Chapter 37.1: [An Yanling] Part One
After a while, Juncheng finished cooking, and we sat down to eat, facing each other, just like usual.
Juncheng really hadn’t planned to leave.
But where had he gone just now?
If I don’t solve this mystery, I definitely won’t be able to sleep all night!
However, if I ask him directly, will he answer me… Maybe he’s preparing to escape… If that’s the case, he wouldn’t tell me, would he?
But after hesitating for a moment, I couldn’t help but ask cautiously.
“Just now… where did you go?”
“Under the bed. When I was cutting onions just now, my eyes got irritated by the onion, and my hand slipped. I threw the onion away. It rolled under the bed… I managed to get it out, but it’s not edible anymore. Lan, can you buy a vacuum cleaner when you come back tomorrow? A broom really can’t clean everything properly.
So that’s what happened. He was under the bed… just to pick up an onion.
He wasn’t lying, that’s all I could tell.
It’s only at times like this that I feel how convenient it is that I’ve honed my observational skills to the extreme in this world, allowing me to easily tell if someone is lying.
Indeed, I haven’t installed surveillance cameras under the bed. It’s a blind spot… If Juncheng were hiding anything in there, I wouldn’t notice.
It seems I need to install another… No, perhaps it’s not necessary.
I glanced at the door that Juncheng had personally closed. An electric shock-like thrill surged through my body. I snuggled into Juncheng’s arms, hugging his neck and biting his shirt, saying.
“Juncheng, I want it.”
Juncheng, of course, wasn’t a man who lacked romantic feelings. He knew what I meant from my expression, and with a troubled and slightly shy look, he said.
“It’s daytime… Ah, speaking of which, I don’t even know what time it is. There’s no clock in this room… Well, it’s lunch, so let’s just consider it daytime. … Can we do it after we finish eating?” “Okay!”
He didn’t refuse me!
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He still loves me after all!
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But, I still want to know why Juncheng gave up.
During dinner, I casually asked Juncheng.
“Um, Jun… aren’t you going to escape anymore?”
“Hmm? No, the escape game is still ongoing. I haven’t set a time limit, have I?”
“But you closed the door yourself just now!”
“Oh, I see. No wonder you thought that… I just figured that even if I ran out, you’d catch me. Besides, I don’t even know where I am, and whether I can escape is another matter. I’m not going to attempt an escape that’s destined to fail.
So that’s how it is.
I felt a little disappointed. It turns out Juncheng hadn’t completely given up; he had just rationally considered and made a choice, rather than gambling on something as random as escape.
But there was still one thing I didn’t understand.
“But Juncheng, you’re not making any preparations to escape at all.”
Juncheng clapped his chopsticks together, making a sound, and retorted.
“Who says? What I’m doing is ‘waiting’.”
Is that even a way?
“I never thought about escaping by myself from the start. I don’t think I could escape from you empty-handed. That would be too arrogant.”
“But there are things like kitchen knives here that can be used as weapons…”
“Are you saying you want me to hold a kitchen knife to your neck and threaten you furiously to let me out?”
Of course, I wouldn’t want that to happen.
If that really happened, my heart would break.
“Right? Besides, even if I did, would you let me out? If you compromised that easily, you wouldn’t be the Juncheng I know.” Juncheng saw my dejected look, patted my head in comfort, and continued.
“Although it’s true that you’re imprisoning me, I don’t resent you for it or hate you because of it. I know you’re keeping me here out of love for me. Well, even if the form is a bit special, I don’t think it’s a bad thing. In fact, thanks to you, I don’t have to worry about anything or think about extraneous matters. I’m living quite comfortably.”
“Juncheng… I haven’t caused you any trouble with what I’ve done…”
“Cough, there have been some troubles. But as I said from the beginning, if I accept you, I’ll accept all of you.”
“Yes, I mean “all” in the literal sense.”
“…..”
Ahhh, I really do love you to death~~~…
“Hey, don’t be so easily moved. Maybe this is just a tactic to make you ‘soften up’?”
“If you’re deliberately deceiving me, then… I’m willing to be deceived. Just never let me find out, okay?”
“What if you do find out?”
“I’ll want to kill you~ *Hehehe*~”
“You’re smiling so brightly while saying something terrifying… But I’m really not deceiving you, and as I said, I’m just waiting, which doesn’t mean I’ve given up.”
Juncheng picked up a piece of fried tofu and took a bite, saying.
“Well, you’ve kept me locked up for so many days. Nana and the others must have noticed something was wrong. They’ll surely be looking everywhere… All I can do is trust that they’ll find me and cooperate appropriately when they come to rescue me.”
“But I’ll stop them too. They might not be able to save you.”
“Then I can only wait. There’s nothing else… Besides, when you’re busy dealing with them, I’ll have a chance to escape, won’t I? Hehe, don’t let your guard down on me then, okay?”
So that’s how it…
“What if they can’t find you?”
Juncheng blinked, suddenly smiled casually, reached out, and caressed my cheek, saying.
“Then I’ll stay here forever, loving only you.”
I’m going to explode!
My heart is going to explode!
This is even more exhilarating than that time Juncheng rejected me and I realized my love for him.
Ahhh, it’s so good that the person I love is him.
Falling in love with him is definitely the happiest thing that’s happened to me all these days. SF Light Novel.
“I love you so, so, so, so, so much, Juncheng~ ●”
As long as no one else finds him!
Then Juncheng will be mine forever!
…..
“We can’t find him… The clues were interrupted midway. Even though I’ve asked many people, we still can’t find him. These private investigators are useless! It’s been two weeks! Why isn’t there a single clue!”
Aunt Nana’s voice woke me up…
Before I fell asleep, this tense atmosphere had been ongoing, and when I woke up, it was still the same.
The ashtray on the table was overflowing with cigarette butts, all smoked by Aunt Nana these past few days. Her anxious state had lasted for a week…
Sister Xinran next to her had also become much thinner, only picking at her food these days.
Sister Xun had stopped eating again…
There was a weak knocking sound coming from the inner room, but it continued.
Sister Keling was forcibly locked in her room by Sister Xinran. Ever since she learned of Dad’s disappearance, Sister Keling immediately tried to rush out to find him, but Sister Xinran restrained her and locked her in the room.
For the first few days, she protested by refusing to eat, but when I brought her food, Sister Keling would still eat a little.
But Sister Keling’s situation wasn’t the worst. The absolute worst…
“It’s my fault… If I hadn’t taken him out, this wouldn’t have happened…”
There was someone crying even harder than me, someone who looked like they’d cry themselves dehydrated: Sister Lily.
Because Dad went missing when they were out together, Sister Lily felt it was all her fault, and no one could console her. But when she was in front of me, Sister Lily still considered me and hid her tears… Although her eyes, red like a little rabbit’s from crying, couldn’t be hidden at all.
“It’s not your fault. Those people probably had prepared to kidnap Juncheng long ago. It just happened to be that day.”
“Don’t talk about stopping them. If you had been by Juncheng’s side then, they might have kidnapped you too. In the worst-case scenario… no one would have even come to tell us about it, and the situation would have become even worse.”
That night, Sister Lily rushed into the house, her hair disheveled, wearing only one shoe, the other lost who knows where. Her stockings were torn, and her soles were bleeding…
“Principal was right, Teacher Lily. Stop blaming yourself. There’s only one thing we need to do now: find Juncheng.”
Sister Xinran was the most composed of everyone. If it weren’t for her, everyone would have fallen into chaos long ago.
Although everyone deliberately didn’t tell me, I already knew what had happened.
Dad was taken away by bad guys!
But they still don’t know where the bad guys hid Dad, so everyone is so anxious waiting.
“But it’s been two weeks… there’s still no news. Maybe Juncheng is already… *sob*…”
“The only thing we can be sure of is that Juncheng is definitely still in this city. Since the incident that day, I’ve entrusted acquaintances to implement a city-wide lockdown. No matter who it is, they can’t escape.”
“That’s right, the situation is in our favor. This is like catching a turtle in a jar. No matter how capable the other party is, they can’t possibly fight against our swarm of people. They’ll be found eventually… –…”
Sister Xinran bit her lip. Her lower lip was already purple from biting. These words were more for herself.
To hide Dad for two weeks, they could hide him for much longer.
That’s why everyone couldn’t find Dad.
But I can find Dad.
That’s right, I can clearly sense Dad’s location now.
I’ve already told Aunt Nana about this, but she didn’t agree to take me to find Dad…
She said I might be in danger if I went out, so she forbade me from going.
Everyone treats me like a child, but I know so many things!
So I waited and waited for a chance.
As I expected, at nine o’clock at night, Aunt Nana put me in my room after I pretended to be asleep.
Sister Xun came back to look at me, but today Sister Xun finally seemed unable to hold on. After waiting for over an hour, Sister Xun finally fell asleep. After covering her with a blanket, I opened the window and leaped down.
In the messy wind, I held the Magatama Dad gave me, and flames ignited in mid-air, guiding my descent.
However, the road was scorched black… I’m sorry, Mr. Road, I really didn’t mean to.
I tidied my clothes, closed my eyes, sensed for a moment, and then ran off into the night.
This time, I’m going to find Dad myself! I’m going to bring Dad back!
