She caught it! The stray cat was caught...
The window was wide open, and there were glaring bloodstains on the floor...
But the room was empty.
Everything pointed to a fact that made her blood chill - Zhen Min'er was missing.
Maybe he went back to his room.
Thinking of this, Zhen Zhu immediately ran to Zhen Miner's room and pushed the door open.
unmanned.
Go to other guest rooms.
unmanned.
…
Ask all the babysitters and security guards to look for someone.
But in such a big Zhen residence, Zhen Min'er disappeared out of thin air.
Zhen Zhu gritted her teeth and asked the housekeeper to copy all the surveillance footage from the previous time period.
The picture is quickly played back.
Shortly after she closed the door, the familiar figure staggered out of the villa gate.
She wore only a thin nightgown, a jacket casually thrown over it. Her wrists seemed to be tangled with several strips of white cloth, dark red blood still seeping out, staining the fabric. She lowered her head, her long hair covering her face. Her steps were unsteady, like a puppet with its soul drained away. She walked straight into the dark night and quickly disappeared from surveillance range.
When she was just in a fierce confrontation with the world consciousness, Zhen Min'er just disappeared without saying goodbye?!
And you are wearing such thin clothes?
The bandage is all covered in blood, and he's still running around!
Sparks flashed in the fox's eyes, and Zhen Zhu gritted her teeth and asked the system.
"System! Can you sense Zhen Min'er?"
"Host, I...I can't sense the exact location of the heroine."
The baby voice trembled, and the huge waves quietly rising in the brain made the system a little nervous. It spoke cautiously: "I can only sense the host's location."
"I am bound to the host..."
"Can she sense how her body is doing now?"
Zhen Zhu looked at the thin figure in the surveillance video, and the tightness in her chest became even heavier.
“I can’t sense it…”
The baby voice whispered, "Host, don't worry too much. If something really happens to the heroine, the world will collapse. If the world doesn't collapse, it means the heroine is still safe."
"I'm not worried..."
I instinctively wanted to refute, but the nervousness was real, and the coldness of my fingertips holding the mouse was real.
She... was just worried about Zhen Min'er.
No matter what, Zhen Zhu thought, if it weren't for Zhen Min'er, she would definitely still be controlled by the world consciousness.
Yes, that's right.
Even for this, she couldn't let Zhen Min'er suffer outside.
...How can I find her?
Wait a minute, cell phone!
The fox's eyes lit up. He had been so busy just now that he had forgotten about this. He hurried back to his room and called Zhen Min'er on his cell phone. A beep came from the receiver.
And then...
There was a long silence.
The cold prompt tone of "The call you dialed is currently unanswered".
Gritting her teeth, Zhen Zhu dialed the phone while returning to Zhen Min'er's room to watch the video surveillance -
But I heard familiar music.
It's the sound of her piano.
Zhen Zhu was stunned. She looked in the direction of the sound, walked over, and saw the ringing sound from beside the pillow on the bed.
It’s Zhen Min’er’s cell phone.
The ringtone of the cell phone was the sound of her playing the piano, which must have been... secretly recorded.
Because the sound is a bit fuzzy, it seems to have been recorded through a door.
Zhen Min'er didn't bring her cell phone.
I didn't bring anything.
Just like when she was brought to the Zhen family by Sang Xiaohua, she came alone and now she left alone, even leaving behind the only tool that could possibly contact her.
An indescribable feeling.
Zhen Zhu gripped the phone so tightly that her fingertips turned white.
“This guy…!!”
He kept saying that he liked her and loved her, but when he left, he did not hesitate and did not even look back!
No matter how I pushed her away before, she always stuck to me, but now she just walked away!
Zhen Zhu gritted her teeth, anger burning in her beautiful fox eyes, but there was also a flash of tears, which she quickly forced back.
She, Zhen Zhu, would never cry for a guy who left without saying goodbye!
It’s better to leave!
Even if she knew... Zhen Min'er was afraid that she would kill her because of the deception of the world consciousness, Zhen Zhu could not accept it!
Leave without saying goodbye!
With a cold snort, Zhen Zhu contacted Lin Zhi and Bai Xueyue, asking them to help find Zhen Miner.
She wasn't nervous at all! She was just afraid that Zhen Min'er had really died out there! After confirming that Zhen Min'er wasn't dead, she absolutely, absolutely wouldn't care about it anymore!
Despite saying so, Zhen Zhu did not sleep all night.
Although I know that Zhen Miner's survival skills must be maxed out, from her cunningness to being able to tie up and imprison her, and even create such an underground industry with the money she gave her.
Zhen Min'er does have the ability.
But...Zhen Min'er transferred all the wealth she created to her.
The more Zhen Zhu thought about it, the more anxious she became. She walked around the room in circles, but couldn't get enough of it, so she drove along the roadside to look for him.
But to no avail.
Only exhaustion remained, not even a single person was visible.
Like a cat.
Zhen Zhu leaned against the back of the car and pursed her lips. Just like that cheese cat, he was obviously clinging to her tightly, but...
Suddenly one day, I can no longer see you.
She doesn't care!
Zhen Zhu pressed the dull pain in her chest and decided to leave.
Leaving without saying goodbye means you just don’t care enough!
Otherwise, I wouldn’t be willing to leave without saying goodbye!
Zhen Zhu thought so, bit her lip, and turned back——
Linzhi and Bai Xueyue also arrived at Zhen's house. They also made no progress. Seeing that Zhen Zhu looked tired, they couldn't help but persuade her to take a rest first.
"Why did Zhen Min'er leave so suddenly?"
Bai Xueyue was puzzled: "She was holding on to the car door and refused to let go."
"Is it really because Zhen Zhu said she likes you?"
"Probably not."
Lin Zhi shook her head. At that time, Zhen Miner's eyes did not look like she wanted to let go. Instead, she wanted to dismember her and take the young lady away.
Thinking of this, Lin Zhi couldn't help but ask: "Miss, what happened between you and Zhen Min'er yesterday?"
"Zhen Min'er doesn't seem willing to leave you."
“…I won’t look for it anymore.”
Zhen Zhu pursed her lips, but Zhen Min'er was reluctant to leave her.
He left without even saying goodbye.
snort.
She doesn't want to look for it anymore.
Pursing her lips, Zhen Zhu rubbed her aching brow and deliberately ignored Lin Zhi's words: "Let's get down to business. We haven't collected all the information from father yet."
…
Without the secret obstruction of the world consciousness and Zhen Min'er's "internal and external cooperation", Zhen Hongbo had almost no power to resist in the face of conclusive evidence and irrefutable facts.
The agreed time has arrived, and the equity transfer agreement was quickly signed, but——
Zhen Zhu looked at the final document, sneered, and lightly tapped the additional clause with her fingertips: "Ten percent was given to Sang Xiaohua?"
"Daughter, after all, your stepmother is pregnant with your brother."
Zhen Hongbo sighed and shook his head. "Your grandfather said he would leave this equity to me. I'm leaving it to your brother as a gift. I've also significantly increased the Zhen family's financial resources. Don't argue with your stepmother about this."
"Oh."
Zhen Zhu found it amusing: "Father, do you mean I'm being unreasonable?"
During this time, thinking of how angry Zhen Min'er was for leaving without saying goodbye, Zhen Zhu's temper flared up, and she snorted coldly: "Okay, okay."
Under Zhen Hongbo's seemingly kind gaze, she curled her lips and sneered, "Then it's as Father wishes. I won't argue."
"Just think of it as an early pension for your future son whose last name you don't know."
Zhen Zhu didn't even bother to take back this little bit of equity, and her tone was so contemptuous as if she was dealing with garbage.
This part of the property itself was obtained by Zhen Hongbo through improper means. Zhen Zhu was going to donate it and donate the remaining part to Sang Xiaohua, which would be regarded as the child support she paid for Zhen Miner.
"What are you talking about?!"
"How could you say that about your own brother?"
Zhen Hongbo's expression instantly turned extremely ugly. He tried to maintain his dignity. "Zhen Zhu! What's with your attitude? I'm your father! These shares were originally..."
"Father?"
Zhen Zhu interrupted him, raising her chin slightly, her fox eyes filled with sneer and coldness, "A Phoenix man who relied on women to get to the top, lived off women, and ultimately killed his own wife and schemed for his daughter's property, is he worthy of being called father?"
Zhen Zhu walked closer step by step. The sound of her high heels hitting the ground was particularly clear in the silent office, carrying an invisible sense of oppression.
"you……"
Zhen Hongbo's face turned pale from choking, and his chest heaved violently.
It seemed her father hadn't understood what she meant. Zhen Zhu sneered, looking at her so-called father with her fox eyes. Without waiting for his rebuttal, she continued in that slow but heart-piercing tone, "Oh, by the way, let me tell you, that so-called 'son' in Sang Xiaohua's belly, whom you have cherished for so long..."
Zhen Zhu paused deliberately, admiring Zhen Hongbo's suddenly nervous and confused expression, her red lips curled into a cruel arc.
"It's not your child."
“Nonsense!”
Zhen Hongbo suddenly slammed the table and stood up, veins popping out on his forehead, his eyes filled with incredible anger and humiliation, "Zhen Zhu! You actually made up such a vicious lie just to piss me off!"
"Whether it's a lie or not, you've actually been suspicious for a long time, haven't you?"
Zhen Zhu sneered, her eyes as sharp as a knife, as if she could see through all his hypocrisy and shamelessness, "It's just that you don't want to admit that you can't have children."
"Let me think about it. You deliberately found such a good-looking guy to violate me. I'm afraid you are still thinking that what if the child in Sang Xiaohua's belly is really not yours?"
"Let me bear an heir as you wish."
The more I investigate, the more disgusting it becomes.
In particular, the investigation revealed that Zhen Hongbo was actually investigating whether Sang Xiaohua was pregnant or not, but Zhen Min'er secretly covered it up.
But even so, Zhen Hongbo's exploration has not stopped, it has just been slightly slowed down.
Even after catching the two men, why did they only leave one of them to commit the assault? The man confessed that the person who provided the information required the attacker to be educated, younger, and better looking...
Like breeding.
Zhen Zhu looked at Zhen Hongbo's instantly pale face and crumbling body, without a trace of pity in her heart, only endless coldness.
This is her father.
He really deserves the name...Phoenix Man.
"But none of this matters anymore."
Zhen Zhu took a step back, keeping her distance, as if even being near him was dirty. "I've already filed a police report on charges of intentional homicide, incitement to commit adultery, and illegal transfer of company assets, and submitted all the evidence. Zhen Hongbo, you can stay in jail and reflect on this life of complete failure, abandoned by everyone."
After saying this, she no longer looked at Zhen Hongbo's hideous and twisted expression, which was like that of a dying beast, and turned away without hesitation.
Behind her, she heard the loud bang of documents being swept to the ground and the crazy and desperate roars and curses, but Zhen Zhu did not even pause.
Three months later, Zhen Hongbo was officially sentenced to life imprisonment for multiple crimes.
Zhen Zhu did not kill Sang Xiaohua, but simply kicked her and her unborn child out of the Zhen family. The 10% stake was her last support fund.
During these three months, Zhen Zhu never stopped looking for Zhen Min'er.
But no matter how much manpower and material resources she invested, it was all in vain.
It was as if Zhen Min'er had never appeared.
But she definitely showed up. Zhen Zhu looked at the now-empty living room. If it were usual, Zhen Min'er would definitely stick to her and feed her fruit...
Irritable.
"Host, are you thinking about the heroine again?"
"Who misses her!"
As soon as the curious voice of the baby voice came out, Zhen Zhu immediately retorted like a cat whose tail was stepped on, "I just feel that there is one less person to cause trouble for me, and I am a little uncomfortable with it!"
"But... you've been staring at the fruit plate for ten minutes..."
The system poked it softly.
"……Shut up."
Zhen Zhu pursed her lips for a long moment before asking in a low, somewhat frustrated voice, "...Is her happiness level still stable?"
"Yeah! Although it's still only 10%, there's no sign of it decreasing! Don't worry, host!"
"snort."
Leaving doesn’t increase your happiness!
The empty feeling in her heart made Zhen Zhu feel uncomfortable.
But really three months...
Only then did Zhen Zhu realize how much Zhen Min'er had done to make her feel comfortable.
Sometimes, the fruit plate by the bed before going to bed was even put there by Zhen Miner, not Wang Ma.
"I won't commit suicide. If you know me so well, why would you believe such an obvious lie?"
Zhen Zhu couldn't help but complain in a low voice, but then a thought came to her mind: worrying too much will lead to confusion.
Zhen Min'er was afraid that she was really dead.
Thinking of this, there is a hint of sweetness. After all, with Zhen Min'er's setting...
The guy who only followed his instincts actually left because she might die.
…But all in all, she couldn't just leave without saying goodbye.
snort.
Zhen Zhu returned to her room, pinching the cheese cat chain, thinking of the dessert she had carefully brought over, her amber eyes that were filled with her, her paranoid and crazy hug, and even the humble and twisted love hidden behind her hateful deceptions and calculations...
All right.
Zhen Zhu gritted her teeth and had to admit that although she didn't want to face it, she was indeed thinking about that troublemaker who didn't know how to take care of himself.
I was worried about whether her wrist injury had been treated properly, how she would survive alone outside, and whether she would suffer since she was penniless.
More worried about her...
Will that sensitive and desperate heart really be completely broken?
On the day the verdict came out, Linzhi and Bai Xueyue came to accompany her to celebrate the end of this long struggle.
Looking at the relaxed smiles of her friends, Zhen Zhu drank a few more glasses of wine.
Slightly tipsy, and with Lin Zhi and Bai Xueyue's vague curiosity.
Coupled with the fact that the world consciousness will no longer target her friends, everything is settled.
Nothing will bother her except... Zhen Min'er's absence.
Zhen Zhu told Lin Zhi and Bai Xueyue everything.
Say a pause and look around.
Fortunately, the world consciousness really didn't play tricks again.
When Zhen Zhu uttered these bizarre words, such as "novel world", "world consciousness", "mission" and "rebirth", the expressions on Lin Zhi and Bai Xueyue's faces changed from shock and disbelief to realization and deep thought.
"Oh my god... so all this..."
Lin Zhitaohua's eyes were full of disbelief: "So, Miss, you suddenly lost interest in Jininglan before, it's because..."
"So Zhen Min'er's behavior..."
Bai Xueyue fell into a brief silence, then slammed the table. "I told you! Many plots don't make logical sense! So that's how it is! Then those novels I wrote...will they also..."
Her words were like a bolt of lightning, striking Zhen Zhu instantly.
Zhen Zhu looked at her suddenly, a probing light flashing in her fox eyes. "If the yandere protagonist in your novel ran away from home as decisively as Zhen Min'er, where would she go?"
Bai Xueyue blurted out almost without thinking, "Of course, they're looking for places related to their loved ones! Places that hold the most important memories, or... places their loved ones have mentioned, longed for, or visited alone. They'll usually search for information about these places repeatedly, and might even secretly follow them there!"
What's your most important memory? A place you long to visit? A place you've been to alone?
Zhen Zhu's heart skipped a beat! She suddenly remembered something she had forgotten—the cell phone Zhen Min'er had left behind.
If I remember correctly...
It is very likely that Zhen Min'er sent some messages during the time when she blocked her.
She didn't know that.
"I'm going home."
Zhen Zhu immediately stood up, not caring about her slightly drunk state, and asked the driver to go home, find the phone, charge it, and turn it on.
Ignoring the missed calls and text message notifications, she directly opened WeChat and her chat interface - it was filled with messages sent by Zhen Miner during the period when she was blocked, which fell on deaf ears.
She read through the messages one by one. Rather than news, they felt like a diary filled with paranoid voyeurism and desperate love.
The diary entries are followed by exclamation marks indicating that the message was not sent successfully.
[October 3, cloudy.]
Sister, you came back from abroad today and didn’t even look at me.
I know I was wrong, sister, can you please look at me...]
…
[October 15th, sunny.]
Sister, you haven't eaten sweets for a long time, but I found that you still like sweets.
This is a secret between me and my sister~]
…
[November 1st, rain.]
Sister, I saw you and Jininglan attending the banquet together again. He touched your hand.
Why can you tolerate such a disgusting guy and not even give me a glance...
How can I... Sister, can you look at me again?】
…
[November 20, cloudy.]
Sister, you finally looked at me today~
Although you are angry because Jining Lan and I are close.
But it doesn't matter, my sister finally has me in her eyes. Even if you look at me with disgust, it's better than being completely ignored!
…
[December 5th, sunny.]
My sister went on a trip to Country S. The garden in the news photos is so beautiful.
My sister standing under the jacaranda tree is so beautiful. I wish only I could see such beauty. It would be great if one day I could go and see it with my sister.
Just the two of us~]
…
[December 25th, snow.]
Christmas.
I searched all the places my sister had been to. The ancient castle of Country F, the snow-capped mountains of Country E, the garden city of Country S... It was as if I had walked in my sister's footsteps.
Is the scenery my sister has seen the same as what I am seeing now?
If I had the chance, I really want to revisit all these places with my sister. I want to carve my name next to your traces.
…
[Sister, you are so close to me today.]
I’m so happy~]
…
[Sister, your waistline is so beautiful. ]
[Sister touched me today~]
[Sister... so cute.]
[Sister...it seems like she doesn't reject me anymore.]
[Sister, you praised me.]
[Sister...ah, I really like it when you pay attention to me! ]
My sister caught me entering the room...but she didn't blame me. Could I get closer?
My sister smells so good, I really want to be with her~]
My sister showed concern for me today~
I like everything my sister decides.
As long as my sister looks at me, that’s all~]
My sister still has my drawing! My sister still has it! My sister didn't throw it away!
[If you like...just go and fight for it?]
Sister, if you tell me this, can I fight for you, sister...]
[Sister is so soft-hearted, I love you so much, I love you so much, I love you so much! You smell so good, so good, so good! I want to eat you up, chew you up and swallow you down! Will you be inseparable from me then?]
"Ah, it turns out that there can be love between girls. It turns out that I like my older sister."
[Sister, you are so beautiful.]
[Sister, so cute.]
[Sister, I really want to kiss you...]
【Ah, I was saved by my sister again. 】
My sister's waist is so sensitive. I want to massage it all the time, I want my sister to be under my control, I want her to be unable to recover from her shock.
I want to...lock my sister in bed.】
[Sister, I love you so much. Can I lock you up? The kind that makes you unable to leave me again.]
Then, the red exclamation mark disappeared.
Every word was full of paranoia, humility, madness, and suffocating possessiveness and desperate love, like an impenetrable net that tightly entangled Zhen Zhu.
It almost corresponds to some of Zhen Miner's previous behaviors.
No wonder Zhen Min'er was afraid that she would see the WeChat message that day!
Zhen Zhu's ears felt hot. She locked herself on the bed. What the hell was she locking herself on?
And before that, he even wrote down the time calendar and so on, but after that, it was all just psychological thoughts!
What about thin waist and fragrance? What is this guy writing about?
Her face was burning hot, Zhen Zhu gritted her teeth... How come there is no clue at all, only this!
I wrote a bunch of unimportant words! Humph!
Pursing her red lips, holding back her burning face and suppressing her shame, Zhen Zhu read the whole thing again. Her fox eyes suddenly flashed, staring at that passage.
She seemed to know...
Zhen Min'er might be somewhere.
*
The flowers bloom and then wither, and a year has passed.
The most famous garden city in Country S.
In front of a B&B nestled among flowers and famous for its Jacaranda trees.
A black-haired girl in a simple linen dress, dragging a small old suitcase, stopped at the door of the B&B.
Zhen Min'er raised her face, the sunlight shone on her fair but bloodless face. Her amber eyes, which were once round and always filled with either timid or sweet smiles, now only had a silent indifference, as if she had lost interest in all the beautiful things around her, like an exquisite but lifeless doll.
Communicate with the B&B owner proficiently in the local language and complete the check-in procedures.
The voice was still sweet, but without any ripples, as if he was reciting a text.
Just as she took the key and was about to turn around and follow the boss to the room——
One she thought she would never hear again in her life.
Yet, she haunted him every night in his dreams. The voice that was etched into his bones, with a familiar and proud tone, sounded clearly behind him.
"Humph, Zhen Min'er, you really made it hard for me to find you!"
Zhen Min'er's body suddenly stiffened!
The key in his hand fell to the ancient stone floor with a "click", making a crisp sound.
He turned around extremely slowly, almost unbelievably, his pupils suddenly contracting in the sunlight.
The sunlight shines through the lush jacaranda trellis, casting mottled shadows on the person.
Her long curly hair was slightly lifted, and she was wearing a red dress with delicate eyebrows and eyes. She was as arrogant and cold as ever. Her fox eyes were slightly narrowed, staring at her, with obvious dissatisfaction, anger, and... relaxation in them.
Finally caught him!
Zhen Zhu just stood there, looking at Zhen Miner and snorted coldly.
She finally accurately captured the stray cat that was running around, being disobedient, and thinking it would never go home.
It’s true. Wherever I went before, I was informed that Zhen Min’er had been there... but she had already left.
This time, I finally arrived early and waited for the rabbit to come!
She caught me!
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