Peerless Beauty – Chapter 83
by Little PandaShower
Back-to-back shower
An ice-cold, soft touch came to the edge of her lips, and in an instant, the world spun around.
Inside the dimly lit yellow tent, Lu Yinxi saw herself reflected in Jian Qing’s ink-colored pupils.
Jian Qing extended her hand, blocking her eyes.
With a heart full of joy and happiness, she closed her eyes to feel the kiss.
It was as if she were in soft clouds, having drunk a cup of addictive wine.
The soft taste and faint sweetness, along with a slight dizziness and hazy drifting sensation, carried the rose fragrance of that lipstick.
She was infinitely enamored with this dizzy, soft feeling.
Her teeth were pried open, lips and tongue intertwined, gently and slowly sucking, gentle yet with a hint of aggressiveness; the hem of her clothes was lifted, and an ice-cold hand explored her back.
Fingertips seemed to carry a tiny electric current, as she clung to Jian Qing’s neck, nestled in her arms, her legs almost too weak to stand, wanting to melt into her body, wanting both to melt into one.
A long kiss ended, Lu Yinxi’s breath was disordered, looking at Jian Qing, her eyes clear and bright, gently panting, her lips vivid enough that they no longer needed lipstick.
Jian Qing also looked at her, then tore open a makeup removal wet wipe, carefully wiping away the red mark at the edge of her lips.
Lu Yinxi blinked and asked, “Is… is it edible lipstick?”
Jian Qing responded with a sound, placing the lipstick and a pack of makeup removal wet wipes into Lu Yinxi’s hand.
She had specially selected an edible lipstick, rose-flavored.
Lu Yinxi clutched the lipstick in her palm, thinking that when she uses this lipstick in the future, she will remember this rose-flavored kiss.
This person’s little scheme, ah…
After dinner, Jian Qing went to inspect the hospital wards again; the patients were all fine, so she took off her white coat and found Lu Yinxi. The two sat on the steps of the square, enjoying the evening breeze.
The temporary command post after the disaster was also nearby.
This place was originally a gymnasium and sports square, a leisure spot in M City for walks and breezes after meals. Now, people from the city almost don’t come here to occupy space, leaving it to the disaster victims at the settlement point.
Over ten thousand disaster victims were settled here; at night, everyone didn’t like staying in the tents, so they came out to get some fresh air.
Not far away on the lawn, there were still many children playing carefree.
They are students who survived the disaster, with parents and family still present, so they retain their childhood innocence.
Lu Yinxi sat on the steps, her ears and cheeks warm, the excitement lingering for a long time.
Jian Qing remained habitually silent, occasionally turning her head to glance at Lu Yinxi.
The two were separated by the distance of one person.
You look at me, I look at you, when their gazes collided, it was as if they burned, casually moving away.
Whenever Lu Yinxi saw her, she could recall that warm, soft, clear, sweet kiss from just now.
The delayed shyness slowly spread on these steps resembling a date.
A tingling sensation lingered in her body, and the cool evening breeze also became hot.
Jian Qing’s expression was faint, yet the roots of her ears were faintly burning.
The hand supporting on the steps moved slightly towards Lu Yinxi’s side, the fingertip lightly resting on the back of her hand.
Lu Yinxi’s eyes flickered slightly, hesitated for a moment, then as if determined, directly grabbed Jian Qing’s hand, holding it in her own, stood up, and said, “Let’s take a stroll, walk a bit.”
Sitting here like this, saying nothing, she would very much want to kiss Jian Qing.
Jian Qing adjusted the phone volume to maximum, then interlocked fingers with Lu Yinxi, walking along the outer perimeter of the settlement point tents.
They walked and looked all the way.
Lu Yinxi saw the Galaxy Theater across the road, lit with red lights, pointed at that building and said, “At first, when the government’s tents hadn’t been sent yet, those children made floor beds inside the theater, and the theater people provided water and food.”
Galaxy Theater is also a property of the Jian family. Jian Yan personally donated up to ninety million, and Galaxy Group’s donations reached over a hundred million, with countless supplies continuously transported here. News reports all call her the “most beautiful philanthropist.”
Jian Qing looked up at that building and did not speak.
Lu Yinxi said, “The day after you left, President Jian also called me, saying she couldn’t contact you, and asked if you had gone to the frontline.”
Actually, Jian Yan wasn’t that polite; her original words were, “Did my foolish younger sister go to court death again?”
The tone unexpectedly had some schadenfreude (emotional experience of pleasure in response to another’s misfortune).
Lu Yinxi was not accustomed to hearing it, and without a word, hung up her phone.
During those days, Lu Yinxi stared at the TV, newspaper, and internet every day, hoping to see Jian Qing’s figure in the reports.
On the third day, while watching the news report, she did not see Jian Qing but instead saw the most beautiful philanthropist, performing sisterly deep affection in front of the camera with a worried face: “My younger sister is a doctor and also went to the frontline. I still can’t contact her. I am personally willing to donate ninety million to the disaster area and open Galaxy Theater as a post-disaster settlement point, praying for the safety of the people in the disaster area and for my younger sister’s early return.”
On the day the report came out, Galaxy Group’s stock rose all the way.
Jian Qing rarely discusses Jian Yan, and Lu Yinxi asked, “You don’t like your sister?”
The feelings between these two sisters are very peculiar, seemingly distant, yet with some faint connection.
Jian Qing shook her head and answered, “Don’t like, don’t hate.”
Except for Lu Yinxi and her own younger sister, she has no strong feelings for anyone here.
Lu Yinxi added, “This month, I went to the Third Hospital to visit Aunt Ruan. Her condition has improved somewhat. Let’s go see her together next month, okay?”
Jian Qing didn’t answer, instead, she countered, “Did she mistake you for my younger sister?”
“I and your younger sister look very alike, right?”
“She is eight years old, you are twenty years old, how alike can it be? Just the eyebrows and eyes somewhat resemble.”
The clean, transparent pure feeling is exactly the same.
Lu Yinxi was somewhat concerned: “Hmph, don’t fool me… Jian Yan also said I resemble, Aunt Ruan also took me as her grown-up appearance… You definitely were good to me at first because I look alike…”
Jian Qing did not deny the last point.
But on that first night under the moonlight, she indeed did not see Lu Yinxi as anyone else, just felt her heart surge, inexplicably wanting to get close.
Seeing her not explain, Lu Yinxi hmph-ed again, shook off her hand.
She good-naturedly held it again, Lu Yinxi shook it off again, and she held it again.
This repeated two or three times, until Lu Yinxi had made enough fuss and did not shake off anymore. The two, holding hands, swayed while continuing to walk and chat.
“Meow~ Meow~ Meow~”
From the corner of the lawn came a burst of cat meowing sounds.
Jian Qing stopped in her tracks.
After the quake, for epidemic prevention, stray dogs and stray cats in the disaster area were to be culled and deeply buried. At the settlement point here, how could there be cat meowing sounds?
Lu Yinxi also stopped and asked, “Where is the cat from?”
Previously, someone at the settlement point had raised cats and dogs, with people, cats, and dogs living together, which led to several biting and scratching incidents. The sanitation conditions here couldn’t compare to the cleanliness during normal times, and the government was worried that these stray cats and dogs from the disaster area, due to hunger, might have gnawed on corpses and carried pathogens, so they issued a culling order.
This action was criticized by many people.
Some members of local animal protection organizations rushed over overnight and took away many animals.
Jian Qing followed the sound to find the source and saw a little girl squatting on the ground, tearing a white steamed bun into small pieces, feeding a fluffy little orange cat on the ground.
Seeing someone coming, the little girl quickly held the cat in her arms, her big watery eyes timidly looking at the two of them, softly explaining, “Little Orange is not ill, only its leg is injured, don’t kill it…”
Jian Qing looked coldly, and Lu Yinxi squatted down, speaking in a gentle voice to comfort, “It’s not allowed to raise cats here, let me see it.”
She was still wearing a red armband with the word “volunteer” on her left arm.
The little girl hid the cat in her arms, unwilling to let her see.
Jian Qing also squatted down and coldly said, “If you don’t let me see, then I’ll call the People’s Liberation Army and your parents over.”
The little girl was intimidated by her fierce threat, and her voice took on a crying tone: “It really isn’t sick, don’t kill it, it’s not a stray cat, I raised it, and it came out with me from underground, without it I couldn’t have persisted for so many days…”
Lu Yinxi comforted her, saying, “We didn’t say we want to kill it, we just want to check it. If the epidemic prevention team finds it, it will also have a hard time escaping being culled. If it’s healthy, I’ll help you contact the brothers and sisters at the animal shelter to send it away, and after you leave the settlement point, you can pick it up and bring it home.”
The little girl’s gaze shifted between Lu Yinxi and Jian Qing, and seeing Lu Yinxi’s kind face, looking more like a good person, the little girl handed the cat to her.
Lu Yinxi held the orange cat, checked its body and limbs, found its left front leg limp, parted the fur, and saw a bloodied wound.
This kind of injured animal, if discovered, would most likely be culled and buried.
“It seems like a fracture,” she said, glancing at Jian Qing.
Jian Qing knew she had a soft heart, stood up, and said, “You stay here, I’ll go get something.”
She went to get bandages and disinfectant supplies and came back.
Her hands had some small scrapes, so she didn’t dare touch the cat directly. After wearing a mask and gloves, she touched it, cleaned its wound with clear water, disinfected with povidone-iodine, and then took a small wooden stick to tie and fix its leg.
Lu Yinxi picked up spray-type alcohol to disinfect the little girl: “You cannot raise it in this place; if discovered, it will be culled. I will contact people from the animal protection association to take it to see a pet doctor and send it to a pet rescue station. Tonight, you must go back, bathe, wash your hair, and clean yourself well before entering the tent.”
After disinfecting the little girl, she also washed and disinfected her own hands, then contacted a volunteer from the animal protection association, who rushed over and took the cat away.
After sending off the cat, Lu Yinxi also rushed back to bathe.
Bathing at the settlement point was conducted on a field shower vehicle, equipped with an engine using a boiler for heating, allowing 9 people to bathe at a time.
Lu Yinxi took her clothes, walked in, and stood under the showerhead. Jian Qing also squeezed in, with her back facing her, stood under the showerhead, and began to peel off her clothes.
As the clothes came off, bright white jade-like skin was revealed. Lu Yinxi saw the flower tattoo on her scapula, and her gaze seemed stuck on her body, momentarily unable to look away.
Jian Qing noticed her gaze and said calmly, “Turn around.”
Lu Yinxi made an “oh” sound, blushed, and turned around.
With steam lingering, the two showered back to back.
The sound of the water splashing loudly, and the tattoo on Jian Qing’s scapula, remained in her mind, unable to be dispelled.
The author has something to say:
Another chapter of emotional drama. Sigh, failed to adjust schedule.
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