Xiao Yixia remained silent, letting Borhes carry on his one-man show. After the two entered the elevator, Xiao Yixia took advantage of Borhes’s momentary distraction to yank her hand free from his grip. But in the very next instant, her hand was recaptured by his.
“Xiaxia, you need to hold my hand tightly, or else I might get lost.”
Xiao Yixia didn’t reply, simply turning her head to the side. She had absolutely no desire to pay Borhes any attention…
Borhes was displeased by Xiao Yixia’s coldness. With a slight tug on her hand, he pulled her into his embrace.
“Xiaxia, why aren’t you saying anything?”
Xiao Yixia said coldly, “If I don’t want to talk, then I don’t want to talk. Why do you need so many whys! Let go of me!”
Borhes held her tightly. “Xiaxia is so cold to me. Only a hug can heal my wounded heart.”
Xiao Yixia said irritably, “Are you blind? The elevator doors are open, we’re on the first floor. Let go of me now! I need to go out and get some air.”
Borhes scooped Xiao Yixia up in his arms and strode out with her in big steps. “Xiaxia must be tired, that’s why she doesn’t want to talk. From now on, let me carry Xiaxia as we walk, that way Xiaxia won’t get tired.”
Xiao Yixia struggled desperately. “Put me down! I want to walk on my own.”
Borhes seized the opportunity to state his terms. “I can put you down, but only if you agree to talk to me and not ignore me like you did in the elevator.”
Weighing the lesser of two evils, Xiao Yixia would rather talk to Borhes than be carried by him. “Fine, I promise. Put me down.”
Borhes was true to his word. He gently set Xiao Yixia down on her feet, then took her hand and led her toward the garden. “Xiaxia, let’s go admire the flowers.”
Xiao Yixia disagreed. “I don’t want to admire flowers. I want to take a walk by the seaside.”
Borhes refused. “No, you’re still sick. You can’t be exposed to the wind.”
Xiao Yixia used all her strength to try to shake off Borhes’s hand. “I want to go to the seaside! If you won’t go, then let go of me!”
Borhes suddenly turned firm. “This is not up for discussion! Right now, you’re going to admire flowers. Once you’re better, then we’ll take a walk by the seaside.”
The moment Borhes finished speaking, he scooped Xiao Yixia up and Teleported with her to the garden. “Be good, Xiaxia, listen to your husband. Today we’ll admire the flowers in the garden. Once you’re well, your husband will accompany you wherever you want to go.”
A wave of nausea rose in Xiao Yixia’s heart. “Can you not talk so disgustingly? I’m about to throw up!”
Borhes smiled and planted a kiss on Xiao Yixia’s cheek. “The moment I call myself your husband, you say it’s disgusting. Then how about I call myself your spouse instead? My dear…”
Xiao Yixia said coldly, “Are you determined to disgust me to death?”
Borhes’s lips curved into a smile. “Xiaxia, you hate me now, so you find it disgusting. Once you fall in love with me, you’ll only find it utterly sweet.”
Xiao Yixia’s voice was icy. “Fall in love with you? What an absolute joke! I could never fall in love with you in a thousand lifetimes!”
Borhes smiled. “Xiaxia, if there really is a next life, you wouldn’t remember anything from this one. How can you be so sure you wouldn’t fall in love with me?”
Xiao Yixia said coldly, “Because my hatred for you is carved into my bones. Even if I lose all memories of this life, my body will remember to hate you!”
Borhes suddenly thought of something at this, and smiled at Xiao Yixia.
“No need to wait for the next life—let’s test it right now.”
Xiao Yixia was puzzled.
“What do you mean?”
Borhes’s eyes were full of anticipation.
“Xiaxia, I’m going to erase your memories and see whether, as you claim, you’ll still hate me even after losing them.”
Xiao Yixia kept backing away.
“No, don’t. I don’t want to lose my memories.”
Borhes stepped toward her one pace at a time.
“Xiaxia, don’t be afraid. There won’t be any pain—it’s just hypnosis.”
Every fiber of Xiao Yixia’s being resisted.
“All you’ll do is make me hate you even more!”
Borhes teleported in front of her.
“Once you’ve lost your memories, you naturally won’t hate me anymore.”
The moment those words left his mouth, he began to hypnotize Xiao Yixia.
“Xiao Yixia, you have no father, no mother, no family. When you came to Y country to study, you fell in love with Bohes Hobed at first sight. The two of you quickly plunged into love and then married. You love Bohes Hobed very, very much, and Bohes Hobed loves you very, very much too…”
After the hypnosis was complete, Borhes expected Xiao Yixia to look at him with adoring eyes. But to his surprise, her gaze toward him hadn’t changed in the slightest—instead, she sneered.
“You’re delusional! And seriously so!”
Borhes’s eyes were filled with disbelief.
“How… is that possible…? No, it absolutely can’t be!”
The moment he said that, he began to hypnotize Xiao Yixia again. But to his astonishment, she still wasn’t hypnotized this time either…
Borhes refused to accept it. One after another, he hypnotized Xiao Yixia again and again, yet every attempt ended in failure…
Xiao Yixia had no idea that those words of his were hypnosis. She thought Borhes was just having another fit of madness, so she cursed at him angrily.
“If you’re sick, go to the hospital! Stop staring into my eyes! And stop repeating those delusional words! You lunatic!”
Borhes stared at Xiao Yixia with burning intensity.
“How can this be? Why can’t you be hypnotized?”
Hearing this, Xiao Yixia suddenly realized the truth.
“So that’s what you were doing—hypnotizing me…”
As she spoke, she couldn’t help but burst out laughing.
“Hahaha… so the Vampire Race’s hypnosis is just delusions… hahahaha…”
Seeing Xiao Yixia laugh at him, Borhes suddenly felt incredibly happy. He stopped wondering why she couldn’t be hypnotized and just grinned foolishly.
“Xiaxia, this is the first time you’ve smiled in front of me…”
Xiao Yixia immediately wiped the smile off her face at that, cursing herself inwardly.
[How could you smile at that beast, Xiao Yixia? How could you! Xiao Yixia, you deserve to die!]
Borhes naturally noticed the change in her, and he hated himself a little.
“I shouldn’t have spoken just now—then you would have kept smiling at me a little longer…”
As he trailed off, he thought again of how Xiao Yixia couldn’t be hypnotized. He pulled out his phone and dialed Lynn.
“Lynn, investigate everything about Xiaxia from before she met me—especially her background. Don’t miss a single detail.”
“Yes, my King.”
Xiao Yixia grew anxious.
“Why are you having Lynn investigate me? What are you going to do to my family?”
Borhes explained,
“Xiaxia, you’ve misunderstood me. I was merely trying to figure out why you can’t be hypnotized by me. After all, in these six thousand years, nothing this strange has ever happened.”
Xiao Yixia relaxed upon hearing this.
“Is there even any need to investigate? Naturally, it’s because I’m a good person, and heaven won’t allow a demon like you to hypnotize a good person.”
Borhes let out a light chuckle.
“Xiaxia is so clever, it must be exactly for that reason!”
As soon as Borhes finished speaking, he plucked a pale pink flower and tucked it into Xiao Yixia’s hair.
“Xiaxia is so beautiful!”
Xiao Yixia took the flower from her hair and tossed it to the ground.
“Ugly! What terrible taste!”
Borhes took Xiao Yixia’s hand and walked forward.
“Then let Xiaxia see what color of flower she likes? I’ll pick a new one for Xiaxia.”
Xiao Yixia was utterly disgusted.
“No need. Flowers themselves are beautiful, but once they pass through your hands, they become ugly!”