"Mu Qi, why would you want me to tell you how to do that?" Isn't it natural to express love when you love someone, to let it flow naturally?
Yun Shu Nian was full of confusion and a little sadness.
"I..." Mu Qi opened his mouth but didn't know what to say for a moment.
Yun Shu Nian looked at the chains on her hands, feeling utterly exhausted. She seemed to have been too obsessed, too confused, during this period.
Clearly, Mu Qi hadn't acted this way for the first time since her rebirth, yet her emotions still came and went as they pleased.
Now, looking at the chains that tightly bound her and Mu Qi, she found it a bit laughable.
She had also once thought she didn't care who else Mu Qi had in his heart, or how many people.
But now Yun Shu Nian realized that wasn't the case. Not receiving Mu Qi's exclusive affection was like a thorn in Yun Shu Nian's heart.
Even if she deliberately forgot about it, her subconscious still remembered, causing her to react extremely strongly to the slightest disturbance.
Gradually, it made her paranoid and her emotions volatile.
Thinking about it now, this chain was indeed quite laughable.
Yun Shu Nian quickly unfastened the chain and then, as if stunned, looked deeply at Mu Qi, holding back tears as she walked away.
Was Mu Qi in the previous life also this tormented? This was truly the turning of the tables.
Yun Shu Nian gave a sarcastic smile and then bumped into the old man.
"Little Nian Nian, what do you want to eat today? I'll cook for you." The old man held a rice spoon in one hand and a spatula in the other, radiating fiery positivity.
"Duck leg." Yun Shu Nian didn't want to let her negative mood affect the old man, so she forced a smile.
"Got it."
The old man was very sharp and couldn't possibly not see that his Little Nian Nian was unhappy.
"Little Nian Nian, I find this kid Mu Qi to be quite good at everything. You two quarrel every day. Why don't I just introduce Mu Qi to my distant cousin?"
The old man casually asked while flipping the spoon, as if not paying attention.
These words entered Yun Shu Nian's ears, making her head buzz.
It felt like being pricked by hundreds of needles.
Even though, from a rational perspective, what the old man said was utterly impossible.
Yun Shu Nian's crescent-shaped eyes narrowed and instantly became sharp. She looked at the old man as if to ask, "Do you want to die?"
Although he knew Yun Shu Nian would be unhappy, the old man panicked when he truly met Yun Shu Nian's gaze, fumbling with the spoon and spatula.
"Little Nian Nian, I was just kidding. Don't be angry, okay?"
The old man touched his nose and moved a little further away from Yun Shu Nian.
"Joking is not allowed!"
Seeing Yun Shu Nian's eyes redden, the old man quickly put down his spatula and walked over.
The old man thought that when he first saw this precious girl, perhaps he should have taught her how to cut off all romantic ties.
Alas, forget it. If he taught her, this girl was too clever. Whatever she got her hands on would have various kinds of value. Who knew how she would ultimately use the concept of "cutting off all romantic ties."
Everything had its way, and human relationships should be the same.
But he, the old man, still didn't understand the way of emotions. The old man was helpless and whimpered.
He wanted his good disciple to settle down obediently, but unfortunately, he, the old man, didn't understand at all.
However, he could still distinguish between genuine and feigned affection.
All he could do was share his views with Little Nian Nian. The rest was up to his disciple to ponder. After all, one is too close to the situation to see clearly. Perhaps his few words would be very helpful.
"Little Nian Nian, I see Mu Qi very clearly. His heart is filled with you. His gaze is practically glued to you.
You can't keep bullying him like this! You're making it so I can barely watch."
As the old man spoke, his voice grew weaker and weaker.
"I'm bullying Mu Qi?!" Yun Shu Nian looked as if her worldview had been shattered, utterly bewildered.
"Alright, my good disciple, think about it yourself. If you really don't want to, I can make a man for you. Whatever you want him to be, I'll make him that way."
Although the old man thought Mu Qi was very good now, he was fundamentally more doting on his Little Nian Nian. As long as his Little Nian Nian was happy, let alone one man, he could create ten men.
Here, after the old man said she was bullying Mu Qi, Yun Shu Nian seemed to freeze in place, constantly trying to examine herself from an outsider's perspective, to see if she was truly bullying Mu Qi as the old man had said.
Therefore, she completely missed the old man's later words about creating men.
She was bullying Mu Qi?
Hadn't she used chains to lock Mu Qi up?
She had also given Mu Qi medicine.
She had even confiscated Mu Qi's phone.
She had made Mu Qi fish every day without asking if he liked it.
Perhaps she was too selfish. She seemed to have kidnapped Mu Qi.
Her original intention in this life was to repay his kindness, yet she hadn't succeeded in making Mu Qi less obsessive and in nurturing his body.
Instead, she had become so unreasonable herself!
If her love had only turned into harm for Mu Qi, then what was the point of her love existing?
Yun Shu Nian suddenly realized, followed by a deep sense of guilt and self-blame.
***
"Miss Yun, come here. It's time for your injection again." The man flicked the side of the syringe filled with medicine in the case, then unhurriedly walked towards Yun Rong.
In the top-floor private room of the nightclub, Yun Rong watched the man's incredibly familiar movements, her body starting to tremble uncontrollably, her teeth chattering.
Yun Rong's fear reached its peak, yet she couldn't say anything, because she knew no one would pity her.
The man walked unhurriedly in front of Yun Rong, grabbed the scruff of her neck, and pushed her to the ground, feeling excited by her terrified state.
After a few sinister laughs, the man abruptly thrust the needle into the side of Yun Rong's neck, and Yun Rong let out an uncontrollable scream, arching her head back.
Soon, the man casually threw the used syringe into the trash can, then crossed his arms and watched Yun Rong's agonizing state up close.
So painful that Yun Rong even began to gnaw at her own body.
The man standing beside her watched, his eyes growing brighter.
"Boss, everything is indeed a good thing." The man raised an eyebrow, stroked his chin, and looking at the bloodstains on the floor under the dim, ambiguous light, he became even more excited.
Suddenly, the man felt a weight on his left shoulder. He looked back in annoyance.