Because of the anklet and the need for psychological suggestion, he has been working from home these days.

Chu Yunmu slowly opened her eyes, and a face came into view.

The Zhou family is known for its beauties, and Zhou Sijue is particularly good-looking, with a face like jade, bright eyes and white teeth, and phoenix eyes with upturned corners, but unlike Zhou Siyu, who has a somewhat effeminate appearance.

"morning."

Zhou Sijue opened his eyes and met Chu Yunmu's gaze. His eyes were dark and deep, like an ancient pool without a single glimmer of light.

"Good morning." Chu Yunmu lowered her eyes and pulled away from Zhou Sijue's arms. "What are you doing here?"

“You were drinking alone in your room yesterday, and I saw you when I came back.” Zhou Sijue pulled Chu Yunmu into his arms and gently stroked his hair. “Is something bothering you?”

"Yesterday was the day Yu Wei left."

For some reason, he has forgotten a lot of things lately, and even Yu Wei's face is a bit blurry in his memory.

The sadness in Chu Yunmu's eyes pierced Zhou Sijue's heart. He really wanted to completely pull Yu Wei out of his heart and erase him from his memory.

"Yunmu, could you... just let it go?" Give someone else a chance?

Zhou Sijue sighed, lifted the covers, got up, and left.

Chu Yunmu can't let go of Yu Wei, but can he let go of Chu Yunmu? He can't let go, and neither can he; they can only remain entangled like this.

"Rest a little longer, I'll have someone prepare some hangover soup for you." Zhou Sijue kissed Chu Yunmu's forehead. "I have a cocktail party tonight, would you like to come with me?"

The ankle chains are designed to release a higher voltage the further apart they are, and Chu Yunmu is a smart man; he wouldn't choose to run at a time like this.

"I don't want to go."

Chu Yunmu shook his head. Did Zhou Sijue truly believe in him, or was he testing him? He knew perfectly well that if they were too far apart, he might be electrocuted.

“You should make new friends, Lin Chen is here too.” Zhou Sijue thought for a moment, “But… you have to wear women’s clothes.”

"I said I'm not going." Chu Yunmu pulled the blanket over her head. "Either you take off the shackles, or I'll be electrocuted. That's it. I'm tired."

"Listen to me, go out for a walk." Zhou Sijue lifted the blanket and dug the person buried under it out. "It's not a good idea for you to stay at home all day, and besides, nobody knows you."

"No, I have a headache."

Chu Yunmu shook his head. Although he couldn't remember clearly, his desire to leave would not change.

"Fine, whatever you want." Zhou Sijue sighed. "I'll invite Lin Chen to my house, and then we'll go to a banquet together. You can rest a bit more, then get up and eat."

"Um."

Chu Yunmu closed his eyes. Zhou Sijue didn't seem like someone who would easily trust others; he had been testing him for the past month.

Last Monday, Zhou Sijue used a routine meeting as an excuse to remove his shackles, leaving Chu Yunmu alone at home. He also removed the people hiding around the villa. He went out for a walk and then returned to the villa. The people who were supposed to attend the meeting happened to appear at the door, claiming they had forgotten their documents.

Last Tuesday, Zhou Sijue spent the whole day at the villa watching him, trying to probe him from various angles, but to no avail.

Last Wednesday, Zhou Sijue took him to the movie theater. Halfway through the movie, she left under the pretext of going to the restroom, but in reality, she was watching his every move on the surveillance camera.

Last Thursday, the two were invited to a neighbor's child's birthday party, where he learned from the neighbor that the villa had a basement and a cold storage room.

Last Friday, Zhou Sijue took him shopping. Halfway there, they ran into a friend who unchained him and let him wander around on his own. He deliberately shook off his pursuer and arrived an hour late. Zhou Sijue looked very upset.

On Saturdays and Sundays, he was locked in the villa by Zhou Sijue, and he didn't even have the chance to look at the sky.

He knew that Zhou Sijue was angry because he always made him feel insecure.

Monday arrived, and Zhou Sijue went to work as usual. Freed from his constraints, he did not go out.

On Tuesday, Zhou Sijue accompanied him to the library, leaving him for a while as punishment.

On Wednesday, Zhou Sijue took him to play golf and meet his friends. She also took him to the racetrack for an afternoon. In the evening, they went to Qianyan Flower Sea to see the stars. It was very beautiful, and Yu Wei's face became clearer in my mind.

That time, he failed in a solo mission and was severely scolded by the instructor. Coupled with his weakened physical condition due to the illness, his training results were also unsatisfactory. He couldn't accept his failure, so he was distracted in class, didn't put his heart into training, and even felt that the people talking about him were talking about him while eating.

Yu Wei secretly took him to the cliff next to the training camp to chat and look at the stars. Yu Wei's eyes were very bright, as if they contained the stars and the sea.

"Even the moon's light can be obscured by dark clouds, so what is a little setback? Besides, the appearance of this cloud will not pollute the moon, nor will it become a flaw in the moon."

"Yunmu, believe in yourself, you are amazing."

He emerged from his slump with Yu Wei's encouragement, becoming the only one qualified to stand beside the sun and Yu Wei's partner in life and death.

On Thursday, he spent the whole day lying in the villa, lost in thought about many things.

Yesterday was the anniversary of Yu Wei's death. He drank all day at the villa; he wanted to die.

"I have to go now. You can come and go as you please today. I've already spoken to the security personnel." Zhou Sijue gently rested her wrist on the anklet, took it off, and placed it on the bedside table. "If you feel stuffy at home, you can go out for a walk with Lin Chen."

Chu Yunmu didn't speak, closing his eyes and pretending to sleep. A new round of tests, another trial. Zhou Sijue wasn't tired, but he was.

As soon as Zhou Sijue left, Chu Yunmu quickly got out of bed, washed up, and dressed. After eating something in the kitchen, she immediately returned to her room, picked up the anklet, and began to examine it.

The anklet had no lock and looked ordinary, but the observant Chu Yunmu noticed that one of the clasps was different from the others. This clasp was a size larger than the others and it was locked to another clasp.

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