Because of My Stupidity, I Became a Timid Vampire

Chapter 50 : Awakening

"Mmm—"

Putting down her digital tablet, Bei Yaoyue stretched her tall, slender body and yawned, letting out a comfortable moan as she looked with satisfaction at the illustration on screen that had cost her countless mental effort and energy.

It was the commission Xifeng had requested from her under the guise of "Sister Jiang." Although she ultimately learned it was all just a farce, she had still decided to finish this drawing, and to achieve perfection, she had poured far more emotion and time into it than her other illustrations.

The reason was simple—though Xifeng hadn't said it explicitly, the two characters in the drawing were obviously the two of them, so Xifeng's meaning seemed more than obvious.

Recalling Xifeng's tender lips and delicate skin, Bei Yaoyue couldn't help but show a faint smile at the corner of her mouth.

Since meeting Xifeng, she had probably smiled more than the past three years combined.

To complete the final details of this illustration, Bei Yaoyue had been busy from the moment she woke up until now, never leaving her room once, only finally finishing her work as noon approached.

—She wondered what Xifeng was doing, to have made no noise all morning. Could she still be sleeping?

Thinking this, and calculating that it was about time for lunch anyway, Bei Yaoyue opened her door and walked out, but the first thing she saw was Xifeng's room with its door wide open. She looked inside but didn't see any sign of Xifeng.

Feeling puzzled, Bei Yaoyue called out loudly: "Xifeng?"

What answered her was deathly silence, which made her realize that Xifeng had long since left the house.

At this moment, the completely cold breakfast on the coffee table entered Bei Yaoyue's field of vision. She walked over and pulled out the note from under the plate.

After reading the words on it, Bei Yaoyue froze in place, her cicada-wing-like eyelashes trembling lightly, her lowered gaze revealing the unease in her heart.

Xifeng had actually snuck out alone without telling her, which made Bei Yaoyue feel an indescribable sense of loss. She hesitated for a moment, then dialed Xifeng's number.

"Hello? Bei Yaoyue?"

"It's me. Where did you go?"

"Uh... a friend of mine came to Crescent City to visit me, so I'm just spending time with her."

"Male or female?"

"A girl, of course!"

Breathing a slight sigh of relief, Bei Yaoyue asked again: "What's your relationship with her?"

"She's my childhood friend, kind of like your relationship with Su Weiai."

After a moment of silence, Bei Yaoyue asked: "Where are you now?"

"At Minghua Shopping Center in Yuhua District. Why?"

"I'm coming over now."

"Hah? What are you coming for? She came to visit me, and you don't even know her. Wouldn't it be awkward if you came?"

"We'll know each other once we meet."

"Uh... I don't think it's appropriate."

"I'm your sister. I'm worried about you being out alone."

"What's there to worry about? I'm old enough to know how to protect myself. You don't need to worry."

"......"

Walking back to her bedroom, Bei Yaoyue stared blankly at the illustration on screen, her mind somewhat distracted.

"Is there anything else? If not, I'm hanging up."

"......"

"Then I'm hanging up."

"Beep... beep... beep..."

The short, dull dial tone sounded, informing her that Xifeng had hung up the phone. Bei Yaoyue put down her phone, her mind in chaos, but her thoughts were clearer than ever before.

After thinking for a long time, she slowly showed a self-mocking smile and whispered to herself: "So I've been wrong all along?"

Looking back at their week of interaction since meeting, Bei Yaoyue felt she seemed to have done many things wrong—so wrong it was outrageous.

Simply because of her strong possessiveness, she had resorted to "underhanded means" to force Xifeng to become her maid, then made many excessive demands of her, never even considering Xifeng's feelings.

Looking back now, Bei Yaoyue only felt ridiculous. Given all the things she had done, what gave her the audacity to claim she liked Xifeng?

What right did she have to arbitrarily imprison this golden canary who should be soaring in the sky in her cage?

To love someone, you should give them freedom, not use every means possible to bind them to your side.

As if losing all strength, she leaned back in her chair. Bei Yaoyue silently stared out the window in a daze, feeling that perhaps she needed to find someone to confide her inner troubles to.

"Su Weiai."

"Bei Yaoyue?" The voice on the other end was clearly happy. "Did you decide to go see the movie with me?"

"Yes, let's meet at the cinema entrance at 1:30."

After speaking, Bei Yaoyue paused, then said softly: "In the evening, come have dinner with me too."

"Sure, sure!"

Minghua Shopping Center, three minutes earlier.

"Who called you?" He Pingge asked casually. Today she wore a light blue chiffon dress with pure white three-quarter socks. Combined with her energetic smile and beautiful features, she looked quite youthfully vibrant.

"It was my sister, uh no..."

Realizing she seemed to have let something slip, Xifeng hurriedly tried to correct herself, but it was obviously too late.

"Hm?" He Pingge showed a playful smile. "Sister? When did you get a sister?"

Embarrassedly covering her face, Xifeng wanted to find a hole to dive into. She had gotten so used to Bei Yaoyue being her sister these past few days that she had said it almost unconsciously.

But then she thought about it—since she had already changed her surname to Bei Yao, this was something others would find out sooner or later anyway, so there was nothing to hide.

So Xifeng told He Pingge everything about her and Bei Yaoyue over the past few days, though of course some unspeakable details were glossed over with coaxing and deception.

"Eh, being adopted by Bei Yaochen—there's such a good thing?"

"Good thing?" Xifeng couldn't help but smile bitterly. Living with that kind of person—you call that a good thing?

"Although I don't have much concept of the Bei Yao family's wealth, I have a rough idea. Isn't having that much money good?" He Pingge said seriously. "This isn't me being materialistic—the world is just like this. Money makes the mare go. If you have money, you can have advantages over others in almost every aspect."

"Don't even mention it. That bastard Bei Yaoyue has nothing good about her except money." Xifeng sighed with a helpless expression.

"Speaking of which." He Pingge suddenly moved closer to Xifeng, lowered her voice, and said somewhat mysteriously: "I want to ask Xixi a question."

"Hm? Go ahead."

"You know I like girls, right?"

"I know."

"Then I want to ask you." He Pingge smiled gently. "How do you view homosexuality?"