4. Intimate Contact
Although Qiu Shui was in a much better situation than Gong Yiling—after all, she was the one doing the touching, not the other way around!
But the sensation under her hand told her that the Young Palace Master’s chest was very soft—no, this was a woman’s most private area! How could she just casually touch it?
Gradually, Qiu Shui, the “perpetrator,” blushed and lowered her gaze.
Just then, she heard a voice,
“Qiu Shui, bite me!”
“Huh?”
Qiu Shui froze.
Bite? What was the Young Palace Master talking about?
“I need a drop of my blood, but I can’t do it myself. I need your help.”
“And that help is…” Gong Yiling looked pointedly at the short distance between Qiu Shui’s mouth and her own neck.
All Qiu Shui needed to do was lean in and take a bite.
Simple, right?
“Bite my neck. If you bleed, please aim at the white rope. It needs my blood to loosen.”
It sounded like there was no other way.
But the thought of leaving a teeth mark, or perhaps first a lip print, then a teeth mark, on Master’s neck…
Just the thought made her blush.
“Don’t worry, Qiu Shui, this isn’t betraying your master. Otherwise, we’d have to call Chun Lian and Ziyuan over.”
“No!”
If they saw her and Master tied up like this, knowing their personalities… they would probably want to try it too.
Besides, she was embarrassed to let others see them like this.
Qiu Shui felt immense pressure, the true essence within her churning with a strange excitement. Even she couldn’t help but break out in a sweat.
“Then I’ll…” Qiu Shui nodded. “Do it.”
She carefully brought her lips to Gong Yiling’s neck, opened her mouth, revealing her small, sharp teeth, and gently bit down.
“Hiss—”
Gong Yiling suppressed a moan, clenching her teeth.
Not from pain, but from the sensation of being nibbled on the neck.
It felt incredibly strange.
A conflicting desire to both continue and stop spread through her, making her head spin.
Why?
Why did being bitten on the neck by a beautiful girl feel like this?
She felt her strength draining away, a tingling sensation spreading through her body.
This time, she didn’t need a system notification to know she was heading down a strange path.
Fortunately, it didn’t last long.
Qiu Shui released her after a gentle bite, and Gong Yiling felt something warm trickling down her neck.
Now, Qiu Shui just needed to get the blood onto the white rope, and everything would be fine.
Just as she was thinking this, Qiu Shui’s true essence suddenly surged.
It burst forth from her meridians, forming a cocoon-like structure around her.
A cocoon of true essence, a sign of forming a nascent soul.
Gong Yiling’s heart skipped a beat, a strange premonition washing over her.
No way…
This couldn’t be happening…
She needed to call the police…
“Master…” Qiu Shui said hesitantly, “I think… I’m about to break through.”
“Wait, untie this rope first—”
Before Gong Yiling could finish, Qiu Shui entered a meditative trance, unresponsive to her calls.
Aaaaaaah…
Untie the rope first, damn it!
Gong Yiling was pinned beneath Qiu Shui, unable to move, unable to sleep.
System: “The system has just updated with a sheep-counting lullaby function. Press 1 to access.”
“…I think you’re doing this on purpose.”
System: “This is probably the only way you’ll ever increase your affection level with her.”
“Huh?”
Before she could ask, a series of notifications bombarded her.
“—Notification: Achievement completed: Slept in the same bed with Yin Qiushui.”
“—Notification: Achievement completed: Groped by Yin Qiushui.”
“—Notification: Affection level with Yin Qiushui has exceeded 50. First stage affection quest completed. Since the first stage reward [Qiu Shui’s Worn White Silk Stockings] has already been obtained, the second stage reward will be:”
“[Qiu Shui’s Worn Nipple Covers]”
What next? Worn panties?
But these weren’t actual worn items, but strange and powerful artifacts. Clickbait titles were the worst!
…Wait.
Miss Gong suddenly realized a serious problem.
“Hold on, what do you mean ‘the first stage reward has already been obtained’? Wasn’t that an extra reward?”
System: “It was just an incentive. Did the host want to freeload another reward?”
Gong Yiling: “Who’s freeloading who? I feel like I’m being freeloaded by you.”
System: “The system reserves the right of final interpretation for all distributed items. If the host is dissatisfied…”
“Then there’s nothing you can do.”
Gong Yiling: “Hey, watch your attitude! I’ll—”
“One sheep, two sheep, three sheep, four sheep, five sheep, six sheep…”
Gong Yiling: “…”
This was giving her a headache.
Forget it.
Miss Gong listened to the sheep counting in her head and gave up.
Arguing with the system was pointless. She looked down at Qiu Shui’s peaceful, sleeping face and chuckled helplessly.
Seeing a beautiful girl’s sleeping face up close, feeling Qiu Shui’s breath on her neck… this wasn’t an experience one could easily have.
If she ignored the sensation on her chest… she could probably fall asleep.
Just…
“I asked for a lullaby, not you counting sheep with your broken system voice. How am I supposed to sleep like this?”
“No internet connection. Only local version available. Take it or leave it.”
…
…
“Miss Gong, what are you…?”
Shangguan Lingyue looked at Gong Yiling, whose fatigue couldn’t be hidden by her veil, and thought she looked like she hadn’t slept well.
And not just that, she was also walking strangely, holding her waist and dragging her feet, as if she had been engaged in strenuous activity all night.
“I went for a run around the city last night. A bit too much exercise.”
Gong Yiling said without missing a beat. “But enough about me. General, you must be here about that matter. Any progress?”
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