Chapter 66

Translated by boilpoil Edited by boilpoil

The system disses, “what’s with the pawing when you’re supposed to send your neck forward at a time like this, host? The entire scene has collapsed, you know.”

It could have seen the host open his collar with shaky hands and jump into the antagonist’s embrace of his own initiative… That would have been super exciting!

Bai Lianhua goes to “… oh” level of indifference.

He can’t. He can’t ever in his life. If the damned system is expecting such excitement to occur, it might as well change its host now to fulfil its delusions.

Bai Lianhua holds his breath, waiting a bit nervously for the pain that might appear… But then, he only feels a warmth from Yu Chenqing quickly appearing and fading on the back of his hand.

Yu Chenqing doesn’t bite him. He just took the opportunity to lightly touch the paw of the little vampire going with the flow, and then lifted his own hand to pull Bai Lianhua’s slightly stiff hand downwards, pressing on it gently.

——Feels quite nice.

Bai Lianhua turns his head back, feeling like pulling back his hand but doesn’t really dare to move yet.

He asks with an insecure look, “eh, does my blood taste bad?”

It can’t be, it’s making the antagonist unwilling to even just have a taste? That’s awkward.

Yu Chenqing’s lips perk up. He closes in on Bai Lianhua and sniffs gently at his neck, and then says with a completely serious tone, “no. Your blood smells really tasty.”

“Before, as a human, while I was with you day and night, I never knew that… I only realise now that your blood seems to be sweet.”

——Like the little vampire himself. Clean and fragrant.

The system starts howling in excitement, “hehehe, host, you’re being hit on!”

Nice one, Yu Chenqing, you’re a better flirt than all the previous antagonists. Excellent job.

Bai Lianhua “…” Scary…

Yu Chenqing seems to still be smiling as he pulls back to give Bai Lianhua a bit of breathing space, “still, even if I’m hungry, I don’t necessarily need blood.”

Bai Lianhua goes ‘eh’ with a dumb expression.

“Normal human food is able to fill my appetite,” Yu Chenqing explains indifferently, “since being turned, I’ve yet to drink blood, and I have no plans to try.”

The truth is, besides becoming more powerful at night as a vampire, he’s still exactly the same otherwise with a normal person, like how he can still enjoy the sun freely by day, without the restrictions that trouble real vampires.

Though, even if he could only live on blood, he wouldn’t ever bite Bai Lianhua… How could he ever bite the little vampire’s hand that feeds.

“So you don’t have to worry about letting me drink your blood.” It’s quite hard to hold back looking at that scared but still putting up a fearless front appearance.

So Bai Lianhua finds out he was worried over nothing. He can only soothe himself thinking, alright, as long as the antagonist is happy.

——Still, he does miss that previous antagonist that is now relatively mild in comparison.

Yu Chenqing then says, “as for me being your food bank… I was being stingy. Only three months is obviously insufficient for repaying the favours I owe. Now that I think about it, even three or five years you said is too short.”

“Can I voluntarily extend the duration?”

Shouldn’t saving one’s life be followed by ‘I have nothing else but myself to offer you?’ Even if this myself means something different, he’s still happy.

But that ‘I’ll be your lifelong food bank’ needs to wait for now, or he might scare the little vampire… He needs to get him used to it gradually, step by step.

Bai Lianhua feels kinda like refusing——Yu Chenqing’s soft and joyous tone sounds even more like a dark creature from the legends than this genuine vampire here, alright!

Then the system objects, “host, think about the mission, think about that gluttonous setting of yours…”

As a gourmet little dumb-dumb vampire, when Yu Chenqing offers something like that, other than an embarrassing feeling like taking advantage of him, he must surely feel really moved with the offer? Isn’t it normal to get persuaded in a daze and then just agrees with his head still in the fog?

So even if he knew it’s a trap, he must still turn a blind eye and jump in… For his character setting, of course.

…

As Bai Lianhua came back, Yu Chenqing stops the series of investigations he was persisting on.

He tells him, “it’s good that you’re alright. Or if you really were hurt because of those hunters or other vampires…”

Bai Lianhua seems to be shaken, “then?”

Yu Chenqing snickers, “who knows?”

Bai Lianhua trembles slightly upon hearing that.

Yu Chenqing seems a bit dejected, “are you scared of me?”

“No matter what, I will never ever hurt you.”

“And because I’m turned by your blood, my power is from you. My special state also seems to have amplified this bind… So, don’t be afraid. I’ll never be a threat to you.”

He pulls over Bai Lianhua’s hand, putting it on his own heart, “if you ever want to end my life, I will be unable to resist.”

Bai Lianhua immediately feels as if he’s holding a ball of fire. He quickly retracts his hand and explains to his best ability, “not afraid… I just feel like you’re a bit unfamiliar right now.”

He pauses, then adds, “I also know that no matter what, you won’t ever hurt me… Nor will I ever hurt you.”

He pats Yu Chenqing on the shoulder in a formal manner, “so you shouldn’t be afraid of me either.”

Yu Chenqing holds his laugh back in, “ok, I won’t be. Also, promise me, that you’re not leaving again… I can go on without knowing why you disappeared before, but never again, please?”

Bai Lianhua nods obediently.

“Even if you’re tired of my blood and you no longer need me, please tell me beforehand.”

Bia Lianhua is shocked. His eyes widen and he shakes his hands rather dramatically telling him he won’t, he won’t.

He can’t help but complain to the system, “where did that come from?! If I really do say something like that, I’m going to meet an undesirable end, you know.”

——He doesn’t really want to bet where the moral baseline of the corrupted antagonist would have decayed to.

Also, listening to him, it really feels like he has become a scum that’s black throughout. And he actually feels the guilt about it.

The system seems worried, “host, perhaps you really do need to consider it yourself. Why are the antagonists of every world far more professional than you at acting pitiful to earn the other’s guilt?”

Even if it’s supposed to be a patented skill of the white lotus.

Bai Lianhua can’t help but sigh, “perhaps because I’m a fake white lotus. A cheap plastic one.”

System “???”

——Ho, a cheap plastic fake lotus… Host, you’ll regret saying that in the future. Literally.

…

Though even if Bai Lianhua has made his promise with sincerity, it seems Yu Chenqing would still feel unsafe sometimes and he will only calm down when he sees Bai Lianhua.

Because of this insecure feeling, he stops using a glass to feed the little vampire since bringing him back. He wishes Bai Lianhua can directly suck blood or even suck his blood of his own initiative.

He wants to feel like he is needed genuinely.

Bai Lianhua quietly objects with a wronged expression, “but I’ve never bitten people, you know.”

“Right, I know… So, I should be your first one.”

Yu Chenqing smiles gently, “we’ll go slowly. There’s no hurry.”

Bai Lianhua “…” He’s seriously feeling defeated here. Why is it so hard to be a human?

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