Master Xiao Weeps Over His Beloved Little Darling (18)
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“I said it’s all swollen!” Before she could finish, the man’s palm pressed firmly over her mouth.
“I wasn’t even trying, you’re too delicate!” Yan Jiu’s voice was low and hoarse, almost unbearable. Suppressing the restless heat rising in his chest, he forced himself to speak patiently, “Not that line. Say it again.”
“Don’t want to pay attention to you anymore?” Hua Mi blinked in surprise, having never heard such a strange request.
Yan Jiu seemed a bit distracted, clearly not expecting her to say that.
Seizing the moment of his distraction, Hua Mi slipped away swiftly while he let his guard down.
Yan Jiu exhaled a breath of stale air as he watched the little girl’s retreating figure and didn’t stop her.
He lit a cigarette and walked to the window, letting the cold wind blow.
Her words flashed through his mind one by one—swollen, liking, and so on.
He took a drag, but the wind outside couldn’t dispel the burning heat inside the room.
“Waaah.” Hua Mi collapsed onto the bed and began to cry.
“I won’t do missions for a long time. If Lord Jiu bullies me again, I’ll be scarred forever, wahhh!”
She lifted her shirt to look at the two large purple handprints on her waist, crying even harder.
She couldn’t even wear crop tops anymore!
What was worse were two points: they were too painful to touch and unbearably strange.
[Host, no!]
[You’re the first to make the male lead so fiercely possessive of you!]
[There are many items in the shop. How about redeeming a desensitizing pill or a healing pill? The male lead’s darkening value has dropped a lot, and now we have points too!]
“Waaah, no, I want to save points to buy little dresses!”
[Fine then...]
At midnight, the city had already fallen into slumber.
Yan Jiu stood silently by the window, gazing at the steel beast lurking in the darkness.
The night outside seemed swallowed by shadow, yet his eyes occasionally flickered with images of the girl, either crying or pouting.
He stood there all night.
At dawn, the man crushed the cigarette butt between his fingers.
The swirling thoughts that had brewed all night failed to nourish the sprout breaking through the soil; instead, it was mercilessly buried.
His gaze seemed to pierce through the wall, fixed on the person next door.
Something was about to spiral out of control.
He could no longer let himself continue like this.
[Ding! Male lead’s darkening value +4%, current value 100%. Keep it up!]
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The next day, Hua Mi was in class when the system’s alert startled her.
Hua Mi: “?” What the heck? Why did the darkening value suddenly max out again?
[Host, waaaah—]
Anticipating the system’s wailing, Hua Mi quickly muted it.
Sure enough, Yan Jiu’s figure was nowhere to be seen that night.
The male lead had gone missing again, still carrying his full darkening value.
[Alert! Alert! Alert!]
More than three months had passed since the male lead’s disappearance; the weather was turning colder.
Hua Mi received the system’s alarm just after finishing her shift and stepping out of the bar.
The male lead’s death crisis had arrived.
Anxiously, she followed the system’s navigation.
The night at the seaside dock should have been quiet and cold, but now it was ablaze with fire and thick with smoke.
Under the darkness, the cold sea roared like a raging beast, waves surging wildly.
Pale moonlight spilled over the sea but was instantly torn into silver shards by the waves.
When Hua Mi arrived, she only caught a glimpse of Yan Jiu collapsing into the sea, shot.
Without hesitation, she jumped in after him.
Yan Jiu’s pupils shrank sharply upon seeing her in free fall.
At first, he thought it was a hallucination until her soft, warm hand grasped his.
In that instant, a flood of emotions overwhelmed him—doubt, worry, anger, tension, disbelief. All he managed was to clutch her tightly and crash into the turbulent sea.
After that, he lost consciousness, believing this time he was doomed.
Yet, to his surprise, he could still open his eyes.
In a cave, the faint flickering firelight warmed his chilled body.
Yan Jiu’s consciousness drifted, wavering between faint and lucid.
After an unknown time, he struggled to open his eyes.
Enduring pain, he lowered his head and saw his bullet wound wrapped in fine cloth.
That seemed to trigger a memory: the moment before plunging into the sea rushed back.
He abruptly sat up, anxiously searching for another figure.
Fortunately, he saw her immediately.
The little girl sat opposite him, hugging her knees, eyes half-closed as she dozed, separated by a small fire.
Her clothes were torn and ragged; the ripped fabric had been used to bandage his wound.
Near the fire lay a bullet casing, extracted from his chest.
Though unconscious, Yan Jiu could roughly piece together what had happened.
Suddenly, the girl woke with a start.
She seemed frightened by something and opened her eyes wide.
Hua Mi was awakened by the system’s call and hurried to his side upon seeing him awake.
“Lord Jiu! You’re awake? How do you feel?” Her worry was genuine, but it only made Yan Jiu angrier, his fury snuffing out reason.
“Why were you there?”
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“Why did you jump down?”
“Who told you to jump after me?”
“Do you not care about your life!?”
He had never shouted at her like this before, like a wild beast enraged, revealing his most violent side.
“Waaah, you’re so scary! If I hadn’t jumped after you, you would have died, wahhh.”
“I don’t want you to die, wahhh.”
“Please don’t shout at me, okay? So scary and fierce, wahhh.”
“My clothes got wet, and I tore them to bandage you. Your wounds are so frightening. Wahhh, I saved you, so why are you still mad at me, wahhh…”
Her crying was silenced by the man’s sudden capture of her lips.
Yan Jiu grasped her chin and kissed her, muffling her sobs.
He held her cold body close, warming her, pressing down on her lips with urgent, grinding passion.
The chill on both of them seemed to dissipate beneath this fervent kiss.
His grip was heavy and relentless; the emotions he had suppressed surged again, even stronger than before.
He seemed intent on devouring her alive, not even allowing her to breathe.
[Ding! Male lead’s darkening value -20%, current value 80%. Keep it up!]
The sharp drop in the darkening value exposed the wavering emotions beneath.
The kiss lingered too long; the little girl melted completely in his arms, her delicate struggles and cries crushed by his dominance—bullied mercilessly with no reprieve.
After an unknown time, the fierce kiss softened into lingering caresses.
Yan Jiu’s eyes were deep and dark, like a black whirlpool pulling her in.
He wrapped her tightly in his arms, his large frame easily enveloping her completely.
Covered by his presence, Hua Mi’s cheeks flushed crimson, her eyes shimmering with tears as she gasped for the stolen air.
Yan Jiu stroked her damp hair, his voice hoarse: “Cold?”
As if responding, the little girl shivered violently, sneezing, “Ah-choo!”
He hugged her tighter, lips brushing the crown of her head, gentle and tender.
“Lord Jiu…” she whispered.
“Mm,” he replied, lowering his head to seal her lips once more.
They clung to each other, finding warmth in the cold, dark night.
The crackling fire cast flickering shadows, peaceful and serene.
Yan Jiu held the sleeping girl, staring out into the pitch-black cave, his gaze profound and mysterious.