This new turn of events left Su Jingyan flustered and at a loss.
He patted the boy’s back and gently comforted him.
The boy’s back was very hard and felt a bit too bony.
They didn’t know how long the two of them stayed in that position, but Su Jingyan’s comforting touch seemed to have taken effect, because the boy slowly loosened his embrace as if regaining consciousness. Still, he clung to Su Jingyan and refused to let go.
A “gurgle” sounded.
Su Jingyan’s stomach had made a very untimely noise.
“…” Su Jingyan felt inexplicably awkward, and his patting of the boy turned stiff.
But when the boy heard it, he cleverly released his hold, even moved a chair over to sit obediently next to Su Jingyan, and stared at him without moving.
“…” Su Jingyan had been stared at by boys countless times without much blushing when he wore a mask. Now that the cloth was gone, his face reddened immediately under the boy’s stare.
But the boy wore a greedy, intoxicated expression from beginning to end, his eyes fixed on Su Jingyan as if he were looking at his own treasure. He couldn’t seem to get enough of looking at him.
The journey had been very tiring, and Su Jingyan was already very hungry. He was even hungrier after being tossed around by the boy just now.
He picked up the spoon on the dining table, took a bite-sized scoop of cream from the small cake, and slowly put it in his mouth. It melted on his tongue, sweet but not greasy.
The corners of Su Jingyan’s eyes curved slightly at the sweet taste.
It was his favorite flavor.
The boy sat next to Su Jingyan, closely watching his every move, the way the corners of his eyes bent and his tongue licked the cream. His Adam’s apple bobbed involuntarily a few times, he licked his own dry lips, and he narrowed his eyes dangerously.
So pretty…
I want to possess him…
Mine!
Perhaps the boy’s gaze was so blatant that Su Jingyan couldn’t take it.
He glared fiercely at the boy and then took another bite of the cake.
In the boy’s eyes, Su Jingyan looked even cuter making this small expression, and the corners of his own mouth seemed to turn up uncontrollably in response.
Su Jingyan ate about two small cakes before his hunger eased, which showed how starved he had been.
After all, he had sat in the bus for a whole day, and at dinnertime, when everyone else was eating, he hadn’t dared to take off his mask, so he had been starving all day.
Su Jingyan wiped his mouth with a tissue and then reached for the very appetizing meat next to him.
But as soon as he reached out, his hand was caught and held tightly in the boy’s big palm, and given a pat on the back.
Su Jingyan’s expression froze slightly at the boy’s movement, and his heart skipped a beat.
The boy stared into Su Jingyan’s eyes, hiding his joy and obsession. His body twitched slightly, as if he were suppressing some emotion. His voice was hoarse as he said, “Eating meat at night isn’t good for you. You should have some fruit instead.”
Su Jingyan swallowed and cautiously glanced at the boy’s expression, tentatively withdrawing his hand, worried that the boy might go crazy and refuse to let go.
But this time, the boy tactfully released his hand, though he kept gazing at him with burning eyes.
Su Jingyan was full of doubt about what the boy had said.
However he thought about it, the boy’s words seemed absurd.
Su Jingyan paused and, as curious as a baby, asked, “Why?”
The boy stared absentmindedly at Su Jingyan’s red lips, his eyes deep, with a hint of uncontrollable sickness. Hearing Su Jingyan’s question, he answered in his hoarse voice, “It isn’t fresh.”
Su Jingyan furrowed his brows and turned to face the boy, looking at him.
Su Jingyan even began to wonder whether the boy was telling him a bad joke.
Although he was speechless, Su Jingyan still followed the boy’s suggestion. He picked up a strawberry beside him and slowly began to chew, giving up the idea of eating meat.
The boy also specially arranged the other fruit plates on the dining table in front of Su Jingyan, making it easier for him to keep eating.
The boy stared at Su Jingyan’s bulging cheeks moving up and down as he chewed, the corners of his mouth curving slightly.
In the next moment, his gaze drifted to the meat on the table that Su Jingyan would have eaten.
He narrowed his eyes silently, as if trying to bore a hole through it.
After staring at it for an unknown length of time, he let out a cold, almost inaudible sneer.
Ha.
“Aaaaaaaah!” A scream pierced the sky.
Su Jingyan’s hand froze as he ate the strawberry, and he shook all over with fear.
Seeing that he was scared, the boy narrowed his eyes, looking a little angry.
But at that moment, a strange thought crept into Su Jingyan’s mind, and he couldn’t help thinking…
It’s strange that the soundproofing in such a high-end suite was so poor.
He swallowed the last bite of strawberry in his mouth, having eaten enough to feel full.
The faint sound outside the door grew louder, as if many people had come out to see what was going on.
Su Jingyan wiped his mouth and, a little curious, said, “Let’s go take a look.”
The boy’s eyes flickered at Su Jingyan’s movement, and he turned to look at the Roman clock hanging on the wall. His voice was hoarse. “It isn’t eight o’clock yet, so we can go out.”
Su Jingyan blinked, feeling a bit confused.
His innocent deer’s eyes seemed to ask: what would happen if it were past eight o’clock?
As he watched Su Jingyan’s charming appearance, the boy seemed bewitched and licked his lips with the tip of his tongue.
The next second, the boy took advantage of Su Jingyan’s slight distraction and kissed the teardrop mole under his right eye. He held Su Jingyan’s shoulders with both hands, not letting him escape.
Su Jingyan stared wide-eyed, his face turning red uncontrollably, and his neck too.
The boy kindly put the mask back on him, and his eyes sparkled when Su Jingyan wore it.
I have to hide.
As soon as the boy released Su Jingyan, he stood up from the chair in a flustered rush.
The chair fell back onto the carpet because of his large, abrupt movement. He grabbed the brim of his hat with both hands, lowered his head, hunched his back to hide his face, and went to open the door without a word, as if he had been electrocuted, fleeing in panic.
The boy stared at his back, picked up the fallen chair, and then slowly followed him, his eyes shining with a frightening light.
I finally found you…
My love.
A man was yelling in the lobby, “Where is the hotel manager? Get out here!” His face was greasy and his body bloated, a sign of a lack of exercise. He looked very oily.
Because of his shouting, many onlookers came out of their rooms to join the fun.
The man held a plate in his right hand with some meat on it, though it was unclear what kind of meat.
He was glaring with anger, eyes bulging, his face red from the effort of holding in his rage. He was on the verge of losing his temper.
“What’s wrong?”
“What happened?”
The onlookers all wore puzzled expressions and looked around, not knowing what had happened.
Seeing that more people had gathered, the man used his fork to pick something up from the plate. He pointed it around and shouted, “Look! What is this thing?”
The crowd fixed their eyes on the object.
“Ugh!” A person next to someone who had seen it clearly shrank their pupils and retched, turning to the side.
Damn, it was an eyeball.
Nearly everyone present had been eating dinner in their rooms before coming out to join the fun.
Seeing this, their stomachs churned, and they felt nauseous and terrified, their scalps tingling.
Some even reached into their own throats and tried to vomit up what they had just eaten.
For a moment, the whole hall was filled with the sound of retching, and a slightly unpleasant sour smell lingered in the air.
Almost in an instant, everyone’s thoughts ran along the same line.
Did we just eat human flesh?
As soon as Su Jingyan stepped out, he saw the scene clearly and was so frightened that he clutched his heart.
He was both terrified and extremely grateful that he hadn’t eaten the meat.
“What’s going on? Why are you making so much noise?” It was the woman who had received them at the beginning, and it was unclear where she had suddenly appeared from.
She swept a furious gaze over everyone as soon as she came out.
The noisy man, seeing that someone in charge had arrived, picked up the fork with the eyeball on it and handed it to the woman. He exclaimed angrily, “Look at the crap you gave us to eat!”
The woman glanced at what was on the fork, looked unsurprised, chuckled coldly, and snatched the fork from the man’s hand. She opened her mouth wide and stuffed the eyeball in.
The crowd held their breath, gasped in shock, and stared in horror at the sight.
Even the man who had been causing trouble was dumbfounded and stared at the woman blankly.
The woman chewed it in her mouth for a few moments before swallowing it whole. When she finished, she licked her lips and asked coldly, “Have you never eaten pig’s eye before?”
Really, never.
This was the inner voice of everyone present.
The woman crossed her arms over her chest and sneered. She rolled her eyes and stared at the man arrogantly, speaking loudly as if warning everyone present.
“Xiyi Hotel does not welcome troublemakers! Now pack up your things and leave!”
The man’s demeanor weakened at once when he heard this, and he stared in disbelief.
The plate of food in his hand fell to the floor. He rushed to the woman’s side, wearing a pained expression, and pleaded, “I was wrong, I was wrong. Please let me stay. I apologize, I apologize!”
The woman ignored him completely and walked away without looking back.
Seeing this, the man ignored the crowd around him altogether, knelt on the floor, and hugged the woman’s legs. He knocked his head on the ground like a madman and said, “I beg you, I don’t want to leave! I don’t want to leave!”
The woman rolled her eyes, gave him a look of disgust, and kicked him away.
She continued forward with a disdainful look on her face, her pace quickening.
Perhaps she had caught a whiff of a special fragrance or something else, because she wrinkled her nose and then locked her gaze on the crowd and threw a flirtatious glance.
“……” Su Jingyan accurately received the woman’s gaze and felt somewhat speechless.
The next second, two well-dressed men in black suits suddenly appeared from nowhere and quickly approached the group. They paid no attention to the man kneeling on the ground, screaming and shouting, but calmly restrained him and dragged him out.