Although it took Xia Chuhe a long time to read the whole story and he was emotionally moved by the fates of the three characters, he still didn't understand what role he, as an observer, had played.

And the story ends here.

Looking at Chen Wushuang, the only survivor, Xia Chuhe suddenly understood who the real protagonist of the story was, and the true meaning of Cupid's question.

Previously, Cupid told a false story and asked, "Am I doing the right thing?"

Now it seems that what she really wanted to ask wasn't whether her actions were right in the fictional story, but whether Chen Wushuang's actions were right in the current story.

Today's events must be a knot in Cupid's heart.

Actually, right or wrong isn't important; what's important is how to escape while protecting Xiao Ai.

Cupid wants to protect Ai.

When Xia Chuhe realized this, time rewound once more.

The story is rewound to the moment when Chen Wushuang was first taken in by Ming Xiang.

This time, Xia Chuhe became Chen Wushuang.

Unfortunately, Xia Chuhe "inherited" Chen Wushuang's frailty and illness.

Fortunately, Xia Chuhe was not as impulsive and obsessive as Chen Wushuang.

This is a time-limited story; you must escape with Xiao Ai before the conflict breaks out.

Xia Chuhe did not borrow Mingxiang's phone or ask him to call the police. Chen Wushuang had already tried these methods, but to no avail.

Xia Chuhe, on the contrary, adopted a relaxed posture to mislead Mingxiang, and at the same time, used boredom as an excuse to ask Mingxiang for books and paper.

As expected, Xia Chuhe only received the book, not the paper and pen to pass on messages.

During the day, Mingxiang kept a very strict watch on him.

At night, the caretaker becomes Xiao Ai. Apart from not being able to open the door directly or use the things in the house at will, she is still relatively free.

While Mingxiang was asleep, Xia Chuhe tore off pages from the book. In order not to attract Mingxiang's attention, she could only tear off a page every few pages, and she had to tear it as smoothly as possible without leaving any marks.

Fortunately, the book Mingxiang gave me was a long martial arts novel, over a hundred pages long, and tearing off a few dozen pages didn't reveal much.

Xia Chuhe privately asked Xiao Ai for the house number.

This level of problem did not trigger Xiao Ai's program to protect Ming Xiang—Building 12, Room 901.

So Xia Chuhe dug holes in the torn paper and tore out the words "sos", "12" and "901".

Xia Chuhe would stuff the torn pieces of paper through the window cracks so that people in the community could see them.

As for the torn pieces of paper, they were carefully flushed away with the toilet when I went to the bathroom.

Xia Chuhe had no idea whether anyone in the community was aware of anything unusual about apartment 901 in building 12.

But Mingxiang soon discovered her actions.

Perhaps someone found the paper and posted it in the neighborhood group chat out of fun or curiosity, which is how Mingxiang saw it.

Mingxiang didn't do anything to Xia Chuhe immediately, but simply took away her books and kept a closer eye on her.

Xia Chuhe waited all day, but no police came to his door.

So, Xia Chuhe decided to try a different approach. The difficulty of this approach lay in bypassing Xiao Ai's security system.

Xia Chuhe directly asked Mingxiang for something: "I want to know you better. Let's have dinner together tonight. I'll cook, and you can buy some cigarettes and alcohol, okay?"

"You still smoke?" Mingxiang asked with a smile.

“When I’m in a good mood, I’ll have two,” Xia Chuhe said.

Seeing that "Chen Wushuang" had softened her attitude, Mingxiang was quite pleased and naturally agreed to her request, buying a lot of cigarettes and alcohol online. Fearing that "Chen Wushuang" might not cook well, he also ordered extra dishes.

In the afternoon, Xia Chuhe was fiddling around in the kitchen. She said to Xiao Ai, "Let's make some scallion pancakes. I'll knead the dough."

"Okay." Xiao Ai took out the flour.

Xia Chuhe naturally poured some flour into the mixing basin, took a big step, tripped, and the flour in his hand fell all over the stove.

Xia Chuhe held onto the edge of the stove, trying to use his standing position as cover to start the fire.

Flour and flames make for a perfect explosive.

The police will definitely come to the door if an explosion or fire occurs.

As for the severity of the injury...

Let's get out of here first.

Anyway, she used the body of Cupid. Since she was capable of self-harm, she probably wouldn't mind suffering more injuries.

Xia Chuhe touched the knob on the stove, but didn't find what he wanted; he only felt a pair of warm hands.

Xiao Ai covered the stove knob with her hand: "Flour cannot come into contact with open flames, it's very dangerous. Please go out first, I will take care of everything."

Xia Chuhe: “……#￥@”

Seeing that Xiao Ai had completely separated herself from the stove, she turned off the gas valve and slowly cleaned up the flour.

Xia Chuhe lost interest in cooking.

If it weren't for causing trouble, who would cook for the kidnappers?

That's right, Mingxiang's identity is that of a kidnapper.

To put it nicely, it's called "picking up" someone; but if you tear off that fig leaf, it's actually "binding" and "house arrest."

Xia Chuhe temporarily left the kitchen.

Mingxiang asked her, "Aren't you going to cook?"

"I fell and I'm too weak. I'll have to trouble Xiao Ai instead."

Mingxiang laughed again: "It's okay, I ordered takeout."

dinner.

Xia Chuhe took the initiative to have dinner with Mingxiang tonight, so Xiao Ai didn't come along.

Mingxiang bought beer and baijiu (Chinese liquor). He gave the beer to Xia Chuhe and drank the baijiu himself.

Xia Chuhe cursed his ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart, but smiled and said, "I can hold my liquor pretty well too."

"Really? Would you like some?" Mingxiang asked, holding up a bottle of wine.

Xia Chuhe handed over a wine cup.

Halfway through the wine bottle, Mingxiang changed his mind: "If you drink a toast with me, I'll change it to baijiu (Chinese liquor) for you."

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