When the Wild Beast is Trapped in the Nightmare Cycle (BL)
Chapter 425: Punish Me Harder!

Chapter 425: Punish Me Harder!

In the serene and beautiful Glass Slipper Town, stood a grand and elegant residence with a beautiful garden. The azure sky stretched endlessly, clear of clouds, and warm sunlight bathed the surroundings in a gentle glow.

Alas, this tranquil atmosphere was abruptly shattered by an enraged scream coming from one of the rooms in the residence.

With a resounding bang, Eva slammed her bedroom door open and stormed out with determined steps, her eyes burning with fury. Clutched in her hand was a beautiful and expensive gown, but sadly the fabric was now ruined with multiple black scorch marks in a triangular shape.

"Where is she?!" She demanded from a maid who had hurried over to investigate the disturbance. "Where is that useless girl?! Look at what she’s done to my dress! The seamstress just sent this to me a few days ago!!"

She showed the gown in her hands to the maid, who shrank her neck in fear and replied with a stammer,

"I– I saw her in the garden just now, Miss..."

Without wasting one more second, Eva headed to the staircase and stomped her feet all the way to the garden, so furious that she almost breathed out fire. At the sight of the familiar figure crouched amidst the greenery, pulling out weeds with an obvious lack of energy, her anger reached its zenith and erupted like a surge of volcano. She threw the dress onto the ground and kicked it like it was a worthless rag.

"Stupid girl, I gave you one simple task but you can’t even handle it! You must be doing this on purpose to spite me, right?!" she berated, her voice seething with anger.

"What is going on?" Stepping out of the house was Madam Vivianne, accompanied by her eldest daughter who was also Eva’s big sister.

As if she had found her support, Eva put on a pitiful look as she whined for her misery, "Mother, look at this! Little Sister ruined my dress on purpose! She must be insanely jealous because you spoil me with new dresses, but none for her! I... I really like this dress..." as she spoke, tears sprung up her eyes. She glared at the crouching figure before her, her voice a venomous hiss. "I won’t forgive you! I don’t want to know how, but you must compensate me for this!"

"Compensate you?" A low-pitched and deep voice that definitely did not belong to a young girl echoed, yet nobody seemed to think that it was strange.

"Heh..." Sneering, Jin Jiuchi tossed the dirty stalks of weed to the ground and rose to his full height. His tall and imposing figure enabled him to loom over Eva’s petite frame, almost blotting out the sky for her. Anger distorted his features, and he spoke through gritted teeth, emphasizing each word, "How would you like me to compensate you, my dear sister?"

Despite the saccharine sweet tone, the murderous intent emanating from those heterochromatic eyes was unmistakable.

Eva froze for a split second as a trace of fear arose from the bottom of her heart. But soon, she managed to snap back to her senses, and she quickly dismissed it.

She, fearing this insignificant and useless little girl? Ha, impossible!

Seeing that the culprit showed no hint of remorse and even dared to go up against her, the fire in Eva’s heart burned brighter and she instinctively turned to Madam Vivianne to fan the flames, "Mother, look! She must be doing this on purpose!"

A flicker of displeasure flashed in the eyes of the beautiful middle-aged woman. But before she could say anything to punish this impudent stepdaughter of hers, her eldest daughter beat her to it,

"Let me take care of this."

After watching the show to his heart’s content, Shen Nianzu finally stepped forward to intervene.

He deliberately did not spare Jin Jiuchi a glance for fear that he would burst out into laughter. Only God knew how hard it had been for him to restrain himself from howling out loud at the sight of Jin Jiuchi clad in a dirty, old, and ill-fitted dress.

It looked far too tight on his beefy and muscular body, looking as if it would tear apart at any moment. Not to mention, the hem only reached his knees, but instead of a pair of white and slender calves, the ones exposed were thick, muscular and hairy legs.

Shen Nianzu, on the other hand, donned a luxurious pale purple dress. It was perfectly tailored to his slender frame, highlighting the dip of his collarbones and the curves of his waist without any hint of dissonance. His silver hair, smooth and silky, was pulled up in an elegant bun atop his head with a few loose strands framing his exquisite face. His complexion was even glowing as he had taken a milk bath with rose petals as soon as he entered the Cycle, courtesy to the diligent servants.

Oh well, who was Shen Nianzu to resist such luxuries?

While he was having the time of his life, Jin Jiuchi was splashed awake in the face with a bucket of dirty and foul-smelling water, then he was forced to do housework all day long...

No wonder he was on the verge of killing everyone here.

As much as Shen Nianzu wanted to continue watching the show, he could no longer sit idly once he noticed that Jin Jiuchi almost snapped Eva’s neck in that split second.

Raising a haughty chin, he signaled for Jin Jiuchi to follow him, "Come here, you disobedient girl." Just uttering those words threatened to break Shen Nianzu’s cold and stoic façade, his lips twitching in amusement. But fortunately, no one paid close attention to his face. "What are you waiting for? Don’t make me lose my temper."

Hearing those words, both the mother and daughter were appeased, for no one was more fearsome and cruel than the eldest daughter. Madam Vivianne no longer wanted to involve herself in the children’s squibble and chose to retreat into the house.

Eva, on the other hand, wore a look of utter satisfaction. The gaze she directed at Jin Jiuchi was full of mockery and schadenfreude. "Can’t you hear her? She told you to go!"

But Jin Jiuchi’s furious glare remained locked on Eva. It was this person... it was she who had ordered him to do this and that all morning, only to scream and unleash her anger whenever he couldn’t get anything done.

Jin Jiuchi was so done with it. He wanted to get rid of this girl, the rules be damned!

"Cinderella." Shen Nianzu’s tone was full of serious warning this time, and Jin Jiuchi instinctively turned to him, only to find that in an angle where no one could see, Shen Nianzu made a circle with his thumb and forefinger, placed it in front of me mouth and stuck out his pretty little tongue provocatively. He arched a brow, warning, "If you don’t come here right now, I will punish you even more severely."

Jin Jiuchi froze as the implications of that suggestive gesture dawned on him, and in an instant, all the anger dissipated from his face.

"S–Sister—!" He bounced toward Shen Nianzu, causing the hem of his skirt to flutter wildly in the air. "Big sister, I’m sorry, please punish me harder!"

Eva: "...?"

Why did it feel like something was not right?

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A/N: HAHAHA CINDERELLA JJ IS HERE!! *cheers* *pulls confetti* welcome to the role-playing cycle!

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