Untie the knot
Shao Zizhuo twirled the water glass in his hand, causing it to sway. "I suspect you're materialistic, and I'm also worried that you're a spy, chosen according to my preferences and sent to me, working exclusively for Lin Wan."
He chuckled. "I don't know if you still remember, but we had only known each other for a short time when you quietly ran off to Xi County. Actually, I went there with the intention of catching you in the act." He couldn't help but laugh as he recalled his state of mind at that time. "I was wary of you, but my heart couldn't help but lean towards you. So I wanted to witness your betrayal with my own eyes, so that I would have a reason to convince myself to give up."
Shao Zizhuo raised his eyes and looked directly at Guan Shanyue: "But no, you have always stood by me from beginning to end."
"Many times later, I regretted why I doubted you in the first place, and why I said you were Yuan Wangshu's stand-in."
"The distrust we had at the beginning planted many hidden dangers in our relationship later on. I'm very sorry."
It was an expected answer, Guan Shanyue lowered his head and remained silent.
The relationship between them had begun with something shady. He was scrutinizing her, and she had ulterior motives. But now, upon hearing his sincere words, her buoyant heart settled.
Shao Zizhuo looked at the whorl of hair on Guan Shanyue's head, pursed his lips, looked at her, and asked hesitantly: "What about you? Why did you choose me?"
The question was thrown back, and Guan Shanyue's throat was unclear.
He was very frank, so she was naturally willing to return the same trust. Guan Shanyue closed her eyes and, as if describing a fairy tale, she told her entire story: "I am not from this world."
Shao Zizhuo frowned in confusion, wondering if he had misheard. "What?"
Guan Shanyue spoke slowly, "Yes, I know it's outrageous, but I do belong to another time and space. I don't know how I ended up here, with a system that uses electric shocks to force me to get close to you and have your child. Even the separation was planned. All my actions are being meticulously monitored. If I make a mistake, I'll be shocked."
She lowered her head. "I'm sorry, I lied to you. The Guan Shanyue of high school wasn't me. I'd never met you before. When I first met you, I said I liked you, but it was all a lie. I just made it up to get closer to you."
It’s hard to say which of them is worse, but both are excusable and have bad intentions.
Guan Shanyue looked down at the carpet, not wanting to face Shao Zizhuo's reaction.
But she felt a solid touch on her head. She raised her eyes in panic and looked straight into Shao Zizhuo's eyes. His eyes showed undisguised heartache: "Does it hurt?"
Guan Shanyue was surprised. She didn't understand what Shao Zizhuo was saying at all: "What?"
Shao Zizhuo's heart and eyes were filled with heartache. He said, "If you don't follow the preset procedure, will it hurt when you get the electric shock?"
Guan Shanyue was caught off guard and recalled that feeling. The electric shock brought pain and numbness throughout her body, like an inescapable rope that bound her to the spot and made her unable to move.
She trembled subconsciously: "It hurts."
The next second, warm body temperature enveloped her, wrapping her tightly, and Guan Shanyue was embraced in Shao Zizhuo's arms.
A voice came from above: "Now what plot is there to go on? Let's discuss how to deceive the system."
Guan Shanyue closed her eyes and rubbed herself wantonly in Shao Zizhuo's arms, letting herself indulge in the moment: "After I left you that night, the system disappeared inexplicably. Now no one can force me to do anything I don't want to do, and I don't have any last resort."
Her hand quietly wrapped around Shao Zizhuo's waist: "As for everything that happened later, it was all my own intention."
Love is the sinking of free will, and she is willing to bow down to him.
Shao Zizhuo stepped back slightly, lowered his eyes and gazed at the person in his arms, with deep love in his eyes that could not be concealed. Guan Shanyue also looked up at him, with attachment and inseparable feelings.
The friendship in the air flowed, thread by thread, making people's hearts itch. Inch by inch, the distance between them was shrinking.
Guan Shanyue stood on tiptoe and closed her eyes involuntarily.
The first moment they met was just a gentle touch, but Shao Zizhuo was already getting the hang of it, testing and seducing her. Her eyelashes brushed his face, leaving a fleeting itch on his face, tempting his heart.
He couldn't control himself and deepened the kiss, soaking her completely like a violent storm.
She endured it passively, but an irrepressible comfort welled up in her heart. She wanted to get closer, closer, closer, tossing and turning, until there was no difference between you and me.
A kiss that seems to last forever.
Until the air she had stored up was exhausted, Guan Shanyue couldn't breathe anymore and struggled to push Shao Zizhuo away. Shao Zizhuo's eyes were half closed, still trapped in the kiss. He pressed the side of her neck and tried to pull her closer. He leaned down and his breath eagerly fanned her face: "Keep going, okay?"
Guan Shanyue put her elbow on his chest and panted softly in refusal: "We haven't finished talking yet, wake up."
Shao Zizhuo rubbed the corner of her lips, smudged the lipstick there, and dispersed it into a conspicuous red: "I think the problem has been solved."
"What you're brooding over is the past between Yuan Wangshu and me, especially under the influence of Bai Yueguang. You were suspected of being her substitute, and everyone was exaggerating this. Then, because of other things, misunderstandings arose between us."
Another person's image surfaced in his mind: "I originally thought that everything would work out naturally, and that you would understand my feelings sooner or later. But then I learned about Yu Yang's existence. I suspected that you were using me as a substitute for him, and then I heard from him about your past with him. I was so jealous that I was almost going crazy."
"Putting myself in your shoes, I instantly understood your grievances."
"But now the truth is out. We are not each other's white moonlight substitutes. To each other, we are unique."
"Yueyue, I'm sorry. I'm not very good at handling intimate relationships. All my understanding of love comes from my family. I have been avoiding becoming like them, but I am inevitably affected. I don't know how to express my feelings to you, or how to describe my emotions to you."
Shao Zizhuo rested his forehead against Guan Shanyue's. "Your thoughts were full of twists and turns, but I couldn't fathom them. I even ignored your thoughts. It was my fault."
Shao Zizhuo once again embraced Guan Shanyue in his arms: "Thank you for coming back to me, for sharing your thoughts with me, for giving me everything you have. Thank you also for bringing Zhenzhen with you. Her love is so great and healthy that it has changed the way I love."
Guan Shanyue curled up in his arms peacefully, closing her eyes as she recalled their past: "From now on, let's just talk directly about anything, okay? Don't be so vague as to express your feelings, okay?"
Shao Zizhuo nodded: "Okay."
Guan Shanyue pondered for a moment: "Zhenzhen was supposed to be born by me, but why did it suddenly become you? It may also be related to the disappearance of the system. Have you taken her for a checkup? Are her body functions normal?"
Shao Zizhuo said: "I've checked, Zhenzhen is a very normal child."
Guan Shanyue emerged from his embrace and looked around him worriedly. "What about you? Have you recovered since giving birth to Zhenzhen?"
Shao Zizhuo raised his hand and let her check around. "After giving birth, her body functions recovered quickly. Apart from being a little weak, there's basically no other impact."
Guan Shanyue was relieved to see that he was indeed fine, and said, "Maybe it was just a system glitch."
Shao Zizhuo sighed softly, "Giving birth to a girl causes irreversible damage to her body, and taking on the responsibility of raising a child alone is even more difficult. Fortunately, the system's chaos allowed me to take on the responsibility of giving birth. Otherwise, you would be devastated if you were to raise Zhenzhen alone."
The issue of fertility was a hurdle that Guan Shanyue had never been able to convince herself of.
She doesn't like children very much, and it is even more difficult for her to cope with pregnancy and breastfeeding on her own, so she works hard to make money to lay a material foundation for the foreseeable future, so that she can at least delegate some of the difficult tasks to the nanny and confinement nanny.
But it just so happened that she skipped the hardships of childbirth and had a child who sweetly called her "Mom".
Guan Shanyue took a deep breath. The shackles that had bound her for so long were easily pried open by Shao Zizhuo. She took out a key, and the keychain dangled on her fingertip like a heavy ring. "Shao Zizhuo, move back. The 28th floor of Lanyuan is our home."
The owner of the house has changed several times, and the key is no longer the same as before. Perhaps it was replaced with a more secure anti-theft lock. The patterns on the key are clear and complex.
Shao Zizhuo's eyes passed over the key and fell on Guan Shanyue. He said succinctly: "We are not married yet. Is it inappropriate, Miss Guan?"
Guan Shanyue held the key in front of him and said, "Let's go get the marriage certificate tomorrow."
Shao Zizhuo raised his eyebrows and took the key from her fingertips: "Yueyue, are you proposing to me?"
Guan Shanyue approached provocatively: "Yes." She curled her lips, "Those who want to marry me can line up from Lanshan to Qinglian, but, since I'm a father and I'm honored by my daughter, I'll let you cut in line."
The iceberg melted, and Shao Zizhuo's lips curled up uncontrollably: "Should I be the one to propose?"
Guan Shanyue sat on the table, legs dangling. "You've already given birth to the child, so it's okay for me to propose, right?"
Shao Zizhuo touched her head helplessly, and had already secretly imagined the scene of proposing to her in his mind. Since she was so nonchalant, he couldn't just ignore it.
Guan Shanyue suddenly remembered something, and her wobbling legs stopped. She glanced at Shao Zizhuo guiltily, "But I still have to go and explain this to Yu Yang."
The air pressure around them suddenly dropped, and Guan Shanyue shrank back guiltily. "I don't have any feelings for Yu Yang, but he always thinks of me as the Guan Shanyue from high school. I have to explain this to him."
Guan Shanyue felt a strong force on her neck and was forcibly pulled into Shao Zizhuo's arms. Before she could react, a suffocating kiss came down on her.
A brief but clear pain came from Guan Shanyue's lips, and he made a "hmm" sound, and the rest of the sound was completely swallowed up.
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