Border Prisoner: The Mad Boss Seduces Her Every Night

Xu Yuanjia was not home that day, and the seaside villa was unusually quiet.

The afternoon sunlight streamed in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, making the sea shimmer and sparkle. The sound of the tide drifted into the room through the large panes of glass, leaving only a muffled, rhythmic thud.

Shi Luyu was lying alone on the living room sofa.

She wore a loose, light-colored short-sleeved shirt, her long hair was casually tied into a bun, a cushion was placed in front of her chest, and her two slender legs were dangling behind her, swinging back and forth.

The phone was right in front of me.

With nothing to do, she scrolled through short videos for a while and replied to a few messages. Feeling really bored, she decided to dig out the shooting game from the background.

It seems like I haven't been online for a while.

The last time I played around was the night Xu Yuanjia caught me red-handed.

Thinking of this, Shi Luyu paused almost imperceptibly at the tip of her finger.

Especially remembering that I hadn't had time to mute my microphone, and in my panic I blurted out something to a few men in the game—

"My dad is back."

"..."

Shi Luyu closed her eyes expressionlessly.

I don't want to recall it.

Embarrassing.

She clicked into the game, and the familiar login music started playing.

The account had just logged in, and the friends list was completely grayed out. Shi Luyu hadn't planned to play the game; she was just bored and logged in to see if there were any recent updates or events.

She opened the warehouse and claimed several items given to her by the system.

Not long after, a very inconspicuous notification suddenly popped up in the lower left corner of the screen.

Your friend Null is now online.

Shi Luyu's gaze paused for a moment.

Null?

It's been a long time since I've played with the pros.

Since that day, she has been logging on much less often.

However, Shi Luyu quickly forgot about it after logging off that day.

She's a big shot, after all. The last time I brought her along was probably just because I happened to have some free time.

Just because someone is willing to play a few games with her doesn't mean she'll treat them as free companions and eagerly run over to them every time she sees them.

She exited the friends list and continued browsing her own things.

About two minutes later.

"bite."

A small red dot suddenly lit up on a friend's message, and Shi Luyu casually clicked on it.

[Null: Open?]

Her eyebrows lifted slightly; it was Null who had taken the initiative to contact her.

Shi Luyu lay on the cushion for a couple of seconds, thinking that she had nothing else to do anyway.

[Don't arrest me today: Wait for me.]

Message sent.

She got up from the sofa, slipped her bare feet into her slippers, and grabbed the half-finished bottle of chilled sparkling water from the coffee table.

"I'm going to play some games."

She told the maid as she passed through the living room.

The maid smiled and agreed.

Shi Luyu went to the e-sports room, closed the door, and turned on the air conditioner.

Three screens lit up one after another. She tied her hair back up, put on her headphones, and as soon as she logged on, she saw that Null had already sent her a team invitation.

Click to accept; there are only the two of them in the room.

Shi Luyu spoke up: "Good morning, brother."

Null didn't turn on voice chat as usual, and a message quickly appeared in the chat box.

[Null: Good morning.]

Shi Luyu was already used to it. She'd known Null for so long and had never heard her speak before.

"Is it just the two of us today?"

Null: Hmm.

"Then I'll try my best not to hold you back."

Null: No need to try.

Shi Luyu: "..."

What does that mean?

She narrowed her eyes: "Are you implying something about me?"

There was no reply from the other side.

Ten seconds later, the game started.

"..."

well.

Still so arrogant.

Shi Luyu was too lazy to argue with him anymore.

Once on the map, she realized it was duo mode. The plane traversed the entire map, and Null quickly marked the locations.

Shi Luyu looked over and saw that it was another high-resource area.

"Brother," she said softly, "don't all you experts have one thing in common?"

Null: ?

"Jump wherever there are lots of people."

"Who's afraid?"

Shi Luyu immediately retorted defiantly, "Jump."

The next second, she was the first to leave the cabin.

The parachute unfolded high in the sky. Shi Luyu turned her perspective and looked around. Her scalp tingled instantly.

"..."

People. All people.

Numerous parachutes floated nearby.

She couldn't help but say, "Are we here to collect equipment? I feel like we're here to give equipment to other people."

Null has already started to drop rapidly.

[Null: Stay close.]

"I know." Shi Luyu controlled the character to move closer to him.

However, just as she was about to land, someone suddenly squeezed past her, and she frantically adjusted her direction, inadvertently deviating from her original landing point.

"Huh?" She watched helplessly as she got further and further away from Null.

"Wait a moment!"

"I think I'm drifting off course."

As the figure landed, Shi Luyu looked up and saw a warehouse in front of her.

It seems like there are plenty of supplies.

She immediately ran inside and had just picked up a gun when she heard footsteps outside.

One, two.

Wait, why are there so many?

Shi Luyu quickly pressed herself against the wall, her footsteps indicating that a dense crowd had already surrounded her.

She looked at the minimap and remained silent for two seconds.

"Null".

Null: Hmm.

"There seem to be a few people here."

[Null: several.]

Shi Luyu carefully counted the red footprints.

"..."

Her tone grew increasingly hesitant: "Maybe... seven or eight?"

The chat window is quiet.

Null: Where are you?

Shi Luyu: "Warehouse."

[Null: Didn't I tell you to stay close?]

"Accident!"

People had already rushed in. Shi Luyu didn't have time to explain to him and fired a burst of bullets.

bang bang bang-

The other person was shot and fell to the ground.

"I took one down!" She hadn't even had time to be happy.

Someone else rushed out from the side, and Shi Luyu lost most of her health on the spot.

"Ah!" She immediately dodged backward and threw a smoke bomb haphazardly.

The entire warehouse was quickly enveloped in white smoke, and gunfire erupted in chaos.

"Null, I'm going to die!"

Null: Don't die.

"This isn't something I can decide!" Shi Luyu said, carrying the weakened character as they fled in a sorry state.

There were people at the front door and people at the back door, so she could only go around to the side of the warehouse and use the smoke as cover to run out.

Unfortunately, he only has a sliver of health left, and one shot will knock him down.

Suddenly, the roar of a car engine came through my headphones, growing louder as it approached.

Shi Luyu turned her perspective and saw an off-road vehicle flying down from the top of the hill at an absurdly fast speed.

boom--!

The front of the car crashed through the metal barrier next to the warehouse, and the entire vehicle landed with a violent jolt.

The car door opened, and Null got out.

"They're here!" Shi Luyu's eyes lit up instantly.

Null landed and immediately raised his gun without pausing or even seeking cover.

The first person had just leaned out of the warehouse window.

boom.

Headshot knocks down.

The gun barrel was turned around.

the second.

The third.

Shi Luyu didn't even see how he did it; kill notifications kept popping up in the upper right corner of the screen.

The opposing team had clearly noticed the arrival of skilled fighters, and several people began to flank them from different directions: one went around to the rear, two pressed forward from the front, and someone else set up a gun on the roof.

Shi Luyu was terrified. "Behind you!"

The Null character suddenly crouched down, and a bullet almost grazed his head.

The next second, he turned around.

The scope is opened, a gunshot rings out, and the person behind falls to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, he switched weapons, controlled recoil, and pulled back horizontally. The whole process was so fast that there were almost no unnecessary movements.

Shi Luyu: "..."

Is this person cheating?

When she plays games, it takes her a long time to figure out where the characters are.

Null, on the other hand, seems to have the entire map directly inside its brain.

Who is where, and from which direction will they come out?

He knew exactly when to reload and when to pull the trigger.

Because their thinking is logically clear, their actions are well-defined.

The sixth one fell to the ground.

the seventh.

The last one seemed to realize he couldn't win and turned to run away.

Null didn't even chase; he switched to a sniper rifle, scoped in, and a gunshot rang out.

A person running in the distance suddenly collapsed.

Eight of them, all gone.

The entire area finally quieted down, leaving Shi Luyu in awe.

"elder brother."

Null is reloading.

【Null: ?】

"Did you secretly add money to your account?"

Null: ...

Why are we playing like two different games?

Null ignored her.

He changed his magazine and started walking towards the warehouse. After taking two steps, he suddenly stopped.

[Null: Where did you go?]

Shi Luyu blinked when she saw the message, then looked up at the location of her character.

While fleeing for her life, she had nowhere to go, and luckily she found a large tree nearby that she could climb. So without thinking twice, she climbed up it, and climbed very high.

The tree canopy was so dense that it completely obscured her figure.

Shi Luyu suppressed a laugh and slowly typed.

【Don't arrest me today: Look up.】

In the scene, Null's character really raises his head, and the camera gradually moves upward.

Finally, through layers of green leaves, I gazed at the jade stone perched on a branch.

The air was quiet.

Shi Luyu inexplicably sensed a silence emanating from that game character.

A few seconds later.

Null: ...

She laughed out loud. "Am I smart?"

[Null: Get down.]

"How do I do it?"

[Null: Jump.]

Shi Luyu glanced down.

"No way." It's too high.

[Null: Even if it falls, it won't die.]

Then another one.

[Null: I have a first-aid kit.]

Shi Luyu: "?"

What kind of straight man's solution is this?

"That won't work either."

[Null: Why?]

"Falling will damage your equipment."

Null: "..."

Shi Luyu spoke with righteous indignation.

She just found a level 3 armor! Why did she break it?

In the scene, Null stands motionless under the tree.

They probably didn't expect that someone would rather squat in a tree than give up a little equipment durability.

After a while, Null put the gun away.

Shi Luyu: "?"

Soon, she saw the game character under the tree opening its arms to her.

A message pops up in the chat window.

[Null: I'll pick you up.]

Another one.

[Null: Jump.]

Shi Luyu was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh.

"You're really going to accept?"

Null: Hmm.

"What if I can't catch it?"

Null: No.

Quite confident, Shi Luyu slowly moved her character to the edge of the tree branch.

"Then I'll jump."

Null didn't move; she remained standing below.

She pressed jump, and the game character leaped down from the high treetops.

Leaves flitted across the screen.

boom.

The figure crashed steadily into the range of Null's outstretched arms.

Although the game mechanics don't actually involve a "princess carry," the positioning was just right, so from Shi Luyu's perspective, it looked as if she had actually been caught off the tree by the other person.

She paused for a moment, then burst into laughter and collapsed onto the table.

"She caught it."

Null retracts the action and puts the person down.

[Null: Let's go.]

"Got it." Shi Luyu hugged the gun and followed along eagerly.

The rest of the game was pretty much a foregone conclusion; with Null around, she basically just had to follow along.

As the final circle shrank, Shi Luyu managed to snag two more kills.

The checkout page pops up.

victory.

She took off one earphone, stretched, and said, "Finally."

I only intended to play one game, but more than half an hour has passed in the end.

Just as Shi Luyu was about to log out, a private message suddenly popped up in the chat box.

[Null: Finally online?]

When Shi Luyu saw this sentence, she felt that something was strange.

"What do you mean by 'finally coming online'?" It's as if they've been waiting for her all along.

She thought about it for a moment, then decided to type it out.

[Don't arrest me today: Good morning, brother. Things have been busy at home lately.]

The message was sent and the other party replied quickly.

[Null: Things are pretty busy at home.]

[Null: Is it because your family is too strict?]

Shi Luyu: "..."

She froze instantly, and that night almost immediately flashed into her mind.

In the e-sports room, Xu Yuanjia suddenly returned, and she frantically couldn't find the mute button.

Then someone in the game asked—

"Is it really your dad who's back?"

She had a sudden thought and exclaimed, "Yes, yes, my dad is back!"

"..."

Help! Why do you still remember?

Shi Luyu's cheeks flushed instantly. She covered her face with her hands, so ashamed that she wished she could bury herself under the gaming chair.

It's all Xu Yuanjia's fault. If he hadn't suddenly come back, would she have panicked so much?

asshole.

She gritted her teeth, and when she looked at the screen again, Null was still waiting for her reply.

Shi Luyu put her hands back on the keyboard.

[Don't arrest me today: Actually, that day...]

delete.

No, that's too strange.

They started playing it again.

[Don't arrest me today: My dad is indeed a bit...]

Delete it again.

What is this?

Why would she explain to a gaming friend who Xu Yuanjia is?

Shi Luyu hesitated for a long time, the text in the input box appeared and disappeared, and the person on the other end could see that she was always typing, but never urged her.

Until a minute later.

Null suddenly sent another message.

[Null: Is he really your father?]

"..." Shi Luyu stared at that sentence.

This time I didn't dwell on it.

【Don't arrest me today: No.】

Message sent.

The other end suddenly fell silent, and Null did not reply.

Shi Luyu didn't know why she stared at the chat box for a long time.

In fact, she was not close to Null at all. She didn't even know his name, what he looked like, how old he was, or what he did for a living.

All I know is that he's very good at games, doesn't talk much, doesn't like to use his mic, and occasionally initiates conversations with her. That's all.

That's why some things are easier to say.

There are advantages to being strangers. He doesn't know who she is, who Xu Yuanjia is, or the Xu family, and he won't get involved in her messy past.

Even if they talk today and delete each other as friends tomorrow, they may never cross paths again in their lives.

So, Shi Luyu's fingertips touched the keyboard, and as if possessed, she...

She slowly typed out a line of text.

Don't arrest me today: I'm being held captive here.

After sending it, she was stunned for a moment, not expecting that she would actually say it.

This time, Null responded very quickly.

[Null: Imprisonment?]

Followed by.

[Null: You're still allowed to play games?]

Shi Luyu looked at the screen and suddenly smiled.

"Don't arrest me today: I'm just being imprisoned, not suffocating."

Null was silent for a few seconds.

[Null: Didn't you ever think about escaping?]

The smile on Shi Luyu's lips slowly faded.

She stared at that sentence.

Of course I've thought about it; how could I not have?

She has escaped far too many times—at airports, borders, and at sea.

Each time they were farther away, each time they were more disheveled than the last, and each time they were captured and brought back by Xu Yuanjia.

She used to think that as long as she ran far enough, she would eventually be able to leave completely.

But now she gradually understands that Xu Mingxian was right; she had been playing by Xu Yuanjia's rules all along.

She fled, he chased. She hid, he searched. The more desperately she struggled to break free, the more excited Xu Yuanjia became.

So this time, she's not going to play like that.

Shi Luyu lowered her eyes and gently tapped the keyboard with her fingertips.

【Don't arrest me today: Why don't you ask me why I'm being imprisoned?】

[Null: Solving the problem is more important.]

Shi Luyu stared at the six words and stopped.

The e-sports room suddenly became very quiet.

The background music in the game lobby played on a loop, and the sound of the tide could be faintly heard outside the window.

She rested her chin on her hand, and for the first time seriously considered the person on the other side of the screen.

Solving the problem is more important.

Very strange.

When a normal person hears the word "imprisonment," shouldn't their first reaction be curiosity?

Why? Who imprisoned you? What happened?

Null didn't ask any of them.

Shi Luyu's eyes gradually became serious.

Actually, she really needs someone.

Someone Xu Yuanjia didn't know, someone completely out of his sight.

If her next plan really goes according to plan, then relying on herself alone will be far from enough.

She needs someone to provide support outside, someone who won't be targeted by Xu Yuanjia at the first crucial moment.

Sheng Kun's face flashed through my mind.

Shi Luyu quickly rejected the idea, saying, "No way."

She had indeed considered Sheng Kun; he was capable and intelligent enough.

More importantly, he has connections in Taimai.

But precisely because of this, Shi Luyu dared not use him.

This person is too shrewd and calculating, with too many hidden agendas.

Having once been instructed by Xu Yuanjia, and capable of navigating various factions with ease, Shi Luyu still cannot be certain how much of Sheng Kun's words were true, and how much he said to her to achieve his goals.

She has suffered too many losses from trusting others too easily.

What's more, she didn't even have Sheng Kun's contact information.

Shi Luyu gently bit her lip, her gaze returning to Null's profile picture.

Can a stranger really be trusted? She didn't know.

She couldn't even be 100% sure whether the person in front of her was a man.

He might be a fraudster, or even more dangerous than Xu Yuanjia.

Thinking about this, Shi Luyu suddenly realized that her previous thought was somewhat absurd.

She leaned back in her chair, but her fingers remained on the keyboard, typing half-jokingly.

【Don't arrest me today: Could it be that you, brother, can help me solve this?】

send.

She thought for a moment, then added another sentence.

"Don't arrest me today: How can I trust you?"

He paused, then slowly typed out the last few words.

[Don't arrest me today: How can I be sure I haven't just escaped one danger only to fall into another?]

This time, there was no reply from the other side for a long time.

Shi Luyu waited for a while, and the message was marked as read, but Null remained silent.

She gradually realized that she had probably asked a very strange question.

That's true. He's just someone I met randomly in a game. Why should he get involved in my real-life troubles?

Besides, she didn't even explain the truth clearly. If it were her, she probably wouldn't have agreed so easily.

Shi Luyu didn't wait any longer. She put her phone on the table and picked up the bottle of chilled sparkling water next to her.

A thin layer of water droplets had already seeped onto the bottle. She tilted her head back and took a sip. The icy liquid slid down her throat, and tiny bubbles burst on her tongue.

Shi Luyu leaned back in her large gaming chair, her gaze drifting aimlessly out the window.

The sky was blue, the sea was blue, and everything about the seaside villa was as beautiful as a meticulously crafted resort estate.

She can now use a mobile phone, contact her parents, go out, and even drive herself to wherever she wants.

Xu Yuanjia seemed to have really let go of the hand that had once gripped her so tightly.

But Shi Luyu knew that it wasn't completely loosened; the invisible thread was still there. The closer she got, the looser it hung, almost making her forget its existence.

Once it goes too far, it will tighten up again.

So this time, she can't run like before. At least not without preparation.

Shi Luyu shook the sparkling water in her hand, and the remaining bubbles in the glass bottle floated upward one by one.

She was engrossed in watching, and just then—

"bite."

A message notification sound suddenly rang out in the game interface.

Shi Luyu snapped out of her daze. She hadn't paid much attention to it before and casually put the sparkling water back on the table.

His gaze swept over the area, and he stopped moving.

It is Null.

She slowly sat up straight.

In the center of the screen, a message that had just been sent lay quietly in the chat box.

It's not about answering whether she can help.

They didn't explain who they were.

There is only one sentence.

[Null: Lulu, you can always trust me.]