Unable to sleep, Bai Li lay in bed with Bai Ning’s arms wrapped around her.
Since she had been forced to agree to be obedient, Bai Ning had urged her into bed under the pretext of needing rest and an early night.
Regardless of whether the rebellious girl next to her was faking sleep, the tears in Bai Li’s eyes would not stop flowing.
Her eyes remained open as teardrops rolled down her cheeks one by one, soaking the pillow.
‘What… what will my future even become…’
Her heart was filled with resentment and grievance.
She felt the chill of raising a daughter who turned out so unfilial, coupled with an overwhelming anxiety about the road ahead.
Added to the heightened emotional state of her current body, she felt no trace of sleepiness.
She could only lie stiffly in bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.
In the thirty years since she transmigrated, she had almost never shed a tear.
Now, she had been driven to bitter tears twice in a row by the daughters she had raised with all her heart.
It was truly a sin.
As she drifted in her thoughts, a soft fingertip gently touched her cheek, wiping away the lingering tears.
“Daughter, go to sleep. Sooner or later, you will understand my intentions for doing this,” Bai Ning’s voice was warm.
Hearing this, Bai Li only turned over with a muffled grunt, her back facing Bai Ning.
‘Understand my ass, you rebellious daughter!’
Bai Ning was not annoyed by this reaction.
She simply leaned down and hugged her tighter.
After a long period of restlessness, the two finally fell into a deep sleep.
***
The next morning.
*Knock, knock, knock—*
A sudden knocking at the door startled Bai Li awake from her deep slumber.
Having tossed and turned until late last night, her head felt heavy, and she lacked any energy.
*Knock, knock, knock—*
As the second round of knocking ended, Faye’s respectful voice came from outside the door.
“Vampire Princess, it is time to wake up for your meal. This servant is coming in to help you dress.”
“Oh… I see. Come in.”
Bai Li rubbed her eyes, which were swollen from crying.
Relying on the Vampire race’s incredible regenerative abilities, the swelling vanished without a trace in a few moments, and she returned to normal.
“Vampire Princess, this is the princess dress prepared for you.”
Faye stepped forward holding a short silk princess dress and carefully helped Bai Li get dressed.
‘Being a Vampire Princess is such a hassle… wearing all these accessories and dresses.’
The girl Long Jiu was much more casual; she never cared for these formalities.
Even so, Bai Li had no desire to return to the way things were before.
After washing up, Bai Li followed Faye downstairs.
At the dining table, Bai Ning had already been waiting for a long time.
Seeing her approach, she immediately waved with a smile.
“Good morning, daughter~ Come, a morning kiss~”
‘No way!’
Bai Li grumbled to herself.
She had not forgiven this rebellious daughter yet, and now the woman wanted to lean in for a kiss?
Not a chance!
“Oh? Daughter, that isn’t what you said last night. You promised to be obedient.”
Bai Ning slowly raised her right hand—the same hand that made Bai Li recoil with fear from the bottom of her heart—and made a gesture as if she were about to snap her fingers.
“…Damn it, you unfilial, rebellious daughter,” Bai Li whispered through gritted teeth.
However, her body was honest in its fear of punishment.
She dragged her feet forward and stood on her tiptoes, pressing a light kiss onto the corner of Bai Ning’s mouth.
“?”
Bai Ning was slightly surprised.
She had expected a morning or evening kiss to be on the cheek or the forehead.
Why was it the corner of the mouth?
“Is… is Mother dissatisfied?”
Bai Li looked at her surprised expression, her heart jumping.
She was terrified that Bai Ning would punish her again out of displeasure, so she tested the waters cautiously.
“No. On the contrary, I am very satisfied, Bai Li.”
Having been kissed on the corner of her mouth by her beloved, a faint blush crept onto Bai Ning’s cheeks.
“I just didn’t expect you to kiss the corner of my mouth.”
‘Crap! I’ve gotten used to the way Long Jiu used to trick me… What am I doing?’
Bai Li suddenly snapped back to reality, realizing she had unintentionally formed this habit.
“Long… Long Jiu taught me that! That… let’s just stick to forehead kisses from now on!”
She regretted it now.
Back then, to get her daughters to sleep and wake up early, she had instilled the habit of morning and evening kisses since they were small.
She never expected to have shot herself in the foot like this.
“That won’t do, Bai Li.”
Bai Ning’s smile was beaming.
“Since you are already used to it with Long Jiu, then from now on, our morning and evening kisses will be like this~”
“!”
Bai Li’s eyes widened as she stared at Bai Ning in disbelief.
Long Jiu had only tricked her like that by taking advantage of her memory loss, but Bai Ning was even worse—she didn’t even bother to act anymore!
“Be obedient, Bai Li.”
That light, airy sentence instantly extinguished the fire of anger rising in Bai Li’s heart.
‘Endure! She is my daughter; if she wants to be willful, let her be…’
Bai Li could only use this self-deception to barely comfort herself.
“Alright, daughter, hurry and eat.”
Bai Ning pointed to a red wine glass on the table.
“The glass is filled with something delicious. Give it a taste.”
“Fine, Mother.”
‘Tch… it’s just blood.’
Bai Li felt nothing but resistance in her heart, yet her body sat down obediently.
She picked up the goblet, swirled it gently just as Bai Ning did, and tilted her head back to drink it like red wine.
However, to be fair… after becoming a Vampire, blood had become the most delicious thing she had ever tasted in her life.
After finishing, she licked the rim of the glass as if she wanted more.
Her greedy expression made her look like a true little Magic Creature.
“It’s good, right~”
Bai Ning watched her with eyes curved into crescents from her smile.
“Whenever you’re hungry in the future, just tell Faye. She will prepare it for you.”
Bai Ning watched her daughter’s craving for blood and chuckled inwardly.
With the influence of these three great Demon Race Imperial Bloodlines, it was only a matter of time before Bai Li’s body and mind were completely corrupted.
Heh heh~
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