As the dead memories returned, a fleeting awkwardness crossed Xu Nian's face.
She immediately realized something was wrong; she had bitten him in self-defense, after all, he was full of bad intentions.
Seeing Xu Nian glaring at him defiantly, Xie Baiyu gently stroked her back and said softly, "It seems you've rested well. Let's continue."
"What? I don't want to, Xie Baiyu, please let me go! Do whatever you want with me, I don't want to die without dignity, ah!" Xu Nian's words were swallowed up by Xie Baiyu.
Time was limited, and he didn't want to waste any more time talking to her.
Xu Nian felt like crying her heart out.
Why doesn't this person ever get tired?
Why doesn't she get hurt?
It's not that she wasn't injured; it's just that when she felt pain, a warm energy would attach to the painful area, and then she would be fine.
Xu Nian desperately wanted Xiao Yao to appear, but she had been locked in her room by Xie Baiyu for a whole day, and Xiao Yao hadn't shown up at all.
Damn it, she knew Xie Baiyu was suspicious.
He's definitely in cahoots with the game's mastermind.
Before darkness fell, Xu Nian saw that Xie Baiyu seemed to be crying.
Why is he crying? She's the one who's going to be killed by him; she's the one who should be crying.
For three consecutive days, Xu Nian spent her time in a daze in her room.
On the fourth day, the first thing she did upon waking up was to grab Xie Baiyu's finger and say, "Xie Baiyu, how about we make a deal?"
"Xu Nian, what do you want to say? If you want me to let you go, don't even think about it." Xie Baiyu smiled coldly, his tone leaving no room for negotiation.
"Xie Baiyu, are you furious because I want to kill you, or because you're afraid I won't want you anymore?" Xu Nian had sensed this over the past few days; Xie Baiyu didn't want to kill her.
Although he was a bit harsh on her, he would stop whenever he saw her in pain.
If he really wanted to humiliate her to death, he wouldn't have bothered to do it.
"Xu Nian, don't try to guess what a madman is thinking. Madmen are different from normal people." Xie Baiyu pinched Xu Nian's chin and sneered, her eyes full of mockery.
"Oh! It seems you're afraid I won't want you anymore," Xu Nian said with a slow laugh.
"Don't be so arrogant. Who do you think you are? And who am I? Do you think I'm afraid of you...!" Before Xie Baiyu could finish her harsh words, Xu Nian interrupted her with an index finger.
Looking at the index finger he had placed near his mouth, he looked at her with a puzzled expression.
"Xie Baiyu, in this battle royale game, has anyone ever managed to survive? Can the wishes of those who survive really come true?" Xu Nian gazed into Xie Baiyu's eyes, and the sincerity in her beautiful eyes stirred Xie Baiyu's heart.
Can he really gamble?
With so many temptations in this world, would she really choose him?
"No one has left yet, so the wish can really come true." Xie Baiyu told him frankly, and these two simple sentences made Xu Nian's heart sink.
No one has ever gotten out, which means that even if she gets Xie Baiyu's heart, she might not be able to get out.
"Why has no one ever gone out? Where did those people fail?" A glimmer of hope rose in Xu Nian's eyes.
"Do you remember what I said? Everyone chosen by the game is guilty, but the final game theme is atonement, and atonement is death. So, how can the dead get out?" Xie Baiyu smiled mysteriously, a dazzling smile that took Xu Nian's breath away.
So this game is also a trap, a trap that gives people hope and then plunges them into hell.
She had considered the theme of redemption in the game, which first required giving up taking Xie Baiyu's heart.
No, she's been the one getting stuck on things all along.
There is more than one way to complete a task, and there is only one standard answer to an exam, but life offers many choices.
She had been blinded by the task points before.
She can't go out; even if she took Xie Baiyu's heart, it wouldn't be of any use!
The moment Xu Nian's mindset changed, Xie Baiyu, who had been full of anticipation, panicked.
She gave up on killing him.
She was about to leave him.
Xie Baiyu's hands moved faster than his brain. He held her tightly in his arms, buried his head in her neck, and pleaded in a low voice, "Niannian, don't go. Stay with me for two more days, just two more days."
Xu Nian sensed Xie Baiyu's panic and placed her hand on his chest, asking, "Xie Baiyu, can you leave with me?"
"Niannian, to be honest, I don't know." Xie Baiyu smiled bitterly.
"Can't I even make a wish?" Xu Nian frowned. Just who exactly is Xie Baiyu?
Xiao Yao said that the last wish could grant any wish, but judging from Xie Baiyu's expression, it doesn't seem so.
"I can't. I'm the one who can help you fulfill your wish. Fulfilling a wish comes at a price, and when the wish and the price clash, no one knows what the consequences will be!" Xie Baiyu's tone became low.
Upon hearing this, a thoughtful glint flashed in Xu Nian's eyes. "So you are the mastermind behind the game, and also the master of the little demon."
"Niannian, I...!" Xie Baiyu lowered her head in frustration, but the strength in her embrace only increased.
He couldn't bear to let go, even though he knew she already hated and loathed him.
"Xie Baiyu, how long can I stay here?" Xu Nian lifted Xie Baiyu's chin with her hand, making him look into her eyes as he answered.
"You can stay as long as you want, you're always welcome here." Xie Baiyu's eyes lit up, so surprised that he lost the ability to think.
She will definitely hate what he did.
But she still wanted to stay, and he was really happy.
"Xie Baiyu, I will only stay here for a hundred years. During these hundred years, you must not select any more players to enter this game. Can you do that?" Xu Nian's expression was somewhat complicated.
Before she learned the truth, watching those players die one by one, she really hated the game and felt that the mastermind behind it was treating human life like dirt.
But after learning that no one was innocent, she changed her mind.
If there is truly no justice in the world, it would be good to have this game to punish those scumbags.
"I can do it." Xie Baiyu's face lit up with joy.
After laughing, she felt that a hundred years was too short, so she asked in confusion, "Niannian, why only a hundred years? Can't you stay longer?"
"Life is short, barely a hundred years. To stay here for a hundred years is already a very long life. One shouldn't be too greedy." Xu Nian smiled and shook her head, mainly because she couldn't stay too long because of a mission.
Because of her love for him, and because of the guilt she felt for wanting to tear out his heart, she wanted to stay with him for a hundred years as compensation.
"Besides, a hundred years from now, I'll be nothing but skin and bones. Will you still be willing to stay with me then?" Xu Nian scoffed.
"No, I'm here. You'll stay young and beautiful forever, Nian Nian." Xie Baiyu looked at Xu Nian with deep affection.
"And in my heart, no matter what you look like, you are the most beautiful. I love you, and it has always been you!"
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