Chapter 94: I Can Help Baby Lift the Curse
"I threw it away." Jian Yu didn’t want to cooperate.
She hadn’t even looked at it herself.
’Who knows what kind of weird stuff is in it this time.’
’Doesn’t she have any self-respect?’
’Mmm, yes, she does.’
Jian Yu replied in a low voice, "I just put it through the shredder."
"Is that so?" Pei Yin looked at the shredder. "Baby, did that person use a pink envelope again?"
"Mhm." Jian Yu figured Shen Gu might have told him, so she didn’t deny it.
But with a single glance from Ting Ying, her lie was exposed.
Ting Ying’s eyes darted over, his voice sharp. "It’s empty."
Jian Yu’s expression froze.
She lowered her head and fiddled with the hem of her skirt.
Pei Yin gently squeezed her waist.
A cyan light flickered in his eyes.
His tone was bewitching. "Where’s your love letter, Baby? Let me see it, okay?"
’The Charm Skill.’
Jian Yu fell for it. "It’s in my Space Ring."
A moment later, she snapped out of it.
Jian Yu blinked rapidly and shook her head.
’It’s like hypnosis.’
Her body was suddenly lifted into the air, and she hastily wrapped her arms around Pei Yin.
The scenery changed. Her back was now pressed against a wall, holding her up.
A glance around revealed a secluded corner. She couldn’t tell where they were.
’A good spot.’
Jian Yu lowered her gaze.
A pink mist flowed from her fingertips, coalescing into a thread that wrapped around Pei Yin’s neck.
The scentless misty thread teased his chin provocatively.
The man’s breathing grew heavy, but he seemed completely unaware.
"I just don’t want to show you." Jian Yu’s eyes held a trace of bewilderment and fear.
"It’s my private business."
’I have to admit, mimicking the tone of those naive heroines from novels is kind of fun.’
Jian Yu cautiously looked up, the rims of her eyes slightly red, her lips pressed tightly together.
So pitiful. Pei Yin couldn’t stand seeing her like this.
"If you feel wronged, Baby, so do I. That person has only sent two love letters. How is he more important than me?"
The cyan in his eyes gradually turned red. Pei Yin held her by the leg, his body pressing closer.
He chose to take a step back in the argument.
"I won’t read the letter, and you won’t either. We’ll destroy it. That way, there’s no privacy issue, right?"
Jian Yu hadn’t expected Pei Yin to have so much self-control.
’He’s like a ninja turtle.’
She lowered her eyelids, making her lashes tremble slightly.
After a moment, she tremulously raised her eyes. It was rare for her to say so much.
"A love letter represents someone’s feelings. I should read it; throwing it away wouldn’t be right. I feel like I know him, and... his handwriting is very nice. He doesn’t seem like a bad person."
"Doesn’t seem like a bad person?" Pei Yin’s long, slender fingers caressed the contours of her face.
He stood with his back to the blue sky, his face cast in shadow, which made the curve of his lips seem all the more dangerous.
"Are you trying to say that I’m the only one who seems like a bad person, Baby?"
Pei Yin pulled down the fluffy collar of her shirt, revealing delectable fair skin and a neck covered in suggestive red marks.
He chuckled.
"Ling Yanzhi and Xi Yu... they were here before me, I’ll give them that. But this guy sending you love letters—is he before me, too?"
It wasn’t that he and Ling Yanzhi hadn’t thought about keeping Jian Yu all to themselves.
He carried that person’s genes in his bones; he was born bad. Imprisoning someone you like was nothing unusual for him.
Ling Yanzhi was afraid it would break Jian Yu’s spirit, so he didn’t dare.
Xi Yu, on the other hand, would dare, but his brain couldn’t keep up with his impulses. A little coaxing and he’d back down.
As for him... why should he do what others wouldn’t?
Not to mention, Jian Yu didn’t truly like any of them.
Jian Yu liked Sheng Yue!
It was precisely because he knew she liked someone else that Pei Yin was willing to maintain this seemingly harmonious co-existence.
At least this way, he could keep her around.
Watching her study normally and eat on time... she wasn’t free, but it wasn’t so suffocating that she’d try to cause a scene.
In Pei Yin’s eyes, Jian Yu belonging to no one was the best possible outcome.
Therefore, Sheng Yue couldn’t join the picture just yet.
But now, besides Sheng Yue, a ’dark horse’ had appeared.
Pei Yin lowered his head, his tone self-deprecating.
"What, I don’t even get to be Little Five?"
"Aren’t you Xiao Si?" Jian Yu’s eyes were red at the corners, and she didn’t dare to look at him directly.
Pei Yin choked. "..."
He let out an irritated breath and crushed his lips against hers.
’This is so annoying! One, two, three, four... which number am I, really?!’
Jian Yu struggled weakly, a faint blush spreading across her neck and cheeks.
The mist spread, swirling around Pei Yin.
Through her blurry vision, she could see the man’s long neck flush red-hot. His refined brow furrowed as he began to show signs of intoxication.
Jian Yu’s eyes filled with a watery mist, the corners tinged with a rosy blush.
Her hands rested on his chest, pushing away without any real force.
The light pressure forced Pei Yin to shift his hips to stay balanced.
With the slight movement, the various necklaces, gems, and beads he wore clinked together.
The TINKLING sound drowned out Jian Yu’s muffled whimpers for him to stop.
Tears spilled from her eyes, her lashes fluttering shut like a butterfly’s wings.
She heard Pei Yin say between gasps, "You’re always forcing my hand, holding everything in and never explaining."
Jian Yu opened her eyes and stared intently at his flushed face.
’He’s very handsome.’
’But what he says is so unpleasant.’
Pei Yin’s strong thumb slowly caressed her swollen lips.
"Chairman Sheng already has someone he likes, and it’s not you, Baby. Please stop debasing yourself for him, okay? Look at me more."
When he took her blood, she just stayed silent, offering no explanation.
As for the love letter, she brushed him off with the excuse of privacy.
’If Sheng Yue were the one here today, would she have the same attitude?’
’Just thinking about it pisses me off.’
Pei Yin stared at her tear-reddened eyes, his laughter laced with a chilling cold. "Baby, you don’t actually think your dear Chairman Sheng wrote that love letter, do you?"
"?" Jian Yu’s gaze faltered.
’They’ve misunderstood again.’
’Might as well add more fuel to the fire.’
Jian Yu glanced up with a bit of hesitation, but when she saw Pei Yin looking at her, she immediately lowered her eyes.
Her voice was hoarse and tinged with disappointment. "So... it wasn’t from Chairman Sheng?"
Pei Yin’s fists clenched.
"Of course not!"
He still called her "Baby," but his voice was unstable, laced with a threat.
"Didn’t Shen Gu tell you, Baby? That’s the emblem of the Feather Clan. Maybe he sent it to put a curse on you."
Pei Yin coaxed, "Give me the letter, Baby. I can help you break the curse."
"..." Jian Yu pretended to be frightened.
’I wonder if a three-year-old would even believe that.’
’Sigh.’
’If I pretend to believe him, will it make me look stupid?’
’Do all these male leads prefer girls who are a little dumb?’
Jian Yu hesitantly raised her eyes, her damp eyelashes clinging to her lids.
Her gaze timid, she held out the love letter. "Here."
"Good girl." Pei Yin took it and immediately tore it open, his fingers gripping the paper with barely contained violence.
Jian Yu leaned her head on his shoulder, reading the letter along with him.
Baby:
I’m very disappointed. You threw away all the jewelry I gave you, Baby.
But that’s alright. When we meet, I’ll put it on you myself.
November 20th. I look forward to our first meeting, Baby.
A beautiful, magnificent golden cage has already been forged.
You’d better hide well, Baby. Don’t ever let me catch you.
The Feather Clan emblem is a blessing for us, Baby. For destined lovers to finally be united.
Baby, not yet shipped.
—Unsigned.
Jian Yu’s eyes widened, her gaze frozen.
’Shipped???’