Chapter 713: 713

Chapter 713: Illusion

Rabbits would bite their enemies when forced into desperation . Shen Dongxing, however, had no idea what he would do when someone forced his hand .

He had never gotten into a fight before since young, and even after gaining superpowers one could only dream of, the only thing he did was to let his figurines go out for a walk in the evening .

What Yogurt did next almost caused Shen Dongxing to wet his pants .

After coming out of McDonald’s, Yogurt headed to a 24-hour convenience store and bought a penknife . The two then headed to the parking lot, where Yogurt unpacked the knife and handed it to Shen Dongxing .

She rolled up her sleeves and said, “Come on . ”

“Come… come what?” Shen Dongxing took the penknife and did not know what to do with it .

“Torture me,” Yogurt blinked . “Did you really think that you could just sit there and do nothing? My dad needs to know that you are desperate . They have been to your house, and there is a high chance they have begun suspecting that you and I have been faking the whole thing . We have to show him some proof . ”

“How do we prove it?” Shen Dongxing asked with trembling hands .

“Don’t you know how to torture people? Ugh . Forget it . I’ll do it myself,” snapped Yogurt as she snatched the knife from Shen Dongxing . In a clean, unfaltering swipe, she made sure she exerted every ounce of her strength when she cut herself . The knife went in all the way, splitting its way into her muscles, causing bright red blood to gush out from the deep wound .

Shen Dongxing was shocked as he witnessed the terrifying scene unfolding in front of him . “You are crazy!” he yelled while instinctively taking-off his t-shirt and wrapping it around Yogurt’s arm to stop the bleeding .

“Wait here! I’ll go buy some gauze and iodine,” he blurted in panic .

As he ran towards the convenience store, he suddenly stopped in his tracks and whispered in embarrassment . “Um… can you lend me some money? I just remembered that I have no wallet . ”

“Don’t waste your time . Just stay here!” Yogurt rolled her eyes . She did not use Shen Dongxing’s t-shirt to stop the bleeding . Instead, she deliberately dabbed and rubbed the wound with it, causing the shirt to be awash with bloodstains . She then threw the t-shirt back to Shen Dongxing .

“Put it on!”

“What?”

“Don’t make me repeat it,” Yogurt growled impatiently .

Seeing that Yogurt was getting angry, Shen Dongxing quickly put on the bloody t-shirt .

However, Yogurt still seemed unsatisfied . She frowned . “You’re too weak . Do you even know what to do when forced into a desperate situation?” She then took some of her blood and smeared it on Shen Dongxing’s face and neck, making him look a lot more terrifying .

“Hmm . ” Yogurt took two steps back, cocked her head, and took a better look at Shen Dongxing . This time, though, she seemed satisfied . After that, she stabbed her arm twice without so much as a twitch on her face .

“I… we can fake the wounds and blood! I know a friend who does a great job . ” Shen Dongxing’s lips quivered as he spoke, and his forehead was sweating profusely .

“Don’t be stupid,” Yogurt snorted, “My dad is just bad, not stupid . You can’t possibly fool him . ”

“Then… Then you can’t keep hurting yourself either!” Shen Dongxing was almost crying .

Yogurt’s expressions remained stoic she as inflicted cut after deep cut on her arm . After a while, four gaping slash wounds were very visible . At the same time, she said lightly, “Compared to the suffering my mother had to endure over the years, this is nothing . Rest assured, I will make him pay for what he’s done to us . ”

After that, Yogurt made another sixteen cuts on the same arm . Fortunately, the last ten cuts were not as deep as the ones before . With all that blood and slashes on her, she looked appaling . Even the keenest skeptic who saw her would not doubt that she had been severely tortured .

Yogurt then threw her mobile phone to Shen Dongxing and said, “Record a video of me . Keep the first part of the video at around 10 seconds long . ”

Shen Dongxing shakily pressed the record button with his trembling hand . After that, she saw Yogurt crawling on the ground in horror, crying and begging for mercy . Her blood began to stain the green grass of the parking lot .

After that, Shen Dongxing recorded a four-second video of him chasing Yogurt, then took a few more photos for good measure .

“It’s done . You can go buy the gauze and iodine now,” Yogurt said and took out fifty yuan from her wallet .

Seeing Shen Dongxing subconsciously walking towards the convenience store, Yogurt quickly halted him . “Hey, hey, what are you doing? Do you want the store’s employees to call the police?”

“Take off that shirt and wash away the blood on your face and hands . ”

“Oh… Oh!”

Shen Dongxing snapped back to reality .

When he returned five minutes later, Yogurt had already composed the videos and pictures into an email and sent it to 1810 . She then sat on the flower bed in the parking lot, watching Shen Dongxing kneeling beside her, tending to her wounds .

In the quiet and dark, their breathing was audible to each other .

After a while, Yogurt suddenly asked, “Why did you stop talking to me? Did my behavior scare you?”

Shen Dongxing shook his head, and tears started flowing down his cheek .

“You are a man . Stop crying! I didn’t even hurt you . I’m the one who’s gotten hurt here . If I didn’t cry, you have no right to cry!” Yogurt said .

Shen Dongxing wiped away his tears, but made no attempts to defend himself .

“Sometimes, I get very curious . What do you like about me? I have an awfully bad temper, I can’t cook and do housework, and I don’t treat you well . Revenge is all I’ve been thinking about . Even after we’ve stayed together for so long, I never allowed you to hold my hands . I know that you haven’t achieved much in the past, but you are an agent now . If you go and work for one of the three major guilds, I’m pretty sure tons of girls would start coming after you, and those will be more beautiful than me . Why are you so stupid? Why must you cling on to me?”

After running here and there for the entire day, fatigue was beginning to plague Shen Dongxing . After helping Yogurt bandage her wounds, he slumped to the ground in exhaustion . He did not immediately answer, but instead, he asked, “Do you remember what happened when we first met?”

“I remember what happened to you . A few senior students were bullying you at the bus stand because you didn’t steal enough money from home for them,” Yogurt nodded .

“At the time, everyone pretended not to see me . They walked past me as quickly as they could . And I still remember the feeling of helplessness I felt that morning, as if the whole world was gray… until you stopped them . ”

“Initially, I didn’t want to stick my nose into your business,” Yogurt laughed . “But I remember how you kept crying . The sound of it frustrated me . I thought to myself, how did a boy like you become so weak? All you did was to cry endlessly . I have been through so much horror, yet I haven’t shed a single tear . So, why cry over such a small matter?”

“I probably… fell in love with you at that time,” confessed Shen Dongxing . “I didn’t expect to meet you again after moving house and transferring to another school . When I knew you were a player, I was so happy . For a long time, you have always taken care of me . I didn’t expect that someday, I’d be able to help you . So when you came to me, I never thought of rejecting you . ”

Yogurt fell into silence . After a while, she spoke again, “You know that I’m just using you, right?”

“Well, I also know that you like girls and not boys,” Shen Dongxing said . “I once sneaked upstairs to look for you during the inter-class exercises . To my surprise, I saw you having an intimate session with another girl in the classroom . So, I went off and cried for the whole afternoon . You kept asking me who bullied me… I know that you will never join one of the three major guilds with me . You are just lying . But I was still delighted just listening to what you have to tell me . When we were at McDonald’s, I was elated when you fed me French fries . Do you know who Fitzgerald is?”

“Yes, the guy who wrote The Great Gatsby . ”

“He used that book to predict his tragic fate perfectly . And he saw the source of all his pain and tragedy, yet still chose to plunge into the illusion without looking back . In the end, he sacrificed his life for it . I never understood his choice when I was young, but now, I understand him perfectly . Sometimes the illusion is just too beautiful to resist . ” Shen Dongxing said .

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