Young Master, I'm Stealing You Away to Elope - Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Target: the Young Master of the Xie Family-Xie Qingyun.

I tapped across several tiers of flying eaves with qinggong and landed without a sound.

Silently, I slid open the window latch and slipped inside.

No sooner had I landed and steadied myself than the sound of water came from the warm chamber in the inner room.

Bathing?

That meant his vigilance was at its lowest and his defenses at their slackest. All the easier, then.

I leaned close to the crack in the door and peered inside.

Xie Qingyun had his head tilted back against the rim of the tub, his Adam’s apple bobbing gently with each breath.

Tsk. He really was beautiful.

Even I, an assassin who had seen every sort of romance and remained as hard-hearted as iron, had to admit the sight struck me hard.

He was immersed in warm water and fragrance, like a piece of top-grade mutton-fat jade carefully nurtured to perfection, with a kind of untouched purity about him.

In the blink of an eye, I was already beside the bathtub.

My right hand shot out and clamped, with perfect precision, around that snow-white neck.

“Ah!” A short, terrified gasp.

The person in the tub flinched violently like a startled rabbit and instinctively tried to sink into the water.

I tightened my fingers, forcibly pinning his body in place before it could go under, making him tilt his head back and reveal a face full of panic.

It was a face that could make anyone waver for a moment.

His whole body was trembling, his Adam’s apple rolling with difficulty beneath my palm.

In terror, he asked, “W-what are you going to do to me?”

I snapped back to my senses and forced down that untimely ripple in my heart.

Lowering my voice, I said, “Take your life.”

His chest rose and fell sharply, the glimpses of skin beneath the water flushed an enticing pink.

I felt a little dazed. How was he good-looking everywhere?

I stared him down, looking into his tear-filled eyes, and spat out two words. “Last wish.”

“Last… wish?”

Xie Qingyun repeated it once. The big tears brimming in his eyes could no longer be held back and spilled down in a rush, landing on the back of my hand, scalding hot.

In a small voice, he asked, “Excuse me, are you Hua Jianyue, the Number One Assassin? I’ve heard of you. You’re amazing.”

Cold and merciless, I said, “…Cut the nonsense. If you don’t have one, I’ll do it now.”

“Gege, can I… can I not die?” He tilted his face up, a tear hanging precariously from his delicate pointed chin.

That one “gege” somehow made the strength in my wrist loosen.

I gave a cold laugh. “Not that. Pick something else.”

He nodded obediently, grabbed my wrist, and guided my hand downward.

Just like that, my fingertips left his fragile throat.

And pressed heavily against a warm, firm, springy chest.

My head buzzed. In an instant, my mind went blank. I even forgot the assassin’s instincts I took such pride in.

The water before me surged, and Xie Qingyun rose from the tub.

Warm, soft lips pressed against mine.

Heavens, my head was spinning.

Was this the legendary honey trap? So fierce and direct.

His kiss was clumsy and utterly without technique. His arms wrapped around my neck, and he clung to me with no space between us.

Soaking the front of my night clothes.

“Mmph…”

Was that actually a sound I could make?!

Dense, scattered kisses fell all over me, and he kissed me until my legs and hands both went weak.

He was crying so hard his shoulders shook. “Gege, I’ve never done it before. Can I have you?”

“What?” I was shocked and tried to push him away, but my fingertips sank into his burning, slick skin, and I couldn’t muster any strength.

“I’m scared, I’m really scared,” he sobbed incoherently while kissing me at random. “They say when you die, there’s nothing left. I… I’ve never done it before… and I’ve never liked anyone either… Gege, please.”

“I’m here to kill you!”

Xie Qingyun froze. Just as I thought he had finally come to his senses…

His mouth suddenly pulled down, and he cried even harder than before. “Wuu… I know. You’re going to kill me. I’m about to die, so before I do… I just want to know what it feels like.”