Chapter 61.061 Freedom.
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Jiang Ling'er had been asleep for half the night when the little poisonous creature finally returned, covered in the cold and frost of the night.
Through her sleepy eyes, a figure stood silently by the bedside, radiating the chill of the frosty night. She wondered how long he had been watching her like that…
Jiang Ling'er muttered, "Why didn't you say anything when you came back?"
As she spoke, she lazily yawned and leaned involuntarily toward the person standing by the bed, with an affection she herself was unaware of.
She was usually quite oblivious, but she wasn't entirely unwary. The soreness from fighting with Master Ma and Master Lu during the day still lingered in her body. Yet, before the little poisoner even reached her bedside, she had already sensed his presence outside the room. She felt the wisps of ghostly fire, like the strings binding a puppet, constantly tugging at her and seducing her.
Following her instinct to crave the ghostly flames on his body, she easily found the little poisonous creature. She wrapped her arms around his waist and abdomen, rubbing her cheeks affectionately against his waist and abdomen, greedily absorbing the ghostly flames on his body. Sure enough, in no time, the soreness in her body subsided considerably.
After a long silence, the man finally paused, leaning in to embrace her with a force that seemed to press her into his very bones. His deep, husky voice, somewhere between youth and adolescence, whispered softly in her ear:
"……let's go."
"Why do you have..." Compared to the uncomfortable force binding her, the faint metallic scent emanating from the little poisonous creature's clothes made her brow furrow. "The smell of blood?"
The drowsiness that had just been there vanished instantly. Jiang Ling'er quickly struggled out of the little poisoner's arms, leaned out, and reached for the lamp oil on the table, but the little poisoner held her hand down.
"I'm fine."
The little poisonous creature suddenly paused, turned around and saw Jiang Ling'er quietly looking at him. The cold moonlight shone through the window frame, as if splashing ink and coating Jiang Ling'er with a layer of silver light.
A thin red shoulder strap was tied around her neck, slid crookedly down to her shoulder, like a red plum blossom on snow, which could fall off with a gentle flick.
She had never liked sleeping in clothes since she was a child. Later... she suffered a misfortune and became homeless. Her former life became a luxury, like a dream. Her life as a wanderer with Little Poison was often filled with hardship and sleeping in the open. Many times, they didn't even have a decent bed. Finally, they arrived in Qing Shi Town and found a place to stay.
They now have a decent home.
Of course, most importantly, I picked up this habit again because I had people I could trust around me.
However, because the weather in the north was too cold, I only added a piece of clothing to cover myself.
Now, she was already in a bad sleeping position, and because she had been too anxious after smelling the blood on the little poisonous creature, she didn't think twice before lifting the covers and reaching for the oil lamp on the table, and the covers slipped down her shoulders...
The small poisonous creature suddenly stopped.
The hand that was holding hers instantly turned into a grip, which hurt a little.
His Adam's apple bobbed up and down, and his voice inexplicably became much lower and hoarse.
"...You saw it all."
The little poisoner's eyes changed almost instantly. Like a wild beast lurking in the depths of the night, he suddenly revealed his sharp claws and pounced on Jiang Ling'er on the bed. Just as he was about to bury his head and bite down hard on the lips beneath him, he was suddenly covered by one hand and pressed against her forehead by the other, forcing her to distance herself from the person beneath her.
Jiang Ling'er braced her hands between the two of them, like a fish out of water finally finding a small patch of space to breathe, and glared at him:
"Don't interrupt!"
She tilted her head back and forth, sniffing the little poisoner's clothes, staring at him suspiciously:
"The smell of blood is so strong... You're not lying to me?"
Little Poison: "..."
Seeing that no one answered, Jiang Ling'er narrowed her eyes and deliberately lowered her voice:
"You know, I hate being lied to the most."
The little poisonous creature's long eyelashes trembled, and it froze.
In the depths of a dark alley, a straw raincoat was torn in two and lay on the ground.
He stomped his foot hard into the snow, grinding it bit by bit, staring down at him, and said, word by word:
Who do you think you are, to call me senior brother?
The boy was breathing heavily, blood gushing from the corner of his mouth, yet he could still laugh.
[Ha...hahaha...If Master knew that you and that orphaned Jiang girl were deeply in love, even forgetting the Longevity Mantra and repeatedly disregarding the threat of the Gu worms flaring up in your body...what do you think Master would do?]
The little poisoner's thin, slightly pale lips were pressed tightly together, forming a thin line. The hand that was holding Jiang Ling'er's waist suddenly tightened, digging into the soft flesh of Jiang Ling'er's waist.
You... dare to threaten me?
A terrifying red mist appeared in his eyes. In the dead of night, in a corner where no one could see him, he grabbed the boy's head and slammed it against the wall again and again.
He didn't know how many times he had bumped into him, until the boy's blood splattered on a corner of his robe. Remembering that someone was waiting for him to come home, he stopped, and the boy collapsed weakly from his grasp onto the snow.
The little poisonous creature picked up the fallen snow and rubbed it vigorously on the corner of the robe stained with blood until not a trace could be seen before it stopped and went home.
A faint murmur suddenly came from behind:
[Then...the orphan girl of the Jiang family doesn't know...that her senior brother is lying to her, right?]
The little poisonous creature froze instantly, as if it had fallen into an ice cellar in the freezing cold.
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"Hey...hey! Are you even listening to me? Where's the smell of blood coming from? What happened? Why are you so late? And..." Jiang Ling'er pushed him away hard with the hand that was on his forehead, "You're hurting me!"
As if waking from a dream, the little poisoner loosened his grip on her waist, and Jiang Ling'er slipped away from him like an eel, wrapping herself tightly in the blankets. She stared at him, her brows furrowed.
"Hey, what's wrong with you? You're acting... weird?"
In the past, Jiang Ling'er would never question Little Poison. She was very easygoing and never liked doing such things, but Little Poison was acting very strangely tonight.
The room was dimly lit, and the moonlight was faint, so Jiang Ling'er couldn't see the expression on the little poisoner's face. After thinking for a moment, she decided to light the candles. This time, the little poisoner didn't stop her.
The large, warm yellow candlelight illuminated the little poisonous creature's strikingly beautiful face, which was pale and resembled a snow-covered mountain.
The little poisoner looked dejected and after a long while said in a sullen voice, "I... saved someone, maybe that's when I got hooked on it."
He briefly recounted how Wu San was bitten by a snake and how he used a Gu worm to suck the venom from Wu San's body, thus saving his legs. He omitted the mention of the "king cobra" and only said that he was bitten by a rare venomous snake.
Jiang Ling'er listened for a while, then laughed: "Isn't this a good thing? Why are you stammering for so long? You scared me to death."
The little poisoner snorted, glanced at her, and said with a dark face, "What, you think I've caused trouble again? In your heart, all I do is cause trouble all day long?"
It finally started to resemble its former appearance.
Seeing this, Jiang Ling'er finally breathed a sigh of relief; this was the little poisoner after all.
"How could that be?" In the past, Jiang Ling'er would definitely have argued with him several times, but since he had done something so great today, Jiang Ling'er didn't want to spoil his mood. "By the way, what did you say earlier? Where were you taking me?"
They've already discussed and argued about this issue.
The little poisoner watched as Jiang Ling'er's thin lips moved, then silently swallowed the rest of his words.
She won't go.
She wanted revenge; she wanted to clear the old镖头's name in front of the world. He knew that.
She won't go with him.
He knew all along, didn't he?
The little poisoner stared silently at Jiang Ling'er, who was also staring back at him in silence, her brows furrowing and then relaxing.
Suddenly, she hugged the blankets in her arms tighter and leaned over—
She kissed his lips.
The little poisonous creature's long eyelashes trembled suddenly, its gaze followed suit, and it froze on the spot.
Seeing the little poisonous creature's astonished expression, Jiang Ling'er also froze, staring at the pair of beautiful, dark eyes so close to her, her almond-shaped eyes blinking rapidly. Realizing something... she retreated somewhat awkwardly.
"So you didn't... want me to kiss you? You kept looking at me, I thought you wanted..."
This was the first time Jiang Ling'er had ever felt so embarrassed.
So embarrassed... a blush spread from my cheeks to my neck, and I didn't know what to do with my hands!
Almost the instant she finished speaking, the little poisoner's eyes changed, and he chased after her, tackling Jiang Ling'er down onto the soft couch!
The candlelight was startled by the sudden noise, flickered for a moment, and then resolutely continued to burn.
The ghostly flames surged instantly, scalding Jiang Ling'er so much that she trembled all over!
She was as if she were drowning in a sea shimmering with a luminous blue light, only managing to pat the little poisonous creature's back while saying:
"Put out the candles! Put them out!"
The little poisonous creature bit the corner of the brocade quilt wrapped around Jiang Ling'er, pulled it open, and its hot breath sprayed onto Jiang Ling'er's bare, delicate collarbone. Its dark eyes swept over her from head to toe, and it uttered a rare, extremely impudent remark, tinged with a hint of resentment:
"What part of your body haven't I seen or touched? I won't destroy you!"
Jiang Ling'er was speechless with anger: "...You!"
The little poisoner suddenly softened his tone, grabbing Jiang Ling'er's wrists with one hand and raising them above his head. He leaned down, his high, straight nose brushing against Jiang Ling'er's skin, his voice becoming even hoarser:
"Didn't you... want me to do this?"
Jiang Ling'er paused, then blushed all over: "..."
The tips of her ears were so red they looked like they could bleed.
For some reason, Jiang Ling'er could clearly sense that the little poisoner wasn't in a good mood today.
“…Yes.” She stared into the small animal’s beautiful, wet, dark eyes, and said as if possessed, “This is a reward for the good deed you did today.”
The little poisonous creature paused, seemingly surprised by the answer, and was stunned.
Then, Jiang Ling'er effortlessly opened her hands that were binding her, stared straight at him, and instead pressed him down... sitting on top of him.
This time, the little poisonous creature not only trembled its long eyelashes, but also felt a shiver run through its body as if it had been electrocuted.
After a long silence...
He held her waist with both hands.
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Jiang Ling'er was like a swan with its neck outstretched, floating in a turbulent, fluorescent blue ocean.
Sometimes it is pounded against the rocks by the waves, and sometimes it is scattered and gathered again by the giant waves like rootless duckweed.
She craned her neck, breathing heavily. Amidst the rushing torrent like a raging torrent, she saw a moon rising and falling outside the window and the vast, boundless sky.
In the shock and release of shattered reason, I felt something I hadn't felt in a long time—
free.
It's about freedom... freedom!
As if her soul was wandering in the boundless sky, Jiang Ling'er was lost in a daze... when suddenly someone pulled her back!
In an instant, it felt as if I had been pulled back to the ground from the sky!
In the blink of an eye, Jiang Ling'er was pinned down!
The bright moon, rising and falling intermittently, was replaced by a pair of unfathomable, dark eyes.
Staring intently at her, he spoke each word carefully:
"Say you love me."
For a fleeting moment, Little Poison felt... that Jiang Ling'er was about to leave him.
In a fit of immense panic, he pinned her down, gripping her wrists above her head, his eyes fixed on her unfocused almond-shaped eyes, forcing her to say, word by word:
"Say you won't leave me!"
When Jiang Ling'er was being bullied, she would bite the "slave" mark on the little poisoner's left shoulder.
For example, right now.
She didn't know what was wrong with the little poisoner tonight, or if all young lads were so reckless and lacking in self-control! But she was unwilling to admit defeat so easily... and she certainly couldn't beg for mercy from this guy! So she had no choice but to bite him.
She had two small tiger teeth, which were now fiercely biting at the "slave" mark on the little poisonous creature's left shoulder. But after a while, she was forced to jump around, and the biting turned into... licking/kissing.
Jiang Ling'er's fragile rationality was on the verge of collapse; her mind was a complete mess, and she forgot what she was doing and what she was even arguing about.
The little poisonous creature, however, knew what she was doing.
For a moment, I was confused and my whole body stiffened slightly. My entire left shoulder, especially the "slave" mark that she had licked/kissed on my left shoulder, felt incredibly hot.
His lost, long-absent rationality finally returned somewhat. He was silent for a while, then suddenly chuckled softly.
"Perhaps... I should also put a slave mark on your shoulder."
As he spoke, he bent down and buried his face in her left shoulder hollow, grinding his teeth against the delicate skin beneath her skin... but in the end, he couldn't bear to.
In the end, he only placed a burning kiss on her sweaty shoulder.
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