Chapter 288: I Crave Your Body, May We Stay Together Forever

Several blue-and-white vehicles roared past, leaving a trail of exhaust on the road.

Feng Ju sat quietly in the back seat; the joints of his metal right hand were slightly twisted, unable to clench tightly and seamlessly like a normal person's.

"【Mask】 hasn't even shown up yet, but the weapon's already worn out — it's infuriating."

Feng Ju was so angry his liver ached, and he cursed that rebellious son several more times in the bottom of his heart.

However, Feng Ju's thoughts at this moment were more along the lines that the implant body the Special Commissioner had installed in him didn't seem as advanced and powerful as advertised.

Anyway, it can't compare to that rebellious son's — and it doesn't even come with skin!

Of course, Feng Ju was still very grateful to the Special Commissioner, but that gratitude was being diluted; he had a feeling he'd sold his life cheap.

This feeling wasn't strong yet, but a seed had been planted in Feng Ju's heart.

Buried alongside this seed was another seed — Feng Mu's inexplicable final words had ultimately left Feng Ju a bit unsettled.

Feng Ju frowned slightly, unlocked his mobile phone screen; the phone's wallpaper was a photo of him and his daughter Feng Yuhuai together.

In the photo, he wore a uniform without a single crease, his pitch-black right hand clasped tight against his chest, while his daughter nestled beside him, her smile just as ever…..

"Seems a bit unlike before — Yuhuai's smile doesn't seem as vivid as it used to be; the smile in the photo looks a little stiff and flat?"

Feng Ju muttered to himself, frowning as he studied it carefully for a while, trying to find an answer from it.

But in the end, he still pressed these chaotic thoughts back into the bottom of his heart; he felt he was overthinking it.

He shook his head and gave a self-mocking laugh, then dialed his daughter's number.

Feng Yhuai held a tray and dumped the half-eaten rice and dishes into the trash can.

Zhang Liyou, walking ahead, absentmindedly brushed a strand of hair behind her ear, then turned back, her gaze full of concern as she asked Feng Yuhuai:

"Yuhuai, how come you only ate this little? Do you feel unwell?"

Feng Yuhuai's gaze involuntarily swept across Zhang Liyou's fair neck; she licked the saliva secreted between her lips and teeth, forcing out a smile:

"Mm, this afternoon I have a platform match against upperclassmen, I'm a bit nervous, so I can't eat much."

Cui Cui caught up lightly from behind, then like a happy koala, hopped lightly and clung onto Feng Yuhuai's back.

She wrapped both arms tightly around Feng Yuhuai's neck, her tone unable to hide excitement and joy:

"Yuhuai, don't be nervous — you've already stood out from the joint exams of several universities and made the top sixteen in the Grade 10 group.

You have to know, in this joint exam, only the most outstanding students get the chance to challenge upperclassmen — our dorm was wiped out except for you.

Yuhuai, you're amazing, you're our dorm's pride; tonight I'll reward you by sleeping in the same little quilt with me, hee hee hee."

Xiao Juan stood to the side, her cheeks flushing slightly, muttering in a low voice:

"Pfft, Cui Cui, you're so shameless — how is that rewarding Yuhuai? You're clearly rewarding yourself; I can tell you just crave Yuhuai's body."

After being exposed, Cui Cui not only didn't feel embarrassed but hugged Feng Yuhuai even tighter; her bright, sparkling eyes stared fixedly at Feng Yuhuai's profile, praising from the bottom of her heart:

"Haven't you noticed? Our Yuhuai is getting prettier and prettier.

Not a single pore on her face, skin getting whiter and whiter, hair abnormally pitch-black and soft, and her body has a faint, indescribable fresh scent."

Feng Yuhuai's cheeks stiffened slightly; she sniffed the faint meat fragrance emanating from Cui Cui, her throat wriggled slightly, swallowing the saliva in her throat.

She gently pulled Cui Cui off herself, head lowered, voice soft and barely audible:

"Cui Cui, I... I crave your body too."

Cui Cui and Xiao Juan just thought Feng Yuhuai was joking with them too, laughing and pushing and teasing, not knowing that Feng Yuhuai's words came from the bottom of her heart, far more filled with scorching emotion than they imagined.

Feng Yuhuai herself didn't understand what was wrong with her; lately she always felt hungry more and more easily.

That hunger wasn't physiological hunger in her stomach, nor did it come from the Puppet Mother, because sometimes she'd clearly just eaten a full meal, her stomach clearly stuffed, yet she still felt hungry.

That inexplicable sense of emptiness was an indescribable dissatisfaction — not the Puppet Mother's, but coming from her own... soul?!

It was a pickiness about food; the Puppet Mother only needed freshness, but besides freshness she also craved other seasonings and processing.

Like cooking food — needing to add various seasonings, needing to stir-fry, steam, boil and other procedures to stimulate the taste buds' enjoyment, rather than simply chewing and swallowing.

That's a beast's way of eating; as a more highly evolved human, she ought to be more particular — not just filling her belly, but having flavor.

And that flavor — these past days, in daily life, the random strangers or teachers she encountered or selected, none of them had it; they gave Feng Yuhuai the feeling of plain boiled meat — bland, tasteless as chewing wax when swallowed.

Not that she couldn't eat her fill, but it wasn't fragrant; the fragrance she wanted was in…..

Feng Yuhuai's eyeballs rolled eerily in a circle; she sniffed, looked at Zhang Liyou, looked at Xiao Juan, looked at Cui Cui; she gently stuck out the tip of her tongue and licked her moist red lips — that look actually carried an indescribable seductiveness and allure.

Xiao Juan and Cui Cui both stared blankly for an instant; the two of them, one on the left and one on the right, put their arms around Feng Yuhuai, feigning anger as they scolded:

"How come you haven't been eating with us lately?"

Feng Yuhuai forcefully suppressed the craving in her heart, swallowed her saliva, her articulation a bit slurred as if choking up:

"Every time everyone sits around a table eating, I inevitably think of Yazhi, always feel she's still among us — if Yazhi were still here, she should also be able to make the top….."

Xiao Juan's expression darkened; her voice carried deep sorrow:

"Yeah, Yazhi was so outstanding, so hardworking — if she were still with us, our dorm would have two prides."

Cui Cui quietly wiped away the wetness at the corner of her eye, then broke into a smile, full of energy:

"So, Yuhuai, you have to give it your all this afternoon — carrying Yazhi's share too; we'll all go cheer for you."

Zhang Liyou suddenly stopped; she gazed deeply at Feng Yuhuai, a strange throbbing surging in her heart.

For some reason, just now when Feng Yuhuai lightly licked her red lips, her heart seemed to involuntarily tighten, and a trace of subtle chill welled up in her body.

However, at this moment, looking at Feng Yuhuai's seemingly choked voice, only sorrow and pain remained in her heart.

Every word and sentence from Feng Yuhuai pierced into Zhang Liyou's heart like fine needles, making her unconsciously walk over and embrace Feng Yuhuai, Xiao Juan, and Cui Cui tightly together.

They lowered their heads, heads pressed intimately into a cluster; Zhang Liyou said softly:

"Yuhuai, then you should eat with us even more — because I also always feel Yazhi never left us, still watching us from the side; she surely also hopes we can be like before, staying together every single day."

Feng Yuhuai lowered her head even more; she closed her eyes, as if deeply moved by these words, body trembling lightly, voice murmuring and quavering:

"Yes, you're right — Yazhi also hopes we'll be together forever, forever, forever….."

(End of Chapter)