Chapter 31: The Vampire’s Prey (31)
The kiss came like a tidal wave.
It was different from Xie Yanchuan’s ghostly chill or Xie Zhenye’s searing heat, nor did it have the snake-like, suffocating aggression of Xue Zhu.
Wei Changlin was skillful, and very gentle.
His lips and tongue were nimble, like an inescapable ocean wave, washing over the sand again and again, carrying away the soft grains, occasionally leaving behind a few hard shells.
An alternating soft and hard, hot and wet kiss.
Yu Jiao was powerless, almost drowning in it. The hands that had been pushing him away now instinctively wrapped around his neck, deepening the kiss.
“…”
In the thick darkness, there was only the sound of water, making one’s ears burn.
Tap. Tap. Tap.
Ominous footsteps approached, like a cold, biting wind, instantly lowering the temperature.
Yu Jiao’s eyes snapped open. She grabbed Wei Changlin’s clothes and pulled him back slightly. In that brief moment, she quickly placed her hand between them, blocking his attempt to lean in again.
Her eyes were hazy, her snowy cheeks flushed pink as she glared at him accusingly.
—Are you insane!?
Wei Changlin’s peach-blossom eyes, as if hooked, were fixed on her. His wet lips and tongue very slowly licked the hand that was blocking him.
Yu Jiao’s breath caught, and her fingers flinched.
She had never thought that being kissed on the fingers would feel… like this.
Under this assault, her fingers softened like iron railings in a blazing fire, her defenses breached.
Her body went limp. For a moment, she forgot the danger and glared at him resentfully.
—How are you so skilled at this?!
Wei Changlin supported her slumping body, took her by the waist, and lifted her onto a nearby table.
They were now at eye level.
As if reading her mind, he blinked his beautiful eyes and said innocently, “You’ve wronged me. It was just practice for mastering a spell. I never thought it would be used like this.”
He paused and added, almost inaudibly, “…This is my first kiss, you know.”
Yu Jiao was a little surprised. But the next moment, this unexpectedly innocent pervert didn’t even wait to see her reaction to his words. He turned his head and kissed her earlobe.
There was a strange sense of fleeing in his actions.
As if it were a way to change the subject, he kissed her with great effort. A tingling, electric current shot through her body, and she couldn’t help but let out a soft moan.
At the same time, the footsteps paused, having stopped right outside the greenhouse door.
Screak—
Like the sweep of the Grim Reaper’s scythe, the old wooden door was pushed open.
Under the desolate moonlight, two tall, dark figures stood solidly in the doorway.
Directly facing the disoriented, kissed Yu Jiao.
“…”
At that moment, even Yu Jiao, who was used to great storms, felt a rare sense of despair.
—It’s over.
The twins were backlit by the moon. She couldn’t see their expressions, only feel two unreadable gazes fall upon her.
…This is so awkward! Wei Changlin must be insane!!
She couldn’t help but clutch his shirt. As if his conscience had awakened, he stopped. Just as she thought he was going to resolve this bizarre situation, he nonchalantly kissed the side of her neck again!
…He’s crazy, he’s crazy!!!
Tap.
Xie Zhenye took a step forward.
“…”
In just a few short seconds, with several love bites planted on her, Yu Jiao had already accepted reality. She began to think about how to appease the enraged twins and prepared herself for being unable to get out of bed for a few days.
Xie Zhenye, the one who had come to “catch them in the act,” stopped.
Through the small window of the greenhouse, the cool moonlight finally fell on him, illuminating his handsome, slightly frowning face.
His sharp gaze swept over the room.
“…No one here?”
Yu Jiao: “!”
As if he couldn’t see the two of them, who were openly “having an affair,” Xie Zhenye’s gaze swept past them carelessly. He said with suspicion:
“The strange sound is gone, too.”
In that instant, Yu Jiao realized: Wei Changlin must have used some kind of trick! No wonder he was so fearless… Only I was so nervous, like an idiot!
Yu Jiao pounded on him in anger.
“What sound?” Xie Yanchuan asked sharply.
Yu Jiao froze.
…What the hell! This pervert hasn’t stopped sucking on my neck, and he’s even gotten louder!
“Something’s not right.”
Xie Yanchuan’s cold gaze swept around the room. He pushed aside the flowers and plants to check.
Yu Jiao didn’t dare to move.
Just then, Wei Changlin, who was buried in her neck, let out a low laugh, his breath hot and moist.
“Don’t be afraid,” he whispered, planting a light kiss on her tense neck, not bothering to lower his voice. “I’ve set up an array. They won’t find us.”
Yu Jiao had just breathed a sigh of relief when his tone changed. “It’s just that—my skills are not yet perfected. I can only completely hide my own tracks.”
Yu Jiao: “?”
He looked up, his peach-blossom eyes glistening. “If you, my lady, happen to make a sound, they’ll find you.”
His voice was light and leisurely.
He might as well have had the words ‘I’m doing this on purpose’ written on his face!
Wei Changlin smiled and raised a finger to her lips.
“Shh.”
The young woman’s round, cat-like eyes glared at him. She bit down hard on his fingertip. But he pushed his luck, slipping his finger into her mouth and pressing it down on her tongue.
“Now, silence.”
He narrowed his eyes and smiled, then pulled his finger out. He gently pinched her chin with his wet fingers and turned her head to the side.
“Look, your dear brother is coming over.”
A rustling sound, like a hunting net.
Xie Yanchuan, who was checking the plants, was getting closer.
Yu Jiao held her breath.
Seeing this, the mischievous Wei Changlin’s lips curved, and he once again pressed his lips to the side of her neck, planting one kiss after another.
This time, she didn’t dare to struggle. She bit her lower lip tightly.
She obediently endured his wicked teasing.
“…”
The blush-inducing sucking sounds and the rustling of the plants being pushed aside intertwined into a secret, forbidden symphony.
The darkness seemed to amplify all her senses.
Wei Changlin’s kisses moved lower and lower.
Xie Yanchuan’s search grew closer and closer.
Her bathrobe was half on, half off. Yu Jiao gripped Wei Changlin’s shoulders, her hands twisting his uniform into a knot. She bit her lip, trying to endure as she watched him make his mischief.
Her thoughts were viscous and fleeting. To distract herself, she thought: What kind of spell requires this kind of practice? But I have to admit, the results of his practice are quite remarkable. How can it be so…
“Mmph…!”
A moan accidentally escaped her. Yu Jiao immediately covered her mouth, her grey eyes filling with tears.
Through the haze, she met a pair of cold, pale eyes.
—Xie Yanchuan was looking at her.
Yu Jiao’s breath caught.
Her gaze focused on his cold, jade-like face, and her heart tightened.
The next moment, she heard his cold voice. “Did you hear that?”
“I heard it,” came a voice from not far away. Xie Zhenye was leaning against the door, his tone indifferent. “It’s probably just a stray cat. I think the gardener keeps a few.”
Xie Yanchuan was silent, his gaze still vaguely on her.
“A cat?”
A pair of cat-like eyes slowly widened.
She held her hand tightly over her mouth, desperately suppressing the moan in her throat. Because of the effort, a misty, sensual color rose in her eyes, and her snowy cheeks were flushed with a faint red.
“Let’s go,” Xie Zhenye urged. “Let’s not waste any more time here.”
Xie Yanchuan didn’t comment.
Yu Jiao held her breath.
Although she knew he couldn’t see her, she could almost feel his dark, cool gaze on her half-naked body…
An unspeakable sense of shame rose within her.
“My lady,” Wei Changlin chuckled and looked up, his lips curling. “Are you nervous? Or excited?”
Yu Jiao’s ears were bright red as she shot him a glare. She carefully, trying not to make a sound, lifted her foot and stepped on him.
—Not as excited as you, anyway.
Wei Changlin pressed his lips together and hummed, his peach-blossom eyes looking at her darkly. He pulled her hand away from her mouth and kissed her.
“You asked for this,” he said in a low, husky voice during a break.
“…”
After confirming that no one was hiding in the greenhouse, Xie Yanchuan finally turned around. “Let’s go.”
Hearing this, the heavy stone that had been hanging over Yu Jiao’s heart finally fell.
As her mind relaxed, so did her tense defenses… She trembled and buried her head in Wei Changlin’s conveniently offered chest, biting down on his shoulder.
Fortunately, the cautious and suspicious Xie Yanchuan had already left. But Xie Zhenye, who was about to follow, suddenly said:
“Wait.”
He twitched his nose like a wild animal. “I think I smell,” he paused, frowning as he described it, “a sweet, rich scent. It’s a little familiar.”
Yu Jiao almost fainted.
…What kind of dog nose does he have!
Xie Yanchuan stopped. He mused, “Now that you mention it, you’re right.”
Xie Zhenye’s gaze swept over the plants in the room. He frowned. “Could it be the flowers?”
Just as the two of them were about to re-enter the greenhouse, the butler came running over, out of breath. “We found a mark left by the vampire hunter outside the young lady’s room. He… he left a message. You two should go and see.”
The two of them froze, their auras dark. Without a word, they headed towards the chaotic Xie Manor.
A reassuring silence fell in the greenhouse.
After a while, Yu Jiao leaned weakly against him. After catching her breath, she asked, “What message did you leave?”
Wei Changlin supported her soft waist and let out a pleased, sated chuckle. “I explained how I snuck into the Xie Manor and wrote down the method I plan to use to take you away.”
“…”
Yu Jiao: “You mentioned the array that can hide one’s tracks?”
Wei Changlin took a half-step back and raised his hands to tidy her messy robes. A nonchalant smile played on his lips. “That’s right. So—”
“—Your clever dear brothers have probably already guessed what just happened.”
A commotion suddenly erupted from the distant Xie Manor, like a war drum, gradually approaching.
Wei Changlin blinked, a retaliatory glint in his eyes. He raised an eyebrow:
“Ah, it seems they’ve found out.”