An Yu silently followed beside An Qing.
Her face rarely showed a trace of unwillingness.
Mainly because she had only just remembered something.
This reborn female lead… wasn’t she supposed to lock her up and starve her to death?
An Yu turned her head and stared at An Qing.
The other girl’s expression was calm.
She looked to be in a good mood.
Maybe the script really had gone wrong somewhere.
No matter how she looked at it, An Qing didn’t seem like the type of person who would torture her to death.
An Yu didn’t know.
But things would work out when the time came.
Anyway, she couldn’t go home until An family’s parents left.
Following her was fine.
She would just follow.
Still, how much farther did they have to walk…
An Qing wasn’t thinking too much.
She was simply enjoying the present moment.
How long had it been since she had walked hand in hand with An Yu like this?
It could be traced back to the previous life, back when An Yu had first arrived at the An family…
Feeling the softness in her hand, An Qing never wanted to let go for the rest of her life.
She wanted to possess An Yu forever.
What was she afraid of?
Hatred and such… she no longer cared.
As long as she could have An Yu, that was enough.
What she had always been afraid of, from beginning to end, was that An Yu would abandon her.
That An Yu would betray her.
So… what she needed had never been revenge.
It was possession.
As long as she made it so An Yu had no way to leave her, wouldn’t everything be fine?
An Qing pressed her lips together.
Her crimson eyes looked somewhat empty.
Such a simple truth.
She had actually taken this long to understand it.
It was already a little late, wasn’t it?
An Yu already had other people.
Her place in An Yu’s heart wasn’t that high anymore.
But it was still okay.
Everything still had a chance to be saved.
At the very least, An Yu wasn’t rejecting her right now.
This meant An Yu didn’t hate her yet.
She probably just treated her as an ordinary passerby.
Everything could start from zero.
“Mm… we’re here.”
An Qing pulled An Yu and stopped in front of a shop.
This was a very discreet shop.
An Qing had circled the area several times before finding it.
From the outside, it was impossible to tell what it was for.
An Yu subconsciously looked up.
Although nothing could be seen from the surface, she had a somewhat ominous premonition in her heart.
But things had already reached this point.
Even if An Yu wanted to run, she couldn’t.
“Don’t worry. This isn’t the final destination. I’m just here to buy something first.”
As though she had noticed An Yu’s unease, An Qing lowered her head and spoke in a gentle tone.
But… this kind of tone really didn’t suit the usual An Qing.
An Yu wasn’t used to it.
“Why are you talking like that?”
An Yu raised her head and spoke without thinking.
An Qing, who had been about to pull An Yu into the shop, subconsciously paused.
A trace of surprise appeared on her face.
“What’s wrong? Does it make you uncomfortable?”
An Qing didn’t look at An Yu.
She spoke softly, as though talking to herself.
“It doesn’t feel like you, An Qing.”
An Yu stated her honest thoughts without hesitation.
She had always been like this.
She said whatever was on her mind.
Most of the time, anyway…
“Heh… is that so?”
An Qing’s eyes narrowed slightly.
The fake gentleness in her tone vanished completely.
“I understand.”
“Mm.”
An Yu nodded expressionlessly.
It wasn’t that An Qing wasn’t suited for a gentle tone.
It was that the gentleness just now had been too fake.
This kind of hypocritical disguise didn’t work in front of An Yu.
It absolutely didn’t work.
An Qing slightly curled the corners of her lips.
However, that smile looked somewhat bitter.
How could she have forgotten?
An Qing could see through this kind of hypocrisy so easily.
She really was… She had gotten too used to acting.
In order to raise her favorability in An Yu’s heart, An Qing, who was used to pretending, had used a tone similar to Ning Wanciu’s.
Because An Qing knew that An Yu currently preferred Ning Wanciu more.
So she had subconsciously done that.
But acting really didn’t work.
Because An Yu could see through it so easily.
So… why had she actually thought that An Yu would like those pieces of trash?
Clearly her own acting skills were better.
Good enough that, aside from An Yu, almost no one could see through her true nature.
“Haah…”
An Qing sighed helplessly.
Then she stopped hesitating and pulled An Yu straight into the shop.
At the same time, An Qing also let out a breath of relief.
Since acting didn’t work, she would just be her most genuine self.
Anyway, An Yu didn’t care about these things.
An Qing curled the corners of her lips.
Her smile looked somewhat pathological.
“Isn’t this Little An Qing? What are you here to buy today?”
The moment she stepped into the shop, the clerk inside greeted her.
She seemed very familiar with An Qing.
“Mm… just looking around.”
An Qing smiled faintly.
Then she said nothing more and pulled An Yu deeper inside.
Soon, the two girls arrived at the back of the shop.
An Qing silently searched for what she needed.
An Yu, on the other hand, was completely stunned.
What were all these things…?
An Yu blinked expressionlessly.
She casually poked at the goods displayed beside her.
These were… handcuffs?
What was that over there?
Chains?
There were also many props An Yu couldn’t understand.
She probably couldn’t even name most of them.
What did An Qing mean by this?
An Yu subconsciously looked toward An Qing in front of her.
Her amber pupils trembled slightly.
But An Qing didn’t pay her any attention.
She acted as though she couldn’t see An Yu and continued seriously searching for what she wanted.
It was as though she was truly missing something.
At the same time… her other hand gripped An Yu tightly.
She absolutely wouldn’t give her the slightest chance to escape.
The clerk also followed over.
Normally, she might have asked what An Qing wanted to buy.
But this time she didn’t.
She gave An Yu, who was beside An Qing, a meaningful look.
The corner of her mouth revealed a knowing smile.
Then she simply waited in silence for An Qing to make her selection.
“Mm… found it.”
An Qing lowered her head and revealed a somewhat pathological smile.
Hearing An Qing’s voice, An Yu subconsciously looked in her direction.
She saw An Qing reaching out toward a collar.
The collar was overall blue and white.
It had a kind of… An Yu feeling.
An Yu blinked expressionlessly.
She looked at the collar in An Qing’s hand, then looked at An Qing holding the collar.
The bad premonition in her heart was rising rapidly.
What was An Qing… going to do?
Very soon, An Yu’s bad premonition came true.
An Qing, holding the collar in her hand, suddenly pulled An Yu over with force.
“Mm…!!”
An Yu subconsciously let out a whimper.
But it was useless.
She was pressed against the wall by An Qing.
When she opened her eyes, she saw the black-haired, red-eyed girl forcefully wall-slamming her.
At this moment, An Qing showed an expression An Yu had never seen before.
In her somewhat empty crimson eyes, there seemed to be only An Yu’s figure.