Chapter 20: If he runs again, his legs will be broken.
Li Yanzhou was completely taken aback by Luo Tingwei's sudden remark and was momentarily stunned.
So, is this why she's been feeling down lately?
Who is laughing at you?
His voice suddenly turned cold, as if he were about to kill someone.
Luo Tingwei bit her lip and remained silent.
Li Yanzhou scoffed, "I know even if you don't say it. You stay in this villa all day long. Besides them, who else would gossip about you?"
He cupped her face in his hands, gently wiping away her tears with his long fingers, and tenderly comforted her.
"Don't cry, I've cut their tongues out."
Upon hearing his words, Luo Tingwei couldn't help but shudder.
Although these maids were quite gossipy, they didn't go so far as to cut out their tongues.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but say, "Don't do this."
"They...were not wrong either."
No mistake?
Seeing her looking so self-pitying, Li Yanzhou felt a pang of heartache. He frowned, and for a moment, he wanted to tell her that things weren't as she thought.
After hesitating for a long time, he simply sighed, "Do you think I've been treating you like a plaything all this time?"
"yes."
She finally gave a straightforward answer.
"When...when will you let me go? When will you stop humiliating me like this?"
Li Yanzhou was stumped by her question.
Aside from the first few days when he first took her in, and later when she escaped and was caught, and he locked her in bed in a fit of anger, he swore he had no intention of deliberately humiliating her.
So, he thought for a moment, then smiled and began to seduce her step by step.
"Alright, since you don't want to be a plaything, then tell me what you want to be, and I'll grant your wish."
Three words or two words.
He would agree to anything she asked.
As long as she speaks up herself.
He gazed intently at her, awaiting her answer.
After drinking, Luo Tingwei grew bolder and spoke incoherently.
"Waaaaah, I want you to let me go, I want to be a stranger..."
"Luo Tingwei".
His tone turned serious, and his displeasure made his voice harden again: "You can't leave."
"Why? Even prisoners get released after serving their sentences, so why... do I have to stay stuck here forever? Just give me a deadline."
"OK."
He gripped her wrist tightly, trying to bring her back to her senses, and then said, slowly and deliberately,
"If you want a timeframe, then I'll give you one: ten years."
Luo Tingwei felt a jolt in her heart.
The word "ten years" scared me so much that I sobered up completely.
She never imagined that a few unintentional words from the past would lead to ten years of torment.
She didn't mean it at all when she said it.
A deep despair swept over her.
With a crash, she lost her grip, and the wine glass shattered on the floor, making a loud noise.
If she could, she would love to pick up that shard and cut her wrists.
"Heh, ten years... You're kidding, right?"
"Don't you...don't you get tired of it?"
She didn't think Li Yanzhou's interest in her or his desire for revenge could last that long.
After all, it was all just idle talk in the past, and it didn't actually cause him any harm.
Will the hatred last that long?
Luo Tingwei's eyes darted around, and she suddenly wanted to provoke him.
"Li Yanzhou, tell me the truth, you're forcing me to stay by your side, you...you don't actually like me, do you?"
The air suddenly fell silent.
In an instant, the way the man opposite her looked at her became incredibly subtle.
Li Yanzhou's lips curled up slightly. "You're quite confident."
"What, did I guess right?"
Luo Tingwei, undeterred, continued to provoke him.
"You guessed right."
The next second, he leaned down, whispered in her ear in an extremely soft and ambiguous tone, "I like you..."
"How you look in bed."
Her back was stiff.
I suddenly felt like I was being mocked.
So, in the end, it all comes down to him being lusting after her body?
But would a man like him lack women? Why does he have to keep pestering her?
Just as her thoughts drifted away, the warm breath continued to blow against her ear.
"So don't even think about escaping, you can't escape anyway, unless I get tired of you."
Did you hear me clearly?
Luo Tingwei recalled her last escape attempt, during which he easily caught her and brought her back, only to have her chained to the bed, utterly devoid of freedom and humanity.
Her long eyelashes trembled slightly with fear.
Unexpectedly, the man's playful voice rang out again, "If I find out you've run away again..."
"Guess what I'm going to do?"
Luo Tingwei gasped, "Are you going to tie me to the bed again?"
You're wrong.
He stared down at her wide eyes, his gaze as determined as a leopard's, and spoke slowly and deliberately.
"If you run a second time, I'll break your legs."
She trembled, clearly terrified by those words; her body was shaking involuntarily.
What a violent man.
But she believed he was truly capable of such a thing.
"Why are you shaking? Are you scared?"
The man noticed her trembling, and gently stroked her face with his long fingers, as if to comfort her.
"Don't be afraid. As long as you're good, I promise this will never happen."
"Tell me, you'll be good, right?"
Luo Tingwei trembled even more violently.
He nodded subconsciously, like a chicken pecking at rice.
"Okay. You're very obedient."
He smiled with satisfaction, picked her up from the sofa, and carried her upstairs.
"It's cold here, let's go back to the bedroom."
...
A few days later, in the study.
"Mr. Li, the Pigeon Blood Flame you ordered last time has arrived."
"Bring it in."
Two men in black carefully carried in a small box.
"The engraving you requested has already been completed by the craftsmen."
Li Yanzhou opened the box, glanced at it, and nodded. "Okay, go downstairs."
The man's lips curled slightly, and the image of that fair neck involuntarily surfaced in his mind.
The knocking sounded again.
"Enter."
Li Yanzhou closed the box and looked at the person who had come in.
"Master Zhou, we've found out the identity of the flower girl who tried to assassinate you last time. Sure enough, she was one of Qin Zhibiao's men."
Li Yanzhou scoffed coldly, "This bastard doesn't dare to mess with me openly, so he resorts to underhanded tricks behind my back."
The subordinate cautiously said, "The right to use the air route has been officially leased to us. You see, this Qin Zhibiao..."
"Now that we have the goods, we don't need to keep the people who shouldn't be kept around. Let's handle this cleanly and without letting anyone notice."
"yes."
"Oh, right, there's one more thing. The hospital called to say that Luo Shengtian's physical condition has almost recovered, and his mental state is also good. He can be discharged at any time."
"Yes, keep an eye on him, and make sure nothing happens to him."
"yes."
After Li Yanzhou left the house.
The maid came in to clean.
The box on the desk was half-open, and the maid held her breath and peeked at it, her eyes immediately glued to it.
"Hey, newbie."
As soon as the maid left the study, a slightly older maid stopped her, her face very unpleasant, and scolded her.
"Has no one told you that no one except Butler Wu is allowed to enter the young master's study!"
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