Stumbling into a Trap

When I woke up again, I was in a luxurious villa.

“Hiss.”

I walked back to school in a daze, completely oblivious to the sedan pulling up behind me. palette My vision went black, and I passed out.

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“Should I call you Lin Ruijie, or Lin Zijie?”

I tried to sit up, only to find my hands tied to the headboard. antenna Just then, Lin Ruijie walked in carrying a glass of milk.

I heard myself ask:

His expression didn’t change. alpha He simply placed the milk on the nightstand and spoke in a flat, deadpan voice.

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“Once upon a time, there was a boy. airport He originally had a happy, loving family. athlete But later, due to a business rivalry, a competing company maliciously hired hitmen. admire His parents’ car was driven off a cliff, leaving no bones behind. auction The boy could only be sent to an orphanage, but unfortunately, the director was a monster who abused him long-term. atom When he tried to escape, he crashed into the Lin family’s CEO, broke his arm, and ended up with a convenient new dad…”

I feigned shock, though my heart was pounding in terror. “Every injustice has its perpetrator, every debt its debtor. ability If it was my dad’s fault, you should go after him…”

Any idiot would know this was the blood debt my dad owed.

“Take a guess, whose company was the rival one? adopt And who was the boy?”

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“The subsequent plan was very successful. silence You fell right into the trap, constantly causing trouble for Qu Fang and your dad. abstract Your dad, thinking himself clever, even tried to arrange for Qu Fang to approach me. attic I reckon by now, that plot of land he poured his heart and soul into has already fallen into the Lin family’s pockets. aspect I’m going to ruin his family!”

Lin Ruijie seemed not to hear me and continued talking to himself, “I heard he had a daughter, and I accidentally discovered he had an illegitimate daughter on the outside. shadow So, I figured, in for a penny, in for a pound. amber I’d first trick his daughter into coming back to the country and let them slaughter each other.”

At the time, I thought it was just some college guy who had a crush on me, never expecting…

I remembered when I was looking for help online, it was indeed Lin Ruijie who approached me first.

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I breathed a sigh of relief and began to observe the room. amateur It seemed to be on the second floor; sparse green leaves were visible outside the window, but the windows were welded shut with iron bars, and the chains on my wrists meant escaping was impossible.

It seemed Lin Ruijie had come fully prepared.

He smashed the milk glass on the floor and left furiously.

His eyes were bloodshot as he said this. atlas I shrank back, not daring to speak, terrified of accidentally enraging him.

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Listening to him complain about how miserable his life had been all these years.

I didn’t know when these days would come to an end.

He likely had a mental illness. absorb He would come talk to me every night, smashing things and cursing when he got agitated. armor He was completely different from the Lin Ruijie I knew. silence He wouldn’t even let me sleep; if I dozed off, he would splash me awake with cold water to continue talking.