58 The Vice President is Secretly a Sadist 10

Before Yin Mei knew it, Yao Heyan had brought her to an apartment suite right in the middle of the city. He had many different apartments and hotel rooms that he had at his disposal whenever he needed them; this one just happened to be closer. It was large and had a modern design, looking like it would have cost a fortune to rent or buy.

The chauffeur put down the bags with their school uniforms that he was carrying before going to wait outside the apartment door. Yao Heyan showed Yin Mei to the bathroom, and explained everything before leaving her be.

Yin Mei wondered if she would really have to take a shower in Yao Heyan's apartment...

Wasn't this super embarrassing?

But when she looked down at the blood on her, she decided it was still better to shower after all. Yao Heyan had wiped off some of the blood that had been on her hand with his handkerchief, but there was still some left over.

In the end, she turned on the shower, stripping off her clothes before stepping into the water.

When she stepped out ten minutes later, she felt that she smelled slightly like Yao Heyan - it was a refreshing peach scent.

She put on the school uniform after drying herself off, walking out with still wet hair and a towel over her head.

Yao Heyan was sitting on the couch outside reading a book, dressed in casual pants and a V-neck sweater. The languid air around him made Yin Mei stop in place, thinking of how uncannily similar he looked to the demon king and zombie emperor at this moment.

The man looked up, and saw that Yin Mei still had wet hair, her shirt only partially buttoned up and not tucked in, while she had her blazer in her hand. He could see her collarbone, and his eyes travelled slightly down, following the dripping hair clinging to her body...

"... Come here and I'll help you dry your hair," Yao Heyan said with a smile, and Yin Mei obediently went over to sit on the ground in front of the sofa as Yao Heyan grabbed the hair dryer.

The two were quiet as Yao Heyan diligently dried Yin Mei's hair first with the towel, before the silence was filled with the sound of the hair dryer. Yin Mei squeezed her eyes shut as her hair was blown by the warm wind, feeling comforted by this situation.

Yao Heyan wanted to ask her a little about what had happened earlier, but from what he had gathered of Yin Mei's reaction, she hadn't realized at all what she had done. It was like she had gone into some sort of berserk trance, as she killed those people. He had already called his men to clean up the bodies, so he wasn't too worried in that aspect.

He was just concerned a little about He Lanying. Normally a state like that would probably be caused by some sort of mental illness or trauma, right? He was slightly concerned for He Lanying when he thought like that. It was alright if the same thing happened again later, as he could always clean up the situation without anyone raising questions, but he thought that it might be detrimental to He Lanying's mental health.

Even so, he didn't really want to call a counselor, as that would be rude to her, right?

Well... then all he had to take was take care of everything before she had the chance to enter that state. From what he saw, it was probably because of anger? Then if he got rid of everything that could anger her before it had a chance to, then that was fine right?

"Done," Yao Heyan said with a satisfied expression as he finished drying Yin Mei's hair.

Yin Mei played with a strand of the soft and freshly washed hair, before looking up at Yao Heyan, who was looking done at her. He smiled, tilting his head in questioning. "What is it?" He asked.

Yin Mei looked back down in silence. "Nothing," she said quietly. She felt that it might be a little rude to constantly compared Yao Heyan to the demon king and zombie emperor, just because they looked similar. After all... those two were already dead.

Now that she thought about it, how did they die again...?

She shook her head. Did it even matter at this point in time? It wasn't like she'd see them ever again anyways.

She had to be better at getting over their deaths. After all, from now on, this would be her reality. The norm. She was now immortal in a way. While she would live on after her death, no one else would. She would experience the death of loved ones again and again. She needed to harden her heart, and forget.

Forget, like she already was. Forget until this painful feeling in her heart completely disappeared.

"Lanying, what's wrong?" A soft voice pulled her back to reality, causing her to look up again.

Yao Heyan stilled in shock, grabbing Yin Mei's face and turning her around so that she was facing him.

Yin Mei's whose cheeks were squished together: ???

"What is it?" She asked, an expression of doubt on her face.

Yao Heyan didn't say anything, just looking deeply into her eyes before letting out a little sigh of relief. He almost thought that she was about to cry at that moment, though he didn't know what in the world had happened to cause her emotions to change so suddenly. He was very worried about just how emotionally unstable she seemed, and was frustrated because he didn't know what he could do about it.

"Ah, h-how about we play some games?" Yin Mei said, interrupting the awkward air, her voice sounding slightly weird since her cheeks were still being held by Yao Heyan.

Yao Heyan released them after noticing this, and had on a slightly embarrassed expression. "I don't have anything like games here..." He said awkwardly. It couldn't be helped. Among rich kids, there were two types - the responsible ones who spent all their times on studies and learning how to manage business, and those who played around all day and went clubbing and drinking at night. There seemed to be no in between. Although Yao Heyan wasn't the heir to his family's company, he was rather responsible and was the type to spend all his time on work.

Yin Mei really wondered if Yao Heyan was even a high schooler. What high schooler didn't play any games at all? This was the so called legendary honor student??

"Then, do you have cards...?" She asked, to which Yao Heyan paused before nodding. He went to go grab them, and coming back, Yin Mei proceeded to play with him a variety of card games. She felt a wave of nostalgia as she remembered the time when she had played these with the zombie emperor and the Ri twins...

And then she also proceeded to lose in every single game.

"Eh? Wait, why? How?" Yin Mei wanted to cry a little. She remembered... Yao Heyan was not only good at reading people, he was also very intelligent and knew how to plan ahead.

In other words, Yin Mei had never stood a chance in the beginning.

After a while, Yin Mei finally was done with losing card games and demanded that they go back to school. Actually, she had been considering cooking for Yao Heyan, but his apartment didn't have any cooking tools or ingredients in it anyways, and she was so upset from all those losses that she immediately decided Yao Heyan didn't deserve to taste her food today anyways.

Yao Heyan looked helpless, but though that He Lanying would have been angrier if he had lost purposely anyways. In other words, this was a lose-lose situation from the beginning!

Suddenly, just as Yin Mei had finished rage quitting, there was a knock on the door and Yao Heyan went to open it. The bodyguard/chauffeur was standing outside with a phone in his hand. "Young Miss, you mother is on the phone," he said, and Yin Mei went to take it from him with a questioning gaze.

What was her mother calling for? And her chauffeur too, not her own phone... oh wait, her phone was probably in the car, which was why she called the chauffeur.

"Mother?" Yin Mei answered.

"Ying'er? Where are you right now?" He Lanying's mother's tone of voice was sharp, and Yin Mei wondered what she had done to get her into trouble??

"I'm at a friend's apartment," she answered, and Yao Heyan's eyes grew sharp. Friend? Just a friend? But then he comforted himself that it was because she was talking with her mother and couldn't just reveal their relationship together... Hm? Wait, he felt that... could it be that they hadn't actually properly established their relationship with each other yet? But could He Lanying be that dense?

"A friend? You're at the apartment of that Yao family's second boy, aren't you?" Yin Mei felt a headache coming on. If you already knew, then why did you ask?

"Yes, I am," Yin Mei replied curtly, her voice cooling significantly.

But He Lanying's mother was too worked up to realize. "Ying'er! What if this reaches the ears of the Rong family? We're in the middle of engagement negotiations with them, so how could you do something so scandalous?"

"Mother, both Rong Sheng and I have already said that we don't want to get engaged!" Yin Mei said, exasperated.

"Ying'er you..." He Lanying's mother was shocked, and tried to remember a time when He Lanying had shown so much emotion. And she realized something. "It can't be because you're in a relationship with that Yao family's kid are you?"

Yin Mei almost wanted to cough blood. What was that suspicious tone, as if she was having an affair? She then paused. Could it be said that they were in a relationship? They had talked about getting engaged, and had gone on a date... but wait! Yao Heyan had never actually said that he liked her! So could it be that she was misunderstanding everything??

Yin Mei was indeed just that dense.

"That, that's," Yin Mei stammered out, but she didn't have to reply because He Lanying's mother had already filled in all the gaps for her.

"So that was why you're so against the engagement? He's the second son, isn't he? No, you have to break up with that Yao kid immediately. He's no good. Listen to your mother, okay? He's not suitable for you." Yin Mei felt exasperated, unable to believe what she was hearing. Were all rich families like this?

Yao Heyan could also hear the loud voice of He Lanying's mother over the phone, and hearing this, his eyes darkened.

Yin Mei thought that perhaps He Lanying's parents were partially thinking about her when they said this. But she also knew that they were thinking about the fact that there wasn't any real benefit to their family if she married Yao Heyan, and that was their main reason for saying this.

Actually, Yin Mei was a rather filial person. If it was for the sake of her family, she wouldn't mind sacrificing a lot of things. But she felt that she couldn't agree with this, where the parents felt that the child sacrificing themselves for the sake of the family was something natural, taking it for granted.

"I-" Just as Yin Mei was about to speak, Yao Heyan took the phone from her hand.

"I'm not going to break up with Lanying. And I'll show you that I'm worthy of her." He said, with a serious expression before hanging up. Yin Mei was speechless staring at Yao Heyan, who looked at her with a faint, sad smile. "Don't worry," Yao Heyan said, his voice determined. Actually, he had just been afraid of what He Lanying had been about to say, and so had quickly snatched the phone away before she could speak. He was insecure. He was afraid. He didn't want her to leave him. Even if he had to tie her up and lock her away, even if she hated him for it, he felt it was better than her leaving him for someone else. Or disappearing forever.

Yao Heyan handed the phone back to the chauffeur, whose expression betrayed no emotions as he took it and bowed before going back out.

"Heyan, you..." Yin Mei trailed off, not sure what to say.

That line was just way too embarrassing!

"Don't worry," Yao Heyan smiled sweetly, his eyes curving into crescent moon shapes and Yin Mei was practically dazzled by the sight. "I won't let anyone get in our way." Although his smile was warm, his voice and eyes were cold enough to send shivers down someone's spine. The contrast between his expression and his tone made it seem even scarier than it would have been normally.

Yin Mei had on a blank face. Well... it was probably okay to leave it in his hands right? After all, it wasn't like anyone would die... probably? She put on a thoughtful expression. Actually, she felt the likeliness that someone would die was actually pretty high? It wasn't that she wanted to doubt Yao Heyan, just that that expression combined with his past and future offenses wasn't really giving her any room to trust him...

Well, whatever. Since they were He Lanying's parents and not some other person, she thought that he wouldn't resort to killing them.