【Please, little village girl, be a decent human being—I’m already tired of saying this (crying gif).】
【There are hidden cameras in the real world; in the Horror World, there are alternate spaces. Everyone, be careful when staying in hotels from now on, in case there’s a shameless person like the little village girl secretly—peeping at you in the dark.】
Qing Li looked at the barrage of comments on the light screen and said earnestly, “I think everyone misunderstood me. I didn’t come here to peep at Doctor Chu.”
The bullet comments fell silent, waiting for the little village girl to continue spouting nonsense.
Qing Li righteously declared, “As the owner of the hospital, I care deeply about the physical and mental health of my employees. Right now, Doctor Chu is the only staff member in the hospital, so I need to pay special attention to his health. Otherwise, what if he becomes overworked and suffers a health problem? I’d have to compensate him for a workplace injury—what then?”
If she had said this in the real world, some working-class people might actually relate to it.
But this is the Horror World…
And Chu Ci isn’t even human to begin with—would he even get something like a workplace injury?
【You keep making it up, and we’ll keep watching you make it up.】
【If Doctor Chu really had a workplace injury, I strongly suspect the little village girl would just dig a hole on the spot and bury him, just to save on compensation.】
【Forget it, she’s long stopped acting like a decent person. Everyone’s used to it by now.】
The livestream viewers ruthlessly exposed Qing Li, leaving her no dignity whatsoever.
Qing Li’s mouth twitched. These foolish humans really didn’t understand her painstaking efforts.
At that moment, a noise suddenly came from outside the hotel room door.
Qing Li perked up her ears. Seeing the doorknob turn, she hurriedly sat quietly on the bed without moving.
Although Chu Ci couldn’t see her in the alternate space, that man was strange—if she made too big a movement, he might somehow sense her.
The door opened, and Chu Ci walked in.
He pressed the switch for the entryway light, and the harsh white incandescent light suddenly lit up, dispelling the dimness of the room.
Seeing Chu Ci getting closer and closer, Qing Li couldn’t help but hold her breath.
Chu Ci walked to the bedside, his body brushing just a few centimeters past Qing Li, and then stopped right in front of her.
At such a close distance, if he just bent down slightly, he would be able to touch her.
Qing Li didn’t dare breathe loudly, watching as Chu Ci raised his slender fingers and slowly undid a button. The pale skin beneath his collarbone revealed bluish-purple vein patterns.
Slowly, the second button came undone.
Qing Li sat stiffly, desperately wanting to close her eyes—but at this moment, her eyes seemed to have a mind of their own.
The live stream erupted into chaos.
[HOLY SHT, THIS IS INTENSE.]
[Dr. Chu really knows how to toe the line (drooling GIF).]
[Begging for the village girl’s POV—camera, I advise you to be more cooperative.]
[I laugh at the village girl for being shameless, but the village girl laughs at me for being naive (tears streaming GIF).]
Qing Li was currently trapped between a rock and a hard place. This man could have stood anywhere, yet he chose to stand right in front of her.
And now, without warning, he was stripping!
Third button, fourth button…
Chu Ci had undone his entire shirt. Though his skin was an unnatural pallor, crisscrossed with surgical sutures, it did nothing to detract from his impeccable physique.
Just as his face was assembled from the most perfect features, his body was sculpted in the most flawless proportions.
Qing Li’s face burned crimson. In her mind, she frantically recited the advanced version of the Heart-Calming Scripture she’d learned at the Taoist temple:
—Men will only slow down my cultivation.
—With no man in my heart, my blade strikes with divine precision.
—The wise avoid love’s river; only fools drown twice.
After this mental exercise, her heart did settle somewhat.
But then—
Chu Ci shrugged off his black dress shirt entirely and tossed it onto the bed.
His bare chest was now mere centimeters from her. Qing Li could even catch the crisp, sterile scent of antiseptic clinging to him.
Her newly calmed heart instantly crumbled again.
Then, she saw Chu Ci’s hand drift to his waist—his next move all too obvious.
Qing Li could take no more. She squeezed her eyes shut.
And at that exact moment, the live stream cut to black.
[ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! BLACK SCREEN AT THE CRUCIAL MOMENT AGAIN?!]
[Other streams are HD and uncensored, but when it’s Dr. Chu undressing, we get this? Do you think we’re not worthy of free content?]
In the pitch-black screen, the viewers’ bullet comments still kept popping up.
【Just saying… I’m willing to pay. Please open a paid window for this stream.】
【I’m begging you—can’t I just throw money at it?!】
【+the number of my dead ex-boyfriends.】
When Qing Li opened her eyes again, Chu Ci had already gone into the bathroom.
But…
In order to fulfill her unspeakable intentions, Qing Li had deliberately chosen a room with transparent bathroom glass when booking.
She secretly cracked her eyes open just a sliver—only to see the bathroom filled with mist, shrouding Chu Ci’s body in a hazy blur.
Qing Li: “……”
Damn… too hasty!
Qing Li silently formed a hand seal with her fingers, raising the room’s temperature.
As expected… the condensation on the glass started to fade, and Chu Ci’s body became noticeably clearer.
The system hadn’t expected Qing Li to pull such a bold move. It wanted to curse but remembered—it was a civilized system.
Through the bathroom glass, Chu Ci’s upper body gradually came into clearer view. Unfortunately, his back was to the glass, so in Qing Li’s line of sight, all she could see was his broad shoulders and narrow waist—and below that… everything was too vague to make out!
“As expected, I shouldn’t have closed my eyes earlier,” Qing Li muttered in frustration, but that didn’t stop her from continuing to appreciate the view.
Inside the bathroom, Chu Ci slowly turned his body to the side. Beads of water slid down his perfectly shaped jaw, his Adam’s apple moved slightly as he swallowed, the lines of his throat elegant and alluring. He ran his dripping wet hair back with one hand, and beneath his high nose bridge, his lips curled faintly upward. But in the very next second…
Chu Ci placed a hand on his neck—and without warning, twisted off his own head. The head turned in his hand, and with a smile, looked straight at Qing Li’s position and said, “Seen enough?”
With a loud crack, Qing Li’s restless, fluttering heart shattered into pieces…
From that day on, even though Chu Ci and Qing Li ended up together, there was never any further physical intimacy between them.
Every time Chu Ci wanted to take things a step further, Qing Li would bolt like her life depended on it…
She could never forget—that tender, awakening age when she had just started to feel curious about men—how the man she had been watching suddenly twisted his own head off… and smiled at her.
By the time Chu Ci came out, he had a towel wrapped around his waist.
“When did you find out I was here?” Qing Li asked, awkwardly digging at her toes.
Chu Ci smiled and said, “I saw you the moment I walked in.”
After a pause, he deliberately added, “I took the elevator up.”
Qing Li: “……”
So… her plan had been seen through by this man from the very beginning, and not only that—he had even gone along with her little act on purpose, openly and brazenly seducing her.
She sat up in shock like a dying patient startled awake—
The clown… was actually me!