Chapter 68 The Paranoiac Five Years Ago
A moment of silence fell over the air.
The man seemed to be thinking about how to explain, and after about two minutes, he finally laughed.
"Tsk, if I had known you would be this scared, I would have just given you an empty gun."
He seemed to be talking to himself, or perhaps explaining to her, "It's my fault, I was too much of a perfectionist."
"What's the meaning?"
Luo Tingwei was completely confused.
"Baby, you didn't kill anyone."
Li Yanzhou pinched her butt mischievously, uttering with amusement, "Those three people had blood packs inside their bodies, and your gun was full of blanks, so they won't die."
"I just thought you'd been too naughty lately, so I wanted to teach you a lesson. But it seems I went a bit too far. Look how scared you are."
Upon hearing this, Luo Tingwei froze in his arms.
What?!
She suddenly felt like he was manipulating her.
"Li Yanzhou, are you... are you even human?!"
"Yes, not only a person, but also your man."
"Shut up!"
She pushed him away, "Do I look like an idiot to you?"
Although that's what Li Yanzhou thought in his heart, he said it very tactfully.
"It's okay, I like you even if you're silly. You were just as silly five years ago, and I still liked you."
The first half of the sentence was true, but the second half was something he said involuntarily as he looked at her face.
By the time he realized something was wrong, Luo Tingwei was already deep in thought.
"Five years ago? You know me?" She glanced at him warily.
Since he had inadvertently let it slip, Li Yanzhou simply stopped pretending and said, "Yes."
"We met five years ago at the University of San Francisco."
Upon hearing his words, Luo Tingwei's eyes widened suddenly. "Why didn't you tell me this before?"
"Anyway, you can't remember, so I'm too lazy to bring it up. Besides, I said we can start over, and the past doesn't count."
"So, we're classmates?"
Li Yanzhou thought for a moment, "I don't think so..."
He was studying for his MBA at the time, while Luo Tingwei had just entered preparatory school and was just a naive and inexperienced young girl.
"You said you liked me back then?"
Luo Tingwei's eyes darted around, as if she were recalling something.
Li Yanzhou really didn't want to admit it, but in the end he reluctantly hummed in agreement.
Luo Tingwei suddenly realized who he was.
Cen An'an once mentioned this person when she was helping her with memory rehabilitation.
When she was in the United States, a boy really liked her. He not only wrote her love letters to express his feelings, but also tried to ask her out many times, to the point of obsessive harassment, which caused her a lot of distress.
According to Cen An'an, she never accepted him back then, nor did she ever go on a date with him alone.
It seems that this person is undoubtedly Li Yanzhou.
For a moment, I felt a little down.
The light in Luo Tingwei's eyes dimmed, and she said slowly, "Oh, it's you."
However, besides the lower part, she was also a little confused, wondering what she was thinking five years ago.
The man in front of her was clearly her ideal type, so why would she refuse?
But since he refused, he must have done something to offend her.
Unexpectedly, five years later, she still ended up in his hands and became his possession.
It was truly a tragedy.
"You remembered?" Li Yanzhou was a little surprised. He hadn't even said who he was yet, and she already knew.
"Yes, Cen An'an told me about this." Luo Tingwei looked at him thoughtfully.
"I didn't expect that you would be exactly the same as you were five years ago, without any change."
When she said nothing had changed, she meant his obsessive personality; just like five years ago, he still liked to relentlessly pursue her.
"To be honest, I had an accident later and don't remember many things. I went back to China to recuperate for more than a year."
She glanced into his eyes and spoke, enunciating each word clearly.
"If I'm not mistaken, you've been looking for me all these years, haven't you?"
Li Yanzhou did not deny it.
For some reason, Luo Tingwei's gaze towards him grew colder and colder, which puzzled him.
Didn't she remember? That's why she had that expression.
Shouldn't she be overjoyed and excited?
"So, that meeting at the conference in Switzerland three years ago was also something you deliberately did to get close to me, right?"
He could tell that her tone had taken on a questioning tone.
"yes."
Li Yanzhou responded in a deep voice, offering no explanation.
"So, all your scheming and plotting against my father, getting him arrested, and forcing me to submit, was just to fulfill your obsession from five years ago?"
Unexpectedly, he had devised such a grand scheme to win her over.
What a terrifying thought.
She originally thought he was just seeking revenge for the humiliation she had caused him in Switzerland years ago, but she never expected that the clues would lead back to five years ago.
All because of his obsession.
She suddenly felt a chill run down her spine.
If she had agreed to go out with him five years ago, who knows what extreme things he might have done to get her.
"Weiwei, what's wrong? Why are you shaking?"
Li Yanzhou sensed that something was wrong with her and quickly tried to comfort her.
But the moment he touched her, her body trembled again.
Luo Tingwei was overwhelmed with emotions, biting her lip, and didn't know what to say for a moment.
Seeing that she seemed to be getting stuck on her thoughts, he finally couldn't bear it, sighed, and tried to soften his voice.
"If the past makes you uncomfortable, don't dwell on it. I've said it before, I'll start over with you."
Seeing that he didn't speak, he tentatively pulled her into his arms. "Weiwei, get some sleep. When we get back to Black City, you and I will be fine, and everything will be back on track."
The lightning gradually stopped.
Although she was beside Li Yanzhou that night, she did not sleep well.
For some reason, she always felt that the person next to her was more sickly and more dangerous and terrifying than she imagined.
Unrequited love is a perfectly normal thing, but it was enough for him to remember it for five years and painstakingly weave a huge net, all for the sake of getting her by any means necessary, which is chilling to think about.
*
For several days in a row, it rained heavily on the island.
Three days later, one afternoon, the sky outside the window was overcast, and it was still drizzling.
Li Yanzhou has suddenly become very busy these past few days, spending several days away from home or in his study, staying there for a long time. Several times, he only came to bed after she had fallen asleep.
Moreover, the subordinates and bodyguards in black were coming and going from the villa more frequently, and everyone looked wary.
After finishing lunch, Luo Tingwei was strolling around the villa when she suddenly saw six men in black walking towards her with serious expressions. The man in the lead was carrying a suitcase. After seeing her, he nodded to her and then went in another direction.
Luo Tingwei noticed that it wasn't the direction of the study; that direction... seemed to be the torture chamber.
For some reason, she jumped, her nerves tingling.
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