Chapter 117: Eager

It was close to six in the evening when Fu Jinyin returned.

Liu Qiu was lying on the sofa resting.
The television in the living room—which had always just been decoration—was now playing a cute cartoon.

“Click.”

The sound of the door closing wasn’t drowned out by the cartoon.

But Liu Qiu was too lazy to move.

Her waist ached terribly, and her knees were sore as well.
When she had just woken up earlier it hadn’t felt this bad, but now even a slight movement made her uncomfortable.

More importantly… she seemed to be chafed down there.

When she used the bathroom, the urine touching the skin caused a faint burning pain.

Liu Qiu felt listless.

She was exhausted.

How could someone possibly get this tired?

She didn’t want to do it with Fu Jinyin again.

And if they did… she absolutely could not be the one underneath.

Suddenly, a plastic bag containing milk tea appeared in front of her.

A large, well-defined hand slowly pushed the cup forward until it lined up with her line of sight.

Another package was then placed on the coffee table and pushed toward the milk tea.

“Eat.”

The words were short, the voice hoarse.

Liu Qiu let out a breath and slowly sat up straight before turning her head to look at Fu Jinyin.

Her expression was faint.

Because she was simply too tired to make any expression at all.

“You’re back,” she said softly, her voice low and hoarse.

Fu Jinyin’s fingers suddenly clenched tightly as she lowered her head.

Liu Qiu… hadn’t called her name.

She was angry.

Liu Qiu was angry.

“Liu Qiu, I hate it when you’re angry. Don’t be angry.”

Liu Qiu was stunned.

When had she gotten angry?

Her brows knitted slightly.

“I’m not angry. I’m just a little tired.”

As she spoke, Liu Qiu reached out and picked up the milk tea, taking a small sip before opening the package beside it.

At first she hadn’t smelled anything, but the moment the box opened, the fragrance of garlic drifted out.

Inside was a large box of peeled shrimp meat.

“It smells great. I’ll eat it right away.”

It was something she loved.

But not long ago she had already ordered takeout, and her stomach was still a little full.

Besides, it was already evening. If she drank milk tea now, she probably wouldn’t be able to sleep.

So she only tasted a little of both the milk tea and the shrimp.

“I’m full.”

The entire process didn’t even take three minutes.

Fu Jinyin’s pale eyes darkened.

She pressed her lips together and said hoarsely, “Liu Qiu… do you think I’m disgusting? I’m a monster. I have disgusting tentacles. They… violated you.”

Liu Qiu shook her head slowly.

“I didn’t think that. And besides, we’re partners. Doing that kind of thing is normal.”

When would Fu Jinyin stop using the word violate?

It really sounded strange.

Liu Qiu stood up and looked at Fu Jinyin’s delicate yet cold face.

Then she raised a finger and pointed to her ear.

“But next time, you can’t take that off. You have to listen to me.”

Liu Qiu felt that Fu Jinyin had changed a lot.

At the beginning, Fu Jinyin had despised her and even seemed to want to strangle her in her sleep.

But now she was willing to buy things for her, willing to listen when she spoke, and even willing to express her emotions.

Thinking about it like that, Liu Qiu felt a little relieved.

Fu Jinyin gave her the feeling of someone slowly growing.

After a moment of thought, Liu Qiu tentatively reached out to hold Fu Jinyin’s hand.

The moment her fingers touched Fu Jinyin’s cold skin, Fu Jinyin suddenly pulled her hand away.

Good.

At least she hadn’t slapped it away.

That was progress too, Liu Qiu thought silently.

Just as she was about to withdraw her hand, Fu Jinyin suddenly grabbed her wrist and said bluntly,

“Touch me. I want it.”

Yes.

Whenever she got close to Liu Qiu and felt that warm skin, she would want to violate her.

Liu Qiu’s eyelashes trembled slightly, and her entire body shuddered.

Could she say that she had only just closed up not long ago?

This topic could not continue.

Liu Qiu led Fu Jinyin to sit on the sofa and said, “I want to know more about you. Are you willing to tell me?”

Whenever she had asked Fu Jinyin questions before, she had never received an answer.

But this time should be different.

Liu Qiu felt that Fu Jinyin would answer.

Fu Jinyin pressed her lips together and stared at Liu Qiu.

Then she opened her thin lips and spoke slowly.

“Yes.”

She had never told anyone before.

But Liu Qiu was angry.

And Liu Qiu wanted to know about her.

If she told her… maybe Liu Qiu wouldn’t be so angry.

Fu Jinyin didn’t really understand why she didn’t want Liu Qiu to be angry.

But it didn’t matter if she said it.

Liu Qiu hadn’t called anyone to capture her.

She also didn’t hate her tentacles.

She was willing to get close to her.

Liu Qiu had become very different.

She didn’t dislike this gentle version of Liu Qiu.

It felt like no matter what she did, she would be tolerated.

With her hoarse voice, Fu Jinyin slowly began speaking.

Her words were slow but clear as they entered Liu Qiu’s ears.

“I am No.112. They said I was very stupid. I couldn’t learn anything. My brain was bad, so they wanted to destroy me. I escaped and hid. Then someone saw me and sent me to the police station. The police couldn’t find my identity, but they made me an ID card and sent me to an orphanage. I’m actually not stupid at all. In a very short time I learned how to speak. I also learned human knowledge and went to high school. Humans are strange. They want to hurt me, but I didn’t do anything.”

Fu Jinyin lowered her head.

Liu Qiu couldn’t see her expression clearly.

But hearing those slightly awkward sentences made Liu Qiu’s heart ache.

That meant Fu Jinyin had only recently learned how to speak when she was in high school.

High school students were usually around fifteen or sixteen.

Fu Jinyin was twenty-two now.

Which meant it had only been about six years since she learned to speak.

Humans were creatures with complicated emotions.

How could an experimental subject who escaped from a laboratory—someone constantly bullied and harmed—learn positive emotions?

Liu Qiu suddenly understood why Fu Jinyin was always so indifferent.

Her emotions were too simple.

She had probably never experienced happiness, so she never smiled.

But crying was instinctive.

No one needed to teach it.

When one felt wronged, painful, or sad, tears naturally fell.

How pitiful.

Looking at Fu Jinyin, Liu Qiu silently made up her mind.

She would find that laboratory.

And she would do it as soon as possible.

“Jinyin, do you remember where the laboratory is?”

Fu Jinyin suddenly tightened her grip around Liu Qiu’s wrist.

“Don’t interfere.”

Her face had turned pale.

Recalling the past was not something pleasant for her.

Her memories were filled with cold scalpels and countless syringes.

The feeling of blades cutting into flesh was painful.

She could clearly see her own blood seeping out as deep wounds appeared on her skin.

Then they would stitch them back together, leaving ugly scars.

Fu Jinyin’s body trembled.

Liu Qiu could feel it through their clasped hands.

Liu Qiu reached out and gently patted Fu Jinyin’s head.

“I won’t interfere. I’m just asking.”

She would secretly ask someone else later.

Fu Jinyin blinked.

“Liu Qiu… are you still angry?”

“I’m really not angry,” Liu Qiu replied. “Jinyin, why do you think I’m angry?”

Fu Jinyin squeezed Liu Qiu’s hand.

“You didn’t call my name. And you didn’t eat the food I bought.”

Every day Liu Qiu would start by calling her name and chatting with her.

But today she hadn’t.

She had only said, You’re back.

And she hadn’t eaten the lobster either, even though she had eaten a lot last time.

Liu Qiu felt a little troubled.

Even if she explained, Fu Jinyin probably wouldn’t believe her.

So instead of explaining, Liu Qiu asked another question.

“Jinyin… do you still hate me?”

Fu Jinyin froze.

She hadn’t expected Liu Qiu to ask that.

Hate?

“I don’t hate you! I don’t hate you.”

Liu Qiu made her feel many emotions.

But never disgust.

So she didn’t hate her.

Liu Qiu continued,

“Then in the future, don’t sign those contracts with Duan Fan about making someone wear a green hat anymore, okay?”
(TL Note: “Wearing a green hat” is a Chinese idiom meaning being cheated on.)

[Host! What are you doing?!What about the mission progress?! ] The system was completely confused.

It thought that green-hat contract was the perfect tool to farm green-hat pointsbWhy stop using it?

Liu Qiu sighed inwardly.

System, look—Fu Jinyin clearly doesn’t understand anything. She probably just heard about the green-hat thing from someone else.

Let’s help her build a proper set of values instead. If she likes someone later, we can still farm green-hat points then.

Or we can reincarnate again and collect more earlier.

The system hesitated for a long time before finally saying nothing.

Fine.

If the host wanted to do it this way, then so be it.

This octopus monster was even better at pretending to be pitiful than a fox spirit.

So infuriating!

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After hearing Liu Qiu’s words clearly, Fu Jinyin’s body began trembling.

Even her lips trembled.

Her eyes suddenly reddened.

She shook off Liu Qiu’s hand and stood up before walking straight into the bedroom.

Liu Qiu was completely stunned.

The loud slam of the door snapped her back to her senses.

When she looked up, she could only see the tightly shut door.

Did she say something wrong again?

Inside the room, Fu Jinyin slowly slid down the door and sat on the floor.

Liu Qiu knew.

She knew about the contract between her and Duan Fan.

So…

Did she dislike her now?

Fu Jinyin pressed her face against her knees and curled into a ball.

She remembered Liu Qiu’s words from before.

“Let me think about it. I don’t like her.”

It hurt.

Her heart throbbed painfully.

She forced herself not to think about it.

Pretending she didn’t know Liu Qiu had once considered divorcing her.

Pretending she didn’t know that those people had forced her to divorce Liu Qiu.

But it was all fake.

Time was passing little by little.

If she didn’t bring up divorce in a few days, Liu Qiu would be captured and taken to the laboratory.

She should bring it up.

But the moment she imagined divorcing Liu Qiu, her heart hurt terribly.

Even worse than watching her own body being cut apart.

Now that Liu Qiu knew about the contract, if she brought up divorce…

Then Liu Qiu—who didn’t like her—would definitely agree.

She didn’t want a divorce.

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Outside the room.

Liu Qiu lay down again.

She had no strength left.

Just speaking so much earlier had drained the last of her energy.

Still… Fu Jinyin probably wouldn’t do anything tonight.

Liu Qiu was wrong.

When night fell and she lay on the bed preparing to sleep, the bedroom door opened again.

“Squish—”

The sound of something slick moving.

Liu Qiu’s breathing paused as she slowly opened her eyes.

Fu Jinyin stood beside the bed, naked.

Her intentions were obvious.

Liu Qiu sat up.

The next second, her limbs were wrapped by tentacles.

The buttons of her pajamas began to come undone one by one.

“Jinyin, let me do it, okay?” Liu Qiu said hurriedly.

“I’ll take care of you.”

If this continued, she really might die.

Fu Jinyin looked at Liu Qiu’s glowing face under the moonlight.

Then she slowly nodded.

She climbed onto the bed and withdrew her tentacles.

Obediently lying down.

Seeing this, Liu Qiu finally sighed in relief.

Fortunately, Fu Jinyin had become much more obedient lately.

Staring at Liu Qiu, Fu Jinyin said word by word,

“Kiss.”

“Liu Qiu. Kiss.”

Liu Qiu hummed softly.

“Okay. If it feels uncomfortable, tell me.”

Fu Jinyin didn’t respond.

But her pale eyes burned with heat.

She wanted to be like this with Liu Qiu every day.

She knew Liu Qiu had been very tired last night.

That place had been damaged.

So tonight Liu Qiu wanted to take the initiative.

Fu Jinyin wouldn’t refuse.

She only wanted to stay close to Liu Qiu.

To feel Liu Qiu’s warmth.

Liu Qiu leaned down and gently kissed Fu Jinyin’s forehead.

It was an incredibly soft kiss.

Fu Jinyin felt her heart begin to race again.

She didn’t understand what this emotion was.

But her instincts told her she needed more.

Fu Jinyin wrapped her arms around Liu Qiu’s neck.

“I want… a lot.”

Liu Qiu pressed her lips together.

Then she gave Fu Jinyin one gentle, slow kiss after another.

On her forehead.

Her eyelids.

The tip of her nose.

Her cheeks.

At the same time, her hands began to stroke her softly.

Every movement was unbelievably gentle.

Liu Qiu kissed Fu Jinyin’s lips lightly.

Then moved downward.

Fu Jinyin’s gaze followed Liu Qiu’s movements.

As Liu Qiu lowered herself, Fu Jinyin lifted her body slightly to look down.

Just like the previous night, Liu Qiu began using her tongue again.

“Liu Qiu,” Fu Jinyin murmured hoarsely.

Liu Qiu didn’t reply.

Because right now she couldn’t speak.

Very quickly.

Then a little more.

And then even more.

From tongue… to fingers.

Liu Qiu raised her head again and kissed Fu Jinyin’s neck softly.

Every touch was like the brush of a dragonfly’s wings.

“Jinyin, tell me if it feels uncomfortable.”

Fu Jinyin lowered her eyes and looked at the lower half of Liu Qiu’s face, now damp.

Then she pressed a hand against the back of Liu Qiu’s head and kissed her.

She wanted something more intense.

She wanted to devour Liu Qiu completely.

Her long tongue pried open Liu Qiu’s lips and roamed freely inside her mouth.

Then it hooked around the smaller tongue and tangled with it.

A strange taste.

It should be her own.

Because Liu Qiu had just tasted it.

Fu Jinyin kissed fiercely while pressing herself closer.

She wanted more.

Far more.

It wasn’t enough.

Not even close.

She and Liu Qiu had less than a week left.

Bad people would use methods to separate them.

Liu Qiu definitely didn’t want to separate either.

“Pfft—”

It happened again.

This time Liu Qiu had been prepared, so she didn’t choke.

But she still swallowed quite a bit.

She sat up, her face soaked, and asked,

“Jinyin… is it enough?”

She had already lost count of how many times.

All she knew was that both her arms and her tongue were aching badly.

Fu Jinyin pressed the back of Liu Qiu’s head and kissed her again.

Licking away every trace of moisture in Liu Qiu’s mouth.

Liu Qiu weakly placed a hand on Fu Jinyin’s shoulder.

Every time Fu Jinyin kissed her, she could barely endure it.

Her tongue was simply too long.

When Fu Jinyin finally released her, Liu Qiu leaned against the damp bed and panted.

“Is… is it enough now?”

It was already very late.

Fu Jinyin pressed her lips together.

“Not enough.”

Liu Qiu nearly fainted.

She felt like she might die from exhaustion.

Sigh.

She really needed to buy some tools online.

Her body felt like an old set of bones.

Whether on top or bottom, she couldn’t last long.

She simply wasn’t suited for s*x.

Liu Qiu leaned closer.

Fu Jinyin gently rubbed her nose against hers.

Then she whispered,

“Don’t stop, okay?”

Unconscious coquettishness was the most lethal.

Fu Jinyin’s eyes darkened further as she tilted her head and captured Liu Qiu’s lips again.

It wasn’t enough.

She wanted much more.

Being with Liu Qiu was when her emotions felt the most comfortable.

She longed for it.

Constantly.

Relentlessly.