Chapter 40: Sexual Harassment
"Please don't leave me."
Yu Xuelan didn't know who he was directing those words to, but she slowly reached out one arm and gently patted the boy's broad back in a consistent rhythm. And with the other, she softly caressed his white hair, whispering, "It's alright. It's alright."
"It's alright."
"I won't leave."
Seeing Wu Zhitian cry so helplessly made her heart tighten in anguish. She wanted to beat the crap out of the person who made him cry like this and punch them ten feet underground, drown them in the ocean, and make them drink their own blood.
His breath laboured and his skin was still cold as ever. She tried rubbing his back in attempt to warm him up but that didn't seem to work. However, his trembling gradually calmed down so she continued stroking the boy's back.
Yu Xuelan pulled away from the boy to examine his face. Although she was extremely disheartened seeing him cry like this, she also wanted to see what he looked like after crying.
Was she evil?
Maybe.
The corner of his eyes and eyelids were red and his pink lips were curved down. You could clearly see a few tears lingering on his lashes which would slowly drip down once he blinked. Who knew he would look this handsome while crying. If it was Yu Xuelan, she would've looked like an absolute wreck.
The more she stared at his solemn face, something ignited within her. She didn't know why, she didn't know what was going on in her head, she truly didn't know. Even if it was a dream, her head was going crazy, like it was running through an endless maze.
Her heart beat faster and faster, and a strange burning sensation flamed in her chest like her heart was about to burn through her bones and skin.
Yu Xuelan grabbed the boy's lapel and pulled him down since he was around two heads taller. She leaned in and brought his pale face up to her own and heat rose from her chest to her stomach.
Her warm lips met his cold ones and parted slightly before meeting again. It was as though time had stopped in her dream and all her senses were silenced. Her mind instantly drifted somewhere far away and her knees fell weak. She could also discern that the boy had frozen completely.
Realising what she was doing, she instantly pulled herself away and widened her mouth in shock, and before she could fully see Wu Zhitian's expression, she immediately woke up.
"Lin Yuhe, are you alright??"
Yu Xuelan's face turned in all sorts of colours as she covered her mouth in shock. She blinked rapidly for a good minute and tried to recollect everything she had just done and...
What in the bloody hell did she just do?? In her dreams at that?? And to a crying boy?? Who was her master?? And a past acquaintance??
"AHHHHHHHHH!" Yu Xuelan screamed and banged her head onto the wall till her forehead bled like a waterfall.
"AHH AHHH AHHHH."
Meixiang and Yue were startled by her sudden outburst and pulled Yu Xuelan back. Everyone in the other cages also turned in their direction and thought, "Ah, another one has finally gone crazy."
And they were right. She was crazy. Honestly, maybe those who labelled her as crazy in the past were right.
"Lin Yuhe! It's alright. We will get out of here... Please don't kill yourself in here..." Yue worried.
"No no no no. How could I kiss him???" Yu Xuelan blurted.
The two girls stared at Yu Xuelan in confusion.
"Kiss who?"
The black-clad girl realised what she had just said and slapped her face extremely hard. However, that wasn't enough. She slapped herself again on the other side and the two maidens just watched in confusion.
They both thought, "Skilled cultivators were truly a different breed."
Strangely, Yu Xuelan could still feel the warmth lingering on her lips and the numbness in her legs. Her heart was still palpitating and her face was erupting in all shades of red.
"Lin Yuhe, is everything alright?"
"I... I'm... I'm so..."
She was so what? She had no words that could come out of her mouth and all vocabulary left her brain. She was discourteous? Disrespectful?
How could she do that to Wu Zhitian?? Such a pure and innocent boy who basically looked like he freshly came out of his mother's freaking womb?? Maybe that was a bit exaggerated but her mind was too chaotic to even think straight.
Forget about finding the commandment note or Lin Changying, she should just dig a hole and bury herself right now.
"Yue, Meixiang. It was nice meeting you both but I'm going to disappear now," Yu Xuelan said as she watched her soul leave her body.
Yue's face turned pale and she shook Yu Xuelan's shoulders, forcing her head to fling back and forth.
"What is wrong Lin Yuhe?? We have made up our mind to escape together!"
"Escape? I am too ashamed."
"Ashamed??" Yue repeated.
Yu Xuelan sighed and the only scene that continued replaying in her mind was when she pulled Wu Zhitian's face in and... and...
Yu Xuelan's face flushed in all shades of crimson again.
Meixiang didn't know whether the girl was alright anymore. Maybe being stuck in the cage for a few hours really hurt her head.
After lying on the ground like a dead fish for half an hour, with Yue trying to cheer her up, Yu Xuelan finally sat upright.
It was a dream. It wasn't real. It wasn't real. It was just a dream. It wasn't real.
She gradually calmed down, and laughed. It was only a dream!
Once again, Yu Xuelan laid on the ground like another dead fish, possible more dead than last time.
"Yu Xuelan ah Yu Xuelan. You deserve another death. If you didn't have a contract with Lin Yuhe's body right now, you should jump in the ocean and swim to hell yourself," she mumbled to herself.
Yue sighed, "If only we didn't talk back to the Second Young Madam, then we wouldn't be here."
"Are you regretting what we said? Because I don't," Meixiang said.
Yu Xuelan's ears instantly became attentive to their conversation upon hearing the mention of Yu Mingling. Now, her entire mood was ruined and filled with dislike.
"But that costed our life! Why didn't Sect Master Yu just kill us instead of putting us through this torture? Just because we mentioned the late Sect Master's daughter's name..."
Although she was still thinking about that dream, Yu Xuelan wasn't the type to let personal issues interrupt her goals. She connected the dots rapidly in her mind and slowly understood the situation of the two girls.
It did not surprise her that these two were trapped here because of such immature reasons. It surprised her to see that the people of HaiShen Yu weren't that blind to Yu Yang's misdeeds after all.
Meixiang nudged Yue's elbow to signal her to shut her mouth.
"Don't talk about her, Lin Yuhe is still here."
"But..."
Yu Xuelan sat up again and turned around, watching Yue sweat in panic. She was afraid Yu Xuelan might scold her for talking about the late Sect Master's daughter of HaiShen Yu.
She found this rather funny since it made it seem like it was a taboo to even mention her name.
When she saw their dismayed expressions, she couldn't help but feel guilty, but she smiled to ease the atmosphere, "It's alright. I won't beat you guys up for mentioning her."
Meixiang and Yue flinched, lowering their eyes in fear. Yu Xuelan realised blood was still trickling down her forehead and she wiped it all off nonchalantly.
"Well, I'm actually a bit curious myself. What do you think of Yu Xuelan?" Yu Xuelan asked.
Their eyes widened, unsure of what to say. It surprised them that someone, especially a cultivator of a prominent sect mention that forbidden name.
"I just heard everyone labelling her as a corrupted demon, but other than that, I don't know much about her," Yu Xuelan said.
"She, she... I..." Yue stuttered, absolutely speechless about the question.
Yu Xuelan was laughing and crying on the inside. Seeing the two panic even more made her think that her reputation must've been terrible.
"She was quite infamous, but I don't think she was a bad person," Yue said hesitantly, though her facial expression produced the impression that something was stopping her to speak further.
Yu Xuelan nodded, not forcing them to speak any further. Remembering Lin Changying's words, some even said she was a demon god. Even Yu Yang was so sure of his theory that Xuelan was the Water Demon God, Yin An.
Suddenly, the two monkey demons barged back in and walked towards Yu Xuelan's cage.
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