Chapter 289 001 & Main System 4
Xing Yan spoke again, "Where do you want to go by drilling into the cracks in time and space?"
"Where I go is none of your business?" 001 retorted, stiffening his neck. "I go wherever I want. Anyway—"
"Lin, Rong."
Xing Yan suddenly called out her full name. 001 paused, and actually saw a hint of disappointment in Xing Yan's eyes.
At this moment, she felt inexplicably panicked, but she couldn't find the source.
"I'm reminding you, don't forget who you are." Xing Yan's voice was clear.
Lin Rong curled his fingertips, and his heart felt like it was stabbed by something, numb and astringent.
She lowered her eyes, but a question popped up in her mind uncontrollably.
My identity? What else could I be? Just a bedmate who lives on your breath.
Xing Yan clearly saw the self-mockery that flashed in her eyes when she lowered her eyes. Before his brain could react, his body instinctively felt heartache.
His fingertips moved, subconsciously wanting to touch her face, but when the words came to his lips, he suppressed the softness and maintained his original coldness.
"You are 001, the maintainer of the world line. In your eyes, those tasks may just be a string of code to be completed, but to the people in every world, they are their real lives."
He leaned forward, staring at her more deeply. "Every world line you shoulder is your responsibility. Abandoning your mission and diving into the cracks in time and space, what are you trying to escape from? Escape from the plot that you find troublesome, or escape from the responsibilities that you should shoulder?"
These words were like a bucket of cold water, instantly extinguishing all of Lin Rong's arrogance.
She lowered her head, feeling guilty.
She took advantage of New Year's Eve to come back and wanted to negotiate with the system to try to get some benefits for Jiang Fei and see if there was any way to make her stay.
But before, when she was overwhelmed by the chaotic emotions, she did forget about Jiang Fei and the mission. Her mind was full of leaving here, running far away, running to a place where Xing Yan could not find her.
She seemed to be really lacking in sense of responsibility. She had always been lazy, as if she believed that no matter what, there would always be a mountain to block all the wind and rain for her.
And that mountain is Xing Yan in front of him.
Lin Rong's fingertips dug deep into his palm, and shame surged like a tide.
She finally raised her head, her voice so soft that it was almost inaudible: "I'm sorry..."
The coldness in Xing Yan's eyes gradually melted away. He resisted the urge to hug her in his arms and asked, "Do you know you're wrong?"
"Yeah." Lin Rong nodded and said in a muffled voice, "I was being willful."
"It's not just willfulness." Xing Yan almost sighed, "You're clearly capable of doing better. The professor once said that you were the most talented maintainer he had ever seen..."
Lin Rong suddenly interrupted him: "What about you? In your eyes, am I a failure?"
Xing Yan was silent for a moment. "In my eyes, you will always be that little girl in the lab who cried to save a lab rabbit."
His tone suddenly became serious: "But now you have grown up, it's time to learn to take responsibility."
The room was quiet for a long time.
"Feeling wronged?"
Lin Rong shook his head. "It's my fault that I didn't complete the task properly. I have no right to feel wronged."
"That's not what I'm talking about." Xing Yan stood up, walked to the bedside, leaned over to untie the bathrobe strap on her wrist, and gently rubbed the marks on her wrist.
"We've finished our official business. Now, it's time to talk about our personal matters."
"I don't want to talk about it now."
The resistance in these words was obvious.
"If you don't want to talk about it, don't talk about it."
Xing Yan gently rubbed her earlobe, as if to comfort a naughty child, "Then finish your work first, and then we can talk when you want to."
This body was all too familiar to his touch.
She was so familiar with it that when he just scratched her earlobe with his fingertips, a tingling sensation would run up her spine to every part of her body, and even her knees would soften a little.
Xing Yan seemed very satisfied with her reaction. He gently moved his fingertips up along her jawline, forcing Lin Rong to raise her head and look into his bottomless eyes.
There was still lingering tenderness in her, but also mixed with an unmistakable possessiveness. Before she could react, he leaned over and kissed her.
The moment their lips touched, Lin Rong froze for a moment. Just as she was about to move back, he grabbed her neck and pressed her even tighter.
His kisses were always forceful, but this time he was extra patient, prying open her lips and teeth little by little.
He didn't move away until he kissed her until her breathing became disordered and rapid, and then he pulled away a little, his fingertips still gently stroking her lips that were red from being kissed.
He didn't let her go, but instead held her wrists that had been tied just now, and gently circled the pale red mark with his fingertips.
His lips gently rubbed against the corner of her mouth and cheek, then stopped at her earlobe and gently held it.
Lin Rong trembled all over and went limp.
Xing Yan's voice rolled out from his throat and overflowed from between his teeth. His voice was low and hoarse with a hint of tenderness.
"What should I do? I still want to tie you up."
These words were like a warm feather, scratching Lin Rong's heart accurately.
The messy thoughts in her mind were forcibly pushed away, leaving only the palms moving on her body, the hot lips and tongue, and the strength that was sometimes heavy and sometimes light.
Lin Rong thought that she liked being close to Xing Yan, otherwise their relationship would not have lasted for such a long time.
"It's time to make some changes between us."
She heard Xing Yan whisper this, but before she could delve into it, he dragged her into a new round of decadence.
…
In the next few days, Lin Rong was almost "imprisoned" by Xing Yan in his home.
The first two days she didn't have the strength to get up, so Xing Yan brought her food and drinks to her bedside, and did all the washing herself.
When she finally got around to talking to him, problems suddenly arose at the DLC headquarters again.
Xing Yan went out before dawn and came back exhausted in the middle of the night. He didn't even have time to take off his coat and fell asleep on the sofa. The two of them didn't even have a chance to say a serious word.
Lin Rong had tried to sneak away, but failed. When she moved the host out, he said that the people over there were being watched and there would be no problem for the time being. She could deal with it after he had finished his business.
She knew that when she drove the shuttle into the gap in space and time that day, she had scared him after all.
The gap in space and time connects countless world lines. Once her entity enters, it is easy to get lost in a certain world line.
It is difficult for people outside to find her.
Lin Rong looked at Xing Yan, who was fast asleep on the sofa, with a faint dark discoloration under his eyes. She gently took the blanket and covered him with it, her fingertips accidentally touching his slightly furrowed brow.
On the morning of the fifth day, she finally got her chance.
Xing Yan was warming milk in the kitchen. She mustered up the courage to speak: "We need to talk."
Xing Yan paused, "What do you want to talk about?"
Lin Rong walked around to his side and said, "You can't keep me locked up like this forever."
Xing Yan stirred the milk silently, the hot steam blurring his expression.
Just when Lin Rong thought he was going to avoid her again, he suddenly spoke:
"Okay." He put down the spoon, "I'll give you two choices."
"One," he raised his eyes, "a lifelong contract, a chip implanted, I can find you no matter where you are."
Lin Rong was stunned: "...Where's the second one?"
"Two," Xing Yan handed the milk to her, "I will keep you locked up until you choose one."
There is no choice at all!
Lin Rong was so angry that he wanted to throw the cup, but he heard Xing Yan add: "By the way, Jiang Fei's world line..."
He paused deliberately, looking at Lin Rong's suddenly nervous expression, and said slowly: "I have a way to make her stay.
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