“What… happened to me?”
Xia Xi slowly came to.
He tried to raise his hand to rub his slightly dizzy forehead, but found that his limbs couldn’t move at all.
He opened his eyes, and what greeted his sight was complete darkness.
“I… I’ve gone blind?”
No.
This feeling…
Was something covering his eyes? It felt a bit like silk fabric—the texture was familiar, but this was his first time touching silk fabric with the area around his eyes, so he couldn’t tell exactly what it was.
“Xiyu jiejie, you haven’t gone blind~”
That voice… it’s that teddy bear?!
Given that his body couldn’t move and his eyes were covered, did that mean he’d been kidnapped by the teddy bear?!
Damn it, he knew that lollipop was no good! It must have been because he ate that lollipop that he got dizzy and sleepy!
Though it was pretty tasty, actually. He wondered what ingredients were used…
Bah, tasty my foot! How was this any different from a poisonous mushroom?!
“Is this Miss Teddy Bear?”
“No~”
“Huh?”
Not Miss Teddy Bear, then who else could it be?
“It’s your little Xiyan~”
Xiyan? Du Xiyan!
The girl Leng Xiyu mentioned—the one who locked her in a dark room for several days!
“Oh, so it’s Xiyan… Xiyan, what did you bring me here for? Why can’t I see anything? Did you cover my eyes? Come on, take off whatever’s covering my eyes.”
Xia Xi didn’t mention the word “kidnap,” and he kept his tone as gentle as possible, afraid of angering her.
“Xiyu jiejie, it wasn’t ‘bringing’—it was ‘catching.’ As for your eyes… Xiyu jiejie, answer a few of my questions first, and then I’ll consider whether to let you see.”
“No problem, ask away.”
Xia Xi didn’t want to nitpick over wording. Based on her tone, she probably didn’t care about such trivial phrasing anyway.
“First question: why did Xiyu jiejie secretly run off to this town? Is my home not big enough, not spacious enough?”
Xia Xi had heard from Leng Xiyu that she’d been locked in a dark room for a few days before coming here—meaning she’d snuck out.
“I… well, I hadn’t seen my classmate in a long time, so I came to hang out with them for a few days. I was actually planning to go home tomorrow.”
In response to Xia Xi’s explanation, Du Xiyan didn’t offer any fierce rebuttal—she just gave a faint “oh.”
“Second question: does Xiyu jiejie hate me?”
Oh my little ancestor, with things the way they are—me being the fish on the chopping block—how would I dare say I hate you? I’m afraid the second I say I hate you, you’ll be sticking a knife in me!
“How could I hate you? My Xiyan is the cutest kid! I like Xiyan the most.”
Sorry, Xinyu—to keep myself safe, I have to lie and say I like Du Xiyan. You won’t blame me, right?
“Oh. Is that really so?”
Du Xiyan’s tone was still cold.
She yanked off the thing covering Xia Xi’s eyes.
It was a black stocking—and Du Xiyan’s left leg was bare, while her right leg wore the matching pair.
Obviously, what had been covering his eyes was her own stocking.
No wonder Xia Xi had smelled something strange earlier.
“Yeah, yeah, that’s really how it is. Xiyan, you’re my favorite person—I’d lie to anyone but you.”
Du Xiyan didn’t reply. Instead, she pulled a phone from her pocket. The lock screen was a photo of Leng Xiyu smiling happily.
“Then how do you explain this photo?”
She held up a photo in front of Xia Xi—one showing “Xia Xi” with an arm around “Leng Xiyu’s” waist, the two pressed intimately together.
“Or, to put it another way—Xiyu jiejie~ what’s the relationship between you and this man~?”
Du Xiyan’s gaze grew more and more dangerous, as if the moment Xia Xi gave a wrong answer, she’d pull a small knife from her pocket and hold it to his neck.
“This… I… that…”
Although the plan was to pretend to be boyfriend and girlfriend, in this situation, how could he dare say this was her boyfriend? Just look at how terrifying the look in this girl Du Xiyan’s eyes was.
“He’s just my classmate’s older brother. He was worried I’d be in danger shopping alone, so he came specifically to accompany me. I almost fell at the time, and he happened to catch me and help me up. It’s not the kind of relationship you’re imagining.”
Seeing that Du Xiyan’s expression hadn’t changed, Xia Xi hurriedly added:
“Xiyan, you know me—I like girls. How could I possibly take a liking to some stinky man?”
Hearing this, Du Xiyan’s expression finally shifted a little.
“Really? Xiyu jiejie, you like girls now? But a few days ago, didn’t you say you liked boys?”
“A few days ago I was joking. Girls are so much better—just like you, Xiyan. So cute.”
It seemed that because Xia Xi had said the right thing, Du Xiyan cheered up. Her eyes narrowed slightly, and she was humming “hmm hmm hmm” under her breath as if singing.
“It’s wonderful that Xiyu jiejie thinks that way. I’m very happy, so I’m going to give you a reward.”
A reward?
Could it be a little loli’s white… cough cough, could it be untying him and letting him go home?
However, Xia Xi had definitely let his imagination run too wild. How could someone who’d fallen into her hands be released so easily?
Du Xiyan pulled a rainbow lollipop from her pocket—yes, exactly the same kind Xia Xi had eaten before.
“This lollipop is your reward, jiejie. Eat it, and you can have a peaceful sleep.”
Eat the lollipop and have a peaceful sleep… meaning this lollipop also had sleeping pills added to it!
He’d said it before—that lollipop was trouble. Now it was confirmed!
“I can’t eat it while tied up like this. How about you untie me, Xiyan? Don’t worry, I won’t run away.”
Du Xiyan looked at Xia Xi’s face, then at his bound hands, and finally shook her head.
“It’s okay, Xiyu jiejie. When you want to eat, I’ll feed it to you. Do you want to eat the lollipop now?”
“No, no.”
“Alright then. I’ll go get you some water, jiejie.”
The lollipop had sleeping pills in it, and Xia Xi had just woken up—there was no way he could eat it and fall asleep again.
As for water, he was indeed a little thirsty, so some water would be nice.
Thankfully, he’d eaten quite a lot while shopping earlier, so he wasn’t feeling hungry yet—otherwise he’d probably be forced into another feeding game.
By the way… now that he’d been caught and brought here, Luo Xinyu should have people investigating. It probably wouldn’t be long before someone came to rescue him.
Ah, it’s good to have connections with a young lady. It gives you peace of mind no matter what happens.
Outside this room, Luo Xinyu had indeed already located Xia Xi’s position. But…
