"I don't want to!!"
Zhu Jinzhao stared intently at Zhu Xingye with her bloodshot eyes, emphasizing each word with a hoarse voice, "I don't want to be locked up by you! I don't want to be with you!"
"Let me go! I want to go back to Shi Jing!"
"You won't find him anymore." Zhu Xingye released one hand and gently stroked Zhu Jinzhao's cheek with tenderness and affection. "Chaozhao, I will not let you two be together. So what if he's the Crown Prince of the Capital? So what if he's the son of a bandit leader? As long as I don't agree, he'll never see you again in this lifetime!"
"No!!" Zhu Jinzhao shouted until her voice was hoarse, "You can't do this! Shi Jing is my boyfriend, I can see him whenever I want! What right do you have to restrict my freedom? What right do you have to force us to separate?!"
"Because you're mine now," Zhu Xingye said confidently and smugly. "Now that Chaochao is in my hands, whatever she can do, who she can see, and who she can be with are all entirely up to me."
"If I tell you to break up, you have to break up. If I don't let Shi Jing get close to you, he'll never see you again in his life!"
Zhu Xingye's words were forceful and unreasonable, and every word hit Zhu Jinzhao's sore spot.
Thanks to Shi Jing's absolute pampering and patient guidance during this period, Zhu Jinzhao's temper is no longer as weak and timid as before. Now, facing Zhu Xingye's malicious imprisonment, she not only did not cry and beg for mercy, but instead, she gave the fierce and cold Zhu Xingye a thorough dressing down.
"Zhu Xingye, who do you think you are? Just because you tell me to break up with Shi Jing doesn't mean I have to! Your domineering control has no bearing on the relationship between Shi Jing and me!"
"Besides, even if I break up with Shi Jing, I will never be with you! Even if you imprison me for the rest of my life and control me for the rest of my life, don't expect me to agree to anything you want!"
"You have the nerve to mess around like that? I don't! Let's see how you explain yourself to your parents after you die!"
After a good, cathartic rant, Zhu Jinzhao felt much better.
But when Zhu Xingye looked at her, he didn't feel angry at all; on the contrary, he found it quite novel.
"Oh, you've gotten quite bold?" He raised an eyebrow, his eyes filled with obvious surprise as he looked at Zhu Jinzhao. "You used to be such a weak and timid little coward, but now you dare to point your finger at your older brother and curse him?"
"You forced me to do this!" Zhu Jinzhao said in despair, "If you hadn't forced me, would I have cursed you like this?"
"Okay." Zhu Xingye smiled gently. "It's all my fault. Chaochao, you can scold me if you want. You can scold me however you want. Your big brother won't be angry."
Not only was he not angry, he also seemed quite excited, as if he had thoroughly enjoyed being scolded by Zhu Jinzhao.
Zhu Jinzhao frowned as she looked at him, all the resentment in her heart transforming into two words in that instant—
madman.
"Zhu Xingye, you've gone mad!" she cursed in a trembling voice.
"Hmm..." Zhu Xingye nodded, surprisingly agreeing with Zhu Jinzhao's assessment.
"Yes, I really am crazy. I've been crazy ever since I realized I had these feelings for you."
"A madman won't listen to reason. If Chaochao wants to avoid being tied to the bed and wants to move around freely in the room, she has no choice but to obey her madman brother!"
"Impossible!" Zhu Jinzhao's tone was firm. "Zhu Xingye, even if you tie me to the bed, I will never submit to you! You want to force me? No way!"
"Heh..." Zhu Jinchao's fierce words, like a kitten unleashing its fury, amused Zhu Xingye. He reached out and brushed away the messy hair on Zhu Jinchao's forehead, saying gently and affectionately, "Has Chaochao's temper gotten bigger? Now she not only dares to call her brother by his name, but she also dares to threaten him at the drop of a hat."
“Yes!” Zhu Jinzhao retorted, his attitude hostile towards Zhu Xingye. “My bad temper is all because Shi Jing spoiled me. So, big brother, are you not satisfied?”
Zhu Xingye: "..."
He was quite satisfied at first, but when he heard the words "Shi Jing" from Zhu Jinzhao's mouth, the casual smile on his face instantly froze.
Zhu Jinzhao observed his expression and saw that he was clearly displeased, so she went on a crazy spree, touching his sore spots.
"My bad temper was taught to me by Shi Jing, and I lied to you so that I could be with Shi Jing! I really like Shi Jing, and I'm willing to become a bad guy for him!"
"Even if you're envious and jealous, it's no use, because you'll never get this kind of treatment from me!"
"..."
"Bang!"
Zhu Xingye suddenly swung his fist and slammed it hard against Zhu Jinzhao's leg.
Zhu Jinzhao trembled with fear, and immediately stopped uttering those provocative and harsh words.
"Shi Jing, Shi Jing, it's still Shi Jing!" Zhu Xingye stood up from the bedside, looking down at Zhu Jinzhao with a condescending gaze. "Since you miss Shi Jing so much, then I'll let you stay here and think about it slowly. When you're tired of thinking, I'll come and talk to you again."
After saying that, he glared at Zhu Jinzhao with a sinister look, then turned to leave.
Zhu Jinchao stared at his retreating figure and said fiercely, "Go ahead and lock me up, it won't do you any good even if you lock me up for the rest of my life!"
Zhu Xingye opened the door without even turning his head: "It's useless, so close it. Go ahead and spout all your threats."
Wishing you well today: "You—"
"Bang!"
Zhu Xingye closed the door from the outside and locked all the latches.
"..."
The large room fell silent instantly, with only Zhu Jinzhao's disordered breathing making an uneasy sound.
"ah!!!!"
Zhu Jinzhao screamed at the top of her lungs in vain, until her voice was hoarse, but no one paid any attention to her.
She and Zhu Xingye had been arguing fiercely for hours, and now that Zhu Xingye was gone, she was all alone in the large room.
She tugged at the rope binding her hands again, but when she still couldn't budge it, she simply gave up.
After arguing for so long, she was already exhausted, both physically and mentally, and had little energy left to struggle alone.
The setting sun outside the balcony had completely sunk behind the mountains, and the world outside was neither completely dark nor completely dark, but rather a hazy and deep blue.
After venting my emotions, a sudden feeling of loneliness and emptiness enveloped me.
Zhu Jinzhao turned her head to look at the mountains outside the balcony, her lips trembled, and she burst into tears of grievance.
"Shi Jing, I miss you so much, can you find me soon..."
She hadn't shed a single tear while arguing with Zhu Xingye, but now, suddenly remembering Shi Jing, hot tears involuntarily streamed down her face.
Her hands were tied up, and she instinctively tried to raise her hand to wipe her tears, but found that she couldn't even wipe them away. Helplessly, she could only lie on the bed and let the tears stream down her face.
"Shi Jing, you have to find me quickly... I don't want to be locked up here, I'm scared..."
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