That afternoon, Ye Lingyue said she had some matters to attend to in the private area on the third floor and told Feng Ling to play some games in the living room for a while.
Feng Ling listened as her footsteps faded up the stairs, then waited about five minutes.
After confirming she wouldn’t suddenly return, Feng Ling jumped down from the sofa and walked over to the coffee table… the key was right there.
She hesitated for a moment, then picked it up.
Next, Feng Ling went to the main door and inserted the key in her hand into the lock.
But her small hand was trembling wildly.
It took two tries before she managed to get the key in.
She had already come this far… she had to go for it!
She took a deep breath and turned it forcefully.
With a crisp click, the lock opened… and Feng Ling’s heart nearly leaped out of her chest.
Feng Ling looked back again, confirming the corridor was empty, before gently pushing the door open.
She placed one foot outside the threshold.
However, just as she was about to step out with the second foot, she heard a gentle woman’s voice from behind her.
“Little Feng Ling, what are you doing?”
Those words instantly froze the blood in her entire body.
Feng Ling turned stiffly and saw Ling Yue standing at the end of the corridor, staring at her.
“Where are you going?”
She asked softly.
“I… that… Ling… I… Sister Ling Yue, I…”
Feng Ling stammered for a long time, unable to form a complete sentence.
Ling Yue walked over step by step on the marble floor.
With each step she took, Feng Ling felt the surrounding air grow colder.
She wanted to run, but couldn’t move a single step.
Ling Yue walked all the way up to her, looked down at her, then closed the door and took the key from her hand.
“Let me ask you again, answer me, okay? Where were you going?”
Her voice was as gentle as usual, but Feng Ling’s tears began to fall.
“I… I just wanted to see the outside… I wasn’t trying to run away…”
“See the outside? Just a simple look?”
“Mhm… just a look… and then come right back…”
Ling Yue put the key in her pocket, then reached out and touched Xu Feng Ling’s face, wiping away her tears.
She spoke in a helpless tone, “I’ve told you several times, haven’t I, Little Feng Ling? I really hate it when people lie to me.”
Hearing this, Feng Ling’s tears flowed even more.
“I didn’t lie… I really just wanted to see the outside…”
Ling Yue tapped Feng Ling’s cheek with the tip of her fingernail.
“You said you didn’t want to go out.”
“I… I…”
“You also said you would stay home and be good…”
Under this intense pressure, Feng Ling couldn’t utter a single word anymore.
Then, Ling Yue’s fingers slid from her cheek to her neck and stopped there.
“Little Feng Ling… do you know how I usually deal with disobedient children?”
“No… no…” Feng Ling shook her head desperately.
Ling Yue once again revealed her usual gentle smile.
However, the next second, she tightened her fingers and gripped Feng Ling’s neck.
The sensation was like being clamped by iron tongs… air was instantly cut off, her windpipe was crushed, and her throat even made a gurgling sound.
She instinctively grabbed Ling Yue’s wrist, her nails digging in and drawing a lot of blood, but Ling Yue remained unmoved.
“Ling… Ling Yue… sis…”
At that moment, her voice was choked off.
Ling Yue directly lifted her up, pressing her back against the door.
She struggled desperately, her two small legs kicking wildly in the air.
And Ling Yue just held Xu Feng Ling like that, watching her struggle… watching her suffocate… watching her tears and snot flow together.
“Little Feng Ling, this feeling is terrible, isn’t it? Even worse than the demonstration I gave you before, right?”
Ling Yue even asked these questions in a somewhat sickly tone.
By now, Feng Ling couldn’t utter a single word at all.
“But don’t worry… vampires don’t die that easily, which means you can experience it a bit longer~”
Soon, Feng Ling’s hands dropped to her sides, her legs stopped kicking, only twitching occasionally… and the scene before her eyes turned completely black.
She couldn’t see anything, couldn’t hear anything, couldn’t feel anything.
However, just as she thought she was going to die, the pressure on her neck suddenly vanished, causing her to fall directly to the ground.
“Cough… cough, cough, cough! Cough, cough, cough, cough! Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough!”
A large amount of air rushed into her lungs, causing a burning pain.
She coughed violently, curling up into a ball.
Ling Yue crouched down, wiped away her tears and saliva, then waited for a while.
When her coughing subsided a bit, Ling Yue reached out and picked her up from the ground… and at this moment, Feng Ling was trembling all over.
“Sister Ling Yue…”
Her voice was so hoarse it was almost inaudible.
“I’m sorry… I’m really sorry…”
“Why are you apologizing?”
“I shouldn’t have… touched that key…”
Ling Yue looked down at her.
Little Feng Ling’s neck bore several bluish-purple fingerprints she had left, and she was still crying.
“Well, Little Feng Ling, do you know why I left the key on the coffee table?”
Feng Ling shook her head.
“Because I wanted to see if you would walk out on your own… and you disappointed me. I’m really sad, Little Feng Ling…”
“I’m sorry… I’m sorry…”
At this moment, Feng Ling could only repeat these three words over and over, trying to please Sister Ling Yue.
Ling Yue gently patted her back.
“Little Feng Ling, don’t touch that door again in the future.”
“I won’t… I’ll never do it again…”
“Good girl.”
Ling Yue kissed her forehead again.
For the first time, Feng Ling felt that Sister Ling Yue’s embrace was so cold.
…
And ever since that day, Ling Yue’s attitude towards Feng Ling changed.
But to Feng Ling’s surprise, Ling Yue actually made more delicious food for her… bought more fun games… and occasionally even played with her.
However, she also became more “rough” with Feng Ling.
Before, she would only occasionally scratch with her nails and then suck some blood, but now it was almost every day.
For example, while eating, she would suddenly reach out and make a cut on Feng Ling’s arm, then carefully lick the blood clean.
Or while playing games, she would suddenly hug Feng Ling from behind and bite her shoulder, then let go as if nothing happened.
Even worse, she would suddenly grip Feng Ling’s neck, squeezing until she couldn’t breathe before letting go.
And… when sleeping, she might suddenly wake Feng Ling up and then do certain things to her, making her blush every time.
Of course, it wasn’t gentle…
Afterward, she would always be covered in a bunch of scratches and bite marks, with a few more tear streaks on her face.
In short, her whole body would ache.
But she didn’t dare resist, because she knew the consequences would be severe if she did.
And so, Feng Ling finally made up her mind in the truest sense.
She had to leave this gilded canary’s cage, then change Sister Ling Yue’s mind, and become a normal couple with Sister Ling Yue!
But escaping openly and honestly was definitely not an option… she had to think of a way.