Chapter 30 Li Xiao's Independent Side Story - Obsession (15)
Unexpectedly—
The moment the kiss began, Yu Qingzhou did not show any particular resistance.
In fact, Li Xiao did not understand the meaning of kissing.
But he knew the significance of kissing to humans; it was something that should only happen between lovers or partners, a powerful testament to their unique and intimate relationship.
In this respect, it is somewhat like a contract, but not as cold and rigid as a contract.
The signing and effectiveness of contracts do not take into account the feelings of the contracting parties; in fact, in most cases, the two are completely contrary to each other.
—But kissing is different.
The prerequisite for kissing is that you must first have that thought, and then act on that thought before anything else can happen.
There is no penalty for being late.
Some people simply want to kiss someone... at least that's how it was at first.
And once you start, you'll want more.
Wanting a response from the other person, wanting to see more expressions on that face because of them, whether it's pain or joy, as long as it's not...
Not like it was back then...
That's how it was...
Unmoved.
Scenes from my past life flashed through my mind.
Looking down from above in the firelight...
The inquiries, both real and feigned, in the garden...
I put the mask on him myself and smiled as I watched the boy's unsettled joy and bewilderment.
He then used the same warm hand to cleave the boy's chest with his sword, and coldly watched as the boy collapsed like a dead dog deep in the woods.
Li Xiao didn't understand before.
Why can a person be both so gentle and so cruel at the same time?
But now, he doesn't want to know anymore. If the truth is destined to be painful, then don't expose it.
Just as Li Xiao no longer bothers to investigate the connection between the Yu Qingzhou before him and the person in his memory.
Are they the same person, or are they just reincarnations?
Regardless of the truth, Li Xiao only knew that he had been abandoned once before, so he could not be abandoned a second time... This time, even if it meant going to hell, he would pull the person in front of him along with him.
There is absolutely no room for negotiation.
because……
Because this is what Yu Qingzhou owes him.
Yu Qingzhou—every time I silently utter this name in my heart, my heart trembles uncontrollably.
Even the long-healed scar on his chest would feel a burning pain.
Just like those sleepless nights in the past, and just like this very moment.
Why is he the only one who remembers, and why is he the only one in pain?
No, that's not allowed.
Since Yu Qingzhou started it, even if we can't make him truly empathize, we can't at least leave him uninvolved...
And humans.
Compared to the demon race, even a half-demon boy's body is far too soft and fragile.
With just a gentle bite, it will burst open like a ripe fruit, its skin splitting open and releasing sweet, spring-like blood.
The taste of blood lingered between his lips and teeth, and as the saliva that could not be swallowed overflowed from the corners of his mouth, it stained the pure white flesh with a bright red.
The vibrant colors and the stench of blood further fueled the bloodthirsty nature within the demon race, causing their emerald pupils to swirl into a deep crimson...
Later on, it became difficult to define whether what happened between the two was a kiss or one-sided sadism.
Compared to the youthful excitement he displayed, Yu Qingzhou maintained his usual composure throughout.
Whether it's having your lips and tongue pried open almost roughly, invading deep into your mouth, or having your tongue bitten and teetering precariously against the rough edge of a wooden table...
Aside from frowning, Yu Qingzhou made no further moves, neither responding nor resisting.
Until he suddenly realized that the stench of blood between the two seemed too strong.
If that amount of bleeding was truly his own, given his current physical condition, he would probably have already fainted from excessive blood loss.
Therefore, the answer must be the other person present.
And that is indeed the case.
Yu Qingzhou realized that this was very likely the effect of the soul contract backlash that existed between the two.
The contract judged the boy's behavior as an attack on his master, and therefore punished him.
This punishment is immediate.
In other words, as long as Li Xiao stops now, the damage will stop... and that's the problem.
With such a large amount of bleeding, Li Xiao himself couldn't possibly be unaware of the damage to his body, yet he acted as if nothing was wrong and continued to do as he pleased.
Even Yu Qingzhou could feel it; the boy's already low body temperature was rapidly decreasing.
If this continues, something terrible is bound to happen sooner or later.
Yu Qingzhou wanted to push the other person away directly.
But when his hand touched the boy's clothes on his chest, it suddenly stopped—the area was already soaked with blood.
The wound reopened.
That was the mark left on the boy by the person he used to be, another Yu Qingzhou.
In fact, even he himself was unsure whether he and the former Yu Qingzhou were the same person.
Although the two people have the same face, the same habits, the same likes and dislikes... strictly speaking, as an individual, Yu Qingzhou is incomplete.
Because he only inherited part of the memories.
These memories all revolve around people and things that the other person feels they owe a debt to.
He awoke to find himself completely unaware of the mess he had left behind.
He himself probably wouldn't believe it if he said he had no complaints whatsoever.
Otherwise, the current situation wouldn't have occurred.
But aside from acting according to her own wishes, Yu Qingzhou didn't seem to have anything else she particularly wanted to do.
Faced with the disciples who earnestly tried to persuade him to stay in the sect and take charge of the overall situation, Yu Qingzhou did not linger.
It's simply because those people aren't in his memory.
However, to thank them for their hard work in waking her from her slumber, Yu Qingzhou only politely declined verbally.
They also spared all the prisoners when the other side attempted to use violence to forcibly keep them alive.
Of course, in return, Yu Qingzhou crippled one of their arms before leaving, as the price for his violence.
There is only one exception...
He disliked the way the person was staring at him, as if he owed the person something.
But Yu Qingzhou had no memory of that person.
He then changed his mind at the last minute. He changed the request from an arm to an eyeball.
As for why it's not a pair?
It's simply because that person originally only had one eye.
His other eye appeared to have been gouged out long ago.
Upon hearing Yu Qingzhou's words, the man inexplicably displayed a madman-like expression that seemed to be both crying and laughing.
After calming down, he began to stare at Yu Qingzhou with a strange look for a long, long time.
Then, the person suddenly made an unexpected request in a very calm manner.
[My arm, my eyeball... even my life, I can entrust to you directly.]
The condition was that he wanted Yu Qingzhou to do it herself.
Upon hearing this, Yu Qingzhou refused without hesitation.
Why?!
The person looked utterly devastated, as if they couldn't understand or accept it.
This person was completely different from the one Yu Qingzhou had seen when she first woke up. If she wasn't mistaken, this person seemed to be the leader of these guys in front of her.
But what does that have to do with me?
Yu Qingzhou has no obligation to answer the other party's questions.
Originally, he existed in this world to pay off his debts. Now that he hasn't paid off a single debt, how could he possibly have any unnecessary entanglements with unimportant people?
He lacks common sense, but he's not mentally ill.
"Whatever you want," Yu Qingzhou said, and then walked straight out the door.
No one stepped forward to stop them, because almost everyone present was lying on the ground.
As I reached the door, a chilling wailing suddenly sounded behind me, followed by the sound of a hard object being plunged into flesh and violently stirred.
Yu Qingzhou did not turn back.
He walked straight out.
After that, Yu Qingzhou began her solo journey. She started by paying off small debts, one by one…
The faces in my memory have long since changed their identities; their ages and genders are no longer the same, and sometimes they don't even match up as species.
However, Yu Qingzhou always manages to complete her missions successfully by relying on clues left by her other self.
But the further they went, the more troublesome it became. The longer it dragged on, the more exhausted Yu Qingzhou became.
Until the last one...
Before arriving here, Yu Qingzhou already felt that she was about to be exhausted.
It's more about the mind than the body.
So he came up with a lazy way—to approach the boy, provoke him, and then, during the fight, he would just give up and die at his hands, thus ending the matter once and for all.
Unexpectedly, due to the constraints of the soul contract, Li Xiao was unable to truly harm Yu Qingzhou, let alone kill him.
That indelible soul bond bound the two of them together.
But what that one left behind was far more than that.
Because, the moment Yu Qingzhou accidentally touched the boy's chest, he clearly felt that the heart beating inside belonged to him.
This is his—Yu Qingzhou's—heart.
The moment he realized this, Yu Qingzhou abandoned his original plan. Instead of pushing the other away, he leaned forward and returned the kiss, meeting the boy's force.
After all, how many people can say no to what is truly in their hearts?
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