Chapter 23: The Chaebol Heir’s Canary — Lock Her Up So She Can Never Leave

Since the day she met Jiang Qiuyan, her pheromones had always been faint. Even during heat, they had never been this overwhelming.

Now these pheromones that made her uncomfortable carried a commanding sharpness, like a beast roaring to intimidate its rival before a duel. Jiang Qiuyan was suppressing her with pheromones.

For Shi Yu, this was a one-sided slaughter.

Even if she had wanted to resist, her body wouldn’t move. Let alone the fact that her consciousness was hazy and her vision so blurred she couldn’t even make out Jiang Qiuyan’s face.

“Little Yu, answer me.” Jiang Qiuyan lifted her head from Shi Yu’s chest, her eyes dark and unreadable. “Will you stay by my side forever?”

Shi Yu opened her mouth and replied softly, “Yes…”

She didn’t know why Jiang Qiuyan had suddenly become so terrifying, but her instincts told her it was best not to make her angry right now.

Jiang Qiuyan’s lips curved, but the smile never reached her eyes. “Little Liar, I don’t believe you.”

Yesterday she had promised to come back with her once she woke up, but she had only gone out to buy food, and by the time she returned, the girl was gone.

Every single time, she was the one being left behind.

Since that was the case, she would make sure the girl could never leave her side again.

Her gaze grew even darker than before. Jiang Qiuyan lowered her head and pinched Shi Yu’s thigh, stroking downward inch by inch.

“I should just smash your knees so you can only crawl on the ground.”

Her tone was cold and sinister, sending a shiver down Shi Yu’s spine. A layer of cold sweat seeped from her back, and her mind cleared somewhat.

She reached out and wrapped her arms around Jiang Qiuyan’s head, pressing herself against her as hard as she could. Her voice softened to an impossibly gentle tone.

“Please don’t break my legs. I’ll be good.”

See, she was still lying to her even now. And yet she fell for it every time. Looking into those innocent eyes made her forget everything.

Knowing full well it was a trap, she still willingly leapt into it.

Jiang Qiuyan laughed bitterly at herself. The hand gripping Shi Yu’s leg tightened, pale flesh spilling between her fingers, the marks left behind flushed with desire.

She seemed to savor Shi Yu’s fear on purpose, silently branding those slender legs with her marks. Every time Shi Yu trembled, Jiang Qiuyan’s eyes grew darker, excitement and fervor swirling within.

“Should I cut from here, or from here?”

Her fingers traced over the knee, lightly brushing the shin bone. Shi Yu nearly burst into tears from fear. With trembling hands, she grabbed Jiang Qiuyan’s sleeve and shook it, pitiful and helpless.

“D-Don’t. I really will be good.”

Jiang Qiuyan’s hand suddenly squeezed hard, and Shi Yu gasped from the pain. When her eyes accidentally met those amber phoenix eyes, her heartbeat spiked.

There was no warmth in Jiang Qiuyan’s gaze, frozen solid as a sheet of ice. She really did want to break her leg.

Realizing this, Shi Yu’s breath hitched violently, and then she broke down crying.

Why was she doing this to her? Just because she had overreached and asked for her protection back then? Or was it because she had married Pei Shuyu and the Pei family didn’t like her, so she had to endure all this?

“Miss Jiang, please let me go. Whatever you want, I’ll give it to you.”

No matter how hurt or resentful she felt, she chose to yield. With Jiang Qiuyan’s power, crushing her was as simple as crushing an ant.

No matter how foolish she was, she knew a mayfly couldn’t shake a great tree.

Seeing her tearful pleading, Jiang Qiuyan’s expression faltered. The gloom on her face lessened, and her hand unconsciously loosened its grip.

“Anything I want?”

Shi Yu nodded frantically, terrified she wouldn’t believe her.

Jiang Qiuyan’s hand traveled back again, hovering outside the sacred depths, deliberately teasing and probing.

“All of you? Including your life?”

Shi Yu froze. It took her a long moment before she whispered, “You want to break my legs and kill me?”

Is Pei Shuyu really that important to you? That you’d kill for her?

Shi Yu didn’t have the courage to ask, nor did she dare. She just felt a wave of desolation wash over her heart. Then she turned her eyes away, and the arms hooked around Jiang Qiuyan’s neck fell limp.

Forget it. There’s no resisting fate. Might as well beg for a quick death.

If only there were a drug that could put someone to sleep forever… I’m too afraid of pain. I definitely can’t bear any other way.

Imagining things again. Jiang Qiuyan’s eyes narrowed slightly. Those narrow phoenix eyes stared at her for several seconds before she said coldly, “Hold me.”

She didn’t know what the girl was imagining this time, but she wasn’t in the mood to explain. Yet watching the little cat grieve alone tugged at her heart, so she made this demand instead.

Shi Yu slowly turned her face back. The moment their eyes met, she flinched away, but stubbornly held her gaze.

She looked straight at Jiang Qiuyan and said, her voice thick with tears, “Do whatever you want. I can’t run away anyway.”

This was the first time she had spoken to Jiang Qiuyan with such a defiant tone. Jiang Qiuyan regarded her with a cold, heavy expression, but inside, excitement was screaming, her blood boiling throughout her body.

She had never seen this side of Shi Yu. It felt… nice.

“No, you can’t run. Because the moment you think about leaving this place, I’ll break your legs.”

She bit down on Shi Yu’s ear, her hand gliding over smooth skin as she moved toward the main event she had been building up to.

Shi Yu whimpered, her back arching. As Jiang Qiuyan advanced, the powerful, suppressive pheromones continued to attack her, leaving her limbs weak and her mind spinning.

She released her own pheromones to resist, but no matter how hard she tried, the alpha’s pheromones held her down firmly, forcing her to accept everything Jiang Qiuyan gave.

Soon the floral scent mingled with the scent of pine and cypress, so thick the air grew murky. In this intimate space, low, husky tones rose and fell, making the atmosphere even more intoxicating.

Shi Yu’s back curved like a drawn bow, her shoulder blades jutting upward as though she might take flight at any second. She gazed at Jiang Qiuyan with hazy eyes, softly calling her name.

“What do you call me?” Jiang Qiuyan asked in a low voice.

Shi Yu gripped the pillow, the golden chain pulled taut, clinking brightly as her body swayed.

“Jiang Qiuyan, Jiang Qiuyan…”

“Step out for a while and you’ve gotten bold.”

A smile finally appeared on Jiang Qiuyan’s face. The coldness in her eyes receded, leaving only madness and desire.

Shi Yu couldn’t hear what she was saying. She just felt that this Jiang Qiuyan was even more terrifying than when she was threatening her before. It would have been better to just break her legs outright. This feeling of a dull blade slowly cutting into flesh was unbearable.

The alpha pheromones coated her entire body, even wrapping around her thoughts. This unbearable stimulation and pleasure, wasn’t it a form of torture too?

An intense, impossible-to-ignore gaze burned into her. Shi Yu strained to look up and crashed into Jiang Qiuyan’s deep, dark eyes.

A sea of desire churned within, so much so that even those amber pupils were veiled in mist.

Shi Yu thought she was seeing things. She blinked to get a clearer look, but then was scooped up by the waist and pressed into an embrace. Jiang Qiuyan’s pheromones surged toward her with reckless abandon, making her entire body tremble.

She couldn’t control herself and left several bright red scratch marks on Jiang Qiuyan’s arm.

“Ouch, you really don’t hold back.”

Jiang Qiuyan’s tone was amused, sounding in a rather good mood.

“Then I’ll leave some marks on you too.”

With that, she opened her mouth and bit down on Shi Yu’s cheek, sucking and nibbling.

She had wanted to do this for so long. Before, she had been holding back to scare the girl. Now she could finally devour her without restraint.

Shi Yu had originally been thin and frail, with barely any meat on her bones. After half a year of Jiang Qiuyan’s feeding, she had finally filled out a little, and she tasted even better than before.

In every sense of the word.

Jiang Qiuyan noticed the faint resistance and clamped down on her waist in a way that brooked no refusal, her wrist quickening, juices splashing.

“Sl…lower!”

Her voice suddenly rose, urgent and high-pitched, the final note stretched out. Her cherry-red lips parted, revealing a sliver of tongue.

Jiang Qiuyan leaned down and captured that soft little tongue, sucking out wanton, wet sounds that echoed the sounds from below, a scene of living, breathing sensuality.

Shi Yu clawed at her frantically, trying to maintain her balance, but her limbs were bound and she couldn’t muster any strength.

Jiang Qiuyan released her lips and tongue, nuzzling against the tip of her ear. “Want me to untie your hands?”

Shi Yu looked at her with tearful eyes, expectation shining in those big eyes.

Jiang Qiuyan rubbed her thumb up and down along Shi Yu’s spine, eyes narrowing. “Beg me. Beg me and I’ll untie them.”

Shi Yu sniffled and said softly, “Please…”

A low chuckle spread through the room. Jiang Qiuyan gripped her waist, her voice dangerous. “I should have taught you what to do at times like these.”

Shi Yu racked her brain and finally remembered something. She tried to reach out and hold her, but the chain wasn’t long enough. So she brought her lips forward, pressing and rubbing against Jiang Qiuyan’s lips, sucking and licking with all the flattery she could muster.

Jiang Qiuyan opened her mouth and hooked her tongue, making the kiss more intense and scorching, kissing her until she was completely disoriented and could only lean weakly against her, gasping for breath.

Shi Yu was nearly dragged into the abyss of desire, forgetting what she had wanted to do. Thankfully, a shred of clarity remained, and she seized the gap when Jiang Qiuyan let her breathe to quickly ask, “Is that enough?”

Jiang Qiuyan only smiled without answering, staring at her for over ten seconds. The storm of desire in her eyes deepened and became even more terrifying.

She lowered her head and kissed Shi Yu again, one hand reaching up to cradle the back of her head, leaving her not even a sliver of room to retreat.

Why run? Why won’t you stay by my side? Do you know how much I like you?

Jiang Qiuyan regretted not confessing to Shi Yu that day. But then she thought, even if she had confessed, the girl probably would have fled. After all, she had been using her from the very beginning, without a shred of sincerity.

These two thoughts alternated, torturing her to the brink of madness. In the end, she stopped thinking entirely and simply caught the girl back and locked her up. That way, she could never escape again.

A melon twisted off the vine never tastes sweet, but she wouldn’t allow anyone else to pick it either.

Shi Yu could only be hers. No one else could even dare to covet her!

“You can only be mine.”

Whether in life or death, even her soul had to belong to her.

Jiang Qiuyan murmured as though trapped in a nightmare, her expression turning sinister and dangerous. Her reason crumbled visibly, grain by grain, until it turned to sand and vanished.

After a sudden silence, she unleashed a massive wave of pheromones. Her eyes, dark to the extreme, bled with a crimson tinge, and her canines sharpened.

Without hesitation, she opened her mouth and bit down on Shi Yu’s gland. Sharp canines pierced into the soft flesh, and pheromones surged inward in a frenzy.

Agony struck like lightning. Shi Yu’s pupils trembled. Her mouth was open, but no sound came out. She could only be forced to accept the pheromones Jiang Qiuyan was pouring into her.

Her gland burned as if it were about to explode. Shi Yu finally couldn’t bear it anymore, and tears streamed down her face.

“No!”