Entangled with a Gloomy Creep in an Explicit Novel - Chapter 8

A few bubbles gurgled to the surface of the water.

Jin Yongyi burst out from the pool with a splash. After spitting out a mouthful of water, she leaned comfortably against the edge.

“Miss, please stop fooling around. The night is late, and the Master is still waiting for you.”

The person speaking to her was the beautiful courtesan sister who had risked her life to kindly warn her to walk faster in the hall earlier. Like most NPCs, she did not have a name.

Jin Yongyi had felt a bit sorry for her and thought her voice was lovely, so she gave her a temporary name: “Zhaozhao.”

“You may bathe for another half quarter of an hour at most. Afterward, you must change and dress before you can see the Master.”

“Then let him wait,” Jin Yongyi said with total indifference.

In all the days since she had transmigrated here, she had not had a single immersive soak in a bath. She was very comfortable now and wanted to stay that way a bit longer.

Zhaozhao sighed. Seeing how happily she was playing in the water, she did not have the heart to interrupt and even added some flower petals for her.

Jin Yongyi spread her arms and gave a brilliant smile. “Sister Zhaozhao, could you help me massage my back? These past few days have been nothing but running and falling; my whole body is sore. I am not afraid of pain, so just hit as hard as you need to. Thank you.”

“Alright, move back a little.”

Zhaozhao saw many tiny wounds on her back and thought to herself that it must not be easy for a woman as breathtakingly beautiful as her to survive in this world. Zhaozhao did not dare use much force; she only rubbed her back to improve circulation and applied some fragrant balm to her skin.

Jin Yongyi squinted her eyes in pleasure. Just as she was enjoying this rare moment of freedom, the System jumped out again with its usual annoying timing to ruin her mood.

She was speechless. “Can you not pick a better time? I am about to be slaughtered like a pig, and you are still giving me missions?”

System: [ з ]

Jin Yongyi stared at the emoticon in her mind for a long time in silence. She felt a wave of frustration that she could not vent, making her gasp for air. She took several deep breaths and continued to negotiate with the System, trying to make this idiot understand her current situation.

“I cannot even touch a single hair on the male lead right now. How am I supposed to complete the mission?”

System: [It is alright, Host. This mission just needs to be completed within twenty-four hours!]

Jin Yongyi was nearly dying of anger. “Either let me meet the male lead right now, or give me some props: like C4 explosives or a Gatling gun. I will kill that Hall Master and then I can escape to find the male lead.”

System: [Logging off in five seconds: 5, 4, 3]

Jin Yongyi: “?”

She was so angry she performed a set of military boxing moves in the water. Zhaozhao, thinking she was just having fun, laughed. “Alright, alright. There really is no more time for you to play. Come out.”

Zhaozhao helped her change into her sleepwear and pulled her over to the dressing table.

This was the first time Jin Yongyi had seen a mirror in this world, and she finally saw the face of this body clearly. The woman in the mirror looked much like her in the real world, but with a lot more soft and charming allure.

Perhaps because she had stayed in the humid hot spring for too long, her eyes were misty. With a single smile, her gaze rippled; she was a picture of loveliness. Even in the simplest sleepwear, the girl was so beautiful it made one’s heart tremble.

Jin Yongyi bared her teeth, and the girl in the mirror followed suit. Even such a goofy expression looked quite good on her face.

“Hiss,” Jin Yongyi fell into deep thought.

Although she was a beauty to begin with, having received more love letters than she could count during her student days, her energy had rapidly declined once she started working. She spent every day with dark circles under her eyes and pale lips, with no time to groom herself.

She stared at her reflection regretfully for a moment, touched her face, and thought to herself that she must maintain this state!

Unexpectedly, her expression led Zhaozhao to think she was feeling sad.

“One can only sigh at how fate toys with people; beauty is so fragile.” The smile on Zhaozhao’s face looked worse than crying. “Before you go, apply some more fragrant balm. The Master likes that scent. When you see him, you must follow his wishes. You must not be as reckless as you were in the hall.”

Jin Yongyi pursed her lips, letting the words go in one ear and out the other.

In this world, the only thing that could make her perfectly obedient was money. Therefore, she could follow the System and she could follow the male lead. But that Hall Master was just an NPC without even a name; who did he think he was?

If she had a thermal weapon, she would definitely blow this arrogant, lustful guy to bits.

Jin Yongyi did not reply. She lifted her face and let Zhaozhao help her apply rouge and powder. The makeup process was long. As her eyes wandered, she accidentally caught sight of several bruises on Zhaozhao’s arm.

“Is this?”

Zhaozhao guiltily tried to hide them, but Jin Yongyi was quick and grabbed her hand, yanking up the sleeve. Her entire arm was covered in purple and red bruises, and worse, there were whip marks: some new, some old: looking hideous and terrifying.

Jin Yongyi’s mouth dropped open in shock. Before she could ask anything, the door was rudely pushed open.

Another beautiful courtesan rushed in, kneeling before them without a word, crying as if her heart were breaking. “Miss, please, I beg you to save us!”

Zhaozhao hurriedly covered the girl’s mouth, signaling her not to say any more.

“After tonight, we will never have another chance! Tomorrow morning is the routine room search; we will all be dead then!” The courtesan forcefully pushed Zhaozhao away and pulled a porcelain bottle from her robes, thrusting it into Jin Yongyi’s hand. “Miss, I beg of you. You only need to put this knockout drug into the incense burner in the Master’s room. If the matter is exposed, I am willing to take full responsibility. You only need to pretend you knew nothing; I will not implicate you in the slightest!”

With that, she kowtowed twice with heavy thuds and handed the antidote to the drug to Jin Yongyi.

Jin Yongyi accepted it all passively until she saw the crisscrossing whip marks on both of their hands. She frowned and asked, “The Master, has he been hitting you?”

Zhaozhao sighed and said, “We are like you, Miss. Because of our good looks, we were sent to the Master as gifts. Here, the only thing we must do is make him happy. These wounds were all caused during his idea of bedroom fun.”

Jin Yongyi felt nauseous. Even if she had not experienced it herself, she knew enough to know that while some people like excitement, this was clearly abuse.

“Earlier this evening, the Master left for a long time for some reason, and we took the opportunity to have someone buy the knockout drug.” Zhaozhao said with difficulty, “Tonight was supposed to be my turn to accompany him, but, you appeared, Miss.”

“We simply have no other choice. Rather than living a life that is neither human nor ghost, we would rather take this gamble!” The courtesan cried as she kowtowed, her forehead already turning red.

Jin Yongyi immediately pulled her up, gripped the porcelain bottle, and said firmly, “Leave it to me. I am familiar with this kind of thing.”

Dealing with one scumbag was a task; dealing with two was just a matter of convenience.

Once she was properly groomed, Zhaozhao led Jin Yongyi toward the Master’s bedchamber. It was inconvenient to speak on the way, so they only communicated with their eyes. Zhaozhao was likely afraid that something would happen to her. Seeing the lazy “who is afraid of who” expression on Jin Yongyi’s face only made Zhaozhao more anxious. At the door, she stared at her for a long time before leaving.

Jin Yongyi briskly pushed the door open and went inside. She saw several small tools laid out on the table, looking like a torture scene.

She shuddered and shook her head.

Truly perverted.

While the Hall Master had not yet arrived, Jin Yongyi quickly took out the drug and poured it heavily into the incense burner. A delicate fragrance immediately wafted from it. She followed up by swallowing the antidote and closing the doors and windows. After ensuring the room was filled with a high concentration of the drug, she finally had time to observe the exciting little tools on the table.

There was every kind of exaggeration imaginable. Jin Yongyi moved aside in disgust and picked up the most modest looking soft whip.

Unfortunately, it was a bit short. If she wanted to tie someone up, she would likely have to operate at close range.

Just as Jin Yongyi was lost in thought, mentally rehearsing how to tie someone up, the door creaked open. She did not notice.

“You like playing with these?”

Jin Yongyi was startled and looked back. The Hall Master was still in his dark red deep V outfit, sporting a flamboyant face and asking such a shameless question.

Please, you are the one who likes them!

If she did not know this man was a total pervert, she might actually have been charmed.

Holding the whip, Jin Yongyi moved toward him with an exaggeratedly flirtatious air, saying flatteringly, “I do like them. But I prefer playing with them together with you.”

The Hall Master’s fingers, which were stroking a tool, paused as he looked at her.

Jin Yongyi took the opportunity to slide into his embrace, secretly measuring his physique with her hands.

His waist was narrow, his hips were firm, and his arms had muscle.

She laughed in a high pitched, fake voice while touching him here and there; it did not seem too out of place.

She measured the length of the whip again; it could only wrap around his waist and wrists twice at most.

Just as she was about to start her move, the Hall Master took a step back. With a displeased expression, he asked her, “What is that smell on you?”

Jin Yongyi was stunned. She sniffed herself and replied blankly, “I applied some fragrant balm after bathing.”

“Unpleasant.”

“…”

This man was truly too picky and too moody! All his courtesans wore fragrant balm, so why was it unpleasant on her?

Jin Yongyi grumbled in her head for a while before squeezing out a smile. “Master, it is normal to grow tired of a scent you smell often. But now that I am by your side, I will surely bring you a different feeling. Tonight, let us play something different.”

She smiled with extreme seduction, but her hand gripped the end of the whip tightly. She swung it toward him with all her might.

“Crack!”

The whip struck the man’s abdominal muscles. Through the gaps in his clothes, she saw a red mark rapidly spread across his fair skin.

If the person in front of her were Zhao Fuzhou, she might have cried out that her judgment was clouded by beauty. But since the one in front of her was a total pervert and a scumbag who deserved to be whipped to death, she was different.

Jin Yongyi’s rage was at its peak. She raised her arm to strike again. The whip swung toward the Hall Master with a sharp wind; this strike would surely break his skin.

However, she did not expect that as the whip fell, he would catch it firmly in his palm. With a twist of his wrist and a pull, Jin Yongyi was yanked into his arms, panicking.

She struggled to create some distance between them, but she was no match for the strength of the hand pressed against her waist. She had to push against his chest and look up at him with a glare, only to unexpectedly catch a glimpse of a strange sense of pleasure in his eyes.

“…”

Aaaah, Mom! I have encountered a pervert!!

She should have expected it. She had slapped him, and instead of being angry, this pervert had made her stay with him. Now that she had whipped him, was she not just making him feel great?

Jin Yongyi was shocked and leaned her upper body back as far as possible.

The Hall Master held her waist with one hand and pressed the other against the back of her neck, kneading it with varying pressure. He asked her with great interest, “Have you ever done these things to Zhao Fuzhou?”