The moment Lu Zhi saw the little girl, he didn't think of vampires but of a little devil from a comic book!
"Wow~" The little devil's vertical pupils, the color of blood, brightened. The ten-inch-high doll boots on her feet made a clack-clack sound. The distance from the door to the bed was about ten meters, but in the blink of an eye, the little devil had teleported to the edge of Lu Zhi's bed. A head of gray-silver wavy long hair was adorned with a small black hat studded with pink crushed bricks.
The little devil propped her elbows on the edge of the bed, resting her chin in her hands. Her pale skin almost revealed the capillaries beneath, and her dark eye circles were particularly obvious, as if she had used eyeshadow to create a dark outline around her eyes. When she looked at people with slightly drooping eyes, she exuded a sense of utter defeat.
Gulp…
Lu Zhi instinctively swallowed. The main reason was that he clearly felt this little devil was very strong.
The little devil sniffed at Lu Zhi with her small, delicate nose, her eyes narrowing in intoxication. She licked her small pointed teeth with her ruby-red tongue, her blood-colored vertical pupils staring at Lu Zhi's neck with an insatiable gaze, and said, "You smell so good."
Lu Zhi: …???
"Wonderful, I didn't expect there to be such clean and pure blood among humans." the little devil said, moving closer to Lu Zhi's neck.
Lu Zhi suddenly shifted, and the chains binding his limbs jingled.
Damn it, does everyone who enters a gate get tied to a bed like him?
"You really smell too good, just one bite, I'll just take one bite," the little devil said, drool dripping from the corners of her mouth. She reached out, pinched Lu Zhi's chin, and lifted it, revealing his sexy Adam's apple and the veins under the skin of his pale neck.
Lu Zhi wanted to summon Manluo, but for some reason, it didn't respond at all. It seemed the chains binding him restricted all his abilities.
Could it be that everyone was restricted from using their supernatural powers like him? Wouldn't that make them fish waiting to be slaughtered?
The little devil's originally somewhat round pupils turned into beastly vertical pupils, emitting a bright, scarlet glow that exuded hunger. She opened her mouth, revealing two sharp fangs, and suddenly bit down towards Lu Zhi's neck.
Lu Zhi's pupils contracted, his heart pounding like a drum, and he instinctively shouted, "Shen Qi!"
The little devil let out a yelp, her fangs biting down, but she missed. Enraged, she roared, tearing apart the expensive sheets and bedding, and issued a sharp command: "Go find him! Go find him!!!"
A group of bats broke through the bedroom door and flew into various parts of the castle.
Lu Zhi, who thought he was about to be drained of blood, closed his eyes. The moment he did, the chains binding him disappeared. His body felt light, and he fell gently. When he opened his eyes again, he was in Shen Qi's arms.
Lu Zhi's startled heart began to calm down slowly, and he murmured, "Damn, you scared me to death. My 'first blood' was almost lost."
Shen Qi: ...That phrasing was quite fitting.
"Put me down, where is this?" Lu Zhi landed on his feet and then looked around. It seemed to be a storage room, with the only light dimly illuminating from a small window beside him.
"Baby, do you want to go down and dance?" Shen Qi beckoned Lu Zhi with a finger.
Lu Zhi then noticed Shen Qi's attire, a high-fashion tailcoat, and heard the sound of music. He walked closer to the window and took in the scene outside.
It turned out that the small window of the storage room offered a view of the castle's main hall, where a ball was currently underway.
If not for the dancing men and women having bat wings behind them, Lu Zhi would have thought he was attending a banquet.
"What's going on?" Lu Zhi thought, knowing only Shen Qi could answer him.
Shen Qi, however, said with a look of regret, "Baby, really won't you have a dance?"
Lu Zhi stared at him, then after a while, said, "I don't know how to dance."
Upon hearing this, Shen Qi hooked his lips, directly put his arm around Lu Zhi's waist, took his hand, and said, "I'll teach you, just follow me."
Lu Zhi reluctantly placed his hand on Shen Qi's shoulder, reminding him, "If I step on you, I won't be responsible."
Shen Qi leaned down and kissed the corner of his mouth, saying, "Focus."
Lu Zhi rolled his eyes. It seemed he wouldn't be able to get any answers without dancing a complete dance with Shen Qi.
And so, in that cramped and dim storage room, as faint warm light from the window shone onto the floor, with classical and romantic symphony music playing in their ears, Shen Qi guided Lu Zhi, step by step, through a dance.
At first, Lu Zhi just wanted to go through the motions, and he stepped on Shen Qi's feet multiple times. Seeing that Shen Qi didn't stop him, Lu Zhi gradually became engrossed in the joy of dancing, slowly learning the rhythm and experiencing the pleasure of dancing.
Only when the music outside stopped and they had finished dancing did Lu Zhi say earnestly, still with a sense of aftertaste, "I'll dance better next time, don't you think?"
Shen Qi kissed the back of his hand very gentlemanly. The upward tilt of his eyes was filled with ambiguous luster in the intertwined warm light, and he chuckled, "Of course."
Lu Zhi tilted his head and asked, "Are you role-playing?"
Otherwise, he really couldn't figure out why Shen Qi suddenly put on such a show.
Shen Qi chuckled, "Smart."
Lu Zhi asked curiously, "Then what's my role?"
Shen Qi looked at him, his fingers caressing Lu Zhi's chin, and said, "My most beloved human wife."
Lu Zhi was taken aback, "Human wife?"
Shen Qi suddenly unfurled a pair of large bat wings. His silver-gray pupils gradually turned into a scarlet gem color. His black, messy hair was interspersed with uneven white strands, and he wore two silver earrings in his ears.
It was like cosplay of an anime character, looking roguish and handsome.
"Do I look good?" Shen Qi suddenly moved close to Lu Zhi's face, his lips slightly upturned, "You can't even bear to blink your eyes."
Lu Zhi coughed and said honestly, "It is indeed quite good-looking... What is going on?"
Shen Qi suddenly handed him a comic book.
Lu Zhi curiously flipped to the first page and, upon seeing the character introduction, exclaimed in surprise, "Did we enter this comic book through the 'gate' we entered?"
Lu Zhi never expected that there were such flashy operations in this world.
Then he flipped to the character Shen Qi was cosplaying, a cannon fodder male character number three.
The explanation was: The demon Shen Qi fell in love with a human, but was killed by the Demon Queen. Thus, he collaborated with the male lead, intending to kill the Demon Queen to avenge his wife.
Lu Zhi's mouth twitched, and he asked, "Then what about the others?"
Shen Qi retracted his wings and indifferently replied, "I don't know."
Lu Zhi was about to ask something else when suddenly a bat, hanging upside down by the small window, stared at Lu Zhi with its red eyes. Its pointed ears twitched, and it opened its sharp teeth.
Lu Zhi was greatly alarmed, "Oh no!"
Shen Qi snapped his fingers, and the bat servant, transformed from the Demon Queen, instantly turned into black smoke.
The Demon Queen, who had just entered the banquet hall, suddenly looked up at the storage room where Lu Zhi and Shen Qi were. Her small, dark purple lips curled into a smile, "Found you."