Chapter 25: I was wrong, I’ll never lie to you again, please let me go

Jiang Mengxin pinned Su Mumu down, her expression cold, her anger pressing in like frost.

“Tell me everything, and I’ll let go.”

‘Could she already know…?’

Su Mumu’s wrist was clamped tight in her grip, the skin reddening almost instantly, finger marks surfacing.

“Hiss — it hurts, it hurts, it hurts… Xin Xin, let go…”

“I won’t let go until you talk.”

“I didn’t do anything! Why are you bullying me for no reason?”

Jiang Mengxin stared straight at her. “Because I hate deception.”

Su Mumu froze.

She hesitated for one moment.

And that one moment was enough.

Jiang Mengxin caught it.

The emotion in her amber eyes darkened, disappointment and intensity tangling together, sharp enough to make Su Mumu’s chest tighten.

‘She knows me too well. She knows what I want to say, what I want to do, what I’m thinking… We know each other inside and out. It’s useless. No matter what I say, she won’t listen.’

‘If I keep resisting, she’ll lose control. That’s just how she is — stainless steel on the outside, glass on the inside.’

“I…” Su Mumu swallowed. “I’m scared.”

Silence.

Jiang Mengxin released her wrist.

But she didn’t get off.

She was still sitting on top of her.

Su Mumu stiffened. “This position is weird… We’re both girls…”

Jiang Mengxin leaned closer.

Closer.

Her breath brushed against Su Mumu’s lips.

Su Mumu’s pupils shrank. Her heartbeat thundered.

“So,” Jiang Mengxin murmured, “you aren’t afraid after all?”

Before Su Mumu could react —

She bit her.

Not hard.

But enough.

“Ah — !”

Su Mumu’s mind went blank.

‘It’s over.’

The wind outside howled louder, rattling the windows as Xiayang dissolved into mist. The clock ticked on the wall. The room felt suffocatingly quiet.

Soft swallowing sounds slipped into the darkness.

Was that… faint crying too?

***

Under the bed, a pair of glowing eyes snapped open.

“This cat can’t sleep at all!”

The bed creaked again.

“Master! It’s broad daylight! Stop shaking the bed! This cat still wants proper rest!”

The creaking continued.

“What are you two even doing?! Hurry up and quiet down before this cat comes out and beats you!”

The bed shook harder.

“I said don’t move it — why are you still moving it?! Are you a demolition crew or something?! Whatever you do, don’t destroy this cat’s Resurrection Point! It’s narrow under here, but the sense of security is perfect —”

Creak. Creak. Creak.

“…Why are you getting even more into it?!”

A pause.

“This cat gives up!”