Border Prisoner: The Mad Boss Seduces Her Every Night

Xu Yuanjia stared at her for a long time.

Not all the restaurant's ceiling lights were on; only a warm yellow pendant light above the dining table remained on. The soft light fell between the two people, illuminating a small, quiet, warm patch on the table.

The sea is right outside the window.

The night was so dark it seemed impossible to see any darkness, and the tide kept washing over the beach. Occasionally, the light of a lighthouse would slowly sweep across the glass window in the distance.

Xu Yuanjia rested his elbow on the edge of the table, twirling the glass between his fingers absentmindedly.

After a moment, he suddenly smiled.

"So." He looked up, his gaze falling on her face, his tone calm as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

"You should know that I don't know either."

Let Lulu go? Let her leave you?

No, not at all, don't even think about it.

It's simply impossible.

This time, Shi Luyu was only gone for a few days.

It's only been a few days.

But only he knew how difficult those days were.

When he first learned that she had run away, he was still trying his best to restrain himself and suppress his emotions.

I just sat quietly in the empty bedroom of the villa halfway up the mountain for a long time.

The bed was empty, and the clothes she wore when she left were missing from the walk-in closet.

There was no sound of water in the bathroom, and the sound of her slippers pattering on the floor in the hallway would no longer echo.

The entire villa suddenly became extremely quiet.

Xu Yuanjia used to really enjoy quiet. He didn't need too many people around him, and he disliked meaningless social interactions and noise.

But during those few days, for the first time, he found the quiet irritating.

It can even drive you crazy.

He didn't sleep the first night Shi Luyu left.

The second night, there was none either.

By the third day, my body seemed to have adapted to the insomnia, but my mind became unusually excited.

He sat in his study from late at night until dawn.

The coffee on the table went cold, cup after cup.

The files were piled up beside him. Usually, he didn't even need to read them word for word.

Xu Yuanjia reads very quickly. He can read ten lines at a glance and has a photographic memory.

After scanning through dozens of pages of reports, all the key figures, dates, and relationships between people can be clearly remembered.

But it just doesn't work on those few days.

He spent ten minutes looking at that one-page paper.

I turned it over and paused for a while.

I flipped it back over, but still couldn't figure out what was written on it.

Words are words, numbers are numbers. They enter the eyes, but seem to never reach the brain.

Zhou Ji stood in front of the desk and reported on the situation on the southern front.

He stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence. "Brother Jia?"

Xu Yuanjia did not respond.

Zhou called out again.

He finally looked up and asked, "Hmm?"

That was probably because Zhou Ji had been by his side for so many years and rarely saw Xu Yuanjia lose focus when discussing serious matters.

What was he thinking just now?

I think of Shi Luyu, and how she always lingered in bed for a few minutes after waking up in the morning.

I think she purses her lips when she's unhappy.

When she calls me "Brother Jiajia," the last syllable always has a soft, gentle ending.

Or perhaps it's just a memory of an ordinary afternoon when she sat on the sofa, looking down at her camera, her hair slipping down her shoulders. Finding it in the way, she casually tucked it behind her ear.

All of them were meaningless images, yet they kept appearing in my mind.

Lingering.

For the first time, Xu Yuanjia realized that one person could truly capture another person's entire attention.

I have no appetite, can't close my eyes when I sleep, and can't muster any enthusiasm for doing things.

Even the things I used to be best at have become incredibly boring.

He went to the shooting range and fired ten shots in a row, all hitting the bullseye.

Then stand there and look at the target paper.

I am bored

He rode his horse for two laps and then got off.

Not interesting.

Someone delivered a new car that he used to like, but he didn't even take the keys and just let them park it in the garage.

Not interested in.

I have no interest in anything.

Because no matter what you do, eventually a thought will emerge from the depths of your mind.

—Lulu isn't here.

Just thinking about it makes him inexplicably irritable.

That feeling is hard to describe.

It's like thousands of tiny ants crawling into your body, burrowing from your skin all the way to the crevices of your bones, densely crawling through your blood vessels, and finally all gathering around your heart.

Gnawing little by little, biting little by little.

There was no truly intense pain, yet it tormented my nerves constantly.

I can't sit still, and I can't lie down.

With my eyes closed, it's her. With my eyes open, it's still her.

Xu Yuanjia used to despise drug addicts the most, saying that they would lose their minds and even risk their lives for such a small thing.

Foolish, weak, and utterly lacking in self-control.

It wasn't until those few days that he suddenly understood.

It turns out there really are things that can override reason.

Stone dew is his addiction.

Even drugs can be quit, but she can't.

So perhaps, Lulu was also his tranquilizer.

A madman will die without tranquilizers.

How could he possibly let go in order to survive?

Of course, Shi Luyu knew nothing about any of these things.

She only heard him say—

"I don't know either."

We won't let her go.

Her last remaining appetite vanished completely in an instant.

Shi Luyu lowered her head, poked around in the bowl with her chopsticks a couple of times, but didn't pick up anything else.

I'm so upset, so confused, and I feel a kind of indescribable sense of bewilderment.

She didn't know what to do next.

She had been preparing for this escape for a long time.

She thought that as long as she left the villa on the hillside, as long as she went far enough, as long as Xu Yuanjia couldn't find her, everything would start anew.

And what happened? She ran so far.

He concealed his identity, entered Mei Ning by waterway, navigated alleyways, and was unexpectedly kidnapped at the port.

After going around in circles, she was finally brought back by this person.

Shi Luyu suddenly felt a strong sense of powerlessness.

She couldn't help but wonder, what about next time?

Can she still escape?

If we try to escape, where should we go?

The restaurant gradually quieted down, with only the occasional soft sound of cutlery hitting porcelain bowls remaining.

Shi Luyu lowered her head.

Xu Yuanjia did not urge her.

He simply sat opposite her and quietly watched her for a moment.

The girl was in a bad mood; it was obvious.

She used to glare at him, but now she's too lazy to even glare at him and has become a bit listless.

But it brought him endless joy.

Xu Yuanjia lowered his eyes and slowly traced a circle along the rim of the glass with his fingertip.

When she spoke again, she changed the subject, saying, "These past few days with Sheng Kun."

Shi Luyu paused.

Xu Yuanjia rested his chin on his hand, his tone so casual it was as if he were just asking offhand, "Is Lulu happy?"

Shi Luyu looked up, clearly not expecting him to suddenly bring up Sheng Kun.

She paused for a moment, then frowned at him. "So..."

She put down her chopsticks. "You really do know everything."

Xu Yuanjia neither confirmed nor denied, "Of course."

His lips curved slightly, and his eyes even held a hint of self-righteousness.

"My brother always cares about my little darling the most."

Concern. Shi Luyu almost laughed in anger when she heard those two words.

In fact, from the moment she left the villa on the hillside, Xu Yuanjia never truly lost her trail.

What kind of vehicle did she take, at which intersection did she get off, and which side street did she take to avoid the Xu family?

Which city we passed through, which ship we took, and where we stayed.

She knew who she had met, and even what she and Sheng Kun ate when they stopped by the roadside.

All information would be continuously delivered to Xu Yuanjia through various channels.

Photos, surveillance footage, location data.

Reports from his subordinates came one after another.

He even knew which day she had a poor appetite and only ate half a bowl of food.

Knowing that Sheng Kun had found her local clothes, they checked into the guesthouse in Mei Ning, where she sat on the veranda and drank hot soup in the morning.

Sometimes, if a message is more than ten minutes late, Xu Yuanjia will start to get irritated.

Therefore, Sheng Kun thought that by leading Shi Luyu all the way into Mei Ning, he had already left everyone behind.

In fact, Xu Yuanjia knew everything perfectly well.

He just didn't show up immediately.

He knew Lulu needed to catch her breath, and he also knew that if he pushed her too hard, she would resist even more.

He endured it, letting her run, to see how far she could go.

Until the people of Kunsa suddenly intervened.

The little patience they could still maintain was completely exhausted at that moment.

Shi Luyu was of course unaware of these details, but judging from Xu Yuanjia's current expression, she had already guessed most of it.

She stared at him speechlessly for a long while. "Since you already know, why did you ask me?"

Xu Yuanjia did not answer, but just looked at her with his chin in his hand.

The lamplight reflected in his dark eyes, yet his expression remained relaxed.

Shi Luyu was initially annoyed, but after staring at him for two seconds, she suddenly realized something was wrong.

and many more.

Sheng Kun?

Why did he suddenly mention Sheng Kun?

A certain string in Shi Luyu's mind suddenly twitched slightly.

Just as Xu Yuanjia knew her book so well, she knew Xu Yuanjia all too well.

The more a man cares about something, the more nonchalant he appears on the surface.

He wouldn't bother asking about things he truly didn't care about.

The frustration that had been weighing on Shi Luyu's heart suddenly dissipated a little.

She didn't say anything, but simply picked up her chopsticks again and slowly took out the shrimp that Xu Yuanjia had peeled for her from her bowl.

She ate it, and then the girl slowly raised her eyes.

Xu Yuanjia was still looking at her.

Shi Luyu blinked gently, as if she had suddenly realized that the initiative seemed to have quietly shifted at this moment.

The corners of her lips slowly curved into a smile as she called his name, "Xu Yuanjia."

"Hmm?" the man replied lazily.

Shi Luyu didn't ask immediately, but deliberately stared at him for a while.

The smile in the girl's eyes gradually became more pronounced.

She leaned forward slightly, resting her elbows on the edge of the table, staring intently at the man opposite her.

"What's wrong, Xu Yuanjia?" she said slowly, her eyes crinkling into a smile.

The brows and eyes that had been gloomy with worry about the unknown future now came alive again.

She deliberately mimicked a man's tone and asked him, "Are you jealous?"

The glass that Xu Yuanjia is spinning between his fingers.

Stopped.