I Fell In Love With Qing Leng Xue Shen Chapter 40
byChapter 40 Imprisoned
The iron door of the equipment room is rusty, and the edges are rolled with dark red rust, like scars left after being gnawed by time.
Xie Shuhan stood at the door. When his fingertips touched the cold iron sheet, his fingertips curled up slightly.
Xie Shuhan gently pushed open the iron door, and a dull “squeak” sound was particularly abrupt in the quiet corner.
He stepped over the threshold, and a thin layer of dust accumulated on the ground under his feet. Every step raised fine particles, which floated in the faint light coming from the high window.
“Lu Jin?” He shouted, his voice as clear as spring water, but there was a faint echo in the empty equipment room, and he received no response.
The equipment room is very large, and the shelves against the wall are filled with discarded basketballs and volleyballs. Some of them are deflated, with the outer skin cracked, revealing the yellowed inner bladder.
There are several rusty high jump poles piled in the corner, leaning against the wall.
Xie Shuhan slowed down and scanned every corner of the room. The light from the high windows was limited, and the shadows stretched very long on the ground. The stacked equipment turned into blurry outlines in the shadows, making it difficult to see the details.
He walked to the middle of the equipment room, which happened to be the darkest place, and the shadows all around seemed to be rushing towards him.
At this moment, there was a loud “bang”, and the iron door behind him was slammed shut. The huge impact caused the door panel to collide with the door frame, making a deafening sound, which made the dust in the corner fall.
Xie Shuhan turned around, his pupils shrinking slightly in the dim light.
After the iron door was closed, the light in the room became increasingly dim. Only a few rays of light coming from the high windows barely outlined the outline of the person at the door.
The man was wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and the lenses reflected weak light, making it difficult to see his eyes clearly.
“Senior.” Xie Shuhan frowned, his voice was still calm, but there was an imperceptible doubt passing between his eyebrows.
Wasn’t it Lu Jin who called him here?How could it be a weekly banquet?
Zhou Yan adjusted the glasses on the bridge of his nose and slowly walked out of the shadows at the door.
He was wearing a pressed white shirt, with the cuffs carefully rolled up to his forearms, revealing his white wrists, which was incompatible with this simple and dilapidated equipment room.
It’s just that the eyes through the lenses are dim and unclear at the moment, as if they are hiding a bottomless whirlpool, and they no longer have the gentleness and elegance of the past.
“Shuhan,” Zhou Yan’s voice was strangely soft, as if he was stroking a rare treasure, “you are really different from Lu Jin.”
He walked closer step by step, his steps slow and steady, each step stepping on the dust, making a slight rustling sound.
The sound was infinitely amplified in the silent equipment room, carrying a suffocating sense of oppression.
“It’s you.” Xie Shuhan’s voice was faint, and he couldn’t hear much emotion, but in those clear eyes, doubts were gradually replaced by vigilance.
He instinctively took a half step back, his body tensing slightly, like a young animal sensing danger.
“I brought you here.” Zhou Yan did not deny it, and a meaningful smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, but the smile did not reach his eyes, and instead showed a bit of sinisterness.
“What are you going to do?” Xie Shuhan asked coldly, with obvious alienation and wariness in his tone.
Zhou Yan stopped, about three steps away from Xie Shuhan.
He raised his hand and gently rubbed the frame of his glasses with his fingertips. His eyes fell directly on Xie Shuhan’s face, as if he wanted to carve his appearance into his bones.
“Shuhan, I’ve liked you very much since I first saw you in the debate competition in high school.” He said every word, his voice was low and hoarse, with a kind of fanaticism that had been suppressed for a long time.
“At that time, you were standing on the stage, talking, your eyes were bright, as if there was light. I never dared to tell you, or even to explore your orientation, for fear of breaking the layer of window paper, and I was not qualified to even look at you from a distance.”
He spoke very slowly, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, with heavy obsession.
“Until the last singing competition when you said you liked boys, do you know how happy I was? I thought I finally had a chance. I thought we were a perfect match. We have the same hobbies and the same pursuits. We are the best match.”
At this point, Zhou Yan’s mood suddenly became excited. He took a big step forward, the enthusiasm in his eyes almost overflowing.
“But I was wrong! I noticed that the way you looked at Lu Jin was different! When you looked at him, there was light in your eyes. That kind of light is something you don’t see when you look at anyone else! All this makes me very sad, very sad!”
Xie Shuhan’s expression remained unchanged, but his beautiful brows furrowed tighter.
He didn’t like the look in Zhou Yan’s eyes at this moment, which was too fiery and paranoid, as if it wanted to devour him.
“Shuhan, you like Lu Jin, right?” He looked straight into Xie Shuhan’s eyes, his gaze as sharp as a knife, as if to penetrate all his disguises.
Under the dim light, Xie Shuhan’s profile lines appeared particularly clear, and his jawline was tight.
“Yes, I like him.” He raised his head and met Zhou Yan’s gaze, his eyes were frank, without any hesitation.
These words were like a sharp knife, piercing Zhou Yan’s heart.
Zhou Yan lowered his eyes, his long eyelashes casting a shadow under his eyelids, making it difficult to see his expression clearly.
After a while, he let out a deep “ha”, and the laughter was full of self-deprecation and resentment.
“What’s good about him?” Zhou Yan raised his head suddenly, his eyes instantly turned scarlet, the previous elegance and gentleness were gone, only twisted jealousy and madness remained.
“In addition to his better family background than me, in terms of grades, I am no worse than him; in terms of ability, I understand people better than him; in terms of my feelings for you, I have liked you for so many years! Why can he get your love?”
He suddenly took a step forward, his movements so fast that Xie Shuhan was caught off guard.
Xie Shuhan instinctively stepped back, but his back accidentally hit the equipment rack behind him. Several old basketballs on the rack rolled down and hit the ground with a dull sound.
“You? You don’t deserve to be compared with him.” Xie Shuhan’s tone became colder, and his eyes also became cold.
At this moment, he didn’t even bother to use the title “senior” anymore.
“Not worthy?” Zhou Yan seemed to have heard some big joke, laughing so hard that his shoulders were shaking, “Really? But Shuhan, he can’t get you!”
He approached step by step, and the desire in his eyes was completely exposed. It was a kind of madness mixed with possessiveness and desire for destruction, which made people shudder.
Xie Shuhan kept retreating until his back was pressed against the cold equipment rack, and he could no longer retreat.
At this moment, Xie Shuhan suddenly felt a strange dizziness, his head was as heavy as lead, his limbs began to become weak, and he could not lift up any strength.
He frowned subconsciously and tried to stabilize his body, but found that his body was becoming more and more out of control and his vision began to become blurred.
“Shuhan,” Zhou Yan’s voice sounded in his ears, with a hint of a proud smile, “Didn’t you smell any strange fragrance when you entered here?”
He raised his hand and gently brushed Xie Shuhan’s cheek with his fingertips. The touch was cold and sticky, making Xie Shuhan’s stomach churn.
“Why do you think I’m telling you so much? It’s just to let you take a few more breaths of this ‘Drunk Spring Fragrance’.”
Only then did Xie Shuhan realize that in addition to the smell of mold and rubber, there was also an extremely light aroma in the air, which seemed to be absent.
He had ignored it before, but now it was like a vine wrapped around his senses, making him more and more drowsy.
He wanted to push Zhou Yan away and escape from here, but his body was as soft as a puddle of mud and he didn’t even have the strength to raise his hands.
His consciousness was gradually blurring, but the vigilance in his heart kept reminding him that he couldn’t just sink.
Zhou Yan’s hand slid down Xie Shuhan’s cheek and landed on his collar.
His fingers pulled hard, and with a “hiss” sound, two buttons of the white shirt were ripped off, revealing a large area of fair and delicate skin. The curvature of the collarbone was beautiful and clear, glowing lightly in the dim light.
“Shuhan, I really like you…” Zhou Yan’s breath became hot. He lowered his head and leaned close to Xie Shuhan’s neck, greedily sniffing the clean cedar fragrance on his body, his tone full of morbid obsession.
“I’ve missed you for so many years, and today, I can finally have you.”
As he spoke, he was about to kiss Xie Shuhan’s lips.
The ends of Xie Shuhan’s eyes turned red instantly, not because of fear, but because of extreme anger and humiliation.
He bit the tip of his tongue tightly, and the small bite on the tip of his tongue broke open again. The strong smell of blood filled his mouth, and the sharp pain made his chaotic consciousness clear up a little.
“Go away…” His voice was extremely hoarse, as if it had been rubbed by sandpaper, with a subtle tremor, but still revealed the stubbornness and resistance in his bones.
Zhou Yan paused for a moment. He looked at Xie Shuhan’s red eyes, biting his lower lip and refusing to give in. The desire in his eyes became stronger.
He stretched out his hand, trying to hold Xie Shuhan’s chin and force him to obey.
At this moment, there was a loud “bang”, deafening!
The rusty iron door of the equipment room was kicked open from the outside, and the door panel hit the wall heavily, making a harsh sound, and wood chips and rust chips flew everywhere.
A black figure rushed in with a strong wind, exuding a terrifying aura of violence, like an out-of-control beast.
“Zhou Yan! You are seeking death!”
Lu Jin’s voice was hoarse and violent, with extreme anger and panic, exploding in the empty equipment room.
His eyes instantly locked on the two people next to the equipment rack.
When he saw Xie Shuhan being restrained in Zhou Yan’s arms, his white shirt torn, his eyes red and humiliated, Lu Jin’s pupils shrank suddenly, and the anger surging in his eyes almost swallowed him up.
He rushed over like a gust of wind, so fast that Zhou Yan had no time to react.