Aurora covered her face and sobbed, her shoulders shaking.
Blacke crossed her arms, leaning against the door, her eyes still cold but the corners of her lips slightly curved up:
"Ice Queen... is she crying again today? Don't you hate it when others see your weakness?"
Aurora gritted her teeth, tears still falling:
"I... I won't go climbing Baifeng Mountain with you guys anymore!"
Hearing this, the four of them turned to look at each other, then looked at her. The initial expression was a bit serious, but just a second later, the teasing smile returned.
Knox shrugged:
"Oh, really? This is so cute."
Zane propped his chin, his voice dragging:
"Our princess is sulking... Who will lead the way for us?"
Blacke kept his voice steady but clearly meant to tease:
"You don't need to worry, there will be someone to replace you... But hey, today's nightgown suits you."
Aurora's face immediately turned red, the hand that was covering her face immediately moved to... pull her collar tighter.
"You guys... you bastards! Why did I wear this?!"
Easton laughed, deliberately rolling his eyes from top to bottom:
"Because you look beautiful in it."
Aurora was so angry that... tears welled up again:
"I... I miss Rina... I miss Diana... huhu... you guys... are terrible!"
Zane pretended to rub his chin:
"You miss your sister and you blame us? What kind of logic is that?"
Aurora sniffled and pointed at F4:
"It's all your fault!"
The four people laughed again, but this time Blacke's eyes softened a little:
"Calm down. It's the maid who changed your clothes, no one touched you."
Aurora stopped crying for a moment, blinked at him, then suddenly... looked up at the ceiling.
Knox narrowed his eyes:
"Why are you looking up there?"
Aurora gritted her teeth:
"Don't tell me... you guys installed a camera in my room?!!"
Zane laughed out loud:
"Do you think we're that kind of pervert?"
Aurora still exploded:
"Yes! You guys are perverts!"
Blacke crossed his arms, sighing as if he was talking to a child:
"I get to change in the bathroom, there's no way to install a camera."
"I don't believe it!" — Aurora was still stubborn, her nose red."
"Believe it or not. Now go clean up and come down for breakfast."
Aurora still hugged her collar tightly, her face red, mumbling:
"… Go out…"
Her voice was a little choked, both chubby and stubborn.
Easton whistled:
"Oh… The Ice Princess is pouting."
Aurora glared:
"You guys made me cry, that's why my voice is like that! It's all because of you!"
Knox held back his laughter:
"Okay, okay... Aurora, be good, go to the bathroom, wash your face, brush your teeth, then come down for breakfast."
The gentle words like coaxing a child made Aurora want to go crazy:
"I'm not a child!"
Blacke just tilted his head, the corners of his lips curled up:
"Yeah, not a child... but he's making a mess like a child."
Aurora gritted her teeth, turned her back and walked straight into the bathroom, but still didn't forget to shout out:
"I'll keep a record of all your crimes!"
The laughter of Blacke, Knox, Zane, and Easton rang out from behind, clearly no one felt threatened at all.
---
Aurora walked into the bathroom with a still red face, turning on the faucet and muttering as if she was... cursing someone.
Aurora (grumbling, brushing her teeth):
"Perverts... Install cameras... Those bastards... If I catch them red-handed, I'll sue them all..."
She rinsed her mouth and glared at the mirror, as if the mirror were the four F4 guys.
Aurora (continuing to grumble):
"Dare to make me come down for breakfast...Dare to make me be good...I'm not your baby..."
---
While Aurora was busy "fighting" with the toothbrush, downstairs, the atmosphere was so cold it seemed like it could freeze.
Xiao-Yu was tied tightly to a chair, his hands tied behind his back with leather straps, his hair hanging down his forehead, breathing heavily. In front of him were Blacke, Knox, Zane, and Easton, four names that made many people in the upper class shiver just hearing them.
Blacke (deep, even voice):
"I'll ask once. What is F3's plan?"
Xiao-Yu (trying to be tough):
"I… I don't know…"
Knox chuckled softly, bent down, grabbed Xiao-Yu's collar, and pulled him up.
Knox (voice cold as steel):
"Wrong answer."
Zane didn't say much, just lifted the dagger, turning the blade to reflect the light. Easton walked slowly around, his eyes observing like a predator approaching its prey.
Easton (whispering right in Xiao-Yu's ear):
"Here… no one can save you."
With just a nod from Blacke, Knox punched Xiao-Yu straight in the stomach, making him bend over and cough. Zane tilted the knife, making a small cut into the rope around his hands, not to free him, but to let the blade cut into his skin, blood seeping out.
Blacke (voice even, emotionless):
"Last time. Speak."
The eyes of the four people weighed down like a giant rock. Xiao-Yu trembled, sweat running down his temples.
Xiao-Yu (voice breaking):
"I… I will speak… I will speak everything!"
He began to confess, not leaving out a single detail of the F3's plan. Every word was recorded by Easton, while Zane stood behind, his knife glinting as a reminder that lying was suicide.
---
At the same time, Aurora raised her head and finished rinsing her mouth, still grumbling:
Aurora (mumbling):
"These bastards... are probably sitting there eating breakfast or playing games, they're not doing anything..."
Completely unaware that downstairs, the four "bastards" she had just cursed were transforming into the coldest and most brutal interrogators in the city.
Aurora grumbled in her mouth, brushing her teeth and washing her face:
"You crazy... those damn F4s... are those powerful men so good? Let's see if I'll even talk to you today. You humans... Sob, I don't care about you, bastards!"
She wiped her face with a towel so hard that her hair was messy, then walked out of the bathroom, opened the door only a small crack, and stuck her head out:
"Hey! Where are my clothes? Are you guys going to make me go down to breakfast naked?!"
Outside the hallway, Blacke, Knox, Zane and Easton were interrogating Xiao-Yu who was tied to a chair.
Knox's voice was cold:
"Tell me. Every detail of F3's plan. Not a single word can be left out."
Xiao-Yu trembled, her eyes averted, but as soon as she saw Blacke's icy gaze, she immediately trembled:
"I... I will tell... F3 intends to..."
She spoke in one breath, not daring to stop, revealing every detail that F4 asked.
Easton smiled faintly, leaned over:
"Good girl, miss. But unfortunately... you know too much."
Zane glanced at Knox, as if asking: "What to do now?"
Knox said indifferently:
"Let me handle it. Blacke, you go up and give the things to the princess inside. We will see the guests off..."
Blacke said nothing, just picked up the designer bags from the butler's hands, then walked upstairs.
Aurora was still standing at the door, her eyes bored, waiting for someone to answer, when a deep, arrogant voice rang out right next to her ear:
"Here are your clothes, princess."
She looked up and saw Blacke leaning against the door frame, each hand holding three bags of Chanel, Dior, Hermès... all the latest models.
Blacke smiled teasingly:
"Pick an outfit and come down for breakfast. But... if you want me to help you change, I don't mind."
Aurora rolled her eyes, blushing and shouted:
"You pervert! You pervert! Who wants me to help you?!"
Blacke just smiled leisurely, put all the bags on the bed:
"After you change, obediently come down to eat. Then... we'll go up the mountain."
Aurora was stunned, then immediately reacted:
"You... you think I'm a child? I don't need anyone to take me out like a baby!"
Blacke shrugged, turned away but still threw back a sentence that made Aurora's face even redder:
"Then prove it... baby."
---
The door closed softly, leaving Aurora biting her lip in anger, while downstairs, the three remaining members of F4 were "sending" Xiao-Yu off in a way that no one wanted to experience a second time.
The air was thick with the smell of coffee and cigarettes. Xiao-Yu sat on the black leather sofa, her wrists still lightly tied with satin rope but enough to prevent her from struggling. Her sparkling red high heels lightly tapped the floor, making a "clack-clack" sound, but no one paid any attention.
Knox leaned against the table, swirling his wine glass in his hand, his voice low and cold enough to cause the temperature of the room to drop several degrees:
"You said everything… good. But you know, I hate two-headed snakes the most."
Xiao-Yu tried to smile, but the corners of her lips trembled:
"I… I don't dare… I just…"
Zane sat cross-legged on the chair, smirking:
"Just wanted to test how strong F3 is, and how weak we are, right?" (he flicked the wine glass in front of her) "Trust me, Shanghai is big enough, but not big enough for you to hide."
Easton had been silent all this time, standing behind Xiao-Yu. He leaned close, his cold breath beside her ear:
"Do you think we don't know what message you sent to F3? Once F4 has caught your tail, then…"
He gently placed his hand on her shoulder, but the force of his grip made Xiao-Yu choke.
"…there won't be a second time."
Knox put the wine glass down on the table with a "clack":
"Go home. Now."
He tilted his head towards the door, a bodyguard in a black suit immediately walked in, opening the main door.
Zane stood up, slowly approached, bent down to look at Xiao-Yu from above, his eyes sharp as knives:
"Go home. And remember, today we are "polite" because we are busy eating breakfast. Next time I see you come here... I will personally send you to the port."
Easton grabbed the rope and pulled lightly, forcing her to stand up.
"Let's go, Miss Shanghai. Save your life and play a little further away."
The sound of Xiao-Yu's shoes clacking echoed until they disappeared behind the door. The room fell silent again, only the three men exchanged a look of agreement.
Knox curled his lips slightly:
"The F3 problem... looks like it will have to be dealt with sooner than expected."
Aurora had just buttoned the last button of her shirt, quickly looking in the mirror. She was not wearing a whole set from any brand, a gentle white midi dress from Dior paired with a pink Chanel tweed jacket, and low-heeled Mary Janes. A combination of personal taste, both elegant and… wild.
She neatly arranged the remaining belongings in the suitcase, walked to the door, slightly opened her head and caught Blacke standing there, arms crossed, leaning against the wall, his eyes seemed to want to "examine" every detail of her body.
Aurora didn't bother to say hello, just gently closed the door.
A deep voice rang out from outside:
"Not saying "hello", miss?"
She gritted her teeth, opened the door slightly again:
"You go first, I'll come down later."
"No." Blacke smiled half-heartedly. "I'll wait."
Aurora deliberately fidgeted with her earrings, stalling for time for him to leave. But instead of leaving, Blacke suddenly stepped in, one hand slipped behind her leg, lifting her up like a cloth bag.
"So light." He said calmly, as if commenting on an empty box.
"Put me down!" Aurora was furious, punching him repeatedly in the back, but her strength was not enough to shake him.
Blacke calmly carried her downstairs, causing Knox, Zane, and Easton to look up at the same time. Zane raised his eyebrows and drawled out:
"I thought you were 1m70, but you turned out to be light, carrying you is as easy as carrying a cat."
Easton sneered:
"But look, Aurora is blushing again."
She landed on the floor, her face burning. Blacke continued to tease:
"Do you need me to carry you to the dining table?"
Aurora stomped her heels on the floor:
"You perverts! Why don't you hurry up and eat breakfast, or are you not going to go to Baifeng Mountain anymore?!"
F4 glanced at each other, the corners of their lips curled up in unison. Knox was the first to step forward, his voice low and cold:
"We have to go. But do you think we forgot what you wore this morning?"
Aurora suddenly stopped. "This morning… the blood moon?" She glanced out the window, the sky was bright and clear, there was no sign of fatigue or dizziness on her, while the previous times the blood moon always left her exhausted.
But before she could think deeply, F4 had already moved closer. Zane tilted his head:
"The ice queen also knows how to blush, this morning she even wore quite sexy pajamas."
"You guys…" Aurora gritted her teeth, her hands tightly gripping her water glass, "Are you going to eat or not, tell me, otherwise I'll eat alone!"
The low laughter of the four men rang out, cold and teasing, followed by a gaze that made her heart beat faster.
Aurora angrily thought to herself, "I can't be at peace with these humans, humans are really a bit too much,… I wonder what my two sisters have gone through, oh my god."