Quick Transmigration: I Was Cannon Fodder But Became the White Moonlight

Chen Su held her phone, but her fingertips felt slightly cold.

She composed herself and tried to keep her voice steady: "Brother Yuze, I sent you a message. I want to stay home with Mom and Dad tonight and won't be going back to Yulan. Didn't you see it?"

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone. The silence wasn't long, but it made Chen Su's heart sink little by little.

"Susu, come down." He repeated it again, his tone unchanged, as if he hadn't heard her explanation at all.

Chen Su pursed her lips, attempting a final struggle: "I..."

"Don't disturb your uncle and aunt," Lu Yu interrupted her, his tone even sounding considerate. "They should rest."

He paused, lowered his voice even further, almost coaxing, "Come on, get down yourself. I'll wait for you."

After saying that, the call was disconnected before Chen Su could respond, leaving only the urgent busy tone echoing in her ears.

Holding the suddenly silent phone, Chen Su felt a tightness in her chest.

A few seconds later, she walked to the window, lifted a corner of the curtain, and looked down.

Under the heavy darkness of night, the familiar black Maybach was parked quietly by the tree-lined road outside the villa, almost blending into the dark shadows of the trees.

Only a faint crimson light shone from inside the car window, flickering in the darkness, indicating the presence of the owner, and... the waiting.

he came.

Moreover, they clearly do not intend to accept the option of not going back.

A mix of grievance, frustration, anger, and a lingering fear surged into Chen Su's heart, making it difficult for her to breathe.

She bit her lower lip, took a few deep breaths, and tried to suppress her turbulent emotions.

Then, she turned around, slowly changed out of her pajamas, put on her outdoor dress, and picked up her coat and handbag.

Every step was being delayed to the extreme.

In the end, she quietly opened the door, went down the stairs, and tried not to disturb her parents who were already resting.

Outside the villa, the night breeze carried a chill.

Lu Yu had already stubbed out his cigarette and was leaning against the car.

Seeing her approach, he said nothing, but straightened up and opened the back door for her, his actions impeccably gentlemanly.

Chen Su glanced at him.

His face was expressionless, and his eyes appeared deep and unfathomable in the dim light.

She pursed her lips, bent down, and sat down.

The car door closed with a dull thud, shutting out the outside world.

Lu Yu got into the car from the other side and sat next to her.

The driver had already discreetly raised the partition between the front and rear seats, turning the back of the car into a completely enclosed space just for the two of them.

The engine started quietly, and the car smoothly glided into the night.

The carriage was completely silent; the air seemed to have frozen, with only the almost suppressed breathing of the passengers.

"Why don't you want to go back?" Lu Yu broke the suffocating silence first, his voice revealing neither joy nor anger.

"I told you."

Chen Su frowned, trying to suppress the surging emotions in her heart and keep her voice calm. "I want to stay home with my parents. And I think... I need some space of my own."

She spoke the last half sentence with some difficulty, but she finally managed to say it.

"space?"

Lu Yu repeated the word, his tone rising slightly at the end, carrying an indescribable meaning, "Is Yulan not big enough? Or... am I making you feel like there's no space?"

His words, laced with hidden meaning, pierced Chen Su's carefully maintained composure like a fine needle.

The pent-up frustration, resentment, and anger, along with his seemingly calm yet relentlessly aggressive attitude, finally broke through the critical point.

"Lu Yuze!" She turned her head abruptly, her voice rising involuntarily, her eyes slightly reddening with excitement and grievance. "What exactly do you mean?"

"Is there a problem picking you up from home, Su Su?"

Lu Yu turned his head to look at her, his tone still unpredictable, even a little doubtful, as if he really didn't understand what was wrong with her.

"That's your home, not mine." Chen Su's voice trembled. "Can't I even stay in my own home for one night? Am I your fiancée or your pet? Don't I even have this much freedom?!"

"Freedom?" He looked at her flushed cheeks and moist eyes, and the corners of his mouth seemed to curve slightly, but there was no warmth in them.

"Susu, tell me, what kind of freedom do you want?"

He asked slowly, word by word, his gaze fixed on her: "Is it the freedom, like before, to appear before me whenever you want? Or... the freedom like now, to disappear whenever you want, where even informing me seems superfluous?"

His voice was not loud, even soft, echoing in the enclosed carriage.

But it caused Chen Su's heart to suddenly clench, making it almost impossible for her to breathe.

"I told them, I said I wouldn't go back!" Chen Su retorted, her chest heaving violently.

"A casual message sent to me while I was in a meeting is considered an notification?" Lu Yu slowly approached, his arm resting on the back of her chair, encircling her within the range of his aura.

She was so close that she could see her own panicked reflection in his eyes, so disheveled, so nowhere to hide.

"Susu, you weren't like this before."

His voice lowered, carrying a chilling calmness, as if recalling something: "Before, you would cling to me, finding all sorts of lame excuses to stay by my side. Even when I clearly expressed my impatience and told you to leave, you would try every means to stay, looking at me with those wet eyes, as if you could only depend on me in the whole world."

He paused, his gaze tracing her face with an almost tangible intensity: "Why is it that now...we're engaged, our relationship is official, yet you're starting to crave space, freedom, and...want to avoid me?"

Chen Su stared at him in shock, at his handsome face so close to hers. There was no anger, no accusation on that face, only a deep, unfathomable calm that came from knowing everything.

She opened her mouth, but found that she couldn't make a sound; it felt like something was tightly choking her throat.

"Freedom?" Lu Yu repeated the word again, with a gentle, almost sighing tone, "And Su Su, when did we... start talking about freedom?"

He leaned slightly forward, his warm breath brushing against her earlobe, his scent enveloping and swallowing her completely: "From the first time you took the initiative to come to me, from the moment you tried every means to stay by my side—"

His voice was extremely low, like a devil's whisper:

"What you wanted was never freedom, was it?"

Chen Su's pupils suddenly contracted, and the blood in her body seemed to freeze instantly, then rushed back to her heart, bringing a wave of dizziness.

he knows.

He knew it after all.

"Can't speak?" Lu Yu looked at her pale face and her lost, dejected eyes.

He stopped approaching and his tone became more indifferent.

He simply reached out, his fingertips calloused, and very slowly stroked her wet, cold eyes, wiping away the tears that were about to fall.

"It's okay, Su Su," he said softly, as if to reassure her. "I don't mind."

"You... don't mind?" Chen Su murmured repeatedly, finding it absurd.

"Whether it was genuine or feigned at the beginning, whether it was scheming or dependence... Su Su, it doesn't matter anymore."

Lu Yuze's thumb caressed her cheek, the gesture intimate, but his eyes were as deep as the ocean.

"From the moment you chose to come to my side in this way," his voice was steady and clear, each word carrying weight, "since you have obtained the protection you desired, then you must pay the price."

"Su Su, there is no such thing as a free lunch, and there is no such thing as enjoying rights without fulfilling obligations, taking without giving anything in return."

His fingertips slid down, pinching her chin gently, each word distinct:

"Correspondingly, from now on..."

"Your love, your affection, your loyalty, your obedience, your everything... from body to soul—"

"They all have to be mine."

"It can only be mine."