When Leo woke up, his head felt heavy, as if his brain just came out of water. He raised his right arm in order to rest it against his forehead, but he found out that another man's wrist was still clasped in his palm.
It took him a few seconds to realize what happened before- all of it felt like a dream. He turned over and saw Li Biqing sleeping soundly next to him.
The youngster was lying sideways by his side with his right hand extended as much as possible, like he wanted to hold Leo more comfortably. Looking at the wrinkle-free sheets, it seemed that Li Biqing kept this posture during his entire sleep in order not to disturb the other person on the bed.
Leo stared at him for a long time, then lowered his head and nuzzled the soft chestnut hair with his cheeks. An unprecedented satisfaction filled his entire being and it was overflowing from every pore of his skin. His mind was full of serenity-no dark thoughts, and no sinister ideas floating inside his brain.
Li Biqing eventually woke up and was stunned after seeing a face so close to him. "You're awake." He sat up, scratching his hair, embarrassed. "Sorry, I fell asleep too ..."
Leo looked at the red mark on Biqing's wrist and became dumbfounded. He didn't know what he should say given with all the things that happened.
Regarding that last... kiss, what does that mean? Should he bring it up , or wait for the other party to explain first... Perhaps what happened was just his hallucination? At that time, his brain wasn't in the right state, so it obviously wasn't that reliable and couldn't be trusted.... but that was indeed a kiss, right? He recollected his mind, and his desire to get a positive response from the young man grew stronger.
"That's was a kiss, wasn't it?" Leo asked in a hoarse voice, and at the same time he was ashamed of his terrible way of speaking- why couldn't he be more gentle and skillful, so as not to make both of them more embarrassed?
Li Biqing lowered his head and subconsciously caressed the small patterns on the quilt, "I don't know ... maybe umm... I didn't think so much at the time. I thought you looked sad, so I thought of doing something that could make you feel better ... I know it was completely absurd and it made you feel- "Li Biqing choked on his words, like he was being forced to swallow a very bitter pill," Does it make you feel sick?"
"Do you always use such method to comfort people? I mean, no matter who the other person is?" Leo's face dimmed.
The young man shook his head blankly, "Actually, I have never done that before. You can say that my head was filled with water at that time ... God, I don't know why I did that! I'm so sorry! Please, just forget about it, like nothing happened, okay?"
Forget? Just like nothing happened? This is the answer Li Biqing gave him, a sympathetic comfort.
Okay then. He will forget everything, for Molly, and for the two of them to be able to get along just like before. What else can he do? Force the other party to admit feelings that even he himself found unbelievable? Or completely ignore Li Biqing's wishes and confess his own wishful thoughts, which would destroy the originally harmonious relationship? He couldn't imagine what kind of expression he should make when facing Molly if she finds out he really did it!
Well, forget it ... Get everything back to how it was suppose to be - this is the most sensible way to deal with it. As he pushed all his turbulent emotions deep inside, Leo let out a mischievous laugh, "If you want to bribe a policeman to cover up crimes for you, then you have to pay a price, boy."
After the Li Biqing heard this, the nervous expression on his face subsided, "That ... wasn't a crime, was it?"
"Really? Then you wouldn't mind if I say something to Molly, right? Things like 'her brother and her fiancé gave each other artificial respirations'?"
" -Don't!"The boy wailed, "You can't tell her that! Think about it, if we let her know that I almost drowned in the lake, and you're numb with drugs, how would she react?"
Leo imagined Molly's face at that time and couldn't help shivering, "We'll do as you say- but today onwards, you will do the laundry for the next two weeks."
Li Biqing agreed, "Deal!"
Leo lifted the quilt and looked at his rumpled coat. "How long did I sleep?"
"Five, or six hours. It's getting dark outside."
"No wonder I feel like my stomach rumbling. Should we go out to eat something? It seems that we only had one meal the entire day"
"Half a meal," Li Biqing corrected, "We only ate half of the burgers I bought at a fast food restaurant while on the road, and it was so unpalatable."
"Perhaps we can find a restaurant in the town that has good food."
"Let's go to the county police after dinner. Take a step? I kept on thinking that there is something suspicious about that mother. She's probably not the one who killed Renee."
"Why?"
"She is a schizophrenic. Lunatic murderers would usually just directly chop someone with a kitchen knife. They're not the type to tie a strong cross knot around the victim's hands, and carefully scrape-off the trademark on the lead bag around the victim's waist."
The federal agent recalled the state of the body when they found it under the lake, "You're guessing that the perpetrator committed more than just this one case."
"There was no silt inside the girl's mouth and nasal cavity and she was thrown into the middle of the lake after death. At least in terms of body disposal, that person is a veteran."
The two changed their coats while talking about the case, then walked out of the room together.
As they passed by the lobby, the woman with heavy makeup behind the counter looked at them with weird eyes. "He looks much better than he was at noon," She pouted at Leo and asked Li Biqing cautiously, "I thought he was seriously ill."
"No, he just needed a good rest." The youngster replied.
The woman was startled at how he was being so gentle- she found it hard to believe that it was the same person who snarled at the counter earlier. However, she understood that young people who are dissatisfied are always more emotional. It seems that she has given the right room key. "The king size bed in our hotel is quite good, right?" She said smugly. "You can stay for a while." (t/n, she misunderstood hahaha lol)
Leo and Li Biqing eyes with each other but they looked away immediately with red faces. They forgot that there was only one double bed in the room.
So what should I do tonight? If I ask to open another room now, will it seem like we're trying to cover something up?
Li Biqing hesitated for a moment and said to the woman behind the counter, "Uh, it's better if we switch to two single rooms."
The woman just sneered at them teasingly and dropped the sentence, "Do you think that's necessary?' Then, she continued to work on the hotel's accounts.
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Sha Qing
AksiyonHe uses desire to ensnare others, he uses blood as temptation, he uses his appearance as a disguise. Like a wolf, he hunts for prey in the shadows. He is among the FBI's most wanted list of serial killers. He lives by his own law, the Lex Talionis...