bigabreads Chapter 168 High-Altitude Imprisonment! The gondola was too crowded, and the twins sandwiched her in
Chapter 168 High-Altitude Imprisonment! The gondola was too crowded, and the twins sandwiched her in
"boom--!!!"
As Qin Yun, the sixth brother, slammed down the valve of the kerosene burner, a blue flame shot into the sky like an angry dragon, emitting a deafening roar.
A massive surge of hot air instantly filled the enormous sheepskin balloon, which had been lazily swaying on the ground, as if it had been lifted up by an invisible giant hand.
A feeling of weightlessness suddenly overwhelmed me.
"ah--!"
Su Wan gasped in surprise, instinctively trying to grab something.
But this rattan hanging basket is really too small.
To reduce weight and meet the takeoff standards, the twins removed almost all unnecessary decorations, leaving only this narrow space that could only accommodate two or three people standing.
At this moment, as the balloon rapidly ascended, the gondola swayed violently in the frigid high-altitude air currents, emitting a teeth-grinding "creaking" sound.
The Wolf Fang Special Zone beneath our feet is shrinking rapidly.
Those once towering buildings have become building blocks, and the running crowds have become ants.
Even the arrogant eldest brother, Qin Lie, who was just wielding a long-handled broadsword on the ground, has now become a blurry little black dot.
An unprecedented sense of detachment from the earth, mixed with the chill of being at a great height, instantly shattered Su Wan's psychological defenses.
"Stop...stop shaking..."
Su Wan's face turned pale, her legs went weak, and she fell backward uncontrollably.
It didn't fall onto the hard rattan floor.
Instead, he fell into a warm, solid embrace, brimming with youthful energy.
"Sister-in-law, hold on tight."
Qin Feng, the fifth brother, grabbed her waist from behind.
His arm was like a chain, tightly gripping her slender waist, lifting her up so that her feet were almost off the ground, and her back pressed tightly against his broad chest.
"Don't be afraid."
Qin Feng lowered his head and rested his chin on Su Wan's still trembling shoulder.
As he spoke, his chest vibrated slightly, a vibration that traveled down his spine into Su Wan's body, even more clearly than the roar of the burner:
"It won't fall."
Even if I fall...
He turned his head, his lips brushing lightly against Su Wan's cool earlobe, his voice carrying a chilling madness:
"I'll also act as a human cushion for my sister-in-law."
However, the crisis was not over.
Because the suspended platform is still rising.
One kilometer.
This is the territory of eagles, the corridor of the wind.
A howling wind rushed into the hanging basket, making Su Wan's skirt flutter wildly, as if it would sweep her out of the shaky little cage at any moment.
"cold……"
Su Wan shrank her neck, her teeth chattering.
The next second, the light in front of me went out.
Qin Yun, the sixth brother, strode over.
In this confined space, his step completely blocked all of Su Wan's escape routes.
He opened his arms but didn't immediately hug her. Instead, he braced his hands on the edge of the hanging basket beside Su Wan, using his tall body to form a human wall to shield her from the wind.
The clouds of the Former Qin, the winds of the Later Qin.
Su Wan was like a carefully wrapped gummy candy, tightly sandwiched between the twin brothers.
The three of them were extremely close.
Their breaths mingled, their body temperatures mingled.
"Sister-in-law."
Qin Yun lowered his head, his peach blossom eyes, which resembled Qin Yue's but were even more direct and passionate, fixed on Su Wan's pale face, which was pale with fear.
He is laughing.
It wasn't the usual ingratiating, puppy-like smile.
Rather, it was a wolf-like laugh... a laugh that had finally broken free of its chains and revealed its fangs.
"Look."
Qin Yun stretched out a hand and pointed to the layers of clouds below, his voice exceptionally clear amidst the howling wind:
"We've entered the clouds."
"Here..."
His fingers followed the direction of the sea of clouds, slowly retracting, finally landing on Su Wan's wind-blown hair, gently tucking it behind her ear:
"Big brother can't see."
"Second brother can't hear me."
"Even Magistrate Fang, who was always watching us... has gone blind."
"This...is a cage that belongs only to us."
Su Wan's heart skipped a beat.
She looked up and met Qin Yun's eyes, which burned with a fierce fire. A sense of danger stronger than her fear of heights instantly enveloped her.
"Sixth Brother... what... what do you want to do?"
"What do I want to do?"
Qin Yun chuckled softly, his fingers tracing her cool cheeks, feeling the delicate, porcelain-like touch beneath his fingertips.
"When I was on the ground, I had to queue up for everything I wanted to do."
"The eldest brother is domineering, the second brother has many rules, and the fourth brother is cunning..."
"Even putting shoes on my sister-in-law requires me to be mindful of their attitude."
He suddenly leaned down, his forehead pressed against Su Wan's, his nose intimately brushing against hers, his breath instantly becoming hot and rapid:
"But now...they're on the ground."
"I am in heaven."
"Sister-in-law..."
His voice lowered, tinged with a hint of grievance, but even more so with a long-suppressed longing:
"This balloon can only fly for half an hour."
"Could this half-hour...be just for us?"
"I also want to... taste my sister-in-law's cooking."
Before he could finish speaking, he didn't give Su Wan a chance to refuse.
No opportunity is needed.
High in the sky, she was the only passenger, and they were the only helmsmen.
Qin Yun cupped her face in his hands, as if holding a rare treasure, and then—
He kissed her fiercely.
"Ugh—!"
Su Wan's eyes widened, all her gasps choked back by the kiss.
His lips and tongue carried the chill of the high altitude, yet the moment they touched her, they transformed into a raging inferno.
Oxygen deficiency.
weightlessness.
asphyxia.
Su Wan felt a "buzz" explode in her mind, and her vision went black.
She tried to push him away, but her hands were too weak to move. She could only helplessly grab the collar of Qin Yun's leather jacket, which was billowing in the wind, her knuckles turning white from the force.
And just then...
Qin Feng, standing behind him, was not to be outdone.
"Sister-in-law..."
Qin Feng's voice was terribly hoarse, as if it were being squeezed out of his chest.
He tightened his arms around Su Wan's waist, pressing her even closer to him, as if he wanted to take her into his own body.
"I want one too."
He lowered his head and buried his face in Su Wan's slender neck.
There, a fine layer of bumps rose up due to the cold; they were fragile, sensitive, and exuded an alluring fragrance.
"Sixth Brother is eating..."
Qin Feng opened his mouth, and the throbbing carotid artery was visible:
"Then I'll...eat it."
"what……"
Su Wan trembled, and a broken groan escaped from Qin Yun's lips.
The next second, a sharp pain came from my neck.
Qin Feng bit it.
Instead, it carries a fierce determination to leave a mark.
"Ouch—it hurts..."
Su Wan was in so much pain that tears streamed down her face. Her body instinctively tried to curl up, but the two men held her tightly from the front and back, making it impossible for her to move.
"It's supposed to hurt."
"Even if he goes downstairs later... and his older brother sees it, he won't be able to wipe it off."
This almost perverse possessiveness was amplified infinitely in this high-altitude, isolated gondola.
The wind howled, drowning out all the gasps and whispers.
The burner was still spewing flames, baking the small space like a furnace.
Ice and Fire.
Su Wan felt like a small boat tossed about in a storm, deprived of even the right to breathe.
I don't know how much time has passed.
Su Wan was breathing heavily, her chest heaving violently, her eyes unfocused, completely lacking her usual dignified and composed demeanor.
At this moment, her hair was disheveled, her eyes were red, and there was a conspicuous red mark on her neck. She exuded a broken beauty that seemed to have been severely bullied.
"You...you two are insane..."
She cursed through a sob, her voice soft and utterly intimidating.
"He's crazy."
Qin Feng rested his chin on her head from behind, and intertwined his hands with hers in front of her abdomen:
"We've gone mad for our sister-in-law..."
"Doesn't your sister-in-law know?"
"Several times just now... I wanted to untie this rope."
"Just like that, I took my sister-in-law... and flew to the ends of the earth."
"Never again will I touch the ground."
Su Wan was startled. Before she could speak, she heard a series of "poof" sounds from above her head.
The burner flame has become smaller.
"Out of gas."
Qin Yun glanced at the fuel gauge, a hint of regret flashing in his eyes:
"Time is up."
"It's time to send my sister-in-law back to the human world."
……
on the ground.
Qin Lie had repeatedly stuck the Mo Dao (a type of long-handled sword) into the ground and pulled it out, then stuck it in again, dozens of times.
He trampled the surrounding snow into black mud.
"It's been half an hour already!"
Qin Lie glanced at the sky, his face as black as the bottom of a pot:
"Are those two little brats planning to make their home in the sky?!"
"Sir, don't rush, don't rush..." Magistrate Fang said with a forced smile, his legs trembling. "Going up to heaven is easy, but coming down to earth is hard. It has to... it has to slowly float down, right?"
Just then.
The little black dot in the sky finally grew bigger.
The huge hot air balloon slowly descended and finally landed heavily on the open ground of the training ground with a "bang".
The suspended basket was still swaying.
Qin Lie threw down his knife and strode over.
"Jiaojiao!"
He yanked aside the vines binding the edge of the mourning basket, and his hawk-like eyes instantly locked onto Su Wan inside.
Su Wan was leaning weakly against the wall of the hanging basket, wrapped in Qin Feng's leather jacket, her hair was a little messy, and her cheeks were abnormally red.
The fifth and sixth twins flanked her, each with an innocent expression that said, "I'm very good" and "I've tried my best to protect my sister-in-law."
"Brother, the wind is too strong."
Qin Feng spoke first, his face full of concern as he held Su Wan's arm:
"My sister-in-law felt dizzy from the height; she was terrified."
"Yes, it was shaking quite a bit just now." Qin Yun chimed in, and thoughtfully straightened Su Wan's collar. "Sister-in-law was trembling the whole time, and it was a struggle for us to get her to stand up."
Qin Lie glanced at the two of them suspiciously.
When did these two become so well-behaved?
His gaze fell on Su Wan's face.
There was an indescribable allure there.
Especially that mouth.
It's a bit too red.
It felt like being brutally...
Qin Lie's eyelids twitched suddenly.
He reached out and scooped Su Wan out of the hanging basket.
"Jiaojiao, what's wrong?"
His voice was deep, carrying a suppressed storm.
His large hand cradled the back of her head, while his thumb pressed aggressively against her swollen, red lips.
Why are your lips swollen?
Su Wan's body stiffened, and her heart raced again.
She dared not look Qin Lie in the eye, and could only bury her head in his chest, her voice barely audible:
"The wind...the wind is too strong."
"That's just talk."
"Just blowing smoke?"
Qin Lie gave a cold laugh.
Can the wind swell lips? And give them this... sucked-on color?
His gaze moved down her chin.
Su Wan seemed to sense something and subconsciously tightened the collar of the leather jacket.
This action was like a thorn piercing Qin Lie's eye.
"Is it cold here too?"
Qin Lie hooked his fingers around the collar, wanting to pull it open to take a look.
"Big brother!"
Su Wan gasped and pressed his hand down tightly:
"Lord Fang is still here..."
Qin Lie's hand stopped.
He glanced back at Magistrate Fang, who was craning his neck to look in their direction not far away.
"snort."
He snorted coldly and wrapped Su Wan's leather jacket even tighter, as if packing up his personal belongings.
"I'll deal with you when we get back."
These words were spoken to the twins who had just climbed out of the hanging basket.
He was speaking to Su Wan, who was in his arms.
……
Genting Apartments, top floor master bedroom.
The door slammed shut.
Qin Lie placed Su Wan on the huge soft bed without turning on the lights.
The neon lights outside the window shone in, illuminating the room in a bizarre and surreal way.
"Now……"
Qin Lie stood by the bed, looking down at her, and began to unwrap the wrist guard from his wrist. His movements were slow and deliberate, yet they carried a dangerous undertone.
"Lord Fang is no longer here."
"Jiaojiao, could you tell Big Brother...?"
"Just how strong was the wind that day?"
"Can touch Jiaojiao's neck..."
He suddenly bent down and ripped open the collar that Su Wan had been tightly protecting.
The bright red strawberry mark stood out starkly in the dim light.
"...Blowing out these kinds of teeth marks?"
Su Wan gasped and tried to cover herself, but Qin Lie grabbed her hands and pressed them above her head.
"Big brother..."
"Don't call me 'Big Brother'."
Qin Lie's eyes were fierce, like a lion whose territory had been invaded.
He looked down at the mark, the scent and mark left by another male.
Even though that was his own younger brother.
But he was still insanely jealous.
"Did the fifth brother bite you?"
He stretched out his rough fingertips and rubbed the red mark vigorously, as if trying to wipe it away:
"Is that kid a dog? How could he bite so hard?"
"Does it hurt?"
Although he was saying harsh words, his movements unconsciously softened, his fingertips lingering tenderly on that skin.
"It hurts..." Su Wan cried, her eyes brimming with tears. "Big brother, please stop pressing..."
"It's supposed to hurt."
Qin Lie leaned down, his warm breath brushing against her neck:
"If it doesn't hurt, it won't learn its lesson."
"Since he left one..."
"Then the eldest brother can't be at a disadvantage either."
"If he's on the left, then I'll be on the right."
"That's called...symmetry."
After saying that, he opened his mouth and bit down hard on the intact skin on the other side of Su Wan's neck.
"ah--"
Su Wan's gasp was swallowed between her lips and teeth.
That night.
The top floor of the Genting Apartments seemed to be swaying even more violently than the hot air balloon in the sky.
Meanwhile.
In the security room downstairs.
The fifth and sixth twins were squatting on the ground, each holding a bowl of instant noodles.
"Brother, how do you think Big Brother will punish us?" the sixth brother asked, slurping a mouthful of noodles.
"Punishment?"
The fifth brother touched the corner of his mouth, where the taste of his sister-in-law still seemed to linger.
He gave a satisfied and sly smile:
"Let them punish me then."
"Anyway, the mark has already been left."
"For the rest of my life... my sister-in-law will always smell like us."
"It was worth it."
……
The next morning.
When Magistrate Fang returned to the Qin family, he noticed that the atmosphere at the Qin family's gate was somewhat strange.
Grandpa Qin was practicing his knife skills with a dark expression.
The twin brothers, sporting panda eyes, were sweeping the floor (obviously they had been beaten up).
And that Madam Qin...
Magistrate Fang squinted and stared at it for a long time.
Su Wan was seen wearing a high-necked cheongsam that almost covered her chin, and was sitting in the corridor drinking tea.
Although it was covered up completely.
But Magistrate Fang still noticed with his sharp eyes that beneath the high collar, there seemed to be a few...red spots peeking out.
"Oh dear, Madam Qin, you've developed a rash?"
Magistrate Fang approached with a concerned expression:
"Allergies are most likely to occur during seasonal changes. I have a bottle of my family's heirloom anti-itch cream..."
"Lord Fang!"
Qin Lie suddenly walked over, carrying a sword that had just been sharpened and gleamed coldly. He held it directly in front of Magistrate Fang.
"That was a mosquito bite."
"Mosquitoes?" Magistrate Fang was taken aback, looking at the swirling snowflakes. "Where did these mosquitoes come from in the dead of winter?"
Qin Lie gave a cold laugh, his gaze sweeping over the twins sweeping the floor before settling on Su Wan's tightly covered neck:
"The mosquitoes in the house."
"Large in size, with sharp teeth and a keen tongue."
"There were several in one litter."
"If Lord Fang has too much free time..."
With a swift movement of his blade, he severed a nearby dead branch:
"How about you help me figure out how to... sterilize this nest of mosquitoes?"
"Sterilized...sterilized?!"
Magistrate Fang looked at Qin Lie's murderous gaze, then glanced at the twins in the distance who looked innocent but were still secretly winking at Madam Qin.
Suddenly I felt a chill in my crotch.
"This...this is Grandpa Qin's family matter..."
"This official...this official suddenly remembered that the pigs in the county government office haven't been fed yet..."
"Farewell! Farewell!"
Magistrate Fang fled in a panic.
This Qin family... is terrifying!
……
After seeing Magistrate Fang off,
Qin Lie threw the knife to Hu He beside him and walked up to Su Wan.
He reached out, wanting to pull at her collar to check her injury.
"Smack."
Su Wan slapped his hand away without any politeness.
"Don't touch me."
She glared at him, her voice still a little hoarse:
"They're all born in the Year of the Dog!"
"Tonight...no one is allowed in my room!"
Qin Lie watched her storm off and touched the back of his hand, which had been slapped red.
Not only was he not angry, but he was also not angry.
Instead, it evoked a doting smile.
"Not going into the room?"
He glanced at the twins who were still pretending to sweep the floor, then at the window upstairs that belonged to Qin Yue, and finally his gaze fell on the tightly closed door.
"Jiaojiao..."
"The lock on the Qin family's door..."
"But the fifth brother designed it, the sixth brother installed it, and the key is in the fourth brother's hands."
"Who can you defend against?"