As Lin Qiushi and Ruan Baijie entered the room, Ruan Baijie said "You can put me down now," with normal tone like she never got hurt her ankle. Lin Qiushi still take her to the bed and put her on the mattress, so she do not strain her ankle much. Ruan Baijie was silent for moment as Lin Qiushi didn't listened her and take her to the bed.
After a few seconds of silence finally Lin Qiushi gets up and close the door and came back to Baijie and sat beside her and said: "So what is the taboo?" while looking in her eyes. Baijie did not responded immediately but she gave a soft smile to Lin Qiushi, "Why are you smiling? did I crack a joke or what ?" he said.
Baijie :"Nothing."
Lin Qiushi: "You don't want to tell me the taboo?"
Baijie: "No, I'm just thinking, how you did not know this? when I guessed this you were standing beside me."
Lin Qiushi:"What? but when?"
Baijie: "You want to know?" said with a smirk, like she is about to do something.
Lin Qiushi: "Yes, isn't it obvious?" said with a simple tone.
Ruan Baijie leaned toward Lin Qiushi face, right now there is only one palm distance between their faces and said "Than .... kiss me and I'll tell you!" said with a sweet tone with twinkling eyes. For a moment Lin Qiushi just watching the those twinkling eyes and trying to recall what she said, by the time he realized what she said he leaned back and stood from the bed.
"Kiss? how it is related to taboo?" said with widened eyes as he trying to say trough his eyes that Why do you want me to kiss you?
Ruan Baijie :"Why? Because I want you to kiss me" said with a bright smile as she did not asked for much, like it's really casual for them. Lin Qiushi said nothing at straight headed to his side of bed and lied on bed and covered himself in bedsheet, as the chilling air was coming through the window.
Baijie lied beside him and said: "Are you sure you don't want to know?" and continued "are you not curious about why I said you also know what is the taboo?". In real Lin Qiushi was very curious, but he said nothing because know she was teasing him about the kiss and he actually got a light hint about the taboo when Baijie mentioned that he also know about the taboo, so he said nothing and turned his back to Baijie and closed his eyes.
Baijie said nothing as closed her eye she fell in a sleep immediately but not long after that she awake, because Lin Qiushi continuously tossing and turning. "what happened, can't sleep?" said Baijie. Lin Qiushi opened his eyes and said: "yeah". "Don't worry, the ghost won't come for you to eat." as she said like that Lin Qiushi imagined himself as the ghost chasing him, and starting sweating. As he was sweating he did not observed the sudden but slow change in the air fragrance.
"Do you know, that you smell like wood?" said Baijie.
"....." Lin Qiushi fell silent and thinking wood? how am I smelling like a wood?
"You always release this faint smell but right now it's gotten little intense like you trying to say that you want some beside you." said Baijie. Lin Qiushi was still trying to understand why she said wood? and he heard again wood but the word 'Intense' and 'want someone' bring him back to consciousness and he said: "What are you talking about? I didn't get you".
Baijie: "Your omega pheromones. They smell like wood, soft, calm and soothing." with intense voice.
Lin Qiushi practically blushing with the thought of being described about his omega smell, as he never emitted the pheromones in front of anyone or precisely no one ever noticed his pheromones that with such intense voice his ears turned into light pink.
Lin Qiushi: "I don't know about about the smell of my pheromones, to be honest I've never noticed myself if I ever released pheromones," with low and tender in his voice and continued "so I never know about this pheromones of mine." as he said, Baijie moved a little closed to Lin Qiushi and said :"Do you know how I smell?"
Lin Qiushi shook his head and said "I never noticed, you releasing your pheromones, not in any situation,", and continued "or maybe because I was never able to recognize the smell of others." said with a low tone like for the first time he felt bad for not able to smell the pheromones . As he said within a moment he felt a little warmth from his left side as Baijie moved even more close to him and she said : "Do you know, now?" with deep voice.
Lin Qiushi didn't catch what she is trying to say but he suddenly felt a faint change in the air, he trying to sniff more and more, as he sniffing he felt like he wants more when he turned to his left side than he released a sharp gaze of two eyes on him without blinking, he felt tense but the pheromones making him crazy wanting for more, Lin Qiushi trying to understand what is happening with him, and without realizing he moved even closer to Baijie, so close that even if he breath right now he might touch her nose with his nose.
The air in the room was not like the same when the first day arrived, it was different, different from a few moments ago, it was so intense that whenever Baijie breathing out, he's sensing a strange and intimidating feeling more like a unknown feeling he is craving for but clearly he don't know what is it and what will happen if he actually gets more and more, the amount of satisfying of this feeling if he get from ..... Ruan Baijie.
Ruan Baijie? why from her? what is this sudden feeling in me it's like I'm urging for something and I don't know what I'm craving for but I do know exactly where is it coming form. Lin Qiushi almost lost his senses and looking at Baijie, her soft and pointed nose which is touching his nose and this feeling making him want her to touch him even more.
"Do you want me to touch you?" Baijie said, as if she read the Lin Qiushi mind and moved her hand and placed it on Lin Qiushi's cheek, tracing down, hold Qiushi's chin and pulling closer to here so close that anytime their four lips collide with each other.
Lin Qiushi did not resist also did not responded, he was stiff and he is not at all moving only his face slowing moving closer to Baijie's, as their lips are about to touch each other, Lin Qiushi heard crying , a man crying and now it was more like shouting of few people than a faint crying the smell in their room changed, it was smelling like blood.
Both of them came out of the room and saw Xiong Qi running and, Lin Qiushi stopped him asked him "What happed?", "A woman, woman died, rooftop" he said while puffing.
All three of them rushed to rooftop Lin Qiushi and Xiong Qi front and Ruan Baijie back, all reached to rooftop. The floor was fully covered in blood and a man side in a corner, sobbing while looking at the blood, and the rest were stood and hesitating to ask the man to know what exactly happened, but no one asked as he was crying lot, even Lin Qiushi was stood a side as he wants to give him time to adjust and take a breath.
Ruan Baijie, who was standing back of Lin Qiushi and Xiong Qi came forward moved to close to the man and bent down and asked: "What's your name?". Everyone was like Is it that important knowing his name?, Lin Qiushi was fold his hands and stand a side said nothing but observing what's she doing. And suddenly from back one of the member said "His name is Xiao Hong Ning."
Ruan Baijie repeated that voice "XIAO HONG NING?" and mumbling to herself 'sigh..... Hong Ning this name doesn't suit you idiot' . Even though this mumbling wasn't audible to the rest but for Lin Qiushi it was enough audible and he chuckled but head down, so no one noticed. Only he know why Ruan Baijie did not liked that name for 'him'.
* Hong can mean "great," and Ning means "peaceful," Therefore, "Hong Ning" could be interpreted as "great peace" *
"Hong Ning will you stop crying and start speaking what happened here?" said Ruan Baijie.
A woman said: "I think we should let him for a moment alone, so he'll feel better."
Ruan Baijie: "Are you sure you want to stay alone 'Hong Ning'?" to the crying man she put pressure on the name 'Hong Ning'.
Hong Ning: "Please don't go, please don't go." he held Baijie's legs and not leaving him and again sobbing.
Ruan Baijie: "If you don't tell us now, what exactly happened we will defiantly leave you here," and continued "so you can have peaceful moment" with intense tone.
Another man: "I think we should let him, he is scared a...." Xiong Qi interrupted and said: "No, It's better for us if know what exactly happened here, right now." As he said, Baijie tried to shook her legs, and Hong Ning's grip loosen.
Hong Ning: "No No please don't go, I'll tell you" said panicking and again hold her legs.
Lin Qiushi came forward and loosened Baijie's legs from his grip and said: "We are all here don't be scared and say." With that Hong Ning sit properly and started saying exactly what happened.
"Me and Ying Yue came here for fresh air and saw the village head, she was crying as we tried to calm her down and wanted to talk, she suddenly started coughing because she was crying for a long time, so Ying Yue wanted to go downstairs and bring a glass of water for her. I stopped her and instead I went and while I was coming back I saw the village head auntie was going back and as we about to pass she said 'I was too trusty I came down by myself' and she took the glass from me and thanked me and she returned to her room." Hong Ning again started crying and about to hold Baijie's legs but Lin Qiushi came in and said "What happened later?"
"The gho... ghost, the ghost took Xiao Yue to that will and you all came here later that's it." Hong Ning said while whipping his running nose with one hand and pointing the will with another hand.
"So, it happened while you were down talking with the lady ?" asked Xiao Ke. Hong Ning just nodded in replay.
Ruan Baijie turned and starting walking to downstairs, looking at her Lin Qiushi about to follow her but Hong Ning held Lin Qiushi's hand and said: "Please let me stay with you guys for tonight ..... please." he started crying again, Lin Qiushi about to say something but got interrupted by Baijie, and she held the Hong Ning's hand tightly and glancing at him and said, "we have only single bed, and that's for two people only , so aske somebody else." Hong Ning felt a sharp pain in his wrist where Baijie held him, he loosed his grip and left Lin Qiushi's hand, he was thinking I'm an alpha and I still felt pain with a woman grip? but it was really rough and tight grip my wrist is hurting. Ruan Baijie left Hong Ning's hand and she held Lin Qiushi's hand firmly and left from there like nothing ever happened.
Ruan Baijie and Lin Qiushi came back to their room and sat at their places on the bed sides.
"What do you think?" Lin Qiushi said.
"I think Hong Ning is not a good name for him." Baijie said with sharp tone.
Lin Qiushi: "That's not what I'm asking, what do you think about the death? what could be the Taboo?" said calmly as if he trying to say leave Hong Ning for now and focus on the situation.
Ruan Baijie: "Leave me, you tell m what do you think ?"
"I think standing alone could be taboo." said Lin Qiushi.
Ruan Baijie said nothing and looking at the will that the Hong Ning pointed at. "What happened?" Lin Qiushi asked.
Ruan Baijie: "I think I do know where is the door." said very calmly while looking at Lin Qiushi.
"...." Lin Qiushi just looking at Baijie said nothing.
Ruan Baijie lied on the bed and covered herself and left Lin Qiushi hang in the curiosity.
******************* Characters Intrduced In The Chapter *******************
Xiao Hong Ning - Alpha - Male .
Ying Yue - Omega - Female - dead.