I don’t know how much time had passed.
When consciousness returned, the first thing Xu Feng felt was pain in his neck.
And it wasn’t just any ordinary pain.
It was a burning, stinging pain, like something had bitten him.
“Awake?”
Xu Feng heard Ye Lingyue’s voice.
Xu Feng struggled to open his eyes.
The first thing he saw was a completely unfamiliar ceiling… and it was quite ornate.
Then he realized he was lying on a huge bed—an old-fashioned four-poster bed with deep red curtains… and as for his body…
Wait, wait! Hold on! Something’s wrong!
Xu Feng blinked hard, then lifted his hand to take a closer look…
His hand was now a pale white, as if it had never seen the sun.
It was small and delicate, looking nothing like a boy’s hand should.
“What the hell?!”
Xu Feng uttered his fourth “what the hell” of the night.
As soon as he spoke, he noticed his voice was wrong too… it had become the soft, gentle voice of a little girl.
“Don’t panic. It’s fine.”
Ye Lingyue’s voice came from beside him.
Xu Feng turned his head toward the sound and saw Ye Lingyue sitting in a chair by the bed, gently swirling a wine glass filled with an unknown red liquid.
She was also wearing a black Lolita-style dress.
“President… what… what happened to me?”
Xu Feng asked.
Ye Lingyue just smiled at her and said, “You just died.”
“…Huh?”
“Or rather, you died, but then came back to life… In short, you’re a vampire now, just like me.”
Ye Lingyue tilted her head back and drained the unknown red liquid in one gulp, then let a trace of the crimson liquid trickle down her thin lips.
Xu Feng fell silent for a full ten seconds, then turned her head and saw herself in the mirror.
Hmm… her body had shrunk, to about 145 centimeters tall.
Her skin was unnaturally pale, and she was wearing a white nightgown she didn’t remember changing into.
Then she reached up and touched the flat chest below her neck.
Her small face finally shifted to an expression of shock mixed with a hint of fear.
“I… I’ve turned into a loli?”
“Yes, and a cute vampire loli at that,” Ye Lingyue said with a smile.
Xu Feng looked up at her, her eyes filled with “Who am I? Where am I? What happened?”
“President, you’re joking, right?”
She asked cautiously.
“Do I look like I’m joking?”
Ye Lingyue used the same line as during the day.
Xu Feng studied her expression carefully…
It was serious, not joking, only playful and with a hint of satisfaction…
Satisfaction with what?
Satisfaction that she had turned into a loli?
“But… why did you… I mean, how did you… and what exactly…”
She was flustered, not knowing which question to ask first.
Ye Lingyue put down her glass, stood up, and walked to the bed, sitting down beside Xu Feng.
She said softly, “I’ll tell you, but you need to calm down first.”
“The problem is I can’t calm down!”
Xu Feng shouted, but the shout came out in a loli voice, with no intimidation at all.
“I… I’ve turned into a loli! I’m a guy! How could I become a girl! This… this doesn’t make any biological sense!”
“Vampires don’t make biological sense to begin with,” Ye Lingyue said.
Xu Feng was immediately speechless.
Well… she had a point?
“Listen to me first… I am a vampire, and not an ordinary vampire. I am a Progenitor, understand?”
Xu Feng shook her head blankly.
“To put it simply, I’m the first vampire since ancient times, and also the strongest vampire… I’ve lived for a thousand years,” Ye Lingyue explained.
A thousand years.
Xu Feng tried to digest that word, then asked, “Then… then why are you at school? And why…”
“Because I’m bored~ After living so long, you have to find some fun, right? Being the student council president is quite fun; I get to boss around a bunch of kids.”
Xu Feng: “…”
“And then, I noticed you. You know what? I think you’re special~”
Ye Lingyue leaned in a little closer and said softly.
“Special… as in useless?”
Xu Feng said self-deprecatingly.
“Special as in twisted… On the surface, you’re very cowardly, but in your heart, you think about killing people every day… That suppressed, twisted, dark stuff, I can see it all clearly… It’s really fascinating~”
“Other people I’ve met are either completely unapologetic about their evil or completely unapologetic about their kindness. Someone like you is really rare…”
Xu Feng fell silent.
Because the president was right.
He did often fantasize about killing those who bullied him… killing his abusive father, killing everyone who made him suffer…
He just didn’t have the guts to do it.
“So I saved you, brought you into the student council, and slowly observed you… And the more I observed, the more interesting I found you! You know that feeling? It’s like picking up an injured little animal, watching it slowly depend on you, trust you… and finally~ completely~ fall in love with you~”
Ye Lingyue’s eyes now held an extremely twisted curiosity.
As Xu Feng listened to these words, an indescribable feeling welled up in her heart.
So all that gentleness over the past three months was… just observation?
“Then… then when you accepted my confession…”
“Of course it was because I wanted you… After observing enough, it was time to take you in.”
Ye Lingyue reached out and stroked Xu Feng’s head.
Xu Feng wanted to pull away, but her body wouldn’t obey.
“Do you know why I turned you into a vampire?”
Ye Lingyue asked.
Xu Feng shook her head.
“Because I’ve lived too long… Over the centuries, I’ve had many family members, friends, and other bonds… but they all died… Humans are just too fragile; they age and die in just a few decades. I don’t want to experience that anymore, so I want someone who can stay with me forever… someone who belongs to me… someone who will never leave.”
“So… you chose me? Why…”
“Because you’re suitable. Your personality is already twisted; after becoming a vampire, you won’t break down like a normal person would… And, ask yourself honestly, you love me, don’t you? You love me to the point of madness. Am I right?”
Xu Feng fell silent.
Then she asked, “Then, do you love me?”
Ye Lingyue tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said, “I suppose it counts as love… I want to keep you by my side forever… I bit you, and you drank my blood… Now you are a part of me…”
Xu Feng didn’t know what to say.
Her definition of love seemed different from the love he wanted.
But… maybe… it wasn’t that different?
“By the way, do you hate me now?” Ye Lingyue asked.
Xu Feng thought carefully.
Hate?
Not really…
The president had indeed deceived her and turned her into this monster… but if it weren’t for her… he would still be getting bullied… And, President Ye Lingyue was still so beautiful.
Even after knowing her true nature, she was still so beautiful.
“I don’t hate you,” Xu Feng said honestly.
“See! I told you you were suitable~”
Then Ye Lingyue kissed Xu Feng on the forehead.
“From today on, you are mine… forever.”
This made Xu Feng blush.
Even though she was now in a loli’s body… and had just experienced her worldview collapsing… when Ye Lingyue kissed her, her heart still raced.
This was probably a sickness… the sickness called love.