Chapter 112: Rebel looks at the rose
The rain, which had just begun to ease, started to drizzle down again, seeming urgent. Thunder fractured the gloomy sky, wailing like the climax of an epic.
Xu Si, in a white dress, stood in the middle of the room. Her pale, slender hands rested on a chair, her beautiful nails painted a rose color, as she stared unblinkingly at the book.
Ever since the news of Pei Zhen’s maritime disaster, she hadn’t visited this room. To suddenly see a book of such style, Xu Si was still somewhat surprised. She couldn’t believe that Pei Zhen would still be curious about this mysterious discipline. After all, even in his youth, he had never been naive, always possessing a maturity far beyond that of an adult.
Dark-styled architecture usually has one characteristic: gloominess. No matter how clean the entire Xu Mansion was kept, it resembled a haunted house when uninhabited—luxurious yet somewhat eerie.
Xu Si imagined the clear and noble youth, dressed in his uniform, sitting by the wrought-iron window. He was curiously holding the black-covered book, poring over its occult contents. She smiled faintly, her heart as soft as a pastry soaked by rainwater, her teasing voice tender as she murmured,
"So childish."
The storm wavered, the wind threatening to sweep rain into the room. She detected the indistinct coldness of a drop in temperature.
Fearing that the book would continue to be eroded by the humid air, Xu Si walked past the desk and chair to the window and closed it as firmly as she could. She then stretched out her slightly damp hands to pick up the book from the corner.
She had just kneaded dough and washed her hands, so they were still damp. The invisible droplets on her fingertips instantly made the pages stick together upon contact.
She furrowed her brows and carefully moved her fingers away.
The pages made a faint, rustling sound as they rubbed against each other, flipping open.
The once-clean book suddenly changed color. Xu Si lowered her gaze, and with only a slight shift in her viewing angle, her eyes were filled with a shocking red.