Chapter 32: Bathing
His limbs were limp on the ground, powerless, as if a large mass of thick cement had been poured into his head, slowly solidifying in his cranial cavity. All his consciousness was enveloped in the sticky, hardening liquid. His thoughts were like a jammed tape recorder; he could almost hear the dry, hard axles in his brain making a crisp, clicking sound.
He couldn’t control this body, couldn’t think coherently. He had become a little wind-up toy in her hands, able to only act numbly according to the woman’s will.
“It might be a little uncomfortable at first, but it will be fine in a while.”
Gu Zhi packed the syringe and medicine back into the medical kit. She only glanced at the limp boy on the floor, and her gaze was as if it were tightly bound by a rope, unable to move away. The medical kit was thrown to the ground and casually kicked aside.
The boy lay weakly on the cold, dark gray porcelain. His clothes were loose, revealing his delicate collarbone and long, white neck. A lingering red swelling spread across his pale cheeks. His innocent and terrified eyes were dark and clear, like a small beast that had just escaped from a greenhouse. He looked at her with his moist and bright eyes, arousing a deep love and pity in her heart.
An intense obsession and affection filled Gu Zhi’s dark brown pupils, dyeing them a deep black. She gripped the boy’s shoulders, her sharp nails seeming to dig into his bones.
“Don’t be afraid. It’s just a little medicine to keep you from moving around.”
She was amused by the little dog in front of her, who was completely unaware of what was happening to his body and had a look of bewildered fear on his face. Her wicked nature made her laugh out loud. Her palm gently caressed the boy’s slowly rising and falling chest, like a holy and gentle angel bestowing a bit of light on her devout believer.
She gently brushed aside the stray hairs from his forehead, her stunningly beautiful face completely exposed in the ambiguous and charming atmosphere. Her long, narrow eyes were filled with a frivolous smile. Her beauty had always been so flamboyant and powerful. The onlookers were willing to fall into the humble dust for such beauty, to be wantonly trampled and slandered by the tip of her shoe.
She licked her hot, dry lips. Her lips, coated in a vibrant red gloss, were full and alluring.
She pressed them against the tip of the boy’s nose, rubbing against his slightly bruised cheek. Her small pink tongue traced over his scarred cheek, leaving a trail of warm, sticky moisture.
“I don’t want to be like this either, but Xiao Chan is too disobedient, disobeying me time and time again. It would be better if he were a little more obedient…a little more obedient…” Gu Zhi reluctantly let go of her lips, revealing the boy‘s flushed, hot, and moist earlobe. “Only then can I take better care of you.”
Su Yu let out a gasp of resistance from his throat, but he couldn’t muster the strength to fight back.
The ropes that bound his body, the drugs injected into his veins, the closed and dark basement… the interlocking layout was almost foolproof. He could only sit in the cage, empty and desperate. His muddled brain couldn’t think of a way to escape, and he couldn’t even figure out whether to resist or to comply. The woman had completely torn off her gentle skin and had become moody and unpredictable. He felt as if he had fallen into a bottomless abyss, unable to find a single ray of light.
“No… don’t… sister… no…”
The trembling and weak voice suddenly stopped. The source of the voice was fiercely choked. It was a pair of long and powerful hands, tightly gripping the boy’s slender neck. The soft flesh on the tiger’s mouth seemed to be about to break from the tension.
“There is no sister of yours here! How many times do I have to tell you?”
Gu Zhi broke free from her self-absorbed joy. She hated it when her little dog used such a disrespectful tone with her. Her high chest heaved violently, and a terrifying blood-red color spread across the whites of her eyes like a plague.
She glared at her pet, panting and struggling beneath her. The blue veins stood out starkly on his porcelain-white neck, like a ferocious dragon coiled against his fair skin. Her voice trembled, and the last bit of her reason was exhausted along with the oxygen in the other party’s lungs.
She was in so much pain… so much pain.
Why did he have to keep testing her patience?
She would be heartbroken.
“I clearly love you so much… I’ve even given you my lifelong solemn promise. You’re the one who doesn’t want it. I hope this is the last time. Please don’t anger me again.”
Gu Zhi let go of her hand and looked at the boy who was curled up under her, panting in pain, with a cold expression. A certain desire in her heart was greatly satisfied. She vaguely knew that this might be a path of no return.
But she couldn’t resist the temptation at the end of the path. Her pride in her self-control was so fragile in front of the boy.
Su Yu was curled up in a corner of the sofa, his dark pupils a little unfocused. He turned his head and stared blankly at the empty space. The woman’s control over the drug was precise, making him lose his strength but not to the point of falling into a coma. He could only accept all of this with despair and pain, unable to resist at all.
“I’m sorry. I hurt you again.”
Gu Zhi squinted her eyes and turned the boy’s face back. She smiled and apologized, as if she were feeling particularly guilty and remorseful for her recent violence. She buried her head in the hollow of the boy’s neck, and her gentle kisses fell on the deep red marks that occupied a large area of his skin. She announced in a commanding tone that could not be disobeyed, in the boy’s ear.
“You’ve gotten yourself dirty these past few days. Let’s go to the bathroom and take a bath. I’ll change you into some new clothes.”
Gu Zhi’s actions were so forceful that they could not be refused. Her tensed arms easily lifted the boy’s legs and carried him away from this enclosed secret room. This huge underground space had taken a long time to build. She walked barefoot on the cold floor, almost silently. Only the painful panting echoed in the corridor.
The boy, with his dirty clothes, was gently placed in the bathtub. Gu Zhi turned on the shower, and a trickle of cold water came out, dripping on his sensitive neck. Su Yu couldn’t help but shiver. His blurry consciousness cleared a little. He opened his heavy eyelids, but his gaze was still dull and numb.
“I’m sorry. It might be a little cold at first.”
Gu Zhi moved the shower head away and let it run for a while. When the water gradually warmed up, she began to wash the dirt from the boy’s body again. The thin and old clothes were wet and clung to his body, revealing the thin and flat lines underneath.
The steaming hot air slowly filled the small bathroom. The bath light was dim and warm, and the temperature rose bit by bit, as if it were melting the cold distance between them.
“Oh, I forgot to take off your clothes.”
Gu Zhi covered her bright red lips, her voice full of apology. But the playful look in the corners of her long, narrow eyes betrayed her wicked thoughts. She was doing it on purpose…
She slowly unbuttoned his collar, pulled open his shirt, and stripped her little dog of his annoying clothes, until he was naked in front of her.
Her gaze greedily looked at the large expanse of fair and delicate skin, and the twisted desire in her heart grew stronger.
Su Yu watched as the woman’s greedy and hot gaze swept over his body, slowly… from top to bottom, from his hair to his toes, not missing a single bit. She even used her sharp fingertips to scrape along his sensitive spine, and the tingling and unbearable touch reached his central nervous system at the fastest speed.
The other party’s teasing was skillful and full of technique, soothing yet compact. With a few ambiguous and unintelligible chuckles from between her red lips and white teeth, a fire was easily ignited in his lower body.
The burgeoning desire was like an ignorant little lamb, its horns tied with a rope by Gu Zhi. She let the woman easily lead him to wander on the vast and boundless grassland. With every step she took, he couldn’t help but be pulled along… as if he had lost himself, lost in the scorching desire.
“What’s wrong?”
Gu Zhi held his embarrassment in her eyes, full of appreciation. She felt excited and cheerful. The bones that supported this cold and sharp skin seemed to have softened, and she almost wanted to tremble. She just wanted to destroy the pet’s self-esteem bit by bit to satisfy her evil purpose.
She still pretended to be ignorant, and caringly caressed Su Yu’s sweaty temples, increasing the physical contact between them, and asked gently.
“What’s wrong, Xiao Chan? Why are you sweating so much? Is it…”, she squinted her eyes, her gaze vaguely glancing at a certain soaring heat, her expression frivolous and ambiguous. She breathed out a hot breath, one word at a time, “very hot?”
“Get away… don’t touch me.”
Su Yu was suddenly filled with shame and anger, and he wanted to grit his teeth. He turned his head, exposing his fragile neck. The muscles from behind his ear to his collarbone were tense, and the blue veins were faintly visible. The small water droplets on his eyelashes were indistinguishable from sweat or tears.
“Haha… then let’s wash your hair first.”
Gu Zhi was not angry. Her behavior seemed to be able to be controlled at will, sometimes extreme, and sometimes calm, but it made him feel more and more terrified.
She took a little of her usual shampoo, and the rose-red shampoo was spread in her palm. She rubbed it for a while, and the shampoo lathered after it was wet, exuding a faint rose fragrance.
The viscous shampoo melted into a milky white foam in his hair, washing away the grease in his hair bit by bit. She ran her long, slender, and fair fingers through his dark hair, carefully combing it in the direction of its growth, and gently untangling the tangled knots.
Gu Zhi used a slightly damp towel to wipe the moisture from the ends of his hair. A few crystal-clear water droplets fell from the curve of his hair and hit the surface of the water with a plop. The warm water light swayed, and a few indescribable and charming feelings filled the air.
She swallowed the increasingly viscous saliva between her lips and teeth. The grayish-white shower gel, after it had lathered, had a deep and woody fragrance. Her palm slowly pressed against the boy’s wet and smooth waist and back, spreading the viscous liquid on his skin.
Neck… waist… lower abdomen…
She carefully washed every inch of his stained skin, but her gaze never left the heat that was now submerged in the water, even getting a little closer.
The steaming water vapor was filled with a rich rose fragrance, with a hint of a smoky, woody scent, intertwined with a seductive temptation.
Her eyes were hazy. She suddenly felt that this scene was so beautiful… a decadent and dark beauty.
She really wanted to drag the boy into the hell she was in, to accept this surging flame of desire with her.
A small dragonfly flew gracefully over the scorching crater, landing gently for a moment, like a dragonfly touching the water, and then flew away lightly.
“Wuwu…”
An unbearable gasp escaped from between his lips and teeth. At that moment… his brain uncontrollably went blank, and all that was left in his mind was a vast expanse of white. All of him… was almost about to leave with that dragonfly.
Gu Zhi pressed against Su Yu’s ear and breathed a hot breath, teasing and seducing him. “Tell me obediently, have you… ever done that kind of thing?”
Silence… she had not yet received the answer she had thought she would not have to hesitate for.
“Plop.”
The wet towel in her palm fell straight into the pool, creating a large splash, and a series of unstoppable ripples.
