{"id":154,"date":"2018-05-06T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-06T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betwixtedbutterfly.com\/translations\/2018\/05\/06\/gentle-beast-75-part-3\/"},"modified":"2019-06-28T12:07:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T16:07:22","slug":"gb75-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betwixtedbutterfly.com\/translations\/gb75-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Gentle Beast 75 Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Back upstairs, J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu switched her shoes and put the things she and Ryan had just bought at the market in the kitchen.<\/p>

There was only her food and cat food. Ryan\u2019s slippers and toiletries had been put into her space.<\/p>

\u201cDad, mom,\u201d J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu walked into the living room and said in her usual demeanor, \u201cHow did you come back so early?\u201d<\/p>

Her mother had already cleaned up the house and her father was sitting on the sofa drinking tea. G\u01d4n G\u01d4n was at his feet, his amber eyes subconsciously looking behind J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu.<\/p>

Her father drank tea then invited J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu to also pour a cup, \u201cDad got into contact with a school over there for you, and since school will start soon, we thought of coming back early lest the learning process be delayed and I was too eager to return, so I didn\u2019t have any time to tell you. . .\u201d<\/p>

<\/a>Even though she had guessed it eight or so times, to still hear it from her father\u2019s mouth, J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu was shocked.<\/p>

Mr. J\u01d0 continued, \u201cDad has already completed the formalities and an uncle is willing to be our guarantor for us three. After you\u2019re finished with everything, we\u2019ll be able to move next month. When you\u2019re free, you can tidy up the things you\u2019ll need. . .\u201d<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu bit her lip and finally couldn\u2019t help but interrupt her father\u2019s words, \u201cDaddy, I don\u2019t want to go to Ireland.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cWhy, can you tell me the reason?\u201d Although he had listened to his wife beforehand, he was still somewhat surprised.<\/p>

He thought that he hadn\u2019t made it clear on the phone and came back to discuss it face to face with her, that his daughter would change her mind.<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu stared at her finger and whispered, \u201cI am reluctant to leave.\u201d<\/p>

Mr. J\u01d0: \u201cWould you be willing to stay without your mother and father?\u201d<\/p>

\u201c. . .\u201d<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu lifted her eyes, her dark eyes wide and with a trace of hopelessness, and felt embarrassed, \u201cI. . .\u201d<\/p>

Of course she couldn\u2019t bear to.<\/p>

But if she went to Ireland with her parents, she would never see Ryan again.<\/p>

She couldn\u2019t be without Ryan.<\/p>

\u201cCan\u2019t I go see you often later?\u201d J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu pursed her lips into a flatline, a little sad and helpless.<\/p>

\u201cLittle Darling, mom and dad cannot bear to leave you alone in the country. We really don\u2019t trust it.\u201d Mrs. J\u01d0 said, unsure of what to think, and her eyes got wet, her voice trembling, \u201cWe cannot lose you again. . .\u201d<\/p>

\u201c. . .\u201d J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu thought of her high school disappearance. Her parents had spent three months looking for her at that cliff, where they had looked at each other and promised, \u201cThis kind of thing couldn\u2019t happen again. . .\u201d<\/p>

To this kind of sentence, she could say no more words of refusal.<\/p>

. . .<\/p>

That night, J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu laid in her bed restlessly and could not sleep.<\/p>

When she thought of Ryan\u2019s words, she thought of her parents\u2019 words and then she thought of the beast world. . . until there was a knot in her head.<\/p>

The clock swayed on the wall and quietly pointed to 1 o\u2019clock, even though she could not see it.<\/p>

The night sky was silent and ablaze with lights.<\/p>

Traffic flowed like water at the food of the high-rise buildings.<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu didn\u2019t know how many times she rolled over until she rolled into a familiar embrace.<\/p>

She froze and soon reacted, \u201cRyan?\u201d<\/p>

Ryan had an arm around her waist and his dark blue eyes were like jewels on the seafloor, \u201cEn.\u201d<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu was surprised, \u201cHow did you get out?\u201d She had done like with T\u00e1o T\u00e1o earlier that day and put him into her space.<\/p>

Ryan\u2019s nose was at her neck, sniffing her sweet scent, \u201cIt\u2019s too stuffy.\u201d And he wanted to hold her.<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu didn\u2019t say anything and shifted aside to give him more room, \u201cDo you want to get under the quilt?\u201d<\/p>

Beastmen didn\u2019t need the quilts, since their temperature was so high. It was a question J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu always had to ask.<\/p>

In the past, Ryan may have refused but today, he especially wanted to hug his little female, so he wasn\u2019t polite and lifted her quilt to bring her into his arms.<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu\u2019s cheek rested against his chest and after brewing for a long time, honestly confessed, \u201cRyan, I still haven\u2019t told mom and dad. . .\u201d<\/p>

Ryan: \u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu bit her lip and muttered, \u201cI haven\u2019t told them we\u2019re in love.\u201d<\/p>

Ryan smiled a little, \u201cWhy not?\u201d<\/p>

\u201cI couldn\u2019t find an opportunity,\u201d J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu rubbed against his chin a bit plaintive, \u201cI\u2019ll say it tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>

Ryan held the back of her head and licked her lips, lowering to her throat to say slowly, \u201cThen say it tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>

Oddly enough, even though J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu couldn\u2019t sleep no matter how she tried, after Ryan arrived, she soon fell asleep.<\/p>

*<\/p>

Early the next morning, the dazzling sunlight passed through the thick curtains and cast mottled rays onto the floor of her room.<\/p>

\u201cDarling, are you up?\u201d Mrs. J\u01d0 knocked on the door then pushed it in, \u201cIt\u2019s time to have breakfast.\u201d<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu suddenly opened her eyes and subconsciously looked around but didn\u2019t see Ryan. She sighed with relief and pressed her cheek against the pillow, responding in a voice thick with sleep, \u201cI know, mom, I\u2019ll get up.\u201d<\/p>

Her mother closed the door and J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu got out of bed. She stepped into cotton slippers and looked around again, still unable to find Ryan.<\/p>

Where did he go?<\/p>

Did he automatically go back to her space?<\/p>

But J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu searched her space and couldn\u2019t find him there either.<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu was a little worried, thinking about his whereabouts while brushing her teeth.<\/p>

It wasn\u2019t until her mother rushed out that she spit out the foam in her mouth and walked to the dining room in her pajamas.<\/p>

Breakfast was a sweet purple potato corn porridge with pancakes and sugar poached eggs.<\/p>

All three of the J\u01d0 family liked a Chinese breakfast and every morning, her mother would make it.<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu scooped up a bowl of porridge and sat in the outermost position with a preoccupied look.<\/p>

Aside from worrying about Ryan, she also had to think about how to speak with her parents today.<\/p>

Yesterday, she had thought about it all night and still didn\u2019t want to go to Ireland.<\/p>

Even if there was no Ryan, she still didn\u2019t want to go.<\/p>

All her friends and classmates were at home, if she were to go to a strange country, she would have none.<\/p>

It would mean having to start her life all over again.<\/p>

Even if she loved her mom and dad, she could not always live under their wing.<\/p>

She was always independent. She could not falter, because once she did, she would never walk out again.<\/p>

Only, yesterday, her mother had uttered that sentence and taken away her ability to refuse.<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu gently sighed, such a dilemma.<\/p>

After breakfast, Mrs. J\u01d0 was dressed neatly and standing on the porch ready to go out to finalize everything for J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu to go abroad.<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu stood in the entrance and looked at them, \u201cMother. . .\u201d<\/p>

Mrs. J\u01d0 did not seem to see her abnormality and even remembered to say, \u201cLittle Darling, don\u2019t forget to give G\u01d4n G\u01d4n his food. Father and I will be back in the afternoon and you\u2019ll have to do something about eating at noon. . .\u201d<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu opened her mouth, \u201cMother, I have something to say. . .\u201d<\/p>

\u201cWhat is it? Say it when we get back, Little Darling, mom and dad have appointments iwth people and we\u2019ll be late.\u201d Mrs. J\u01d0 said, touching J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu\u2019s head, and she was ready to push the door out.<\/p>

Just as she held the door and opened it, she hadn\u2019t taken a step when she froze.<\/p>

Outside the door stood a tall man with deep facial features and blue eyes, his hand raised to knock.<\/p>

Meeting Mrs. J\u01d0\u2019s gace, he quietly withdrew his hand and nodded slightly, calling out a greeting.<\/p>

Mrs. J\u01d0 was startled then realized he was the \u201celectrician\u201d who repaired the bulb yesterday and smiled politely, \u201cHello, excuse me. What do you need?\u201d<\/p>

\u201cI came for my,\u201d the other side went straight to the point, his voice muffled magnetically, and he hesitated, then said, \u201cgirlfriend.\u201d<\/p>

. . .<\/p>

. . .<\/p>

Mr. and Mrs. J\u01d0 sat on two sides of the single sofa with Ryan in the middle, his eyes narrowed.<\/p>

The usually spacious sofa had suddenly narrowed a lot because of Ryan.<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu went to the kitchen to pour three cups of water and placed them in front of her parents and Ryan.<\/p>

Her mother saw the cup in front of Ryan was cold and couldn\u2019t resist asking, \u201cDarling, why didn\u2019t you give him hot water?\u201d<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu blurted out, \u201cHis temperature is high and he doesn\u2019t like to drink hot water.\u201d<\/p>

\u201c. . .\u201d J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu\u2019s face suddenly changed and she said nothing else.<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu just realized what her mouth had leaked and bit her lip, quickly running to the side as she knew nothing.<\/p>

Her mother laughed and looked at Ryan, \u201cYesterday I didn\u2019t have time to ask you, what is your name?\u201d<\/p>

Ryan looked away from J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu and said, \u201cRyan.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cUnlike the Chinese,\u201d Mrs. J\u01d0 said, looking at Ryan\u2019s deep contours, then his blue eyes, \u201cI take the liberty to ask, where is your hometown?\u201d<\/p>

Ryan: \u201cBornia.\u201d<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu\u2019s mother: \u201c. . .\u201d<\/p>

Mrs. J\u01d0 circled her brain for a while but could not find the country\u2019s name, it had little impression.<\/p>

She looked at her husband and saw it was also vacant and at a loss.<\/p>

Her mother tentatively asked, \u201cCan you tell us where? The southern or northern hemisphere?\u201d<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu couldn\u2019t help but interrupt before Ryan could reply, \u201cMother, it\u2019s very far away and very few people know about it.\u201d<\/p>

Mrs. J\u01d0 looked at her and felt angry that she had hid this yesterday and was now angry she had interrupted, \u201cDarling, this is not for you. Go back to your room.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cMother, can\u2019t I stay here?\u201d J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu didn\u2019t want to go back, she wanted to listen to her parents and Ryan\u2019s dialogue.<\/p>

Her mother said heavily, \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu pursed her lips, spoiled, and resigned herself to turning around and going back to her room slowly.<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu\u2019s room was very far from the living room, across the corridor and the door of her house had good sound insulation. She couldn\u2019t hear a thing from outside.<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu tried putting her ear to the door but it had no effect.<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu didn\u2019t know why Ryan had suddenly come over. He probably wouldn\u2019t know what to say to her parents.<\/p>

It was false to say she wasn\u2019t disturbed.<\/p>

She knew her parents\u2019 character. They were meticulous and regardless of the issue, particularly serious.<\/p>

\u2014\u2014Especially now that they knew Ryan was her \u201cboyfriend.\u201d<\/p>

She didn\u2019t know what they were asking Ryan.<\/p>

What would Ryan say? Would they find out Ryan was a beastman?<\/p>

. . .<\/p>

A series of problems surfaced in her mind and J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu was restless.<\/p>

She laid in bed with the quilt over her head and rolled around for a while. Then she suddenly sat up and stood.<\/p>

She looked at the clock on the wall, it had been five minutes.<\/p>

She sighed deeply and rested her arms on the edge of the bed, her chin on the backs of her hands and forced herself to be calm.<\/p>

Time passed by and about half an hour later, the conversation still didn\u2019t seem to be over.<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu\u2019s arm pillow had soured and she took another posture, holding her hands to her cheeks to wait.<\/p>

Over the next half hour, the conversation continued.<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu finally couldn\u2019t restrain herself and opened the door. She crossed the corridor to the kitchen to get some water and quietly observed the situation in the living room.<\/p>

The conversation between her parents and Ryan seemed to be nearing its end.<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu couldn\u2019t see Ryan or her father\u2019s expression, but her mother\u2019s mouth was slightly curved and she didn\u2019t look displeased.<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu set down the cup and her heart was like it, finally dropping back down.<\/p>

Walking back to her room, she vaguely heard a conversation between her father and Ryan.<\/p>

Her father\u2019s voice was a serious, \u201cHow long can you take care of my daughter?\u201d<\/p>

Ryan was silent for a moment then frank, \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>

Mr. J\u01d0 was angry, \u201cYou. . .\u201d<\/p>

However, then Ryan\u2019s steady voice said, \u201cIt depends on how long a lifetime can be.\u201d<\/p>

*<\/p>

February 15th.<\/p>

The air was clean and the blue sky washed clear of clouds.<\/p>

The long absent sun had finally exposed itself, the golden sun covering the earth and shuttling across the entire city.<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu got up early and rushed to the airport with her parents.<\/p>

They picked up the tickets, checked the baggage and checked into security.<\/p>

Outside the window, a plane took off down the runway, carrying passengers onto the next journey.<\/p>

But J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu stopped there.<\/p>

Although countless tears had flowed the night before, J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu still couldn\u2019t help but cry with her mother.<\/p>

Mrs. J\u01d0 endured the tears and wiped her tears away, saying softly, \u201cLittle Darling, you have to take good care of yourself, don\u2019t let mom and dad worry.\u201d<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu nodded, \u201cMom needs to take good care of dad too. You have to contact me when you get there.\u201d<\/p>

Mrs. J\u01d0 said, \u201cWe will.\u201d<\/p>

The mother and daughter talked then cried again.<\/p>

Her father couldn\u2019t but persuade, \u201cAren\u2019t we going to meet again? How can you still cry? Little Darling, be obedient and put away those tears. In the future, if you think of it, you can come to see us any time.\u201d<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu wiped her tears with her fingers and sobbed, \u201cEn.\u201d<\/p>

Despite that, there was still moments of parting.<\/p>

Her parents plane was about to take off and they had to get through security so they said goodbye to J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu.<\/p>

Looking at her parents\u2019 figures disappear in the distance at the end of the security line, J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu\u2019s tears started again.<\/p>

The airport saw this every day and her tears didn\u2019t draw any attention. Footsteps passed by her like a never stopping train.<\/p>

People came and people went.<\/p>

. . .<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu silently stood in the airport hall crying for a long time until she had no more tears to cry and she slowly stopped sobbing.<\/p>

She stretched out her hands and rubbed her eyes then looked at the airport door.<\/p>

Outside, the sun was dazzling and the golden light seemed to be cast over a huge flower bed until it peeled away to form a tall silhouette.<\/p>

Ryan seemed to smell her and as soon as she walked out, his sight shifted and landed on her with precision.<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu\u2019s footsteps became lighter and lighter until she rushed at him.<\/p>

Ryan stooped to catch her and held her in his lap, kissing her.<\/p>

After a long time, Ryan finally let go of her and pressed his lips against hers, whispering softly, \u201cCan we go back?\u201d<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu knew that by \u201cGoing back\u201d definitely didn\u2019t mean going back to her family home.<\/p>

J\u01d0 Xi\u01ceo \u014cu pressed her forehead to his and her thick eyelashes swept across his nose, then she nodded, \u201cEn.\u201d<\/p>

Ryan asked: \u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>

\u201cWhen do you want?\u201d<\/p>

\u201cNow.\u201d<\/p>

. . .<\/p>

. . .<\/p>

(End of Text)<\/p>

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