“What did she say to you?”
“Elder Sister, is she your friend?”
“Yes, but that’s not what I’m asking.”
Su Ling pursed his lips and recalled carefully.
“She told me her name and said she wanted to be friends with me.”
“Then she asked if I liked it here, and I said I did…”
“And then?”
“No… nothing else.”
“Liar!”
Ye Moran grabbed the little guy’s chin and slowly lifted his head!
“I told you, it’s too obvious when you lie. Why are you tricking me?”
“Speak!”
“I… I… I’ll say…”
Being squeezed, Su Ling recalled what that person had said in his mind.
She said if he didn’t like it, he could say so.
“Elder Sister, don’t do this. I… I don’t like this.”
Su Ling struggled to voice his thoughts, hoping his Elder Sister would listen.
“Don’t do this? Heh, you lied to me, and you’re telling me not to do this?!”
“Little guy, you’re a good boy. You never used to lie to Elder Sister. This is the first time you’ve lied to me. Elder Sister is very, very angry. Do you understand?”
“I… I didn’t… I really didn’t…”
“You didn’t? Then let me ask you, do you like it here?”
“I… I like it…”
“Deceiver!”
“Ugh!!”
Su Ling was confused. He was clearly telling the truth, so why did Elder Sister say he was a deceiver?
He really liked it here. He liked anywhere where Elder Sister was, including this place…
However, when Elder Sister wasn’t around, he disliked it a little bit…
But since Elder Sister was here now, then he did like it!
“Do you… like me?”
“I like you.”
Ye Moran heard the answer she wanted to hear, but she wasn’t particularly happy.
“Then do you love me?”
“I…”
Su Ling opened his mouth, wanting to say he loved her, but his throat felt as if it had lost its voice. He couldn’t say that word no matter how hard he tried!
“Why?”
Su Ling closed his eyes. He didn’t want to answer, and he simply couldn’t answer.
He didn’t know what to do and could only choose to escape…
“Say it! Love me!”
Ye Moran’s gaze suddenly changed, and she slammed her palm down with force!
“Ah!~”
His chin was squeezed painfully. Su Ling let out a cry of agony, but it couldn’t elicit a single shred of pity from the other person!
Ye Moran pinned him to the floor.
“Wooo, don’t, please…”
“I was wrong, ah!”
“No, it hurts, wooo…”
In Ye Moran’s eyes, there was only madness. She didn’t mind treating Su Ling with such violence at all, nor did she care if Su Ling could endure it!
“Wooo, I hate you! I hate you!”
“Heh, not pretending anymore?”
“Didn’t you just say you liked me?”
“I…”
Tears flowed from Su Ling’s eyes. He really wasn’t pretending. During this period, he had truly thought about living on like this with Elder Sister!
He didn’t want to be abandoned by Elder Sister!
He had convinced himself over and over in his heart to accept it, to like the other person, and he had truly done so. He had almost finished convincing himself!
However, Ye Moran was now treating him with such violence!
The other person clearly knew. She knew how much he feared pain, yet she still treated him like this!
It was truly too much!
He didn’t want to like Elder Sister anymore. Never again!
“Wooo, I… I don’t want you anymore. I don’t want you to be my Elder Sister anymore, wooo…”
“These are your true feelings, aren’t they?”
“But it doesn’t matter. I didn’t want to be your Elder Sister anyway. I only want to be your… Wife!”
“Wooo, no!”
Su Ling shook his head while crying. He didn’t want it. He didn’t want the other person to be his Wife!
“This isn’t up to you. Did you know? I used the name Su Ling to register a new identity for you. I’ll take you to get a Marriage Certificate in a few days. Once the certificate is done, I’ll marry you!”
“No!”
Su Ling was completely in despair. No matter what he did, the other person would treat him excessively. Now she even wanted to marry him.
He didn’t want it. He didn’t want to be treated like this forever!
If that happened, he really, really would break!
“Is it so bad to just be obedient?”
***
Su Ling woke up from his dream with a frown. His first sensation was intense pain; his entire body hurt!
So excessive. Truly too much!
“Stop crying. You won’t look good if you cry more!”
Su Ling curled his lip, not wanting to pay her any attention at all.
“Tsk, such a temper. Aren’t you afraid of making yourself sick from anger?”
“It’s none of your business!”
“Heh, you’re my Husband. How could I not care about you?”
“I’m not. I’m not!”
“Slap!”
“Don’t make me angry. Otherwise, next time won’t just be a slap!”
“Wooo…”
“No crying!”
“Don’t forget, you were the one who lied to me first!”
“The way I’m treating you now is your own choice. If you hadn’t lied to me, I wouldn’t have treated you like this!”
Ye Moran spoke very loudly, as if she were trying to convince herself of something.
“Wooo… it wasn’t me. I didn’t… I didn’t lie to you…”
“You didn’t lie? Then tell me, do you like me? Do you love me?”
“I…”
Su Ling wanted to say he liked her, wanted to say he loved her, but those two words simply wouldn’t come out.
Why should he? After she had treated him like that and just given him a slap, why should he have to love her or like her?!
“Say it! Why aren’t you speaking? Admit it, you’re just lying to me!”
Ye Moran once again grabbed the little guy’s chin, forcing his head to turn toward her, staring directly into the little guy’s eyes!
She wanted to see a trace of love for herself in the little guy’s eyes first—even just a trace, just a little bit.
Unfortunately, she saw nothing. Instead, she saw a flicker of… resentment!
“Do you hate me?”
Su Ling wanted to shake his head, but his chin was held in a death grip. Even speaking was difficult, let alone shaking his head!
“You hate me, don’t you? You hate that I’ve kept you here in Confinement?”
“But I just want to have you. You’re always trying to run away, so I can only keep you here in Confinement. This way, you won’t escape!”
“Mm!~”
Ye Moran frowned, only then realizing that her hand gripping the little guy’s chin was using too much force, making it impossible for him to speak!
Thinking of this, she relaxed her grip slightly but still didn’t let go.
After all, the little guy’s cheeks were truly too comfortable to squeeze. The moment she pinched the chubby flesh, it felt as if her fingers were being sucked in. She was reluctant to let go!
“What do you want to say?”
Su Ling hesitated for a moment but still plucked up the courage to speak.
“If I’m obedient and never think about escaping again, can you… can you stop keeping me here?”
“Heh, you can’t do it.”
Ye Moran let out a cold laugh. She felt the little guy’s idea was far too naive. She truly didn’t know if he thought she was easy to fool, or if he himself was just an easily fooled person.
“I can do it. If you don’t believe me, then let me out. If I can’t do it, you can just put me back in here. How about that?”
“Not good.”
“You could even lie to me today about your conversation with my friend. Is there anything you won’t lie about?”
Su Ling glared at her and stopped talking. She was truly detestable!
She didn’t even bother to think about it. If he had said something like “If you don’t like it, you can say so,” he had no idea what this woman would have done!
He had only remained silent for the sake of that person named Lin Qingyu, choosing not to say those words.
After all, she was Elder Sister’s friend, and Elder Sister had acknowledged it. He remembered that Elder Sister hadn’t had any friends around her since they were young. Now that she finally had one, he didn’t want their relationship to turn sour because of him!
Though he thought this way in his heart, he had no desire to explain it to her!