Running Away Again? Dragged Back for Forced Love Until He Behaves Chapter 29

Chapter 29: He Doesn’t Want Him to Break Before He’s Done Playing With Him

Lin Yuan lowered his eyes and took a deep breath, his small hands tightly clutching the bedsheets at his sides.

“I shouldn’t… always be thinking about finding my family,” he said, his voice thick with a mix of resentment and helplessness.

Shen Yanzhou reached out, pinching his chin to lift his face slightly, and stared into his eyes.

“You truly know you were wrong?” he asked, knowing the answer full well.

Lin Yuan pursed his lips tighter and gave a small nod.

Shen Yanzhou had originally prepared a few soft words, but at this moment, he couldn’t bring himself to say any of them.

He let out a huff of laughter. “Why do I feel like you look quite reluctant?”

Lin Yuan’s brows furrowed, a surge of anger that he couldn’t suppress flickering in his eyes.

“What exactly do you want from me?” he shouted, his voice turning hoarse in an instant. “I’ve already admitted I was wrong, what more do you want?”

Shen Yanzhou’s face darkened.

The hand pinching Lin Yuan’s chin tightened its grip. “Shouting at me—have I spoiled you too much?”

“Listen to me. If you provoke me, I’ll have someone hack that website right now! I guarantee it will vanish from the internet forever before dawn!”

“You!” A dull pain throbbed in Lin Yuan’s chest.

“What kind of madness is this? That website is the hope of so many people! Is it really that hard for you to act like a human being?”

Shen Yanzhou’s mouth twitched. “You little brat, still talking back!”

He pulled out his phone and pressed a button.

“Go, investigate a public welfare website called ‘Waiting for You Home’! Have someone—”

Lin Yuan grew frantic. He reached out to snatch the phone, but Shen Yanzhou grabbed him by the neck and pinned him down onto the bed.

“Don’t!” Lin Yuan’s eyes turned red. “I won’t let you hack it!”

Shen Yanzhou held the phone a bit further away, his peach-blossom eyes cold and gloomy. “You won’t let me? You’re telling me what I can’t do?”

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He spoke through gritted teeth. “Lin Yuan, I’ve taught you how you ought to speak to me!”

Lin Yuan’s eyes were bloodshot, and his breathing grew rapid.

After a long while, he became like a deflated pufferfish.

His body, unable to hold out any longer, went limp, and his voice softened along with it.

“I beg you, Ge, don’t mess with that website!” His voice was thick with a nasal quality. “I beg you!”

“So many people are counting on it to find their relatives…”

As he spoke, crystalline tears flickered at the corners of his eyes.

Shen Yanzhou paused, his lips tightening.

He turned his head and spoke to Yue Ping on the other end of the line. “Let’s leave it for now.”

With that, he hung up the phone.

He stared at the boy’s wet face, his tone still hauntingly cold. “Lin Yuan, I like you, but that doesn’t mean you can defy me.”

Lin Yuan slowly lifted his gaze. His beautiful phoenix eyes, clouded by tears, appeared even more brilliant.

With furrowed brows, he looked at the man’s face.

His lips moved slightly as he breathed out a question.

“Do you like me, or do you like playing with me? Is this… what it’s like to like someone?”

Shen Yanzhou felt a wave of uncontrollable irritability surge in his heart.

“What’s the difference?” he said harshly.

He released the hand gripping Lin Yuan’s neck.

Lin Yuan propped himself up and sat on the bed.

“Listen. I’m not that heartless. As long as you are obedient and listen to me, I can consider helping you find your family.”

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Hearing this, Lin Yuan was momentarily stunned.

He asked with a sob, “Really?”

Shen Yanzhou nodded.

“Then… can you really find them?” Lin Yuan asked again.

“As long as I want to, there is no one I cannot find!”

Lin Yuan wiped his eyes, appearing somewhat incredulous. “But why did you suddenly change your mind?”

Shen Yanzhou’s brow twitched. He stared at the boy’s face and remained silent for a moment.

“Don’t you miss your family?”

Lin Yuan nodded subconsciously.

“Then I’ll find them for you. But if you ever dare to be disobedient or try to run away again, I’ll settle the score with your family instead!”

Lin Yuan: !

A mad dog was indeed a mad dog!

He really couldn’t expect any kind intentions from this man!

He stopped speaking and kept his lips tightly pressed together.

Shen Yanzhou stood up, went to the outer room, and returned with something in his hand.

Sitting back on the bed, he took the hand that Lin Yuan had previously been handcuffed with.

He gently pulled the sleeve up.

A circle of red marks was revealed on the wrist.

Having been handcuffed for six or seven hours, the skin had already been rubbed raw into bloody streaks.

Shen Yanzhou frowned slightly.

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This wouldn’t do. It seemed he needed to have a set of handcuffs custom-made from a softer material.

Feeling repulsed, Lin Yuan tried to pull his arm back.

Shen Yanzhou gripped his hand firmly. “Don’t move!”

As he spoke, he squeezed out some ointment and gently applied it to the wrist.

Lin Yuan felt that Shen Yanzhou was a very schizophrenic person.

The one who handcuffed him was him, and the one who applied the medicine was also him.

The one who brutally ravaged him all night was him, and the one who called a doctor to treat his wounds was also him.

Perhaps it was because he didn’t want him to break before he grew tired of playing with him.

A look of sorrow appeared on Lin Yuan’s small face.

Shen Yanzhou set the ointment down and released his arm.

“What? I said I’d help you find your parents, and you’re still not happy?” he asked in a cynical tone.

Lin Yuan didn’t look up. “I am happy.”

Shen Yanzhou felt a flare of anger.

“Lin Yuan, weren’t you quite lively in the livestream room? Ranting at the world and handling things with such ease. Why is it that in front of me, you’re always like a fish out of water?”

Lin Yuan frowned and looked at him. “How do you know about what happened in the livestream?”

Shen Yanzhou’s gaze flickered away slightly. “I just happened to swipe into that room and saw you.”

Lin Yuan felt extremely unlucky.

How could he run into him even while just browsing a livestream!

Shen Yanzhou pressed for an answer. “Answer me!”

Lin Yuan didn’t understand why he was asking something so obvious.

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He spoke listlessly, his voice mournful like a baby who had suffered an injustice.

“I’m afraid of you. I’m scared the moment I see you, so how could I be lively?”

Hearing this, Shen Yanzhou felt very uncomfortable.

It was a mix of pity, affection, resentment, and a refusal to accept it.

This little brat always managed to throw his mood into a mess with such ease!

He irritably pulled open his collar, revealing exquisite collarbones and a line of powerful chest muscles.

Suppressing his temper, he continued to mock him. “Since your divination is so accurate, why don’t you calculate for yourself when you’ll be able to escape from my hands?”

Lin Yuan turned his head away. “A diviner cannot calculate for himself!”

Shen Yanzhou pinched his chin and forced his face back, his expression sinister. “If you could, you probably would have calculated it ten thousand times already, wouldn’t you?”

Lin Yuan bit his lower lip and said nothing.

Shen Yanzhou released his hand.

He felt a bit frustrated.

He had originally intended to use the search for his relatives to make him happy, but how did the atmosphere suddenly turn into this?

He took a deep breath and stood up.

He headed toward the bathroom.

Twenty minutes later, when he returned to the inner bedroom, he found that Lin Yuan had already fallen asleep on the large bed.

He had wrapped himself tightly in the quilt.

The complexion on his small face didn’t look very good.

Shen Yanzhou checked his watch; it was past 2:00 AM.

The little thing was indeed tired.

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He suddenly remembered that aside from breakfast yesterday, Lin Yuan hadn’t eaten all day.

He hadn’t wanted to eat at noon, and in the evening, Shen Yanzhou hadn’t allowed him to.

Having been handcuffed for several hours on an empty stomach, he probably hadn’t slept well either.

Shen Yanzhou let out a deep sigh.

He got into bed quietly and slid under the covers with soft movements.

He reached out and wrapped his arm around the boy’s waist.

He patted him gently.

“I’m sorry, baby.”

“Goodnight…”

Translator’s Note: Hello everyone! This chapter really shows the toxic push-and-pull between our leads. Shen Yanzhou is definitely a “mad dog” (瘋狗) type—very possessive and prone to extreme measures. The phrase “deflated pufferfish” (洩了氣的河豚) is a cute Chinese way of saying someone has lost their temper and has gone limp/sullen.

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