Wait, why is this blond guy a lolicon?

However, it only lasted for a moment.

The eerie wailing abruptly stopped.

Jiang Ling swallowed, quickly smeared a bit of black dog blood on his fist, and pushed open the door to leave.

【Zawarudo!】

He leaped with force from his feet, his body flying straight through the ceiling and landing in the upper space.

All that could be seen were crisscrossing metal pipes, billowing with scalding steam, blurring the view—most likely a boiler room.

At this moment, a spout-like nozzle sprayed out scorching steam.

The high-speed steam hit the pipe, making a "whooshing" sound.

"Phew...you scared me! I knew it, how could I possibly run into ghosts everywhere I go?"

Jiang Ling relaxed her tense shoulders.

Most paranormal phenomena, upon closer examination, are actually just physical phenomena.

If the roof is a boiler room, then the whirring sound would make sense.

He returned to his room and briefly explained the situation to the bundle of blankets on the bed.

Upon hearing this, Song Ruyu immediately loosened the blanket around her and stopped trembling.

"Ha, I knew it."

She slightly raised her chin, her expression returning to normal, though a trace of lingering redness remained at the corners of her eyes, and said proudly:

"That was just an act for you, I didn't expect you to actually fall for it..."

"But the design of this cruise ship is really something, the presidential suite is located below the boiler room..."

Jiang Ling: "Ah, right, right, right!"

"Then you can go back to your room and sleep now?" Jiang Ling asked with a smile.

Song Ruyu: (◦`~´◦)

The slender, white hand that had been peeking out from under the covers abruptly retracted, pulling herself back tightly to wrap herself up again, her voice turning cold:

"This bed... it's already smelled of me. Who knows if you'll do something lewd against the covers after I leave..."

"Am I that kind of pervert?"

"If you weren't a pervert, you wouldn't have put that thing on my foot... You beast, scum, a despicable person who won by despicable means..." Song Ruyu mocked mercilessly.

This really angered Jiang Ling. She thought to herself, "You stinky white-haired girl, who do you think caused all this?"

If you hadn't been so arrogant, how could I have disciplined you so severely?

He said no more, silently closed the door, walked to the bedside, and squeezed in without hesitation.

"you……!"

Song Ruyu's beautiful eyes slightly opened, her lower lip bitten until a thin line of white appeared, and she even blurted out her hometown dialect in her haste:

"You lecherous scoundrel, what do you think you're doing... Get out of here!"

Being in such a hurry shows you're really a clueless newbie.

"So it's that little devil from Yuzhou?"

Jiang Ling wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, his chin resting lightly on her delicate collarbone, his warm breath brushing against her ear, a sensation as tingling as a feather tickling her.

"Interesting, say more, I'd love to hear it."

"You...you bastard, you despicable person! If you dare do such a thing, I'll have my master kill you! She's the number one in the world..."

Song Ruyu's ears turned slightly red. She wanted to struggle but desperately found that she could not move her body.

Clearly, she has been controlled again.

"Shut up."

Song Ruyu opened her mouth, but no sound came out. She could only close her eyes in humiliation, thinking:

I never imagined I'd lose my virginity here, to this...

Disgusting blond hair!

However, the anticipated further aggression did not occur.

Time ticked by, and only the steady breathing behind me could be heard.

She couldn't help but turn to the side, only to see that Jiang Ling had her eyes closed, seemingly already asleep.

His arms were still wrapped around her waist, and his body heat slowly spread through her clothes.

"You...you're not going to make a move?"

Upon discovering that she could speak, Song Ruyu immediately launched into merciless mockery:

"Ha, playing hard to get, huh? Let me tell you, physical contact with someone like you just makes me feel disgusted..."

"You're so annoying," Jiang Ling said calmly without opening her eyes.

"Go to sleep, just be a good body pillow for me."

"Also, don't think too highly of yourself. In every aspect, whether physical, mental, or emotional, you can't compare to my Miyu-chan."

"This is just a small punishment. Just cooperate with me and complete the task. I'm looking forward to going home."

"Mei... Yu?"

"Yes, she's my 'family.' Although I might not be qualified to say I only love her, I can say that she's the only girl I love most."

"So you don't need to worry about what I might do to you, because you're not qualified yet."

After saying that sentence...

Song Ruyu remained silent.

Those sarcastic remarks stuck in his throat, and he couldn't utter a single one.

"Hehe, that's good... since you don't have... evil thoughts."

"Then I'll let you hold me, after all... it was indeed me who trespassed into your room first."

For some reason, a strange feeling flashed through Song Ruyu's heart, and she couldn't help but shrink her petite body and close her eyes.

"You're not qualified... Heh, that's just... mockery."

This young lady will never... admit defeat in any aspect!

……

"Is it done?"

A hoarse male voice echoed in a dimly lit cabin.

"Hmm, Lord Yuming, I really didn't expect that. You're so clever to think of turning this place into a 'sea alchemy room.'"

The man in black robes obsequiously handed over a wooden box, "The experiment went very smoothly; the first batch produced the Perfect Human Pill."

"The high pressure and high temperature used to cook meat that would normally take several days to fall off the bone are now done in one go."

The lid was lifted, revealing a purple-gold pill, about the size of a glass bead, still emitting a faint steam.

An Qingyu licked his lips, picked up the pill, took a bite, savored it for a moment, then suddenly frowned and angrily rebuked:

"Damn it! Without the kidney essence, what medicinal power can it possibly have!"

The man in black robes was startled and whispered, "It's Lord Charsu. He said he wanted it; he wants to add it to his bath wine..."

"Then let's forge another batch!"

An Qingyu suddenly stood up and yanked open the curtain next to the sofa.

Behind the curtain was a huge iron cage.

Several children were huddled inside, the youngest no more than three or four years old, and the oldest no more than eleven or twelve. Their eyes were filled with terror and anger.

"Haha, that's the look in their eyes! The stronger the fear, the stronger the drug!"

"You bastard, what did you do to Mia?!"

A little girl with pigtails had tears in her eyes, her eyes filled with fear, yet she still bit her lip and trembled as she asked about her sister's whereabouts.

An Qingyu smiled and tossed the bitten pill into the cage.

The pill rolled down to the girl's feet.

He smiled and said, "Hey, this is your sister."

"Hey, what's your name again? Noah... Nice name, you know? When your sister's stomach was cut open, she kept yelling, 'Sister, it hurts so much!'"

"Seeing how much pain she was in, and that she's only four and a half, I thought it would taste better, but alas, I felt like throwing up after just one bite."

Noah stared blankly at the purple-gold pill with teeth marks at her feet, her face gradually losing color.

The other children in the cage seemed to be frozen as well, even their cries disappeared.

Only the whirring of the steam pipes echoed faintly deep within the ship's hold.

It looks just like someone sobbing softly in the dark.