I can feel your rapid heartbeat too.
Jeez, the words linger in my mind longer than they supposed to! Each of his lexis said, all floating invisibly in my mind.
He was too charming, darn it! When I learnt he could read someone's mind by looking onto their eyes, I blew out a huge sigh of relief. Luckily, when I was cursing his snake ass in my brain, I was not eyeing him.
Otherwise I might have been in the execution room now.
Rule 1, do not ever look in his eyes.
I am still embodied here, between his both long arms. His face is inches far, but I swear I could taste the warmness of his slow breath against my skin. Feeling light-headed, I jolted and spoke with pure hesitation.
"H- How long are we going to stay in this position? My back hurts."
Yu Zheng's reaction? He did not fret. Did not move a single centimeters. Instead, he even leaned closer - closing the gap between our nose.
Just kiss me already, ya' snake!
Closing my eyes tight, I could feel Yu Zheng crawled his left hand to brush my cheek in a circular motion. I opened my eyes. His pupils that was red before, turned back to its usual colour. Dark brown.
What was the emotion he showed me, I could not explain it. It got that warm, fuzzy type of of gaze - but his lips is sealed tightly forming a straight line, expressionless.
I did not know what got into me, but I suddenly smiled at him! Showing all my damned teeth!
"Hee." Bashed with my own audacity, I inhaled deeply. Inwardly cursing my perverted ass. Oh man, how long am I going to embarrass myself?
It was as if he noticed my uncertainty of trying to speak, Yu Zheng left me shivering when he rummaged the skin of my ears to crimson red by whispering "speak" so... hot-ly.
His lips was so close to my ear!
"No, it's just... Really. My spine is literally aching. Can we stop this staring contest?" I scratched the back of my head, pulsating some time to reduce the heaviness hung in the air. His face was still as impassive as ever. Neither did my words or my smile made him change his damned edgy expression.
"Tell me, what's your motive of coming here?" There he goes again! That husky, deep voice calling me ever so smoothly with his eyes wandering around to capture my point of view. I swear, I could not breath now. I have never been in a physical situation like this with a guy, okay? Do not put the blame on me that I could not stay calm.
"I told you, I'm a lost merchant! I- I married you because - well. Err, because you're so superior. And, and Qing Yi's not ready for the marriage too." A flicker of silence caused the already existing tension between us rised, and I was too ill to realise his electrifying gaze placed against my collarbone.
"You're not a human. Tell me, who sent you here?" Calm and collected, he spoke to me with an extremely firm tone. I tried to answer but nothing come out. Ugh, you damned Qing Yi and those Gu oldies! You guys made me bite the bullet!
"Listen, I am indeed a human! What kind of demon-like features can you see imprinted on me, anyways? I am so saint looking you could never---" I tried to look away from his eyes, afraid. Yet, things I am telling him is the actual truth, after all!
Before I could finish my well-arranged sentence, Yu Zheng cut in.
"Your eyes."
My eyes... Ah, man! So this is what he had been so suspicious over me!
"Your hair."
Frick, my hair too? Ah, he needs to sail and see more blondies like me - really!
"Cheng Zhou."
I blinked hard. He was staring at me the whole time, demanding answer. His eyes contain that enraged look, because I seemed to not give him the attention he wanted. Which I did not give, anyways.
Seems like my natural beauty is the cause of all these unlikely true suspicions!
"Well, you see... I am actually raised by wolves! I got this kind of look because they bestowed me with it! White furs, and I got this... almost white hair, you see? Maybe kinda yellow because well, wolves fur are sometimes a bit dusty so.. Hehe, and my eyes? Err, you know wolves got that blue-ish eyes, right? That's where I got it from!" I explained 'calmly', attempting hard to suppress a suspicious squeal that tried to escape the barrier between my lips. His eyesight narrowed.
Crap, darn it! The more I tried to make up lies, the more alarmed he became!
Anyway, ya' wonder why I got to speak those excuses like a seamless flow of river? Well...
I suddenly remembered a comic I once read - it belongs to my brother. Basically a girl raised by wolves, she had this illness but cured... by the bestow of wolves' looks.
I guess overly obsessed with reading fictions was not that bad, after all.
Yu Zheng withdraw his steps from me. Sighing softly with his eyes closed.
Man, he's majestic.
"How could I do the sacrificial to Moon God with such a madman..." He spoke slowly, his voice faltering. Husky and deeply toned. Melodically so daddy-ed.
I froze, my eyes wide open. As far as I could remember, he wanted to marry Qing Yi because he needed to perform the sacrificial thing to the Moon God. But in the plot --- well, since the Old Couple Gu failed to bring Qing Yi to him, he killed them. And then Qing Yi tried to save her adopted parents with his husband, Zhao.
Then, what else happened?
This snake killed Zhao. Imprisoned Qing Yi. Where the male lead, Dai Hua Xun, this snake's most trusted knight - acknowledged the truth about him being a literal demon---
"Come."
Yu Zheng's voice gushed out, making me almost flinch. He touched my wrist, gripping it to be exact. Pulling me to the bed I had been dreaming on that I was home just now. Home to my house in NYC.
"Tell me, where's Qing Yi, hmm?" He spoke, sternly. I eyed him from the corner of my eyes, giving him that 'bombastic side eye' look.
Pulling my wrist from his clawing grip, I let out a soft sigh. Trying to put that fake pout.
Don't judge me now. I'm trying to save the main character here.
"Am I not beautiful enough to be your bride, Your Majesty?" Looking away from him with my disheveled hair, I tend to act like that cringe girlfriend sulking to her boyfriend because of her chats being ignored for 30 seconds.
Yu Zheng's brows furrowed. He placed a regretful hand to his flawless forehead, massaging it abruptly.
Later on, he turned back to face me and replied in the most dishonest voice ever. "No, you're pretty."
He did not sound like someone who meant it at all.
"I need Qing Yi's blood." My face went pale when I heard that. Not that I am shocked he needed blood -- I knew it anyway but what made me gulp in fearfulness was the fact that...
If he could not get that Qing Yi, he will use my blood instead.
Gah, for my damned soul's sake! I am way too dumb to realise the true meaning why those oldies actually sent me here!
I thought I am smart enough, brave and stuff, but here I am --- making clown of myself!
"B- Blood? W- Whoa... W- why don't you just use the blood of... goat? Or.. Fish?" Stammering like that one emo-kid trying to confess to Serene back in NYC, I eyed him --- with the kind of look that is the opposite of confidence and braveness.
This time, Yu Zheng did not answer. Was he giving a think about my word? Did I outsmarted this snake by any chance?
"Tell me, do you want to mate with goat? Or fish?" He replied, sarcastically drawing that scary smile of his. Scary but spicy, to be exact.
Excuse me? I AM. You are a freaking snake, you lil worm! Haven't faced the mirror yet, huh?
"N- No." I replied. Hell nah I would say the things I have been thinking of. I could not afford to lose my head off from my body.
"You know my answer now?" He asked.
Forgive me for being too stupid, but really -- where is this conservation supposed to be heading at? I cannot really understand what he meant! I asked him, he asked me back. I answered him, he asked me again.
"H- Ha! Y- yeah, well. Mhm." I nodded, contemplating whether to smile or just maintain my resting-b face. Probably he is being too poetic and well-advanced in communicating. I do not really have to understand, do I?
Minutes passed with silence, that both of us did not fill. He was just sitting next to me - hair all white and his dark aura embedding from his tall, toned body.
I guess he must had been offended that I got blondie hair almost similarly alike with his!
"Cheng Zhou." He called, his voice deep. I stopped my secret admiration over his features and directly replied with a short, brief "huh?"
Huh? Sayin' ahh.
"Be my mate for the sacrificial. Now. Or I'll kill Qing Yi and her parents."
His words left me senseless, feeling a sharp tinge of every negative emotions flowing in pointedly straight into my body.