Liang Qinghe: "..." If I really saved him, you would probably kill me alive.

Li Chuan: "..." Who dares to save me? Can I get a raise for these kinds of difficult acting roles in the future?

The two looked away, glancing at the tips of their shoes and the ceiling, pretending not to have heard.

Xu Wuning withdrew her gaze and said to Lu Jingci, "Give up on that idea, no one will save you."

She gestured to the bodyguard: "Take him away!"

And just like that, Lu Jingci was dragged away by bodyguards, his shoulders gripped.

……

When Lu Jingci was brought to the villa again, his eyes were blindfolded with a black cloth by the bodyguards, and his hands and feet were bound with black silk.

He was thrown onto the sofa by his bodyguard.

Then, the bodyguards left.

The room fell silent, leaving only Xu Wuning and him.

Xu Wuning's hand landed on his cheek, caressing it inch by inch, as she leaned down.

The moment the warm breath touched Lu Jingci's earlobe, he trembled all over.

Xu Wuning leaned closer. "Got caught again, huh?"

"Lu Jingci, what are your thoughts? Do you feel like you've suddenly fallen from heaven back to hell?"

"I'm going to teach you a lesson."

She gripped his neck, pressing her fingertips against his throbbing pulse. "Why are you trembling? Are you scared?"

Lu Jingci flinched, his Adam's apple bobbing, his voice hoarse: "Scared."

Xu Wuning curled her lips mischievously: "There's something even scarier to come, what's this?"

Suddenly.

She covered Lu Jingci's lips with her hand and then took out the box that Su Wanyue had given her.

Lu Jingci's eyes widened suddenly.

He couldn't see anything, only felt her hand on his lips, preventing him from making a sound, and then something cold pressed against him.

-

An hour later.

Xu Wuning released the person in front of her and took off all the black cloths.

Lu Jingci collapsed onto the sofa, his forehead covered in fine sweat, his eyes red-rimmed, and his hair disheveled.

Xu Wuning grabbed his chin. "Let me tell you, I never know when I might punish you like this again. Are you already scared enough to cry?"

"If you don't behave in the future, you'll end up like this again."

Lu Jingci nodded, his voice trembling.

Xu Wuning let go of his hand, took out her phone and pressed a few buttons, then glanced at Lu Jingci: "Go take a shower and get ready. I'll have Aunt Liu come over to cook."

"I've been so busy catching you that I haven't even had time to eat yet."

Lu Jingci slowly stood up, supporting himself on the sofa. His legs seemed a little weak, and he moved step by step toward the bathroom, holding onto the wall.

The bathroom door was closed.

The sound of rushing water filled the air.

Lu Jingci stood under the showerhead, took several deep breaths, and slowly a smile appeared on his lips.

Was that called punishment?

This is clearly a reward.

Can this kind of punishment be done once a day from now on? No, three times a day is fine, five times is also fine.

He could lie on the sofa for his entire life without moving, obediently acting as Ningning's canary, doing whatever she asked him to do.

The sound of the water was so exciting that it drowned out his deep, hoarse laughter.

……

When he came out of the bathroom and changed into clean clothes, Aunt Liu had already come to cook.

He huddled on the sofa, silent.

After a while, the night outside the window grew deeper and deeper. Liu Ma finished cooking and left, leaving a table full of dishes on the table.

Xu Wuning sat at the table, picking up a chopstick and putting it into her mouth.

Lu Jingci was still on the sofa, not daring to go over.

Xu Wuning chewed twice and swallowed, then looked up at him: "Have you had dinner?"

"……not yet."

"Come on over, let's eat together, don't starve."

Lu Jingci walked to the dining table, picked up a bowl, filled it with rice, and added some vegetables.

Then he took his bowl, walked to the corner of the table, and squatted down to eat like a poor little stray animal.

Xu Wuning paused, her chopsticks stilled: "What are you doing squatting there?"

Lu Jingci looked up at her pitifully: "Can a canary eat at the table?"

Xu Wuning stared at him for two seconds, somewhat speechless: "...Come up."

Lu Jingci didn't dare to move.

"I'll reluctantly allow you to sit at the table and eat once," Xu Wuning said, picking up another bite of food with her chopsticks. "But don't be too happy yet, there's an even harsher lesson waiting for you tonight."

"And I don't intend to let you go. You won't be able to escape for the next year; you'll be punished every day."

Lu Jingci stood up with his bowl in his hand and slowly moved to the table to sit down.

He lowered his head and took a bite of rice, the corner of his lips curving up slightly for a fleeting moment, very lightly and quickly, as if he couldn't help it.

But Xu Wuning saw it.

Her hand, which was gripping the chopsticks, stopped.

This is the second time.

At first, she thought she was seeing things. At that time, Lu Jingci was scared when he heard "being taught a lesson and beaten", so how could he laugh?

But now she saw it again, clearly and distinctly, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, though he quickly suppressed it.

Xu Wuning stared at his profile, and the strange feeling in her heart grew stronger.

To be precise, from the very first day she returned to this world, she felt that something was off.

Because Lu Jingci's amnesia was too coincidental, but the small world couldn't possibly be wrong.

Moreover, Liang Qinghe and Li Chuan appeared at Lu Jingci's villa today, and their behavior was a bit strange. A few days ago, when Liang Qinghe came to examine Lu Jingci, his eyes also had a slightly off look.

Furthermore, Lu Jingci's resistance has always seemed to be merely verbal, without any significant physical struggle.

She recalled what Xiao Ke had said: the small world never makes mistakes; throughout history, all systems have followed the instructions of the small world when performing tasks, and there has never been a single error.

So she always felt that Lu Jingci was just unlucky, that he just happened to lose his memory, that he just happened to remember nothing, and that she just happened to catch him and take revenge.

Every time she had doubts, she felt that she was overthinking things.

But if...

A thought popped into her mind.

What if the little world wasn't so smart? What if the little world was as silly as Xiao Ke and also got the information wrong?

Is Lu Jingci's amnesia real or fake?

Or... did the little world deliberately write the wrong information to help Lu Jingci deceive her?

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[Author's Note]:

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