Chapter 35 Li Xiao's Independent Side Story - Obsession (Twenty)
Realizing that you are being watched...
When Li Xiao realized that the observer was Yu Qingzhou and not someone else, a strange shyness and a sense of satisfaction welled up inside her.
The initial, icy resentment melted away easily and without resistance in Yu Qingzhou's gaze, rising slowly as smoke.
Then, when certain scenes from my memory were touched, they condensed into rain and fell back down in a soft patter.
It crashed onto that steaming lake of the heart, instantly stirring up a gloomy, damp feeling.
Li Xiao knew that she shouldn't be so emotional, and she shouldn't have too many illusions about Yu Qingzhou.
But he could neither control himself nor the beating heart in his chest.
After not seeing each other for almost half a month, the young man had a lot to say to the other person.
Like the various people and things encountered along the way...
Like the various unexpected obstacles encountered during a mission, and how one cleverly and skillfully overcomes them...
It's like those terrible days, with gloomy, endless rain...
Of course, what Li Xiao really wanted to say was how much she missed this place and the man in front of her when she was alone.
But he knew the other party wouldn't care.
After all, with such a beautiful and sickly little cousin constantly around, how could he possibly have any interest in someone like himself... an outsider?
The boy thought to himself expressionlessly.
Those emerald eyes, hidden in the shadows, grew even deeper, as if thick, dark ink was churning and rolling within them—
In a very short moment, the boy's eyes returned to their original color.
Li Xiao felt a sudden surge of hatred in his chest, and his mind seemed to go blank for a moment.
Time was too short for the boy to notice. By the time he came to his senses, he was already being pulled, his back hunched, to Yu Qingzhou's side.
Looking at that face he had longed for day and night, now so close, Li Xiao's Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily.
Such a close distance, such a top-down perspective, had never actually happened in reality, but it was something the boy often saw in some of his dreams...
Recalling the dreams that had frequently visited him in recent years, the young man's wet eyes and his dazed face, a mixture of pain and pleasure, Li Xiao couldn't help but gasp.
He knew this wasn't the time to let his mind wander.
But the body seemed to have its own ideas.
Li Xiao tried to distract the other person by shifting his gaze, but as soon as his eyes left theirs, they landed on their light-colored lips.
Yu Qingzhou is always stubborn, but her mouth looks very soft and has a beautiful shape, making her seem inexplicably approachable.
Li Xiao silently pondered, and many dangerous, excessive, inappropriate... lewd thoughts involuntarily flashed through his mind.
(—I'm being watched.)
As he gazed at that face with lustful thoughts, the owner of that face was also looking at the boy.
Instead of showing any restraint, the opposite actually happened.
At this point, the youth's gaze and the feeling of being watched actually acted as a catalyst.
—Aren't you ashamed?
Are you scared?
It seems to be a combination of both, but more so, it feels like excitement, with a hint of anticipation—No! This can't go on!
Reason exploded in my mind.
The boy's eyes flickered, and he finally managed to squeeze out a sentence from between his clenched lips: "...What is it?"
Only after saying it did I realize that because my tone was too harsh, it sounded somewhat like I was deliberately provoking someone.
This made Li Xiao feel somewhat annoyed. Fortunately, judging from Yu Qingzhou's expression, she didn't seem to notice anything amiss.
Li Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, then belatedly realized that he usually spoke in roughly the same way...
The good thing is that this interruption seemed to have dissipated a lot of the untimely restlessness in Li Xiao's heart.
"Have you encountered anything unusual along the way?" Yu Qingzhou suddenly asked.
Upon hearing this, Li Xiao was taken aback.
In his memory, Yu Qingzhou never questioned the process of carrying out a mission.
Because the other party only cares about the final success or failure.
Success means the mission is successfully completed.
As for the methods used and whether they were legitimate... as long as no subsequent problems arise, they are not within Yu Qingzhou's scope of investigation.
As for the losers, there's not much to say.
—In Yu Qingzhou's eyes, all the explanations were nothing more than boring excuses used to cover up his own mistakes.
It's not as valuable as a freshly made piece of human tongue or a human bone; at least... the latter can be used to enrich his collection.
Li Xiao quickly realized what was happening and made up his mind not to show weakness in front of Yu Qingzhou.
He immediately scoffed dismissively, "...How could that be? I'm not one of those useless idiots."
"Is that so?"
Yu Qingzhou responded calmly, then quietly observed the boy's expression, as if testing whether he was exaggerating.
Strangely enough, Li Xiao has never been one to hide things from Yu Qingzhou.
—But that one time, the boy gritted his teeth and held on, not revealing everything as usual.
—But it was that time that Yu Qingzhou failed to notice.
Then, like the beginning of all tragic events.
It was precisely because of this insignificant little oversight that the dominoes piled up in a complex chain, ultimately leading to that irreversible and unfortunate future.
But at the time, none of them realized...
After a moment, as if she had finally confirmed something, Yu Qingzhou looked away and loosened the long hair that was wrapped around her fingers.
Her light gray hair swayed softly in the air, as if reluctant to leave, gently bobbing back and forth.
The sudden disappearance of the constraints did not bring the expected sense of freedom; on the contrary, a strange sense of loss welled up in the boy's heart.
It's like a connection that was painstakingly established was unilaterally severed...
Although, in reality, the soul contract that truly connects them still exists intact.
You can feel it without making any special effort.
Those are marks that transcend time and life and death—
Even if one of the parties to the contract dies, as long as they still exist in the cycle of reincarnation, the remaining party will always be able to find the other's reincarnation through this mark.
Ironically, Li Xiao had once despised Yu Qingzhou for taking advantage of his vulnerability and loathed this mark on his soul that resembled the mark of a slave, yet at this moment... he felt a shameful sense of comfort.
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