Chapter 25: A Mere Token

Luo Yun’s words pierced He Rou’s heart like needles.

Her leg simply couldn’t walk normally now, and from her thigh all the way down to her heel—somehow, someone had put it in a cast at some unknown time.

So now, He Rou couldn’t even get out of bed.

Watching He Rou use both hands and feet, Luo Yun couldn’t help but think of the pet cats and dogs from before.

Very comical.

At that thought, the urge to toy with her began to surface again in Luo Yun’s heart.

So Luo Yun stepped forward, came to He Rou’s feet, reached out, and grabbed her entire good leg.

She yanked it hard downward.

He Rou fell to the floor.

“Xiao Rou… since you haven’t learned anything in those three years, I’ll take a few days off and give you some tutoring.”

Then Luo Yun bent over…

Throughout this, He Rou didn’t resist at all and went along with everything Luo Yun wanted.

‘I’m scared. I’m afraid my other leg will be shattered too.’

Luo Yun flipped He Rou’s body over.

…

While speaking, Luo Yun lifted her foot and stamped it hard on He Rou’s back and buttocks.

“Mm—”

The pain radiating from He Rou’s body kept sending signals to her brain.

She had barely registered the words Luo Yun had just said to her, but she knew—she knew she had to crawl out.

She hadn’t heard clearly where to crawl to, but as long as she made Luo Yun happy, things should ease up a little.

Then, He Rou forced herself up, slowly rising.

Her bad leg stayed straight, while her good leg bent.

She put all her strength into her arms and began to crawl…

But after only one crawl, Luo Yun’s foot suddenly kicked He Rou’s body with immense force.

“No… no, Xiao Rou, didn’t I tell you? Like a dog. What do you think this is, military training?”

Luo Rou seemed angered.

She didn’t like it when her ideas didn’t match reality in practice.

He Rou didn’t want to be hit, so she dared not resist, but her body’s subconscious betray her anyway.

Her arms crossed together and twisted toward Luo Yun.

“…”

Luo Yun stopped moving.

She just watched.

She just stood there watching.

She made no move.

But…

He Rou realized what she had done.

She was resisting.

And the consequence of resisting was severe.

Because her whole body had frozen, she didn’t pull her outstretched hands back.

“I’m… sorry, sorry, sorry. I… I shouldn’t have done that. Sorry, please let me off this once, okay? I’m begging you. It really hurts. I won’t resist anymore. Really. I beg you…”

He Rou’s stiff body began to tremble rapidly.

Endless apologies poured out of her mouth.

But… the urge to keep hurting her rose again in Luo Yun’s heart.

“Xiao Rou…”

Luo Yun slowly crouched down and gently stroked He Rou’s face and hair.

“Does it hurt a lot, Xiao Rou?”

“Yeah… but what can we do? Xiao Rou is in so much pain.”

“How about this: Xiao Rou, play a game with me. I…”

As she spoke, Luo Yun moved her hand from He Rou’s head to her little finger.

“Mm… let’s do this. If Xiao Rou doesn’t make a sound, then I’ll overlook what you just did. But… if you make that disgusting, grating noise like a dying pig again, I’ll break every single joint in your hand, peel off the skin, and make you eat it. So, Xiao Rou, be good.”

Luo Yun’s tone shifted rapidly.

So He Rou couldn’t tell whether her gentleness hid a knife, or whether her anger hid a pillow.

She couldn’t even begin to imagine what the punishment would be if she failed to stay silent.

“Ugh…”

Luo Rou took her little finger into her mouth.

Her mouth… slowly enveloped the tender, bleeding flesh.

ing.

Luo Yun thought to herself that she must be a vampire.

Before, blood was only a stimulant to her, but she never imagined that the taste of blood in her mouth would be so delicious.

A faint metallic tang, like a spice, filled her whole mouth.

Beyond that was He Rou’s unique body scent, along with the taste of blood itself.

Together, they made Luo Yun addicted.

The tender flesh in her mouth was cool and kept trembling slightly.

The taste, the texture, and the sight and sound of the person before her all reached a new level.

After an unknown amount of time, He Rou felt like her blood was almost drained.

Luo Yun finally released her mouth.

Now she was satisfied.

So her torment of He Rou lessened a bit.

First, she…

Like holding a baby, she cradled He Rou in her arms, resting her head near her own neck.

Holding her tightly.

Then they left the place.

After all, the task for today had been decided the night before.

‘Mold He Rou into the shape I want.’

Then, Luo Yun placed He Rou in a pure white room.

There was nothing in it except a bed, not even a window.

But on the exact center of the wall, there was a protruding spot.

On it lay a long iron chain lock.