Chapter 24: Beating

Due to her instinctive dodge, He Rou lost her balance on the bed and fell to the floor.

“I’m sorry…”

thud

“No… Ah! It hurts…”

bang

“I’m sorry… I’m sorry… Sorr…”

crack

“AAAAGH—”

Luo Yun’s iron rod struck continuously from her body down to her leg.

The bruises below had just formed, hurting at the slightest touch, let alone the pain from the iron rod’s impact.

Every time the rod fell, Luo Yun’s throat would emit a sound.

But after a sharp crack on the leg and a loud scream, no matter how much Luo Yun beat her afterward, He Rou lying on the ground remained motionless.

She had fainted from the pain.

If her fainting that morning was due to both mental and physical factors,

then this time, it was purely from physical pain.

At the moment of being beaten continuously, He Rou wanted so badly to die.

But… she didn’t have the right, did she?

Without Luo Yun’s order, she couldn’t die.

Without Luo Yun’s order, she couldn’t fight back.

Without Luo Yun’s order, she couldn’t live a normal life.

“Huff… huff…”

Luo Yun looked at the unconscious He Rou, at the wounds on her body and the slightly twisted calf.

Her anger involuntarily changed a lot…

Turned into… a desire that had long been unsatisfied.

clang

The iron rod fell from her body.

Luo Yun crouched down, her eyes wide open.

If anyone else saw this, they would never believe that the Ice Queen could show such an expression.

She just stared at He Rou as the smell of blood rose again.

The bloody smell entered Luo Yun’s nostrils.

“Xiao Rou…”

She grabbed the floor with both hands and climbed onto He Rou, trembling slightly.

“Xiao Rou… I don’t like it when there are others by your side…”

She lowered her head, extended her tongue, and licked the bruise on He Rou’s neck.

“Xiao Rou, wouldn’t it be better to just listen to me?”

Her left hand stroked her face.

First the left cheek, then the mouth… nose… finally the eyes.

She lifted her head from the neck and looked at He Rou’s eyes, which were half-white.

“It would taste good…”

She again slowly… slowly…

Aligned her mouth with He Rou’s eye.

Her nose breathed heavily, greedily taking in the scent of the person beneath her.

Then, her mouth half-open, she gently enveloped it…

Extended her tongue, licking slowly…

…

After being satisfied, Luo Yun lifted her head, the flush on her face clearly still savoring the taste.

But… at the moment she looked up, she noticed the clothes that He Rou was wearing on the outside.

It was a school uniform.

She hadn’t even given her the uniform yet.

“Is it that bitch’s…”

Luo Yun reached out and violently stripped off the clothes.

And He Rou’s body, covered in wounds, once again appeared before Luo Yun.

…

Luo Yun gently touched her, and after thinking for a moment, she first carried He Rou to the hospital bed.

He Rou was very light, and her body was small, as small as before.

The He Rou of the past had been dispensable to Luo Yun.

But now, her world only had He Rou left.

She didn’t want the only antidote in her life to have a short shelf life.

After placing He Rou properly, she left to retrieve the school uniform she had thrown somewhere.

After all, He Rou’s clothes were completely unwearable.

If she were to carry her out like this, she might as well throw her off the rooftop.

—

Tonight ended quickly.

He Rou, who had been unconscious for an unknown time, awoke to a very familiar scent of aromatherapy.

She opened her eyes.

The pain all over her body shot into her brain like a high-speed train.

She, who had been somewhat drowsy, instantly became alert.

Especially her leg—it felt uncontrollable, but that’s where it hurt the most.

It felt as if one leg was wrapped in something.

But more than that, the most unexpected thing was

the scent that woke her came from the person beside her.

Now He Rou was lying in the same bed as Luo Yun.

Luo Yun’s arms were tightly wrapped around He Rou.

Luo Yun, wearing pajamas, had a large area of skin exposed on top.

And that skin was pressed tightly against He Rou.

Something that He Rou had never even dared to imagine had actually happened.

Before she fainted, Luo Yun had been so violent.

She felt like an animal that could be vented upon and beaten at will.

Thinking about what happened yesterday, He Rou felt endless fear and terror.

She didn’t dare to wake the person beside her, as the morning’s experience was still fresh in her mind.

But the pain on her body also flared up at that moment.

Trembling, thirst, pain, mental exhaustion, and fear—her life was like dark clouds, and all those things were like raindrops falling on her.

“Uh…”

Thinking about how she would have to serve Luo Yun for the rest of her life, without the right to refuse,

‘Atonement… Uh… Ugh…’

‘How she wished now that she had been the one to die in that fire years ago.’

‘If Luo Yue’s mother were still alive, she would never have become like this.’

‘If she were dead, her parents, who hated her, could openly raise the younger brother she had never known.’

‘If… if that fire had never happened, then none of this would have occurred, right?’

He Rou kept thinking.

But all of this was just wishful thinking.

“Ugh… So… so painful…”

The pain on He Rou’s body grew more intense, and the endless trembling in her body became more pronounced.

How she wished she could escape, at least to be under the bed.

Because there, no matter how much pain she was in, no matter how uncontrollably she trembled,

she wouldn’t wake the person beside her.

“Mm…”

Suddenly, Luo Yun beside her made a sound.

Then, her tightly wrapped arms tightened even more.

The pain on her body was already tormenting He Rou to death.

Now even the right to breathe fresh air was taken away.

“No… Don’t, don’t do this…”

Finally unable to bear it any longer, He Rou made a sound.

After all, if she didn’t, she would really die.

“Xiao Rou…”

The person holding her all along made a sound.

From her tone, she had been awake the whole time, without any of the drowsiness of someone just waking up.

“I… I’m sorry.”

Huff—

Luo Yun gently blew into He Rou’s ear.

“I’m so angry right now too…”

As she spoke, Luo Yun reached her hand inside He Rou’s clothes.

“I told you this morning, didn’t I? Absolutely no one other than me…”

“But you, huh?”

“I’m sorry…”

“‘I’m sorry, I’m sorry,’ that’s all you can say? As expected… In three years, you’ve learned nothing. Get out!”

Luo Yun abruptly pulled her hand away from her body, then stood up and walked out.

“I…”

“Get out of my room within one minute.”

“But my leg…”

“Get out!”