The white rose I picked up cried and said she liked me.

The next morning.

A sliver of light shone through the crack in the window and fell on the corner of the man's eye.

Xu Nian's eyelids twitched slightly, and she opened her eyes with trembling hands.

Headache... my head hurts so much...

He felt dizzy and lightheaded, as if his head was filled with cement, and it felt as heavy as a thousand pounds.

The moment I opened my eyes, what greeted my gaze was a snowflake-like expanse of hair.

Looking down, the clothes scattered all over the ground were almost all torn to shreds, with almost none intact.

There were crumpled toilet paper rolls everywhere—on the bedside table, on the floor, and on the floor.

The most eye-catching thing was that bright red stain on the bed sheet.

Each object tells a story of last night's madness.

Xu Nian's mind went blank, and her face turned ashen.

He really... had a relationship with the president of a trillion-dollar corporation and took away her most precious thing.

The small figure in my arms was still fast asleep, eyes closed, back rising and falling slightly.

A faint tear trail clung to the corner of her eye.

"Brother...don't go..."

The soft murmur made Xu Nian's heart clench.

This is the familiar white rose from his memory.

His gaze lingered on the girl's exquisitely sculpted skin.

She's so thin, even thinner than she was ten years ago when she was in her hospital bed.

On the slightly undulating back, the clear skeleton is faintly visible.

The man's breath caught in his throat for a moment when his gaze fell on her wrist.

Countless scars, like ugly nails, were driven into his heart.

A murky tear slid down his cheek.

He felt a pang of heartache and wanted to reach out and touch those scars.

But as soon as he exerted force, the shackles on his wrists rattled.

The sound startled the girl in his arms awake.

She raised her eyes, exuding a dangerous aura, her gaze growing increasingly vacant.

"Let me go."

Xu Nian pleaded hoarsely.

Xu Xi chuckled softly.

"Let you go, and then let you escape, so I have to go through the trouble of catching you again?"

She stood up and stood before the man without reservation.

Xu Nian silently turned her head away, not daring to look directly at the spring scenery in front of her.

Suddenly, a soft, delicate foot clad in a white cotton sock pressed down hard on his face, forcing him to turn his head back.

"What, you don't want to take responsibility?"

Xu Xi's smile carried a hint of morbid obsession.

"Want me to help you remember how vigorous you were last night?"

"You clearly like me so much, and keep saying you love me, but you don't know how to cherish me at all."

"In fact, the first thing she said to me after she woke up was that she wanted me to let her go."

The girl told me, "You are a gentle person."

"But I didn't feel anything at all."

"You and she are the biggest liars in the world."

As she spoke, she slightly tightened her foot, quickly making it difficult for Xu Nian to breathe, and her face turned purple.

"Cough cough cough..."

The moment she was released, Xu Nian gasped for breath, unable to speak for a long time.

After a long while, he resigned himself to his fate and gave up struggling.

"How should I take responsibility?"

He said it with self-deprecation.

The girl in front of me is a dazzling new star, high in the sky, the focus of everyone's attention.

He was but a speck of dust in this mortal world, possessing nothing, easily scattered by the wind.

Responsible...

Does he deserve it?

Everything you have belongs to me.

"You are mine, from heart to soul."

"Use everything you have to take responsibility for me."

Xu Xi bent down and pressed her lips close to the man's, her small, delicate lips tearing at his teeth.

A hint of madness shone in her eyes.

"Waaah..."

Xu Nian wailed in agony.

This doesn't look like a kiss; it looks more like a vampire tearing apart her prey.

Xu Nian remained numb, letting the girl do as she pleased... like a broken doll.

Once, twice... countless times.

Xu Xi answered the phone on the bedside table with displeasure, listened to what was being said with a gloomy face, and then stopped what she was doing.

"Stay home obediently and wait for me."

She bent down and kissed the corner of the man's eye, then got out of bed, quickly wiped the blood off her legs, and limped out of the room.

With a loud bang, the heavy iron door was slammed shut, and a series of lock clicks came from the outside.

Silence returned to the dimly lit room.

Xu Nian was handcuffed to the bed and unable to move.

The past 24 hours have felt like a dream.

Only the faint smell of mildew constantly reminded him that this was a stark reality.

Is she...or Xu Xiyao?

Xu Nian was at a loss.

Is that so? But her obsession and madness are completely opposite to the gentle and tender image in her heart.

You say no?

That was the girl he loved most; how could he not recognize her?

All he knew was that...

I took away her most precious thing, and I have to take responsibility for it.

Xu Nian twisted her stiff neck, surveying her surroundings.

This is undoubtedly the house he once rented in the shantytown.

However, there are some differences.

Only a tiny crack remained on the top of the window, letting in a faint light.

The hole that originally caused the roof leak is still there, but looking up, it's pitch black, as if it's been blocked and sealed off from the outside by something.

The roar of a car engine came from near and then receded into the distance; strangely, the sound seemed to be coming from overhead.

This place... appears to have become a basement.

He turned his head and found a small, antique-looking photo frame on the bedside table.

With the help of the dim light, he could make out the contents of the photograph.

In the picture, a girl is holding another boy's hand, standing on the mountaintop gazing at each other.

That's a photo of him and Xu Xi taken ten years ago.

However, the boy in the photo had a grotesque hole poked in his head, which was then patched up with blurry glue.

A rumbling sound came from his stomach; having not eaten for almost a day, his stomach was beginning to protest.

He closed his eyes and quietly waited for time to pass.

Just like every day of these past ten years.

After an unknown amount of time, the roar of a car approaching overhead came from afar.

The keyhole on the outside of the door was turned, and that aloof figure slowly walked into the basement.

Along with it came the aroma of food.

Xu Xi placed several plates of packed food on the bedside table, one after another.

She took out her chopsticks and fed the man lying on the bed.

Xu Nian glanced to the side and saw a table full of familiar dishes.

Braised sea cucumber with truffles, baked lobster with bird's nest in golden broth, and Gangwon-do sirloin Wagyu beef... these are all high-end dishes on the menu at Yuntianlou Hotel.

One example is his monthly salary.

Aren't you going to eat?

He noticed that Xu Xi always served him food, never taking a single bite herself.

I'm not hungry.

Xu Xi said calmly, bent down, and fed him a spoonful of matsutake mushroom and chicken soup.

"Let me go, I can eat by myself."

Seeing that she was having a hard time feeding herself while she was lying down, Xu Nian shook the handcuffs and suggested something.

In an instant, a pair of delicate hands tightly gripped his neck.

"I will never trust someone who is a liar and full of deception."