Chapter 55: Residual limbs, Broken arms (1/2)

TL: flarewk

”Done.”

After her wet tongue had entirely licked the dripping blood clean, it, together along with her soft lips, left my face.

”Already, cleaned.”

”Mm? Oh, uowoh...........thank you...”

I actually felt a little reluctant. By my count, this was already her third time using this way to 'comfort' me.

It would be a portion of my face every time. The first time was near to the eyes, second at the forehead, and this time, from my philtrum all the way towards my lower chin.

Well then, would it be my cheeks next time? Or would it be the bridge of my nose?

I actually had started to be eager for the next occurrence when she would be patronizing my face.

Hastily placing my gaze aside, I used my hands to messily wipe my mouth, wiping off all those saliva of Xue Qing's which were sticking on the surroundings of my lips, with my cheeks becoming way much more drier and my nosebleed stopping its flow.

It's such a miracle, as for the nosebleed this time, I hadn't even raised my head upwards for it to have the bleeding halted.........Xue Qing's saliva must be with like Xiang Yue Xun's, possessing healing properties, huh?

Thinking up till this point, I opened up my palms and glanced: there's not even a trace of blood sticking onto my hands. Xue Qing had really cleanly ate up all of the blood that I was dripping, by using her mouth.

Glancing at her face afterwards, Xue Qing currently had her tongue stretched out, as it went around surrounding her lips in a circlish fashion, licking off all those blood that had stuck to her lips, as well as those nearby regions of her lips. But because she was unable to see onto her own face, she couldn't make her face entirely clean throughout.

I stretched out my hands and pasted it on her cheeks, using my thumb to sweep off those blood traces that she couldn't lick off.

Speaking of which, when I saw her at the park earlier, her face was just like that, being covered up in traces of blood.

Just after killing a person, her entirety still persisted a saturated cloud of killing aura, with the colors of her pupils being the complete opposite of right now, it displaying out a crimson-red color. Her hair had became fully white as well, she completely being the opposite of her current atmosphere right now.

Which was then the real Xue Qing?

It can't be that she was just like Lian Bing, having a duo-like personality as well?

Or was it that it was actually her true personality.........?

Perhaps I would need to understand her even more deeply, to gain understanding about her true identity.

But, before that, let me first pay the price for the actions that I've made.

”Umm, Xue Qing, I.........”

”Mm.”

She replied with a response, indicating that she's listening, and I deeply breathed in as well, re-adjusting my mood before opening up my mouth to speak.

”I indeed have done some very terrible things to you, so I won't try to explain anything for my actions.........which means, it's absolutely alright for you to want me to compensate you in any way! I'll definitely agree to your request!”

Xue Qing tilted her head, as she grabbed onto the area which she doesn't understand, and asked me.

”Terrible, things?”

”Err........it's, that.......”

Wanting me to say it out right from my own mouth really made me feel unequivocally ashamed, it's a little like that sensation during elementary school when admitting a mistake right in front of the homeroom teacher. Speaking of which, the homeroom teacher right now, Xiao Zhen-laoshi, was of an even more younger loli compared to Xue Qing, but, right in front of Xiao Zhen-laoshi, even if I'm considered to have made a mistake, I also wouldn't feel upon feelings of shame..........was it because I had always been treating Xiao Zhen-laoshi very casually? Looks like the feelings of apologeticness would indeed have a direct correlation with the other party's looks and size..........

Ah, no wait, my thoughts had once again went awry, I'd better quickly pull myself back to reality.

Just like from what I've started to learn since young, I must be courageous to undertake onto my own mistakes.

Strongly resisting the sensation of shame, I pressed onto Xue Qing's shoulders, and in a fashion of despondency, loudly yelled.

”That is, I seized the opportunity when you're sleeping to grope you!”

”Mm, I know.”

”Ohhh..........ahh? ! You knew! ! !”

”Mm, I felt it.”

Xue Qing's cheeks were dyed in a layer of faint red blush, as she placed her hands covering onto the hands that I've pressed onto her shoulders, and faintly said.

”Jun Cheng, dishonest hands.”

”Eeeeeeehhhhh! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!”

With a 'pu tong' sound, I knelt right in front of her, with both of my palms together closed up, continually repeating the word 'Sorry' while kneeling in a worshipping manner.

However, if kneeling down was ever useful at all, then laws needed not to be enacted at all! What's the use with repeatedly apologizing at all, just fork out the price for it! Don't forget that you have tainted my purity, so what are you going to use to compensate me? Why not.........slice off your both arms and just hand them over to me?

It was like as if I've heard onto those voices of condemnation.

But in reality, Xue Qing didn't give out any such voices at all, and wouldn't be using such an agitated tone, and even more nigh impossible for her to be saying out so many words within a single breath.

It's me, who had wildly imagining the condemnation of my conscience to be Xue Qing's berating.

Because that way, it would be able to harden out my heart for me to be able to fork out a price!

Using my largest strength to kowtow afterwards, I maintained a kneeling stance as I said.

”Sorry! I know that just by saying a sentence of sorry isn't worth at all! So..........so! Even if you wanted to cut off my hands, I definitely also wouldn't be doing any sort of retaliation at all!”

”........”

No response.

Plus, I'm already prepared with the determination on not to get up unless there's a reply given, so the stance of me maintaining my kneeling posture still didn't change.

Although I couldn't see, but I'm able to hear Xue Qing's breathing starting to become a little hurried.........was she hesitating?

After what seemed to be like a very long time later, Xue Qing finally gave a reply.

She clutched onto my cheeks, with her lips approaching my face as she gently whispered to me.

A three paragraphical, three words response, along with sounds of breathing being carried along as they resounded into my ears.

”It's alright.”

”I don't hate.”

”Very comfortable.”

Don't give out these kinds of responses..........you being as that would only cause me to uncontrollably want to do something towards you again.........

Seizing the opportunity when I hadn't have malicious thoughts arising yet, I lifted my head up in a sudden and ferocious manner as I held onto Xue Qing's shoulders, agitatedly saying.

”No! I must compensate you! Hurry up and say out your request!”

Please, I'm begging you to just say out a request! If not, the malicious thoughts within my mind would be just like a horse which had broke free from its reins as it crazily galloped away!

”Then..........”

”Mm, mn!”

I gulped in my saliva with a 'gu dong' sound, as I mentally readied myself.

”Hair.”

”Eh? You still wanted some hair? No wait, you only wanted hair?! Can't you just want any other things instead?”

Forking out just the price of hair was being too light already, it's still not enough to offset the sense of guilt that I had.

”Then.........I also want..........”

”Ooohhhh, what else do you want? I guarantee that I'll be able to fulfill your wants.........Mm, I'll do my best to satisfy you!”

The abrupt change of words halfway was because, I suddenly remembered that Xue Qing would very likely be the corpse splitting homicidal maniac. If she had wanted onto my life, should I be retaliating, or not retaliating instead?

I still don't want to die as of right now, so I mustn't express my words out to be too absolute.

”Fingernails.”

”Supporting stand?”

What supporting stand?

(TL: fingernails (指甲, zhijia) sounds like (支架, zhijia), a homophonic pun)

”No, it's fingernails.”

Xue Qing stretched out her fingers as she showed me her white, clean fingernails, with me then comprehending onto what she was referring.

Afterwards, Xue Qing grabbed onto my hand, using the tips of her fingers to wipe onto my left thumb's nails as she said.

”I'll cut for you.”