waist.
Xixi didn't know what he was going to do, but the touch on her waist made her heart warm. The next second, she was lifted up and put forward. At the same time, Xixi also felt his waist gently push forward.
Xixi blushed as she felt a burning sensation underneath. Just as she was about to pretend to be calm and tease him again, she was interrupted by the hot breath in her ear. Then she heard Gu Tinglan's deliberately lowered, lustful voice, "You can lick it."
His voice was a unique boyish voice, low and with a hint of uncontrollable tremor, as if it would release its animal nature in the next second. Xixi not only felt hot in her heart, but her whole body was hot.
But she still insisted, and asked unconvincedly, "Then you stop me?"
"I'm hard," Gu Tinglan leaned over and kissed her neck gently, "Are you responsible?"
Xixi, who was originally enjoying herself, pushed away the young man who was sucking her cock and stood up suddenly. She spoke haltingly, but her voice was very powerful. "Tell me what you know first. I, I will definitely take responsibility when the time comes."
Gu Tinglan smiled brightly: "Okay."
"You..." He paused, staring at Xixi nervously, his Adam's apple rolling slightly.
"Huh?" Xixi tilted her head, signaling him to speak quickly, it was no big deal.
"The curse on you is related to the Gu family."
Xixi was stunned. Perhaps the previous stimulation was too great and had already expanded her psychological defenses, so she quickly accepted it.
She said playfully in a relaxed tone, "So... you have to take care of my business?"
Gu Tinglan knew that she was saying this on purpose to lighten the atmosphere, but he still told her seriously, "Even without this premise, I wouldn't abandon you."
He leaned forward, put his arms around her waist, and buried his head in her chest. He rubbed it twice before saying, "Don't you blame me?"
Without the Gu family, you wouldn't have to suffer all this.
Xixi lowered her head, placed her chin on his forehead, chuckled and threatened, "It's strange, so you have to be responsible for removing the curse from me, otherwise I will blame you for the rest of my life."
A hint of depression flashed in Gu Tinglan's eyes. He remained silent, just quietly feeling the ups and downs of Xixi's body.
Who are you trying to fool?
Didn’t you promise Xi Yin that you would erase your existence with your own hands?
He knew that even if he finally found a way to lift the curse, Xixi would not want to live alone, so he had to save her people.
****
Gu Tinglan felt a strong sense of falling in his sleep. When he suddenly opened his eyes, he found himself standing in a pure white void. There were no walls around him, no distinction between heaven and earth, only endless paleness.
"Coming?"
The familiar voice made him shudder. Turning around, he saw his parents standing side by side, both with serious expressions on their faces.
"What? You finally remembered you have a son?" Gu Tinglan's eyes instantly turned cold. "You were the ones who sent Xixi to me, right?"
Ji Yunbai exchanged a glance with her husband and nodded gently, "After the Demon-Suppressing Bell was stolen a thousand years ago, the Gu family has been searching for its whereabouts, and only recently did they recover it."
Gu Chen took a step forward, and an illusory silver bell appeared in his hand. "The person who stole the bell used it to transform a human girl into a succubus, dug out her heart, and sealed it under the Tree of Life, creating a perpetual 'core'."
Gu Tinglan's fists clenched until they crackled. The pain in his dream felt so real, his nails digging deep into his palms.
"It seems like you've already figured everything out," Gu Tinglan said, his eyes thick with a thin layer of ice. He was puzzled, "but why do you always only speak half the words?"
"Are you afraid that if you tell me earlier, I will be unwilling to help Xixi?"
At that time, he might not have fallen in love with Xixi.
I originally thought that his parents were just different. They left him alone with a nanny since he was a child, and he could only see them once in a long time. When he grew up a little, he had already gotten used to the life like an orphan.
I learned to cook, do housework, and even moved out, just for fear of disturbing their space for two.
I just thought they were too busy and ignored him because they were in love, but I didn't expect that even his happiness was taken into account?
But at the same time, he also felt relieved. Gu Tinglan restrained his depressed mood and did not ask them how they viewed him. Instead, he asked calmly, "I am the only one who can completely redeem the Gu family's negligence, put everything back on track, and save Xixi, right?" Although it was a question, the tone sounded more like a statement.
Ji Yunbai looked at his lost expression and knew what he was thinking. She wanted to tell him that it was not what he thought. What mother didn't love her son? But she didn't have time for that now. She had more important things to do.
"Because you're the only one who can still sense the Demon-Suppressing Bell." Ji Yunbai tapped his fingertips, and an image of Xixi sleeping appeared in the void. "The bell has long been inoperable. We can no longer obtain any information from it, but strangely, you can still sense it."
Xixi rolled over in the image, a faint glow emanating from the area below her collarbone corresponding to her heart. Gu Chen suddenly waved his sleeve to dispel the image, saying in a deep voice, "Time is running out. To save her, you must complete the 'Concentric Pact.'"
"A covenant of unity?"
Ji Yunbai formed seals with her hands, and three golden threads shot out from her fingertips, interweaving in the air to form a complex heart pattern: "Using yourself as a guide, activate the last trace of spiritual power remaining in the Demon-Suppressing Bell to connect the two hearts. But there will be a price to pay -"
"What's the price?" Gu Tinglan interrupted.
The space suddenly vibrated violently, and the images of his parents began to blur. Gu Chen spoke rapidly, but his voice was indistinct, as if through a layer of water. At the last moment, Ji Yunbai pressed a ball of light into his son's chest. Gu Tinglan only caught half of the sentence: "...your half heart..."
In reality, Gu Tinglan sat up abruptly, his pajamas soaked with sweat. The moonlight was bright outside the window. He glanced at Xixi, who was sleeping soundly beside him. His hand unconsciously stroked the spot where his heart should be. After a moment of contemplation, he lowered his head and placed a kiss on the sleeping girl's forehead, holding her and falling asleep peacefully.
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