Xiao Hei glanced at Qin Sisi: "That’s fine, if you ever do have one, feel free to tell me."
Qin Sisi nodded, "Okay."
The atmosphere quieted again, as if taking a long time to consider, Xiao Hei finally spoke up: "Qin Sisi, do you trust me?"
Qin Sisi’s eyes met his calmly: "Trust in what?"
"Trust that I will not hurt you, nor will I harm anyone casually."
Qin Sisi did not immediately answer, instead, she seriously recalled the month she had spent with Xiao Hei, from the Mahogany bracelet to picking her up from work every day, from taking revenge on Wang Ji’an who wanted to hurt her to rescuing the dumpling shop owner, she couldn’t be sure he was a good person, but she could be sure he wasn’t a bad person.
"I trust you," Qin Sisi finally gave her answer, her voice firm, her eyes clear.
For a moment, Xiao Hei was at a loss for words. If conditions permitted, he really wanted to hold her tightly in his arms.
Seeing that Xiao Hei remained silent for a long time, Qin Sisi tested the waters by asking, "Do you need me to do something?"
Xiao Hei snapped back to reality, and with a light movement of his right hand, a shining silver dagger appeared in his hand: "Make a blood covenant with me."
"Blood Covenant?" Qin Sisi looked at the knife in confusion.
"After the Blood Covenant, there will be a mystical connection, shared strength, and interconnected lives."
Qin Sisi didn’t quite understand, but she vaguely realized that after making the Blood Covenant, her fate would be tightly bound with Xiao Hei’s.
Xiao Hei held the knife in his right hand, and viciously slashed his left ring finger, and dark red blood swiftly flowed out.
Xiao Hei stared at Qin Sisi, slowly handing her the silver knife: "If you’re willing, do as I did."
Qin Sisi stared in astonishment at Xiao Hei, wasn’t he a mirage? How could he bleed? She had touched the mirror before, it was cold and hard, certainly real, how could this little silver knife pass through it?
However, as she saw the knife passing through the mirror before her very eyes, Qin Sisi had no choice but to accept that Xiao Hei was more mysterious and baffling than she had ever imagined.
After hesitating for a moment, Qin Sisi reached out to take the silver knife. Its silver edge gleamed brightly, dazzling and cold. A big change would happen once she made the cut, but, just as Xiao Hei said, fate had decided it all. Maybe from the day they met on July 15th, this unique path was destined.
Qin Sisi looked up at Xiao Hei, gritted her teeth, and decisively lifted the silver knife. Mimicking his action, she swiftly slashed her left ring finger, and blood came rushing out.
"Hiss..." Qin Sisi sucked in a breath of cold air from the pain. Although she was not some pampered young lady, she had never really been injured like this before.
Xiao Hei’s expression was unreadable, he just stretched out his bleeding finger toward the mirror. Qin Sisi copied his movement, and in the end, their two bleeding fingers met against the surface of the mirror.
Xiao Hei began to mutter something under his breath, a long string of vague and rapid incantations flowed from his mouth. As the incantations became complete, the blood on their fingers gradually formed a curved red line, connecting at the mirror, like a bridge of blood, connecting two originally strange souls.
After a moment, the blood bridge disappeared and the blood traces on their fingers also disappeared without a trace.
Qin Sisi put that finger in front of her eyes and checked it repeatedly. The skin was perfect and clean, as if everything that just happened never happened.
Qin Sisi looked at Xiao Hei in confusion: "This...is it done?"
"Yes, it’s done." Xiao Hei’s voice seemed a little tired, yet he showed Qin Sisi a satisfied and relieved smile.
Qin Sisi wanted to say something, but noticed that Xiao Hei’s mirage in the mirror was gradually fading.
Qin Sisi was shocked: "What’s wrong with you?"
Xiao Hei’s voice gradually became distant: "My magic power is used up, on the fifteenth of next month, remember to summon me in the same way."
"Okay, I will remember." Qin Sisi replied hurriedly, not knowing what else she could do.
Xiao Hei’s mirage was fading more and more. Qin Sisi suddenly remembered something, and leaned towards the mirror to ask loudly: "What’s your real name?"
"Ye You."
As the two words fell, the mirage in the mirror finally completely disappeared.
Ye You, a ghost from the night.
Qin Sisi repeated the name in a murmur, a touch of sadness welling up in her heart.
Looking in the mirror and seeing everything restored to normal, Qin Sisi had to admit that Ye You wasn’t going to appear for now, so she could only turn on the light with some exhaustion.
The bathroom lit up instantly, and the two candles next to the mirror seemed much dimmer in comparison. Qin Sisi blew out the candles and then carefully stored them for future use.
Then Qin Sisi noticed the Little black cat lying on the sink. Little black cat seemed very tired, his eyes were closed tightly, lying there weakly.
Qin Sisi subconsciously wanted to pick him up, but hesitated when she thought that he was actually a full-grown man.
She first called out Xiao Hei’s name gently a few times, Xiao Hei had no response. Qin Sisi immediately became worried, disregarding anything about "men and women shouldn’t have close physical contact", she hurriedly picked up Xiao Hei.
Only after feeling his soft body and even heartbeat, was she able to calm down.
Thinking of Ye You saying he had exhausted his magic power earlier, he must be exhausted now, right!
Qin Sisi gently cradled Xiao Hei in her arms, left the bathroom, and returned back to the comfortable bed. Hesitating slightly, she still put the sleeping Xiao Hei down at the edge of her bed where he usually slept.
Qin Sisi also lied down but opened her eyes wide in the darkness, unable to fall asleep.
She replayed everything that happened in the bathroom tonight. Telling herself that it was all real, her life might soon become different just as Ye You had said.
Qin Sisi was indeed a little scared, but more than that, she was full of anticipation.
As dawn was breaking, Qin Sisi finally dozed off, and in her daze, she heard a voice saying, "Wake up, lazybones!"
Qin Sisi bolted upright from the bed: "Who!" Her security consciousness was very good, she would always lock the doors and windows every night, there shouldn’t be any possibility of bad guys getting in, right!
Qin Sisi looked around, making sure there was nobody else in the room but herself. It wasn’t until she saw the Little black cat sitting on the edge of the bed, staring back at her with its purple eyes, that she realized, although she found it hard to believe.
"Is it you... talking to me?" Qin Sisi’s tongue was a little stiff.
Little black cat blinked, Qin Sisi’s ear heard the voice from earlier: "Yes."
Qin Sisi involuntarily moved backward: "You are... Ye You?"
The voice sounded a little helpless, as if it carried a smile: "Who else could it be?"