-Why?
[Master, you will die if you are locked up any longer.]
[I've observed that your health indicators are very poor. If you don't leave soon, you may become the first host to die from depression.]
Of course, there is another solution: to reconcile with oneself and with Xu Shaojun...
Will I die?
Luo Jiu chuckled self-deprecatingly.
Probably. If this continues, they'll be torturing each other; either they'll become depressed or Xu Shaojun will be driven insane.
Forgive him? Forgive him for accidentally causing Shi Zixi's death, forgive him for forcing himself to confine himself to this small room, like a canary without freedom?
Luo Jiu can't do it. At least not right now.
In that case, let's leave.
-How do I get there?
According to the plot, the second male lead will visit Xu Shaojun today.
[At that time, all the master needs to do is let him see you. Then I'll interfere with his memory. With his help, the chances of the master leaving will be much greater.]
- Su Hengzhe?
A complex emotion flashed in Luo Jiu's eyes.
He confessed his feelings to me in a joking manner, testing me several times. I rejected him.
Unexpectedly, in the end, I would have to use him to leave.
【Owner? 】
-It's okay, let's leave it at that.
Luo Jiu stepped down from the wicker chair. After two or three days of insomnia, she unexpectedly felt sleepy. Perhaps it was the return of 007 that brought her a sense of security.
...
One afternoon, just as 007 had predicted, Su Hengzhe brought some gifts to talk with Xu Shaojun.
Because of the incident at his wedding, Xu Shaojun suddenly became a rising star in Shanghai's political circles.
Good looks, power, and ideas—a model for contemporary youth. Countless people flock to him, vying to praise him.
Su Hengzhe was unwilling to talk to him, after all, he had stolen the girl he had fallen in love with at first sight.
I came here under pressure from my parents, but I didn't expect to find nothing.
However, to Su Hengzhe's even greater surprise, he actually met Luo Jiu here, who was rumored to have gone to the United States for further studies.
That afternoon, he originally wanted to confess his feelings to her again to prove that he was really serious about her and that he wasn't just playing around.
But when he arrived at her doorstep with a bouquet of red roses, he found her passionately kissing another man.
This was a side of Luo Jiu that he had never seen before.
She was shy and stunningly beautiful, but ultimately, she was not meant to be his.
So, his dream ended, and he left.
In Su Hengzhe's eyes, Luo Jiu was still as beautiful as ever when they met again. It was just that she had lost weight, and her eyes and brows had lost their former charm and liveliness.
She looked extremely indifferent, languidly curled up in the wicker chair, listlessly tearing at the red rose in her hand.
Just like the scene when they first met. So vibrant and lively, so captivating to him. But in the end, everything has changed.
Su Hengzhe walked towards the gate with a sense of loss, led by a kind old man.
"Was that Miss Luo Jiu just now? I don't really recognize her anymore. I heard she went abroad for further studies?" Su Hengzhe deliberately started to probe, wanting to know how his former white moonlight was doing.
“Miss Luo Jiu, she… sigh.”
The old man didn't finish his sentence; he just kept sighing.
Su Hengzhe frowned, wanting to ask more, when suddenly, fragmented thoughts flashed through his mind. A voice echoed in his head:
She's not doing well, she needs you. Tomorrow night at nine...
He seemed to be bewitched, without questioning why these words had suddenly appeared.
The following evening, following 007's instructions, Luo Jiu sneaked out to a side gate behind the small garden.
This side door is usually just for the gardener's convenience, and few people know about it.
If it weren't for 007's cheat code, even if Luo Jiu left the room, she wouldn't know where to go. Looking around aimlessly, she might get kidnapped before she even took two steps.
Xu Shaojun has been away at a meeting for the past few days, seemingly certain that Luo Jiu has given up and will quietly stay in her room, waiting for his return. As a result, the guards at the mansion have become somewhat lax in their vigilance.
Luo Jiu knocked out Xiao Li, who had come to deliver dinner, changed into her clothes, and escaped.
-007, are you reliable?
If you mess this up, I'll break your legs!
【Master, don't worry. They're here. If you go out now, you're sure to meet them.】
Luo Jiu walked out of the side door and sure enough, she saw a car with its white lights flashing, which was a bit dazzling. It stopped right in front of her.
The person invited her upstairs, and then, to Luo Jiu's surprise, she saw Su Hengzhe, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, in the car.
He seemed somewhat changed; he was no longer the approachable young nobleman who had just returned from studying abroad, but had become somewhat profound and distant.
The corners of my mouth still habitually curve upwards, but it no longer feels the same as it did back then.
Luo Jiu didn't want to delve any further; everyone changes. Even she herself was no longer the once-popular Miss Luo Jiu of Shanghai.
"Miss Luo Jiu, how have you been?"
Su Hengzhe's voice was always teasing, pulling Luo Jiu back to the scenes of the times they went on trips together.
Youthful ignorance is the most beautiful time.
"Young Master Su, it's been a long time."
The car slowly drove forward. No one knew that the woman who had been living in the room had already left.
Luo Jiu looked at the Seine Mansion, which had carried her laughter, her budding love, and her pain, just like the man in her heart, passing by and disappearing from her life.
...
The next morning, Luo Jiu sat in front of the dock, waiting for the ship to set sail.
Last night, she asked Su Hengzhe for a boat ticket. The ship departs this morning, and she will travel to Japan.
Luo Jiu didn't know how to face Xu Shaojun's domineering and morbidly deep-seated love. She couldn't figure it out for a while, so she might as well run away, run far away, and wait until she figured it out.
[Master, you're gone... What about the mission?]
007 originally just wanted Luo Jiu to escape Shanghai. As long as they were in China, the two would eventually meet again. Who knew Luo Jiu would be even more ruthless and escape from Japan like that? That would mean they would never see each other again.
Wouldn't my hard-won chance to clear the game be ruined?
-I didn't leave, and I didn't see him give me any favorability points.
But why is Xu Shaojun so sensitive to my departure? Why is he so obsessively attached to her to the point of being pathological?
Because... it's the male lead's mother.
-Mother?
His mother, like you, stood by his bedside one night and said she was leaving. And then she never came back.
So... he's worried I'll never come back, right?
So, is it necessary to express your care in such an extreme way?
Luo Jiu's expression was somewhat complicated.
Over here, Luo Jiu was talking with 007 when, unexpectedly, a commotion suddenly broke out in the crowd.
"Quiet down, don't move!"
Surrounded by soldiers and accompanied by his adjutant, Xu Shaojun, dressed in military uniform, walked towards them.
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