Chapter 64: Viper
Darkness had completely enveloped the small space inside the cable car. The outside seemed to be covered in a dense layer of ivy, which had grown and spread, completely enveloping the car. Looking out through the glass, one could only see thorny vines. There was no exit. This… was a dead end.
The surroundings were terrifyingly quiet. The trapped tourists had stopped shouting and cursing, collapsing in the car, their spirits defeated. The small car seemed to grow even smaller as time passed, the air so stuffy it was almost suffocating.
“Plink… plink…”
The sound of water droplets hitting the metal was exceptionally clear in the darkness. One drop… two drops… landing on the rusty iron plate, landing on his clenched heart.
The girl’s soft sobs gradually grew louder, like the fear she could no longer suppress in her heart. It was as if a monster with bared fangs was roaring in her ears. She was scared… her faded white jeans were wrinkled from being clutched so tightly.
She was really scared.
Su Yu still remembered… the girl was afraid of the dark, always had been.
She often worked late at her desk in the study. After numerous failed attempts to persuade her to rest, Su Yu could only go to bed early by himself. But he never turned off the lights. The living room light was bright, and a dim bedside lamp would be left on in the bedroom.
That seemed to be the girl’s only weakness. A woman who could stand in a courtroom and speak eloquently, no matter what kind of case she was facing, a woman who was so decisive and capable, with her excellent work ability, even if her opponent was a villain from hell, she would probably send them to prison without mercy.
It was ironic to think that such a girl would be afraid of the dark.
The girl had never told Su Yu the reason for her fear of the dark, only briefly mentioning that it was a shadow left by her family situation. Although her fear of the dark had reached a morbid level, being afraid of the dark was a common human emotion. At most, it meant she was a bit timid. The girl was unwilling to receive psychological treatment, and at that time, she had no relatives left. There was no way to verify anything. Su Yu could only pat her head and hold her in his arms, listening to her sobs slowly turn into soft breathing.
The car was completely dark now. Even with his hand outstretched, he could only vaguely see its outline in the dim moonlight. Facing each other, they couldn’t even see each other’s faces.
The girl’s cries grew louder. Through the darkness, Su Yu could imagine her appearance, crystal tears rolling down her pale cheeks, leaving clear tear stains. Her thin lips were bitten white, as fragile as an abandoned doll in a corner.
Su Yu’s hand, clenched white, couldn’t help but reach out into the darkness. Just a little further, and he could touch the girl’s red and swollen eyes, wipe away the tears on her cheeks, and comfort her, saying, “It’s okay, we’ll be down soon. You’re so afraid of the dark. In the future, you have to find a boy who will leave a light on for you in the bedroom before you sleep. It would be best if he could also persuade you to stay up less.”
But now, Su Yu could only keep his hand suspended in mid-air, forcing out a dry, “I’m here, it’s okay. We’ll be down soon. You…”
Su Yu hadn’t finished speaking when his hand, frozen in mid-air, was suddenly gripped tightly. It was as if a traveler, starving and freezing on a winter’s night, had suddenly been given a thermos of boiling water—it became the only thing that could give him warmth, held tightly in an embrace, unwilling to let go.
“Su Yu, it’s so dark, I’m scared~”
Her whimpering, soft voice was like the early cherry blossoms of spring, drenched and softened by the rain. The pleading tone was like soft silk, wrapping around Su Yu’s heart, then suddenly tightening, making his Adam’s apple bob, his heart pounding wildly.
Su Yu subconsciously tried to pull his hand away, but the girl was as stubborn as a kitten clinging to its mother, refusing to let go, her grip tight, even seeming to want to hug his arm to her chest.
“I’m so scared, I’m really so scared.”
He still wanted to struggle, but after the girl let out a whimper, a few crystal tears fell on the back of his hand, then flowed down the lines of his palm, gathering in his palm. The warm tears seemed to fall on his heart, yet they were as cold as the late-night mountain stream wind.
Su Yu’s heart finally slammed in his chest, the resulting pain making him completely relax his grip. He smiled and used his other hand to stroke the girl’s head, carefully comforting her. “Don’t be afraid. Just sleep for a while. When you wake up, everything will be over.”
Su Yu’s gentleness seemed to make the girl even more audacious. She reached out with her small, cold hands, groping in the darkness, finally grabbing his sleeve. She leaned forward and fell onto him, as if she had found the last remaining landmark in the endless darkness.
Her soft body was curled up in Su Yu’s arms. He could even feel the hot breath on his lower abdomen. The girl’s body was as soft as if she had no bones. She stubbornly held onto Su Yu’s hand, refusing to let go, her body a fragrant jade in his arms, the faint scent of gardenias lingering at the tip of his nose.
Su Yu’s body was as stiff as a stone that had been silent for decades. His hand was still on the girl’s head. The girl, like a small beast, snuggled closer into his embrace, as if enjoying the hard-earned warmth.
The sound of sobbing gradually grew quieter, slowly turning into the steady breathing of sleep. The ambiguous and intimate actions just now seemed to be just the girl’s subconscious reaction out of fear.
Su Yu sat silently in the darkness. The kitten in his arms seemed to be fast asleep. He couldn’t help but look down at the girl’s soft, sleeping face. Her small, pink tongue would occasionally lick her lips, looking innocent and cute.
Su Yu slowly reached out with his fingers, trembling, and slid them down the girl’s high and beautiful nose. The touch was smooth, fragrant, and soft. Everything seemed to have returned to the past, but the girl now was pure and harmless, as clean as a white sheet of paper, making one reluctant to stain this purity with any other color.
But he had already ruined her once…
He knew that the girl’s university life was not easy. She probably had several part-time jobs and could only use her rest time to complete her schoolwork, just to ensure that she could get a scholarship that was very important to her.
Even though they had only met a few times, Su Yu could always see the dark circles under her eyes, which she had deliberately tried to hide. She was very tired… which was why she fell asleep so easily.
Su Yu was actually very happy that the girl had agreed to this trip, instead of always staying in her dorm with the excuse of not wanting to spend money, like in her previous life. Perhaps the new environment had changed her mind, but no matter what… this was a good change.
Without him… the girl was also getting better.
The darkness returned to silence. The increasingly fierce mountain wind buffeted the cable car. The scraping sound of the ropes made one’s heart clench. The cable car hung in the air, teetering, as if half a foot had stepped into a bottomless abyss, the only thing pulling at one’s spirit being the warmth at hand.
…
The viper’s tongue flickered, tasting the cold, damp air. The closed eyelids suddenly opened, the dark pupils gleaming with a cold light in the darkness. Xia Qian Ge, like a viper, was curled up in the boy’s warm embrace, brazenly revealing her white belly, showing off her softness and fragility, plucking at his heartstrings.
He really does like you…
Xia Qian Ge smiled sinisterly in the darkness. She whimpered softly in his arms, even greedily sucking on the flesh she had craved for so long. She pretended to be asleep and accidentally hugged his waist, the two of them pressed even closer in the boundless darkness.
