Chapter 300 - Chapter 300: If You Want to Leave, I’ll Kill You
Chapter 300: If You Want to Leave, I’ll Kill You
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Zhou Jinjin was Gu Ci’s close friend, so why ruin her image in Gu Ci’s heart?
Lu Zhiyuan just quietly read his book and paid no attention to Zhou Jinjin.
Zhou Jinjin took several psychology books that Gu Ci had already read. Gu Ci gave her a medical book. Zhou Jinjin noticed that Gu Ci was a little nervous. “Why are you so nervous?”
“Don’t damage my books.”
“I know, I’ll be careful!” Zhou Jinjin smiled and noticed that Gu Ci had installed a fingerprint password door in the guest room. She raised an eyebrow. “Why did you install such a high-end door in the guest room?”
She walked over with her book, and Gu Ci’s heart was on edge, afraid that Lu Zhiyuan would make any noise.
“I’ve turned it into a laboratory. 1’11 dissect some lab mice, and I’m afraid it might scare you, so 1 installed a door to keep him from wandering in.”
Lu Zhiyuan was amused.
Lab mice? Are you telling the truth?
“Are you really conducting live experiments at home?”
“I just dissected a little mouse. Do you want to see?” Gu Ci pretended to open the door.
Zhou Jinjin quickly shook her head. “No, no… 1 still need to have dinner.”
She went upstairs with her book, and Gu Ci followed her upstairs.
After the takeout arrived, the two of them drank beer and ate crayfish together, having a great time. Zhou Jinjin also gossiped about Gu Chuyun. Recently, she and Gu Chuyun were in the same circle. Gu Chuyun’s rise was particularly rapid, and she became a regular guest on a highly popular variety show. She had become very skilled at portraying herself positively!
Listening to Zhou Jinjin’s gossip, Gu Ci treated it as an interesting story. “Don’t worry, in a couple of years, you’ll be even more popular than her!”
Gu Chuyun wasn’t the only one with an impressive academic background. She was in the art department at A University, with a hundred-point lower cultural score than Zhou Jinjin, who got in through her own efforts.
“By the way, Ziyu…” Zhou Jinjin peeled a crayfish and casually asked, “Is Zhiyuan still following Ziyu?”
Gu Ci covered her mouth and chuckled. “Why are you asking about Zhiyuan?”
“I’m the type of person who doesn’t forget debts of gratitude. He saved my life, and I want to invite him to dinner. I’ve tried several times, but he always says military personnel can’t move freely and must follow orders.” Zhou Jinjin was displeased. “Doesn’t he have any free time? Do the country’s men not have weekends? 1 suspect he’s lying to me.”
“He really doesn’t have weekends, and it’s not a lie. He has to be ready to be called in from Monday to Friday, and sometimes he has to accompany Ziyu on weekends, so he’s quite busy.” Gu Ci explained, “He’s a key talent in national security, so he’s very busy.”
“Okay, I’ll try to invite him again later.”
Gu Ci smiled and peeled a crayfish for her. Zhou Jinjin stayed at Gu Ci’s house until after nine o’clock, so Lu Zhiyuan had gone hungry for several hours. He had eaten lunch at eleven o’clock and had been hungry until nine.
There was some leftover crayfish, and Gu Ci didn’t feel like cooking, so she heated it up, added some broccoli and green peppers, and brought it to him along with a bottle of beer and a bottle of cola, a random combination.
“I’m not eating!” Lu Zhiyuan liked meat, and Third Young Master liked high-protein food. Neither of them had eaten much crayfish.
Gu Ci chuckled, leaning on the edge of the table. “Third Brother, you don’t get to order anything fancy when you’re in prison. Having crayfish is already quite good. Ask the people in jail how many of them get to eat crayfish!”
She left with a flourish and didn’t lock the door to the darkroom. She was dissecting in the adjacent lab, and Gu Ci had been sleeping in the study lately. The study had a comfortable reading area.
This area was designed for her and Ziyu to read and relax, and she could also take short naps there. Gu Ci slept on the sofa with a blanket at night. Although the door to the darkroom was closed, she knew that Third Master was not far from her.
At one in the morning, the door to the darkroom was opened. Dressed in a white dress, holding a bedsheet, she appeared in the darkroom like a ghost. Lu Zhiyuan had not fallen asleep yet. Gu Ci was kind enough to give him some books, all of which were travel and history books, which he wouldn’t normally read. Now that he had some free time, he decided to give them a try.
She treated him like a pet, locking him up, as long as he didn’t mention leaving or not loving him, Gu Ci’s behavior remained normal. She wanted to see Lu Zhiyuan at all times.
After finishing her exams, she didn’t go out to have fun. Instead, she stayed in the study all day, reading and doing experiments. She had a bit of neuroticism in her behavior. She would occasionally open the door to the darkroom to check on Lu Zhiyuan, making sure he was within her sight. Lu Zhiyuan didn’t speak to her, but Gu Ci didn’t seem to mind. She really treated him like a pet, someone who didn’t need conversation, just companionship.
When she was tired from her experiments, she would come to the darkroom and watch a movie with him.
Tonight, she came to find Lu Zhiyuan for the first time. There was only one bed in the darkroom, and Gu Ci appeared like a ghost in her white dress, holding a bedsheet. “Can I spend the night here with you?”
Lu Zhiyuan had a splitting headache. Looking at Gu Ci’s state, he knew he couldn’t refuse, but he also knew he couldn’t indulge her.
Unable to refuse and unable to indulge, what was he supposed to do?
“Honey, 1 want to sleep with you!”
Lu Zhiyuan took a deep breath, suppressing the pain in his heart. “Gu Ci, your cute act won’t work on me. I’m not your husband; I’m just your prisoner. If you’re not afraid of death, sleep next to me.”
Gu Ci smiled strangely. “I’m not afraid!”
She brought her blanket and climbed onto the bed. The darkroom’s bed was a spacious two meters wide, more than enough for two people. With Gu Ci sleeping beside him, she felt more at ease. Lu Zhiyuan looked down at her. There were tear stains on Gu Ci’s eyelashes, making her look pitiful and pale. Lu Zhiyuan’s headache intensified. The complex emotions were tearing at his heart, causing his headache to worsen.
With Gu Ci beside him, she didn’t sleep soundly either. It seemed like she was plagued by nightmares, repeatedly calling out “husband.” Every time she called, it added to Lu Zhiyuan’s pain.
He had been reading during the day, and he was wide awake at night. Gu Ci’s madness was genuine. But when she said she wasn’t afraid of death and wanted to sleep beside him, she really fell asleep.
He had been observing Gu Ci’s condition all along. She had been sleeping for an hour, and her nightmares were frequent. She kept calling out for her husband and Third Brother. Lu Zhiyuan watched as she sweated profusely, and he wanted to wake her up, but he was afraid of giving her too much hope. So he threw a book on the floor, startling Gu Ci awake.
Gu Ci woke up from her nightmare, tears still in her eyes. However, her gaze was extremely fierce. Lu Zhiyuan felt like he had seen this kind of gaze before. “Lu Zhiyuan, if you dare to die, I’ll die in front of you!”
This sentence suddenly flashed through his mind.
“You’re not allowed to leave me!” Gu Ci screamed in a manic tone, panicked and fearful. She was like a fish out of water, trapped in a nightmare. “If you want to leave, I’ll kill you!”
Lu Zhiyuan was startled..