Ye Jinzhi pushed open the door and walked into the bathroom. The first thing he saw was Bella lying limply in the bathtub.
Her cheeks were flushed, her porcelain-white ankles dangling in the air, and two silver high heels lay crookedly on the tiles by her feet.
Water was splashed all over the floor. His eyes darkened. "Bella, you are not being a good girl."
He walked closer slowly, his leather shoes making no sound on the floor, with only a flash of eye-catching red passing by.
The man half-knelt on the ground, looking exactly like the girl's most devout believer, yet the gaze with which he looked up at her carried an astonishing possessiveness.
"Was the drink good?"
He really didn't know his precious baby was such a little fool.
When she heard someone say it was non-alcoholic, she actually believed it, and ended up drinking ten glasses in one go.
He reached out, his fingertips gently pressing against her burning cheek, sliding all the way down along her contours,
finally stopping at her slender neck, his thumb rubbing against it in a punishing manner.
Bella felt uncomfortable all over and terribly itchy. She reached out to push away this annoying touch, muttering,
"Go away... boohoo, so annoying..."
Ye Jinzhi was not angry but smiled instead. He took the opportunity to hold her hand, bringing it to his lips and kissing it tenderly.
His movements were gentle to the extreme, and his tone was deep.
"Annoyed with me? Making yourself look like this, letting everyone outside covet you?
"Good Bella, only here with me are you the safest."
Thinking of the unprecedentedly solemn expression on the face of the person next door just now, Ye Jinzhi lowered his eyes to look at the bowl in his hand.
"I found out what it is. It's a new type of drug not seen on the market before, and its ingredients are very complex.
I only have relief medication for similar things here, which can temporarily suppress that burning heat. As for to what extent it can relieve it..."
Huo Zhou didn't finish his sentence. He just patted Ye Jinzhi's shoulder heavily, a trace of helplessness in his eyes.
For the rest of the way, she could only rely on Ye Jinzhi to accompany her.
After explaining, Huo Zhou turned around to continue his research. To be honest, he still wanted to try and see if he could crack it himself.
Dissolving that pill in warm water, Ye Jinzhi carried the porcelain bowl and walked quickly back to the room.
"Baby, be good, open your mouth."
He carefully gathered Bella into his arms, gently pressing the bowl against her lips.
Bella was completely engulfed in chaos at this moment. The rampant fire in her blood made her instinctively reject any approaching heat source.
Feeling someone forcefully prying her mouth open, she subconsciously exerted force and bit down hard.
"Mmph..."
Her white teeth fiercely clamped onto the webbing of the man's hand, instantly leaving a dark red mark on his pale skin.
The man didn't even furrow his brows. He just indulgently let her bite him, and under the gaze of those misty eyes, he lowered his voice and continued to coax her.
"Darling, you won't feel uncomfortable after drinking the medicine. Be good."
But Bella seemed determined to go against him, her jaws clamped shut. Ye Jinzhi lowered his eyes to look at her.
A moment later, he slowly raised the bowl, tilted his head back, and took a large gulp himself.
Then, using a bit of deft force, seeing her loosen her bite, he cupped the back of Bella's head with one hand and leaned down without hesitation.
Their thin lips met.
The liquid medicine was passed over bit by bit through the tightly pressed seam of their lips.
Carrying the slight bitterness of the medicine and a scorching breath, the man was domineering yet gentle, driving straight in and easily prying open her second line of defense.
"Wu wu..."
Bella's mind was already confused, and she whimpered vaguely,
only feeling that some bad thing was frantically plundering her breath, even... even carrying a fierce force as if it wanted to suck her tongue away.
The medicine finally reached the bottom, but Ye Jinzhi did not pull away. Instead, his previous actions became the last spark to ignite the wasteland.
He greedily deepened the kiss, feeling the warm, vibrant her in his arms.
Bella was kissed until she lacked oxygen, and her small hands that were originally pushing him away had softly climbed up to his neck at some unknown point.
All rationality was swept away in this bitter-tasting kiss.
After the bathroom door closed, all the noise from the outside world was isolated, and water vapor quickly clouded the cold, hard tiles.
Amidst the rising white mist, the sound of water spraying from the showerhead gradually echoed in the bathroom, dense and heavy, yet unable to cover the overlapping pants.
Interspersed with the rustling sound of clothes rubbing against each other, it seemed exceptionally clear in the narrow space.
The man's pale hands almost uncontrollably confirmed the burning reality beneath his palms.
The water washed over their bodies, yet it could not extinguish the intensifying desire.
The initial struggle and rejection, under the man's absolute control, gradually turned into the woman's fragmented yet endlessly aggrieved soft whimpers.
That sound was like foam shattered by ocean waves, intermittent. In this small, mist-filled space, the two completely surrendered.
"Bella..."
"Bella... baby."
"Darling, look at who I am, hmm?"
"Darling?"
Ye Jinzhi held her tightly in his arms, as if unable to confirm enough, brushing her earlobes with his scalding breath over and over again, his voice hoarse with coaxing.
"Darling, open your eyes and look at who I am, hmm?"
He wanted to hear that name too much, too eager to confirm from the girl's mouth that he hadn't fallen back into the absurdity that had played out on countless nights in the past.
"Darling?"
Bella's temples throbbed from the noise of this repeater.
She was finally annoyed by the questions, struggling to lift her heavy eyelids, and the first thing she saw was that handsome face close at hand.
"Wu wu... Yandere Demon King..."
Bella muttered, tears still swirling in her eyes, her mind full of the ruthless way this man had just seemed ready to devour her.
Ye Jinzhi, who had been waiting for an answer with bated breath, had a flash of surprise in his eyes when he heard these words.
[Yandere? Demon King?]
Even though he had heard the outside world spread rumors that he was decisive in killing and everyone paled at the mention of him, no one had ever given him such a label.
[Interesting.]
Unwilling to give up, the arm clamped around Bella's waist lifted slightly. His presence was imposing as he insisted on forcing her to call out that name clearly. "Say it again, who am I?"
"Shut up..."
Bella was annoyed by his questions. Without a second thought, a soft little hand went smack, landing with zero intimidation right on that handsome face that could enchant all living beings.
With a heavy nasal tone, she impatiently spat out those three words:
"...Wu wu wu... So annoying, Ye Jinzhi."
As soon as these three words came out, the air seemed to turn pink.
Ye Jinzhi's head was knocked to the side by the slap, but instead of getting angry, he laughed lowly.
The laughter resonated from his chest, carrying a kind of relieved madness.
Turn off the lights, everyone, let's stop right here.
I'm scared.
