Chapter 382 |
Her voice remained clear despite the deafening noise outside the door.
But every word trembled.
In her amber pupils, an ethereal blue glow shimmered so brightly that it nearly spilled from her eyes.
"Without Master... there would be no Liguang..."
Her voice was soft, yet it somehow drowned out the whir of the cutting machine and the screech of tearing metal.
"Liguang was born... because of Master's childhood obsession..."
Fang Qi's breath caught for a moment, his fingers twitching slightly against her cheek.
The silver-haired girl kept staring at him, murmuring.
"Liguang's appearance... was drawn by Master as a child..."
The corners of her phoenix eyes glistened with moisture, crystal-clear under the gleaming blue light.
"Even Liguang's name..."
The silver-haired girl's voice trembled, growing louder.
"Was given to Liguang by Master!"
"More than ten years before Liguang was created!"
"More than ten years before!"
She stared intently into Fang Qi's eyes.
"So! Liguang had already... before being made...!"
Her lips quivered.
"Had already..."
She began murmuring again.
"...been with Master for so long... so very long..."
Fang Qi looked back at that violently trembling blue glow, opened his mouth to say something...
But fell silent.
Because there was a question.
A huge question.
Was the "Xiao Qi" in that notebook... really him?
Was he the one who had done all of this?
Really... him?
Was it or wasn't it?
Was it?!
His teeth chattered, and then—
He gritted them hard.
...It was him.
It was him.
Absolutely! It! Was! Him!
It wasn't anyone else. It couldn't be anyone else.
Liguang could only have been created by him.
That crooked little doodle could only have been drawn by him.
That stubborn little brat missing a front tooth could only be himself.
He didn't remember those things...
That just meant he had forgotten.
Forgotten was forgotten, didn't remember was didn't remember.
But he didn't matter.
Because it was definitely him.
Just like... just like Liguang had forgotten those eighty-two years of memories...
But she was still herself.
So Liguang was his.
From the time he was three years old, she was his.
From the very first doodle, she was his.
From that little kid who lisped out "Liguang"—
She! Was! His!
His!!
The hand pressing against Liguang's face suddenly tightened.
Her soft cheek flesh warped between his fingers, her mouth slightly puckered.
The blue light in her amber pupils trembled violently!
Fang Qi stared at her, his lips quivering, yet somehow...
He didn't know what to say.
He...!
"Mas...ter...!"
Liguang's lips were trembling too.
The blue glow in her amber pupils grew even more brilliant, while her scarlet pupil was almost completely suppressed.
Given this state, she should have been very calm.
But right now, her gaze was anything but calm!
Her pupils quivered! Her eyelashes trembled!
"Master, look, look...!"
"Look at Liguang...!"
Her voice suddenly became somewhat incoherent!
"Liguang is so excited, Master..."
"Liguang really is... so excited!"
She stared straight into Fang Qi's eyes, the corners of her mouth uncontrollably lifting.
"Master, look quickly! Liguang right now...!"
She lifted her hand, her slender finger poking hard at her dim right eye.
"Tap! Tap!"
Twice! Her fingertips trembled slightly!
The curve of her mouth became increasingly exaggerated!
"Liguang right now..."
"Is not being affected by the scarlet pupil...!"
The corners of her mouth fully twisted into that exaggerated, morbid arc.
"Master, look...! Liguang's scarlet pupil is being suppressed...!"
An arc twisted with happiness!
"This time..."
The scarlet pupil staring at him began to grow hollow, hazy.
"It's Liguang's original core that's getting excited for Master...!"
In the next instant, blue light burst wildly from her amber pupils!
She pressed his hand hard against her own face.
Pressing it until it deformed!
"It's the original core Master's parents built for you... Liguang's original core..."
"Getting excited for Master!!"
"Too excited to stop...!"
Fang Qi's breathing quickened.
Wife, your smile is way too over the top.
But...
So beautiful! Truly beautiful!
That dazzling blue burst in her amber pupils—so beautiful!
"Master...!"
She stared straight into his eyes like that!
The blue light dyeing both their faces into a dreamscape of blue!
"So Liguang was..."
"With Master since childhood until now!!"
"Liguang herself didn't even know...!"
"So Liguang was... was...!"
"So Master...!"
"So Liguang...!"
Her words began to break apart!
She was truly losing coherence!
She was so excited, she really was so excited!
So...
Her earlier calm had all been her forcibly suppressing herself!
She was faking it!
From the moment she saw those stories in the notebook...
She hadn't been calm at all!
And Fang Qi...
Fang Qi couldn't hold back at all!
He immediately cupped her face with both hands!
His ten fingers sank into her soft cheeks, pulling her whole body close to him!
Then he lowered his head...
And kissed her!
A soft touch!
The metal door on Floor B2 was still shaking in their ears!
The heat radiating from the metal door scorched his skin!
The ground trembled violently, vibrating beneath their feet!
Fang Qi and Liguang were both trembling!
But in that moment, the blue light in the silver-haired girl's amber pupils exploded!
This time, it dyed the entire corridor a brilliant blue!
Her body stiffened for an instant, and then her small hands clenched tightly against Fang Qi's chest!
She didn't close her eyes, just stared straight at Fang Qi, so close before her!
Fang Qi stared back at her.
Staring at his own reflection in her pupils, he suddenly realized...
So...
His own mouth was curved just as ridiculously!
That was only natural.
Because his wife's lips were soft, with the sweet fragrance of strawberries!
Kissing such lips...
How could he suppress the curve of his mouth!
The scorching, burnt smell of the metal door lingered around them.
He kept kissing her forcefully!
Kissing until even the wild twist of her mouth was flattened!
Kissing until her small hands clutched his collar tighter and tighter!
Until—
"Bzzzz—!"
The sound from the door suddenly grew louder.
That low hum abruptly rose by a pitch!
A sharp, teeth-grinding screech rang out!
Lasers cut through the door body, boring in from its thickest point!
"Sssk—"
Molten metal dripped from that small hole, splattering onto the ground.
The surrounding air was ionized, thick with the stinging smell of ozone!
...The door was about to be breached.
Finally, the two ended their kiss.
Fang Qi looked at her flushed, beautiful face, pursed his lips, and savored the soft touch that had just departed.
Even though this door was about to be broken through, he really...
Didn't feel nervous at all!
The silver-haired girl looked at him with slightly dazed eyes, her breath still quick, her light purple hoodie rising and falling.
The corners of her mouth curled up again, and she licked her lips.
That expression—satisfied, greedy—seemed to say—
Not enough, master.
The deep blue within her amber eyes swirled chaotically for a moment, and then she pressed her face into his chest without hesitation.
Soft warmth embraced him!
Then she let out a low laugh, her slender fingers lightly tapping against his chest.
"But, master..."
Her voice came out muffled, rising from his chest:
"Even though Liguang is excited, Liguang still..."
She tilted her face against his chest, turning her head to look at the door that was being broken down.
The red eye, which had been suppressed to a dim light, now began to gleam again!
"...is very interested in master's 'first love object'!"
In that instant, the scarlet even overwhelmed the blazing white light on the metal door!
Fang Qi opened his mouth, at a loss for words: "..."
First love object, huh!
Crazy woman!
He immediately leaned down and gave her small earlobe a firm but gentle bite!
Little Star brushed past his chin, cool to the touch.
Liguang let out a soft hum in his arms, wriggled a little, but didn’t try to break free.
Fang Qi pinched her cheek:
"In the notes, didn’t I clarify everything?"
He whispered softly against her earlobe:
"That wasn’t a first love at all."
But Liguang immediately lifted her head, amidst the growing heat, tilting her head to look at him.
"But master, the notes said it very clearly..."
Her voice carried a hint of stubbornness:
"Master and her, sneaking around behind people’s backs, alone together, doing who knows what."
That slender finger jabbed his chest again, hard!
"But back then, master clearly..."
"Had walls full of Liguang!"
"So doing something like that—that’s cheating!"
The silver-haired girl’s red eye flashed again, glaring at him.
It was pure, petty emotion!
Fang Qi froze for a second.
Huh?
Then he burst into laughter.
Haha!
Is this what they call cheating?
Cheating on a drawing!
But hey, the logic kind of holds up?
After all, even before she was created, she was already his from head to toe!
Even the concept of her belonged to him!
So by the same logic...
Back then, he was hers too!
His breathing grew heavier as he pulled her even closer!
"Alright then, Liguang. Later..."
He looked toward the trembling door:
"If she doesn’t tell the truth, we’ll give her another good interrogation, sound good?"
Gu Xi, who exactly are you?
And the silver-haired girl’s red eye gave a joyful flicker!
The corner of her mouth lifted a bit more!
"Yes, master," she said, her voice turning sweet!
Then the deep blue in her amber eyes flickered again. She tilted her head, her expression suddenly turning more serious:
"But if the results don’t satisfy Liguang..."
"If... master really did cheat before Liguang was created..."
She raised her little hand, her slender finger gently pressing against his neck...
Tracing along the path of his carotid artery! The touch of her nail was faintly cool and sharp.
"Then Liguang will have to punish master harshly too!"
Fang Qi smiled.
"Fine!"
He raised his hand, pressed it against the back of Liguang’s head, and shoved her face back into his neck!
Silver strands slipped through his fingers, the plastic little star earring pressed against his jaw, the chill seeping through his skin.
"If I really disappoint Liguang..."
Her soft lips were pressed against the skin of his neck!
"Then Liguang can bite me hard—bite me to death!"
As if!
Was he afraid of his own wife biting him?
No way!
Liguang’s lips parted and close softly against his neck, her teeth grazing faintly over the pulsing artery—a tiny, almost imperceptible bite.
"...Not just that," she murmured.
Her words were muffled.
Her lips clung to his skin, her breath hot and damp:
"Liguang belongs to master completely, from concept to body."
"So master..."
"You have to belong to Liguang completely too—every part of you."
She bit him again, a little harder this time.
"So..."
She lifted her head from his neck, her phoenix eyes staring straight at him.
"If the interrogation results disappoint Liguang..."
"If master really dared to have a first love, then Liguang..."
The deep blue and the crimson danced together, interweaving!
The corner of her mouth still held that curve uniquely meant for him!
"...will bite every inch of master!"
"Liguang will leave her marks all over master!"
Fang Qi’s breath hitched sharply!
...Crazy woman!
What the hell are you saying!
Seriously...!
Right now, the one in control was the original core!
That deep blue core, calm to the point of coldness!
She wasn’t being pressured by the red eye, nor was her limiter out of control!
Yet here she was, without even flinching...
Saying such maddening, unbearable things!
This was her original core, in its most lucid state—uttering insane sweet talk!
I can’t take this anymore!!
Fang Qi clutched her face, squeezing her cheeks until they deformed!
I’ll just... right now...!
"Boom—!!!"
A thunderous crash!
The entire door shook violently!
The alloy door panel was shoved inward with force!
A wave of searing air rushed in, the acrid stench of burning metal thick in the air! A blinding white light flooded in from the doorway, the entire corridor bathed in stark brightness!
Fang Qi squinted instinctively.
The two of them were still holding each other, turning their heads together toward the door.
This time, the door had finally been broken open!
A long, graceful leg wrapped in tight black pants stepped through first!
"Thump!"
A black short boot landed firmly on the metal floor!
A dark, short leather jacket.
That familiar face, sharp and striking, with light brown eyes and a neat, low ponytail of jet-black hair!
Her expression was deadly serious as she barked orders:
"Move in behind me, we’ll—!"
Then she saw them.
At the broken doorway, the two of them, still tangled together, both tilting their heads to look at her.
Her gaze froze, her expression stiffened.
"...Huh?"
In the corridor, thick with heat and the stench of burning metal...
The three of them stood staring at each other.
The air solidified in the silence.
