Moonlight filtering through the curtains cast a narrow band of light on the carpet, like a cold boundary.
Yu Jiuyuan lay on the velvet bed, her silk nightgown crumpled into a ball, the thin layer of sweat on her back glistening in the moonlight.
Ji Luoqin's hand gripped her waist tightly, his fingertips tracing the red marks on her waistline, the marks he had made from his grip earlier, like a sickly flower.
"Scared?"
His voice was close to her ear, heavy with breath, and his warm breath brushed against her sweaty neck, sending a shiver down her spine.
The effects of the drug were still churning in her blood, and her reason was like a spider web torn apart by a gale, ready to snap at any moment, yet she insisted on raising her chin and looking at him in the mirror.
The man in the mirror had disheveled hair, his shirt collar was wide open, and his usually cold and hard jawline was now taut. His eyes held an intense, unyielding desire, yet also concealed a hint of panic that even he himself was unaware of.
Just like that night at the villa, when he was tormented by her drugs, he looked on the verge of losing control.
"Is this all Mr. Ji is capable of?" Yu Jiuyuan's voice was hoarse, tinged with lust, yet her fingertips deliberately traced a line on the mirror's surface. "It's not even as good as..."
Before she could finish speaking, the pressure on her waist suddenly intensified, causing her to groan in pain.
Ji Luoqin turned her face and kissed her fiercely, with a hint of punishment in her voice. Her tongue pried open her teeth and stole the air from her lungs.
The mirror reflected the intertwined figures of the two, like a distorted painting.
"Not as good as whom?" he asked, biting her lip, his jealousy almost overflowing. "Rong Shenghan? Or Xie Zhecheng?"
Yu Jiuyuan laughed, the laughter breaking between her lips and teeth.
She reached up and hooked her arm around his neck, deepening the kiss, her tongue licking his canine teeth with a sweet, provocative tone: "Guess?"
A soft laugh suddenly came from behind. Ji Nianqin had walked to the bedside at some point, her fingertips toying with a platinum cufflink.
That was the one Xie Zhecheng was wearing tonight, but now it was in his hand.
"My sister is sowing discord again."
He leaned down, his warm palms pressing against the back of Yu Jiuyuan's neck, forming a closed embrace with Ji Luoqin's hands clasped around her waist. "However, I like it."
His kiss landed on her spine, as gentle as a feather, yet in stark contrast to Ji Luoqin's roughness. The two completely different sensations intertwined, as if pulling at her soul.
Yu Jiuyuan's body tensed uncontrollably as the burning sensation from the drug swept over her again, and the mirror in front of her began to shake, reflecting countless overlapping shadows.
Rong Shenghan's profile as he adjusts the surveillance camera under the villa lights, Xie Zhecheng's furrowed brows at the auction stage, Yuan Xu's focused gaze in the laboratory...
"Don't look at others." Ji Luoqin noticed her distraction, suddenly grabbed her hair, and forced her to look up at herself in the mirror. "Right now, you can only look at me."
The girl in the mirror had red eyes, and her usually innocent eyes were now filled with lustful moisture, yet she still managed a stubborn smile, like a tamed cat that was still baring its teeth.
Ji Luoqin's heart clenched suddenly, and a strange emotion broke through the dam of desire, causing him to freeze in place.
Right now.
Yu Jiuyuan sneered inwardly.
She leaned back and bumped into Ji Nianqin's arms, her fingertips "inadvertently" brushing against the inside pocket of his suit jacket, where a miniature recorder was hidden—something she had secretly placed there that afternoon.
"Nianqin, save me." Her voice carried just the right amount of grievance, like a flower trembling in the wind and rain.
Ji Nianqin chuckled softly, caught her waist, and raised an eyebrow at Ji Luoqin: "Little brother still doesn't know how to cherish women."
He lowered his head and kissed away the tears at the corners of her eyes, his movements so gentle they could melt your heart. "Whatever you want, sister, I'll give it to you."
His kiss slid down her cheek to her neck, leaving a faint hickey on her collarbone, overlapping with the previous red mark.
Yu Jiuyuan's fingertips gently traced his back, feeling the tension in his body. Suddenly, she remembered the values on the system panel: Ji Luoqin's favorability had jumped to 85 in that instant.
“I want you both…” Yu Jiuyuan’s voice was low, almost a whisper, her fingertips pressing down on both of their wrists at the same time, “Be obedient to me.”
These words were like a match, instantly igniting the gunpowder in the air.
Ji Luoqin abruptly pulled Ji Nianqin's hand away and pressed Yu Jiuyuan back onto the bed, this time with undeniable force: "Obey me? You dare to say that?"
His kiss landed on her waist, carrying a hint of punishment, but when he touched that delicate skin, he involuntarily softened his pressure.
Yu Jiuyuan could sense his struggle. This usually cold and hard man was torn between desire and some more complex emotion, like a beast trapped in a cage.
Ji Nianqin did not go forward again, but leaned against the bedside, slowly unbuttoning her cuffs, her gaze fixed on the intertwined figures of the two, her eyes filled with unfathomable darkness.
He knew his brother's weakness, and he also knew his own.
The seemingly harmless girl in front of them had long become a shared calamity for the two brothers.
The sound of police sirens could be heard from afar outside the window; Su Jingshu must have reached the final step.
Yu Jiuyuan closed her eyes, letting her consciousness be swallowed by the waves.
She could imagine the Su family's tragic bankruptcy, the Lin family's humiliation, and the undercurrents surging beneath Rong Shenghan's calm surface as he watched the news in the villa.
That's really interesting.
She thought vaguely.
This game has finally turned into a hunt where everyone is tearing each other apart.
After an unknown amount of time, the weight on my body suddenly lessened.
Ji Luoqin lay beside her, her chest heaving, her eyes fixed on the ceiling with a complex expression, her fingertips still warm from Ji Luoqin's waist.
Ji Nianqin sat on the edge of the bed, holding his phone and sending a message. The light from the screen reflected on his face, making him appear particularly indifferent.
Yu Jiuyuan turned over, looked at the twins, and suddenly smiled.
She reached out and touched both of their cheeks at the same time, her fingertips lightly tracing their similarly shaped brow bones: "Now, who is the one who has been tamed?"
Ji Luoqin slapped her hand away abruptly, but said nothing more.
Ji Nianqin grasped her wrist and gently kissed it: "Sister won."
His tone was tinged with amusement, but a dangerous glint lurked in his eyes.
Yu Jiuyuan knew that this contest was not over yet.
She accepted the medicine they offered.
She walked right into their trap.
But in the end, the chessboard is still in her hands.
The moonlight filtering through the curtains gradually shifted, illuminating something on the carpet: a jade pendant engraved with the character "Yu," a talisman given to her by Rong Shenghan, which had somehow fallen there.
Yu Jiuyuan's gaze paused for a moment, then shifted away.
If you're jealous, then be jealous.
She thought.
After this drama ends, I'll go back and "coax" him properly.
Silence fell in the room again, with only the three people's breathing mingling together like an eerie lullaby.
The sky outside the window was turning a pale white, a new day was about to begin, and this game of taming and resistance was only just beginning its most exciting chapter.
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