After dinner, the little darling abruptly left him and ran up to the top floor to accompany Zheng Xiaojie with her homework.
Under the guise of supervision, it was actually a blatant affair happening right under his nose! She could have done it directly, but she still fabricated a lie for him.
She didn't know that he had already prepared himself. Angus coldly manipulated his own emotions, suffering and grieving without realizing it.
...
Jiang Yan was naturally unaware of someone's thought process; she was merely perfunctorily pushing forward with her task progress.
However, unknowingly, she had once again brought trouble to Angus.
When he climbed to the top floor, unable to bear the imaginings in his mind any longer, he stumbled upon the scene of Zheng Xiaojie covering Little Bat's body with both hands!
Zheng Xiaojie's eyes were filled with shy coyness, her hands restlessly roaming; Little Bat lay lazily on the table, spread out like a pancake, looking extremely relaxed. Even with the sun beating down on her head, she stayed to keep her company...
Angus's knuckles turned white as he clenched his fists, nearly fuming with anger. His earlier psychological conditioning was thrown aside; to hell with being magnanimous and tolerant, this was unacceptable! She could only be his!
He had to, absolutely had to make Zheng Xiaojie leave.
Angus stood on the stairs, coldly observing the intimate and harmonious scene, silently formulating a plan in his heart.
In the end, he treated this moment as his final act of forbearance and turned to go back downstairs.
In reality, however, Jiang Yan, that silly bird, had simply grown tired of hanging upside down from the table. She wanted to lie on the table but feared getting sunburned, so she asked Zheng Xiaojie to use her hands to block the sunlight.
Of course, Zheng Xiaojie wasn't entirely blameless. With that fluffy creature right under her hands, who could resist? So, under the pretense of blocking the sunlight more effectively, she secretly stroked the soft fur.
...
Angus's heart had been closed off for thousands of years, devoid of emotion or love. He did whatever he wanted and got whatever he desired, making him extremely carefree.
But when it came to matters of the heart, this was his first time. As a result, he could only rely on the Vampire Clan's decadent views on love to restrain himself.
However, those notions could never truly constrain his headstrong nature. Especially not when it came to the treasure he wanted.
Afterwards, Angus constantly found new ways to occupy Jiang Yan's time. As time passed, Zheng Xiaojie's presence gradually faded.
Suddenly one day, when Jiang Yan abruptly remembered her, she couldn't find her no matter how hard she searched.
She realized what had happened.
Angus coldly folded his arms, an unconscious gesture to ward off pain. The happiness of the past few days felt like it had been stolen, because he knew that this day would eventually come.
Jiang Yan knew it was he who had sent Zheng Xiaojie away; he couldn't be as tolerant as he had previously promised...
Perhaps Jiang Yan would be angry at his cold and resolute decision. But—what did that matter? He could spend a long time coaxing her, until death if need be.
Jiang Yan couldn't find her important mission target no matter how hard she looked, and finally placed her suspicions on Angus.
Because he was too obvious; whenever Jiang Yan mentioned Zheng Xiaojie, he would wear a dejected expression.
When Jiang Yan questioned him, he would become irritated.
However, she soon got the answer from the Blood Servants, learning that Angus had sent her back to school to do homework. Jiang Yan was relieved then, thinking that Angus had completed the task of pardoning the female lead.
There was only that last pesky task left, which seemed easy enough to do. But for some reason, Angus was in a mood and kept avoiding meeting with Jiang Yan.
Jiang Yan sighed, wondering why he was so unhappy. If he was unhappy, that was fine, but why wouldn't he let her kiss him anymore?
Finally, one day in the study specially built for Angus, Jiang Yan pounced on him against the bookcase and kissed him.
Those ice-cold lips, the soft tip of his tongue—it had always been him shamelessly stealing kisses before. Angus was immediately immersed in the sensation, instinctively wrapping his arms around the person on top of him.
But when he opened his eyes and came to his senses, his expression suddenly changed.
Angus immediately broke free, his blue eyes filled with shock, anger, and a hint of hurt. His voice hoarse, he questioned Jiang Yan, "You'd go this far for her?! What's so great about Zheng Xiaojie? She's just a human..."
Jiang Yan was stunned. After a while, she understood Angus's meaning and found it both amusing and exasperating.
She just wanted to have a proper romantic relationship; how had it turned into this tormented love affair? Look how heartbroken he was.
Jiang Yan spent quite some time comforting him, but Angus remained skeptical. Finally, he spoke up awkwardly, "Unless... you come with me to my castle."
Jiang Yan thought, why not? She had long been curious about the mice there anyway.