Finally, after what seemed like an eternity of silence, Master finally slowly opened his mouth and said —
“Don’t you have… any words to say to me?”
f.u.c.k!
This guy definitely did this on purpose!
Didn’t you ask this question already knowing the answer? Why did you have to be so deceptive!!!
But—
Since you so sincerely asked this question, then I will mercifully tell you why! In order to prevent the destruction of this world, in order to promote peace and harmony in this world, in order to carry out love and evil, in order to take the role of a cute and enchanting villainess… this fellow will throw out the truth!
“Erm… this… that… didn’t we say before that, if I finished the ninety-nine missions you a.s.signed me, you would… could… erm… let me…”
Get to the point, get to the point!
As she spoke, Shen Qingmei began to shrink into herself, half wishing she could disappear into the ground.
So nerve-wracking! And so terrifying! She said it! She really said it! She really was seeking death!
Her awkward and trembling words finally finished delivering the message. In the room the sunshine poured in through the windows, flashing against the floorboards, cups, pillows. Outside the open windows an ancient cherry tree burst with pink petals. Every time a slight breeze pa.s.sed by countless metals entered the room, scattering themselves around Master.
His tall shadow imprinted against the floorboards, remaining unmoving as a statue. Shen Qingmei bit her lip as she stared at Master’s shadow, her stomach reaching its full height of excitement. Her mind became drunk with dizziness, feeling pins and needles creep across her entire body.
d.a.m.n it!
Master, hearing her words, seemed to have no reaction at all!
Wasn’t he being too dishonest here! Why couldn’t he reply with anything, affirmative or not? Even if he wanted her to scram, she would tolerate it!
Tightly clenching her fists, Shen Qingmei almost couldn’t bear the pressure. She inhaled in a large breath, like a fish without water.
Finally, Master replied.
“There was something like this? How come I don’t remember anything.”
One gra.s.s mud horse zoomed past her head, two gra.s.s mud horses zoomed in front of her, three gra.s.s mud horses ran in front of her… ten thousand f.u.c.king gra.s.s mud horses were running in front of her!
! He actually went back against their deal! Broke their agreement! Reneged on his promise!
Hearing these words, Shen Qingmei could only stare blankly in place. Her two eyes looked on foolishly, her expression upset, her eyes filled with indignation. Her wronged expression was like that of a child who had lost everything and could only cry out “Wah!” in a tantrum.
Furiously swallowing, Shen Qingmei did not even have energy to raise her eyes up. She didn’t even have enough energy to ask what Master was thinking. Instead, she could only laugh self-mockingly to herself, her tone filled with bitterness.
“Heh, heh, it looks like I was wrong. I’m leaving.”
Saying this, without waiting for Master to reply, Shen Qingmei turned around to walk outside.
But before she could walk even two steps away, a hand grabbed her wrist and pulled her back to r‘s side, then afterwards taking advantage of her confusion to embrace! her! in! his! arms!
“I was tricking you.”
Master’s calm and magnetic voice softly sounded out.
“That agreement, I remember.”
Those simple and ordinary words, in Shen Qingmei’s ears, were sweeter than anything charm or flattery could bring out. Piercing into the pit of her stomach, she felt eager palpitations course through her body, driving her insane in the split of a second.
Shen Qingmei had never been in such close contact with Master, had never touched his bare skin. To suddenly be pulled by her wrist into his embrace, she had had no virtually no time to react.
As she slowly began to return to life, the feeling she was experiencing right now… wow, she was really going to die of happiness!
Slowly raising her hand, she did not dare to touch or hug him. Inside she was half fearful that she was dreaming right now, and one wrong movement would cause the whole fantasy to shatter.
Probably because he had just taken a bath with ylang ylang flowers, but Master’s scent was more strong than usual, although it was not offensive to the nose. Instead its fragrant scent seemed to be extremely refreshing, captivating Shen Qingmei’s mind. She couldn’t help but sniff twice, despite knowing that this flower had mind-altering properties; this was a danger she was willing to face.
Master was, after all, Master. That ruthless, apathetic, and indifferent iceberg’s calmness was something that bordered on cruel.
After about half a minute, he released his arms.
Shen Qingmei’s hands, which had been hovering awkwardly over his waist, were forcefully put down as well. Regretfully, she almost wanted to hide her hands — she really was hopeless! Served her right, not being able to eat the tofu dish!
“So tell me, how do you plan on playing with me?”
Pu—!
Hearing this sentence, Shen Qingmei nearly sprayed out blood from her nose!
Master, can you try not to provoke people so much?! Do you know that the words that came out of your mouth are enough to kill most people?!
Okay, so maybe when they made the agreement, the term she used was also “playing with”. Still, at the time she was only mindlessly s.c.r.e.w.i.n.g around. She had no idea that the Master would really say it with his own mouth, his charm and charisma shooting through the roof. Your mother, this is the difference between a G.o.d and mortals!
Hearing Master’s agreement coming from his own mouth, Shen Qingmei’s little universe suddenly exploded into flames, as if she had received a gold plaque that would allow her to ascend into Heaven without obstructions. However, this man was too dangerous; towards the “jokes” he had just played, Shen Qingmei still had lingering trauma.
“You… guarantee, that no matter what I want you to do, you will cooperate with me?”
Master’s mild and calm face was as tranquil as ever.
“En.”
Shen Qingmie’s eyes opened in glee, seemingly blossoming with flowers. “That’s great!”
Seeing Shen Qingmei’s eager appearance, r thought that she would push him onto the large bed. He didn’t expect that instead, she pulled him onto his chair.
“You sit down first, I need to prepare.”
r sat down and watched Shen Qingmei take off her shoulder bag, settling it on the table. Afterwards there was a rapid rummaging as she took out items like whips, candles, handcuffs, ribbons, leg restraints, and iron chains, as well as ma.s.sage beads and a series of similar toys…
Seeing the items laid out on the table, the Master’s icy cold face seemed to slowly become shrouded with darkness. His inner eyes inclined towards his nose, while the outer parts rose up, creating an extremely sharp and fierce stare.
After arranging the toys, Shen Qingmei walked to the French window and pulled together the thinnest cotton cloth under the curtains, separating the inner chambers from the rest of the world.
Although she knew that in this fortress, there was no chance of anyone prying into Master’s private life, she didn’t want to leak any part of their private springtime to even a stray bird on a tree somewhere!
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