[1]
After an accident, Jin Shan lost both her parents and her hearing. From then on, she became withdrawn and insecure.
Just as she had finally decided to start her life over, she began having strange dreams after moving into her new apartment.
She even dreamed once that she was doing that kind of thing with her new neighbor...
Her neighbor, Xius, was strikingly handsome and gentle. When he learned she was deaf, he not only treated her with kindness, but also took especially good care of her.
It was embarrassing to admit, but Jin Shan had a serious crush on him. She knew she wasn't good enough for him, though, so she never crossed the line.
But ever since those strange dreams began, she found it harder and harder to look her kind neighbor in the eye.
To her, every little thing he did seemed like an attempt to seduce her: the way his gaze kept drifting to her lips, the little touches that brushed against her body now and then, and the things he said that left far too much to the imagination...
No, no, no! She had to be imagining things!
[2]
Xius wasn't human. He had come to the human world to escape those hunting him.
Even though he could transform his appearance into that of a human, it was difficult to conceal his presence. So he had no choice but to choose a human woman and bond deeply with her, which would let him hide his presence for a long time.
In the end, he chose Jin Shan. This human girl was deaf, making her timid and slow to react. She needed his care, which made her the perfect candidate to be his wife.
To that end, he imitated human courtship rituals and made his move, even invading her dreams.
[3]
Jin Shan never expected that she would actually start dating Xius.
After they moved in together, the man seemed gentle and refined during the day, but at night he would wear her out again and again. What was more, he was always telling her to close her eyes, or simply covering them for her.
Perhaps because she was both deaf and blind, her sense of touch had become unusually keen. She always felt that Xius's body was cool and slippery, almost like some kind of mollusk.
Until her hearing gradually began to return.
One night, as usual, Xius covered her eyes and made love to her. But then she heard some strange, low sounds, surrounding her from every side...
They sounded... nothing like anything a human could make.
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Jin Shan discovered Xius's secret. Now she was frantically packing her bags, when the man appeared behind her without her noticing.
"Xiao Shan, where are you going?"
Jin Shan froze. Before she could respond, the person behind her asked again, "Xiao Shan, you can hear now, can't you?"
Archived: 2025/12/13
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