As night deepened, the dark clouds dissipated in the cold wind, restoring the brightness of the full moon to itself.
The moonlight became the only source of light in the room, generously pouring down on Xu Shiyue like a thin veil descending upon a goddess.
Beneath her raven-feather-like eyelashes lay a pair of jet-black eyes, their cool, clear light like white mist cascading down from a high mountain, swirling around her.
She spoke to Lu Shizhen in this way, like the seductive allure of a fallen goddess, using intimate whispers and whispers to entice the unsuspecting man to nod and submit.
Lu Shizhen's eyes flickered slightly, her heavy breathing mirroring the erratic beating of her heart.
However, her slow-witted brain finally grasped the meaning behind Xu Shiyue's words, and a sense of fear spread through her.
Lu Shizhen tried her best to calm her breathing and maintain her composure, saying, "Miss Xu... I think if you continue, you will be involved in illegal and criminal activities."
Xu Shiyue's eyebrows twitched slightly, her dark eyes fixed intently on the person who had issued the warning.
One kiss wasn't enough; she longed to possess this person more than ever before.
Anxiety, longing, and a mix of other emotions were swirling within her, almost to the point of losing control.
She wanted it to belong to her completely.
She wanted to ensure that she could never leave her again.
Even if it's done through theft, deception, despicable acts, or fanaticism.
Extremely insane ideas sprawled into Xu Shiyue's world, merging with her dark pupils.
Her eyes remained calm as she looked at Lu Shizhen, her emotions unreadable.
Lu Shizhen was also experiencing similar emotional turmoil.
Her mind was filled with the image of Xu Shiyue pinning her down with his kiss.
She couldn't understand not only Xu Shiyue's behavior, but also her own series of reactions just now.
The fierce attack was met with no commensurate resistance, and even the rampant sieges nearly resulted in surrender.
Lu Shizhen felt as if she had fallen into another parallel world, where everything that seemed absurd could be explained by a single reason.
But what is the reason for this?
Lu Shizhen's eyelashes drooped slightly, making even the falling moonlight seem dim.
She didn't know.
Or perhaps they dare not know.
She's like a deserter; all she can do now is avoid and run away.
Even if it means losing everything, as long as she can escape and regain her composure from this confused and bewitched state, that's all that matters.
"Miss Xu, I'm sorry, I really have to go."
As Lu Shizhen spoke, she made a move to get up and push Xu Shiyue away.
But Xu Shiyue was unwilling to let go of this prey that refused to obey her, so she raised her hand and grabbed Lu Shizhen's arm that was between them.
It was at this moment that Lu Shizhen's black short jacket, which was hanging on her shoulder, slumped down.
The moonlight bathed her delicate collarbone, her snow-white skin glowing with a jade-like warmth, were it not for the sudden, light pink dent on her shoulder.
It looks like it's being burned by fire.
Even with all her strength, Xu Shiyue froze for a moment.
What happened to this person in the past that she was unaware of?
Whether it was due to her own resistance or some other reason, Xu Shiyue noticed a slight, scattered tremor on Lu Shizhen's shoulders.
It felt like a thorn was pressed against her heart, its barbs slicing through her flesh.
As if sensing the host's wavering, the violent and sinister vines suddenly retreated swiftly from Xu Shiyue's dark heart, swirling up a patch of tender new grass.
The room fell silent for a second, and a slender shadow was imprinted on one side of the wall as if frozen in place.
Lu Shizhen had no idea what Xu Shiyue was thinking. The eyes that had been filled with obsession and dictatorship in her sight lowered, and the sparse moonlight fell into Xu Shiyue's pupils, making her feel as if something had broken.
The thought of escaping was still tethered to Lu Shizhen. Although taking advantage of someone in distress was wrong, this was indeed the best time for her to run away.
With a heavy heart, Lu Shizhen pulled her hand away, intending to take the opportunity to leave.
But to her surprise, even though Xu Shiyue was stunned and paused, the hand holding her did not loosen its grip at all.
Lu Shizhen's heart skipped a beat.
She had seen and even drawn the tragic experiences of her failed escape, especially the fact that the person in front of her had previously pulverized her corpse and scattered it to the winds.
"I, I'm not..."
Lu Shizhen hesitated, trying to diminish the sense of escape that came with her action.
But she found that Xu Shiyue simply held her hand without any change in her eyes or expression.
The bright moonlight cast a gentle tranquility over the quiet room.
Lu Shizhen saw Xu Shiyue's straight back slowly and deeply bend towards her, as if unable to bear the weight of the moonlight.
The fabric made a soft rustling sound as the hand that had been gripping her wrist slowly moved inch by inch toward her side, gradually wrapping around her waist.
Lu Shizhen's view of the moonlight was partially blocked, and that slender figure lay down in the empty space beside her.
The girl's gentle breath brushed past the back of her neck, which was not covered by her hair, leaving a warm sensation.
Xu Shiyue's voice was gentler than ever before, her soft murmur filled with compromise: "Don't go."
"Didn't you just promise me that you would sleep with me?"
Lu Shizhen froze, completely enveloped by Xu Shiyue's embrace.
My heart skipped a beat.
They used to be so in sync and so close.
She could tell what Xu Shiyue's compromise was and what her request was.
Xu Shiyue's voice was unsteady, just like the look in her eyes that had just fallen into Lu Shizhen's gaze.
Lu Shizhen's arms, no longer bound, were placed at her sides, but no matter how ruthless she was, she couldn't resist.
Goodnight, Lu Shizhen.
The sound of "goodnight" echoed from the room, then fell silent again.
The room remained quiet for a long time, and Lu Shizhen's voice did not come out for a long time.
The girl's lips were flushed red and slightly parted, simply because she needed to breathe.
Habits ran rampant through my body, recklessly blocking my heart.
Lu Shizhen couldn't respond to Xu Shiyue the way she used to. She knew that if she did, she would be completely exposed.
The fairly spacious bed was filled with all sorts of worries. Xu Shiyue waited for a long time without receiving a response from Lu Shizhen, and her gaze darkened.
She hugged Lu Shizhen from behind like a child hugging a long-awaited treasure, carefully and affectionately pulling the doll that wouldn't give her any response closer to her.
The monotonous "goodnight" sounded especially lonely in this night, its solitude dissipating into the air.
Xu Shiyue thought that at least this time she wouldn't have to dream about Lu Shizhen leaving her anymore.
The restless wind outside the window suddenly stopped at a certain moment, and the deserted night gradually returned to its original quiet.
Lu Shizhen's chaotic and confused thoughts were finally sorted out, and she slowly figured out that something was wrong.
Even though his current appearance is completely different from the original owner's, why did Xu Shiyue recognize him at first glance? How did she recognize him...?
Moreover, thinking back carefully, Xu Shiyue was wearing a casual dress when we met earlier, so she must live here.
But why didn't Qiuqiu detect that anyone had been living here long-term?
Moreover, if someone is living there, the water and electricity data will also be abnormal.
Since the main system guides the character to develop along a predetermined path, is Xu Shiyue doing this to vent the hatred that the original owner had for luring her to the villa?
Wasn't it enough for her to be reduced to ashes?
Does "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" fit the character of her as the dark moonlight in the later part of the story?
As if a cold wind blew by, Lu Shizhen shivered.
But it seemed as if something even more intense than the cold wind had seeped into Lu Shizhen's body, causing her heart to ache.
Too many questions were swirling in Lu Shizhen's mind, making her feel like she was overloaded.
Then, as if realizing something, she felt that she shouldn't be thinking about these things here.
She should be thinking about how to run away with Qiuqiu after Xu Shiyue falls asleep.
Don't dwell on why Yuanzi's physical data doesn't match its actual condition; escaping is the priority!
Just as Lu Shizhen was about to frantically start making plans, Xu Shiyue's voice came from behind her, both timely and inopportune: "I can still see you tomorrow, right?"
The soft question wasn't very loud, because it was so close, it felt like it was right next to Lu Shizhen's ear.
Perhaps feeling guilty, Lu Shizhen's hands suddenly turned cold, and she froze.
Before she could even respond to Xu Shiyue, Xu Shiyue's voice rang out again: "Don't think you can run away after I fall asleep. Li and the others will be patrolling the villa in shifts tonight. I've already given him orders to shoot anyone he doesn't recognize on the spot."
The sound was so calm, yet an incongruous sense of dissonance lingered within it, narrating the horror outside.
The last four words, with an eerie crispness, brushed against the skin on the back of Lu Shizhen's neck, like a reminder, or perhaps a warning.
“Lu Shizhen, since you say you’re not the Lu Shizhen I know, then you’re illegally trespassing right now,” Xu Shiyue reminded her, slightly raising her eyes, her dark pupils filled with a bright and kind innocence.
The moist lips, carrying a gentle breath, landed softly and tenderly on Lu Shizhen's back near her heart, describing as if to say, "Such a beautiful body, it wouldn't look good if there was a big hole in it."
Simply describing Xu Shiyue's words as obsessive is not enough.
Lu Shizhen had never felt that simply writing the word "morbid" on a blank sheet of paper could evoke such a heart-pounding and terrifying feeling, as if death were right in front of her and that she would fall into an abyss with just one step away.
Lu Shizhen froze, not daring to call out to Qiuqiu.
She was held in Xu Shiyue's arms like a well-behaved pillow doll.
Then, the night fell completely silent.
The shadow subtly shifted on the wall, not moving away, but simply changing from lying on its side to lying flat.
Lu Shizhen's right shoulder is not in good condition due to years of painting, so she usually doesn't sleep on her right side.
Sensing that Xu Shiyue had fallen asleep, she secretly and slowly moved over and lay down on her back.
The moonlight in spring seems to have broken free from the eternal silence of winter, always carrying a kind of reviving stillness.
The square window frame framed the moonlight, illuminating one side of the room with a gentle, bright glow.
With her mind preoccupied, Lu Shizhen couldn't fall asleep. Following the moonlight, she saw a slightly curled-up figure blocking half of her view.
Xu Shiyue was already fast asleep.
The moonlight shone on her face, and the youthful innocence between her features slowly faded with time. Every stroke of her eyebrows and eyes was the result of the Creator's meticulous craftsmanship. "Beautiful" seemed insignificant in comparison.
Her long, loose hair, which had been perfectly styled, now fell across her face, softening her otherwise aloof demeanor.
There was no haste, no violence; her soft breaths, like a spring night breeze, drifted slowly from her lips, and her lowered eyelashes conveyed tranquility and peace.
Everything seemed to have returned to five years ago, to the days when she and Xu Shiyue spent every day together in this villa.
There was no escape, no hiding; it was a spring that Lu Shizhen had never experienced in this city.
But time flies, and five years have passed.
The world changes very quickly, especially over a long period of five years.
Moreover, she only stayed in this city for less than six months.
I wonder how things are going between her and Shen Yanxing.
Did she ever sleep holding Shen Yanxing like this?
For some reason, it was even a bit inexplicable.
That name, which hadn't been mentioned for so long, appeared uncontrollably in Lu Shizhen's mind, stirring up a chaotic storm.
Lu Shizhen felt somewhat irritated, but her eyes dimmed.
Just then, Xu Shiyue suddenly hugged her tighter.
Compared to her peaceful sleeping face just now, a furrow appeared between her smooth brows.
Her crimson lips moved gently, and fragmented words fell hastily and indistinctly.
This uneasy and panicked look is as if he is going through a terrible nightmare.
Xu Shiyue's voice was too soft for Lu Shizhen to hear clearly what she was saying.
As if by some strange twist of fate, Lu Shizhen took the initiative to move closer to Xu Shiyue.
Lu Shizhen froze as soon as her ear came close to Xu Shiyue's lips.
Xu Shiyue hurriedly and frantically recited her name in a string.
"Lu Shizhen, Lu Shizhen, Lu Shizhen..."
As if dark clouds were drifting by, the moonlight dimmed slightly.
The bright light gently fell on Xu Shiyue, whose aloofness and stubbornness seemed to be mixed with a layer of gloom that the light could not penetrate, as if it had been accumulating for many years.
Lu Shizhen stared at Xu Shiyue's arm around her waist, her lowered gaze filled with gloom.
Why can a person possess both violent and gentle emotions at the same time? Why can someone be so crazy that they are obsessive and even pathological, yet also so cautious?
It's as if the soul is caught in some painful entanglement, struggling fragilely and twistedly.
A spring breeze suddenly swept in through the window, disturbing the moonlight which swayed among the osmanthus branches.
Suddenly, Lu Shizhen felt Xu Shiyue's grip on her tighten even more, and the next second, Xu Shiyue leaned right into her arms.
The sound of the wind swirled, disturbing the tranquility of the room.
Lu Shizhen heard Xu Shiyue buzzing her name again: "Lu Shizhen, I miss you so much..."
The hands gripping the hem of her dress tightened continuously, and a series of subtle tremors emanated from her bent shoulders, neck, and even her spine.
The girl's trembling voice, accompanied by soft breaths, pressed her small yet burning body against Lu Shizhen's heart: "You, you can... can you please not leave me again?"
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