"I just finished showering..."
Lin An's voice came from Gu Yue's arms, muffled.
It carried the numbness of someone who had been ravaged over and over.
That hopeless, lifeless feeling had seeped clear into his bones.
He gave up struggling.
His hands hung at his sides as his vacant eyes stared at the ceiling.
He was like a puppet whose soul had been hollowed out, letting Gu Yue rub against and lick him as she pleased.
Just then, an icy, bone-piercing gaze fell upon Gu Yue.
At some point, Shadow Brake had already risen to her feet.
Her pinkish-purple hair drifted slowly behind her without any wind.
She said nothing and made no sound.
She merely stared silently at Gu Yue.
Within those blood-red eyes churned a dark, suppressed emotion, so intense it nearly spilled from her sockets.
The room's temperature dropped several degrees in an instant.
Gu Yue immediately bristled.
Every hair on her body stood on end.
Like a wildcat whose territory had been invaded, she arched her back and let out a low, threatening growl.
"Roar—"
She hugged Lin An and shrank backward, curling into the corner of the sofa and shielding him completely behind her.
Then she bared her teeth at Shadow Brake, revealing two sharp little canines.
The softness and haziness in her purple eyes vanished without a trace.
In their place was cold, undisguised hostility.
Lin An took the chance to break free from her arms, scrambling off the sofa and onto his feet.
He straightened his crumpled pajamas, then raised a sleeve and vigorously wiped his face.
The cuff was covered in wet saliva stains.
After wiping the left side, there was still the right. After wiping the right, there was still the left.
His entire face looked as though a large dog