Waaah, I'm being forced into loving my yandere wife's brain.

And now...

Shen Jin wants to reclaim the Gu family and avenge his mother, so the Gu family members are naturally his targets for revenge.

Gu Yuanshao was locked up, but what about her? She grew up in the Gu family, and in Shen Jin's eyes, she was also considered a member of the Gu family.

Lin Zhiyao recalled what Shen Jin had said that day: he said he initially became a doctor for revenge, but later felt that what his mother left behind was more important.

He didn't say that the revenge would end with Gu Yuanshao.

Lin Zhiyao, her face pale, tucked the flat items on the coffee table into her pocket, curled up on the sofa, and buried her face in her knees.

To survive, she had to escape.

If she stayed here, Shen Jin's next target would be her. Otherwise, why would Shen Jin lie to her when they had made their conversation so clear?

It could only mean that he still wanted to kill her.

*

When Shen Jin returned in the evening, Lin Zhiyao had already returned to normal.

Shen Jin walked over, bent down and kissed her forehead. "What did you do today?"

"Let's read a book," Lin Zhiyao said.

Shen Jin hummed in agreement, didn't ask any further questions, and went to the kitchen to pour a glass of water.

As Lin Zhiyao listened to his footsteps fade into the distance, she took the business card out of her pocket, ran her fingertip along the edge to make sure it wasn't damaged, and then put it back.

The next day, Shen Jin went out.

Lin Zhiyao quickly dialed the number on the business card using the landline in the living room.

The person who answered the phone was Attorney Zhou.

She first inquired about the family members' information, and Attorney Zhou provided a very detailed account.

I also told her a lot of information that her family had revealed to her there.

It does indeed match her parents.

She was five or six years old when she was taken away, not at an age where she had no memory of anything.

Those events happened more than a decade ago. If there weren't real family members involved, Attorney Zhou wouldn't have been able to find out about them.

Lin Zhiyao's face was deathly pale as she gripped the receiver, her fingertips fidgeting with the telephone cord.

After a long pause, she slowly spoke: "I'll cooperate with you, but I can't guarantee I can save Gu Yuanshao. You make your own arrangements; it's none of my business. You buy me a ticket to Singapore, contact my family, and I'll go on my own."

Attorney Zhou paused for a moment, then said, "Okay."

When can it be arranged?

"The earliest it will be is the day after tomorrow. A ship will depart from the southern port and can take you out. Someone will meet you when you arrive. I will have someone deliver the specific address and route to you later."

Lin Zhiyao said okay and hung up the phone.

She sat back down on the sofa, holding the receiver in her hand, her fingertips cold.

*

For the next two days, Lin Zhiyao behaved as usual.

Shen Jin would leave in the morning and return in the evening, occasionally coming back at noon. She would let him kiss her and hug her, without showing any unusual behavior.

Until the day I had arranged with Attorney Zhou, it was early morning.

It was still dark.

Shen Jin received a phone call and had to leave temporarily, saying he would be back before noon.

As Lin Zhiyao listened to the sound of his car fading into the distance, she sat up in bed, changed her clothes in the dark, and packed the few things she had prepared earlier into a cloth bag. She hadn't brought much: a few changes of clothes and a white cane.

Lin Zhiyao pushed open the door.

The corridor was quiet. According to the information given by Attorney Zhou, the person who was supposed to meet her would be waiting for her outside the main gate at 4:30 a.m.

Lin Zhiyao gripped her white cane, walked to the door, pushed it open, and the morning breeze rushed in, carrying the scent of earth and feeling cool.

Occasionally, you can hear a few chirping birds, their calls clear and melodious.

She could faintly hear the sound of an engine; perhaps it was someone coming to pick her up.

But why do we have to be so far apart?

Although Lin Zhiyao had her doubts, she figured that since she was already here, it wouldn't hurt for her to walk a few more steps, so she stepped out of the door.

But at this moment.

"Tap, tap, tap..."

Footsteps came from behind, unhurried yet remarkably clear in the darkness.

Lin Zhiyao froze.

Next second.

The sound she least wanted to hear at that moment, like a ghost, echoed eerily.

"Yao Yao".

Shen Jin's deep, dark voice came from behind Lin Zhiyao, so close it was almost touching the back of her neck, as if he had never left her.

Very close.

Even breathing can be clearly felt.

Shen Jin gently placed his warm palm on Lin Zhiyao's shoulder and said, "Yaoyao, it's so late, what are you doing out here?"

His warm breath drew closer, pressing against Lin Zhiyao's neck. Shen Jin came up from behind, resting his chin on her shoulder and his lips lightly brushing against her carotid artery.

Lin Zhiyao stood frozen in place, her fingers gripping the white cane icy cold, her knuckles turning white.

She didn't turn around, but she felt as if her spine had been pierced by nails, and even her breathing became cautious, afraid to make a sound.

"...What are you doing here?" Lin Zhiyao's voice was hoarse. "Didn't you just go out on something?"

"Going out?" Shen Jin chuckled softly, lifting his chin from her shoulder and brushing his warm, moist lips against her earlobe. "Yao Yao, how could I bear to actually go out? Besides... if I really went out and Yao Yao ran away, where would I find you..."

Shen Jin tilted his head and showered Lin Zhiyao with kisses, starting from behind her ear and moving down her neck, finally biting her shoulder.

A faint circle of teeth marks was left behind.

"Are we really supposed to wait until you run away and then go to Singapore to find you? Hmm? Yao Yao."

Lin Zhiyao trembled all over, as if someone had poured a bucket of ice water on her from behind.

If there was still a glimmer of hope in Shen Jin's heart, it was because he happened to see her.

Maybe I'll find another opportunity in the future.

But now, even that hope has been completely shattered.

Shen Jin knew.

He knows everything.

If even Singapore can be mentioned directly, Shen Jin must know everything that has happened in the past few days. She has lost all her bargaining chips.

Lin Zhiyao trembled, knowing in her heart that she had lost all her bargaining chips, not to mention that she was blind and had no power to resist Shen Jin.

"Yaoyao, why aren't you saying anything? Are you still trying to contact that lawyer Zhou? Hmm?"

"I...I didn't..." Lin Zhiyao's lips trembled, her voice weak.

"No?"

Shen Jin's fingers slid up Lin Zhiyao's shoulder, gently pinched her chin, and turned her face towards him. "Then what's that stack of things in your pocket? Yaoyao, I saw it when you stuffed it into your clothes."

His tone even carried a hint of amusement, as if he found her actions utterly adorable.

Lin Zhiyao's breathing suddenly became rapid.

She felt Shen Jin's arms wrap around her from behind, tightly encircling her waist and pulling her into his embrace with such force that it felt like he wanted to crush her and swallow her whole.

"Yaoyao, why did you run away?" Shen Jin's voice was extremely low, trembling slightly, and even carrying a hint of madness. "You clearly said you would be my best friend, didn't you? How could you abandon me? Huh?"

Shen Jin whispered in her ear, his breath hot and rapid.

"You're lying to me," Shen Jin said. "You're lying to me, you're going to run off with another man."

Lin Zhiyao trembled, and finally, hot tears fell.

But soon, the morning breeze made it cold and damp, clinging to her face and pooling at the tip of her chin, forming a small lake at the base of Shen Jin's thumb.

"Shen Jin...you even know about Attorney Zhou and the Singapore affair, so what are you pretending for? Do you find it fun to play me for a fool? Or do you enjoy watching me get played?"

She choked up, her voice breaking.

"You've come back to seek revenge on the Gu family. You've imprisoned Gu Yuanshao, so isn't it my turn next? You might even... you might even kill me and Gu Yuanshao, right?"

Shen Jin moved his hand up and gently wiped away her tears with his fingertips. The force was very light, but his fingertips were also very cold from the wind.

Why would Yao Yao think that way?

Shen Jin stroked Lin Zhiyao's cold, wet cheeks, tears streaming down her face, and a maddening darkness gradually appeared in his fox-like eyes.

"How can you trust a complete stranger so easily, but not me?"

Shen Jin's face contorted for a moment, looking particularly eerie in the dim light.

But the voice was still that cloyingly gentle tone, which made it seem even more eerie, like an extreme madness suppressed by calm.

"Who does that lawyer Zhou think he is? You've only known him for a few days! How long have you known me? Yao Yao, what kind of spell has he cast on you...?"

Lin Zhiyao turned her head away, trying to avoid his hand, but he pinched her face and turned her back.

"And what about you?"

Lin Zhiyao gritted her teeth, tears streaming down her face, her voice hoarse and barely audible. She asked in a clear voice, "You're not honest with me either, you don't trust me, do you? Or do you actually have ulterior motives? If you consider me a true friend, why didn't you tell me the truth?"

Lin Zhiyao had kept these questions bottled up in her heart for too long. Only when she finally spoke them out did she realize how heavy the emotions she had been holding back were.

She gasped for breath, her chest heaving, and tears welled up in her eyes even more uncontrollably.

"If you truly considered me your best friend, why didn't you tell me? You could have told me everything back then, but you chose to keep it from me... Isn't that forcing me to distrust you?"

Shen Jin paused for a moment, but then continued wiping away her tears as if nothing had happened.

"I'm not saying it out loud so that there will be less suspicion and discord in our relationship."

Shen Jin leaned down and got close to Lin Zhiyao, his nose almost touching hers, his fox-like eyes staring straight into her beautiful almond-shaped eyes filled with tears.

"Yaoyao, if it weren't for that damn lawyer Zhou meddling, we'd still be very sweet and close, wouldn't we? I was thinking about the long-term development of our relationship, what did I do wrong?"

His logic had become a dead knot, blocking all possible exits.

"you……"

Lin Zhiyao was so angry that tears welled up in her eyes. She opened her mouth, but in the end, she couldn't say anything, only managing to squeeze out a single word.

The truth has been distorted to this extent.

What else could she say?

...I really don't want to talk to this madman anymore.

Silence spread between the two of them, with only the early morning wind sneaking in through the crack in the door, ruffling her hair.

Shen Jin lowered his eyes and stared at Lin Zhiyao, only to see her turn her head away, her gaze unfocused and fixed elsewhere, unwilling to even glance at him.

His breathing suddenly became heavy.

"...Are you ignoring me?"

Shen Jin asked a question in a low, slow voice. Seeing that Lin Zhiyao ignored him, he suddenly bent down and hoisted her onto his shoulder.

"ah--"

Lin Zhiyao screamed, hanging upside down on his shoulder. Her white cane fell completely. She frantically pounded his back with her hands and kicked her legs desperately, yelling, "Shen Jin! Put me down!"

Shen Jin ignored her, carried her and strode inside, passing through the door, corridor, and stairs... and finally kicked open the room door.

He threw Lin Zhiyao onto the bed.

"Ugh—"

Lin Zhiyao slammed into the bedding, her head hitting the pillow, her vision went black, and before she could even sit up, Shen Jin leaned over and pressed down on her.

He grabbed her chin with one hand, turning her pretty face, which was twisting and turning, back to the center, so that Lin Zhiyao could no longer turn her head away and could only look directly into his eyes, making his image the only thing that could be seen in her beautiful almond-shaped eyes.

With his other hand, he pinned Lin Zhiyao's wrist, which was struggling wildly, to the pillow.

"Weren't you going to ignore me?"

Shen Jin pressed his lips against hers, grinning through gritted teeth, his hot breath spraying onto her face.

Then, he kissed her.

His lips and tongue forcefully forced their way into her mouth, licking her teeth and pulling her sweet, soft tongue into his own mouth with heavy, urgent force, as if he wanted to steal the last breath from her lungs.

"Well……"

Lin Zhiyao struggled beneath him, her wrists aching from his pressure, and her knees trying to push upwards were held down by his legs.

Her face was covered in tears. Unable to turn her head, with nowhere to hide, she could only manage a sob-filled curse between breaths: "Shen Jin...you bastard..."