Chapter 216 The methods may not necessarily involve bloodshed
Xin Que did not answer his meaningless question.
Luo Huayi didn't press the matter further.
Xin Que's world was vastly different from what he had imagined.
Resources are skewed toward the high-tech world at the top, while the social hierarchy is perversely rigid.
Even someone as strong as Xin Que, though a top performer at the very bottom, cannot escape the constraints of hierarchy.
Luo Huayi's lips drooped unconsciously.
"How long are we going to stay here?" Luo Huayi asked, somewhat annoyed.
She had been imprisoned in this space, which was no different from a prison, without any dignity, for who knows how long.
Luo Huayi inexplicably recalled the time when she was abandoned in the void.
It seems to overlap with Xin Que's past.
As soon as Xin Que moved his hand, the handcuffs rattled.
"It won't be long," she said calmly, "probably only three days?"
Luo Huayi felt a pang of sadness.
There was only a stark white light here, making it impossible to distinguish between day and night.
...
The other party is quite familiar with how to torment a person's mind without resorting to physical violence.
In an absolutely quiet and not-so-spacious environment, surrounded by a stark white color, one's nerves become increasingly tense.
"Are you experiencing claustrophobia?" Xin Que looked up at him. "Let's go back."
Luo Huayi rested her chin on the crook of her neck and closed her eyes. "No... I'm here with you."
After a long period of silence, just as people were getting drowsy, a piercing alarm sounded in the room.
Luo Huayi instinctively covered Xin Que's ears.
"No need." Xin Que's voice remained flat. "These tricks are nothing to me."
For the first time, Luo Huayi experienced the excruciating torment of neurasthenia.
Just as a person is about to fall asleep, a sudden, sharp alarm sounded from all directions, so loud it felt like their eardrums were about to burst.
Or perhaps it's the scorching light that burns your skin, or the repetitive, torturous sounds that torment you when you're exhausted.
They didn't give her a chance to close her eyes.
Fortunately, no thugs ever entered the private room that was being used as a prison.
Luo Huayi then covered the intensely burning overhead light with another layer of thorns.
Unable to find the alarm, Luo Huayi simply wrapped the entire room with thick thorns.
It can barely reduce the high-frequency noise a little.
But the low-frequency vibrations still made my heart pound wildly.
"You were living a life that wasn't fit for a human being before," Luo Huayi retorted, trying to distract her.
Xin Que lifted her eyelids and chuckled, "At least before Huo Fenglin caused trouble, I was doing alright."
Luo Huayi felt that Xin Que's definition of "the life a person should live" was quite loose.
“I want to hear about the Huo family.” Luo Huayi deliberately guided Xin Que’s attention to their conversation, trying to distract her from the mentally exhausting sounds. “Tell me about it.”
Xin Que "..."
“You don’t need to worry about my mental state,” Xin Que simply raised her hand and ruffled his hair. “It’s just a memory recurrence; it won’t really hurt me.”
Luo Huayi inexplicably felt that she was the one being taken care of.
Luo Huayi squatted down in front of Xin Que, letting her stroke his hair like she was petting a dog.
He couldn't bring himself to hate her now.
Xin Que's past wasn't much better than his.
“Xin Que…” Luo Huayi knelt in front of her, raised his hand to hug her waist, and pressed his cheek against her waist. “We can cooperate in any way we want.”
The man's voice was deep and somber. "I still want to go out with you."
Xin Que's hands were still cuffed, and her movements of raising her hands were not very smooth.
She remained silent for a while before finally speaking, "Mm."
After a pause, Luo Huayi suddenly looked up. "It wasn't just escaping from prison."
"You'll have to take me with you once we're out."
Xin Que "..."
“Don’t try to play word games with me,” Luo Huayi stared into her eyes, “I’ll follow you wherever you go.”
Xin Que clicked her tongue. "You've come to your senses so easily?"
Before, they were agonizing over the issue of their new habitat after leaving the island, but now they don't care about anything anymore.
They're surprisingly easy to fool.
Luo Huayi wrapped his arms around her neck and pressed her down towards him, his voice muffled, "Don't you want to drive away? Or do you want to die...?"
Her experiences and upbringing destined her to be unable to have the same emotions as a normal person.
Luo Huayi managed to find a path that would allow her to be completely devoted to the two of them, despite their distorted relationship.
Xin Que did not reject his advances.
Hmm, how can it not be considered a special existence in another sense?
The more Luo Huayi thought about it, the tighter his arms tightened around her back.
"Xin Que..."
He wanted to continue kissing her, but Xin Que straightened up and distanced herself from him.
Before Luo Huayi could react, she instinctively tried to get up and chase after her lips.
"Stop." Xin Que's voice was devoid of emotion.
Luo Huayi opened her eyes somewhat blankly.
He was about to say something when he saw Xin Que leaning back strategically while sitting on the sofa in front of him.
“I’m handcuffed,” Xin Que raised her hand to show off the gleaming handcuffs on her wrists. “Don’t be so flashy.”
Luo Huayi “…”
His temple twitched, and he jumped to his feet. "I'm not as inconsiderate of the occasion as you think!"
Xin Que: "Oh?"
Luo Huayi inexplicably sensed a strange undertone in Xin Que's emotionless tone.
He suddenly recalled his own state when he lost control of his emotions.
"Back then..." Luo Huayi gritted her teeth, "...it wasn't what I truly wanted!"
Xin Que: "Then what is your true intention?"
Looking at Xin Que's face, Luo Huayi suddenly felt deflated.
He sat down next to Xin Que, his voice deep and somber, "You're asking a question you already know the answer to."
Xin Que "..."
She quipped, "I think you did it knowingly."
Luo Huayi “…”
To expect to hear a single gentle word from her is simply a pipe dream.
wrong.
He recalled how Xin Que had previously tricked Ying Yun like a spinning top being whipped, spewing out basket after basket of sweet words.
He fooled Ying Yun into believing that Xin Que couldn't live without him.
Thinking of Xin Que's deeply affectionate expression while acting, Luo Huayi's teeth started to ache again.
It's not that she doesn't know how to say sweet words.
It just depends on the person.
Ying Yun has that kind of value, so she can spout any cheesy thing she wants.
He's just a dog chasing after Xin Que now, what value does he have that makes Xin Que want to act all sentimental?
Seeing Luo Huayi's face a jumble of colors, like a scene from a theatrical performance, Xin Que raised her hand and waved it in front of him. "What's wrong with you?"
Luo Huayi suddenly came to her senses.
"Ying Yun?"
Xin Que frowned when she heard Luo Huayi mention the male protagonist.
"I was in a hurry to speed through the story with him, so of course I used the most efficient method."
She looked at Luo Huayi speechlessly, "Aren't you jealous...?"
Luo Huayi quickly covered her mouth, "How could that be?"
Xin Que "..."
Luo Hua changed the subject sternly, "Let's not discuss these worthless details, let's think about what to do next."
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