Border Prisoner: The Mad Boss Seduces Her Every Night

The mountain forest was very quiet in the afternoon.

Last night's heavy rain washed the air dry, and the layers of trees outside the window swayed gently in the wind. Occasionally, a bird would flit across the branches, but soon silence returned.

The lights were off in the study. Sunlight streamed in through the French windows, illuminating the dark walnut desk.

Xu Yuanjia sat behind the table. He had changed into a clean white shirt, with the cuffs casually rolled up to his forearms.

The black mechanical watch on his wrist gleamed with a cold, indifferent light. Several documents lay on the table; his eyes were lowered, his long, slender fingers slowly turning the pages, his expression as calm as if today were just another ordinary day.

Inside the study, the sound of pages turning was slow and steady, and it was particularly clear in the empty room.

After a long pause, Xu Yuanjia finally turned the last page, casually closed the document, and looked up.

He looked at Zhou Ji and suddenly smiled.

His smile was faint, yet carried a hint of nonchalance. "You lost, Zhou Ji."

Zhou did not refute, but simply said, "Yes."

Xu Yuanjia leaned back in his chair, crossed his long legs, and gently twirled a pen between his fingers. "What a surprise."

He raised an eyebrow slightly. "You actually failed to keep an eye on her?"

There was no anger in his tone; instead, it sounded like he was joking about an amusing little thing.

Zhou Ji was silent for a moment, then said, "I only lost to you, Master Jia."

Xu Yuanjia chuckled: "Lose to me?"

"Yes," he answered calmly, stating the fact.

"If you hadn't given her a hint beforehand, if you hadn't allowed her to observe the patterns, if you hadn't let her move freely, she wouldn't have been able to find her way out."

He elaborated on his statement here, "She can win only because you allowed her to win."

Xu Yuanjia listened quietly. The pen continued to twirl slowly between his fingers.

A few seconds later, he suddenly stopped. "So..."

"Do you think you'll never lose to her?"

Zhou Ji paused slightly, "Your subordinate..."

Answer me.

The air in the study seemed to have become a little heavier.

Zhou answered without hesitation, "Yes."

Xu Yuanjia looked at him, his eyes narrowing little by little, "Zhou Ji."

"Are you looking down on Shi Luyu?"

He was referring to her name.

Stone exposed jade.

The three words fell calmly and quietly, not as casual appellations like "his person," "his woman," or "his wife." There were no embellishments of identity. It was as if she were simply herself.

A complete person.

Zhou Ji immediately lowered his head, "This subordinate dares not."

"You dare not?" Xu Yuanjia chuckled. "Still not convinced."

Zhou remained silent.

Because what he said is true.

Without Jia Ye, Shi Luyu would never have been able to leave that villa.

He didn't think he would lose to her.

He also didn't believe she could beat him.

Xu Yuanjia looked at him and said, "Zhou Ji, the biggest problem with people is that they always think they can't lose to someone weaker than themselves."

"Therefore, they looked down on them."

"And so he became arrogant."

"So even after losing, I still don't know where I went wrong."

Zhou Ji clenched his fist and said only, "Your subordinate understands."

"I understand?" Xu Yuanjia repeated slowly, then chuckled softly, "I don't think you understood."

He stood up and walked step by step to the floor-to-ceiling window.

The mountain wind rustled the treetops outside the window, and sunlight fell on his profile, making his excessively handsome face appear exceptionally clean.

"Why was she able to leave?" he suddenly asked.

Zhou answered quickly, "Because you left her a clue."

"wrong."

"Because Sheng Kun was there to help."

"That's also wrong."

Hsu Yuan-chia turned his head to the side, "Because she began to choose to believe in herself, to use her brain, and to rely on herself."

Zhou was stunned.

"This is her first win." He paused for a moment after saying this.

"She will win a second and a third time."

"Until one day, she will truly beat you." He tilted his head and smiled.

Zhou remained silent.

He still felt it was impossible.

Shi Luyu is very smart, but smart and capable are not the same thing.

She had no training, had never experienced real danger, and did not possess the skills that these people had acquired by crawling through piles of dead bodies.

But perhaps, one day in the future, she will grow up.

If you allow it, sir.

Even so, Zhou Ji raised his head again, his eyes calm: "However, I only need to obey you, not Miss Shi."

"What if I die?" Xu Yuanjia leaned against the edge of the table, raising an eyebrow slightly, his tone as casual as if he were talking about a trivial matter.

Zhou Ji frowned, his solemn eyes filled with incomprehension. "That was my dereliction of duty, and I should also—"

Go to hell. Or die first. That's what he wanted to say.

This was the ending he had decided for himself many years ago.

It wasn't just him; it was all the brothers who followed Xu Yuanjia.

"No," Xu Yuanjia interrupted him.

"You must protect her well before you die."

Zhou Ji was stunned.

"Listen to her." Xu Yuanjia's smile faded, his tone calm to the point of being almost cold.

"Why?" Zhou Ji was still puzzled.

As soon as he finished speaking, the scene from that day at the casino inexplicably flashed through his mind.

Sheng Kun called her "sister-in-law" so naturally and smoothly. At the time, he just thought the man was talking nonsense, but now, looking back, he vaguely sensed something unusual about it.

He was silent for a moment, then raised his head and cautiously asked, "Sir, do you really like Miss Shi?"

Actually, he wasn't sure either.

It's said that Jia Ye likes her, but to be honest, he's not exactly gentle with her.

At least in Zhou Ji's view, liking someone shouldn't make them think about running away all the time, and it certainly shouldn't make them look at you with wariness and fear in their eyes every time they look at you.

Although Zhou himself was a bachelor who had never been in a relationship and knew nothing about the intricacies of relationships between men and women.

But he always felt that if it really was a relationship, it shouldn't be like what Jia Ye and Miss Shi are doing now.

On the contrary, during the time when Jia was impersonating Xu Jia, their demeanor looked more similar.

Miss Shi was always smiling back then.

They would wait for others, throw a little tantrum, and be happy for a long time over a single word. When they were with Jia Ye, they felt completely relaxed. Zhou Ji couldn't quite describe the feeling, but he felt that they both seemed to be in good spirits and very happy.

Unlike now.

Now, when Shi Luyu looks at Jia Ye, all that remains is hatred, resistance, and an overwhelming fear.

But it's even more impossible to say that Jia Ye has no feelings for her.

Zhou Ji had been by Xu Yuanjia's side for so many years, serving as both his deputy and childhood friend, and knew his personality better than anyone else.

Over the years, no woman has ever appeared in Xu Yuanjia's life.

He wouldn't even bother to give a second glance to those who approached him unsolicited, those who went to great lengths to get close to him, those who were of high status, or those who were exceptionally good-looking, let alone waste his time on them.

The only exception is the stone jade.

He gave her almost all his patience.

Even when she cursed him, avoided him, hated him, and even ran away time and time again, he still refused to let go, like a venomous snake eyeing its prey, coiling around her tightly and never leaving her side.

Therefore, Zhou really didn't understand.

He didn't understand what kind of feelings Xu Yuanjia had for Shi Luyu.

Xu Yuanjia suddenly smiled. "You like it?"

He repeated the two words softly, in a very low voice.

It was as if he was asking someone else, or perhaps asking himself.

like.

It's another unfamiliar word.

He was so unfamiliar with her that he didn't know how to answer.

He suddenly remembered that night, the dim light, when they were playing some kind of "truth or dare" game on the bed, a game of make-believe that could make the girl's eyes redden, with tiny glimmers of water shimmering in her eyes.

She looked at him intently. Her brows and eyes were filled with anticipation.

Then, her voice choked with emotion, she asked him.

"Was there ever a moment when I was truly sincere?"

He didn't answer at that time.

Because he didn't know.

Xu Yuanjia didn't know what "sincerity" or "liking" meant.

How should I treat her to truly "love" her?

No one taught him.

His world consists only of winning and losing, interests, control, and scheming.

Xu Yuanjia slowly lowered his eyes.

The shadows of the trees swayed outside the window, and the light fell into his eyes, but couldn't penetrate them.

Much later.

He chuckled very softly.

It's like answering Zhou Ji.

It's like answering a girl who hasn't received an answer yet.

"I don't know," he said. "Maybe she'll teach me later."

He paused for a moment.

A faint emotion finally surfaced in his eyes.

Perhaps.

Like, sincerity, and love.

These are normal human emotions, and at one point, Xu Yuanjia also hoped that someone could teach him.

Perhaps, he was constantly hoping that this person was Shi Luyu.

But he himself never understood.

Because they don't understand, they don't know how to express themselves correctly.

Therefore, any action taken against a girl is wrong, no matter what.

Men who stand in positions of power often believe they have all-knowing and all-powerful connections.

In reality, they are nothing more than utterly foolish and vulgar people when it comes to emotions.

So foolish as to be completely unaware of one's own feelings.