Chapter 15

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

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

“Hiss.”

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

I heard myself ask:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. So, I figured, in for a penny, in for a pound. I’d first trick his daughter into coming back to the country and let them slaughter each other.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.