Chapter 37.3: [Lanhua] Part 3
I clearly remember what happened this morning.
Because of a performance, I woke up early. When I left, it was just past six o’clock. Reluctantly, I left his embrace and groggily went to wash up, only to slip in the bathroom and sprain my hand and foot.
Then he got up to help me rub my foot and apply medicine. My hand was useless, but I couldn’t go out without dressing up.
So he helped me brush my teeth, wash my face, and wash my hair. After drying it, he even styled it and put on makeup for me…
It was the first time he had styled hair and done makeup, yet he did it so well. He paid attention to everything I reminded him of. Yes, Juncheng is such a careful person. The seriousness on his face was so… *huhu*…
Ah, now is not the time for fangirling.
Today is the fifteenth day I’ve kept Juncheng locked in my “Love Nest.”
It’s been over two weeks since Juncheng told me, “Let’s play a room escape game.”
However, Juncheng, the initiator of the game… seemed to have done nothing.
He was living a completely ordinary life.
Playing games at home, reading books, watching movies, and so on. Of course, tools that could contact the outside world like phones and computers were out of the question. Besides that, I didn’t leave him any dangerous items.
Juncheng didn’t protest or complain, accepting it all with ease.
The only request he made was for me to bring some ingredients and kitchenware when I returned. He said he didn’t want to be a purely pampered pet, and he still wanted to do his own cooking. Also, he mentioned that if he didn’t cook for a long time, his culinary skills would become rusty.
I felt that I could agree to this level of request. Of course, at first, I suspected that this was just Juncheng preparing for his escape plan, but I still fulfilled his request.
However, he really just cooked… and it was delicious. *Huhu*, he made everything I like to eat. Of course, Juncheng is the best~◆
Ahem, anyway, the development of events was completely unexpected.
For the first few days, I was worried I would come back to find Juncheng gone… Although I had installed numerous surveillance cameras in the room and at the entrance, arranged informants outside, and even bought the entire building.
But since Juncheng had confidently proposed the wager to me, he must have had the “means to escape.”
He isn’t someone who speaks without basis, so even if I had taken every precaution, I had to guard against that less than one percent probability.
I was even thinking that if Juncheng’s resistance and destructive actions were too intense, or if he developed psychological problems from being confined for too long and became uncontrollable, I would lock him up with handcuffs. The cage was also prepared.
But none of it was used.
To say the least, Juncheng didn’t make any moves that looked like an escape, not even preparing for one.
Of course, I couldn’t completely let my guard down because of this… I still enjoyed myself, but amidst the tenderness, I never relaxed my watch (surveillance) on Juncheng.
However, even later, Juncheng never…
His emotions didn’t fluctuate violently. He lived an ordinary life as always, and he wasn’t cold towards me. On the contrary, I received his complete love for the first time, almost drowning in happiness…
*Mhu-huhu*… Ah~ These past two weeks were definitely the peak of my life. My body and mind were immensely pleased. I feel like I wouldn’t regret anything even if I died right now.
But, it’s not enough.
Not enough, not enough!
Finally, I can have Juncheng all to myself. If I die now, I will surely die with regret.
As for me, Juncheng’s current state is ideal, but my heart still holds some… He proposed a wager, yet he does nothing? He acts like he’s given up struggling and lives peacefully with me. What is Juncheng trying to do?
He doesn’t look like he’s given up on himself. On the contrary, given Juncheng’s personality, he shouldn’t give up until the last moment.
Even though he has the ability to see through people’s hearts, he can’t see through the heart of the one he loves. Perhaps because of this, I…
Since I don’t know what Juncheng is thinking, I won’t think about it anymore. I’ll continue to pay attention to what needs attention, and then I’ll properly enjoy this hard-won happiness.
No matter how much time I have, it feels like not enough. Why do I have to be a singer? Even for a moment, I don’t want to leave Juncheng’s side.
So, I decided not to be a singer anymore. It was an unnecessary identity to begin with. I don’t know what the me in this world was thinking, actually debuted as a singer. A waste of time!
However, staying at a hotel with Juncheng for one night is commendable. But doing nothing is too much of a waste! Strict criticism.
In the end, although memories and experiences are different, it’s still “me.” It’s only natural that I would be attracted to Juncheng.
Of course, if it were “the me of this world,” I probably wouldn’t be able to break free so easily. But after coming to this world, I’ve grasped leverage over many people.
To live as I please, I need leverage to threaten people and the power to control others.
I don’t have innate powerful abilities like Bingbing or Xueqing. So I need other things… Juncheng also needs a strategist who can help him devise plans. That’s why I built “Sky Net,” an intelligence-gathering organization, to help Juncheng.
We each do our own jobs without conflict, so we won’t cause trouble for Juncheng. This way, we can get along harmoniously, right?
No, what am I thinking? Why am I still considering others? There are no others anymore!
I’ve truly gone mad.
The situation has completely changed. Juncheng belongs only to me now. What I should be thinking about isn’t sharing Juncheng with others, but how to maintain the current situation.
In this world, there’s no problem.
Juncheng hasn’t met Bingbing yet, nor has he encountered Xueqing. Although there’s still… but this Li Nai is very different from the Li Nai in the original world.
She doesn’t pose any threat yet.
If there’s anyone dangerous now, it’s the black-bellied little sister. However, little sister is not within Juncheng’s acceptance range yet. At least this bottom line hasn’t been broken yet.
All in all, this time I had the upper hand.
I eliminated all factors of unease and finally had the perfect opportunity to monopolize Juncheng.
All I need to do now is watch him closely… That’s what should have happened…
But when I returned to the Love Nest, I found Juncheng missing.
Gone, gone, gone!
Nowhere to be found!
Disappeared? Gone? Where did he go?
How could this be? In just a few seconds, the time it took for me to enter the password and take out the key to open the door, he disappeared!
Can Juncheng also use some kind of superpower? Or was he actually ready to escape all along?
No, calm down—how can I calm down!
*Humph, where did he go…*
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I collapsed on the ground as if I had lost my soul, covering my cheeks, on the verge of tears.
So, Juncheng, you still escaped after all…
Were these past few days all an act? … Just a play to make me let my guard down…
…
In the end, I started crying.
I should be finding ways to get Juncheng back now… but I can’t even stand up.
The fact that Juncheng abandoned me once again struck my spirit, and I felt like my whole world was collapsing…
Some things, the more you desire them, the harder they are to obtain—I’ve actually understood this for a long time.
That heart has long become extremely timid and can only be cautious. It has lost its so-called sincerity and is drifting further and further away from true love…
Searching for it in order to obtain it only brings confusion…
Why is it so hard to get? Why does it make people so tired? Why does it hurt so much? Why isn’t it as beautiful as fairy tales depict? Was it born to torment people? Does it exist to toy with people?
Why… can’t I get it (Juncheng’s love)?
Ahhh, in that case, what’s the point of chasing him here… If I had let go from the beginning… and let everything end…
To destroy what cannot be obtained. I once thought this was a foolish, self-destructive act.
But now, it seems like the only choice in helplessness and despair…
It’s okay, Juncheng. No matter what you do to me, I still love you…
I will tightly embrace my dear you, and at the same time, pierce both of our hearts…
At least we should die together, right?
Juncheng will die in my arms… In the last moment, he will belong to me…
Mine alone…
I walked to the kitchen, pulled out a kitchen knife, and as I was about to chase after the escaping Juncheng, Juncheng suddenly appeared in the kitchen.
“Oh, Lan, you’re back quite early today.”
Juncheng took off the apron he was wearing and hung it on the hook on the refrigerator door. Then, he looked at me holding the kitchen knife and said,
“What’s wrong? Do you want to help me cook? Hehe, too bad you’re late. All the preparations are done. I’ll just stir-fry it next… Hmm? Close the door when you come back.”
As he spoke, Juncheng walked over and closed the door to the Love Nest, the only entrance and his only escape route.
I stared blankly at Juncheng, my mouth slightly open, speechless.
I couldn’t understand Juncheng’s actions.
My brain had short-circuited.
But what followed was the exhilaration of finding something lost, and an overwhelming sense of happiness that dispelled all the unease in my heart.
I almost rushed into Juncheng’s embrace. The moment I touched him, I climaxed.
My impulse was uncontrollable, my lower body was completely wet, and I wanted to push him down right now…
“Wow! Dangerous! Lan! Stop messing around!”
But Juncheng frowned and yelled at me… He yelled at me, he actually yelled at me… *Mhm*—
He snatched the kitchen knife from my hand, put it back in the knife rack, then turned around, picked up the pathetic me sitting on the floor, and lectured me.
“Really! Don’t run at me with a kitchen knife to hug me! For a moment, I thought you were going to stab me to death! That would have been following in Brother Cheng’s footsteps.”
“Actually, I did have that thought at first…”
Juncheng was startled, his mouth twitching as he said.
“Eh? Really? Then I guess this is a case of surviving a disaster?”
Seeing his relieved expression, I found him both funny and cute. My heart, which had been hanging by a thread, finally relaxed.
“Yes~ So, don’t do anything that might make me misunderstand again, okay? *Huhu~*”
Juncheng nodded helplessly, his shoulders slumping in a sigh.
“…Yes. Yes…”
This is more like it.
I love you the most, Juncheng~
