After Being Parasitized by a Monster 96

Chapter 96: Mirror (Occurs between Chapter 46 and 47)

On the afternoon of June 2nd, on the 187th floor of the North Building of the research institute.

Cheng Ming, who had just been promoted to deputy researcher, was diligently working overtime when her phone suddenly buzzed, interrupting her thoughts.

It was a call reminder. She had no choice but to put down her work, and when she looked at it, a strange number came into view—

“Hello?”

“Hello, Ms. Cheng Ming,” the female voice on the other end was also strange. “We’re coming to install the 125×220cm full-length mirror you ordered at six o’clock. Is that okay?”

What?

She frowned in confusion and was about to ask if the other had called the wrong number, but when she opened her mouth, the first two words that came out were—

“Okay.”

And so, the question was stuck in her throat. After the call was hung up, she had locked on to the real culprit in a second.

Cheng Ming looked back at the platform message in disbelief, and as expected, she found the order interface.

“Xiao, Ming!”

When had it done this?

The culprit was silent, “…”

Hehe.

The money had been paid, and the item was on its way. Now that it had come to this, it was impossible to return it. When the time came, Cheng Ming, contrary to her usual self, got off work on time and rushed back to her apartment.

A large, well-packaged item was placed against the wall. The people had already arrived, a clearly experienced master with a helper who looked like a young apprentice. They were both wearing blue work clothes, with hats and jackets, and were waiting for her. For the sake of the employer’s privacy and safety, of course, the ones who had taken the order were all women.

After a simple greeting and checking the bill, Cheng Ming opened the door and led the way, watching the two of them carry the mirror in and start working.

She was a little suffocated.

The size of this full-length mirror… was really too much!

Passing through the entrance hall and the living room, and all the way into the bathroom, they had passed a mirror on the side of the corridor, a mirror in front of the sink, a mirror in the bathtub area, and there was also a mirror hidden in the bedroom next to it… including this brand new mirror in their hands.

Cheng Ming also noticed this, and the feeling of suffocation was even stronger.

However, they were professionals and had seen all kinds of houses. They were probably already used to the various quirks of their employers. The young apprentice was still peeking curiously, but the master in front didn’t even glance at her. There was only the desire to finish the work early, get off work early, and go home early.

“You want it on the inside, right,” after clarifying the request, the installation master held the mirror and gestured on the wall. “Is this position okay?”

Cheng Ming stood on the side, feeling that her cerebral cortex was evaporating, and she was not online at all.

Because she had been fighting with the parasite in her mind a second ago, and her thoughts were a blank, so when the person had turned around to ask for her opinion, she had opened her mouth in a daze, and had even wanted to ask, master, what do you do.

“On the ground,” a clear and decisive female voice. Xiao Ming had once again timely and impolitely replaced Cheng Ming’s consciousness and had made the decision for her.

Finally, the full-length mirror was installed. The master was very satisfied with her skills, and Xiao Ming was also very satisfied with its own taste.

Only the employer and the host were the only ones who were hurt in this world.

Cheng Ming sent the people away in a daze, and her whole person was still in a state of out-of-body experience.

Her original plan was disrupted by this unexpected renovation. She sat on the sofa with her forehead in her hands, her mind blank, thinking about what to do next, and the mycelia began to take advantage of the situation and hook her buttons.

Xiao Ming was eager to try and urged, “Cheng Ming, Cheng Ming, the new mirror… want to try it?”

Try—try your big head!

She was shocked back to her senses and held her clothes tightly, refusing to give in. Her face was red as she shouted at it to get lost.

…

Two hours later, Cheng Ming was standing at the bathroom door with her toiletries.

The room was separated into wet and dry areas, and on the other side of a transparent glass was a damp and secret world. The smooth structure opposite the door vaguely revealed some outlines.

The parasite inside her was quiet and did not urge her. And so, this moment of silence was particularly unbearable.

She always felt that it was looking at her with her own line of sight with great interest, with a malicious and playful interest.

Xiao Ming had not yet spoken, but she had already been declared guilty.

After a long few seconds, it finally spoke, and it was completely unforgivable—

“Aren’t you going in?”

She could already feel its ill-intentioned, faint excitement, but this tone was calm and quite restrained. Therefore, along with its question, her state of mind was like a spark that had jumped out of the quiet, dead ashes, and it was slowly burning her rationality.

Was it playing a tug-of-war with her? Very good.

However, even though she had been successfully provoked, her sense of shame was still nagging at her deep in her scalp. Her clothes were not completely off, and she just walked in in a self-abandoned manner.

She turned sideways, pretending that the huge mirror did not exist, and she turned on the faucet.

Swish. The warm water poured down and washed her close-fitting, soft clothes, making them cling to the curves of her body even more.

Half a minute later, she looked down and saw the light and undulating ravines. Cheng Ming suddenly realized how ridiculous this decision was.

She turned off the faucet with a smack. Her first reaction was to run out of the door, but when she turned around and held the metal doorknob, she was about to push it open—

Smack. The rubber strip was tightly stuck, and the glass was closed.

Her hand’s action was the complete opposite of her thoughts, and Cheng Ming was stunned.

“You’re not done washing,” Xiao Ming said.

The mycelia behind her had turned on the switch on their own, and drip, drip, the water was sprinkling on the tiles again.

The real meaning was, you’re not allowed to leave until you’re done.

It had been so hard to confirm their relationship, but as soon as she had plunged into the path of finding the truth, she had left it aside, had not listened to its advice, and had not had much time to deal with it. According to the human process, they should have been in the honeymoon phase of being as thick as thieves. The Fish-Fungus was aggrieved, but the Fish-Fungus didn’t say it.

It was a rare opportunity, and how could it let her go.

Cheng Ming turned her head and saw the dizzying scene in the mirror. The body was clearly her own, and the appearance was also hers, but when she saw the other’s fatal appearance, and the faint smile that was on the corner of her lips as she looked up and down, she even became hateful.

Her heart was pounding, and her hands and feet were weak. She really wanted to go into the mirror, to pinch “her” face, to cover “her” mouth, and to block “her” eyes.

Don’t talk, don’t look, don’t… tease me.

She was the master of this body, but “she” seemed to be the master of her heart, easily controlling the frequency of her life’s throbbing.

But the mirror was a cold, dead object.

She couldn’t touch the person in the mirror, and could only raise her hand to touch herself. Before she could touch this annoying and cute corner of her lips, she was first hooked by the “hair” on her temples.

It stopped a centimeter from her lips, and the dark green threads that were wrapped around her fingertips took over, and with a turn of her hand, they landed on the edge of her lips, which had a tempting curve.

The end of the mycelia moved, slowly outlining it.

She didn’t know what the meaning of this extra, small action was, but she was indeed mesmerized. She only felt that the mycelia were like a spider’s web that was enveloping her, and it was also covering her heart, and was covering her thoughts, an itch that was carved into her muscles and bones.

It was indeed a cunning, and seemingly harmless signal.

She had relaxed her guard, and her gaze couldn’t help but drift away. She saw “her” rosy lips, her misty eyes, and on the strands of green silk, there were crystal clear water droplets that were about to fall.

The warmth was rising, and the cold mirror was covered with a thin mist, which gradually liquefied into a dense condensation of fine dew, making more details unclear.

This scene of looking at a flower in a fog gave her a little sense of security. She let out a silent sigh of relief, and then, she made a second wrong decision.

Relying on that little bit of security, she had unbuttoned her heavy, wet clothes.

They were supposed to be changed, so she had no scruples. The buttons came out of the buttonholes, and the shirt with the water stains just slid down. She raised her foot and stepped out, and gently kicked it away, and then the vest… one after another, she finally broke free from all the restraints and stood in front of the mirror without any worries.

So convenient.

To Xiao Ming, this was a fresh and juicy fruit that had peeled itself.

Only a scream was heard in the shower, which was filled with the sound of water. She was in a panic and was calling out “Xiao Ming” with a muffled and weak voice. Two minutes later, Cheng Ming finally knew why the mirror had to be on the floor.

She couldn’t stand at all.

The parasite, which had tasted the sweetness, didn’t know how to write the word “restraint.” A few minutes later, she could only bring up the important matter and beg for mercy intermittently, “Don’t mess around, I still have to go to the research institute…”

It was not overtime, but to explore the passage, so she had to come and replenish some water first. However, after this, she really didn’t know if she had replenished more, or had lost more.

“It’ll be quick, you believe me,” it said with a straight face.

Then, before she could refute, it decisively deprived her of the authority to speak as well.

The thin mist on the mirror could be used for drawing, so in the small space, everything had left a mark. Palm prints, fingerprints, a few round toe outlines, fragmented, obscure, and the cover was broken. Every line that was drawn revealed the silver mirror behind, which was enough to clearly reflect her face.

In the flaws of the frames, she saw her own emotional expression, as if she were seeing the hidden truth under countless falsehoods.

She didn’t want to look, she wanted to escape. Her whole body was wet, and even the corners of her eyes were wet, but she couldn’t tell what she was crying for.

Xiao Ming… she might have wanted to shout stop, and a hint of grievance had welled up for no reason.

It wasn’t fair at all.

In the midst of the chaotic emotions, it had keenly tasted her grievance and had stopped.

Without any warning, the piled up happiness had come to an abrupt end. Cheng Ming looked up in a daze and saw that the reflected image was changing. In the warm and hazy halo, it was as if she had suddenly fallen into the deep sea, and everything she saw was smeared with a layer of intoxicating brilliance. The light blue scales were flowing with a fluorescent light, and the soul-stirring siren had reappeared.

The “her” in the mirror was staring with wet eyes, innocent and soul-stirring.

This was a bewitching, naked, and blatant temptation.

“You do it?” Xiao Ming’s voice was pleasant.

It was a familiar voice, her own voice, but when it was steamed by the heat, it was soft and full of warmth, and it was extraordinary.

It had politely invited her to practice fairness.

She felt that the control of her limbs had returned. In her dazed panting, she had unconsciously moved her hand, wanting to continue that happiness. It was exactly what a certain Fish-Fungus had wanted. When she had realized what she was doing, her cheeks had instantly turned red, and her heart was pounding, but she couldn’t stop. The pleasure that had suddenly expanded from another consciousness was entangled with her spirit, as if it were going to swallow and strangle her.

She was whimpering and moaning, and the other “her” in the mirror was also looking at her with teary eyes. A part of the mycelia was swaying in the woven water mist like a sea algae, and had turned into a bed for the fish to mate. A part of the mycelia was tightly entangled with her, from her torso to her fingertips, patiently guiding her, and considerately assisting her.

This was even worse.

For a moment, she was at a loss for where to put herself. For a moment, she was delighted that she could also stir “her” senses. For a moment, she conflictedly realized that she had still fallen into its trap.

A monster that followed its heart, how could it know what shyness was? It only liked to savor her shyness in a secret corner that only it and her had. In this drunken and dreamlike feast, it really added to the flavor.

Cheng Ming also didn’t understand. Her own body should have been the most familiar, and there was no part that she had not touched. It was just that it was honestly reflected in the mirror, and there was just a small, non-human monster that was feeling it with her. At most, there were also those too-flexible derivatives. How could it be like this, so sensitive…

Her thoughts were in a mess. She was still worried about the ambiguous marks on the misty mirror, mottled, and in dots and circles, as if they were the evidence that would sentence her to prison… at the very least, they were a sentence for her to fall into the hell of lust. Mixed with the strange sense of shame that was unique to humans, the more she was afraid of being discovered, the tighter her muscles were, and the more the chemical signals at her nerve endings were like a surging tide.

Even though she also knew that this fear was completely unfounded.

When the water was turned off, and the temperature had dropped, those unsightly paintings would eventually be dried, would fade, and would finally disappear, and nothing would be left.

Everything that had happened in this sealed space, the emotional waves that were violently surging in her brain, even heaven and earth did not know, only she and it knew.

She did not yet know what she would face with it in the near future, but at this moment, they were bathing in a lingering river, and had temporarily thrown away all their worries. Love and desire could dispel a thousand sorrows, and could overcome ten thousand difficulties.