High-Class Prey

[New story in my column: Nightmare Rose [Infinite]. Previews: Maladaptive Dependence (Double A), Playing the Villainous Cannon Fodder in an Infinite Game, The Feast] On the day City No. 1 High School held its coming-of-age ceremony, a cool guy with a few blue streaks in his hair transferred into Class Three, Year Twelve. His name was Gu Nanxian. Rebellious and aloof, he didn't fit in at all. A bright red beauty mark beneath his peach-blossom eyes made him look particularly alluring, and people said he had some kind of shady connection with the local delinquents. Students at City No. 1 High School shared rooms in pairs, and the cool guy happened to fill the empty bed in the dorm room of Lu Jiali, the student council president, who had been left without a roommate because of the class size. From then on, everyone was on edge, afraid that their angelic president would be bullied and left utterly miserable by this obvious troublemaker. And, sure enough, Gu Nanxian was seen picking on Lu Jiali more than once. He pinned Lu Jiali against the wall, trapping him in a tiny space: beneath the trees by the sports field, in the equipment room, in the swimming pool changing room, on the piano in the music room, and in the darkest corner of an alley outside school... The students were furious. The students wanted to protect their president. The students... Wait, why are the president's ears red, his face red, and even his lips such a vivid red??? Gu Nanxian had always thought Lu Jiali would stay this gentle forever. That was until Lu Jiali, his face flushed, got truly fierce, as if he were about to tear him apart. Gu Nanxian whimpered and resisted, but Lu Jiali held his hand and firmly pressed it against the pillow. "When you say no, you mean yes, and when you say yes, you mean you want more. That's what you taught me yourself, Axian. You also said that no matter what you say, I shouldn't stop." A brooding, scheming, obsessive bottom X an utterly innocent angelic top. One-on-one, happy ending, no switching. A super-sweet, probably short, sugar bomb. P.S. Illogical, self-indulgent sweetness. Read at your own risk. Nightmare Rose [Infinite] When Ji Li fell asleep, he was inexplicably pulled into a place called the Nightmare Livestream System. He was transported into a dark, desolate castle and lost consciousness after hearing a crow call three times. When he woke again, Ji Li was lying on an altar made of white jade. He was dressed in a holy white robe, his slender, pale limbs wrapped in silver chains. A pool of blood surrounded the altar, with silver crosses floating in it. [You are a human who wandered into vampire territory. You will be offered up on the altar as a sacrifice at their midnight blood feast.] Looking at the strange, unfamiliar surroundings and listening to the male voice that seemed to come from nowhere, Ji Li's pretty face was pale and fragile. He asked timidly, "Who are you?" [Nightmare Livestream System, ID No. 01, at your service.] A silver key floated up from the blood pool. A bead of blood fell onto Ji Li's pale, beautiful cheek, as if staining a white rose with the color of sin. He was so richly alluring, yet that white rose's gaze was so pure and unblemished, stirring an overwhelming urge to defile him. [It's nine o'clock at night. You have three hours to escape.] Perhaps it was just his imagination, but the voice that called itself the System had turned husky and low. Then it continued: [This key can open the chains around you. Now, start running, little rose.] At the same time, all the viewers in the Nightmare Livestream were in an uproar. The System No. 01, holder of the highest authority, had gone online. A soft, delicate beauty and everyone's darling bottom X a twisted, deranged, inhuman top split into multiple parts An over-the-top, brainless, self-indulgent sweet romance with a dog-blood-soaked love triangle. There's a mistaken-identity reveal and a light groveling arc. Both are virgins, one-on-one, happy ending. Theme: Pursuing the light in darkness is human nature.