Chapter 71: What are the consequences of deceiving her again? (End)
Hugging Lu Zhiyin in her arms, Long Qinxin gently sniffed the girl’s hair, still the familiar refreshing subtle fragrance.
She held Lu Zhiyin tighter, trying to feel the girl in her arms more.
After embracing for a long time, Lu Zhiyin’s emotions gradually calmed down. She looked up at Long Qinxin’s face.
The girl’s eyes showed a hint of gentleness, and Lu Zhiyin breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed that the decision to show weakness was correct.
Although ugly, it was indeed effective.
“I’ll believe you one last time.”
Noticing the girl’s gaze in her arms, Long Qinxin pursed her lips.
She stroked the top of Lu Zhiyin’s hair.
“Mmm… Thank you, thank you, I won’t disappoint you again.”
Pretending to be grateful, Lu Zhiyin grabbed Long Qinxin’s hand and rubbed her face against Long Qinxin’s fingertips.
“Mmm… I hope so…”
Actually, she didn’t hold out much hope. Once a person tells a lie, it’s almost impossible for her to stop lying afterward.
Long Qinxin just wanted to give Lu Zhiyin another chance. If possible, she really didn’t want her salvation to hate her.
Without looking at Lu Zhiyin’s face, Long Qinxin looked up at the dark sky, as if… it was going to rain again.
She didn’t know how long this gloomy and rainy weather would continue. Logically, shouldn’t only summer rains be intermittent?
“…Is it going to rain again…”
Lu Zhiyin also looked up with Long Qinxin. She was a little worried. Since she didn’t bring an umbrella, she would probably get soaked into a drowned rat if it rained…
Logically, she should have gone home earlier, but after glancing at Long Qinxin, Lu Zhiyin dismissed the idea.
She should spend more time with Long Qinxin to stabilize her emotions.
“You should go back.”
Unexpectedly, Long Qinxin took the initiative to suggest Lu Zhiyin leave.
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to stay with Lu Zhiyin, but she was afraid that if she stayed with Lu Zhiyin for too long, she wouldn’t be able to let her go.
Lu Zhiyin did not know Long Qinxin’s considerations.
She frowned slightly and grabbed Long Qinxin’s clothes again.
“We finally met… let’s spend more time together, okay?”
Zero?_Meng Wu 1 abandon and refuse 7 liou 1, she thought Long Qinxin was still angry and put on a pitiable look again, tightly holding Long Qinxin’s clothes and begging in a low voice.
“Aren’t we dating? Let’s spend more time together…”
Mentioning the word dating made Lu Zhiyin’s heart ache again.
She and Long Qinxin couldn’t be said to be dating; Lu Zhiyin was just unilaterally deceiving Long Qinxin.
“…Mmm.”
The girl’s gentle voice made Long Qinxin a little hesitant. She hummed softly, then placed the bag containing the tranquilizer gun beside her, and carefully picked up Lu Zhiyin and held her in her arms.
Lu Zhiyin was not very tall, but Long Qinxin was also not tall, so Lu Zhiyin was a bit big for her, but Long Qinxin still did it.
She remembered whatLeng Qingqiu had done to Lu Zhiyin and felt a bit unbalanced.
If Leng Qingqiu could do it, why couldn’t she?
Turning Lu Zhiyin around, she grabbed Lu Zhiyin’s hand and looked at Lu Zhiyin’s palm.
The red marks left by her fingernails in her palm, her gaze shifted to the girl’s slender fingers.
They were not very long, but they were quite beautiful. Long Qinxin kissed Lu Zhiyin’s index finger.
Her eyes darkened, feeling like something was missing from this finger.
Releasing Lu Zhiyin’s slightly cold hand,
“Qinxin…?”
Unconsciously omitting the word “classmate,” Lu Zhiyin’s tone was still soft and pitiable, eliciting affection.
Her acting skills had improved a lot, with no obvious flaws.
“Didn’t you say we were dating? Then let’s kiss.”
Long Qinxin squeezed Lu Zhiyin’s chin, leaned her face close to Lu Zhiyin, and looked carefully at the girl’s face that haunted her dreams, and her delicate lips.
She cupped Lu Zhiyin’s face and brought her lips to hers.
“Mmm…”
As their lips met, although Lu Zhiyin didn’t like this kind of thing, she showed no resistance.
She was just compliant, constantly retreating, allowing Long Qinxin to conquer her mouth wildly.
After a long deep kiss, until both of them felt hot and breathless, Long Qinxin released her.
“…”
Silently touching her slightly moist lips, she looked at the breathless Lu Zhiyin in front of her.
Her salvation was as sweet as expected. Long Qinxin found kissing her very comfortable.
But thinking that Leng Qingqiu could be intimate with Lu Zhiyin every day, while she only had such an opportunity after an unknown period of time, made her uncomfortable again.
The desire that had finally been suppressed in her chest rose again.
Glancing at the bag on the bench beside her with her peripheral vision, Long Qinxin shook her head. She wanted to temporarily clear her mind, so she looked at the book in Lu Zhiyin’s wheelchair.
She took the book over.
“What’s this? A storybook?”
Changing the subject, Long Qinxin placed Lu Zhiyin on the bench beside her.
She looked at Lu Zhiyin’s feet in sneakers, but her mind began to fantasize about what her bare feet would look like.
She felt that she had really changed, and she never had such dirty thoughts before.
It was all Lu Zhiyin’s fault…
Silently shifting the blame to Lu Zhiyin, Long Qinxin opened the book cover and squeezed the title page.
The white paper had a rather obvious crease, and Lu Zhiyin frowned slightly.
“This is indeed a storybook… I borrowed it from the school library, and it’s overdue.”
Enduring the ache in her heart, Lu Zhiyin explained to Long Qinxin.
The kiss with Long Qinxin had exacerbated the ache in her heart.
A liar like her shouldn’t kiss an innocent girl.
“Oh, then I’ll accompany you to return it.”
Putting the book away, Long Qinxin stood up. She slung the cloth bag containing the tranquilizer gun over her shoulder and then put Lu Zhiyin back in the wheelchair.
The school was not far from the park, and Long Qinxin felt it wouldn’t take much time.
She just wanted to do anything with Lu Zhiyin and then send Lu Zhiyin home.
She couldn’t stay with Lu Zhiyin for too long, otherwise, she wouldn’t be able to help but knock Lu Zhiyin out and take her home.
“Mmm.”
Nodding slightly, Lu Zhiyin took the book back from Long Qinxin’s hand and placed it on her lap.
She steered the electric wheelchair towards the school. Long Qinxin was slightly stunned before realizing Lu Zhiyin had a new wheelchair.
She followed, walking alongside Lu Zhiyin.
“Why did you change your wheelchair?”
Long Qinxin asked Lu Zhiyin. She felt inexplicably uncomfortable and only realized after a while that it was because she wanted Lu Zhiyin to rely on others; only then would she have value to Lu Zhiyin.
The electric wheelchair made Lu Zhiyin’s movements more convenient, but it also erased some of her own value.
Long Qinxin found it absurd that she was jealous of a lifeless electric wheelchair? What a joke…
“Because I can only use one hand for now, so it’s not convenient. If I didn’t change my wheelchair, I wouldn’t be able to come to see you alone.”
Lu Zhiyin smiled and answered Long Qinxin’s question, as if Long Qinxin’s place in her heart was very important.
“Aren’t you afraid I’ll have bad intentions and hurt you?”
Another question blurted out from Long Qinxin.
“Not afraid, after all, Qinxin, you are already the kindest person to me. If you really wanted to do something to me, you could do it anytime, right?”
Unaware of what Long Qinxin was thinking, Lu Zhiyin casually told another lie.
She gently caressed her chest. Her heart was beating violently, scolding her wickedness.
“…”
Long Qinxin remained silent. She didn’t know how she should feel or what her feelings should be.
Should she feel touched? She didn’t know. Anyway, she was still thinking about taking Lu Zhiyin back to her own home and locking her up.
No, she couldn’t lock her up at home. There were quite a few people living in the apartment building, and she still had to go to school. Even if she really wanted to lock her up, she should find a more secluded place.
“…Hiss…”
Taking a sharp breath, Long Qinxin shook her head. She held her forehead, feeling like she had gone crazy. She kept thinking about imprisoning Lu Zhiyin, even though she had just decided to give her another chance.
“What’s wrong? Are you sick?”
Seeing Long Qinxin holding her forehead, Lu Zhiyin’s concern arrived as expected.
“No… it’s nothing.”
Taking a deep breath and trying to calm herself down, Long Qinxin dared not look at Lu Zhiyin again.
They walked forward in silence, and soon arrived at the school gate.
The school was very quiet on the weekend. The school gatekeeper seemed not to be on duty, and the gate was open.
Lu Zhiyin and Long Qinxin entered the campus together.
The school was not as noisy as usual, with only a few boarding students occasionally passing by.
Speaking of which, Lu Zhiyin didn’t know what the school dormitory looked like. The game plots she had played before did not involve dormitories.
The atmosphere between her and Long Qinxin was too calm, with little communication, which led Lu Zhiyin’s thoughts to wander and recall many trivial things.
Speaking of which, she hadn’t experienced many plot points that exist in many games. It was probably because she knew Leng Qingqiu’s secret right after she arrived due to an accident.
The butterfly effect caused her past experiences to be basically useless.
“By the way, have you ever been to the library, Qinxin?”
Lu Zhiyin didn’t want to recall too many meaningless things. She started to proactively strike up a conversation.
“Mmm? No, I haven’t. Why are you asking?”
Shaking her head, Long Qinxin answered Lu Zhiyin’s question, still not daring to meet Lu Zhiyin’s eyes.
She had spent a long time in this school, but Long Qinxin had indeed never been to the library.
In the past, she was solitary and self-conscious, wishing she could hide at her seat all day. How could she wander around the school?
Although Long Qinxin would retort every time she was called a monster, after being scolded and bullied for so long, Long Qinxin actually had some thoughts of surrender, until Lu Zhiyin appeared.
She unknowingly remembered Lu Zhiyin’s goodness again.
“It’s nothing, I just thought you should know the librarian.”
“Know?”
“Mmm, when you stayed for detention with me before, it was the librarian who let us go.”
…
Chatting with Long Qinxin intermittently, the girls soon arrived at the school library.
The library door was open, and Zhu Qing was sitting on a chair, checking one by one who had overdue books.
“Senior.”
Tapping the doorframe of the library with her knuckles, Lu Zhiyin called out to her softly.
“Mmm?”
As if her brain hadn’t caught up, Zhu Qing hummed, then turned her head. She looked at Lu Zhiyin and frowned slightly.
“Weren’t you seriously injured? How are you out of the hospital so soon?”
“Uh… the hospital was too stuffy, so I chose to recuperate at home.”
Lu Zhiyin casually blurted out another lie. She glanced at Long Qinxin beside her from the corner of her eye.
If it wasn’t for Long Qinxin, she would probably still be lying in the hospital.
“Here, these are the books I borrowed earlier.”
Steering the electric wheelchair to the table, Lu Zhiyin placed the book on Zhu Qing’s desk.
“Mmm.”
Nodding, Zhu Qing took Lu Zhiyin’s hand, which she was about to withdraw, took out a red marker pen, and wrote “Overdue” on the back of Lu Zhiyin’s hand.
Although she knew Lu Zhiyin didn’t do it on purpose, couldn’t she have asked a classmate to help her return it? Zhu Qing remembered correctly that the person taking care of Lu Zhiyin in the hospital was also a student of this school.
“I’ll waive the overdue fees. These four words are a warning, don’t do this again.”
Zhu Qing’s tone was very gentle. Because she knew Lu Zhiyin had difficulties, her words carried no blame.
She looked at the red characters on Lu Zhiyin’s hand.
Lu Zhiyin’s skin was very fair, like a perfect canvas, making Zhu Qing’s delicate handwriting even redder.
The contrast between white and red made Zhu Qing briefly stunned, but after recovering, Zhu Qing lowered her head and continued to tally the other overdue people.
Compared to paper, she indeed preferred writing and drawing on people’s bodies, but such a hobby probably couldn’t be revealed.
“…”
Looking at the handwriting on the back of her hand, Lu Zhiyin didn’t think there was any problem.
Anyway, she wouldn’t see Zhu Qing for a long time, so she could wash it off immediately after going home.
On the other hand, Long Qinxin was a bit unhappy. She didn’t want others to leave marks on Lu Zhiyin.
“Let’s go, Zhiyin, it’s time to go home, or it will rain again.”
Patting Lu Zhiyin’s shoulder, Long Qinxin’s voice was a little low.
“Mmm, it’s indeed about to rain. You should go back and rest well.”
Zhu Qing also looked up at Lu Zhiyin.
“Ah… Oh, okay, then let’s go… Senior, remember to go back early too.”
Pretending to be dazed, Lu Zhiyin steered the wheelchair away from the library.
In front of the library, she didn’t forget to look back and care about Zhu Qing, in order to gain some goodwill.
After leaving the library, Long Qinxin led Lu Zhiyin back to the park and handed Lu Zhiyin the bunch of white roses she had forgotten in the park earlier.
“You should go back.”
“Won’t you stay a little longer?”
“No need. I have an appointment with friends to play badminton. If I don’t go, I’ll be late. You’d better go quickly.”
Her gaze settled on the red characters on Lu Zhiyin’s hand, and Long Qinxin urged Lu Zhiyin to leave in a hurry.
She was afraid she wouldn’t be able to suppress her desire.
“…Mmm, well then… have fun.”
Lowering her eyes, Lu Zhiyin thought that Long Qinxin’s favorability towards her had probably dropped significantly.
But it couldn’t be helped. If her favorability dropped, it dropped. At least she didn’t blacken completely or break off contact with her? The favorability that had dropped could be gained back slowly later.
“Sigh… I hope so…”
Holding the white roses in her arms, Lu Zhiyin sighed and muttered to herself.
After seeing Lu Zhiyin off, Long Qinxin took off her raincoat, revealing the leather jacket and jeans she wore inside.
Her attire, so different from usual, made her look nothing like Long Qinxin.
“Hoo…”
Exhaling a breath, Long Qinxin shouldered the tranquilizer gun and quietly followed Lu Zhiyin from behind.
She dared not stay with Lu Zhiyin anymore, but she still wanted to see her more.
“As long as the distance is a little further, it should be fine, right?”
Thinking this, Long Qinxin silently followed Lu Zhiyin all the way. She was about to leave when Lu Zhiyin was almost home.
It was also at this moment that she witnessed a scene that made her heart shatter.
“…”
Lu Zhiyin silently threw the roses given by Long Qinxin into the trash can, just like after their last date.
After throwing away the flowers, Lu Zhiyin’s body relaxed as if relieved of a burden.
She didn’t think a liar full of lies like her could accept Long Qinxin’s gifts with peace of mind. On the other hand, she also couldn’t take the flowers back.
“…As expected, I shouldn’t have trusted her…”
Biting her lower lip, Long Qinxin’s heart ached.
Her feelings were cast aside like this, and she had been deceived again.
The string in her heart snapped, and Long Qinxin no longer suppressed the desire in her heart.
She took off the bag from her back, took out the tranquilizer gun, and loaded it with a tranquilizer dart.
“…”
Silently aiming, then firing.
“…?”
A sound of breaking wind entered her ears. Immediately after, the needle grazed her ear. Lu Zhiyin turned her head back in surprise.
Before she could see the appearance of the person behind her clearly, Long Qinxin had already fired another shot.
The first shot missed, but the second shot hit Lu Zhiyin squarely in the neck.
The scene in her eyes became double-visioned, and the world spun. Lu Zhiyin no longer had the chance to see Long Qinxin’s face clearly.
She quickly lost consciousness and slumped in her wheelchair.
“So… why did you lie to me…”
Touching her chest, her heart beat powerfully. Each beat made Long Qinxin feel extremely uncomfortable.
She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and slowly walked towards the wheelchair in the distance.
Author’s note: This chapter is a combined chapter of two days’ daily updates.
Volume 3: Gradually Sinking into the Abyss
