58 The Vice President is Secretly a Sadist 10 (1/2)

Before Yin Mei knew it, Yao Heyan had brought her to an apartment suite right in the middle of the city. He had many different apartments and hotel rooms that he had at his disposal whenever he needed them; this one just happened to be closer. It was large and had a modern design, looking like it would have cost a fortune to rent or buy.

The chauffeur put down the bags with their school uniforms that he was carrying before going to wait outside the apartment door. Yao Heyan showed Yin Mei to the bathroom, and explained everything before leaving her be.

Yin Mei wondered if she would really have to take a shower in Yao Heyan's apartment...

Wasn't this super embarrassing?

But when she looked down at the blood on her, she decided it was still better to shower after all. Yao Heyan had wiped off some of the blood that had been on her hand with his handkerchief, but there was still some left over.

In the end, she turned on the shower, stripping off her clothes before stepping into the water.

When she stepped out ten minutes later, she felt that she smelled slightly like Yao Heyan - it was a refreshing peach scent.

She put on the school uniform after drying herself off, walking out with still wet hair and a towel over her head.

Yao Heyan was sitting on the couch outside reading a book, dressed in casual pants and a V-neck sweater. The languid air around him made Yin Mei stop in place, thinking of how uncannily similar he looked to the demon king and zombie emperor at this moment.

The man looked up, and saw that Yin Mei still had wet hair, her shirt only partially buttoned up and not tucked in, while she had her blazer in her hand. He could see her collarbone, and his eyes travelled slightly down, following the dripping hair clinging to her body...

”... Come here and I'll help you dry your hair,” Yao Heyan said with a smile, and Yin Mei obediently went over to sit on the ground in front of the sofa as Yao Heyan grabbed the hair dryer.

The two were quiet as Yao Heyan diligently dried Yin Mei's hair first with the towel, before the silence was filled with the sound of the hair dryer. Yin Mei squeezed her eyes shut as her hair was blown by the warm wind, feeling comforted by this situation.

Yao Heyan wanted to ask her a little about what had happened earlier, but from what he had gathered of Yin Mei's reaction, she hadn't realized at all what she had done. It was like she had gone into some sort of berserk trance, as she killed those people. He had already called his men to clean up the bodies, so he wasn't too worried in that aspect.

He was just concerned a little about He Lanying. Normally a state like that would probably be caused by some sort of mental illness or trauma, right? He was slightly concerned for He Lanying when he thought like that. It was alright if the same thing happened again later, as he could always clean up the situation without anyone raising questions, but he thought that it might be detrimental to He Lanying's mental health.

Even so, he didn't really want to call a counselor, as that would be rude to her, right?

Well... then all he had to take was take care of everything before she had the chance to enter that state. From what he saw, it was probably because of anger? Then if he got rid of everything that could anger her before it had a chance to, then that was fine right?

”Done,” Yao Heyan said with a satisfied expression as he finished drying Yin Mei's hair.

Yin Mei played with a strand of the soft and freshly washed hair, before looking up at Yao Heyan, who was looking done at her. He smiled, tilting his head in questioning. ”What is it?” He asked.

Yin Mei looked back down in silence. ”Nothing,” she said quietly. She felt that it might be a little rude to constantly compared Yao Heyan to the demon king and zombie emperor, just because they looked similar. After all... those two were already dead.

Now that she thought about it, how did they die again...?

She shook her head. Did it even matter at this point in time? It wasn't like she'd see them ever again anyways.

She had to be better at getting over their deaths. After all, from now on, this would be her reality. The norm. She was now immortal in a way. While she would live on after her death, no one else would. She would experience the death of loved ones again and again. She needed to harden her heart, and forget.

Forget, like she already was. Forget until this painful feeling in her heart completely disappeared.

”Lanying, what's wrong?” A soft voice pulled her back to reality, causing her to look up again.

Yao Heyan stilled in shock, grabbing Yin Mei's face and turning her around so that she was facing him.

Yin Mei's whose cheeks were squished together: ???

”What is it?” She asked, an expression of doubt on her face.

Yao Heyan didn't say anything, just looking deeply into her eyes before letting out a little sigh of relief. He almost thought that she was about to cry at that moment, though he didn't know what in the world had happened to cause her emotions to change so suddenly. He was very worried about just how emotionally unstable she seemed, and was frustrated because he didn't know what he could do about it.

”Ah, h-how about we play some games?” Yin Mei said, interrupting the awkward air, her voice sounding slightly weird since her cheeks were still being held by Yao Heyan.

Yao Heyan released them after noticing this, and had on a slightly embarrassed expression. ”I don't have anything like games here...” He said awkwardly. It couldn't be helped. Among rich kids, there were two types - the responsible ones who spent all their times on studies and learning how to manage business, and those who played around all day and went clubbing and drinking at night. There seemed to be no in between. Although Yao Heyan wasn't the heir to his family's company, he was rather responsible and was the type to spend all his time on work.

Yin Mei really wondered if Yao Heyan was even a high schooler. What high schooler didn't play any games at all? This was the so called legendary honor student??