"Lu Huai?"
"are u there?"
Being locked in a dark room always feels especially unbearable.
Qin Wan first took a good nap, and only after waking up did she have the leisure to look for Lu Huai.
"Lu Huai, I'm thirsty."
Even though there was no one in the room, Qin Wan seemed certain that Lu Huai would know, and continued talking to herself.
The room was quiet and no one responded for a long time. Qin Wan was not flustered. She just sat casually on the edge of the bed, studying and playing with the handcuffs on her wrists.
Hmm... the handcuffs Lu Huai bought aren't very good quality.
It's so easy, you can take it apart with any wire.
With a creak, the door opened, and a familiar, tall figure appeared in the doorway, carrying a glass of water as he walked towards Qin Wan.
Seeing this, Qin Wan quickly stopped studying and playing with the handcuffs, sat obediently on the edge of the bed, and looked up at Lu Huai as he approached step by step.
Lu Huaiyou's deep gaze swept lightly over her wrist, his thin lips slightly pursed, and without saying a word, he silently handed her the water glass.
"water."
"Thank you." Qin Wan obediently accepted it.
Qin Wan's thanks made Lu Huai momentarily dazed, but he quickly suppressed the emotion in his eyes.
Seeing Lu Huai turn to leave, Qin Wan quickly reached out and grabbed his sleeve, "I'm hungry."
Lu Huai: "..."
Half an hour later.
With the sumptuous lunch brought in by Lu Huai and the room lights turned on, Qin Wan was able to temporarily escape the darkness, and life seemed to return to normal.
"Aren't you going to eat with us?" Qin Wan asked Lu Huai while frowning as she ate.
Lu Huai kept his thin lips pressed together and didn't speak, only staring at her with his dark eyes, which were unfathomable.
"Lu Huai?"
Seeing that he didn't respond for a long time, Qin Wan called out again tentatively.
Upon hearing this, Lu Huai's gaze finally changed.
"I'm not hungry."
Qin Wan looked at him, remained silent for a while, and then quietly and obediently focused on her meal.
After Qin Wan finished eating, Lu Huai cleared away the dishes and left.
The door was closed again, but this time the ceiling light remained on and never went out.
Qin Wan sat on the edge of the bed. Since she didn't have a phone, she could only continue to examine the handcuffs and leg irons, casually fiddling with them...
"Squeak..."
The door opened.
"Crack..."
The handcuffs fell off.
Qin Wan and Lu Huai looked at each other, their eyes locked in an awkward silence.
...
...
...
The space seemed to fall silent for three seconds.
"Um, I didn't mean to. I was just curious and was just playing around with it. I didn't mean to break free from it," Qin Wan explained hastily.
After saying that, as if afraid that Lu Huai would not believe her, she hurriedly picked up the handcuffs that had fallen on her legs. With two "clicks", Qin Wan consciously put the handcuffs back on.
Lu Huai: "..."
"Look, I've put them back on." As she spoke, Qin Wan raised her handcuffed hands, gesturing for Lu Huai to look over.
Lu Huai: "..."
Half an hour later.
"Click".
"Bang."
"Clang."
Lu Huai was very efficient; in no time, he removed all the shackles from Qin Wan's hands and feet, leaving the handcuffs, leg irons, and chains scattered all over the ground.
After doing all this, Lu Huai sat on the edge of the bed, covering his face with his hands, as if he was feeling frustrated about something.
"Lu Huai? Are you alright?" Qin Wan reached out and tugged at Lu Huai's sleeve, trying to help him rekindle his fighting spirit.
Lu Huai was immersed in his frustration and ignored her.
"Lu Huai?"
"If you're not happy, I can keep wearing it."
As soon as she finished speaking, the air in the room seemed to freeze for several seconds.
"Shut up!"
Lu Huai removed his hands from his face, glaring at her with a dark expression.
Qin Wan blinked her innocent big eyes, her face full of guilelessness.
"Well... why don't you give me back my phone first, and I'll order a better quality one from Taobao?" Qin Wan said again.
Lu Huai was so angry that the veins on his forehead bulged...
Qin Wan felt a dizzying sensation, and the next second, Lu Huai pushed her down onto the bed. The man pressed down on her with a fierce look on his face, glaring at her.
Qin Wan: "..."
"This won't work, that won't work, so what do you want?" Qin Wan asked, frustrated.
Lu Huai: "..."
"Do you even have a heart?" Lu Huai asked through gritted teeth.
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, before Lu Huai could even react, a slender, fair hand suddenly grabbed his large hand, before he could even react...
His large hand had already landed on Qin Wan's rapidly beating left atrium...
Lu Huai: "!!!"
"Qin Wan!!!"
Lu Huai's expression changed drastically. He immediately withdrew his hand and stared at Qin Wan with a stern and unpleasant look.
"Can you feel it?"
"My heartbeat."
"Shut up!" Lu Huai was both angry and anxious.
"You asked me yourself if I had a heart; I was just answering your question," Qin Wan accused Lu Huai with an innocent expression.
Lu Huai: "..."
"How can you do this to He Liunian?" Lu Huai asked through gritted teeth.
"What does this have to do with He Liunian?" Qin Wan asked Lu Huai, frowning.
Before Lu Huai could answer, Qin Wan began her performance on her own.
"Lu Huai, have you misunderstood something?"
"Did you suddenly lock me up because of this misunderstanding?"
As they talked, Qin Wan stared at Lu Huai with a probing look, "You just mentioned He Liunian, does that mean this matter is related to He Liunian?"
At this point, Qin Wan paused, her delicate eyebrows furrowing slightly. The next second, she seemed to realize something, and her eyes flashed with sudden understanding.
"When He Liunian brought me back, he suddenly hugged me. Did you see that?"
Seeing Lu Huai's grim expression, his thin lips pressed tightly together, and his silence, Qin Wan seemed to understand something.
"You don't actually think I'm dating He Liunian, do you?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Huai stiffened, his mind on high alert. Though he remained silent with a gloomy expression, he had already pricked up his ears, anxiously awaiting Qin Wan's explanation...
Qin Wan certainly did not disappoint him.
"I have no relationship with He Liunian."
"My relationship with him is completely innocent. I have always treated him as my older brother, and there is no romantic relationship between us."
"As for that hug..."
"He Liunian was saying goodbye to me." As she said this, Qin Wan seemed to have thought of something, her expression became slightly solemn, and her expression was not very good.
"Farewell?" Lu Huai, who had been awkwardly silent, finally responded.
“Yes, He Liunian is going abroad,” Qin Wan said. “Aunt He has late-stage liver cancer. She has been to almost all the top hospitals in the country, and the diagnosis is always the same.”
“He Liunian refused to give up and planned to take Aunt He abroad for treatment.”
At this point, Qin Wan paused, her expression quite complicated.
"As you suspected, He Liunian did mention other things to me..."
“He Liunian does have feelings for me. He is very busy with work, and I am the only girl he has met and gotten to know the most over the years.”
"In addition, Aunt He likes me a lot, and He Liunian has taken care of me habitually over the years..."
"Aunt He doesn't have much time left now, and her only wish is to see He Liunian and I have a happy ending..."
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