novelraw Chapter 26 : Evening Border Marsh
Chapter 26 : Evening Border Marsh
Slamming the door with force, Xifeng threw herself onto the bed, burying her entire body under the covers like a dumpling, curling up tightly into a ball.
"......Bastard......" she cursed with some choking in her voice, but no matter how much she cursed, it was hard to resolve the hatred in her chest.
In all her years of living, she had never been humiliated like this before.
Being pressed against the wall and spanked was simply treating her like a milk-toothed child, making her feel more painful and shameful than being slapped in public several times.
For what Bei Yaoyue had just done, she would never forgive Bei Yaoyue in this lifetime!
She took out her phone and skillfully opened the system.
"[Status]:
Satiety: 13.1%
Health: 77.2%
Mood: 6.3%
Shame: 76.5%
Sensitivity: 54.6%
Arousal: 0.5%
[Affection]:
Affection Level: 3
Xifeng now regards Bei Yaoyue as a stranger."
The data in the system dutifully reflected her inner feelings, making her understand that her current resentment toward Bei Yaoyue was definitely not an illusion.
Facts proved that improving affection required daily accumulation, building step by step to reach a thousand miles, but losing all affection only took a few short minutes.
"Bang bang bang."
Suddenly, several knocking sounds came from the bedroom door, interrupting Xifeng's thoughts.
Who else could it be but Bei Yaoyue.
"Xifeng." A soft calling voice drifted in from outside the door, "May I come in?"
"......"
—Get lost! Get the hell out!
Although she really wanted to shout this, reason still made her stop her impulse. She didn't want to be pressed down and beaten again by Bei Yaoyue for using foul language—though strictly speaking, this couldn't even be considered foul language.
After thinking it over, she felt there was no way to stop Bei Yaoyue from entering, so she simply played dead, staying silent under the covers.
"Then I'm coming in."
The sound of the bedroom door opening made Xifeng extremely displeased. Her not speaking didn't mean she was giving consent!
"Get out." She commanded with a stiff tone, her voice sounding muffled after being processed through a layer of blanket.
Xifeng had thought this commanding statement would make Bei Yaoyue even angrier, but to her surprise, Bei Yaoyue didn't say anything, just quietly walked to the bedside and sat down.
"Does it still hurt?" She looked at that bundle of blankets and asked gently.
This was a soft tone that Xifeng had never heard from Bei Yaoyue's mouth before, gentle as rain, flowing like water.
"......" Since she didn't want to acknowledge Bei Yaoyue, Xifeng continued to maintain her silence.
Seeing Xifeng hiding herself in the blankets and unwilling to see her, Bei Yaoyue's eyes drooped, feeling somewhat bitter and unbearable in her heart.
But who could she blame? It was all caused by her own momentary impulse.
She held Xifeng's weakness, held all the initiative in their relationship, and originally had complete ability to develop their relationship in a friendly direction, but she had played a good hand terribly.
It was like playing Fight the Landlord and throwing out four twos with two jokers.
"I'm sorry." She took a deep breath, trying to use the simplest three words to express her inner feelings.
"......?"
The unexpected apology made Xifeng slightly stunned. What act was this? A weasel paying New Year's respects to a chicken?
They say when someone shows unexpected kindness, they're either up to no good or seeking something. She didn't believe that Bei Yaoyue, who had just beaten her, would kindly apologize to her.
There must be a conspiracy!
Thinking this, Xifeng continued playing dumpling.
Seeing that Xifeng still showed no movement, Bei Yaoyue sighed softly, then opened her arms and gently embraced Xifeng who was curled up in the blankets.
She used the softest voice possible and slowly said: "What happened just now was my mistake, and I'm very sorry about it. I momentarily lost control of my emotions and did something excessive.
"I promise you that I absolutely will never do such a thing again in the future. I hope you can forgive me."
Because she had somewhat seen through her own heart, even if she was clumsy in matters of emotion, after experiencing today's events, she more or less understood what kind of feelings she held for Xifeng in her heart.
Therefore, she would absolutely never do similar things a second time.
But as soon as she finished speaking, a sharp pain came from her wrist.
"Ugh!"
In pain, Bei Yaoyue let out a groan.
Looking down, she saw that at some point Xifeng had quietly poked her head out from the blankets, opened her sharp fangs, and was biting tightly on her wrist with such force that she felt as if her entire hand was about to be bitten off.
"I said I would definitely drain your blood today!" Xifeng bit tightly on Bei Yaoyue's wrist and shouted viciously. Due to her teeth clenched together, her pronunciation was somewhat unclear.
Bei Yaoyue's eyes trembled, and a brief moment of panic and fear flashed through them.
Although she only needed to use a bit of force to throw this powerless little weakling away, after brief consideration, she decided to let Xifeng do as she pleased, allowing the discomfort and dizziness from continuously losing blood at her wrist to impact her brain.
"If this can make you feel better." Bei Yaoyue bit her lip, her brain dizzy, but she forcibly maintained a steady tone.
After all, she had come to apologize and ask for forgiveness, so she had to show some sincerity, right?
"......" Xifeng didn't speak, concentrating on drawing fresh, delicious blood from Bei Yaoyue's body.
As blood was lost, she only felt her whole body getting cold, her heart racing, and her head splitting with pain, but Xifeng showed no intention of stopping.
She understood that her body was already sending her danger signals. If she continued to let Xifeng do whatever she wanted, she might really die from excessive blood loss. It was still completely in time to struggle now.
But she took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed her restless body.
She believed Xifeng wouldn't put her to death, because through these two days of interaction, she knew Xifeng was a very kind child. Perhaps it was precisely this kindness originating from her nature that was attracting her.
When her body was gradually swaying and unable to support itself, Xifeng finally released her bite.
"You......" Xifeng was somewhat confused for a moment. Bei Yaoyue had actually just let her drink blood at will. Wasn't she afraid she would harden her heart and kill her?
"Now......" Bei Yaoyue gasped lightly and showed a somewhat weak smile, "can you forgive me?"
At this moment, Xifeng finally understood that Bei Yaoyue had truly come to apologize to her. She felt she was increasingly unable to understand Bei Yaoyue as a person.
This couldn't be blamed on Xifeng, because not only Xifeng, even Bei Yaoyue herself was somewhat unable to understand herself.
Her heart was full of contradictions everywhere.
Xifeng remained silent, and Bei Yaoyue also didn't speak, just quietly gazing at Xifeng, with a light smile at the corner of her mouth as gentle as a breeze, her beautiful eyes blinking from time to time, sparkling with starlight.
Bei Yaoyue rarely showed a smile. On her face, smiles were often rarer than tears.
But undeniably, she looked really beautiful when she smiled, like the Matsumoto cherry blossoms that had just bloomed in early April—young, tender, yet breathtakingly beautiful.
And her smile had only bloomed for Xifeng all these years.
Infected by this beautiful scene, plus Bei Yaoyue's actions just now made Xifeng see that she indeed felt remorse, Xifeng's heart momentarily wavered.
Should she... give Bei Yaoyue another chance?
She sniffled and suddenly turned her head away, only leaving Bei Yaoyue with the back of her head, saying quietly: "Since you've begged me like this, then I'll magnanimously forgive you this time, but... this is only once!"
"Okay."
Bei Yaoyue couldn't help but smile, smiling even more brilliantly than before.
(End of Volume 1)