novelraw Chapter 23 : Walking Into the Tiger's Den
Chapter 23 : Walking Into the Tiger's Den
"Any thoughts?" Opening the apartment door, Bei Yaoyue turned back to look at the little vampire behind her.
"Eh?" Following Bei Yaoyue through the door, Xifeng showed a slightly surprised expression. "What kind of thoughts are you asking about?"
Bei Yaoyue paused for a moment and answered: "Thoughts about becoming my younger sister."
After carefully choosing her words for a moment, Xifeng gave an awkward laugh: "Uh... no particular thoughts."
Strictly speaking, it wasn't that she had none, but that she didn't dare say them.
Although she had agreed in the heat of the moment, thinking carefully about it, Xifeng felt a bit of regret in her heart.
From now on, she had become a true family with Bei Yaoyue, and from this point forward, there would be no way to ever cut ties with Bei Yaoyue.
This meant she had completely boarded Bei Yaoyue's pirate ship, and the doors had been welded shut—there was no possibility of getting off.
Blinking her eyes, Bei Yaoyue's expression remained unchanged as she said softly: "Call me big sister and let me hear it."
"..." Xifeng gave an awkward laugh but didn't speak.
For some reason, even though she had called out the extremely shameful title of "master" more than once, she somehow couldn't bring herself to say this perfectly normal word "sister."
But she believed that if she didn't call out, Bei Yaoyue would have ways to make her speak, so she still hesitantly prepared to choose compromise.
But before she could speak, Bei Yaoyue said first: "Don't want to call me that? Then forget it."
This unexpected reaction made Xifeng slightly stunned. How had Bei Yaoyue suddenly become so reasonable? Was this still the Bei Yaoyue she knew?
Unlike Xifeng's head full of confusion, Bei Yaoyue's heart was full of contradictions that disturbed her peace of mind.
Although she had just given the order for Xifeng to call her big sister, she actually regretted it the moment the words left her mouth.
For some reason, she somewhat disliked—could even be called disgusted by—Xifeng using the title "big sister" for her.
If possible, she still preferred Xifeng calling her "master."
Even calling her by name directly would be better than calling her big sister.
As for why... she didn't know, and didn't want to know.
"It's getting late." Looking up at the time on the clock, Bei Yaoyue turned and walked toward her room. "I'm going to take a bath."
"Oh okay, after you finish I'll wash up too."
Xifeng lazily lay down on the sofa, pulling out her phone from her pocket, planning to pass the boring time.
Unlocking the screen, there was an extremely conspicuous message notification.
"From QQ: Your friend 'He Pingge' sent you a message."
Clicking on it revealed an extremely brief message.
"Xifei Xifei!"
This message had only four characters and an exclamation mark, but it was completely sufficient to feel He Pingge's urgent mood from it.
Thinking that perhaps He Pingge really had something to find her about, Xifeng quickly replied: "What's the matter?"
Perhaps He Pingge was also playing with her phone right then, as she replied to Xifeng's message almost instantly: "Teacher Hana ni Kaze updated this afternoon."
"..." The corner of Xifeng's mouth twitched violently. Just this trivial matter? What did this have to do with her?
"And then?" Out of politeness, she still acted interested.
"I'll show you and then you'll understand."
What followed was an image. Even thinking with her butt, she knew it was a yuri erotica image, but since there was no one else around her right now, she had no qualms about clicking on it directly.
In the picture, a black-haired girl in a white dress had pinned a naked silver-haired girl wearing only black over-knee socks against the wall. The black-haired girl had her knee positioned between the silver-haired girl's legs, her left hand locking both of the silver-haired girl's hands against the wall above her head, while her right hand playfully toyed with her chin.
The consistently exquisite art style and beautiful lines outlined the silver-haired girl's tender and seductive body curves. The perfectly balanced coloring made the overall image clean and refined, extremely comfortable to look at. Her crimson eyes, clear and lively like a lake, gave the silver-haired girl a soul, while her flushed cheeks and shy expression added an air of seeming rejection yet invitation.
Undoubtedly, this was a very high-quality yuri erotica image that could even be used directly as an H-scene in a top-tier galgame without any problems.
But after looking carefully all around, Xifeng's expression froze completely on her face.
Because the silver-haired girl in the picture bore at least nine-tenths resemblance to her appearance!
The petite figure and washboard-flat chest made her almost certain that the silver-haired girl in the picture was modeled after her.
And the black-haired girl who had the silver-haired girl tightly confined within a cage formed by her body—although only showing her back without showing her face, that shoulder-length straight black hair, that familiar silhouette, that white dress she had just seen, made her deeply believe this was definitely Bei Yaoyue without doubt!
With an indescribable mood, Xifeng typed with a stiff expression: "It's drawn quite well. Looking like me is probably just a coincidence."
"Mm..."
Not in the mood to guess what He Pingge meant by replying with such a character, Xifeng just wanted to quickly end this conversation: "I'm going to take a bath, then sleep after bathing. Tomorrow is Monday and I still have to go to school. You should also rest early."
"Okay, good night."
"Good night."
Typing the last character and pressing send, at this time, Bei Yaoyue came out of her room carrying some bathing supplies.
To verify the not-very-mature idea in her heart, Xifeng called out softly: "Um... Bei Yaoyue."
"What is it?"
"Come here for a moment, I want to show you something."
What she was doing was quite risky. She thought, if the facts were different from her guess, would Bei Yaoyue think of her as a pervert?
But if she didn't figure this matter out, her curiosity would torture her to death.
"?" Although there was some unwillingness on her face, Bei Yaoyue still gave face and slowly came to her side. "What is it?"
"I want to show you a picture."
Saying this, Xifeng opened the previous yuri erotica image and held it in front of Bei Yaoyue, while secretly observing Bei Yaoyue's expression.
"!?"
Bei Yaoyue's pupils suddenly contracted, and several flashes of panicked light quickly passed through her blue eyes.
But soon, she controlled her emotions, quickly returning to an appearance of nothing having happened, saying calmly: "Where did you see this picture?"
"My friend sent it to me. I thought the two people in it looked a lot like us two, so I wanted to show you."
Bei Yaoyue quickly turned her back: "I didn't expect you liked looking at this kind of thing."
"I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense." Xifeng could only give an awkward laugh and start the triple denial, though what Bei Yaoyue said wasn't wrong either.
She was also a pervert—as long as it was erotica, whether yuri erotica or not, she liked it all.
"I'm going to take a bath."
Without giving Xifeng any chance to turn things around, Bei Yaoyue quickly walked toward the bathroom as if fleeing.
Watching Bei Yaoyue's back, Xifeng fell into contemplation.
Although Bei Yaoyue controlled it well, that instant of panic was still accurately captured by Xifeng.
Could it be that the so-called Hana ni Kaze... was really Bei Yaoyue!?
This guess seemed somewhat unrealistic, but if this were true, everything would make sense. Otherwise, where in the world could there be such a coincidence?
Suddenly, a bold idea emerged in her heart.
—Bei Yaoyue was currently taking a bath, and when she left her room she probably didn't lock the door. How about taking advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to enter Bei Yaoyue's bedroom and investigate?
Xifeng felt that as long as she could figure out what Bei Yaoyue did all day cooped up in her bedroom, many of the mysteries surrounding her could be solved.
But then she recalled Bei Yaoyue's warning: "Without my permission, you're not allowed to peek into my bedroom, much less sneak in. Otherwise, I'll definitely make you regret it."
If Bei Yaoyue discovered she had secretly entered her room, there would probably be big trouble.
But thinking again, opportunity knocks but once. If she waited until Bei Yaoyue finished bathing, she would never have such a good chance again, and then it would be too late for regrets.
So she gritted her teeth, got up, and tiptoed toward Bei Yaoyue's bedroom.
It was just secretly entering Bei Yaoyue's bedroom. Even if she was unfortunately discovered, Bei Yaoyue couldn't kill her, right?
Moreover, Bei Yaoyue was currently bathing and couldn't possibly know, so there was no need to scare herself.
Standing in front of that door she had never entered before, Xifeng's heartbeat rapidly accelerated. She turned her head to look, confirming the bathroom door was tightly locked, then took a deep breath and pushed the door open to enter.
What hit her nose was a gardenia-like fragrance—that was Bei Yaoyue's scent. The clear and rich aroma made her somewhat infatuated with this smell.
This was a very simple room, without the legendary girl's boudoir atmosphere full of girlish feeling. Instead, it was filled with yuri R18 paintings and wallpapers that could make an otaku die of social death instantly.
Being in such a high-concentration 2D environment, even Xifeng, who had been baptized by erotica, couldn't help but feel her face heating up.
And on the computer desk beside the bed, there were two large monitors and a graphics tablet—although she didn't understand drawing, she knew graphics tablets were equipment used for computer illustration.
One of the lit monitors displayed exactly the yuri erotica image He Pingge had sent her earlier.
Could it really be...
Xifeng swallowed hard. If Bei Yaoyue really was the so-called "Hana ni Kaze", then from the image updated this afternoon, it was completely clear that Bei Yaoyue definitely had ulterior motives toward her!
Her decision today was literally walking into the tiger's den!
This place was not suitable for a long stay. Since she had already obtained the information she wanted, she should return to a safe environment as quickly as possible.
But before she could turn around, a low roar filled with anger and panic came from behind her.
"Who gave you permission to come in!?"