AITAMITB Chapter 31

Zhao Xiaokui soaked in the bathtub, letting the icy water surround her, and the temperature on her face gradually dropped.

Really, why suddenly say such sentimental words? It’s too… too embarrassing.

She covered her chest; through flesh and bones, she could feel that tiny organ beating violently.

For the girl who had never experienced this before, in her mind, there were constant images of Shen Zhifei approaching with a smile and her eyes filled with amusement.

“The grace of saving a life should be repaid with one’s body. I am already yours, is it wrong to treat you a little better?”

Zhao Xiaokui covered her face, feeling like her soul was screaming.

“Crack, crack—”

On the bathtub, several cracks suddenly appeared and spread at an unimaginable speed.

By the time Zhao Xiaokui realized something was wrong, the entire bathtub had suddenly collapsed, water flowing from all sides. Lying on the only intact bathtub bottom, she resembled a salted fish pulled from the sea.

Zhao Xiaokui: “…”

Sorry, she forgot again that she was no longer an ordinary person.

Normal people, when emotionally agitated, might at most scream disturbingly. However, even if she didn’t scream out loud, excessive emotional fluctuations could potentially unleash her extraordinary abilities, causing havoc in the surroundings.

“Is the bathtub size not suitable? I have a villa in the suburbs, with its own pool. I think you might like it,” Shen Zhifei leaned against the door, her voice carrying a playful tone.

Zhao Xiaokui turned her head abruptly, then twisted it back, covering her face with her hands.

She urgently needed a spell right now—

Restore! To! The! Beginning!

“S-sorry, I didn’t mean to…”

Just as she was sinking into guilt and couldn’t extricate herself, her body suddenly soared into the air. Subconsciously realizing something, she reached out and hugged Shen Zhifei’s neck.

Zhao Xiaokui was still very light. Despite Shen Zhifei feeding her for so many days, her weight didn’t increase but instead decreased. According to Zhao Xiaokui, it was because most of the energy in her body was used for transformation, and it hadn’t reached the accumulation stage yet.

“But it’s too late today; you can only use the bathtub upstairs for now.”

Zhao Xiaokui struggled, “I… I can walk by myself.”

“Oh.”

While saying this, Shen Zhifei didn’t let her down.

With Zhao Xiaokui in her arms, she lifted her head, conveniently able to see Shen Zhifei’s chin.

Her skin was very fair, and faint blue veins were subtly visible beneath the fair skin. Zhao Xiaokui vaguely felt an itch in her fangs.

The nature of a hunter is often rooted deep in one’s bones.

Zhao Xiaokui’s eyes turned into vertical pupils. She raised her upper body, burying her head between Shen Zhifei’s neck.

Sharp fangs grazed across the skin. Shen Zhifei touched her head, thinking of the bite mark Zhao Xiaokui left on her shoulder not long ago when she was just picked up. She whispered, “Bite if you want to.”

“No, no…” Zhao Xiaokui’s voice was hoarse, and the remnants of rationality restrained her actions.

The first time she bit Shen Zhifei was due to the physiological impulse brought about by the advancement process and the pain and anger of suddenly losing everything.

At that time, her advancement had just begun, and her fangs had just formed, so she could control it, releasing in time, causing no irreparable harm.

But this time, the faintly boiling blood inside her made Zhao Xiaokui realize that things might not be that simple.

Shen Zhifei quickly carried Zhao Xiaokui to the second-floor bathroom. Just as she was about to put her in the bathtub, she found that Zhao Xiaokui was tightly clinging to her neck, unwilling to let go.

“Just a moment, just a moment…”

She used a pleading tone, but she restrained Shen Zhifei’s hands without a trace of seeking consent.

Shen Zhifei didn’t know what had happened, but she sensed that Zhao Xiaokui’s emotions were off at the moment. She could only maintain an awkward posture, kneeling by the edge of the bathtub, and reached out to turn on the nearby faucet.

The water level gradually rose, and the restlessness in Zhao Xiaokui’s body subsided slightly. The rapidly beating heart also showed a tendency to calm down.

However, Zhao Xiaokui still leaned against Shen Zhifei’s neck, sniffing like a puppy.

Countless scent molecules emanating from Shen Zhifei rushed into her nostrils, perceived by her olfactory cells.

Zhao Xiaokui had always felt that Shen Zhifei’s body had a fragrance of grass and wood.

Like a pine forest after the rain, and like melting snow.

With a chill, with a coldness, this scent seemed to be able to tranquilize the soul.

After a while, Shen Zhifei finally felt the hands that had been restraining her neck starting to loosen.

Zhao Xiaokui let go of her, her arms hanging down, and her whole person sank into the water.

Zhao Xiaokui didn’t keep Shen Zhifei waiting for too long.

The bathtub was quickly filled, and when Shen Zhifei reached up to turn off the faucet, Zhao Xiaokui, gripping the edge of the bathtub, sat up from the water.

It was only at this moment that Shen Zhifei saw her beast-like pupils.

The last time she saw these eyes was when she brought Zhao Xiaokui back from the ruins of the Qingmu community.

The moment Zhao Xiaokui emerged from the water, even if she didn’t deliberately stare at Shen Zhifei, Shen Zhifei still felt the sensation of being stared at by a top-tier predator.

Stiff all over, bones trembling, heart racing, and covered in cold sweat.

Fear surged like a tidal wave, overwhelming, and she was like a small boat in a storm, at risk of capsizing at any moment.

Shen Zhifei’s knees bent gradually. Under this intimidation, every cell in her body was shouting to submit.

A pair of hands held her as she was about to kneel.

Regretfully, Zhao Xiaokui said, “I’m sorry, I lost control.”

The pressure lifted, and Shen Zhifei’s body softened. She leaned directly into Zhao Xiaokui, who was still in the bathtub, and too much water was squeezed out, spilling all over the floor.

Zhao Xiaokui leaned against the edge of the bathtub, holding Shen Zhifei in her arms. She gently stroked her long hair, using the Light spell one after another, casting it over Shen Zhifei.

“Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid…”

Zhao Xiaokui continuously comforted Shen Zhifei’s emotions. At this moment, leaning in her embrace, the disoriented Shen Zhifei suddenly tightened her grip, hugging Zhao Xiaokui tightly, and her body convulsed as if shocked.

At the same time, from between her tightly clenched teeth, came a sound that resembled both pain and pleasure.

Zhao Xiaokui: “…”

To be honest, this reaction was beyond her scope of knowledge.

She knew that during the extraordinary advancement process, uncontrollable pressure would be exerted, intimidating beings of lower life levels, causing fear at the least and death at the worst.

So, in Shen Zhifei’s villa, other than the two humanoid creatures, not even a mosquito could be found.

Normally, when she soaked in the bathtub, Shen Zhifei wouldn’t get too close to her.

Today’s situation was truly unexpected, leading Shen Zhifei to face her extraordinary form head-on.

But with her pseudo-first-tier level, she couldn’t have caused much harm to Shen Zhifei, right?

Could it be that Shen Zhifei was just too easily frightened?

Not knowing that Shen Zhifei, whose courage was now in doubt, leaned against Zhao Xiaokui’s embrace, gasping heavily after the convulsions stopped.

As she regained composure, Shen Zhifei, thinking about her earlier bodily reactions, couldn’t help but blush.

After a while, Shen Zhifei, now with strength, finally crawled out of the bathtub. The first thing she did upon standing was press the drain button to let the water out.

Confused, Zhao Xiaokui said, “I still want to soak…”

“I fell in with my clothes on, and the water is dirty. I’ll refill it for you.” Shen Zhifei’s face showed no signs of abnormality. She asked, “How about you? Did something go wrong in the transformation process?”

“I don’t know…” Zhao Xiaokui was also experiencing this for the first time and was equally puzzled.

Issues regarding the mismatch between the soul and the physical body were usually rare incidents. Generally, those who encountered such things either died or became insane. Those who knew how to handle it had rapid advancement methods. Unlike her, who could only wait helplessly for the physical body to grow to match the soul. During these days, even if she saw souls she could devour on the road, she didn’t dare open her mouth, afraid that the soul intensity would increase again, and the adaptation time would be prolonged.

“Can you control it? Or can you sense it in advance? It’s okay that it happened at home this time. If it were outside…”

Shen Zhifei’s words were not finished, but Zhao Xiaokui already understood her meaning.

The pseudo-first-tier pressure was still a first-tier and ordinary people might not realize what this oppressive feeling truly meant. However, those in the Nightwalker team who might have met real first-tier or even second-tier experts could likely recognize it. Zhao Xiaokui’s previous concealment of her identity and strength undoubtedly became a kind of guilty conscience.

Still, Zhao Xiaokui answered, “I don’t know…”

Shen Zhifei had a headache.

She asked again, “Think carefully. Before the sudden mutation, what were you thinking in your mind? Was there anything happening that influenced you? Oh, right, the bathtub suddenly exploding, is it related to this?”

“The bathtub exploding…” Zhao Xiaokui just remembered that she had indeed exploded a bathtub just now. She hesitated and said, “It should be related. This kind of change might be related to my emotions. I was quite excited just now, and my extraordinary abilities unconsciously leaked out, causing the bathtub to burst. Probably because of this, I suddenly uncontrollably manifested my extraordinary form… By the way, do you know that you smell really good? Is it a new perfume you bought?”

As she spoke, she leaned toward Shen Zhifei.

Her nose, like that of a puppy, nudged around Shen Zhifei’s body, searching for the fragrance that had previously smelled pleasant to her.

Shen Zhifei pondered, “Did the scent stimulate you in some way?”

She said to Zhao Xiaokui, “Wait a moment.”

The bathtub upstairs was in Shen Zhifei’s bathroom, so she quickly brought in the perfume bottle she had placed outside.

Unexpectedly, after she sprayed it in the air, Zhao Xiaokui, who smelled the fragrance, frowned and said to her, “Take it out, quickly take it out. It’s too strong and smells bad.”

“Bad?” Shen Zhifei sniffed it, finding the scent not overpowering. It was her favorite and most commonly used perfume, with a woody, masculine tone—subtle and refreshing.

Zhao Xiaokui shrunk to the far end of the bathtub, her small face wrinkled like a bun.

Shen Zhifei chuckled lightly, took the perfume bottle back, and said, “Then, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Zhao Xiaokui waved to her, “I don’t believe it. I clearly smelled it just now. Come closer and let me smell it again.”

Shen Zhifei walked over, kneeling by the edge of the bathtub, allowing Zhao Xiaokui to embrace her neck.

The familiar fragrance once again swept into Zhao Xiaokui’s nostrils. She closed her eyes, feeling as if her soul was being wrapped in a gentle ribbon, and she seemed tipsy, much like someone who had consumed too much alcohol.

Her cheeks flushed, as if she had sipped a little wine, entering a slightly tipsy state, and a smile unconsciously bloomed at the corners of her lips.

At the same time, Shen Zhifei’s nose also caught a supremely sweet aroma.

Almost in an instant, she followed Zhao Xiaokui’s lead and poured into the bathtub, embraced by Zhao Xiaokui.

Zhao Xiaokui’s nose pressed closely against her skin, greedily sniffing the beloved scent. Gradually moving upward, her nose brushed over the corner of Shen Zhifei’s lips, ultimately coming face to face with her nose.

The breaths they exhaled intertwined, and Zhao Xiaokui extended her tongue, licking Shen Zhifei’s lips. The latter hardly resisted, releasing her clenched teeth, and allowing Zhao Xiaokui’s intrusion.

Submerged in the water while being enveloped by the chilly liquid, Zhao Xiaokui holding Shen Zhifei, her sanity was finally awakened just a little bit.

Looking at Shen Zhifei, whose eyes were tightly closed in the water and were now close: “…”

Feeling ashamed, Zhao Xiaokui closed her eyes.

It seemed like she now knew what was happening to her!

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