Chapter 171: Don’t be afraid of me, and don’t hide from me
Ever since the two of them parted on bad terms last time, the man had locked the girl up openly as he had said.
She was locked in the attic and her range of movement was limited to a dozen meters.
She was handcuffed with thin anklets, which made noises whenever she moved.
Every time this happened, the group of servants would secretly run up to see what she was doing.
No one knew who gave the order, but within Xu Xiaoyue's range of movement, any objects that could be touched, such as tables and chairs, were covered with a thick layer of sponge pads.
It was as if he had seen through her inner thoughts and prepared for them in advance.
Xu Xiaoyue didn't want to die yet. She had managed to survive the difficult beginning of transmigrating into a book until now, but she committed suicide just because of the possessiveness of a perverted man.
When the girl was really bored, she would talk to the servants downstairs.
Most of the servants were in their thirties or forties, and they kept persuading her that she had a good partner who treated her so well, that she would not have to worry about food and drink, and that she did not have to worry about household affairs.
Between the lines, Xu Xiaoyue seemed to be unaware of the blessings she had, and she almost said the words "ungrateful".
Every time they chatted for just a few sentences, the girl would automatically shut up and stop the conversation.
It seemed that she had really been forgotten by everyone, just as Yan Ye said.
The girl had applied for leave of absence from school and had no relatives. Even if she was locked up in this world for the rest of her life, most likely no one would notice that she was missing.
Every day in the room, the thing Xu Xiaoyue did most was to daydream.
Staring blankly for endless hours, basking in the sun, with an empty head, subconsciously not thinking too much.
She couldn't count how many days she had been locked up, but could only roughly estimate it to be less than a month.
That night.
She felt the warm body coming up from behind her again, the big hands tightly wrapped around her waist, and the overwhelming feeling of suffocation was about to drown her.
Xu Xiaoyue knew that he was back again.
She hasn't seen Yan Ye for a long time, ever since the last time they had a quarrel on this bed.
He seemed to be deliberately avoiding her and never came back during the day. Only when she was asleep at night would she vaguely feel the other side of the bed collapse and someone slept there.
It comes quietly in the middle of the night and leaves quietly before dawn.
Many times, Xu Xiaoyue could feel the man's thing ready to go, and it was as hard as a rock, making her uncomfortable.
She thought Yan Ye would not be able to hold it back, but in all these days, the man had never made things difficult for her in bed.
The girl twisted her arms slightly, and the pair of large hands behind her wrapped around her even tighter.
The scorching body temperature came through her clothes. She opened her eyes and looked at the clock on the bedside table. It was already 2:30 in the morning.
Both of them knew that the other was awake, and they seemed to be competing with each other, and neither of them spoke first.
Xu Xiaoyue moved her feet and shifted her position, and the bell on the anklet began to jingle.
She tried to hold back, but couldn't help it. She turned around and looked at the man.
"How long are you going to keep me here?"
The girl's tone was not nice, more like a question.
The man lowered his eyes, and his palm slid down the girl's soft and slender waist to her belly.
He avoided Xu Xiaoyue's question and whispered, "Auntie said you only drank a little soup tonight."
"Why aren't you eating?"
Xu Xiaoyue curled her lips, her face full of sarcasm, "You locked me up here, and you still care whether I eat or not, and how much I eat?"
"Yes, even if you keep a dog, if it goes on a hunger strike for two days, the owner will be anxious."
Hearing her words, Yan Ye frowned. He didn't like the girl's self-deprecating tone.
"You are not my pet."
"Besides, I don't treat you as a pet." He explained seriously, which was rare.
Xu Xiaoyue originally thought that she would not get angry about anything these days, but when she heard the man's words, the anger in her heart suddenly rose.
She struggled to step back, forcefully pulling out of the man's arms, staring at him with eyes that showed anger in them.
She deliberately moved her ankle, causing the chain to make a sound, alerting the man in front of her.
"What am I if I'm not your dog?"
"The dog can go out for a walk from time to time, but I can only be locked up here and I don't know when I will die."
When she said the last word "death", her voice suddenly dropped, and her eyes were misty and red.
Yan Ye's expression changed. He put his index finger in front of the girl's soft lips, put his forehead against her, and said seriously, "You will not die, and you are not allowed to die."
He wrapped his big hands around the girl, holding her in his arms, felt her weight in his arms, lowered his head and touched her forehead affectionately, without any lust.
"Eat your meal obediently. I'll invite a chef from Huainan to come over in a couple of days and ask her to cook some hometown dishes for you."
Xu Xiaoyue pursed her lips, turned her head to the side and said nothing.
She just felt so tired.
Communicating is tiring, and talking is tiring too.
Seeing that she was resisting him again, Yan Ye's throat rolled, suppressed the hidden restlessness in his heart, and took the initiative to talk about another topic.
"Tomorrow there will be a large shipment of new bragi delivered, along with your favorite malted milk."
"Don't eat too many snacks, just taste them..."
He kept muttering to himself, saying everything he hadn't said in the past few days, and his chattering made Xu Xiaoyue annoyed.
The girl covered her ears, shrank into the quilt, and simply curled up into a ball and refused to come out.
It was obvious that she was trying to avoid him. Yan Ye loosened his grip and silently lifted the quilt a little to let her breathe.
Perhaps she was really sleepy, Xu Xiaoyue covered her ears and soon started snoring.
After making sure that she was soundly asleep this time, Yan Ye reached out and pulled her back, holding her tightly against himself.
He was like a businessman who was holding a treasure but was afraid of losing it, so he chose to put the treasure away in a high building and then check it over and over again to see if there were any cracks.
At this point, he had no way out. The only thing he could do was to guard the treasure in his arms and not let anyone touch it.
Yan Ye wiped the tears from the corners of the girl's eyes. Even when she fell asleep, she would still sob unconsciously, as if she had suffered a lot of grievances.
When she was asleep, she was much more obedient than when she was awake. When she felt cold, she would automatically lean towards the man.
Yan Ye looked at her carefully. In just twenty days, she had lost a lot of weight. There was no flesh on either side of her cheeks, and her chin had become pointed.
He wasn't the only one suffering these days.
The suffering she endured was no less than his.
Yan Ye knew that she was unhappy, and he also knew that the girl was not in a good state recently. He heard from the servants that she often stayed alone and would spend most of the day in a daze.
The man sighed and hugged her tightly, "Baby, don't hide from me, and don't be afraid of me."
He only dared to say these things when people were asleep.
Once Xu Xiaoyue knew his vulnerability, the girl would verbally attack him mercilessly.
Yan Ye had been thinking back over what she said last time these days, and he felt depressed and uncomfortable.
The reason why he hid from people was because he was afraid of hearing hurtful words from the girl.
In this relationship, he seems to be the strong one, but in fact, the weak girl is the dominant one.
When she said she didn't like herself, she really didn't like herself anymore, and she wanted to wipe out all the good memories of the past.
How could she be so cruel, saying those hurtful words recklessly, stabbing him like a knife in the heart without considering his feelings at all.
Yan Ye felt that he was really hopeless. Only by locking the person by his side and making sure that she was still there, could his panicked heart calm down for a moment.
The girl is his poison and also his only antidote.
So be it, the man thought with some self-destruction, even if he couldn't get her heart, he could just stay with her for the rest of his life, what else could he be dissatisfied with.
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