Peerless Beauty – Chapter 90
by Little PandaEating Marrow
Understanding Taste
The impact of the mirror image was too great, Lu Yinxi closed her eyes, not daring to look again.
With her eyes closed, the room was completely silent.
Unable to see the hazy starry sky, her vision was dim and dark, her hands were bound, unable to hold anyone, her sense of security completely lost, she feared falling, and her body was forced to lean forward even more.
Someone laughed softly near her ear.
This person had removed the cold and gentle mask, leaving only bad intentions, with water-moist clear eyes, not at all dazed from drunkenness, bright-eyed.
Not allowed to laugh…
This person is really bad to the extreme…
Lu Yinxi bit her lower lip tightly, not daring to speak, secretly cursing in her heart…
Jian Qing, afraid she would injure her lip, pinched her lower jaw, gently stroked her lips, removed her strength, untied the binding on her hands, then supported the back of her head, and carefully placed her on the bed.
She opened her eyes, with bright eyes, her eyelashes quivering, shallowly gasping.
Breath emitted from her nasal cavity, especially pleasant to hear.
Jian Qing knelt at her side, alternately pinching her two wrists, rubbing and pressing for a moment to avoid leaving marks, then released them, leaning down to kiss her forehead, and continued kissing along her burning cheek all the way down.
Her cheeks were completely flushed red, her temple hair soaked in sweat, messily sticking to the corner of her forehead.
Above her head, the full view of the starry river, with light blue starlight filling the room.
She looked at the stars, not speaking, while Jian Qing, without blinking, stared intensely at her, her right hand palm wet, and her left hand gently rubbing the tear mole at the corner of her eye: “If you feel uncomfortable, you must tell me.”
Lu Yinxi turned her gaze toward Jian Qing, meeting her gaze for a moment, and reached out to stroke her black hair.
Light blue starlight draped over her body, with the starry river flowing, two stars always accompanying by the side of the crescent moon, she was indescribably beautiful.
Lu Yinxi looked at the stars and moon, curling a strand of her hair end, twining it around her index finger: “Can you guess how I came to your side?”
Jian Qing extended the tip of her tongue, licking and kissing the pad of her index finger: “How did you get here?”
The moist soft touch was like a little cat pleasing its owner.
Lu Yinxi said, “I guess… maybe the stars brought me here…”
That night, the bright moonlight, with the real world and virtual world simultaneously appearing, and the astronomical phenomenon of double stars accompanying the moon.
“Nonsense,” Jian Qing let out a light laugh.
She didn’t take it seriously.
Lu Yinxi supported her body with one hand, and with the other hand hooked around Jian Qing’s neck, gently and carefully kissing along her brow center and nose bridge, and suddenly biting forcefully at the root of Jian Qing’s ear.
Jian Qing gently pinched her chin, her eyes showing doubt.
She always considered her feelings, especially gentle and patient at such times, paying attention to her every move.
Lu Yinxi gently hummed a sound.
Her hum was very pleasant to hear.
Jian Qing lowered her head, wanting to peck a kiss at the corner of her lips, embraced her, and said obediently, “Fine, even if it’s the stars that brought you to my side…”
Fine kisses fell down on her brows, eyes, cheeks, lips, chin, collarbone… every inch of skin being lovingly kissed by her, she murmured in a low voice: “But the stars cannot take you away again.”
Lu Yinxi bit her lower lip tightly again.
Jian Qing, afraid she would injure her lip, put her own left index finger into Lu Yinxi’s mouth, letting her bite.
But she was not willing to bite.
Jian Qing raised her eyes, and their gazes met.
Her finger unexpectedly left her red lips, while the lips lingering in the hollow of her neck traced along her jawline, kissing her nose tip, gently rubbing.
“You cannot be taken away, you cannot leave… you are mine…” were her declaration-like words.
As the words fell, the kiss followed, from the lip corner to the lips… lips and tongue entwining, the kiss growing deeper.
Kissing, one of humanity’s ways to express intimacy, an embrace and kiss between lovers can instantly raise breathing frequency, accelerate heart rate, and speed up blood circulation.
As the kiss ended, Jian Qing and Lu Yinxi clutched the pillow, their eyes blurred, Lu Yinxi looked toward Jian Qing and asked the question she had asked years ago: “At first… why did you bring me home?”
Jian Qing kissed her brow and eyes; this time, she was no longer silent, choosing to reveal her vulnerable side to her.
“I wanted to experience the feeling of having someone accompany me…”
Not only because of a familiar face.
More so, because of a longing for companionship.
The starry lamp was adjusted to the dimmest setting.
Wandering in the deep blue starlight, Lu Yinxi closed her eyes, tired and curled into a ball.
Her body gradually calmed, and she remembered the sentence, “I wanted to experience the feeling of having someone accompany me,” a pain in her heart, suddenly bursting with intense sorrow, like being thrown into the sky and quickly falling, inexplicable sadness attacked, tears escaped her eyes, and she finally began to sob softly.
Jian Qing gently kissed her eyes, tightly hugged her, her sweaty nose gently rubbing her cheek, kissing away her tears.
Lu Yinxi extended her arms, saying with a crying voice, “I want to hug you…”
Jian Qing actively burrowed into her embrace, hugging her neck, tightly embracing each other, indulging in the soft, warm, delicate touch, giving her the greatest sense of security.
Her body was already exhausted, but she struggled, wanting to continue kissing and hugging, as if eager to grasp something.
Kisses with the salty wet taste of tears.
Jian Qing let Lu Yinxi kiss her without order, infinite love and pity in her eyes.
She usually rarely showed emotion outwardly, and for the first time, Lu Yinxi saw in her eyes a love so thick it couldn’t dissolve, her heart became a soft mess, and her chest filled with indescribable joy, unable to help but have her eyes turn red again.
Jian Qing kissed away her tears again, asking in a gentle voice, “What’s wrong, crying so fiercely?”
Lu Yinxi shook her head, striving to hold back tears, unwilling to speak.
She was just so joyful to the extreme, giving rise to strands of panic and unease.
Sadness and fear mixed together, overshadowing the joy, and long-buried anxiety about gaining and losing sparked an emotion of joy turning to sorrow.
Lu Yinxi felt like a thief, having stolen love and joy she felt she didn’t deserve.
She was always anxious about gaining and losing.
She feared that she might hurt Jian Qing in the future.
Losing something after having it is much more painful than never having it…
She also feared that Jian Qing was just a dream, an illusion.
After waking from the dream, across thousands of mountains and rivers, in the vast sea of people, where would she go to find her?
She even thought it might be better if Jian Qing did not love her…
Then she would just have a fleeting romance with her, and once it ended, she would slowly heal on her own.
But Jian Qing happened to care about her too.
So how could she bear to hurt her? Leave her?
“Be good, no more crying.” Jian Qing gently comforted her, softly stroking the tear mole at the corner of her eye, sighing, “Crybaby.”
She also loved to sulk.
Lu Yinxi strived to hold back those weak emotions, gradually stopping her crying, and closed her eyes.
Already exhausted, her consciousness sank into a drowsy state.
Suddenly remembering Jian Qing’s teasing, Lu Yinxi opened her eyes, let out a light hum, and buried her head in Jian Qing’s neck, lightly nibbling as a form of revenge.
Jian Qing rubbed her head, letting her nibble, letting her torment, holding her like a supreme treasure, finally seeing her eyelids drooping, unable to stay awake, falling asleep.
Holding her, confirming she was deeply asleep, Jian Qing then got up, carried a basin of warm water, wet a towel, and wiped her sweat-covered body bit by bit clean.
Then she changed the bed sheets and bedding, washed her own body clean, lay back on the bed again, and gently kissed the sleeping person on the bed, pulling her into her embrace, holding her to sleep.
In the early morning, Lu Yinxi remembered she had to go to W City to participate in a charity performance, waking up early.
Wearing nothing at all, she lay face to face with the person beside her pillow, both naked.
Last night’s scenes floated one by one in her mind, a blush spreading across Lu Yinxi’s face, her body temperature continuously rising.
She cautiously slipped out of Jian Qing’s embrace, returned to her own bedroom, showered, and dressed.
Her body had some marks left, and Lu Yinxi looked in the mirror, using foundation and concealer to cover the kiss marks on her neck.
The full tenderness and affection gradually wore down during the concealing process, and Lu Yinxi finished her makeup with difficulty, rushing angrily to Jian Qing’s room, intending to make some noise to wake her.
But upon seeing her gentle and beautiful appearance while she slept with her eyes closed, she instantly lost her anger.
So good-looking…
She wasn’t willing to stay angry with her.
Lu Yinxi sat at the edge of the bed, leaning down, reluctantly inhaling her scent.
The air-conditioned blanket had slipped down, exposing her shoulder and shoulder blade.
Lu Yinxi extended her finger, gently stroking the tattoo on her shoulder blade.
After a long time, she leaned over and lightly kissed the petal tattoo.
There was once a scar there that almost took her life.
The scar on her left palm had not completely disappeared, faint traces were still visible.
This person, inside and out, carried scars.
Lu Yinxi held her left hand again, dropping a kiss in her palm, then covered her well with the blanket.
She completely forgot the purpose of coming to settle accounts with her, her heart filled with gentle love.
But she still wanted a small revenge, as a form of punishment.
Lu Yinxi returned to her room, picked up a lipstick, and applied a fiery red to her lips, then ran back to Jian Qing’s room, leaving several red lip prints on her fair face.
She thought, “Slowly wash your face…”
At 7:30 in the morning, Lu Yinxi had made breakfast, and Jian Qing, wrapped in a robe, walked out with a face full of red lip prints. Her expression was still somewhat indifferent, but her eyes were glued to Lu Yinxi, observing her state.
Lu Yinxi looked at her and laughed so hard that she shook with mirth.
Her eyes were blank for a moment before she realized something was wrong, turned back, and returned to her room to look in the mirror.
Ten minutes later, she finished brushing her teeth and washing her face, coming out with water droplets still clinging to her eyelashes.
Without blaming Lu Yinxi’s prank, Jian Qing pulled out a chair, sat at the dining table, took a few bites of bread, glanced at the black suitcase in the corner, then at Lu Yinxi, whose face was somewhat rosy, and calmly said, “I have no work today, I’ll drive you to W City. You last night… later, you can sleep a bit more in the car.”
Lu Yinxi’s face reddened, and she softly said, “Oh,” without further words.
Last night, she was like a fish on a chopping board, turning over and over under Jian Qing’s hands, completely tossed about.
Thinking of last night’s scene, Jian Qing’s ears also reddened, but her face remained unchanged as she calmly held a glass, taking a big sip of milk to conceal her inner emotions.
The sound of milk swallowing entered her ears, and Lu Yinxi associated it with the sucking and stirring sounds from last night. She turned her head away, uncomfortably coughed, and her cheeks felt hot enough to emit smoke.
Jian Qing still maintained a composed and calm appearance.
Lu Yinxi suddenly remembered the last time when Jian Qing got drunk and was unconscious, forgetting everything upon waking. She quickly turned her head back and asked, “You still remember what happened last night, right?”
Jian Qing responded faintly, “I remember.”
This she would not forget, could not forget.
Lu Yinxi was silent for a moment, then continued to ask, “Then do you remember last time when you were drunk and stole a kiss from me?”
Jian Qing did not answer.
Actually, she did remember.
But last time, to avoid mutual embarrassment, she pretended not to remember.
The living room quieted down again.
Neither had much experience with love, and they didn’t know what to say after these things happened.
Lu Yinxi was still shy, and Jian Qing, being naturally quiet, became even more silent.
In the silent atmosphere, they finished breakfast. Jian Qing went to wash again and applied light makeup, preparing to take Lu Yinxi to W City.
She usually didn’t use cosmetics, only skincare and drawing her eyebrows. This time, with light makeup, her skin looked smooth like congealed fat, her eyebrows like distant mountains, making her temperament even more elegant and outstanding.
Lu Yinxi looked at her, dazed for a moment, and softly said, “You could also make a living as an actor.”
With such a face, she would certainly look amazing in movies.
Jian Qing heard, moved her ears slightly, said nothing, and pulled Lu Yinxi’s luggage, walking out of the house and into the elevator, asking her, “When will you come back?”
“One week later, very soon.”
Jian Qing nodded with a hum.
They arrived at the hotel in W City, already nearing noon.
Jian Qing did not wake Lu Yinxi, who was sleeping in the back seat.
The weather in W City was hot, so she drove the car to the basement, adjusting the air conditioning to a lower temperature. Then, she sat quietly in the driver’s seat, rubbing her somewhat sore right hand, and waited for Lu Yinxi to wake up.
She didn’t have to wait long. Ten minutes later, Lu Yinxi, who had taken motion sickness medicine and slept soundly all the way, gradually woke up.
Jian Qing tossed a bottle of water to the back seat for her, got out of the car, and lifted the luggage from the trunk.
Lu Yinxi’s steps were still somewhat unsteady.
The anger from covering the hickey in the morning surged again in her heart. She endured the slight discomfort in her body and threatened Jian Qing in a low voice, “You just wait!”
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