Jian Ning raised an eyebrow, completely bewildered: “???”
When had she ever been unwilling to eat her food? Just moments ago, the other Qiao Yu didn’t even want to cook!
But this was the alternate personality, not the main personality.
Jian Ning looked at Qiao Yu with some surprise, never expecting the alternate personality would actually enjoy cooking.
Qiao Yu was instantly overjoyed, not even caring about Jian Ning’s expression, quickly running to the kitchen with light steps.
His demeanor was just like a concubine in the deep palace who had been out of favor for years and suddenly received the emperor’s favor.
Jian Ning couldn’t help but laugh at his back, suddenly feeling that this alternate personality of Qiao Yu was quite endearing – making it hard to even want to torment him.
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Qiao Yu was quick, soon cooking the dishes, eagerly bringing them out, his eyes shining like stars, gently calling: “Hao Hao, dinner’s ready.”
Jian Ning: “…Can you not call me Hao Hao?”
Qiao Yu paused, his eyes instantly turning red: “You won’t even let me use a term of endearment now?”
Jian Ning: “………”
Is this what a term of endearment is?
Jian Ning swallowed, goosebumps stirring on her arms.
Qiao Yu placed the dishes, nervously wiping his hands on his apron, looking aggrieved and hurt at Jian Ning: “Hao Hao, how can you treat me like this?”
Jian Ning looked at him: “How am I treating you?”
She had just asked him to stop using that bizarre name, and he was already this dramatic? Really?
Qiao Yu didn’t believe a single word, staring at her stubbornly: “What do you mean? You just don’t want me to call your name, right? Who do you want to call it then? That wild man outside?”
Jian Ning: “………”
Speechless.
Why did it bring up the wild man again?
Qiao Yu’s breathing became heavy: “You really want that wild man to call you?!”
“Absolutely not,” Jian Ning said helplessly: “If you don’t want to, forget it.”
Qiao Yu’s eyes welled with tears, looking at her suspiciously: “Really? What if you’re lying to me?”
Jian Ning immediately raised her right hand: “I swear, if I have such thoughts, I’ll be hit by a car when I go out…”
Before she could finish, Qiao Yu suddenly kissed her, biting fiercely, her face filled with intoxication, which was terrifyingly intense!
Jian Ning was so shocked her eyes almost popped out, completely forgetting how to react, until Qiao Yu had her fill, panting and letting go, burying her face in her neck, breathing heavily and crying, “I believe you, I believe you, don’t make such oaths anymore, I’m scared.”
Jian Ning dazedly touched her slightly swollen lips.
For a moment.
Her mood was complicated, wanting to curse.
You’re scared?
I’m the one who’s scared! My first kiss was stolen by you, you opportunistic scum!
Jian Ning was so angry she couldn’t eat, pushing Qiao Yu away, hands on her hips, pacing back and forth in the room.
It was so infuriating. She had tried to comfort him, and what did she get in return?
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Jian Ning suddenly turned: “Who told you to kiss me?”
“Hm?” Qiao Yu, who had been touching his lips and looking blissfully satisfied, suddenly froze at her questioning: “Are you unhappy?”
“Of course!” Jian Ning glared at him fiercely: “How would you feel if someone you dislike forcibly kissed you?”
“You hate me?” Qiao Yu stared in disbelief, almost breaking down: “You actually hate me?”
Jian Ning, in a bad mood, glared at him even more fiercely: “So what if I hate you? I want to hit you!”
She had cherished her screen first kiss for nearly twenty years, being so professional that she never agreed to kiss scenes, never using stand-ins, only doing one kiss.
She had carefully guarded it for so many years, only to have it stolen by this fool!
Qiao Yu stood there, mouth agape. Tears unexpectedly fell, his heart seemingly sliced by a 40-meter sword, the pain making it hard to breathe.
“You actually hate me?”
He was so heartbroken he could barely speak, his lips trembling, eyes blood-red, crying intermittently, repeatedly saying this sentence, looking completely devastated.
However, Jian Ning found him extremely annoying right now.
This guy didn’t apologize and even dared to glare at her?!
Just moments ago, she thought the alternate personality hadn’t provoked her and didn’t want to lay hands on him. Now, her temper rising, she found everything about him irritating.
She looked around, suddenly grabbed Qiao Yu’s hand, pushed him into an iron cage, tied his hands behind his back with a rope, then locked the cage.
Her actions were swift and decisive, with a cold and ruthless demeanor.
After finishing, Jian Ning stood at the cage door, looking strangely at the man inside, sobbing and seemingly about to pass out.
She was truly angry.
Strangely, while she was forcefully dragging Qiao Yu into the cage, binding his hands and locking it – actions clearly meant to humiliate – Qiao Yu didn’t resist at all.
He was like a battered wife, allowing her to do anything to him.
Jian Ning’s gaze gradually became complex, and suddenly all her anger dissipated.
“Hey,” she called.
Qiao Yu timidly opened his eyes, crying and looking at her, his eyes red like a rabbit’s, saying nothing.
Jian Ning’s mood was also complicated, and she couldn’t help but ask: “Why didn’t you resist?”
Qiao Yu suddenly smiled.
A smile that was heartbreakingly sad, with tear tracks on his face, a bitter smile, softly saying: “Because I love you.”
Jian Ning was speechless.
Is love really this great? Even after being treated like this, he could still say the word “love”?
For a moment, Jian Ning wondered if Qiao Yu had experienced some inhumane tragic event in childhood, developing Stockholm syndrome, leading to personality splitting and even masochistic tendencies.
Seeing her silence, Qiao Yu suddenly bent down, his forehead resting on her pants, voice choked: “I knew it… I knew you found my love disgusting and embarrassing. But Hao, if you find it so disgusting, why did you agree to date me back then?”
“…” I’m not the real Song Hao, how would I know?
However, seeing Qiao Yu so devastated, Jian Ning couldn’t help thinking that if the plot given to her by the main personality was the alternate personality’s actual experience, then this Song Hao was so despicable that human language couldn’t describe him.
Just then…
Qiao Yu suddenly looked up: “Do you think I’m pitiful?”
Jian Ning’s brow furrowed, looking up and being startled, stepping back several steps.
“You… are you?” Has the main personality awakened???
Chapter 12: Painful Face
Qiao Yu frowned, concisely saying: “Help me untie.”
“……” Jian Ning silently opened the cage door, silently unlocked the chains, then retreated and sat on a nearby stool, silently watching him.
Qiao Yu slowly removed the ropes from his body, glanced at the chains on the ground, his furrowed brow deep enough to crush a mosquito: “Is this how you torture an alternate personality?”
Jian Ning looked bewildered.
What did this mean? Was she being too gentle or too harsh?
Qiao Yu’s face was stern, looking at Jian Ning with displeasure: “This way, not only will you not kill him, but you’ll stimulate his survival instinct.”
If this happened multiple times, his existence would be in danger; he might as well maintain the status quo!
“Ah?” Jian Ning instinctively sat up straight, also looking at the chains at his feet, conflicted: “I actually think I’m being quite cruel.”
He was already tied up with ropes, how much more could she do?
Thinking about this, Jian Ning couldn’t help but make a disgusted face. This alternate personality of Qiao Yu was truly annoying.
