Feed Me, Husband - chapter 4

Chapter 4

What a sweet, delicious taste – after just one bite, she simply couldn’t stop.

She only wanted to hollow it out, to suck it dry, bite after bite…!

Suddenly, she snapped awake!

Gu Xiaonuan stared at the handsome, thin lips so close to her, and at the fresh blood smeared upon them. Her dark red pupils contracted sharply.

Smack!

Her seemingly soft, slender palm seized the man’s neck and lifted him clear off the ground!

Her fangs bared, her blood-red eyes fixed fiercely on Lu Yichen. “Who sent you!”

Gu Xiaonuan burned with rage. Among her Fellow Kin, too many harbored malice toward an outlier like her. Knowing full well she couldn’t feed with her fangs, they had repeatedly sent sweet-blooded prey right before her.

Again and again, in all sorts of ways, these people wanted to see her make a fool of herself.

She had never fallen for it – except this time, except for this man named Lu Yichen!

The taste of his blood made her restless, made her almost lose control!

Gu Xiaonuan narrowed her eyes slightly. Those people had really gone all out this time.

“Cough, cough!”

Lu Yichen’s face flushed as Gu Xiaonuan’s hand tightened on his neck, making the fresh blood on his lips even more striking. Hearing the wild rush of his blood, Gu Xiaonuan suddenly let go.

“Get out. Tell your master this trick doesn’t work on me.”

“What master? I don’t understand what you’re talking about.”

Lu Yichen, collapsed on the ground, spoke in embarrassment, his face red. Gu Xiaonuan narrowed her eyes, crouching down in front of him.

“You don’t understand what I’m saying, yet you deliberately use blood to tempt me?”

Her dark red gaze swept over the wound on his finger, still bleeding. Her lips curled coldly. “Your blood is indeed tempting, but that’s all it is.”

Those bright, deer-like eyes shrank sharply at her words.

“That’s all… You’re not interested in me? You don’t need me anymore!”

The last words came out almost as a roar.

Smack!

His palm pressed hard on Gu Xiaonuan’s shoulder, shoving her to the ground.

“Let go!”

Gu Xiaonuan reached out – against such a fragile human, she could snap his neck in an instant! Smack! Smack!

Suddenly, clear tears fell from his eyes. Gu Xiaonuan’s hand stopped midair, her whole body lying there.

Cold yet burning tears fell onto her face, drop after drop.

Why is he crying?!

Gu Xiaonuan was so stunned she couldn’t react. The man pressing her down was trembling slightly, his hands gripping her shoulders tightly.

The tears made his eyes even clearer, and in them was her reflection.

“You can’t abandon me… You can’t…”

His bloodstained fingers trembled as they caressed the Cross Mark on her neck, leaving his own blood upon it.

When Gu Xiaonuan realized what he had done, her dark red eyes flashed fiercely!

Crack!

She snapped his slender wrist without hesitation!

It was too late – the blood smeared on the Cross Mark was quickly absorbed, sinking into her body.

“Damn it… damn it!”

Gu Xiaonuan let out a furious roar, kicking the man in front of her away.

Bang!

His slender body slammed hard against the wall, his broken hand hanging limply. He looked up, and in the next instant, Gu Xiaonuan – who had just been across from him – was suddenly right before his eyes.

His pale neck was lifted by slender fingers, a powerful force from the woman’s palm pressing his head to the side.

On his neck, a pulsing vein slowly became visible.

At this moment, Gu Xiaonuan was panting heavily, the red in her eyes so intense it seemed about to drip blood.

Her sharp fangs protruded impatiently. In her entire world, there was only this man before her, the throbbing sound in his neck, and the rush of blood beneath his skin.

She wanted so badly, so badly… to bite down!

Gulp – the sound of swallowing.

In Gu Xiaonuan’s eyes, blood color surged and churned. The hand holding his head began to tremble, her palm slick with sweat. Her craving for blood was about to overwhelm her mind. If she bit down… she would be lost forever.
No, no, she didn’t want this!

Smack!

Suddenly, the back of her head was grabbed tightly by a hand, and her fangs were pressed to Lu Yichen’s pale neck.

Squelch-!

The razor-sharp fangs pierced straight through the man’s pale skin, and the warm, sweet blood instantly welled up from beneath!

Like the sweetest nectar, like the first rain on parched earth.

As the blood entered her throat, the fangs couldn’t help but dig in a little deeper.

So sweet, so sweet, so sweet…

Gulp, gulp, gulp.

The woman clung greedily to the man’s neck, swallowing eagerly. The man leaned against the wall, his broken arm hanging limply at his side, while the other intact hand was holding the back of her head.

His thin lips slowly curled up, and a faint blush spread across his cheeks.

His palm softly stroked her hair, filled with deep longing.

Eat.

Devour me.

All of me is yours.

“Ha, ha, ha…”

Gu Xiaonuan raised her face as if intoxicated, and the sharp bite marks on his pale neck stood out glaringly, reminding her of what she had done.

As if suddenly awakened, she recoiled in terror, the hand that had been supporting her now hanging limp at her side.

“Wake up… wake up!”

Gu Xiaonuan slapped Lu Yichen’s face hard, but he showed no reaction, just slumped against the wall.

She pressed anxiously to his chest; his heartbeat was barely audible.

“Old Man, I think I’ve killed someone again… Old Man!”

Gu Xiaonuan, at a loss, dialed Ji Xiangnan’s number. On the other end, Ji Xiangnan suddenly pushed the woman in his arms aside, grabbed his coat, and walked out.

“Where are you? I’ll come find you.”

When Ji Xiangnan opened the door, he saw Gu Xiaonuan sitting there dazed and helpless, blood stains all along her lips.

His narrow eyes, hidden behind glasses, narrowed slightly. She used her fangs?

That man…!

The man by the wall sat there seemingly lifeless. Ji Xiangnan strode over, and the sharp bite marks on Lu Yichen’s neck explained everything.

“Old Man, is he dead?!”

“He’s not dead, but he’s close.”

Ji Xiangnan hoisted the unconscious Lu Yichen onto his shoulder, his gaze icy cold. “It’s been twenty years, Gu Xiaonuan, and you finally broke your abstinence.”

“This isn’t the time for that!” Gu Xiaonuan followed behind, wiping the blood from her lips. “I don’t know him, he… came to me himself.”

Ji Xiangnan raised his brows sharply, carrying Lu Yichen out quickly. “Follow me. When this human wakes up, you’ll have to send him back.”

Gu Xiaonuan gave a muffled response, her hand unconsciously touching the Cross Mark on her neck.

Send him back?

When Lu Yichen, with his barely-beating heart, was brought to a private hospital in T City, he attracted many curious glances.

“Xiangnan, even you have times when you lose control? Nearly killed your food?”

Ji Xiangnan sat outside with a cold face, letting his fellow kin tease him.

This was a private hospital operated by the Blood Clan, used to handle safety issues for humans who had been excessively drained of blood.

“When he wakes up, I’ll send him back myself.”

Ji Xiangnan looked at her still dazed expression, couldn’t help but sigh, and reached out to ruffle her hair. “He won’t die.”

Gu Xiaonuan sat blankly by his side, forcing a bitter smile. “Send him back… I’m afraid I can’t.”

Ji Xiangnan raised his brows. “What, you want to keep a food source by your side? That kid’s blood is indeed good, but you obviously can’t control yourself…”

Gu Xiaonuan shook her head, pulled open her collar, and revealed the Cross Mark on her neck.

On the Cross Mark, a chain was clearly visible, tightly winding from top to bottom.

Ji Xiangnan’s pupils shrank. “Nonsense!”

“How could you…!”

Gu Xiaonuan covered her face with both hands, unable to say anything as she sat there.

The Cross Mark was the soul imprint of every member of the Blood Clan; hers was on her neck.

The Blood Clan, walking alongside time, with bodies indestructible and souls eternal.

To those who offer blood to this mark, the Blood Clan bestows their highest love.

Bound by blood, souls entwined – undying, unending.