Hu Xue felt the cold wind rushing from behind him and quickly turned his head, meeting a pair of blood-red eyes.
His heart skipped a beat, and he instinctively reached out to meet a palm strike.
Ye Jingyu threw a punch.
As fist and palm collided, Hu Xue was sent flying.
The little dumpling also flew out of his embrace.
Under normal circumstances, Su Yun Mo could have landed steadily with a backflip, but her limbs were numb. Not only could she not do a backflip, but saving herself was also a problem.
Seeing herself getting closer and closer to the ground, Su Yun Mo instinctively closed her eyes, but the expected pain did not come.
Her body fell into a warm and broad embrace.
Su Yun Mo opened her eyes and met Ye Jingyu's dark gaze. She exclaimed joyfully, "You've woken up!"
Ye Jingyu looked at her expressionlessly, then his gaze slowly shifted down to her shoulder. He licked his lips.
Su Yun Mo's hair stood on end.
He wasn't awake at all!
Hu Xue coughed up a mouthful of blood and painstakingly got up from the ground, taking out a clay flute from his embrace and placing it to his lips.
Su Yun Mo reacted quickly, "You can't let him play that, it will attract the bees."
Ye Jingyu couldn't fully understand Su Yun Mo's words at the moment, but he instinctively followed her meaning, waving his hand and clenching the air.
The clay flute shattered with a 'snap'.
Hu Xue's face was cut by a shard of the flute, "Quick! Seize them!"
The others looked at each other, some hesitant to approach Ye Jingyu.
Hu Xue gritted his teeth, "Don't forget your mission!"
The crowd gritted their teeth and stepped forward.
Ye Jingyu swept his gaze over them, frowned, and holding Su Yun Mo, he flew away.
"Chase them, chase them!"
Ye Jingyu's speed was astonishing. In what felt like a daze, he vanished into the night, leaving no trace.
They had no idea where to pursue.
Ye Jingyu quickly shook off the group and stopped in the deeper part of the dense forest.
He gently placed Su Yun Mo on the ground. For someone who had lost their sanity, this action was considered extremely gentle.
But Su Yun Mo was not touched at all. She knew the reason behind Ye Jingyu's actions.
He was afraid of her dying and him having to drink the blood of a dead person.
This scoundrel was so picky even when he had lost his senses!
"Ye Jingyu!" Su Yun Mo called out to him one last time, but he still showed no reaction.
Su Yun Mo mustered all her strength and took out the Glazed Lock from her embrace, hoping it would help him regain consciousness.
But it was useless. The Glazed Lock was like a dead object, motionless and unlit.
Ye Jingyu pinned her wrists above her head with one hand, revealing his pearly white teeth, ready to enjoy a delicious meal.
The pale moonlight reflected an eerie glow on his teeth. Blood stained the man's face, and the veins on his neck seemed to have swollen by a circle, likely from having just consumed blood.
Bluish-red veins spread across his face, and his blood-red eyes were like those of a ferocious beast.
For the first time, Su Yun Mo felt fear.
Qian Xue and the others would absolutely not be able to find this place, nor would anyone else pass by.
With her hands and feet immobilized, she would truly be drained of blood and die!
Ye Jingyu bent down to bite, still at her shoulder, precisely on the previous bite mark.
Even before his teeth pierced the flesh, blood surged into his mouth.
Su Yun Mo winced in pain and, like a spoiled child, struggled to kick him with her short legs, "Stop, stop!"
Her force was negligible to Ye Jingyu.
Ye Jingyu sucked more vigorously, and the crimson in his eyes intensified, as if he had completely lost control.
Su Yun Mo felt her blood being drained, her body growing cold, and her mind becoming hazy, unable to focus her consciousness. "It hurts~ it hurts~"
She cried out instinctively.
A few bird calls echoed from the dense forest, chillingly eerie.
Su Yun Mo's composure shattered, "It hurts, Ye Jingyu, stop, it hurts, it hurts..."
Ye Jingyu felt a cool liquid fall onto his face, and his sucking motion paused.
"Gege..." The little dumpling's pleading voice was laced with sobs.
Ye Jingyu's body stiffened abruptly. He raised his head and saw Su Yun Mo's current state.
The little dumpling's clothes were askew, revealing a fair and tender shoulder that was already torn by bites. Blood stained her clothes, a truly tragic sight.
Her round, clear eyes were filled with mist, and her face, full of grievance, was a testament to her accusation against him.
Her body trembled, and her eyes were filled with terror.
Ye Jingyu frowned fiercely. His sanity returned for a fleeting moment, only to be shattered again.
The sweet taste in his mouth was deeply alluring. With just a slight tilt of his head, he could have it.
Ye Jingyu wanted to look away but found himself unable to tear his gaze from the little dumpling's tear-filled eyes.
"Good girl, it doesn't hurt," Ye Jingyu managed to utter three words with difficulty.
He didn't know why he said it, but he felt he should.
'Comfort her, and then I can drain all her blood.'
This was Ye Jingyu's first thought, yet he hadn't considered that even without comforting her, Su Yun Mo couldn't escape.
The little dumpling's arms regained some strength.
The force with which Ye Jingyu was holding her wrists lessened.
She could easily break free, then shakily embrace Ye Jingyu's neck and cry out, "It hurts, it hurts~"
Ye Jingyu froze completely, an indescribable emotion spreading within his heart.
He opened his mouth, intending to bite, but with great effort, he restrained himself.
Clarity and chaos intertwined in his eyes, his thoughts in a jumble.
"Mmm!" He grunted, his head feeling as if it would explode.
"Gege~" The little dumpling's childish sobs echoed in his ears.
Ye Jingyu's blood boiled, his body feeling as if it would burst at any moment.
He gritted his teeth tightly, his veins bulging, and raised a hand to his waist, holding her in his embrace.
"Mo Mo..."
He softly uttered two words, not truly calling out to the little dumpling, but these two words acted like an antidote, entering his heart through his mouth and then directly to his brain.
Ye Jingyu's chaotic thoughts abruptly ceased at this moment, as if the entire world had stopped.
The sound of gurgling water reached his ears.
Ye Jingyu struggled to lift his head. The scenery before him was a blur of red. He knew this was because his eyes were red, so everything he saw appeared that way.
There was a river not far away.
The nights were already quite cold this month, and by nightfall, even the surface of the water would be covered with a thin layer of frost.
Ye Jingyu staggered to his feet and walked towards the river step by painful step.
He held the little dumpling in his arms tightly, afraid to let go, because letting go would cause him to completely lose control again.
The water reached his knees. The icy touch sent a jolt through him, and his boiling blood instantly calmed.
But it wasn't enough, far from it.
He quickened his pace into the river, until his entire body was submerged, along with the little dumpling in his arms.
Su Yun Mo shivered from the cold, desperately clinging to Ye Jingyu.
The little dumpling's limbs could now move, but she knew she couldn't leave, because Ye Jingyu might go berserk if she did.
She had to endure this night.