Skinwalker Belle – Chapter 187 – My Name is Leili

Inside the inn room, the light of an oil lamp elongated their two figures.

Lin Fan shed Su Rou’s Skin, revealing the silver-haired, rainbow-eyed body that could make heaven and earth pale in comparison.

After a full day of travel and combat, even this body, tempered through a thousand trials, was beaded with fine sweat.

Unlike the strong smell of sweat from Long Ningshuang’s Skin, the perspiration from her true body was not sticky at all. Instead, it exuded a light, sweet, and elegant fragrance, like the fresh scent of plants after a rain, mixed with a faint, milky aroma.

Su Xiaoxiao moved closer, her small nose twitching, her large, watery eyes filled with amazement.

“Sister… you smell so good.”

Lin Fan glanced at her, a little exasperated.

This girl’s focus was always so strange.

“It’s still sweat, no matter how good it smells. It’s sticky and uncomfortable.” Lin Fan stretched, her perfect curves appearing even more breathtaking under the tight leather suit. “Go prepare some hot water. I want to take a bath.”

“Yes, Sister!”

Su Xiaoxiao answered crisply and ran into the bathroom with light steps.

The Crystal device was activated, and the bathtub quickly filled with steaming hot water. On the surface floated flower petals that Su Xiaoxiao had specially picked.

Lin Fan stripped off her clothes and stepped barefoot into the warm water, letting out a comfortable sigh.

Su Xiaoxiao skillfully picked up a soft cloth, knelt by the side of the tub, and began to wipe Lin Fan’s jade-smooth back.

“Sister, is the pressure okay?”

“Mhm,” Lin Fan replied faintly, her eyes closed.

The warm touch on her back was gentle and careful.

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Lin Fan could clearly feel the Mental Imprint she had left deep in Su Xiaoxiao’s soul, which was emitting emotional fluctuations of absolute obedience and dependence.

It was a strange feeling.

It was like an extension of her own Mental Strength, completely under her control, yet it was also an independent, living being.

Looking back at her connections in both worlds, Sun Jing in the Demonic City was a “sister” she had deliberately cultivated; Zhou Ming and Ah Hu from the Hangzhou base were trustworthy subordinates; and Hu Lie and Long Yan in Azurewood City were pawns on her chessboard.

Only this silly little fox before her was someone she could trust completely and without reservation.

Perhaps… she could let her know a little more.

Lin Fan opened her eyes, the lamplight reflecting in her rainbow-hued irises.

“Xiaoxiao.”

“I’m here, Sister.”

“Long Ningshuang and Su Rou are just my disguises,” Lin Fan’s voice was soft, yet it carried clearly to Su Xiaoxiao’s ears.

Su Xiaoxiao’s wiping motion paused for a moment, then she nodded vigorously. “I know! Sister told me before!”

Lin Fan chuckled softly.

“What I mean is, I have a real name.”

She turned around, causing ripples in the bathtub as water droplets slid down her delicate collarbones.

Lin Fan looked directly into Su Xiaoxiao’s clear, amber eyes and said, word by word, “My name is… Lei Li.”

Lei Li.

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A name that represented Lin Fan’s new true body, and also the name she would use forever as she traveled between the two worlds.

These two words seemed to carry a certain magic, tapping gently on Su Xiaoxiao’s heart.

She was stunned.

Sister… had told her her real name.

In this place fraught with danger, Sister had always been disguising herself.

But she was willing to tell her something so important…

An immense wave of joy and emotion instantly filled Su Xiaoxiao.

Her eyes reddened at once, misting over.

“Lei Li… Sister…” Su Xiaoxiao’s voice held a sob as she carefully uttered the name, as if touching a priceless treasure.

“What’s wrong, are you stupefied?” Seeing her on the verge of tears, Lin Fan reached out and pinched her damp fox ears. “It’s just a name. Is it worth crying over?”

Su Xiaoxiao shook her head fiercely, but large tears began to fall. She quickly tried to wipe them with the back of her hand, but the more she wiped, the more they flowed. Finally, she buried her face in her arms and said in a muffled voice, “I’m… I’m not crying! It’s… it’s just too steamy in here!”

Lin Fan was amused by her and let out a rare laugh. “Alright, the steam.”

She raised a wet hand and gently patted Su Xiaoxiao’s head.

“From now on, you can call me Lei Jie.”

Lin Fan paused, then added, “Of course, you can also just call me Sister.”

“Mhm!” Su Xiaoxiao looked up, a smile brighter than the lights outside the window blooming on her face, with crystalline “steam” still clinging to the corners of her eyes. “I understand, Sister!”

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She felt that this was the most beautiful name she had ever heard in her life.

At that moment, the young girl made a silent vow in her heart.

No matter what happened in the future, she would protect the name “Lei Li,” and everything it represented, with her life.

Although Lin Fan was willing to trust Su Xiaoxiao, it was not without reservations.

The Mental Imprint of a Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox was extremely powerful, and Lin Fan had added another layer of insurance on top of it.

If Su Xiaoxiao’s subconscious ever harbored thoughts of betrayal, or if she fell under someone else’s Mind Control, the imprint would detonate on the spot, causing immediate brain death for the host.

After her bath, Lin Fan changed into a loose silk nightgown and leaned against the headboard.

Su Xiaoxiao sat obediently by the bed, reporting the details of the next day’s transaction.

“Sister, we received a message from Sister Su Yue. Hu Ben has already relayed our request to City Lord Hu Lie. We can go to the Slave Market for the handover first thing tomorrow morning.”

“He has also prepared the three hundred female slaves.”

Lin Fan nodded, her mind already calculating.

Once she completely fused with Long Ningshuang’s Skin, her true body’s strength would experience another qualitative leap.

Moreover, with three hundred Skins, she could fuse with both Long Ningshuang’s and Su Rou’s simultaneously.

How powerful would a Bloodline that combined the Dragon Clan and the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox be?

By then, forget a mere Level 7 Hu Lie; even the entirety of Azurewood City would be firmly in her grasp.

“Any news from Long Yan?” Lin Fan asked casually.

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Su Xiaoxiao shook her head, a trace of worry on her face. “Sister Su Yue said the assassins sent by Hu Lie are very strong, possibly late-stage Level 6. Lord Long Yan… is likely in grave danger.”

“Is that so?”

A playful glint flashed in Lin Fan’s eyes.

“Late-stage Level 6.” She interrupted Su Xiaoxiao, her tone as casual as if she were commenting on the weather. “Perfect. I’ll use him for some practice after I’m done fusing.”

Su Xiaoxiao’s worry was instantly replaced by adoration.

Level 6!

In Sister’s mouth, it was merely “practice”?

The script for that Son of Destiny couldn’t end so soon.

She still needed Long Yan, this sharpest of blades, to cut a path for her to the heart of the Pureblood Dragon Clan.

“Let’s sleep.”

Lin Fan pulled back her thoughts and said to Su Xiaoxiao.

“Yes, Sister.”

Su Xiaoxiao lay down obediently, snuggling carefully against Lin Fan as usual.

Feeling the warmth from the body beside her and the reassuring fragrance, Su Xiaoxiao quickly drifted off to sleep.

Lin Fan turned her head to look at Su Xiaoxiao’s peaceful sleeping face. The light in her rainbow-colored eyes swirled, deep and unfathomable.

As the night deepened, the murderous intent hidden in the darkness of Azurewood City was, to her, nothing more than a good show about to begin.