“I want Master… to kiss me.”
After saying this, Shen Lu lowered her eyelids nervously.
Despite acting on impulse and doing many drastic things, voicing the thoughts she had kept bottled up inside for so long, she didn’t dare to look at Qi Qi’s expression right now.
Would it be shock? Or disgust? Would she think she was pushing her luck, or being calculating, filthy, and despicable?
She was terrified, terrified of seeing on Qi Qi’s face the same expression and look that everyone else had given her since childhood.
A toad wanting to eat swan meat.
She knew it. She simply wasn’t worthy of Qi Qi, at least in terms of appearance and status, she couldn’t compare to that doll like girl earlier, who looked like she belonged in an oil painting when she smiled.
It was Qi’s fault.
She began to resent her again.
She couldn’t help it, her nature was inherently dark and full of jealousy.
Why be so gentle to someone as selfish and ugly as her? Why ignite vile desires that shouldn’t exist, shifting from initial vigilance, resistance, and hatred, to now waking up at midnight wishing Qi Qi would treat her even more roughly and excessively?
The sense of emptiness upon waking from those dreams grew day by day. Only in her dreams could she obtain brief satisfaction and happiness.
Even if Qi Qi was unwilling and rejected her request, it didn’t matter.
That would give her the perfect excuse.
She could then say with full confidence. Who told you to reject me?
She could naturally lock her up, lock her in a place known only to herself, living a life with just the two of them. No, perhaps she should directly disable her ability to care for herself. That way, her future life would rely entirely on her, and the only person left in her eyes would be herself.
Even if things didn’t go smoothly at first, as time passed, acceptance would become her only option.
At this thought, Shen Lu’s tightly clenched palms relaxed slightly.
That was right. In the past, she might have been weak, pitiful, and useless, unable to do anything except pray to the heavens or seek outside help. But now, she could do it.
Her pupils narrowed into thin slits, and the blood throughout her body seemed to boil, running so hot that she couldn’t help trembling slightly. It was a sign that she was extremely excited and restless.
Yet Qi Qi knew nothing of this.
Looking at the girl who bowed her head as if awaiting judgment, anxious and tense, Qi Qi appeared to think a lot, but in truth, her actual consideration lasted only a few seconds.
Shen Lu felt a light, warm softness fall upon her lips, carrying an intoxicatingly pleasant scent that set her entire body ablaze.
Her brain went blank in an instant. All those dark, cruel, unmentionable thoughts dissolved into dust at once.
In this single moment, she could only hear the soft, rhythmic breathing close to her.
Along with her own increasingly tumultuous heartbeat.
She snapped her eyes open and saw the girl’s distant yet captivating eyes right in front of her. Those pitch black eyes, which usually held nothing, were now entirely filled with her reflection alone. The way Qi Qi looked at her seemed to hold a trace of helplessness, along with a quiet indulgence.
“Very good. This is your reward.”
As the voice reached her ear, her heart rate seemed to hit a threshold, nearly bursting.
In the next second, the spacious bathtub suddenly became cramped and crowded. The empty space was completely taken up by a thick, heavy snake tail, which even spilled over the edge of the tub, its tip hanging down piteously.
So it really was you.
Qi Qi’s current mood could be summarized by those words. There was certainly shock, but not much. Instead, a sense of clarity and resolution settled in, alongside the suffocating weight of the snake tail crushing her.
Ever since she was dragged into the bathroom, she had a bad premonition.
As Shen Lu exhibited behavior and words increasingly distant from her usual self, that bad suspicion in her heart became more and more concrete.
Shen Lu was that monster.
“I can barely breathe… get off me first.” Qi Qi valiantly spoke up to save herself before she fainted from the heavy weight.
The “heavy weight” still had a blank, uncomprehending look on her face, but hearing those words, she instinctively hugged the person beneath her even tighter out of dissatisfaction.
Qi Qi had never felt herself to be so fragile, more delicate than the lowest quality paper tissue, requiring extreme care.
Thankfully, Shen Lu finally realized her current weight and Qi Qi’s situation. Though she didn’t get down, she immediately adjusted her posture, changing from the initial position to letting Qi Qi sit on her lap. Her possessive snake tail, perfectly attuned to her heart’s desire, coiled securely around Qi Qi, who was still gasping for air.
While struggling to inhale oxygen and adjust her breathing, Qi Qi also had to clumsily fend off the harassment from the overly excited tip of the snake tail. She once again felt the terrifying impact of her bad habit and deeply reflected on her overly reckless past personality.
“I’m sorry… I didn’t think… I was just too excited. Are you okay, Master?” Shen Lu held her, rubbing against her intimately. After checking her over and relaxing, she swore cautiously, “I really won’t do it next time!”
“So… can Master reward me one more time?”
The birthmark on the girl’s face was now covered by a layer of jewel like, beautiful teal scales. A powerful, agile snake tail replaced her originally slender legs. Her entire demeanor exuded a terrifying yet breathtaking inhuman quality, her eyes sparkling as she smiled at Qi Qi like a clumsy dog begging for food.
Reward for what?
“But…”
Before her words of rejection could leave her mouth, the expression on the girl, who had been quite docile just a moment ago, instantly shifted. Her tone carried jagged, icy frost. “But what? Does Master want to reward someone else instead? That girl named Bai Zhi just now?”
“No, it’s nothing.”
Qi Qi shut her mouth, allowing the non-human monster across from her to clumsily insert her split, serpentine tongue into her mouth, imitating her earlier movements to actively chase her.
The sticky kiss didn’t hinder Qi Qi’s ability to think in the slightest. Although the girl was a monster, she was still a novice when it came to kissing. Qi Qi could handle her with ease.
She actually had another girlfriend. Even if she could hide it for a while, it was impossible to hide forever. It would be discovered sooner or later, so she could only break up before that happened.
Qi Qi insincerely defended herself in her heart, completely tossing aside her fickle, love them and leave them nature.
It was rare for her to perform a good deed, yet she ended up inviting a wolf into her house.
Having learned her lesson from this event, Qi Qi vowed never to enjoy helping others again. She really ought to stick to her path as an arrogant, aloof young lady.
“Will Qi Qi be afraid of me like this?”
Shen Lu licked away the remaining clear moisture on the corner of Qi Qi’s lips, clutching her hand uneasily.
“It’s fine. You actually look pretty interesting like this.”
Qi Qi casually toyed with the split tip of her tongue, her previously faded interest rekindling once more.
That was the truth. Those snake scales didn’t look repulsive at all, instead, they resembled some artistic body paint or tribal tattoo. In a game, she would definitely have the vibe of a hugely popular final boss. Her gloomy temperament, which was unappealing when she was human, became an added bonus after turning into a monster.
The teal scales, glowing with a metallic sheen almost like gemstones, combined with her overly pale skin in an unexpectedly harmonious way, giving off an eerie, alluring beauty.
“In fact, it’s very pretty,” Qi Qi murmured, curiously tracing the boundary where scales met skin, the texture felt smooth and natural. “I like it a lot.”
The pale skin behind the monster’s ears flushed faint red once more.
However, before that, there’s still one thing…
“When and why did you become like this? It couldn’t have been from birth, right?”
If she had been a monster from birth, she wouldn’t have been bullied to that extent by weak humans.
She thought the mystery had been solved, but the answer Shen Lu gave only deepened her confusion.
“Actually… it was when I fell into the lake. When I was about to die, I suddenly became able to breathe underwater, and then I turned into this form. Maybe because of survival instinct?”
Shen Lu omitted the presence of Shi Zhenyao and his group from the story.
“Then do you have any memory of what happened at night during this period?”
Shen Lu tilted her head, looking utterly perplexed.
“Which night? Does something happen at night?”
Wait… could the one at night be another monster? Even though they look similar, could they actually be two completely different creatures?
Well, that monster only ever came late at night when it was dark. It’s possible I misidentified it in the dark, and they only shared a similar outline.
Or perhaps she turned into a monster when she was unconscious, which is why she doesn’t remember…
Judging by the state of the night monster, unable to speak, acting like an unintelligent child, possessing almost no human common sense, and driven almost entirely by instinctual desires at every step…
Seeing that Shen Lu truly looked bewildered and clueless, Qi Qi refrained from revealing any further information.
“It’s nothing. I just thought it might be one of those situations where you transform in your sleep at night without realizing it.”
Qi Qi brushed it off.
Even though Shen Lu appeared half-doubting, under Qi Qi’s proactive kiss, she instantly forgot what she was going to say, falling headlong into sweetness as her flexible tail wrapped tightly around Qi Qi once more.
Bai Zhi’s life had not been easy lately.
It wasn’t just because that special admit student named Shen Lu kept clinging to Qi Qi under the lame excuse of being afraid of getting bullied.
The reason she was able to enroll in Minde High in the first place was that her pretentious yet declining Bai family desperately needed a powerful backer. Thus, as an illegitimate daughter brought back solely for an advantageous marriage, she was required to curry favor with rich young ladies at school and make those wealthy young masters fall for her.
Bai Zhi knew she was gifted in this area. Having grown up in the red light district, she had long mastered the arts of coaxing people until their heads spun. Although it was boring, as long as she did a good job, she could obtain more family resources, so she had no reason to refuse.
However, ever since she started dating Qi Qi, she had subconsciously begun keeping her distance from those people, as if trying to sever ties with her past self. She couldn’t even be bothered to pretend anymore. Consequently, as time went on, a jealous relative from her family snitched on her to the head of the household.
The reason she had been forced to leave that day, despite her strong reluctance, was that the main family had issued her an ultimatum.
In order to resolve the issue, she was forced to make a trip back to the main residence.
After saying a lot and making some unavoidable concessions, she finally satisfied the main family.
However, the current head of the Bai family was a white haired old man whose physical condition suggested he wouldn’t last much longer. When she returned, the various branch families competing for power were already locked in undercurrents. Once the old man died, they would surely tear each other apart in a bloodbath, and she could take advantage of the chaos to stir up some trouble.
There was no need to worry about that side for the near future, so right now, the most important matter was still that immensely annoying pest hovering around Qi Qi.
A while ago, she had intentionally spread some rumors around the school, subtly egging on those who were already eager to pick on Shen Lu during conversations. She hadn’t expected that instead of causing trouble for Shen Lu, it actually brought Shen Lu and Qi Qi closer together.
The mere thought of it made her feel irritated. The bloodthirsty impulse inside her, which had been quiet for a long time since meeting Qi Qi, began to stir again, with the crazy thought of “I should just kill that eyesore” popping up in her head from time to time.
Most importantly, she hadn’t seen much of Qi Qi recently. She felt so bored and lonely.
Since today was a day off, she decided she might as well head over to the apartment to find Qi Qi.
Just as she happily made up her mind, she received a message from Qi Qi.
Is Qi Qi thinking about me too?
They really were on the same wavelength.
[Are you free right now?]
Qi Qi had thought about it for a long time and decided that breaking up required a bit of formality, saying it in person felt more official.
[I’m actually on my way to your apartment right now.]
Bai Zhi’s smile grew even more radiant as she hummed a song and turned into a flower shop.
[Okay, I’ll wait for you.]
In Qi Qi’s view, the two of them had only started dating out of temporary boredom and fleeting desire, roughly equivalent to children playing house.
Furthermore, Bai Zhi’s personality wasn’t the type to believe in love or attachment. She tossed out sweet nothings as if they cost nothing, loved to deceive and play around, and was quick to grow tired of the new and long for the fresh. Yet, she possessed extraordinary charm and was always the center of attention wherever she went. Though she constantly asked for hugs, kisses, and acted spoiled around Qi Qi, she was actually the most rational and cold hearted person of all.
Having dated for several months, perhaps Bai Zhi was beginning to grow tired of her as well.
In any case, Qi Qi had never even considered the possibility that Bai Zhi might disagree to a breakup.
After sending the message, she waited at home for her soon to be ex-girlfriend to arrive at her door.