"Little brother, what's your name?" A sultry voice sounded out in the dim hotel room. One on the right and another on the left of Lei Lin. Putting on an expression of extreme boredom, Lei Lin carelessly yawns as his thought centers around Xie Luochen. Choosing to overlook the set of hands wandering over his body in reckless abandon.
Recalling the previous moment before their separation, he clearly remembers the intense somberness of Xie Luochen's face. Those gloomy eyes swirling with violence as they fall upon two unsuspecting prey as well as the dangerous glint prior to the closing door. Infused along the high pitch laughter of two oblivious fools, and the trailer for a horror movie is complete.
Body sliding on the couch, he clicked his tongue in wonder with a light chuckle as he wordlessly lit a candle for the women next door.
"What's making you so happy? Could it be related to us?" One of the women asked with a triumphant smile, believing her beauty to be the reason for his laugh. She reaches her hands into his thin layer of clothing as their bodies twist and turn in enticing poses. Hoping to melt the cold exterior of this fine game.
Suddenly, a soft tune began to play across the room, breaking the heated ambiance. Pulling a cellphone out his pocket, Lei Lin answered without pause the moment his eyes landed on the caller ID.
"Hello? Hong Wen?" Feeling delighted, he sat upright on the couch, trying to avoid the prying hands.
"It's me." The warm voice of Hong Wen enters his ears, placing an equally gentle smile on his lips.
"Is there something?"
"No, I have some time. So I wanted to see if everything is okay on your part."
Grinning brightly, he answered, "everything is fine! Did you see the pictures I sent you?"
"I did." His tranquil voice colored with a layer of amusement. Probably because of mild fatigue, but the laughter Hong Wen gave contained a certain level of huskiness. Causing Lei Lin to shiver unconsciously and at the same time, accidentally brushing against the small bud on the chest of the woman rubbing herself on him.
"Ah." She moaned.
"....." the line on the other side immediately became silent.
"Hong Wen?" Lei Lin called out nervously. Seizing the fingers slipping towards the area between his legs.
"You seem busy." Losing the amusement from moments ago, his voice became eerily emotionless instead.
"No-" unable to finish his sentence, the call from the other line ended abruptly.
"Du du du…."
Blankly looking at the darkened screen of his phone, a surge of unjust welled up in his chest as he pouted unhappily.
"Little Brother, stop ignoring us. Let's have some fun." The two women started to undress. "Look. Aren't we beautiful?"
Lifting his head up from the screen, his blank face evaporated into a seductive grin "Beautiful." Lei Lin said as his eyes darkened with a noticeable tint, bedazzling the women clinging onto his clothes.
Putting away his phone carefully, his fingers started to trace the outline of her face. From her forehead, eyes, nose, lips, and stopping when it reached her fragile neck. Each area his fingers glide through flushed light pink, causing the atmosphere to grow warm with ambiguity. Suddenly, he pushed her down on the couch, eyes narrowing dangerously along with the increase of strength around the fragile neck, he sneered.
"But young master I, have no interest."
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The room next door.
The heat and moisture from after a long bath flooded the room of the hotel as a woman clad solely in a bath towel appeared from the bathroom. Wet hair still dripping with water pastes itself against flushed skin.
Glancing around the room, her curious expression landed on the man sitting on the edge of the bed. Light from the bedside lamp shrouding over part of his body dressed in white. The contours of his face deepening from the shadows created, "Where is my friend?"
"Something came up so she left first." The man answered, handed absentmindedly stroking the fur coat in his hand.
"Oh? Well, then it'll just be the two of us then." Saying so, the woman's slender legs traveled across the room to climb onto the bed. Hanging half of her body over Xie Luochen's shoulder, she whispers bewitchingly into his ear. "What should we do first?"
"Hm." What replied she received was only a cold two letter word. Eyes nary a second away, his focus continued to be on his coat while his mind was a thousand miles away.
Feeling unsatisfied with this attitude, the woman's arm snake over his neck and covered his eyes. "Look closely at me. " The woman purred as another hand reached into his chest, feeling the sturdy muscles under this slim figure. The next second, unable to wait any longer she pushed Xie Luochen down on the bed.
"...."
Eyes colliding directly into each other, a pair of misty eyes gazed into a pair of detached ones. "Look closely at me from top to bottom. You will definitely be surprised at what you will discover."
"Oh?" Xie Luochen hummed, as he casually placed his hand on the woman's left shoulder. With a slight push the next second, their positions reversed. Feeling the predatory leer of the man on top of her, the woman lifted one of her legs to brush against the side of his torso. "What do you want?"
"You told me to look clearly at you." He answered back in a steady tone, eyes still layered with frost.
"What do you think?" She purred flirtatiously, arms wrapping around his neck.
"What do I think?" His calm expression slowly formed into a smile with scorn. "Disgusting."
"What?" Eyes widening in disbelief, the woman questioned in confusion.
"You told me to look at you, and I did. As expected, you're disgusting from top to bottom."
"You!" Angered by the sudden provocation, her eyes turned a bloody red with a blink. Black vein-like designs ran across from her face throughout the body as a howl similar to a beast's burst from her throat.
"A mere human dares to insult me!" Sharp nails grew with a deadly green tint, raising it high above her head, the spirit struck at Xie Luochen.
"Hmph." Already prepared for an attack, Xie Luochen jumped back with a beautiful flip. Brandishing his daggers he charged forward the moment his feet landed on the ground. Meeting the oncoming nails with fearlessness they clash with frightening speed.
"It's useless." The voice of the woman became harsh and high pitched as their distance reduced. Grinning maliciously, her wide mouth reveals a row of sharp yellow teeth, saliva begins to form on the corner of her lips as her gaze fixes on Xie Luochen's neck. "As long as you don't resist, I'll grant you a quick death."
Wind swept along by the oncoming attack first grazed his skin then followed by the impact of sharp claws. One dagger raised horizontal from his chest to block while another raised to stab down at the spirit.
Bringing the knife down with speed, it plunged into the arms of his opponent as black mist seeps from the wound. Consecutively, he lifted up his foot to land a straight kick onto her stomach. Sending her flying across the room while allowing him to withdraw his knife without much effort.
Taking this opportunity, four talismans appear with a swipe of his hand. Disallowing a chance for the ghost to rest, a chain of red talismans flew after the flying figure. Landing on different areas of the body, the charms lit up in flames the moment it came in contact with its target. Blue flames roar with vigor as the sound of sizzling flesh crackled amidst screams of pain.
Rolling to a stop on the floor, the ghost looked up with fright. "Who are you?!" Her burnt body became paralyzed on the floor as pain stings with every breath she takes. Something that shouldn't be possible on normal occasions.
Instead of answering to such nonsense Xie Luochen tightened his hold on the daggers. Carefully observing his enemy, he approached with caution before crouching near the body. Taking out a yellow talisman, he mumbled a few unintelligible words before smacking it on the ghost's forehead.
Finding herself unable to fully move nor talk, the ghost pleaded with a teary expression. Hoping for the man in front of her to find the conscience to let her go. But that clearly won't happen. With a chilling sneer, Xie Luochen twirled one of the blades in his hand before stabbing straight down onto the claws paralyzed on the ground.
"It's this one, no?" He muttered, "the hand that touched my coat." Grinding deeper into the flesh of the spirit, half opened eyes gaze at the seeping black mist in a calm manner. "Or could it be the other one?" He said in a soft tone whilst taking in the pain and despair shown on the ghost's voiceless face.
"Clack. Luochen, are you done?" Following the sound of the door opening, Lei Lin entered with two bodies dragging behind. Throwing them like baggage to the floor, his gaze swept around the room once before resting on Xie Luochen. "Where is the other one?"
"Closet." He answered while allowing the body to roll out of its hiding place.
Four spirits lay side by side in the middle of the room as two handsome young men discuss their next course of action.
"What should we do with these girls? They got possessed so they wouldn't remember what happened. But we would be suspected of committing a crime if they try to find out what happened tonight.
"...." True, it would be much easier if they left just like this. But there are many witnesses and the security camera of this hotel must have recorded them as well. It wouldn't do to change the memories of these four victims, especially when they are in such a weakened state.
Just as they ponder on a solution to their problem, a knock came from the door, instantly alerting the two. "Who?" Xie Luochen asked, hand stealthy hovering over his dagger.
".....Open up." A clear voice flowed through the cracks and entered the ears of the two men.
Surprised, Xie Luochen yanked open the entrance to the room. Standing in front of him is a Chu Nuan looking at him with a lukewarm smile.