Chapter 108: Seduction
The girl skipped joyfully in the pleasant autumn sunlight, a smile on her lips as radiant as the rich sunshine. Her dark hair was tinged with a faint golden hue in the light, as dazzling as a bright spring day.
Su Yu followed behind in a daze. The ambiguous scenes that the girl had avoided mentioning were like a ferocious beast, rampaging in his heart. He had tried to banish those images countless times, but they still fell into his mind like endless raindrops.
He felt as if he were lost in a labyrinth of thick fog, unable to find the exit or the entrance, no matter how hard he searched. But just as he was about to exhaust himself, a small clue would suddenly appear before his eyes, luring him to use his last ounce of strength to stumble forward.
“Where are we going now?”
Xia Qian Ge suddenly turned around, her sky-blue canvas shoes tapping on the ground like a dancer on a stage. Her clear, black and white eyes were filled with a bright smile.
“To…” Su Yu was defeated by the girl’s gaze. He looked down at his phone. Lin Siyi had just sent him a message, asking about Xia Qian Ge’s condition and saying that they were waiting for them at the most conspicuous Ferris wheel in the amusement park.
“To the Ferris wheel.” Su Yu put away his phone and gave the girl his answer. “Lin Siyi and the others are waiting there.”
“Okay, you lead the way. I’m a bit of a klutz with directions.”
Xia Qian Ge ran back and obediently walked beside Su Yu. Her mature makeup, in contrast to her innocent and romantic actions, had a unique and devastating effect.
She clung to the boy with a sense of dependence, like a kitten clinging to its owner, yet she also maintained a subtle distance, only accidentally brushing against his somewhat stiff arm with her small shoulder. There was no trace of greed in her clear eyes, only an unintentional ambiguity that slowly tugged at the boy’s already wavering heart.
“How did you know I like vanilla milk tea?” Xia Qian Ge tilted her head and glanced at Su Yu, her wide eyes filled with curiosity.
“Huh? Um… it was a coincidence. I just bought it randomly.”
“Oh, I see.”
Xia Qian Ge nodded and didn’t say anything more. She opened the lid of the milk tea and gently licked the creamy topping, which had a particularly strong vanilla aroma. A thin layer of cream foam appeared at the corners of her lips, a distinct sweetness blooming on her taste buds.
She glanced at the boy, who had turned his head away, afraid to look at her. His fair neck was tinged with a faint pink. The smile on her lips grew wider, her eyes as deep and dark as a bottomless abyss. Her fingers tugged on the boy’s sleeve, calling him softly, her voice as soft as if she were acting spoiled.
“Su Yu…”
“Hmm?” Su Yu turned his head and was stunned by the cream foam at the corners of the girl’s lips. Her originally bright red lipstick had been washed away a little, and now her lips were a translucent cherry pink. She pouted her delicate lips, looking at him with an innocent expression, and asked, “Is there something on my mouth?”
“Yes, there… is.” Su Yu fought back the dryness in his throat, the restless genes in his body rampaging once again.
“Ugh~ I knew it. So annoying.”
Xia Qian Ge furrowed her delicate eyebrows in annoyance and slowly ran her small pink tongue over her cherry-pink lips. Her movements were soft and slow, like the ambiguous teasing of lovers during foreplay. But her innocent and naive expression made it impossible to have any doubts.
Su Yu lowered his eyes, his mind a blank. His straight back was as stiff as a stone. Then, a bolt of lightning seemed to strike him, splitting him in two, making him almost lose his sense of self. He was unable to react to the girl’s almost flirtatious actions, nor could he find any flaws. All he could do was clumsily hide the throbbing in his heart.
He licked his lips and gulped down more than half a glass of lemonade.
Xia Qian Ge watched him silently, suppressing the excitement in her heart, locking the smile that was about to break free. The boy’s bewilderment made her smile even wider.
She really wanted to tease him further, not just with these small, ambiguous actions. She wanted to hold his wrist, her thumb gently caressing his skin, her hand slowly moving up, gently stroking his palm and fingers, feeling the sweat from his nervousness.
She savored the pleasure of being alone with him. In this way, the two of them, it was as if the boy belonged to her. His averted gaze, his flushed earlobes, his easily readable thoughts, were like a clean sheet of white paper. The more the boy tried to avoid her, the more excited she became, her possessiveness like ivy growing wildly in midsummer, layer after layer, blocking out the sun, leaving only a dark, inky gloom.
Just a little longer, she chanted in her heart. Once the treasure was engraved with her name, it would be hers sooner or later. The boy’s unique affection for her was the best bait.
He would say those words eventually, wouldn’t he?
The boy thought her eyes were clean and clear, as fragile as a gardenia that needed careful tending. He would think he had met the one true love of his life and would be grateful to have won her favor. He would hold the soft and delicate girl in his arms, his heart pounding, thinking she was a kind angel, yet he would never know that she was actually a devil who had crawled out of hell.
Xia Qian Ge had once disdained such crude methods, not even bothering with too much psychological manipulation. She had wanted to give the boy enough freedom, for them to fall in love like most couples. The boy would know she loved him, but he wouldn’t know that her love was a terminal illness, beyond cure.
But the increasing number of bitches around the boy made her impatient. He was her prey. What right did others have to even touch him?
She had no choice but to bare her fangs, revealing the deep-seated violence and bloodlust within.
She loved the boy, which was why she had sheathed her fangs and claws. But she had never been an easy person to get along with. She equally craved to slaughter her prey with her fangs and claws, to use its flesh and blood to quell the clamor in her heart.
But what if her prey was about to be snatched away? Xia Qian Ge sneered inwardly. She would not hesitate to snatch the prey from another’s mouth, even if her sharp teeth tore it to pieces.
She would feel pain, but she would not hesitate. A boy who had been with someone else was better off dead. Dead by her hand… even better.
After all, she loved him enough. She liked him in any state.
Xia Qian Ge leaned against the boy, her eyes innocent, her slender fingers rubbing against the warm cup of milk tea. The tickling sensation in her heart was almost unbearable. Sometimes she wished she weren’t so patient, that she could just expose her ugliness to the boy, to vent all the viscous desire, instead of suffering like this day after day.
The towering Ferris wheel stood in the most conspicuous spot in the amusement park. It stood in the crimson glow of the sunset, the clouds on the horizon so red they seemed to be on fire. Looking up from below, it seemed to be on the same level as the setting sun, a truly breathtaking sight.
Xia Qian Ge, holding her milk tea, suddenly bounced in front of Su Yu. She pursed her lips, her smile as bright as the sunset behind her. She spoke abruptly, her sweet voice like spring rain falling on his heart, stirring a vigorous heartbeat.
“Su Yu… let’s ride the Ferris wheel.”
