Chapter 67: Escape Lin Xicai frowned, seemingly not understanding what he was talking about...
Lin Xicai frowned, as if she didn't understand what he was saying.
Li Ci smiled, not caring about her little thoughts at all.
"Okay, it's just a cake, I'll satisfy you." Li Ci said, "I'm curious, what tricks are you up to? Are you planning to run away while I'm downstairs buying you a cake? Or are you planning to wait for someone to deliver the cake and pass on a message for you?"
Lin Xicai showed an innocent expression of being misunderstood. She shook her head and said, "I just want to eat cake."
Li Ci nodded without comment.
He asked her what flavor she wanted and called the housekeeper on the spot.
In less than thirty minutes, the cake was delivered to your door.
Li Ci went out to get it, and when he came back, the person he thought would do something was still sitting quietly on the sofa with a calm face, as if he was really waiting for the cake.
Li Ci cut the cake and handed a piece to her.
The two of them sat side by side on the sofa eating cake, the aroma of cream spread, and the atmosphere was quiet with a strange harmony.
It was a very expensive brand of cake with a delicious taste. When her stomach was almost full, Lin Xicai, who had originally just wanted to pretend, went ahead and pretended to eat the cake for real, eating most of it in small bites.
She ate very slowly and too seriously. The person next to her didn't seem to be very interested in sweets. He only scooped the piece of cake in his hand twice with a spoon and put it down. It seemed that watching her eat was more interesting than eating the cake.
Li Ci stared at her, his eyes sliding across the cake and landing on her mouth, which was opening and closing and was covered with white cream.
Li Ci's Adam's apple moved, and his eyes became dark, deep, and sticky from some point on.
When she accidentally rubbed the cream on the corner of her lips again, the itching in her chest reached its extreme. Li Ci leaned over and pretended to kiss the cream on the corner of her lips.
Lin Xicai reacted extremely quickly, subconsciously leaning back and turning her head to avoid his action.
Li Ci seemed very dissatisfied with her dodging action. The next moment, a delicate hand grasped her neck and she was forced to turn her face to face him.
He was about to kiss her again, but Lin Xicai covered her mouth reflexively, and the kiss fell on the back of her hand.
Li Ci took a deep breath and closed his eyes. Lin Xicai knew that this was a sign that his patience was running out.
"You dislike me?" Li Ci looked down at her. "You dislike me because I'm dirty, don't you?"
Li Ci thought about what she said in the space and her blatant disdain.
He should be furious, he should be settling accounts with her right now. Who in the world would dare to say such a thing? Who would dare to despise him? Even if it were true, who would dare to despise him? It was simply courting death. He would have ten thousand ways to make him regret saying that.
But when he faced this person, the first thing he said was an explanation.
"I said I've never done that kind of thing with any woman, do you believe me?"
He paused, "I have a trauma about this kind of thing. I find it disgusting. When I was a kid, before I even understood what it was, I witnessed it myself..."
He couldn't continue, and suddenly became extremely irritated. "Forget it, you don't need to know about this disgusting and dirty thing. I just want to say that I'm actually... I'm not that dirty. I haven't really done that kind of thing with anyone. I have thought about trying, but I, I still feel disgusted..."
Lin Xicai looked at him expressionlessly and didn't believe a word he said.
In fact, it doesn’t matter whether you believe it or not, because she doesn’t care at all.
She wasn't interested in his chastity, she just wanted to get out.
But his words did her no harm, and she wished he would just admit that he was actually a monk.
Lin Xicai nodded, agreeing with his idea and asking to join in: "Actually, I also feel disgusted, so I plan to never do that kind of thing in my life, so on this point, we are quite like-minded..."
"Like-minded?" Li Ci stared at her for a moment, then chuckled. He shook his head, his eyes dark and dangerous. "I'm afraid you'll be disappointed. I don't share the same ideals as you on this matter. If it were you, I wouldn't feel that way. I'd only feel... anticipation, longing, and overexcitement. Do you understand?"
Lin Xicai froze, looking at him with a cold smile: "Do you tell everyone this?"
"Do I need to?" Li Ci's eyes were fierce. He continued to smile, but there was no warmth in his eyes. "Have you forgotten what kind of person I am? If I really have that intention, do I need to go to the trouble of making up an excuse?"
He stared at her and pinched her chin hard, with a sense of punishment that had nowhere to vent. "Do you think everyone is like you? You think of ways to torture me and make me uncomfortable all day long, and I coax and flatter you like this. I really want to strangle you to death, but I can't bear it. How can I not bear it? You say, you are so bad to me, and I am so reluctant to let you go. Are you also laughing at me in your heart? Huh? Laughing at me for being cheap, right?"
"Smile," Li Ci said, "as long as you are in my arms, I will forgive you no matter what you do."
As Li Ci spoke, he bent down again to kiss her. Lin Xicai reached out and this time covered his mouth.
"What time is it?" she asked.
Li Ci closed his eyes, seemingly suppressing his anger. "Why is this the same question again? What are you waiting for?"
His patience was clearly running out, yet he still glanced down at his watch. "Fifteen minutes to midnight. Tell me, what are you waiting for? You're taking two hours to finish a meal, and then you're still dawdling over cake. Do you really think I can't tell? You're asking the time over and over again, and then what? What do you want to do?"
"Fifteen minutes..."
Lin Xicai murmured the time again, and her expression seemed to relax a little.
She looked at him and said, "Give me fifteen minutes. Be quiet for these fifteen minutes, and I'll tell you why in fifteen minutes."
Li Ci was stunned, surprised by her confidence - it was as if she knew exactly what would happen in fifteen minutes.
He frowned, "What tricks are you going to play?"
"I'm not doing anything, I just want to sit on the sofa with you for a while," she thought for a moment and added stiffly, "You and me."
Li Ci knew very well that things were not that simple.
But I was still pleased by the tempting phrase "you and me".
Whatever, he thought, it's only fifteen minutes, he'll just give it to her. Whatever she wants to play, whatever tricks she wants to play, he'll just play with her.
Li Ci then lifted the blanket beside him and wrapped the two of them together. He took off the expensive watch worth millions from his wrist and put it on Lin Xicai's wrist. He hugged her and looked at the time on the dial with her.
"Come on, sweetheart, let's see if you can turn into Cinderella at twelve o'clock."
Li Ci held her in his arms, his chin resting affectionately on her shoulder, and they huddled together on the sofa, watching the time pass by, minute by minute, second by second.
In the last few seconds before midnight, the person in his arms suddenly seemed to become excited and began to count down following the pointer.
"ten."
"Nine."
"eight."
"seven."
…
"two."
"one."
As the last number was counted, the person in his arms suddenly smiled coldly.
Li Ci was startled.
Then he heard her say softly, "Goodbye."
In his last moment of consciousness, he seemed to see his arms become empty.
…….
After a moment of confusion, when I opened my eyes again, I was in Xie Shi's house - to be exact, I was in Xie Shi's arms, holding me horizontally.
Lin Xicai was in his arms, looking straight at the clock on the wall, the hands of which had just passed zero.
As expected, she returned to the beginning of the day.
She was lucky that she knew Xie Shi well enough, and also lucky that this man had a strong desire for control. If he couldn't find her, he would definitely use this method to bring her back.
At midnight that day, she was at Xie Shi's house, or to be exact, in his arms - so when he made time loop because he couldn't find her, no matter what she had experienced that day or where she had been, at the moment when time returned to zero, she would irresistibly appear in his arms.
She knew Xie Shi too well and knew that he would definitely do this, so when she found that there was no way to escape on her own, she began to try every possible means to delay time.
Li Ci asked her what she was waiting for. She was waiting for midnight, waiting for her escape, waiting for her freedom.
Lin Xicai was held tightly by Xie Shi. For the first time, she forgot to struggle. Her body was intact, but her soul was exhausted. She gasped for breath, her face filled with the fear of having survived a disaster.
That bastard, that lunatic, that psychopath... If it weren't for Xie Shi's bug that could be exploited, she couldn't think of any way to escape from that situation.
Xie Shi held her and stood by the bed, seeing her expression clearly, his eyes as cold as a pond: "What happened?"
what happened.
Lin Xicai looked at him, and the first thing that flashed through her mind was the bloody kiss.
Thinking of that uncomfortable kiss, Lin Xicai missed a beat and her heart began to feel uncomfortable.
What happened, and why should she tell him?
She would not tell anyone about this nasty and dirty kiss.
This day has been refreshed and everything has returned to the starting point. Except for her, no one will know what happened, not even that bastard will remember it.
She is the only one in the world who knows about it. As long as she refuses to tell anyone, it will always be a secret with no one to watch.
It would stink and rot in her heart, and finally be buried in a corner, silently, as if it had never existed.
Yes, that's it, it never existed.
Lin Xicai looked at Xie Shi, and that deep, gloomy and even somewhat aggressive gaze suddenly made her a little angry.
Why did he look at her like that? He was the least qualified person to question her. If he hadn't been so willful and self-willed, perhaps there wouldn't have been so many variables.
She was kissed by him, so what?
Do you think she will feel guilty?
She wouldn't.
Lin Xicai was about to jump off him, but Xie Shi didn't let go. He stared at her and repeated the question: "What happened?"
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