Chapter 13 Assassination

Lu Jiucheng still frequently took Yu Weiyou out for filming.

The scenery outside is always beautiful, pleasant in all four seasons.

Yu Weiyou stood under a tree, quietly gazing up at the sky, taking a deep breath, as if at that moment her heart had broadened.

"Okay, this one is very good, and the emotion is also very well captured." Lu Jiucheng said, flipping through the photos in the camera. "Wei You's photo output is getting higher and higher."

Anyway, they're mostly going to be expressionless... just take Lu Jiucheng's preference for that. If Yu Weiyou encountered another photographer who insisted on taking photos of her smiling, that person would probably be driven crazy by her. However, over the past year, she could say that she and Lu Jiucheng have become a little more familiar with each other. The high success rate of their photos is just due to their improved chemistry during the shoot.

A year...

The process of going from being panicked to calm was truly agonizing, like going through hell. Thankfully, that's all over now.

"Let's call it a day," said Lu Jiucheng. "Want to go get something good to eat?"

"what ever."

Unlike usual.

Yu Weiyou had already turned 18 this time, and the photoshoot was originally scheduled for her birthday, but she directly refused that arrangement.

So she spent her coming-of-age birthday alone in her room, feeling rather bored.

Once this date is over, she can... order herself a cocktail.

She held the wine glass and stared at the liquid inside for a long time.

Lu Jiucheng: "...Are you really going to drink it?"

Yu Weiyou raised her eyes: "What do you think?"

Lu Jiucheng laughed: "Looks like I'd better tie myself up beforehand."

Yu Weiyou: "..."

Even after a year of adjustment, Yu Weiyou still felt a sudden pang of anxiety.

She repeatedly told herself: she must not repeat the same mistake today, but must kill him decisively. Then she drank it down in one gulp.

Lu Jiucheng said with a mix of helplessness and amusement, "I'm telling you, Wei You, that's not how you drink wine."

"...Mind your own business." Yu Weiyou rolled her eyes, and her face turned bright red.

"Wow, that was fast..." Lu Jiucheng propped his head up and watched Yu Weiyou slowly fall asleep.

I still really like it.

It seems this habit is something that can't be changed anytime soon.

It's so tempting to look at it and even more tempting to grab it.

However, Yu Weiyou won't be waking up anytime soon.

Although he said he was itching to see her, Lu Jiucheng wasn't interested in the unconscious girl at all, since he wouldn't be able to see her interesting expressions that way.

Lu Jiucheng went to great lengths to carry Yu Weiyou back to the dormitory.

In her dream, Yu Weiyou seemed to be struggling, her sleep restless. Lu Jiucheng held her hand tightly, gazing at her for a long time. Finally, he gently pecked the back of her hand.

That night's dream was truly terrifying.

In her dream, Yu Weiyou was repeatedly falling into that dark abyss, unable to grasp that illusory figure no matter how hard she tried. She heard her own voice gradually becoming clearer: "Yu Weiyou, you can't escape. You will forever fall into the cycle of suffering until the end of your life."

"No!"

She felt she grabbed a hand, but unfortunately, that hand pulled her back into the cycle of reincarnation.

"No! This can't go on! No!!!"

When Yu Weiyou woke up, it was already morning.

She sat up in her bed and realized that she hadn't even taken off her hair from yesterday.

It seems like you're sleeping too soundly.

She took out the knife again and fell into deep thought.

Lu Jiucheng… she truly couldn't understand him. Why then, and why now? For the past year, aside from occasionally flashing a strange smile, he had acted like a perfect gentleman. Could it be that this was truly a wolf in sheep's clothing, a beast in human form?

Actually, he had always been a very gentle and kind person before that incident. He guided her through the filming, helped her prepare for her college entrance exams, even did her eyebrows that day, and occasionally had heart-to-heart talks with her. She had also told him many of her troubles and worries, such as being plagued by nightmares every night, her mixed feelings of longing and fear for the future, and her inability to let go of certain people from the past...

Thinking about it carefully, their relationship was indeed terrifyingly ambiguous, but Yu Weiyou almost completely blocked out that possibility.

If it weren't for her past, if it weren't for that sudden memory resurfacing and panic attack, with her head throbbing terribly, she might have truly been captivated by his gentleness at some point...

She asked herself, did she really not feel anything back then? Compared to that, what exactly is the feeling of being moved?

have no idea.

At that time, she did think that strange fetishes didn't matter, and that unleashing her animalistic instincts didn't matter either; it was just a little exciting.

However, reality is not that simple.

The trauma she suffered in the reformatory as a child cannot be healed overnight. Even after so many years, the outbursts of that pain can still drive her mad. And Lu Jiucheng is like a demon, relentlessly rubbing salt into her wounds day and night.

He was such a hateful demon who caused her so much pain, so why couldn't she bring herself to harm him?

Can I still truly like him?

Yu Weiyou carefully put away the knife, changed her clothes, and went out.

It's the weekend, and I didn't have any plans to go out for photography. After a moment of contemplation, Yu Weiyou headed straight for her destination.

The door over there opened.

"Wei You?" Lu Jiucheng looked at her in surprise, wearing a bathrobe. "How come you..."

Before he could finish speaking, Yu Weiyou shoved him inside, closed the door, stuffed him into the bedroom, pulled aside his bathrobe, and pressed him onto the bed.

Her heart was pounding in her throat.

As soon as I sat down on him, I almost collapsed.

"..." Now that we've already done it, why are we backing down?

In the midst of the turmoil, she pulled out the knife and stabbed it into his chest.

Lu Jiucheng did not dodge.

Blood seeped out.

Finally, Yu Weiyou managed to support herself on the bed with her hands, lowered her head, and let her long hair, which she had kept for a year, fall onto Lu Jiucheng's body, making her feel itchy.

Lu Jiucheng laughed again.

"..."

After a long while, he raised his hand and gently stroked the blue butterfly on Yu Weiyou's chest with his fingers, saying in a weak voice, "I really love you just the way you are now."

Yu Weiyou almost wanted to slap him, but her heart was beating too fast and her hand was too weak. She could only glare fiercely at Lu Jiucheng and breathe silently.

“I say, did you go easy on me in the literal sense? The knife not only missed the mark, but it didn’t go in very far either,” Lu Jiucheng said slowly. “But it really hurts.”

"..."

"Should we stab it again?"

"Shut up." Yu Weiyou's voice trembled as she drew her knife and tried her best to calmly bandage him.

"Huh?"

“Next time I’ll try my best to kill you,” she said.

"Next time?" Lu Jiucheng suddenly grabbed Yu Weiyou's hand and sat up. "If you're really determined to kill me, I can go wash the hilt of my sword right now and stab myself. But if you haven't thought it through..."

Yu Weiyou remained silent.

Lu Jiucheng looked at Yu Weiyou and suddenly kissed her.

Yu Weiyou was stunned for a few seconds, and after struggling a few times, she finally pushed Lu Jiucheng away.

Blood seeped out again from Lu Jiucheng's chest.

Yu Weiyou pulled at her clothes and backed away step by step: "Don't come any closer!"

Lu Jiucheng stood up, leaning against the wall, and slowly said, "Yu Weiyou, I am hopelessly and madly in love with you just the way you are. It doesn't matter if you don't accept it, you can hate me, you can take revenge, or you can leave, but you have to make a choice now."

"If you still want to kill me, you can do it anytime, in any way you want. Of course, you can do it yourself if you want. But you only have one chance, so let me know when you're ready."

"If you choose to escape and leave as you usually do, and one day I meet you again, then I will not let go so easily."

"..." Yu Weiyou kept retreating, and finally, when she reached the gate, she screamed and fled the scene.

"...So they really did run away after all?" Lu Jiucheng sighed. "They suddenly came over, were so enthusiastic right away, and then just left like this."

"I really am crazy, I really am too selfish. Because I couldn't control my desires that time, I think I ruined her... But she's even more adorable now that she's broken. I really want to go crazy with her. But will she come back? Maybe it's a good thing for her to leave a madman. I hope she has a bright future."