Chapter 640: Confusion (47)
We will be of the same kind.
As if conveying that signal, Qiao Xi's initiative was the fuse that ignited the darkness. Time was infinitely stretched and slowed down at this moment, and every passing minute and second became extremely clear.
A rustling sound.
The sound of clothing fabric rubbing against each other.
The mingled heat of their breaths flowed between them, the temperature gradually rising. Qiao Xi's fingertips tightened, clinging to his solid back, as if she wanted to embed herself into his body, to carve into his bones and blood.
Human perception seems to be infinitely magnified.
The rich, sweet smell of blood permeated the air, dripping and falling like an elegant white swan in red dancing shoes, ready to dance. Qiao Xi's wrists had long been worn, and the rattling of the chains was a discordant sound.
The pain lasted too long.
There was so much blood flowing that even the pain was numbed.
Zhi Liao held her arm, and the man's slender fingers reached into her wrist wrapped in chains, pulling out the thin nails that pierced her skin one by one in a toy-like manner.
His lips were kissing her wrist.
The sharp canine teeth pressed against Qiao Xi's hand, biting the bloody wound, causing waves of numbing pain.
it hurts--
The wound was bleeding and it felt like I was losing consciousness.
But the scorching heat she felt when he held her in his arms was like evidence urging her to wake up, forcing her to face reality. Perhaps her mind was a little hazy, even Qiao Xi's gaze towards him was hazy, like mist brewing water vapor.
But even so.
She still saw it clearly.
The man's wolfish, bloodthirsty gaze was cold and violent. Perhaps unconsciously, he licked his crimson lips, his eyes gleaming with a dark, radiant light, seductively alluring. And those beautifully shaped, thin lips were stained with her blood.
I felt a little moved for no reason.
Even though she knew that the person in front of her was a vicious wolf that would devour her flesh and blood, Qiao Xi still seemed to be bewitched. She reached out her hand, hugged the man's neck, and pulled him in for a kiss.
She herself was willing to fall.
She was willing to sink.
Drowning in the gentle land of poppies, accepting the devil's bewitching invitation, it all felt like an unreal dream. Qiao Xi stared at the screen in a daze in her mental space.
The stand-in operation can be completed.
The rest of the time would have gone smoothly even without her having to control it. But she was still a little confused, and Qiao Xi was still struggling with that inexplicable sense of familiarity.
What's wrong? I seem to be distracted for a longer time this time.
The Little White Cat System looked at her with some worry. In the past, Qiao Xi would not be distracted during business hours, but she was distracted for a short time when she was face to face with Zhi Liao before.
[No, it just feels familiar...]
Qiao Xi covered her head and groaned, feeling a little annoyed as she sat in her seat.
Looking around, she didn't see the Little Black Cat System anywhere. She also couldn't find the Little Black Cat System in the hibernation pod within her mental perception range, so she tilted her head and asked.
【Where's Xiao Hei? 】
[Oh, that guy's machine has some problems and is repairing it himself.]
The Little White Cat System said so.
They needed maintenance and would be checked every once in a while. If there was a problem with any equipment, they would replace it themselves. Anyway, they could use Qiao Xi's authority to replace parts unconditionally.
【so】
Qiao Xi sighed slightly, held the little white cat system in her arms and patted its head.
The little white cat system looked at her in confusion.
Everyone fell silent, and at this moment, there was a sound of air suddenly deflated after the pressure regulating valve was opened.
"laugh--"
The gas overflowed, and the little black cat system, looking a little embarrassed, shook its wet body and walked out coughing.
[Cough, cough cough…]
It seemed like he just choked.
[Hey, are you okay?] The little white cat system nestled in Qiao Xi's arms and looked at it, while the little black cat system found a place to sit and licked its paws: [It's okay, you don't need to worry about me.]
Finished.
It also looked up at the big screen, the little black cat system paused licking its paws, and then shook its head.
[Alas, you never get tired of playing]
As it said this, it also began to make relevant system records as usual. Whenever this behavior occurred, it was the one that recorded Qiao Xi's emotional changes.
The Little Black Cat System asked as a routine question as it wrote.
【What did you gain this time? 】
As usual, it asked Qiao Xi, the person involved, what she thought. Originally, it expected the girl to shake her head or say she had no idea, but -
Qiao Xi holding the little white cat system.
After a long silence, he said, "I feel like his eyes are familiar. I feel like I'm going to be killed, but I want to get closer."
[You are a masochist]
When the Little White Cat System heard this, it immediately nodded seriously and came to a conclusion.
【familiar? 】
The Little Black Cat System looked at her strangely and paused for a moment while writing the log.
"Hmm, I seem to have seen it somewhere, and it seems like someone has hugged me like this before."
Qiao Xi recalled carefully and nodded.
Because no one had ever harbored such strong murderous intentions towards her, and no one was like Zhi Liao. Because they were not similar, there was no way it could become an opportunity to awaken her memory.
[That must be a character from a small world you've forgotten about. But don't worry if the small world is fake.]
The Little White Cat System took over.
Perhaps when Qiao Xi looked at Zhi Liao, she thought of someone in the small world she had experienced before. After all, the character templates of the protagonists in their scripts and novels are sometimes somewhat similar.
Oh, I see.
The little black cat nodded to show that he understood, and then wrote down what Qiao Xi said.
"However, the integrated collapsed world is very powerful. As the heroine, those people are more or less related to you, so they are stimulated and their memories are disordered, right?"
The Little White Cat system is also analyzing carefully.
Qiao Xi listened to it and occasionally agreed with it.
The little black cat system that was watching the screen with the progress bar replaying the video stopped involuntarily when it saw Qiao Xi approaching Zhi Liao in the picture.
Knowing that you will fall.
Yet, he still willingly fell into the devil's invitation. It's really...
It lowered its head in mockery. It didn't like Qiao Xi's behavior. It liked to see her radiant and powerful appearance, so powerful that she didn't need anyone and wouldn't be shaken by anything.
Only this way.
So that you won’t get hurt.
This decadent feast continues into the eternal night.
The air was filled with the sweet, fishy smell of blood. Qiao Xi had already passed out. Her wrist was bloody and her arms were covered in wounds of varying sizes.
Look further down.
The same is true of Qiao Xi's legs.
Can't control it.
Once something is pure and beautiful, he wants to destroy it. Zhi Liao likes incomplete things because that is the true reality he sees.
He stared at the unconscious woman in his arms.
He looked at her wound for a long time.
Finally, he moved, picked up Qiao Xi and freed her from the chains stained with her blood.
Unprecedented satisfaction.
What no other toy can give is the recognition from one's own kind, the mutual understanding and appreciation from those who are also different.
She would be his only one.
As soon as Qiao Xi extended her hand to him and invited him, he couldn't stop.
"You'll regret this."
A low and hoarse voice fell into the gradually cold air. Zhi Liao lowered his eyes and looked at her like this, with a slight curve at the corner of his lips.
His dark eyes had gone silent.
Only a gentleness that was cruel to the point of being indifferent remained. Such a gentle emotion should not appear in his eyes, but it was Qiao Xi who opened his closed world and pushed open the door to his heart without permission.
So, he didn't plan to let go.
"You insisted on provoking me. Even if I kill you one day, you won't have the chance to regret it."
The hoarse voice spoke like a murmur.
Zhi Liao, who was lying beside her, lifted up the sleeping Qiao Xi's hair, twisted it around his fingertips and played with it.
He gave her many chances.
Countless times, Qiao Xi had the chance to escape from him, but she didn't, and chose to invite the wolf into the house without knowing the consequences.
Even if there are bad consequences.
She was also trapped in her own web.
***
Time passed, and when Qiao Xi woke up, she found herself in the villa where the Xi family imprisoned her.
There is no one around me.
There is nothing, the crazy memories are like a dream.
If she hadn't moved a little.
Since the wound is involved, I'm afraid that such a decadent memory will really be regarded as a dream by her.
Qiao Xi raised her hand.
She looked at her bandaged wrist, leaned in to smell it, and smelled the scent of medicine. She blinked, and then she regained a sense of reality.
Zhi Liao released her.
She inexplicably felt a sense of emptiness and loss, which she thought was a bit regretful. She had originally wanted to see Zhi Liao's expression.
Simply calm down your emotions.
Qiao Xi reached for the cell phone on the bedside table. There were several unread messages on it, sent by Nan Xiangzhu and Yu Zhi.
Needless to say, Nan Xiangzhu.
He just wanted to advise her not to quarrel with the Xi family. Xi's father recently brought other candidates for heir to attend an event, which made Qiao Xi feel a little sense of crisis.
(I'm under house arrest, what's the point of you telling me this?)
Qiao Xi was not polite either.
After typing this line of text to reply to him, I switched the chat box.
Then there is Yu Zhi.
The boy's messages to her were the same as usual, just a normal chat with her. However, Qiao Xi felt that Yu Zhi was not unaware of her current situation.
She did this to anger the Xi family some time ago.
She went out and dated with Yu Zhi a lot, so the rumors about her and Yu Zhi never died down. Later, the Xi family took action to delete all the rumors about her.
(Yu Zhi: See you at 15:00, waiting for you here)
The boy sent her the location of a clothing store. The relationship between Qiao Xi and Yu Zhi was more like that of playmates.
Even though Yu Zhi knew her current situation, he didn't care.
As long as I can come out and play, that's fine.
It would be better to say that he had always believed that Qiao Xi could get out, and he didn't care whether Qiao Xi would inherit the Xi family or not.
Check the time.
It was 2:30 in the afternoon, still half an hour before the time Yu Zhi had said she would be asleep. She had slept quite a bit, but that wasn't surprising, considering how Zhi Liao had treated her yesterday, leaving her covered in bruises.
If you can avoid going out, don’t go out.
So she also typed on the keyboard and sent a message to Yu Zhi.
(My card was frozen and my car was confiscated)
Qiao Xi has nothing now.
Without the status granted by the Xi family, she was no longer the boss of the company, nor was she the highly regarded heir to the Xi family. Those who had once extended their kindness to her had long since disappeared.
She had no cash on her.
Her bank account was frozen, leaving her with no money. Her car was taken back by the Xi family, leaving her with nothing.
Stay here.
There are ingredients in the refrigerator, just enough for a week.
This is the time the Xi family gave her to consider.
In other words, if time passes and she still has no intention of giving in, she will have no connection with the Xi family and return to her former self with nothing.
She can't even live here.
Because the villa where she was imprisoned also belonged to the Xi family. She had nowhere to go, as if there was no place for her in this world. No, not as if, but there was no place for her to go.
What brought Qiao Xi back to her senses was the slight vibration of her cell phone.
She picked it up.
The unlocked screen showed that she had received a new message.
(I'm coming to you)
Yu Zhi only sent her these four words. Qiao Xi was a little moved. She unlocked her phone and looked at the words sent by the boy. She was a little hesitant for a moment and didn't know how to reply.
Say, no need?
That's it.
She didn't really want to move. Her body was covered in scars from Zhi Liao's torture, and she really didn't want to force herself anymore.
then.
She sent these three words, but Yu Zhi, who had just replied to her within seconds, did not receive a reply.
Qiao Xi waited for a while.
After realizing that the other party didn't respond, he simply put down his phone and started to tidy himself up.
The body needs nutrition after all.
Qiao Xi took the ingredients from the refrigerator and started to make breakfast for herself. She hadn't cooked for a long time and was worried that her skills would become rusty.
But, when picking up the kitchen knife.
The recipe is like unfolding before your eyes, and each step is very clear and concise, explaining what to do and how to do it.
She also became more relaxed.
Just as Qiao Xi was immersed in her own world and busy with the final finishing work, a slight sound suddenly came from behind her.
“Crack—”
There was a sound like a shutter, Qiao Xi paused and turned to look over there.
Then……
"Click——" another sound.
She frowned unhappily, and looking at the smiling boy in front of her happily holding his mobile phone, Qiao Xi picked up the spatula and was about to hit him.
"Don't be quick to get angry."
Seeing this, Yu Zhi nimbly dodged her.
Then, the boy put away his phone and walked over, holding Qiao Xi's wrist with one hand and taking the spatula from her hand with the other hand and putting it away.
"Everyone in the circle basically knows that you were abandoned by the Xi family."
That's what I said when I first opened my mouth.
Qiao Xi wasn't surprised at all. She lowered her eyes and said nothing, pushing Yu Zhi away from her. "Is that what you came here to talk about?"
"Of course not. I wanted to invite you to play."
Seeing that Qiao Xi was about to carry the plate herself again, Yu Zhi, who was quick-eyed and quick-handed, glanced at her and took the plate before her.
The contact just now.
He touched Qiao Xi's wrist. Even though the girl concealed it well, her expression became painful at that moment, which made her already pale face look even worse.
What did the Xi family do to her?
Did he use the same methods on his only daughter that he used on those people?
Even if there is a barrier of fabric.
But Qiao Xi was wearing only a thin long-sleeved nightgown. So when Yu Zhi touched her wrist, he didn't feel the same warm skin as at her waist, but a different texture of fabric.
Judging from the slight flaw that was inadvertently revealed when he swung the shovel just now.
should……
Is it a bandage?
So, she was hurt.
"I don't have any mood to play with you right now." Qiao Xi sighed, obviously having a headache about his difficulty.
But Yu Zhi didn't care.
The boy even took chopsticks and a spoon and fed her directly.
"If you're worried about money, that's fine. In my eyes, you've always had nothing."
He said it casually.
It seemed as if he didn't care at all about Qiao Xi's identity. That's right, even if they met again, he would feel happy and joyful, but it was only because... he met Qiao Xi.
I met Qiao Xi.
The person I met was Qiao Xi, who had been through everything but remained strong and radiated beautiful brilliance.
Instead of being given the Xi family surname.
Xi Xi was bound here by an identity. What he wanted was never this person, but only the Qiao Xi under this skin.
"You...are such a weirdo. I have no idea what you're obsessed with."
Qiao Xi, who was being fed by him, had a subtle expression on her face.
It seemed like it had been like this since the beginning. She couldn't understand the role Yu Zhi played in front of her. After all, she had hurt Yu Zhi before, right?
Although this person is evil and has a bad personality.
But there is no doubt.
During that dark time, it was the person in front of her who extended a helping hand to her once and twice and healed the ugly scars on her body.
It’s the same boy as before.
"Do you still carry the ointment you used to get injured during dance practice?"
For no reason.
Qiao Xi suddenly asked this question. Yu Zhi turned his head slightly to look at her. His bright and clear eyes seemed to be shining like stars. Then he raised a brilliant smile.
"Of course I brought it with me. It's also to prevent her from encountering injured kittens. Otherwise, she would just let the wound bleed."
Speaking of this.
Yu Zhi changed the subject, holding his chin with one hand and looking at Qiao Xi with a half-smile.
"But the little wild cat has grown up now. Maybe it has been adopted and no longer needs my help applying the medicine."
“…”
Qiao Xi fell silent for a moment, not knowing how to respond to his words.
I'm talking about wild cats.
Or are you talking about people?
They knew it better than anyone else, but they both pretended to be ignorant and neither of them exposed the other.
Qiao Xi couldn't understand why Yu Zhi was so nice to her.
She also couldn't understand this person's willfulness and recklessness. She didn't think there was anything about him that was worth Yu Zhi's obsession.
He was still feeding her.
She just ate silently, with no intention of speaking first.
Originally, they had a lot of topics to talk about.
For example, how did Yu Zhi know she was here? For example, wouldn’t he be curious and want to know why she has become like this?
But Yu Zhi didn't ask.
Qiao Xi naturally wouldn't bring it up on her own initiative.
Just by looking at the information, Qiao Xi knew Yu Zhi very well. She was also very clear about his personality, but she was not very clear about Yu Zhi's understanding of her.
Can't understand.
So, Qiao Xi was straightforward. After the boy finished feeding her and took the bowl to wash, Qiao Xi looked at his back and spoke.
"Yuzhi, what do you think of me?"
"What do you think?"
Perhaps he was thinking seriously about this issue, for his usually frivolous and playful voice actually took on a rare note of seriousness.
Then.
Yu Zhi put down the washed dishes, turned around and looked at her with a smile.
"Of course it is—the person I cherish the most and the one who is most important to me."
He said so.
Every word he spoke was sincere and full of genuine emotion. Yu Zhi came to Qiao Xi, slightly bent down and stared at Qiao Xi who was sitting on the chair.
When the girl was stunned.
Like a prank, the boy's lips touched Qiao Xi's soft lips lightly.
"That's how I feel about you."
As he spoke, a fiery breath followed. This scorching heat spread deep into his pupils.
In his clear and bright eyes, there was no concealment of his hot and passionate love for Qiao Xi.
So intuitive.
He expressed his feelings so clearly.
"I always feel that you are very far away from me. It seems that as long as I let go, I will never be able to catch you again."
Yu Zhi murmured in a low voice.
He also took Qiao Xi's hand and put it against his face lovingly. Qiao Xi's hand was pulled by him and stroked against his cheek.
Warm and soft face...
There seemed to be a hint of drunkenness in his clear eyes, which was a hazy and undisguised expression of his doting on Qiao Xi.
"You might find it ridiculous, but I just like you this way. No, it's love, right?"
Yu Zhi said this.
After he said he liked it, he muttered and overturned the latter sentence.
"like……?"
It seemed like this was the first time that Qiao Xi had been confessed to so directly. She blinked in confusion and looked at him in bewilderment.
At this time, Yu Zhi slightly narrowed the distance between the two of them.
He chuckled softly.
"Yes, love. No matter what you become, I am fascinated by you and I love you."
Like a declaration.
The loyal knight swore an oath to protect the princess forever. He took Qiao Xi's hand and gave the back of her hand an extremely gentle kiss.
It's like being burned by this scorching temperature.
The girl seemed a little flustered.
She wanted to pull her hand back, but Yu Zhi, who was holding her, looked up at her at this moment. The boy's raised eyebrows had long lost the frivolity and mischief of the past, and what was left was only sincerity.
"So no matter what path you choose, I will accompany you. Because to me, only you are important. This is also the reason why I have always approached you without permission."
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