Chapter 32: Continue

Song Ciyu’s gaze remained fixed on Liu Qiu, waiting for her answer.

She had long believed that someone like Bai Qingqing would drive Liu Qiu away sooner or later, but she had not expected the day to come so quickly.

It had only been a week since they last met, yet the two of them were already divorced.

Liu Qiu did not intend to keep holding someone while standing there.

Since Bai Qingqing had already refused, she said, “It’s alright. I can manage on my own.”

“Um… if there’s nothing else, I’ll head off first.”

Song Ciyu did not force the matter.

The faint smile curling at her lips made her appear gentle and refined.

“Liu Qiu, won’t you invite me in for a visit?”

Bai Qingqing’s eyes turned icy to the extreme.

She reached out and grabbed the fabric over Liu Qiu’s chest, saying each word slowly and clearly, “No.”

“Liu Qiu, let’s go home. I want to go home right now.”

Liu Qiu nodded, then turned to Song Ciyu apologetically.

“Sorry.”

Song Ciyu shook her head with a soft laugh.

“It’s fine. I only came by to ask how the injury on your hand is doing.”

“Since someone hasn’t been replying to my messages,” she added teasingly.

She did not stay long.

She had come because Liu Qiu had not responded to her messages and she wanted to see if something had happened.

Something certainly had happened.

An unexpected delight.

After saying goodbye, Song Ciyu got back into her car and slowly drove away.

Liu Qiu let out a soft sigh and comforted Bai Qingqing, “We’ll be home soon.”

Bai Qingqing buried her face in Liu Qiu’s arms.

That alpha’s composed, mature appearance only made her seem like a willful child in comparison.

She did not know how she had ended up like this.

Her heart kept clenching painfully, even though she had not been subjected to any spell.

Bai Qingqing’s fragility was abnormal.

Liu Qiu assumed the ankle must hurt terribly and quickened her steps.

She carried her all the way back into the apartment.

After setting her down on the sofa, Liu Qiu stood up and prepared to return to the bedroom to pack her luggage.

Unaware of her intentions, Bai Qingqing saw Liu Qiu about to leave and quickly grabbed her wrist.

“Liu Qiu, where are you going?”

Her fingers were ice-cold and trembling faintly.

Liu Qiu gently pried her fingers away and said softly, “I’m just going back to the room.”

Bai Qingqing pressed her lips together and withdrew her hand.

Just going back to the room?

Sitting on the sofa and watching Liu Qiu disappear behind the bedroom door, an immense sense of emptiness suddenly flooded her heart.

She abruptly stood and took two steps forward, but immediately sat back down again.

She was still pretending her ankle was injured.

She could not walk around freely.

Time passed little by little.

With no sign of Liu Qiu, it felt unbearably long.

Anxiety crept up uncontrollably.

What was Liu Qiu doing?

Why hadn’t she come out yet?

Suddenly, the sound of wheels rolling echoed in her ears.

Bai Qingqing’s eyes widened as she slowly looked over.

Liu Qiu emerged from the bedroom, pulling a suitcase behind her.

Bai Qingqing’s heart pounded violently.

“L-Liu Qiu, what are you doing?”

Liu Qiu answered honestly, “We’re divorced now. I can’t keep living here.”

As she spoke, she walked toward the door.

Bai Qingqing clutched her head and screamed, “No!”

Liu Qiu froze, startled.

Confusion flashed through her eyes as she asked nervously, “W-What’s wrong?”

Had she said something wrong?

Bai Qingqing’s head throbbed painfully.

It felt as if her heart were being crushed in a vice, leaving her unable to breathe.

She could no longer maintain the pretense.

She stood up and strode toward Liu Qiu.

Liu Qiu parted her lips in surprise.

“Your ankle—”

Before she could finish, Bai Qingqing had already reached her and gripped the hand holding the suitcase.

Liu Qiu winced in pain and frowned.

“Miss Bai,” she stammered.

Bai Qingqing stared at her intensely as tears streamed uncontrollably down her face.

“Liu Qiu, do you really not love me?”

Liu Qiu blinked.

Without much thought, she replied, “I do love you. You’re the one who doesn’t love me.”

Since they had been able to marry, aside from the substitute factor, the original Liu Qiu must have loved her.

Liu Qiu felt that answer was reasonable.

“Liar!”

Bai Qingqing’s face turned deathly pale.

Liu Qiu only spoke the truth when influenced by a truth spell.

Looking at the eyes hidden behind those thick lenses, Bai Qingqing felt nearly despairing.

Her voice became shrill with extreme fury.

“If you love me, why did you agree to divorce me?”

Even now, she was still lying.

How could she be so hateful?

Liu Qiu looked puzzled.

“You were the one who wanted the divorce.”

What was wrong with Bai Qingqing?

Why was she asking such strange questions?

She had said it herself.

Had she forgotten?

Tears blurred Bai Qingqing’s vision as her grip on Liu Qiu’s wrist tightened further.

“I regret it! I regret it, alright? Liu Qiu, don’t leave!”

Liu Qiu frowned slightly, confusion flickering in her eyes.

“You don’t love me. Why regret it?”

“Miss Bai, you said it yourself. You don’t love me. After the divorce, you could find someone you truly like instead of staying with a poor, ugly, inferior alpha like me.”

She spoke calmly.

They had only divorced that morning.

Logically, they could not remarry immediately.

Besides, she did not really want to.

The cuckold value would still increase without a marriage certificate.

Without the marital bond, there would also be fewer moral restraints.

Pain shot through her wrist.

Liu Qiu tugged her arm.

“Miss Bai, I should go. Please rest well.”

Autumn.

Just like in memory, Liu Qiu had not changed much.

Her voice was always soft and faint, the thick black-rimmed glasses covering most of her face, her half-long curls falling over her shoulders.

Nothing had changed.

“Wife…”

“Wife, what are you doing?”

“Wife, where are you?”

The past overlapped with the present.

Only now, all that remained was the distant title “Miss Bai.”

A voice echoed in Bai Qingqing’s heart.

[Do you really not love her?]

She was a demon.

Liu Qiu was human.

How could she possibly…

[Then why are you this heartbroken? This insane? Do you really not love her?]

Not love…

Did she really not?

How could she not love her?

Her heart pounded violently in her chest as madness filled her eyes.

She loved Liu Qiu’s tear-dampened eyes.

She loved the way she obediently called her “wife.”

She loved her drunken silliness.

Her long eyelashes.

The round dimples that appeared when she smiled shyly.

Her slender wrists.

Her pale fingertips.

Her black curls.

Her frail body.

Every part of her drove Bai Qingqing mad with longing.

How could she not love her?

Liu Qiu had changed.

Because of whom?

That omega?

That alpha?

Or that beta who looked so much like her?

“Liu Qiu… why are you leaving?”

Her voice was hoarse to the extreme.

Red-rimmed eyes and a deathly pale face made her look dark and sinister.

Her enchanting beauty now seemed eerie.

Madness spread across her face.

“Why are you leaving?! You’re not allowed to go!”

Liu Qiu watched her quietly, worry rising in her heart.

What was wrong with Bai Qingqing?

If her ankle truly hurt that much and she needed someone to care for her, she could stay a few more days.

Liu Qiu took a tissue from her bag and handed it over gently.

“Stop crying.”

Bai Qingqing’s breathing was rapid.

Liu Qiu’s calmness made her seem like the only insane one.

So the emotion hidden in those eyes had never been love.

It had been indifference.

Liu Qiu’s voice did not change.

It remained soft, small, with a faint trailing tone.

“Your eyes will be swollen tomorrow.”

It sounded timid, yet beneath that timidity was calmness.

Something exploded in Bai Qingqing’s mind.

Her emotions surged wildly before condensing into a twisted possessiveness.

Liu Qiu was hers.

She had set her sights on her long ago.

From the past to the future, she could only belong to her.

Bai Qingqing’s beautiful face twisted as tears smeared across it.

Liu Qiu could not leave.

She refused to let her leave.

As long as the human became pregnant, she would not be able to leave.

Bai Qingqing’s dark pupils distorted, turning into scarlet vertical slits.

The tissue in Liu Qiu’s hand drifted to the floor as her eyes widened in shock.

[System! Tell me my eyes are malfunctioning!]

Bai Qingqing’s eyes had changed right before her.

They had turned red.

[H-Host, I—I don’t know either!]

Wasn’t this supposed to be an urban novel?

Why were there supernatural elements?

What happened next was not just shocking.

It was terrifying.

Bai Qingqing’s legs transformed into a thick, long white serpent tail that slithered across the floor.

Liu Qiu nearly fainted from fright.

She could not utter a single word.

[Help! System! There’s a demon!]

The system wanted to scream too.

This world was not supposed to be supernatural.

Where did this snake demon come from?!

Liu Qiu’s body trembled.

She was so frightened she could not move, only able to watch as the white serpent tail approached.

Cold, hard scales coiled around her waist and tightened slowly.

She stared blankly at Bai Qingqing.

The gentle, considerate wife described in the settings had long been replaced by madness.

Fear was clearly written across Liu Qiu’s face.

That fear fueled the twisted emotions in Bai Qingqing’s heart, shattering her remaining reason.

Bai Qingqing curled her lips.

“Qiuqiu, don’t be afraid of me.”

She was smiling and crying at the same time.

Tears slid down, soaking her crimson lips.

She pointed at her chest.

“It’s about to explode.”

No calming technique worked.

She wanted Liu Qiu.

The serpent tail lifted Liu Qiu off the ground and carried her into the bedroom.

The door closed automatically, shutting out the light from the living room.

Liu Qiu was placed on the bed.

She suddenly snapped back to her senses and crawled inward, but a cold hand grabbed her ankle and dragged her back.

She was terrified out of her mind and did not dare turn around.

[System, am I going to be eaten?! I don’t want to die!]

Tears streamed down uncontrollably.

“Wife… please don’t eat me.”

She called her wife, hoping to awaken some conscience.

After all, even a single day as spouses meant affection for a hundred days.

Bai Qingqing’s hoarse voice sounded behind her.

“Qiuqiu, I won’t eat you. We’ll make a baby.”

“Qiuqiu, if we have a baby, you won’t leave, right?”

Humans valued offspring most, didn’t they?

She would make Liu Qiu pregnant.

“How many should we have? One litter? As many as possible. If not, I won’t let you leave.”

Cool tears fell onto Liu Qiu’s neck.

She froze, then gradually calmed down.

She had died once and been bound to a system.

Encountering a demon was not that strange.

And what Bai Qingqing meant by having a baby was simply doing that.

Two women could not produce a child.

No, according to this world’s settings, she was an alpha.

How could she get pregnant?

Liu Qiu slowly turned to look at the serpent tail, her face pale.

She could not quite accept it.

“I don’t want to!”

Her voice rose slightly, her rejection clear.

Bai Qingqing’s heart clenched as she screamed hysterically, “You don’t want to have my child? Then whose do you want? That omega’s?!”

Yes.

It must be because omegas could get pregnant.

Her scarlet eyes shifted to Liu Qiu’s soft pink lips.

Liu Qiu had kissed that omega.

Bai Qingqing smiled slowly.

“I know. You resent me for not letting you kiss me.”

She removed Liu Qiu’s glasses and bent down, capturing her lips fiercely.

The salty taste of tears invaded her senses.

Her breath paused before she slid her tongue between Liu Qiu’s lips.

Sweet.

A tingling sensation spread from the point of contact through her entire body.

Her fingers clamped tightly around Liu Qiu’s wrist as she kissed her desperately.

Her strength was overwhelming.

Liu Qiu’s tongue ached, truly feeling as though she might be devoured.

The cold serpent tail pressed between her legs.

She tried pushing back with her tongue, attempting to force Bai Qingqing away.

Soft, muffled sounds escaped her throat.

She struggled to break free, but Bai Qingqing’s strength was immovable.

It hurt.

Her tongue felt like it would be eaten.

Unable to endure it, Liu Qiu turned her head and shouted angrily for the first time, “Are you done yet?!”

Bai Qingqing straightened and released her, fingers trembling as she began unbuttoning Liu Qiu’s shirt.

“Q-Qiuqiu, let’s make a baby. Let’s make a baby.”

Her fingertips shook violently.

Tears streamed endlessly down her face.

Why did it hurt so much?

Liu Qiu closed her eyes briefly.

What was Bai Qingqing doing?

Crying and kissing like this.

She sighed.

Seeing Bai Qingqing’s tear-streaked face, her fear vanished completely.

She looked at her and asked, “If we make a baby, will you let me leave?”

Bai Qingqing nodded slowly.

“Yes.”

If there was a baby, Liu Qiu definitely would not leave.

Two hundred years ago, she had heard humans say children were important.

Liu Qiu took a deep breath and began unbuttoning her clothes herself.

“Then let’s do it.”

She needed to get out soon.

If she did not interact with others, she could not complete her task.

Besides, she had done this with Bai Qingqing before.

It had even felt quite good.

However, she soon regretted that decision.

Her abdomen bulged slightly as tears soaked the pillow.

This was insane.

The liquid could flow in through the serpent tail.

[S-System, help me send a message to Liu Xia and the others. Tell them I’ve gone traveling.]

Bai Qingqing bit down on Liu Qiu’s neck as the serpent tail tightened.

“Why… why won’t you get pregnant?”

Her eyes were blood-red, darkness creeping in.

It should have taken three days at most.

Yet it had been a week.

Her sharp teeth pierced Liu Qiu’s neck, injecting venom and demonic energy to restore her stamina continuously.

Liu Qiu’s hair was damp.

The sheets were a tangled mess.

Bai Qingqing had gone mad.

Didn’t she hate kissing before?

What had happened?

She had become like a rabid dog.

She had nearly used her mouth directly, which would have been too dirty.

Thankfully Liu Qiu had stopped her.

Liu Qiu let out a muffled groan.

Bai Qingqing’s tears mixed with sweat, dripping onto her chest.

Liu Qiu’s body trembled, flushed red.

How much longer would this last?

She was exhausted.

Bai Qingqing loved blocking her with her tail.

“Liu Qiu, you do it.”

She lifted Liu Qiu, her tail transforming into legs as she lay down.

If Liu Qiu could not conceive, then she would.

With a baby, Liu Qiu would not leave.

This thought had turned into an obsession.

She grasped Liu Qiu’s neck and ground against her.

“Qiuqiu, you do it.”

Liu Qiu shuddered.

The sensation from her gland made her collapse weakly onto Bai Qingqing.

“Don’t squeeze my neck… mm…”

Her voice was faint as the scent of mint filled the room.

Bai Qingqing did not stop.

She pressed down on the gland and lightly scraped it with her nails.

“Qiuqiu, do it.”

Liu Qiu obeyed, but her body was too weak.

She had barely eaten all week.

Perhaps because Bai Qingqing was a demon, she did not feel hunger.

Only exhaustion.

Bai Qingqing guided her hand, despair written across her beautiful face.

“Liu Qiu, make me pregnant.”

Her voice was hoarse.

“It’s impossible.”

There was reproductive isolation between humans and demons.

“Can I leave now?”

Bai Qingqing felt she was truly going insane.

Even now, Liu Qiu still wanted to leave.

She did not know how to describe her feelings.

They were doing the most intimate things, yet Liu Qiu’s eyes remained calm.

The illusion of affection shattered, revealing only rationality beneath.

Twisted emotions grew wildly inside her, dragging her into a painful abyss.

She wanted Liu Qiu to love her.

Bai Qingqing embraced her tightly, pressing their bodies together.

She rested her lips against Liu Qiu’s neck, feeling the pulse beneath the burning skin.

Tears flowed endlessly, each drop woven from bitterness and despair.

Her suppressed sobs spilled out in broken sounds, full of grievance.

Liu Qiu withdrew her hand and asked, “Did I hurt you just now?”

She had been careful.

Hot breath brushed her ear as Bai Qingqing shook her head and held her even tighter.

“Continue. I want to get pregnant. I want a baby.”

She wanted Liu Qiu’s love.

Overwhelming bitterness engulfed her.

With every breath, she tasted something metallic and sweet.