"..." Lin Mo lost count of how many times he swallowed, but his throat was still incredibly dry.

He turned his head and made up an excuse.

"I need to go see Ya Jie tomorrow, so I have to get up early."

"After the search is complete, will Lin Mo... come back?"

Lin Mo was taken aback again.

He suddenly looked at Li Qingran in his arms.

She had discovered it.

"when..."

Li Qingran looked at him with unusually deep affection, without saying a word.

Lin Mo thought about it carefully and realized where he had gone wrong...

During the meal, he said he would leave her 50,000 yuan.

Oh, I see...

He and Li Qingran usually used the same account for all their spending, without keeping separate accounts. In fact, Li Qingran rarely spent money; at most, she would use a little spare change to buy some daily necessities at the convenience store. Aside from that, she would only make a small purchase when she went to the supermarket with Lin Mo each week.

Her material desires were frighteningly low, so Lin Mo's offer to leave her some money naturally aroused her suspicion...

She had just tested his reaction, and I think that confirmed her suspicions.

Unexpectedly, I overlooked something.

However, it might be better for her to discover it herself than for Lin Mo to say it herself.

Therefore, her unusual "seduction" behavior was a way of trying to keep her.

The ambiguous atmosphere vanished the moment the truth was revealed, and Lin Mo finally understood.

Li Qingran's gaze, softer and more alluring than usual, and her increasingly erratic breathing, weren't due to deep affection, but rather fear and inner turmoil. She could no longer hide it, which was why she used this method to conceal it.

"Lin Mo...is what you're trying to say about abandoning Qing Ran?"

She nestled against his chest, her small hands gripping his shoulders. Seeing that he remained silent, but unable to hide it any longer, the girl's expression became slightly flustered, and she pressed herself against his neck.

"Lin Mo, can you please not leave?"

Perhaps it was due to her impatience, or perhaps it was the overwhelming joy and sorrow that made her lose control; after asking the question, she couldn't resist biting him lightly.

They whispered sweet nothings, then pleaded softly.

"Let's take Qingran..."

She started tugging restlessly at Lin Mo's collar.

"Qingran has been waiting for so long. It doesn't matter who else is involved, but Qingran can't live without you. Lin Mo knows that, Lin Mo, you know, you know how much Qingran loves you. She can't live without you, not even for a minute. If you leave for even a minute, even a second, I'll want to die..."

The subjects are all mixed up; sometimes she's the mature Li Qingran, and sometimes she's the child she used to be.

Little girls are very selfish when it comes to their favorite dolls.

"Lin Mo, haven't you always wanted this...?"

"Today, Qingran will be very obedient. I won't hit you or yell at you anymore. You can go anywhere, and I can do whatever I want..."

"Thorn."

Suddenly, the elastic band of Lin Mo's collar was pulled beyond its normal limit by her sudden exertion, emitting a piercing hissing sound that startled the girl.

Then, as if suddenly losing all her strength, she fell back off Lin Mo.

It naturally shrank into a small ball.

"I'm sorry... Qingran was so selfish."

The girl knew that the most sensitive topic between them was the discussion of life and death.

She had thought it through long ago. After all this time, she knew that Lin Mo only wanted to save her at the beginning. Their subsequent love was a byproduct, mixed with his helplessness and her willfulness... a love that wasn't so clean and pure.

Yes, willful. Li Qingran is also very willful. Who isn't willful when they're contemplating suicide?

Using "death" as a reason to threaten him now is really...

Shameless selfishness.

She never imagined, never thought, that Lin Mo would leave her, and she had even stopped considering the possibility of sharing Lin Mo with someone else...

Lin Mo even chose such a special day for family reunion; she really hadn't expected it, and didn't want to believe it.

She understood that this meant Lin Mo had definitely made up his mind; no amount of coaxing or pleading would work unless she used her body to seduce him...

So she did it, but what she said unintentionally... threatening suicide will definitely break his heart.

Li Qingran dared not look at him again.

Lin Mo sighed, picked up the blankets that Li Qingran had kicked off, and covered her perfect body again.

"Qingran, you've felt it yourself, this kind of life is very oppressive."

"We need to separate for a while, think things through, go back to school, and live a normal life."

"Lin Mo, how long is 'a period of time'?" Li Qingran asked, still feeling apprehensive.

The fact that they wouldn't see each other for a short time wouldn't frighten her, but the uncertainty, the vague future, and the exhaustion of leaving filled her with immense worry.

This means that she will no longer feel Lin Mo's favoritism.

Her dream home, her dream of being inseparable, and her dream of having several babies with him in the future could all be shattered by these uncertainties and the lack of affection.

Lin Mo could give her a definite deadline, but the most important thing was the uncertainty; otherwise, Li Qingran wouldn't change anything, she would just be eagerly waiting for him...

"It could be soon, or it could take a long time."

"I hope you can get used to life without me."

“But Qingran loves you,” Li Qingran retorted.

"Why should I adapt? Qingran loves you so much, I can't adapt..."

Lin Mo lied. His purpose wasn't actually to make her adapt to life without him, but rather to give them both a cooling-off period, hoping she could adjust to the fact that she wouldn't be the only one in her life in the future...

Li Qingran could see through many of his lies, but when it came to love and affection, she couldn't see through them.

Lin Mo couldn't answer that question.

After a long silence, Li Qingran rolled over and hugged him again, her eyes tightly closed, her voice trembling, overflowing with fear and tension.

"Lin Mo, Qing Ran is ready. Will you take me...? Before you leave, take Qing Ran first..."

Li Qingran was also gambling, just like him, betting that after Lin Mo took her, he definitely wouldn't want to leave. She believed that everything would be resolved after they did that kind of thing.

Li Qingran will belong to Lin Mo, and Lin Mo will belong to Li Qingran.

"That's your most precious thing," Lin Mo politely declined.

"Nothing is more precious than Lin Mo," Li Qingran continued to retort. She knew she couldn't win an argument with her.

"Lin Mo, Qing Ran knows you want to too. So, teach Qing Ran... how to do it, okay?"

"Which part of your clothes should I take off first... Qingran, should Qingran take off her top first, or does Lin Mo want Qingran to wear something else...? Either is fine..."

She almost threw away her dignity.

The girl awkwardly tugged at her shirt, pants... and underwear.

Even in the darkness of night, her disheveled and broken beauty remained unrealistically beautiful.

This was the first time Lin Mo had seen her like this.

"Teach me... how to do it..."

How can I keep you...?

"Qingran doesn't want to cry anymore. Every time she cries, it makes Lin Mo feel so bad... This time, Qingran won't cry, she won't cry. She just wants Lin Mo to be happy..."

"Let's be happy, okay...?"

Lin Mo held his breath and hugged her tightly, preventing her from being completely naked. He didn't believe he had the willpower to resist Li Qingran's temptation...

If it were Jiang Wanfeng, Hu Yu'en, Chen Yajie, or Shen Yanxi, he would be the same. He couldn't resist the temptation; each one was as beautiful as an angel, and when he desperately craved them both emotionally and physically... how could he possibly resist?

But Li Qingran really did it. If she really didn't want him to leave, she could have done something even more dangerous.

He needed to be even harsher, not in a literal sense, but by attacking the words that Li Qingran cared about most...

"Qingran, I can only be happy if I leave."

Upon hearing this, Li Qingran trembled as if electrocuted, her breathing became erratic for a moment, and then she stopped struggling in his arms.

"I'm only happy when I can't touch you right now."

Li Qingran hunched over, as if she had been violently struck in the abdomen while running. Her heart ached terribly, she couldn't breathe, and she couldn't stop the pain.

"I'm sorry..." she sobbed as she apologized a second time.

"Qingran made you unhappy..."

She even wanted to slap herself, but Lin Mo grabbed her hands in time.

"After I leave, don't hurt yourself, or I'll be unhappy too."

"Um..."

"Don't be stingy with money. Eat well and buy whatever you want. I'll keep transferring money to your card, and that'll make me happy."

Lin Mo gradually released the girl and combed her loose hair.

"Find some new hobbies, read some books you've never read before. You should see the world beyond me. That kind of Li Qingran is a better one. If I can meet a better Qingran, I will be very happy."

"Don't just cook what you like to eat, don't just eat what you like to eat, don't just wear clothes according to your own preferences, don't just eat lollipops, and don't just eat instant noodles..."

"Your world isn't just about me."

"Childhood is childhood. Now that we're grown up, we should try new ingredients. If we're feeling lonely, we can get a pet."

He knew that Li Qingran was quite extreme, and unlike other girls, her studies couldn't really hold her back. She had a large chunk of free time, and if she continued to daydream or miss him all day as before, she might develop some kind of mental illness...

After he finished speaking,

Li Qingran did not reply to him again.

He just kept wiping his eyes, trying to wipe away the tears that would upset him.

Suddenly, a blinding light shone through the window, followed by the sound of firecrackers and fireworks, leaving a colorful backdrop in their eyes.

Lin Mo held his breath, and Li Qingran's movements also froze for a moment.

Tears streamed down her face as she struggled to suppress the chaos and panic within her, desperately turning back to embrace him with all her might.

Unlike when they were children, spending New Year's Eve together, the two of them leaning on each other, watching the fireworks in the sky, this time she dared not watch. She was afraid to think of the joy of her childhood and the difference between her current happiness and that of the past...

Don't think about it, don't look at it.

Because she loved him so much, she wanted to make him happy.

"Lin Mo... Happy New Year..."

"Happy New Year."

"Lin Mo should be happy even without me..."

"it is good."

"But if you're unhappy... it's okay to forget about me."

"Goodnight." Lin Mo was unable to cope with Li Qingran's extremely heavy words.

Goodnight... Lin Mo, will there be a good morning tomorrow?

Lin Mo became mute again.

"It's okay... If not, Qingran will say good morning and good night to you in your dreams..."

Li Qingran immediately came to his rescue, then forced a smile through her crying face.

She wasn't naturally good at smiling, and this smile looked even more awkward, yet strangely genuine.

"If you can forget Qingran, please don't forget that Qingran will always love you."

Li Qingran didn't know what Lin Mo would do after leaving, but from her perspective, there were other girls in Lin Mo's life, and this was a source of deep sorrow for her.

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