Tang Li froze in place, her heart racing wildly.
“How did he wake up!”
Number 78 was equally terrified, [Holy shit! Wasn’t he drunk?!]
[Oh no, Little Lychee! Si Du’s Corruption Value suddenly shot up! It’s rising so fast! The world is distorting again!]
This awful man is too cunning! Pretending to be drunk!?
But what’s with the Corruption Value?!
However, there was no time for Number 78 to ponder further.
The man had already approached the girl, his dark pupils clear and alert, without a trace of drunkenness?!
“Tang Tang? Why aren’t you speaking? Just a moment ago you were telling me to live well, and now you’re sneaking away. Where are you planning to abandon me?”
Si Du gently pulled the girl into his embrace, his voice tender yet sending chills down Tang Li’s spine. “I, I…”
“Mr. Si, you’re drunk. I need to go back and rest. You… you told me to go back.”
“And I’m not Miss Tang Li, I’m…”
The man chuckled softly, interrupting the girl. “Tang Tang, do you know why I put away all the dolls in the manor?”
“Because… I’ve already found my precious Tang Tang. I don’t need those dolls anymore.”
Tang Li froze. Si Du swept her up into his arms, carried her to the master bedroom upstairs, and placed her on the bed.
[Little Lychee, struggle! Don’t let this bastard succeed!] Number 78 shouted.
So he wants to play rough!
The man’s cold, gloomy expression made Tang Li burst into tears, trembling as she shrank back. “No, Mr. Si, I’m not Miss Tang Li. I’m not.”
Wuwu, so scared. He looks like he wants to devour her.
Could the others be like this too?
She really didn’t do anything outside the storyline while completing her tasks.
Si Du raised his hand and gently grasped the girl’s slender, delicate ankle, like a small fawn falling into a hunter’s palm.
“Tang Tang never lies. So, don’t lie to me. That wouldn’t be good.”
“At first, I didn’t believe you were my Tang Tang either. I attended her funeral, watched her cremation and burial with my own eyes, snatched a bit of her ashes from Qi Jue, thinking I’d have to rely on that memory for the rest of my life.”
The man laughed again, his eyes crinkling with gentle amusement, but it only made Tang Li more frightened.
“But then, that day you tried to escape, and I had that dream. My precious Tang Tang is so adorable. You didn’t really think I believed it was just a dream, did you?”
Number 78 gritted his teeth in fury within the space.
Pretending! He’s been pretending all this time! How can this bastard act so well?! How could he hold back for so many days?!
The girl’s eyes widened slightly, red-rimmed with tears gathering at the corners, her whole being like a drenched kitten pulled from water.
Trembling with fear and panic, she bit her lips tightly, crushing them into a few shades of decadent crimson that made Si Du’s gaze darken further.
“That… that was just a dream,” the girl repeated in a trembling voice.
Even so, the young girl’s voice remained as soft and timid as her name, making it impossible not to feel tender toward her.
Si Du chuckled, applying slight pressure to pull the girl back into his embrace. He leaned close to her face, taking her soft small hand and guiding it inside his collar.
He could feel Tang Li shudder violently in his arms.
Her eyes grew redder, even the tip of her small, cute nose turning pink as she curled up anxiously in his embrace, head bowed to reveal her pale, slender neck.
Si Du’s eyes were dark and profound as he guided the girl’s fingers to hook the necklace he always wore, the angel-shaped pendant swaying gently.
“You know, this contains Tangtang’s ashes, right?”
“But right after I fainted that night, the ashes strangely disappeared.”
“I can clearly sense that it was you.”
I know you have secrets, baby, but I don’t mind.
I only want you.