Border Prisoner: The Mad Boss Seduces Her Every Night

Chapter 269 "Stand still, and I will find you."

[Null: It was all eaten up by Wednesday.]

On Wednesday, Shi Luyu suddenly stopped breathing.

If she had only suspected something before, at this moment, she was completely frozen.

A second door deep within my mind was suddenly pushed open.

Sunshine, old trees, an abandoned hut, and a dirty little dog.

All the faded images suddenly came alive.

They found the dog not long after discovering the escape box.

Wednesday, the name was given by Shi Luyu. Because the day it was found happened to be a Wednesday.

That afternoon, the two men were originally just going to check her "escape fund".

Before they even reached the old tree, they heard a faint sobbing sound coming from the bushes.

Shi Luyu, being brave, parted the grass and crawled inside, calling out, "Brother Jiajia! Come quick!"

A small dog was curled up deep in the grass. It was very thin, dirty, and one of its legs seemed to be injured.

Shi Luyu crouched beside it, too afraid to touch it. "Is it about to die?"

Xu Jia also squatted down, "I don't know."

"What should we do?" she asked.

He simply replied, "Take him to the hospital."

Shi Luyu immediately checked her pockets; they were empty. All her money was in the escape box.

The two looked at each other for a moment, and Shi Luyu got up and ran towards the tree before Xu Jia could stop her.

Half an hour later.

The "Shi Luyu Runaway Special Fund," which was established not long ago, has officially declared bankruptcy.

The twenty-three yuan and fifty cents was spent without a penny left, and of course, Xu Jia secretly made up for it with his own pocket money.

Of course, they couldn't take the puppy home, so they temporarily hid it in a nearby abandoned hut.

The two children go there every day after school, bringing water and food to change its dressings.

The thing Shi Luyu looked forward to most every day was squatting at the door of the small house after school.

"My older sister came on Wednesday."

Xu Jia, standing behind, asked, "How much older are you than it to be considered the older sister?"

"Anyway, it's bigger than that."

On Wednesday, the little girl wagged her tail and pounced on her. She laughed so hard she could barely squat, so Xu Jia had to reach out and help her up.

One day, Shi Luyu squatted on the ground, watching Wednesday wolf down his food, and suddenly sighed.

"Brother Jiajia."

"Um."

"I've lost all the money I had to run away with."

"Um."

"What if I want to run again in the future?"

Then, quite calmly, he said, "I'll save up more for you."

Shi Luyu was immediately delighted, "Really?"

"Um."

"Then you need to save more; twenty-three yuan and fifty cents is too little."

"..."

"At least two hundred."

Xu Jia looked at her, and Shi Luyu tentatively asked, "One hundred?"

Still not speaking.

"Fifty should be fine, right?"

The boy finally lowered his head and continued pouring water. "Okay."

The little girl was finally satisfied.

Later, Wednesday's injury healed, but they couldn't keep it hidden in the abandoned hut forever.

Eventually, it was adopted by a kind family in the neighborhood.

On the day she was sent away, Shi Luyu cried her eyes out. On Wednesday, she was carried into the car and followed it all the way.

"Will it forget us?"

Xu Jia said, "No."

"That's a lie."

"I'm not lying to you."

"It will have a new owner and won't recognize me anymore." Shi Luyu cried until her nose was red.

The boy was silent for a while, then finally said:

"It's the same whether it forgets or we remember it."

……

In the e-sports room, Shi Luyu's eyes suddenly felt hot.

Strangely, it was a long time ago, so long that she even thought she had forgotten.

But now all you need is a name.

Wednesday.

All the memories came flooding back at once.

She quickly lowered her head. Another message appeared on the screen.

[Null: It lived for another thirteen years.]

Shi Luyu was stunned.

【Don't arrest me today: What?】

[Null: Wednesday.]

[Null: The family that adopted it contacted me later.]

[Null: Our little dog, who lived for thirteen years.]

Us.

Shi Luyu's eyelashes trembled slightly.

She had lived for so long without ever knowing it.

When she was little, she secretly wondered many times if she would have a bad Wednesday and if she would miss them.

As I grew older and things piled up, I gradually forgot about it.

Shi Luyu stared at the screen. A slight, tingling sensation, like a gentle bump, hit her chest.

But the next second, she suddenly realized an even more important problem.

Why would Null know these things?

Escape Box. Wednesday.

All the clues are now so clear they are almost obvious.

But Shi Luyu couldn't believe it.

Because ever since Xu Yuanjia's identity was exposed, she has been running away, being caught, running away again, being caught again, and then being imprisoned in the villa on the hillside, and now she is under house arrest here.

During this period, she naturally never had the chance to see Xu Jia.

She assumed he had left to distance himself from Xu Yuanjia's power. Although she was saddened, she understood that it was only natural and she had no reason to hold a grudge.

Shi Luyu slowly sat up straight, her fingers hesitantly landing on the keyboard for the first time.

[Don't arrest me today: Who are you anyway?]

There was no immediate reply from the other end, and the chat window fell silent.

Shi Luyu stared at the screen, her heart beating faster and faster, and she could hear the heavy pounding of her chest.

Will not.

But who else could it be but that person?

A face she hadn't seen in a long time uncontrollably surfaced in her mind.

Refined, cultured, and always clean and upright.

The real one is Xu Jia, her Jiajia brother.

Shi Luyu's breathing became slightly disordered.

Just then, Null finally replied.

But he still didn't tell her his name, only asking a completely unrelated question.

[Null: Lulu.]

[Null: Do you remember when you were little, you got lost once?]

Shi Luyu's eyes froze instantly.

That was another flood of memories.

It was even clearer than the previous two paragraphs because it was one of the few times she was truly afraid when she was a child.

She was about seven years old that year.

The two families went out together, but Shi Luyu couldn't remember exactly where they went.

All I remember is that there were a lot of people. She was playful back then, and whenever she saw something interesting by the roadside, she would run over to it when the adults weren't looking.

When she finally turned around, all the familiar faces were gone.

Shi Luyu didn't cry at first. She felt she could find her way back along the same path.

But the further they walked, the more unfamiliar it became, with all the adults around them being strangers.

She finally started to get scared, "Mom?"

No one responded.

"dad?"

still none.

The little girl wandered around in the unfamiliar place for a long time, and finally became too scared to move.

She squatted down beside a set of steps, hugging her knees and crying, not knowing how much time had passed.

Suddenly, someone called out from afar, "Lulu!"

She suddenly looked up. Xu Jia had run over from a great distance; the boy had clearly been searching for her for a long time, his hair was damp with sweat, and his breathing was ragged.

The moment Shi Luyu saw him, all the pent-up grievances she had been holding back for so long burst forth, "Brother Jiajia!"

She stood up and ran towards him, almost falling over in the process.

Xu Jia reached out and caught her; the little girl was crying so hard she could barely breathe.

His first words, however, were unreasonable: "Why are you so late!"

Xu Jia didn't argue, but just squatted down to wipe her tears, saying, "Don't cry."

"I couldn't find you, and I thought you had abandoned me."

Xu Jia was quiet for a while, then told her, "If you get lost again, don't wander around."

Shi Luyu, her eyes red, asked, "Then what should we do?"

"Stand still."

I will find you.

Seven-year-old Shi Luyu was clearly not so easily coaxed.

She sobbed and continued, "What if you can't find me?"

Xu Jia looked at her and said, "We'll find it."

"What if?"

"There's no 'what if'."

"I said, just in case!"

The boy seemed to have finally run out of options with her and remained silent for a long while.

He then replied, "Then keep searching."

Shi Luyu sniffed.

"Until I find you," the boy said again.

"What if it gets dark?"

"Keep searching."

"Is it raining?"

"Let's look for it too."

Are you hungry?

Xu Jia finally said with a hint of helplessness, "Shi Luyu."

"what."

"You have so many questions."

The little girl, who had been crying pitifully just moments before, suddenly became angry.

Xu Jia had no choice but to add, "Find them all."

She was finally satisfied and even extended her little finger, saying, "Pinky promise."

"..."

"hurry up."

Xu Jia reached out, and the two children hooked their little fingers together. Shi Luyu's nose was still red, but she finally stopped crying and started to smile.

……

More than a decade later, she sat in a seaside villa far removed from bygone days.

I saw that sentence again.

[Null: What should I do if I get lost?]

Shi Luyu's eyes turned completely red.

She no longer needed to guess, nor did she need the other person to continue.

She knew; she knew everything.

But Null still sent over the words from back then, one by one.

Null: Standing still.

Shi Luyu's eyelashes trembled slightly.

Null: Don't wander off.

She raised her hand to cover her mouth, and her nose suddenly started to sting.

The last one.

Null: I will find you.

"..."

The music in the game lobby was still playing.

The sea surged and rippled outside the window. Sunlight streamed from the floor-to-ceiling windows all the way to her feet, so bright it was almost blinding.

Shi Luyu sat there for a long time without moving.

After Xu Yuanjia stopped pretending, Shi Luyu secretly asked her mother what the real "Brother Jiajia" was called.

Of course, I also learned that my teaching assistant at the university, Xu Jia, was actually Xu Jia.

After a long while, Shi Luyu quickly wiped her eyes, looked down at the screen, and hesitantly began to type.

【Don't arrest me today: Xu Jia?】

After sending the message, she stared at the chat box.

The message displayed above reads: "[The other party is typing...]"

Disappearance and reappearance made Shi Luyu start to feel a little nervous.

Until a few seconds later.

Null: Hmm.

It's really him.

She stared at her phone screen for a long time, feeling a lump in her chest that she couldn't quite put her finger on.

How long has it been since she and Xu Jia last saw each other? Too long.

There have been far too many things that happened after Xu Yuanjia's identity was exposed.

Time and again, arguments, loss of control, and compromises. Xu Yuanjia turned her life upside down. So much so that many people she once knew seemed to have been blown far away by that huge storm.

Including Xu Jia.

She didn't know how he was doing, or how his family was doing.

It is unknown whether Xu Yuanjia continued to make things difficult for him afterward.

But this person has always been there, and has even reappeared by her side quietly under a different identity.

Shi Luyu's eyelashes drooped. Her feelings were extremely complicated.

She had many questions to ask:

When did you find out it was me?

How did you come to play this game?

【Where are you now?】

Has Xu Yuanjia contacted you?

How are your family members?

I typed a line, then deleted it.