Chapter 80: The Cannon Fodder in a Dogblood Novel (80)
The word “Sorry” scattered in the air, making Shen Tangqing feel even more irritable. He turned sideways, his gaze fixed on the morning light peeking through the curtains, too lazy to even give Li Qiulan a peripheral glance.
There is no reasoning with a lunatic.
…
Li Qiulan knelt by the bed, his gaze glued to Shen Tangqing’s back like a dog neglected by its master. His whole body exuded a pitiful aura. The blood on his lip was still seeping out, smudging onto his chin, yet he was completely unaware.
He tentatively reached out a hand, but stopped just as he was about to touch Shen Tangqing’s shoulder. Finally—he slowly withdrew it.
The faint smell of blood floated in the air. Shen Tangqing couldn’t hold back and spoke coldly, “Can you wipe the blood clean? It’s really disgusting…”
Li Qiulan froze for a moment. His finger unconsciously rubbed the blood on his lip.
Disgusting?
It is quite disgusting…
It wasn’t until Li Qiulan left the room that Shen Tangqing threw off the quilt and sat up. His body was exhausted, but he certainly couldn’t sleep anymore.
He got up and opened the curtains. It was still early, and the distance was a vast expanse of white. He stared blankly into the distance.
Did it… snow last night?
In this instant, a huge sense of powerlessness made Shen Tangqing somewhat despairing. Can I really escape?
When Li Qiulan entered the room again, he was sitting in his wheelchair.
“Brother, breakfast is ready.”
Shen Tangqing looked up and beckoned to him.
Li Qiulan was stunned. Although it was just a beckoning gesture, this was the first time in days Shen Tangqing had “actively” initiated contact. This made Li Qiulan excited for a moment, and he maneuvered the wheelchair to Shen Tangqing.
Shen Tangqing leaned back on the sofa and placed his right foot on Li Qiulan’s lap, his tone flat. “Unlock the anklet for me, it’s tight and uncomfortable.”
The warm touch on his leg made Li Qiulan’s mind wander for a moment. He couldn’t help covering Shen Tangqing’s ankle with his hand, his thumb rubbing that patch of fair skin…
The intimate touch made Shen Tangqing shrink back in discomfort, but that hand gripped him tightly, not allowing him to move an inch. Anger surged instantly, but thinking of the locator in the anklet, Shen Tangqing forced it down.
His voice grew a few degrees colder. “Unlock it for me.”
“Is Brother begging me?” Li Qiulan’s voice carried a strange hoarseness, sounding like…
Falling into Shen Tangqing’s ears, it made him blush uncontrollably. Of course, it was from shame, and also anger.
Seeing Shen Tangqing silent, Li Qiulan didn’t press further. He lowered his head, his gaze falling on the black anklet. The visual impact of black and white was intense.
“Brother, let’s put a bell on your foot,” his Adam’s apple rolled for a moment. “It sounds… very nice when it rings.”
Shen Tangqing: …
Shen Tangqing was so angry his temples throbbed. He really has quite the imagination!
But to get this damned tracking anklet off, he endured it. Feigning compliance is also a tactic.
“Take the anklet off first…”
Li Qiulan smiled very obediently at Shen Tangqing, fine light flashing in his eyes. In a trance, Shen Tangqing seemed to see the innocent and simple boy from their first meeting again. He lowered his eyes, lips pursed tight, not looking at Li Qiulan anymore.
Li Qiulan entered the password in front of Shen Tangqing.
Shen Tangqing didn’t know the meaning of these numbers.
Click—
The anklet was finally unlocked. However, Li Qiulan didn’t let go. He looked at Shen Tangqing with a smile, his voice remaining gentle. “Brother, don’t think about running away, otherwise—”
He paused before continuing, “I will break your legs so you can’t go anywhere.”
Although he was smiling, Shen Tangqing listened with a numb scalp. He knew Li Qiulan wasn’t joking; this lunatic could really do such a thing.
So, without a foolproof plan, he had to lay low.
Seeing Shen Tangqing’s ugly expression, Li Qiulan stared for two seconds before releasing his hand, his voice returning to its previous gentleness.
“Let’s go eat, Brother.”
The dining room drifted with the faint scent of butter. Chinese and Western breakfast was prepared very sumptuously.
“If Brother doesn’t sit next to me, then I’ll sit next to you.” Li Qiulan looked at Shen Tangqing with a smile, the threat in his voice self-evident.
He reached out to support Shen Tangqing’s arm but was avoided by Shen Tangqing with a cold face. Li Qiulan didn’t get angry; he withdrew his hand and took a sip of the milk in front of him, but his gaze stuck to Shen Tangqing’s ankle, winding tightly like a vine.
“Does Brother want to watch a movie after eating?”
Shen Tangqing tightened his grip on the silver fork and didn’t look up. “Not watching.”
He forked a piece of toast into his mouth. It tasted like chewing wax, but he forced himself to swallow it slowly. He had to endure, endure until Li Qiulan relaxed his vigilance, then find a chance to escape.
Near the end of the meal, Li Qiulan handed Shen Tangqing a glass of milk.
Shen Tangqing pursed his lips and didn’t take it. “I don’t want to drink it. I don’t know what you put in it, but I feel very uncomfortable after drinking…”
Li Qiulan looked at him silently. After several seconds, he spoke slowly, “Brother, this doesn’t harm the body…”
Before he could finish, he was interrupted by Shen Tangqing. “Li Qiulan, I am in your territory now, I can’t run. You don’t need to guard against me like this.”
Li Qiulan’s hand paused. He put down the glass and looked at Shen Tangqing with a beaming smile.
“Since Brother doesn’t like it, then don’t drink it.”
Shen Tangqing secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This lunatic still understands human language, that’s good…
After eating, Shen Tangqing sat on the sofa in the living room, seemingly watching TV but actually secretly sizing up the main door and the side door leading to the garden. These were the only two exits of the whole house.
“What is Brother looking at?”
Li Qiulan suddenly turned his head to look at him, his gaze following Shen Tangqing’s line of sight precisely to the lock on the main door. His expression was somewhat inscrutable.
“Are you looking at the infrared sensors I had installed? As long as someone approaches, if they don’t have the password, the alarm for the whole house will ring.”
“Also, the snow has melted in the garden, the mud is hard to walk on. If Brother wants to run, it’s easy to fall… If you fall and hurt your legs, what if you can’t run anymore in the future?”
Shen Tangqing’s heart sank to the bottom.
How the f*ck do I escape? It’s impossible to fly out!
Shen Tangqing even fantasized in his heart about waiting for the system to come back to see if there was any way. If it really didn’t work, he wouldn’t want that one hundred billion anymore, just send him back to the real world. Being a corporate slave is just being a corporate slave; he was born a corporate slave anyway…
Then he thought again, would the door password be the same as the anklet password?
…
Seeing Shen Tangqing silent, Li Qiulan suddenly chuckled lightly. “I was joking. Was Brother scared by me?”
“Li Qiulan,” Shen Tangqing suddenly reached out and took his hand.
Li Qiulan was completely stunned. Shen Tangqing’s sudden initiative made him overwhelmed for a moment, a trace of confusion appearing in his eyes. Like a stray cat that had always been treated with malice suddenly being treated gently by someone—the first reaction was helplessness and vigilance.
“Li Qiulan, I can try to be with you, but you can’t force me to do things I don’t want to do…”
Shen Tangqing suppressed the nausea in his heart and kept his voice steady. He wasn’t stupid. Since Li Qiulan liked him, he would use that bit of liking to fight for even a sliver of breathing space for himself.
At least—let him not…
Li Qiulan looked at Shen Tangqing quietly. He knew Shen Tangqing was lying to him.
But—so what? Even if it was this fake warmth, Li Qiulan still couldn’t bear to let go.
He loved Shen Tangqing too much. Loved him so much that suddenly hearing Shen Tangqing lie to him… he surprisingly felt like crying.
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