Chapter 37: Perhaps, the canary isn’t so bad after all.

That night, Xu Fengling dreamed of the day when she was still Xu Feng, confessing his love to President Ye Lingyue on the school rooftop…

Under the orange-red sunset, Ling Yue stood by the railing, facing sideways toward him, showing him her gentlest and purest smile.

“Xiao Feng? Why are you here?”

And in the dream, Fengling wanted to speak…

But what he… what she said was…

“Sister Ling Yue, I want to make you mine too.”

The next moment, she saw Ling Yue in the dream freeze, then embrace Xu Feng…

Xu Fengling’s small body, and forcibly kiss her on the lips.

Just then, Fengling woke up with a start.

‘What is this? Why would I say something like that in a dream…’

But as she thought about it, she fell asleep again.

…

The next day, Fengling woke up and saw that her body had changed again…

The golden patterns in her eyes were clearer than yesterday, winding and stretching in her red irises like a cobweb dyed with blood.

But the biggest change wasn’t that…

She found that she no longer felt that incredible level of thirst from before.

At the same time, she also felt something new flowing inside her…

If she had to describe it, it was like a machine that had been running on batteries suddenly being plugged into a power source, going from barely maintaining to full power.

“Awake? How do you feel?”

Ling Yue, who had been lying beside her playing with a strand of her hair, suddenly asked.

“Ling Yue… Sister…”

Fengling said softly.

“Hm? Why are you calling me ‘Sister’ again today?”

Ling Yue asked with a smile.

Fengling’s face flushed again, and she quickly said, “Th-that’s because you forced me…”

“Oh? I forced you? But last night when Little Fengling called out, your voice sounded very happy~”

Ling Yue said, pinching Fengling’s earlobe.

“I did not!”

“You did.”

“Did not!”

“Then would you like Sister to help you recall?”

Immediately, Ling Yue’s finger slowly slid from her neck down to her collarbone.

“Last night, Sister’s fingers…”

“Aaaaaaaaaaaah don’t say it!”

Fengling quickly pulled the blanket over her head and shouted.

Seeing this, Ling Yue laughed and pulled away Little Fengling’s defensive measure, saying, “Alright, alright, Little Fengling, actually I have something serious to tell you today~”

“Serious business?”

Fengling tilted her head in confusion.

“Mm, Little Fengling, you completed the transformation last night.”

“Transformation? What transformation?”

“The transformation to become a full vampire.”

Hearing this, Fengling was stunned and asked, “So now I’m… not a half-baked one anymore?”

“Mm. Now you are a complete vampire. And because your talent is high, all your abilities are much stronger than ordinary vampires.”

As Ling Yue spoke, she drew circles on her collarbone with her finger.

“But no matter how strong Little Fengling becomes, you’ll never be able to beat me~”

“…I know.”

“Alright, get up. I’ve prepared a special breakfast for you today.”

“What special breakfast?”

“Take a guess~”

Then Fengling followed Ling Yue to the dining room, and the first thing she saw was a tray covered with a silver lid on the table.

“Open it and take a look.”

Ling Yue said mysteriously to Fengling.

Fengling reached out and lifted the lid, revealing a glass of blood on the tray.

But this was different from the blood she usually drank…

There was something soaking in the liquid…

Two small round red things.

“What is this?”

Fengling asked.

“Your breakfast~ In the cup is our vampire special ‘Blood Jelly’, made from blood and some kind of fruit. The texture is a bit like jelly. And the two balls soaking inside are ‘Blood Pearls’, also made from blood. There’s a thin film on the outside, and when you bite through it, inside is concentrated blood essence~”

“So, go ahead and try it. It’s delicious.”

Fengling then picked up the cup and took a sip of the liquid…

Mm, the Blood Jelly felt like jelly sliding into her mouth, bouncy and chewy.

When she bit down, it burst in her mouth releasing a rich blood aroma…

No, it was sweet.

“Delicious!”

So she took another big gulp and directly bit into one of the Blood Pearls.

“Mmm——!”

The moment the concentrated blood essence exploded in her mouth, Fengling’s entire small body trembled.

This feeling was much stronger than the Blood Jelly, like a small blood bomb detonating inside her mouth.

The shockwave traveled down her throat all the way to her abdomen, then exploded a second time there, causing both her cheeks to flush bright red, and her legs wrapped in white stockings unconsciously clamped together.

“Is it good?”

Ling Yue looked at her with a smile and asked.

“Delicious! Super delicious! Are there more Blood Pearls? Are there more?”

Then Fengling quickly stood up on the chair and even leaned toward Ling Yue.

“Of course there are. Sister made a lot… However, Little Fengling, do you know that you can no longer taste human food at all now?”

Hearing this, Xu Fengling’s extremely cute movement paused.

“Mm… I know.”

“Then what do you plan to do from now on?”

“What do you mean?”

“From now on, you can only drink blood. Bread, rice, braised pork, sweet and sour ribs… All the things you used to like to eat, you can’t eat anymore. Little Fengling, don’t you think it’s a pity?”

Ling Yue asked softly.

To this, Fengling was silent for a few seconds, then said, “…A little.”

“Just a little?”

“Okay, it really is a pity… The braised pork my mother made for me, I can never eat it again.”

Her voice grew quieter as she said this.

“So Little Fengling misses her mother?”

Fengling did not answer…

But her silence was the answer.

“Little Fengling, your mother is doing very well now. The people I arranged visit her every week, bring her food, and help clean her room. She lives in a small villa by the sea, and every morning when she wakes up, she can see the ocean.”

“Really?”

“Really, when has Sister ever lied to you?”

“But you’ve lied to me many times.”

“Those were because Little Fengling wasn’t being good~”

Hearing this, Fengling laughed… But as she laughed, tears fell… She said, “I miss her…”

“I know.”

“But I can’t go back, can I? With the way I am now, there’s no way I can let her see me…”

Fengling said these things softly.

“Mm.”

“Sister Ling Yue, can I call her one more time? Like last time, use magic to turn me back into Xu Feng’s appearance.”

Fengling then pleaded.

To this, Ling Yue nodded without hesitation and said, “Okay.”

…

That afternoon, Ling Yue brought Fengling to the magic circle room on the third floor…

And repeated the exact same procedure as last time.

Then Fengling found herself standing in that familiar living room again.

Her own mother was sitting on the sofa watching TV.

As soon as Fengling saw her kind face, tears instantly burst forth, but she still held back the surging emotions and called out softly, “Mom…”

And as soon as her mother heard the voice, she immediately looked up and saw her most precious eldest son—Xu Feng standing in front of the sofa quietly looking at her.

But just like last time, it was still a projection made by some kind of “technology.”

But her mother still stood up and walked over to Fengling, saying, “Xiao Feng, is it you…”

“Yes… it’s me… it’s me, Mom.”

Fengling nodded heavily.

“Xiao Feng, have you been eating well lately? Is that girlfriend of yours treating you well? And have you caught a cold or fever or anything…”

“It’s fine, I’m fine, Mom. She treats me especially well, cooks delicious food for me every day, and bought me a lot of game consoles.”

“That’s good, that’s good…”

Hearing this, her mother was clearly relieved.

“Mom, I’ll come back to see you in a while.”

Fengling said again.

“Okay, okay… Then remember to bring that young lady along, so Mom can see the girlfriend our Xiao Feng has found…”

After chatting for a while longer, the light of the magic circle began to fade.

“Mom, I have to hang up now… I’ll call you again. You take good care of yourself…”

Fengling said softly.

“You too, Xiao Feng. You also take good care of yourself…”

As her mother’s last words fell, the light of the magic circle completely dissipated, and Fengling, standing in the room, couldn’t stop her tears from flowing down.

The next second, Ling Yue walked over and held her in her arms, saying softly, “It’s okay, cry as much as you want… Sister is here…”

Fengling buried her face in Ling Yue’s chest and finally cried out loud.

This time, she cried for a long, long time…

After crying, she looked up at Ling Yue and said, “Sister Ling Yue… thank you… really… thank you…”

The next second, she stood on tiptoe and kissed Sister Ling Yue’s lips.

This was probably the first time she had taken the initiative to kiss Ling Yue, so it caught Ling Yue off guard, but soon she smiled and said, “Little Fengling is finally taking the initiative~”

“I-I just…”

“No need to say it, Sister knows~”

Then Ling Yue picked Fengling up in a princess carry.

“Let’s go back to sleep. You cried so much today, you must be tired.”

So Fengling leaned into Ling Yue’s warm embrace and closed her eyes.

…

And that very night, Fengling had another dream…

In the dream, she stood quietly at the main gate of the castle…

And the gate was open.

Outside was a world of sunshine and the freedom she longed for most.

At the same time, one of her feet had already stepped over the threshold.

The next second, Fengling heard a gentle voice from behind.

“Where are you going, Little Fengling?”

She turned her head and looked directly at Ling Yue, whose expression she couldn’t see clearly, with a firm gaze, then said seriously, “I will never leave this place again, Sister Ling Yue.”

After saying that, she withdrew the foot she had stepped out, turned around, and walked toward Ling Yue.

“I will absolutely not leave this place even one step… But Ling Yue, since I will never leave, then you have to stay with me forever~”

Fengling noticed that her dream self had a somewhat sickly smile.

And the next second, the dream ended.

Fengling opened her eyes and found herself still lying in bed, and Sister Ling Yue was sleeping beside her, with one hand resting on her waist.

She looked closely at Ling Yue’s sleeping face…

Quiet and beautiful.

But Fengling knew that this person was a demon in a beautiful skin.

This woman locked her up, sucked her blood, choked her neck, and even pierced her heart with her finger, making her die on the spot.

Moreover, this woman destroyed her life, and also gave her a new life.

This woman made her feel fear, but also made her…

Then Fengling gently moved her body and snuggled closer into Ling Yue’s arms.

‘Since her only family is now living happily, and deep down I have almost fallen into Sister Ling Yue’s hands… plus if I run away, I would definitely be brutally killed… then I might as well not leave.’

‘Just like in the dream, truly never leaving this place.’

‘Freedom… If I obediently accompany Sister Ling Yue and am compliant in everything, perhaps one day Sister Ling Yue will allow me to go out.’

‘Perhaps a caged golden canary isn’t so bad…’

‘And if I’m completely compliant, perhaps the second machete will never come again.’