Liu Xia nervously followed Patron Mom all the way to the Wenchang Pavilion.
This was an octagonal pavilion surrounded by forsythia bushes and decorated with a few cherry trees. The season wasn’t right now, but in spring, when the forsythia was soft yellow and the cherry petals pink and white, sitting in the pavilion would be delightful.
It was dinnertime, and the pavilion was empty. Gu Lingluo turned and gestured for her to put down her bag.
Patron Mom’s words were law, so she immediately complied.
Patron Mom then gestured for her to roll up her sleeve. She also complied. Her inner base layer was soft, but the outer coat was thick, so she could only roll the sleeve up a little above her forearm.
Patron Mom gestured for her to turn her palm up, exposing the tender inside of her arm.
“Bite it. If the tooth mark doesn’t disappear for a full day, I’ll forgive you.”
Liu Xia looked at her fair, delicate arm, then at Patron Mom’s face, which looked even colder with the mask on.
“You…”
“What about me?”
“N-Nothing…”
So she wasn’t an M, Gu Lingluo was a sadist!
She really wanted those fanboys, fangirls, and admirers to see Gu Lingluo’s true, perverted face. Half of them would probably be disillusioned.
Although, she couldn’t be sure. In this day and age, perverts seemed to be quite popular…
Liu Xia was apprehensive. She wasn’t afraid of anything else, but she was afraid of pain!
And the tooth mark had to last for a full day? That was too difficult!
She pursed her lips and looked pitifully at Gu Lingluo. “Can I do something else? This seems… a bit hard…”
“No.”
I knew it…
Liu Xia raised her arm to her mouth, trying several times, but she couldn’t bring herself to bite down.
“I… I can’t seem to do it. Why don’t you bite me?”
Without a word, Gu Lingluo walked past her, intending to leave. Liu Xia quickly stopped her.
“I’ll bite! Can’t I just bite it?!”
What kind of ridiculous life is this, forcing a normal, positive, excellent socialist youth to bite herself?!
This is too much!
This world isn’t worth it. The saying was definitely true.
Liu Xia tearfully brought the most tender part of her forearm to her own mouth. In her heart, she silently recited the story of Jie Zitui slicing his thigh to feed Duke Wen of Jin. If Jie Zitui could cut his own flesh to feed the Duke, what was one little bite for her Patron Mom?
It’s just a pity for this delicate, fair flesh of mine. Mom is sorry for you. The bite is on you, but the pain is in Mom’s heart. For Mom’s life, I can only let you suffer.
Liu Xia closed her eyes and steeled her heart!
“Hiss!!!”
It hurt! It really hurt like a motherfker!!**
Liu Xia almost blacked out from the pain. Her nose stung, tears welled up, and two rows of purplish-red tooth marks were clearly imprinted. She didn’t know if they would last a day, but she was genuinely in pain and nearly crying.
Patron Mom narrowed her eyes at her. “You actually bit it?”
Wait, what does that mean? Would you have let me off if I hadn’t really bitten it?
Gu Lingluo suddenly smiled, her bright eyes radiating light, her long lashes reflecting the sun—a beauty that surpassed autumn frost and evening glow.
Liu Xia blinked. Her heart leaped uncontrollably.
Does it make her this happy to see me tormented?
Don’t you know you’re seriously perverted, the kind that can’t be saved?
Except in front of her family, this was the first time Gu Lingluo had smiled so genuinely. She was just annoyed, but she hadn’t expected the girl to be so stupid as to actually bite herself, and so earnestly, too. It would definitely swell up later.
Liu Xia pressed against her heart, which was beating abnormally. Without even thinking, she reached out to snatch Gu Lingluo’s mask.
It was a rare moment for Patron Mom to smile. It was too much of a pity to have it covered up.
Gu Lingluo’s reaction was extremely fast. She immediately stepped back to evade her hand.
“What are you doing?!”
“Uh… Do you have a cold? Why are you wearing a mask?”
She didn’t know how that question offended Patron Mom, but her face instantly darkened, the earlier smile seeming like an illusion.
Gu Lingluo straightened the mask strap hanging behind her ear, making sure it was firmly secured, then spoke. “Show me the tooth mark next Monday at this time. If it hasn’t disappeared, I’ll forgive you.”
What?!
A bolt from the blue!
“Didn’t you just say you’d forgive me if it didn’t disappear for one day?! Today is only Friday! That’s three days until next Monday!”
Gu Lingluo stated as a matter of course, “I don’t have classes tomorrow or the day after, so I won’t be at school. I can’t check it until Monday.”
“I can take a photo and send it to you!”
“I don’t have a cell phone.”
“I’ll save it on my phone, with the timestamp, and show you on Monday!”
“PS technology has been mature for five years.”
“Then I’ll come to your house tomorrow just to show you!”
“I don’t like strangers coming to my house.”
Gu Lingluo walked past her and stepped out of the small pavilion. “You’re the one who said you’d do anything I asked. Whether it’s one day or three days, I trust you won’t object, right? So it’s settled. Goodbye.”
Liu Xia: “…”
She’s absolutely doing this on purpose! Absolutely!
She hadn’t realized Patron Mom was not only perverted but also devious! She’d scheme you to death without blinking!
Liu Xia had never felt so weak, pitiful, and helpless as she did at this moment.
Hiss! It hurts!
My innocent little arm, Mom is sorry for you.
In the city center villa district, Gu Lingluo opened the door and entered the villa. Gu Fujin had just finished cooking dinner.
“You’re back just in time. Let’s eat.”
Gu Lingluo glanced at the steamed perch and walked upstairs.
“You eat first. I have something to take care of. I’ll eat later.”
“What can’t wait until after dinner?”
“A report due this afternoon.”
Gu Fujin nodded. “Then I’ll wait for you, and we’ll eat together.”
“Don’t wait for me. I don’t know how late I’ll be. I might not eat if it’s too late. Aren’t you going to the bureau this afternoon? Don’t let me delay your important business.”
“Alright then.”
Gu Fujin ate, tidied up, and drove away. Only then did Gu Lingluo come downstairs to wash her hands and eat.
She took off her mask in front of the bathroom mirror. After one look, she instantly regretted only punishing the girl with one bite on her arm!
Her face in the mirror was a disaster.
There were patchy, reddish bruises on the side of her face and chin. Two distinct rows of gleaming tooth marks encircled her mouth. Each tooth mark looked raw; one bite harder and the skin would have broken. A whole night had passed, and not only hadn’t they faded, but they had become redder and slightly swollen.
The pain had long since gone, but the location—on her mouth—was just too… shameful.
Having lived for ninety thousand years, when had she, Gu Lingluo, ever suffered such a huge loss? And a secret loss that the perpetrator was completely unaware of.
She must have been dizzy at the time. Why didn’t she push her away immediately? Biting her in such a spot also made it difficult to ask Fourth Sister to help remove the marks. All she could do was cover it with a mask, which was inconvenient in every way. The more she thought about it, the more annoyed she became!
If it weren’t for the fact that the girl was sick and half-asleep, acting completely unconsciously, she would absolutely not let her see the light of day!
Oh, right. The library tutoring session was scheduled for tonight.
Evening, the Library.
“What?! I have to memorize all of this?!” Liu Xia was incredulous. “We haven’t even learned this yet! Do we really need to get this far ahead?”
Gu Lingluo gave her a cold glance. Liu Xia immediately wilted and quickly grabbed paper and a pen.
Liu Xia: 【There’s so much. I definitely can’t memorize all of this in an hour and a half.】
Gu Lingluo: 【That’s fine. I can wait. Just finish before the library closes.】
No way!
The library doesn’t close until eleven o’clock!
They usually left by eight.
Gu Lingluo had already opened her original French book and started reading, completely ignoring Liu Xia’s pitiful, miserable look. Liu Xia had no choice but to resign herself and start memorizing silently.
Oh, heavens! Oh, earth! I’ve changed! I really have!
Never offend Patron Mom!
So what if I didn’t submit the homework? I apologized, and I even bit myself! And she’s still retaliating like this, one blow after another! This is utterly inhumane!
Waaah~~
My Coke Chicken Wings…
All the restaurants near the school will be closed by eleven o’clock, ahhhhhh!