“I don’t love you!”
“I hate you! I’m not your toy!”
Su Ling stared at her with tearful eyes. His heart truly ached right now.
“I never treated you like a toy!”
Ye Moran took a step forward, wanting to get closer to Su Ling.
But this move frightened Su Ling so much that he scrambled backward. His footing became unsteady, and he fell onto his bottom with a thud!
“Don’t… Don’t come over here! Stay back!”
“Fine, fine, fine. I won’t come closer. I won’t. Just calm down first!”
Ye Moran could only stay where she was, her eyes filled with worry as she looked at the Little Fellow.
She knew his heart was hurting, but hers was as well!
She wished she could go out and kill Nangong Wan right this second — that bitch!
Why? Why did she have to tell the Little Fellow about this? Even she herself had almost forgotten about it!
She had been so happy staying with him these past few days, and with the matters involving the Ye Family occupying her mind, she had pushed it aside.
She hadn’t expected that this trivial matter, in her eyes, would turn into a hidden bomb!
“Ugh…”
“I hate you! I don’t want you anymore!”
The more Su Ling thought about it, the more his mind crumbled. He didn’t want to stay here another second. With that thought, he scrambled up from the floor and bolted for the door!
“What are you doing? Come back!”
“I don’t care what you say!”
“I… I’m just a dead person now anyway! Leave me alone!”
Su Ling opened the door and was about to rush out, but as soon as he took a single step, he felt a sharp pain in his right ankle. Immediately after, he lost all control of his body and fell backward, slamming hard against the floor!
The moment Su Ling hit the ground, he thought he heard a *crack*. Then, he felt a warm liquid flowing past his nose. He reached out blankly to wipe it, only for a smear of bright red to enter his vision.
With bloodshot eyes, Ye Moran grabbed the Little Fellow’s ankle and dragged him back into the room without a second thought!
“Waaaah, it hurts! Let me go!”
Su Ling covered his bleeding nose with one hand while struggling desperately with the other, but it was useless!
Ye Moran’s strength was too great. Even if he grabbed onto something, he would either be pried off by the pain or dragged along with the object!
It wasn’t until they reached the bedside that Ye Moran stopped. She knelt down silently, scooped the Little Fellow up, and placed him on the bed despite his resistance!
After doing all that, she pinned him down with her left hand and immediately grabbed the tissues from the nightstand with her right to wipe away the blood on his nose!
She then crumpled a piece of tissue and stuffed it into his nostril to prevent more blood from leaking out!
“It hurts… You, stop!”
Su Ling’s head was pinned, making it impossible to break free. Her strength was so overwhelming that she wasn’t just wiping the blood; she was hurting his nose even more.
“I’m sorry. I… I didn’t mean to!”
“Don’t run away, okay? Just stay by my side peacefully!”
Ye Moran’s breathing was heavy. Every word was accompanied by a ragged breath. The panic in her heart made her grip on the Little Fellow tighter and tighter!
“I don’t want to! Let go of me! Let me go!”
“I hate you!”
“No… Don’t hate me. Don’t be like this, Little Fellow. I… I’ll be so sad!”
Ye Moran hugged him tightly, tears streaming from her eyes. She didn’t want to lose the Little Fellow. She didn’t want him to hate her over something like this!
“Waaaah, let go! I don’t want to be with you! Let go!”
No matter what she did, the Little Fellow continued to struggle, still trying to escape!
“Why… Why?”
Ye Moran asked in a low voice, as if questioning the Little Fellow or perhaps herself. Suddenly, her frantic breathing slowed, gradually becoming steady.
However, the darkness in her eyes grew even deeper!
She released him, her hands slowly caressing the Little Fellow’s face. Under his terrified gaze, she leaned down and extended her tongue, licking away the messy blood on his face bit by bit.
“You… Disgusting…”
“Heh.”
The corners of Ye Moran’s mouth curled into a bitter smile.
“Do you really hate me that much?”
“Yes! I hate the way you treat me! I hate you! What right do you have to decide everything for me? What right do you have to strip me of —”
“Argh!”
Ye Moran suddenly pinched the Little Fellow’s chin. The force was so great that Su Ling instinctively let out a cry of pain!
“Don’t… say… another word!”
“I… I truly like you. I truly love you. No one… no one will ever love you more than I do. I’ll give you anything you want!”
“Except leaving me!”
Ye Moran’s breathing turned ragged again. She looked around the room and, finding nothing that suited her needs, her gaze finally landed on her own legs!
Keeping one hand on the Little Fellow, she used the other to pull off her own stockings!
Finally, she flipped him over and pinned him down on the bed. She grabbed his hands and bound them with the stockings. Since they were long enough, she even tied his feet to them!
At this moment, the Little Fellow was in the same position as when he was first kidnapped — both his hands and feet were bound.
The only difference was that this time, his hands and feet were tied together. This posture made him feel even more uncomfortable and made it nearly impossible to move!
Su Ling immediately thought back to the days of his Confinement, and a surge of panic flooded his heart.
“What are you going to do?”
Ye Moran didn’t answer him. She just started searching the room for something.
Seeing that she wouldn’t respond, Su Ling became even more anxious.
“Let me go!”
“Waaaah… Please don’t do this, okay?”
“I won’t run anymore. Can you please not do this?”
Ye Moran looked back at him, a cruel smile touching her lips.
“I… don’t believe you!”
Ye Moran continued searching the room. Eventually, she confirmed that she hadn’t brought the Collar and Chain with her!
She took a deep breath. It was clearly unrealistic to go and get them now. After thinking it over, she decided she would have to go out and buy a new set!
“Wait for me at home. Don’t move!”
“Then untie me first, okay? I promise I won’t run.”
“No!”
Ye Moran took a deep breath and left without looking back!
Because his hands and feet were bound together by the stockings, Su Ling could only lie on his side. He couldn’t even lie flat!
Tears fell uncontrollably from the corners of his eyes.
Why did she have to treat him like this? She claimed to love him, but he didn’t want this kind of love!
He was clearly alive, yet she made everyone think he was dead. The words she had said to him in the past suddenly flashed through his mind.
He remembered her telling him that his parents had gone through with the Identity Cancellation and told him to change his name.
Thinking about it now, it wasn’t that his parents had canceled his identity willingly; it was because, in their eyes, he was already dead! That was why they had done it!
A surge of grievance welled up in his heart. ‘She did all this to me, and I’m not even allowed to throw a tantrum? Not only did she hurt my nose, but she even tied me up!’
‘She’s… she’s really going too far!’
The more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt, and his tears flowed even faster.