Her Tentacles 32

Chapter 32: The Bathhouse

She was kissed by her girlfriend in public, wuwu—

Although no one had noticed, and Lin Ran had later followed her clumsy excuse to change the subject, taking her hand and leading her back to that Japanese restaurant, Shu Yao still felt so ashamed.

She had never been the kind of stinky couple who would do things in public without regard for the lives of passersby!

Shu Yao held the porcelain cup and drank her tea, looking as if she wanted to bury her head in it and drown herself. It made Lin Ran find it amusing.

She, who had no interest in the food, used her fingertips to lift her girlfriend’s fallen, soft, light-colored hair, then poked Shu Yao’s apple-red cheek with the pad of her index finger and asked with great interest, “Here, how long are you planning to be red?”

Ahhh, she’s doing it on purpose!

Shu Yao hadn’t noticed that Lin Ran had this kind of wicked sense of humor before. She uncharacteristically slapped the back of her hand lightly, feigning anger. “No more talking!”

But her red face, no matter how wide she opened her eyes, had no intimidating power at all.

At this moment, the two of them were sitting on high wooden chairs, with flower lanterns hanging from above and a conveyor belt slowly rotating with various fresh nigiri sushi. Behind them was a transparent cabinet counter, where a masked chef was diligently preparing the orders placed by customers, and putting them on the conveyor belt.

And they were at some distance from the other guests, so no one could hear their words.

Lin Ran leaned on the table with one hand, leaned closer to her, and replied with a smile, “My girlfriend is too bossy. She wouldn’t let me eat something delicious just now, and now she won’t even let me speak.”

Shu Yao casually took a plate of grilled eel sushi that was passing by and placed it in front of her. She had originally thought that since they had just arrived on the ship and were in a new environment, it was not good to eat raw food first, fearing that her stomach would not be used to it. But thinking of Lin Ran’s picky eating, she reached out again and took a plate of good quality fresh-cut salmon.

“When did I not let you eat?”

But Lin Ran just glanced at it casually, then turned her gaze back to her face, gently squeezed her cheek, her tone inexplicably becoming sticky, “I’d rather eat this. Yaoyao, let me take a bite, okay?”

Perhaps it’s more than just a bite.

The appetite aroused by those delicious prey was not so easy to quell. A light taste, being pushed away, and the girlfriend’s even more fragrant and delicious appearance would only make the predator hungrier.

If she could really take a light bite of her girlfriend’s cheek, because she couldn’t bear to hurt her, perhaps her teeth would loosen before they sank in, and then she would repeatedly lick this pink skin of hers, like drinking poison to quench her thirst.

…

Who allowed her to act spoiled at a time like this?

Shu Yao couldn’t do anything about her. The little deer in her heart was almost about to be teased to death. She could only vent her anger on the plate of charcoal-grilled salmon head in front of her, the tip of her chopsticks poking into the tender meat with more force, and then she fiercely fed it into her mouth.

“No,” she swallowed the fish meat, her voice hoarse, and ruthlessly refused.

And once again discovered that Lin Ran was very picky about food.

At home, it was still okay. If she cooked, she would still finish the food out of courtesy. But if Lin Ran cooked, then often at the dinner table, only Shu Yao would be trying very hard to praise the food. She would just touch her chopsticks a little, and then turn her attention to watching her girlfriend eat.

As if she were watching an exciting eating show.

At first, Shu Yao thought she was controlling her weight and had to give up the habit of eating carbs for dinner. Later, on her days off, she found that Lin Ran didn’t eat much during the day either, and seemed to have no interest in any food, so she was sure—

Lin Ran is so picky!

Now even the fresh seafood from this Japanese restaurant can’t satisfy her.
Shu Yao was even a little worried that her girlfriend would die young because she worked too hard, consumed too much, had a bad appetite, and ate too little… Bah.

In short, she picked out sweet shrimp, sea urchin, and tuna belly, and placed them all in front of Lín Rán. “Since you’re hungry, you should at least eat something, right?”

Lin Ran didn’t say anything. She even raised her hand and made a zipping motion at her lips. Paired with her sparkling eyes at this moment, it had no hint of obedience, but rather a seductive allure.

Shu Yao only glanced at her briefly, and then dared not meet her gaze, which was now extremely hot compared to her usually cool body temperature.

“If you don’t eat…” she brought out her trump card, “you’re not allowed to kiss me when we get back.”

Lin Ran’s eyebrows twitched.

This time, she didn’t even look at what was pushed in front of her. She graciously picked up a piece of sushi with her chopsticks and confirmed with Shu Yao, “After I eat it, I can kiss you however I want, right?”

Because of Lin Ran’s sudden clinginess, Shu Yao even declined Situ Jin’s invitation to watch a theater performance and visit the golden casino in the evening, and returned to her room early in the evening.

The sun had already set below the sea level. As the ship left the port and the sea under the night sky changed from the sparkling waves of the day to a deep, inscrutable darkness, Shu Yao was pressed against the door by Lin Ran and kissed until her eyes were dazed. Noticing that her kisses were traveling downwards, she hastily said:

“N-no…”

Compared to the previous kisses, today’s Lin Ran had a very irresistible feeling, as if she were about to be swallowed whole. And she always couldn’t help but want to use her teeth, but before Shu Yao’s body tensed up, she would change to that reluctant sucking motion, like eating jelly.

This will leave marks.

She hastily pressed against Lin Ran’s shoulder, panting and making an excuse, “I—I want to take a bath…”

Her girlfriend, who had just been using her to quench her thirst, held her quietly for a while. Hearing her excuse, a smile appeared in her eyes, but she agreed very readily, “Okay.”

Shu Yao was finally able to escape from the cage formed by her arms and the door.

As she pushed open the bathroom door, she looked back at Lin Ran, and the other person gave her her usual gentle smile.

But.

As Shu Yao stepped into the bathroom, attracted by the romantic bathtub connected to the window, its bottom now covered with rose petals, Lin Ran’s gaze had already turned outside.

She couldn’t wait to open the door and go out to enjoy the prey that she could truly eat, without any pity, that could be crushed by her tentacles and bitten to pieces, bones and all, by the fangs in her suckers, during the gap while her girlfriend was bathing.

…

Shu Yao closed the bathroom door, completely unaware of everything outside.

As she undressed, she remembered that she had also bought a swimsuit today but had not been able to swim in the water park. With the thought of letting this swimsuit also see the water, after she took off her long-sleeved jacket and jeans, the swimsuit, which was also very suitable as an inner layer during the day, was revealed in its entirety.

It was a pure white swimsuit.

The design on the right side of the waist had a semi-circular blank space, as if a spoonful had been scooped out of a snow-covered cake.

She turned on the bathtub faucet and slowly filled it with water, smelling the fragrance of the rose petals floating up with the transparent water. When it was just full, she walked in barefoot and relaxed her whole body in the warm water. Facing the window, she suddenly heard a sound of something rising into the air:

Whoosh—Bang!

A large firework rose up and exploded brilliantly.

This was a surprise for all the tourists, not written on the cruise ship’s schedule.

Shu Yao was startled by the sound of the explosion outside the window, causing ripples to spread across the surface of the bathwater. The rose petals on the edge flowed onto the bathroom floor with the overflowing water.

Then, she began to watch the firework show with all her heart.

At first, it was just large, colorful fireworks rising in clusters, magnificent and grand. Later, it was small flowers, with the night sky as a tree, and small white and golden flowers blooming beautifully. The vast beautiful scene intoxicated Shu Yao for a while, and only then did she remember that she hadn’t brought her camera to capture this firework show!

“Lin Ran?”

She turned her head and called out loudly toward the outside of the bathroom, but after several calls, she got no answer. She didn’t know if the sound of the fireworks outside was too loud and had drowned out her voice.

Just as the firework show was about to end, Shu Yao, whose room was on a higher floor and whose bathroom faced the sea, saw an even more beautiful sight from below.

In the darkness, where it was impossible to distinguish between the sky and the sea, a translucent pink and blue color suddenly spread, like a glowing coastline, constantly rising from the depths below.

Like fireflies in the sea.

Pink, blue, purple, jellyfish of unclear sizes emerged from the ocean.

Shu Yao soon found that the people on the deck below, who were holding their phones to record the fireworks, also turned their phones toward the sea, wanting to capture this spectacle of nature’s gift.

For a moment, there were fireworks from the cannons in the sky, and colorful jellyfish floating up from the bottom of the sea. And this cruise ship was in the middle of it, forming a human world between the sky and the ocean.

Shu Yao couldn’t bear to blink, feeling that her two eyes couldn’t take in all these beautiful sights. She was even more regretful that she hadn’t used her camera to record this wonderful moment of her journey.

“Lin Ran?”

She called out again, still wanting to invite her girlfriend to enjoy the spectacle with her.

This time, she heard the sound of the doorknob being turned from behind. The person waded through the dripping water on the floor and stepped into the bathtub gently and silently. She pushed aside the red rose petals, came behind her, wrapped her arms around her waist in the water, her palm even caressing the smooth side of her waist slightly. “Mmm?”

When Shu Yao turned her head, she had already rested her chin on her shoulder, her cool cheek pressed against her neck, with a red petal still stuck to it, so much so that for a moment, Shu Yao forgot what she was going to say.

After a pause, she looked at the scenery outside again. Shu Yao happily pointed at the magnificent sight of the jellyfish on the glass. “The ocean storybook I read before the trip happened to talk about jellyfish tides. It said that this phenomenon appears on the coastlines of some places and is a very rare spectacle.”

But Lin Ran did not answer.

She was thinking that the book Shu Yao had read probably had a second half.

Usually, when such a large number of jellyfish appeared in one place, it was a disaster for the marine environment, not only destroying the ecosystem but also affecting the fishing industry.

However, these were all just human evaluations—

For Lin Ran.

She hated this kind of creature. It reminded her of some very bad memories from her days in the abyss.

Especially at this moment, her original silver pupils opened, and in addition to these very confusing jellyfish swarms, she also saw a deeper place in the dark sea.

Under the cover of the night, invisible to the human eye, a crack had already opened at the bottom of the sea, and the shape of that crack… was an opening that could connect to the abyss.

Who had summoned the abyss rift?

Were the many parasite species on the ship also related to the character behind this?

…

While she was still thinking, a touch of coolness suddenly touched her face.

Lin Ran came back to her senses and saw Shu Yao leaning over, holding the rose petal that had just been stuck to the side of her face between her teeth—because when she had entered the bathtub, Lin Ran had hugged her girlfriend from behind and had also held both of her hands.

Her girlfriend, whose hands were both occupied and was thus taking advantage of her, said righteously, “You didn’t eat enough for dinner, did you? Are you hypoglycemic?”

She always seemed to be able to quickly sense Lin Ran’s mood changes.

But.

Lin Ran had indeed almost caught a delicious prey just now, but after leaving, she couldn’t bear to leave too far, so she could always hear her girlfriend’s calls, and finally decided to turn back to see what was wrong with her Yaoyao.

But it was just because she had seen these sights and wanted to share them with her.

Thinking of this, she raised her eyebrows slightly, deliberately tightened her embrace around her waist, and leaned over to bite the rose petal that Shu Yao was holding between her teeth, not knowing what to do with it—

Along the bright red edge, she slowly tore off half.

Her sharp teeth crushed the petal, and the juice was squeezed out between her lips and teeth. She chuckled lightly. “Yes.”

“So, how does my girlfriend plan to feed me?”

As she spoke, the bathtub, which was full with two adults, once again rippled. The other red and white petals floating on top swayed with the ripples.

The tentacles that had entered the bathtub with them, taking advantage of Lin Ran’s change in movement, secretly slapped the side of the tub under the water, excitedly urging:

【Eat her!】

【Eat her!】