"Come and eat with me," Qin Shan Rou gestured for her to sit on the opposite chair.
But as their eyes locked, he noticed a sparkle of jest and slyness in the woman's gaze. She stood in front of him, not moving her feet.
Then, a small curve appeared in her red and swollen lips, slowly forming a smile.
"Did lord Qin say... 'come and eat me?' " the woman's smile widened and her eyelids fluttered. Her first four words were spoken casually but the last four words were whispered as a subtle inquiry and in a seductive way.
'Heavens! Just who is this lady?'
Just like that and the appetite for a meal instantly changed. Flashes of their active deeds last night replayed in Qin Shan Rou's head. Before he knew it, he already stood from his seat and mumbled to her, "That would also do."
Qin Shan Rou was about to take a step towards the lady but she raised her hand and stopped him.
"Very well, then, I'll come and eat you... no need for my lord to move from your spot."
Their distance was just a matter of a few steps, yet, the woman had deliberately walked in very slow pacing. All her movements, the bend of her knees, the sway of her hips, or the way her hands swing... it was all so captivating... almost making the man feel like she was depriving him.
He noted all her movements and subconsciously licked his upper lips while watching her move closer and closer to him. They never lost their eye contact. And when he licked his upper lips, the woman did a similar movement. Only that, she gently bit her lower lips.
'Ahhh...' Qin Shan Rou's jaw moved as he clenched his teeth.
Their distance was finally close and when the gap between them was finally lost, both of them gave a knowing smile.
The woman slowly moved her gaze down below before his abdomen... then, her body slowly followed to sank.
Qin Shan Rou gulped and continued to watch her. And soon after... his gulp was replaced with groaning and panting...
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"You've said to eat me. You better no spit," Qin Shan Rou commanded after he surpassed the pleasure. His hands were holding her head while the lady was smiling at him, still kneeling on the floor. His voice was rasped and rugged but, it maintained a full of authority.
"Hmmn," the woman hummed and then swallowed every fluid that the man filled in her mouth. "I've only pledged to eat lord Qin, not to drink," she chuckled.
Hearing her words that contradicted her action, Qin Shan Rou felt a different sense of pleasure... or perhaps a fulfillment. He was not really sure how to describe it. Nevertheless, the woman followed his command and swallowed him. He was so satisfied.
"My lady, stay with me here. I promise to give you everything you desire and I can give you a great life," Qin Shan Rou suddenly said.
The food on the table had gone cold but no one paid attention to it. They were so into each other and it was the first time Qin Shan Rou had promised something to a woman. And his promise was no joke. He would give everything she desires!
"Lord Qin, if I stay here... heh... it would be a great scandal," the woman responded. Her tone still sounded playful as if she was amused by the man's offer.
"A great scandal? Ahh... of course, I will speak to your master about this. All the lords in the mainland respect me. There should be no problem if you stay here with me," Qin Shan Rou replied thinking that this lady belonged to a different harem. If he snatch her without proper talk from her master, then, it would indeed be scandalous.
"It's not about the lords of the mainland," the woman uttered. She then stepped back and raised her hand casually. The hand slowly extended and moved gracefully to the air as if it was following a specific pattern... a symbol... or a character?
Qin Shan Rou was confused by her sudden hand gestures but, he still watched her with patience in his eyes. "If it is not about the fellow lords, then, what is it?" he questioned.
"Lord Qin must have keen eyes and sharp mind. Do you know the movements of my hands?" the woman asked refusing to give him a direct answer to his initial question.
"The movements of your hands? Hmmmn... Are you writing something in the air?" he took a guess. Although her hand's movement was too graceful that anyone would probably mistake it as if she was just waving and dancing, he was sure that it was not a random gesture and there were characters on the movements.
"Indeed! Lord Qin is sharp as what the people say. I must thank you for this warm hospitality that you have offered in your mansion," the woman said in a formal tone. The expression on her face had also become serious. "Lord Qin, if you can guess what I have written in the air, then you will understand why it would be a scandal if I stay here. Thank you for your kindness and excellent prowess. I am very satisfied! I'm sure that I have satisfied you too."
While he listened to her, Qin Shan Rou felt that something was wrong within his room. His instinct told him that there was someone powerful that was peering at them. In an instant, he turned his head around to check the window. Yet, there was nothing.... 'Did I sensed it wrong?' he mentally doubted his instinct.
...and when he returned his attention to the woman...
there was also nothing!?
She was gone!?
Qin Shan Rou blinked his eyes and frowned at the empty space where the woman had just stood.
It was too sudden, how could she vanish like that? This was his mansion, the building had a barrier that prevented the intruders from invading his place. And he also placed an additional barrier inside his room so that no one could disturb them.
'No one should be able to vanish from my sight. Unless... someone bypassed the power of my barriers? But still, even if someone could really bypass my power, I should be able to sense them. Or... is it...' Qin Shan Rou trailed his thoughts as he analyzed the possibilities of how the woman disappeared.
Then, he remembered what she said about her hand movements... 'Lord Qin, if you can guess what I have written in the air, then you will understand why it would be a scandal if I stay here.'
"Earlier... did she write a warning message for me? Was I too focused on her that I missed her warning? Could it be that she had sensed that someone would abruptly take her away from my place?" Qin Shan Rou fixed himself and calmly sat. He then started to recall the graceful movements of the lady's hand...
Then, symbols slowly appeared on his mind...
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... At first, he could not read the symbols properly. So, he quickly took an ink, brush, and paper from the corner of his cabinet. His hand hastily dipped the black ink and started writing the symbols on the paper...
...
After a while, his face turned tense and his expression became cold. The brush in his hand was dropped on the table... its remaining ink smeared the written characters on the paper.
And Qin Shan Rou lowered his gaze and glared at the symbols he had just written...
HUI YIN SHI
F*ck! Of all his wild imagination, the possibility of doing dual cultivation with the woman... who is a master of her own reverse harem had never occurred to his mind.
Heck, all the lords of the mainland, including him, had even looked down at the men who joined lady Hui Yin Shi's reverse harem!
They called them insignificant for letting a woman order them around. They ridicule them openly and those men had always been the subject of their endless mockery.
But now, Qin Shan Rou could not even describe his state of emotion as the mixture of feelings slowly enveloped him.
To think that he wanted to keep that woman in his harem. To think that he had offered her to give her everything! What a big scandal indeed!