Chapter 6: Part 6

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Fortunately, although Xie Huai Yan was crazy, when he heard me crying and saying it was just a joke, he didn’t actually cuff me for a lifetime.

As punishment, though, he cuffed me for the entire night.

The next morning, my waist was already sore beyond belief.

While rubbing my aching waist, I painfully reflected on my failure—

I thought I had already done a good job pretending to be possessive, but I hadn’t expected his possessiveness to be even more over the top.

What a perfect case of walking straight into a trap.

It seemed that our plan to annoy Xie Huai Yan so much that he would get fed up and drive me away wasn’t going to work.

After all, Xie Huai Yan’s way of thinking wasn’t like anyone else’s.

If I clung to him, he wouldn’t find it annoying.

On the contrary, he’d enjoy it.

So I had no choice but to drag the system into revising our strategy again.

This time, the system pondered for a long while before finally coming up with a method specifically for Xie Huai Yan.

“Host, I think I’ve figured it out. People as possessively deranged as Xie Huai Yan might actually like clingy behavior.”

“Therefore, you should do the opposite and act a little fierce.”

I was stunned, “What exactly do I do?”

“For example… you could glare at him with bloodshot eyes, curse at him, trample him underfoot, and tell him you hate him. Say no one would ever want to be around a pervert like him.”

“People with strong control issues like him probably can’t stand someone who dares to resist them.”

“When he gets angry and embarrassed, he’ll definitely kick you out.”

That logic did sound reasonable.

But I was still dumbfounded.

What was this whole “bloodshot eyes” thing supposed to be about?

I tried staring hard for a long time, but my eyes refused to turn red.

Clearly, I had to take another approach.

So, when Xie Huai Yan returned to the room that night, the first thing he saw was me sitting there with swollen red eyes, looking like a walnut.

It was obvious I had been crying.

He immediately strode forward, lowering his head to look at my eyes. “What happened?”

Following the system’s instructions, I tried my best to glare at him angrily. “I hate you!”

But Xie Huai Yan didn’t seem to care at all. As he gently rubbed my effortfully widened eyes, he nodded and said,

“Mm, but I like you.”

“Because I like you, I’m worried about you, so can you tell me what happened?”

His voice was so soft and gentle, it effortlessly neutralized my first round of attacks.

I paused for a moment.

It took me a while to find my voice again, stammering my way through an insult.

“How dare you ask?”

“You… you’re so crazy, who could stand being with someone like you?!”

I had the momentum.

Unfortunately, since I had just spent all that time crying to redden my eyes, my voice still carried a hint of a sob, which weakened the impact considerably.

Xie Huai Yan stared at me, his Adam’s apple moving up and down once before he spoke in a hoarse voice,

“Alright, baby, I admit it was wrong of me to cuff you last night.”

“Stop crying. Next time, I’ll be gentler.”

“Or if you want, you can cuff me back anytime you want. I’ll let you take your revenge.”

Me: …

Sometimes I really wondered if Xie Huai Yan and I were even on the same wavelength.

Otherwise, why did he always manage to derail the conversation into such bizarre directions?

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Xie Huai Yan rubbed my dazed head.

Then he stood up and said, "I'll go find someone to bring some ice to apply to your eyes."

No!

My pupils shrank in an instant.

I had already mustered up all my courage to humiliate Xie Huai Yan. If I was interrupted now, how could I possibly continue?

Thinking of this, I stood up and forcefully pressed down on Xie Huai Yan's shoulder.

Then I gave him a hard push—

Completely off guard, Xie Huai Yan fell straight onto the bed.

His eyes widened slightly. "You..."

Now's the chance!

The next moment, I was already stepping onto his abs with my high heels!

The system in my head screamed in celebration.

"Yes, that's it! Great job, Host! Stomp on him, humiliate him properly!"

But Xie Huai Yan's expression seemed frozen.

I seized the opportunity and slid my high heel back and forth across his torso a few times.

To be honest, stepping on his abs actually felt kind of nice. The muscles were firm and smooth, the lines toned and tight—he clearly kept his body in great shape...

"What's the matter? Didn't you just say you'd let me get my revenge?"

Even though there was nothing but the high heel between us, I felt like my entire foot was on fire.

A chill ran down my spine, and I instinctively tried to pull away again. But this time, he grabbed my leg and pinned me to the bed.

In an instant, our positions were reversed.

Xie Huai Yan looked down at me, the corner of his thin lips curving up into a smirk.

"You keep calling me a pervert, but aren’t you the one who enjoys playing even more perverted games than I do?"

"If there's anything else you like, just tell me directly next time. No need to go through so much trouble."

"Tonight, we’ll try them all."