When Lu Chengzhou returned, Gu Mang was resting sideways on the bed in her pajamas. Her collar was slightly open.

  Red marks on her neck could be seen. His eyes darkened.

  He walked to the side of the bed and sat down. He held her by the shoulders and pulled her up before putting the cup to her mouth. He softened his voice. “Here.”


  Gu Mang leaned on him and drank half the cup of water.

  Lu Chengzhou lifted his head and finished the rest of the water. Then, he put the cup on the bedside table.

  His gaze fell on Gu Mang’s body again and he looked at the dark marks on her collarbone. He touched them with her fingers, caressing them. “I seem to have…… not controlled myself. Do they hurt?”


  Gu Mang looked up at him. Then, she looked down and stopped at his collarbone.

  She had gone hard on him too. His skin was broken in certain areas.

  Gu Mang touched them like he had touched her. “Are they painful for you?”


  Lu Chengzhou was stunned. Whenever he asked Gu Mang this question in the past, she would ask him, “what do you think?” expressionlessly.

  Lu Chengzhou tugged at her chin and lay down while hugging her. Then, he said to her ear, “It feels just as great as how much it hurts.”


  Gu Mang said nothing.

  Lu Chengzhou put his arm around her waist and laughed. “The apartment meant for cheating finally served its purpose.”


  Gu Mang pursed her lips. “You……”


  She paused. The look in her eyes told Lu Chengzhou that what she was about to say was not going to sound nice.

  “Forget it.” Gu Mang looked down.

  “What? Didn’t you seduce me first?” Lu Chengzhou laughed.

  Gu Mang was expressionless as she answered coldly and calmly, “.……Fine. It’s my fault. There won’t be another time.”


  “No way,” Lu Chengzhou said without a second thought. He buried his head into her shoulders. “You can take initiative, but not this much. I won’t be able to handle it.”


  Gu Mang licked her lips. “You have such high demands.”


  “Of course,” Lu Chengzhou answered with a straight face. “Or maybe I can be the one who takes the initiative next time.”


  Gu Mang remained silent.

  Her jaw tightened and she couldn’t hold back her temper. She opened her mouth and took another bite of his collarbone.

  Lu Chengzhou hissed in pain and breathed in. He grabbed her on the back of her neck. “If you continue biting at the same spot, I’ll need to get a tattoo to cover up the bite marks.”


  She never thought that Lu Chengzhou would talk about getting a tattoo. Gu Mang released her bite. For a moment, her eyes were really dark.

  When she looked up at him, she didn’t look unusual.

  She took advantage of the situation. “I’ll give you a tattoo right now.”


  Lu Chengzhou looked startled. “Now?”


  “I didn’t take a million from you for nothing.” Gu Mang got up and moved the blanket away. Then, she walked out of the room.

  Lu Chengzhou had talked about Gu Mang giving him a tattoo before but because both of them were busy, they had forgotten about it. Tonight he had brought it up casually but was surprised to find that she was willing to do it.

  Lu Chengzhou got up and followed her out. In a rather frivolous tone, he said, “Seeing that you aren’t exhausted and can still get out of bed makes me feel a lack of achievement.”


  Gu Mang looked at him coldly. “Shut up.”


  “Alright.” Lu Chengzhou laughed.

  He walked over to her and rested his arms lazily on the back of the sofa.

  He watched her unzip her black backpack and remove a long metal case, a drawing marker, and a small bottle of dark red pigment.

  Lu Chengzhou pointed his chin at the metal box. “You can’t fit a tattoo machine in that, eh?”


  Gu Mang opened the lid.

  Inside, there were two lancets, suture needles, and a few slender needles. There were also two rolls of cotton thread, one thin and one thick.

  She said, “Yours is a simple one. A tattoo machine isn’t necessary.”


  Lu Chengzhou raised his eyebrow.