"Ugh—!"
The breath tore from Lin Xue's lungs as her body folded, sizzling pain rippling through her burning skin. Above her, Wang Xiao stood silent, lips tugged in a quiet curve, not a smile, not quite.
"Got anything to say?" he asked, voice calm as winter rain.
She glared up, teeth bared.
"…Little prick."
Even now. Even broken and aging, she refused to kneel.
Why did he come back crueler than before? He was supposed to die.
Not grow into this.
Crack!
A boot slammed into her abdomen. Her body jolted, eyes wide, limbs weightless for a moment, before crashing against the far wall with a dull thud.
"!!!"
Zhang Sisi gasped, hands flying to her mouth.
"Stop, she'll die!"
Wang Xiao turned, slowly.
"…Does it matter?"
His voice was gentle, far too gentle.
And somehow, that chilled her worse than a scream.
Zhang Sisi's legs weakened. Her mouth opened, then closed. She couldn't explain it, but in that moment, he felt... no longer a human.
No. Worse.
He felt beyond human.
