“Why?”
Gu Ge no longer possessed her initial patience.
Like a kettle of boiling water that could no longer be suppressed, her tone carried an irrepressible irritability, and the surrounding air seemed to rise several degrees in temperature.
A sense of anxiety permeated the small space, causing one’s nerves to tensed up.
Jiang Ran clenched her fists tightly to keep herself from being influenced by Gu Ge.
She could clearly feel that when Gu Ge’s emotions fluctuated, the effect of the Hypnosis would strengthen accordingly.
For a moment, she wanted to speak up and apologize, unable to resist the urge to pour out everything she knew.
She wanted to treat her as the only trustworthy listener and dump out all the emotional trash buried in her heart.
But just as the words were about to escape her lips, she pinched her index finger hard, her nails digging into the flesh.
The pain provided her with a brief moment of clarity.
Jiang Ran bit her lip in frustration.
‘So this is the limit of 10% Resistance.’
It could ward off Gu Ge’s ordinary level of Hypnosis, but if you insisted on playing with fire and provoked her, the power that erupted in that instant was enough to destroy all previous pretenses.
And every lie you had told would become a sharp knife she could plunge back into you.
After gradually understanding everything, Jiang Ran suppressed her nervousness and feigned the illusion of being successfully hypnotized once again.
“Can you tell me why you are afraid of me?”
Gu Ge repeated her previous question.
Her attitude was slightly gentler than before, as she noticed that Jiang Ran seemed a bit different today…
“Because I… I feel like my life right now is very surreal. I didn’t expect to have such an amazing neighbor Sister by my side. It feels like she can do anything.”
Gu Ge’s furrowed brows smoothed out, and a slightly enchanting smile blossomed on her face.
She couldn’t help but say, “Are you nervous just because of such a small thing? Ran, you really are getting cuter and cleaner.”
“I… Am I cute?”
Jiang Ran looked dazed.
“Yes, you really are a cute and obedient good child.”
The woman’s fair hand brushed against the side of Jiang Ran’s face.
A cold, stinging sensation felt tingly and numbing.
As her vision began to refocus for a second, Jiang Ran realized things were going south and quickly lowered her head.
“Why are you shrinking your neck? Are you nervous because I’m doing this?”
“Yes, Sister Gu Ge is leaning too close. I’m… I’m scared…”
“Then I’ll just have to get a little closer.”
Gu Ge mischievously continued to move her fingers toward the collarbone on the side of Jiang Ran’s cheek.
Her fingertips almost pressed against the bone, while the back of her fingers brushed against the neck.
The fine hairs were gently flattened, sending waves of itchiness through Jiang Ran.
The itch was especially intense when she reached toward her neck without warning.
“Sister Gu Ge, no… don’t…”
“Don’t move. This is a reward for a good child.”
A reward?
Jiang Ran wanted to roll her eyes.
This was clearly for her own satisfaction!
Three minutes later, those slender fingers finally withdrew from Jiang Ran’s collar with lingering reluctance.
What was even more outrageous was that this woman actually turned the photo of the pink marks she had pinched onto Jiang Ran’s collarbone into her phone wallpaper right in front of her.
This was simply too much!
She didn’t even bother to hide it.
What did that make her?
A pathetic victim who was powerless to watch her own photo be turned into a wallpaper?
Or perhaps, a useless Yellow Hair?
Jiang Ran’s mind wandered, completely failing to notice that Gu Ge’s dancing fingertips were constantly tapping the center of the screen—specifically, on the strawberry-like marks she had made with her nails.
“What an interesting, good child. But the reward I mentioned isn’t limited to this. If you promise to take good care of your health, Ran, I will give you an even better reward later.”
Jiang Ran slowly raised her head and murmured, “A further reward?”
“That’s right. But I can’t tell you what the reward is yet. You have to promise Sister that you’ll take care of your body. For example, starting tonight, you must go to bed early. Can you do that?”
“I… I can try!”
“Good. It’s cold here, go back quickly.”
Gu Ge gently brushed the dust off Jiang Ran’s clothes and gazed at her tenderly.
Jiang Ran was slightly stunned.
Her stiff body gradually relaxed, as if the silk threads wrapped around her neck had been removed.
She began to breathe heavily, unable to control herself.
The constraints on her body receded like a tide at the same time, and the feeling of stiffness in her limbs was disappearing.
As expected…
Jiang Ran wiped the corner of her mouth.
‘Hypnosis has a time limit!’
Jiang Ran feigned the feeling of waking up from a dream and murmured, “Sister Gu Ge, when… when did you get here? I was clearly throwing up just now. How… that’s so strange.”
“It’s okay. You’re too tired. Go and rest.”
Gu Ge waved her hand, her entire figure hidden in the shadows cast by the incandescent light.
Her raised arm looked like a clockwork machine that hadn’t been oiled; the movement was extremely stiff.
Jiang Ran nodded and left the restroom calmly.
When Jiang Ran’s figure completely vanished past the doorframe, the smile on Gu Ge’s face gradually faded.
She held her chest with one hand.
Under her proud curves, her exquisite body, which could trigger infinite desire, rose and fell slightly.
Her expression remained calm yet turbulent, like a rose with thorns that could sting a person painfully.
***
After leaving the restroom, Jiang Ran felt as if she had truly woken up.
That was a close call.
If her acting had been any worse, she likely would have been exposed.
The audacity Gu Ge displayed under the Hypnotic State exceeded Jiang Ran’s expectations.
Furthermore, that look in her eyes was truly terrifying.
It made her wonder if the reason her character’s personality changed so drastically later in the story was because of this Gu Ge.
Otherwise, why would a perfectly normal person want to become a Yellow Hair?
Thinking about it now was absolutely terrifying.
Especially considering what the APP implied—that there was more than one woman like this.
If there were a few more, why bother struggling?
She might as well just give in.
It was all about the personality.
After all, Jiang Ran really wanted to quit.
Using this weak body to fight a Yandere was like a joke.
That 10% Resistance was basically made of paper; it would break with a single poke.
Feeling the coldness of the world, Jiang Ran sighed and returned to bed.
She rolled over and turned on her phone.
To her surprise, the original phone interface had been completely refreshed.
She had hardly ever played with any of the APPs on it.
Moreover, who uninstalled all her games?
This phone was so clean it only had a few chat programs.
Jiang Ran opened Penguin and found that all her friends were gone, replaced by people she didn’t recognize.
Rolling over, she noticed the logo on the phone case was a brand she didn’t know.
The casing was a somewhat worn-out pink plastic.
Jiang Ran casually picked up the one Gu Ge had given her.
Compared to the one in her hand, she didn’t know how much better it was.
‘It must be really fast for playing games, right?’
For Jiang Ran, who used to be a boy, the most important function of a phone was naturally playing games.
As for the camera’s pixels, sorry, at most it was just something for scanning codes; she didn’t care at all.
Every time there was a product launch, she would only check if the processor had been upgraded and how much longer the phone in her hand would last.
Tearing off the factory film, Jiang Ran long-pressed the power button to light up the phone.
After following the new user setup process, Jiang Ran impatiently opened the app store and began a massive shopping spree.
Soon, she noticed something peculiar.
‘So the games I used to play also exist in this world?’
Hiss—download them quickly and see if the accounts are still there.
While Jiang Ran was fiddling with the phone, Gu Ge arrived at the hospital corridor.
Standing in front of the glass window, the buzzing of her phone rang out as expected.
A sweet female voice sounded from the other end:
“President Gu, I have found all the information you asked me to investigate.”
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